I had those Imperial Robots and remember you had to give them commands or something?
Or did they roll on a chart?
Anyway, I do have a small selection of various 6mm vehicles and a while back did a comparison exercise that includes a few of what you mentioned.
They have all been put on a plastic base so that they are starting at roughly the same height as the Plasma Blast Games 6mm sci-fi troopers, hopefully this will give you an idea of their size.
1 Brigade Models – Hippo Heavy Truck – Flat Bed Version
2 Brigade Models – Hippo Heavy Truck – Bowser Version
3 Brigade Models – Hippo Heavy Truck – Office Body Version
4 Xmarx Tanker Truck*
5 Xmarx Supply Truck*
6 Steel Crown Productions – Guild Enforcer Urban Pacification Squadron MKII
7 Plasma Blast Games – Hammerhead Heavy Tank
8 Reiver Castings – Heavy Tank – Tracked
9 Adler Miniatures – Kh'Erian Main Battle Tank (East Wind)
10 Adler Miniatures – Python Main Battle Tank
11 Dark Realm Miniatures – Pax Arcadian – Chasseur
12 Dark Realm Miniatures – Pax Arcadian – Castellian
13 Dark Realm Miniatures – Pax Arcadian – Ramjack Armoured Personal Carrier
14 Ground Zero Games – Paladin heavy hi-mobility wheeled battle tank
15 Adler Miniatures – Scorpion Armoured Personal Carrier
16 Ground Zero Games – Phalanx heavy hi-mobility wheeled APC
* both of these are their 8mm version, I did get the 6mm versions but thought them too small compared to a 6mm figure.
Whilst we are talking about 6mm and the various companies not being as compatible as others here are my thoughts why and how basing vehicles can make a big difference.
In this scale when troops are on a 2mm thick base not basing vehicles can result in 'people' standing taller than a tank.
So by basing vehicles you increase them by the same thickness as the infantry and maintain the illusion of scale.
Not basing just makes vehicles look shorter than they should be.
This disparity is furthered by the fact that miniatures of infantry in 6mm are not right anyway.
Let us assume that 1mm = 1 foot.
On this basis it is fairly easy to get a vehicle to be the right size.
However infantry can be the right height but not the right width.
6mm infantry always look too big when placed next to a proper scale vehicle.
I have just measured my forearm and it is just over 4" wide.
Which is 1/3rd of a foot.
Sooo using the assumption that 1mm = 1 foot the arms on a 6mm figure should be about 0.33mm wide.
This is simply not possible.
I have just measured some of my 6mm troops and they are about 3mm wide at the shoulders.
I am not aware of many people that are 3 foot wide.
So we have the situation where in order to make 1/300th figures robust they must be bigger in 'chunkiness' than their vehicle counterparts which can be the right size as they are essentially just chunks of lead and be 0.33mm smaller without compromising sturdiness.
As such infantry already look bigger than they should next to a vehicle so basing the vehicles helps to redress the balance a bit.
That was a bit of a waffle, but hopefully you get what I am trying to say
By the way - If anyone wants to post me a GW rhino and or Infantry figure I will be happy to do comparison shots next to any of the stuff I stock if you need it.
Michael.
