'I'd go blind painting something so small.'

Yes, we’re back after a couple of weeks absence.  Judging by some recent emails it is obvious that some of you are experiencing Magic Number Withdrawal Trauma.   Given the seriousness of this condition it is therefore incumbent on me to provide partial relief by letting you all know that we have reached order number #22758.    However, we have a lot of orders cast and yet to be processed, so if you have an order in the system expect some good news in the next few days.

Last weekend I was at the excellent Battleground show in Stockton and took the opportunity to have a chat with my old friend, David.  While he was there I had a two different people come up to the display units and trot out variations of  the traditional. ‘I don’t know how you can paint something so small’, and ‘I’d go blind painting these’.    I am sure that a lot of you based in the UK have been present at the Baccus stand when I’ve had to answer these sort of statements, and what my likely response was.   At the end of it David pointed out that he’d been hearing me say pretty much the same set of arguments in the same way ever since he’d known me, going back nearly two decades.

Now, it is pretty obvious that 6mm as a wargaming scale has grown enormously in popularity over the last twenty years, it has gained a lot more acceptance in the wide wargaming community and that we have become more adept at presenting ourselves in a positive light.  Despite all this, I know that I will have to face such questions on a regular basis at every show that I attend.

So here are the knotty questions.    Given all the positive progress that 6mm has made over the last few years why is such ignorance so widespread?   Secondly, what do we, as a community, do to address it?

I’ll be starting a thread on the Baccus forum for discussion should you wish to join in.