eBay My World: gazlannathai( 4180)

Hi Nathaniel - yes, it's a tricky one, and made all the more tricky when you consider that the majority of East and SouthEast Asians are still 5 foot 6 inches or less, yet the figure makers still design them at the same height as the 6 foot plus European "giants". Even in the UK, as late as the 1950's, 5 foot 8 inches was the average male height, now I believe it's around 5 foot 11. This is where scales fall down in wargaming and fine scale modelling. For example, an Ancient Roman or Greek sould be a full head shorter than a World War Two infantryman at the same figure scale, and the WW2 chap should be the same shorter than a US Marine depicted for modern IRaq or Afghanistan. Luckily, in Buildings and vehicles (and to some extent pack and riding animals) those period variations shouldn't exist - the obvious difference being between the medieval "cart horse" charger, and the Napoleonic near-thoroughbred Arabian racer, and the Dark Ages and Ancients "pit-pony" mounts. Gaz