I’m never going to own a 6’4 table. But I still look at those old Warhammer Fantasy Battles pictures in White Dwarf and want to recreate the experience in my own way. 6mm is unarguably a brilliant way to fight out massive battles, but when I learned more about 15mm recently, it felt just right. Not too big, not too small, just right.
To be clear, I’m not abandoning 28mm. It’ll always be the main scale for me. But doing mass battles at that scale is unrealistic for me. I just don’t have the space, or, the budget.
I did have some hobby money available after selling a few 28mm regiments I knew I’d never use. So I re-invested it in two full 15mm armies, which I was able to assemble for around £120 in total.
One is an Orc & Goblin horde (with some Chaos Warrior allies), whilst the other is an Empire/human force. I put them together from three different companies, Ral Partha, Alternative Armies, and Pendraken.
Here are the two armies laid out. I’ve done nothing to them except glue them to their bases. They still need cleaned up and straightened out before the paintwork begins. But I’m looking forward to a new challenge.
The wolfs don’t even have their riders glued on yet.
I’ve gone for a predominantly monopose aesthetic because I’m a 90s White Dwarf guy. The Champions and Standard Bearers are all from Ral Partha. RP’s minis are definitely the most detailed of the lot, though slightly bigger and a little more expensive.
All of the greenskins were from Pendraken, along with all of the bases.
So there we go, my 15mm project at its very outset. I still have some chaos goblins and a Nurgle warband to finish off, first. But this is good motivation to crack on and get them done!
