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Sunday, 13 February 2011
Size Matters - It's A Scale Thing
I have had a few enquiries over the exact scale of 28mm models from different manufacturers, so I though I would put up a scale comparison pic.
Thanks for doing this. They are actually closer than I would have thought. Is the Malifaux mini on scenic basing? She's tall, but I can't tell where her feet are. Some people are just ... tall. Maybe she was a tall belle before she went all rotten.
I am tempted to do a copycat (ummm, I mean "touching homage") post on my own blog.
Dear Jabber Yes, 25mm is a smaller scale used traditionally on historical miniatures and some SF from GZG. 28mm is closer to GW but usually without the gorila-like proportions. J
Dear Lurker Malifaux are a bit bigger but the difference is not all that noticeable on the table. Malifaux figures are cartoony - for want of a better word. J
'Course, the current Cadians are enormous and very bulky which compounds the issue. Compare to the original Rogue Trader Imperial Army or prior Cadians and you can see how "fat" they got. They really need a diet.
Hi again John In the Cadians defense I think they have more body armour and larger /more encumbered helmets the figures they put in with the vehicles (litle or no body armour) seem normally proportioned to me but I am quite "chunky" my self. I suppose its a bit like putting a WWI tommy up against a modern british soldier with body armour radio kit and more webbing than you can shake a stick at. plus the average WWI tommy was about 5'6-8" where as they probably top out at 6'1-6'4" these days.
Dear Shaun Yah, point taken about the body armour, but there are some funnt body proportion in GW minis. The head and hands are much too large, for example. J
The "epic" proportions of the Cadian is clear in contrast to the Warlord miniature -- the arms are visually proportioned differently.
ReplyDeleteI have related question for you: do you consider 25mm to be different to 28mm scale these days?
The Malifaux is huge in scale but the others aren't too bad.
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing this. They are actually closer than I would have thought. Is the Malifaux mini on scenic basing? She's tall, but I can't tell where her feet are. Some people are just ... tall. Maybe she was a tall belle before she went all rotten.
ReplyDeleteI am tempted to do a copycat (ummm, I mean "touching homage") post on my own blog.
Dear Jabber
ReplyDeleteYes, 25mm is a smaller scale used traditionally on historical miniatures and some SF from GZG.
28mm is closer to GW but usually without the gorila-like proportions.
J
Dear Lurker
ReplyDeleteMalifaux are a bit bigger but the difference is not all that noticeable on the table. Malifaux figures are cartoony - for want of a better word.
J
Dear Mike
ReplyDeleteArtists borrow: :)
J
'Course, the current Cadians are enormous and very bulky which compounds the issue. Compare to the original Rogue Trader Imperial Army or prior Cadians and you can see how "fat" they got. They really need a diet.
ReplyDeleteDear James
ReplyDeleteEach new GW sculpt gets more grotesque. :)
J
Hi again John
ReplyDeleteIn the Cadians defense I think they have more body armour and larger /more encumbered helmets the figures they put in with the vehicles (litle or no body armour) seem normally proportioned to me but I am quite "chunky" my self. I suppose its a bit like putting a WWI tommy up against a modern british soldier with body armour radio kit and more webbing than you can shake a stick at. plus the average WWI tommy was about 5'6-8" where as they probably top out at 6'1-6'4" these days.
Dear Shaun
ReplyDeleteYah, point taken about the body armour, but there are some funnt body proportion in GW minis. The head and hands are much too large, for example.
J
I don't recall that Malifaux model actually having feet, I believe she stops at the base of her dress, and she is on a scenic base.
ReplyDeleteAs an aside, Malifaux claims to be a 30-35mm game instead of the 25-28mm which the other models are for.