Dug out my old Austrians, still waiting to see combat :( I picked up a few RSM figures ( proper 20mm) and was curious to see how they compare to the Strelets and Italeri stuff I already have. These are battalions of converged grenadiers and I need one more base to have the numbers needed for Leipzig. I was reading some post s on TMP about 20mm and 1/72nd being imcompatible. Now , I have freely used old ' 25s', plastic 23mms and 20mm interchangeably without concern since I can remember. I'm well aware that soldiers come in all shapes and sizes and with due regard for some unit's height restrictions , there probably ought to be a little more height variability on the wargames table. as for the variability in equipment sizes at various scales - I've never noticed any issues. some manufacturers might make some kit a little larger or smaller that it should be, but unless your comparing the largest against the smallest renditions of a particular item, i don't see much scope for glaring issues. Comparing a 1/72 scale tank against its HO/OO cousin will show a genuine disparity and perhaps they should be kept within a single scale, but then they are much less variable within a type than the men that use them.
I think these are Kennigton figures. They're definitely the smallest of the figures at proper 21mm foot to top of head. If they were 1/72nd, that would make each man a fraction of an inch under 5ft. No good for the grenadiers maybe , but passable for the infantry?
These are the Italeri ( I think) 1/72 grenadiers. At 23mm they would roll in at 5ft 5 inches! That's shorter than me! If we measured them based on 25mm representing 6ft 4in (for the very tallest of troops) then the 23mm scale out to 5 ft 10in ( perfectly acceptable for a grenadier and the regular infantry reach a lofty 5ft 4in, again fair enough for me and certainly no reason not to use them together.
Strelets commanders measure in at a lofty 23mm, hardly giants compared to the Kennington figures.
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