Which scale?

I can't decide what Samurai miniatures scale I like better, either 6mm or 10mm.  I bailed on 15mm years ago due to I think cost and rules I thought I'd use.  As to 28mm, I just don't have any interest in Samurai skirmish.

What do you think?  6mm on left or 10mm on right.  Bases are the same size.

Wargames Atlantic Samurai Sprues Challenge Solved!

Last year I struggled to easily remove 10mm figures from the Wargames Atlantic Samurai and Ashigaru sprues.  The weapons were breaking left and right.  I initially was using a hobby hobby knife or clippers and quickly gave up.  I then tried using a hot hobby knife.  There was some success, but too much ended up bending and melting too much of the weapons.  I had no solution to smoothly safely remove each set of figures so I shelved by boxes of Samurai and Ashigaru.

A year later I stumbled on fine hobby saws.  I suspect it was just chance while browsing Facebook or YouTube.  I had never used fine hobby saws before apart from using the Exacto Razor Saw that I've used for cutting wood.  I did some research on hobby saws and decided to give Tamiya Photo Etched saw blades a go.  The saws are supposedly 0.1mm in thickness with fine saw teeth.

It turns out using the Tamiya saw blades to slowly cut the figures from the sprues is the way to go.  Maybe I am late to the fine saw blade game, but I guess better late than never and I have reversed course on Wargames Atlantic Samurai sets.

Video describing how to use the saw blade:

Age of Sail for me in 2024

I have had an interest in Age of Sail battles since playing in a few games with a friend of mine who ran Wooden Ships and Iron Men with 1:1200 ships back in the day.  I tried my hand at painting up 1:1200 ships, for War of 1812, from Langton Miniatures, but did not enjoy the rigging.  I bailed on this scale and more recently have had success with 1:2400 ships from Tumbling Dice.

Rules wise, I have struggled to find a good set for large battles that move along at a good pace and finish in less than four hours.  Below are the rulesets I've tried out.

• Wooden Ships and Iron Men
• Flying Colors
• Far Distant Ships
• Grand Fleet Actions in the Age of Sail
• It is Warm Work

Rather than review each ruleset, I will say all the rulesets are good.  As mentioned I have been looking for a ruleset that runs faster that four people can command about six ships each.  I am currently going to move forward with It is Warm Work.  It has simplified the rules both firing and moving more compared to the other rules I've listed.  The firing has the most simplification, but still gets the same expected results.

The 1:2400 ships are easy to put together and paint.  Right now my ships are painted up pretty generically, and I hope to paint up some more unique colored ships.  I recently put together a YouTube video on how to paint the miniatures (see link below).