tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786977598764243863.post2117747480355966128..comments2024-01-23T04:05:39.851-06:00Comments on Plastic Legions: Scale MassacreJPLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12461099993856743894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786977598764243863.post-70336755021600570402012-01-17T18:53:44.903-06:002012-01-17T18:53:44.903-06:00I was about to purchase a mini from the CMoN site,...I was about to purchase a mini from the CMoN site, but realized I had no idea what size it was and it would probably dwarf the models I've already got waiting to be painted. Turns out it was listed as 32mm, so I'm glad I didn't get him as a companion piece to my 25mm Reaper mini. I went looking for info on a few Pathfinder minis I had my eye on and couldn't find anything until I came upon your post. Man!<br /><br />It's super frustrating to realize that the Pathfinder miniatures are smaller than Dark Heaven! I thought I wasn't going to have to worry about size when I stopped collecting GW figs, but I can see that's not the case. Thanks for the post!Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911668528096207676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786977598764243863.post-29626051872367623802011-12-22T10:14:58.785-06:002011-12-22T10:14:58.785-06:00While what you says is certainly true the irregula...While what you says is certainly true the irregularities of real humans aren't what I think most people are looking for in their miniatures especially since the difference at scale are far more exaggerated than reality.<br /><br />Example: in the first shot I post with the painted miniatures. Those miniatures show wide cross section of irregular body type while still maintaining scale..if you go down and look at the other shots you'll see where it gets ridiculous. I don't need (or want) 5 foot tall, 98 pounds Barbarians or a horde of mutant line backer goblins..they need to fit the part. Its especially unwanted as a "surprise" after you purchase them.<br /><br />My overall point is consistency, or more so, the lack of.JPLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461099993856743894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786977598764243863.post-68247130311719241052011-12-22T03:47:38.177-06:002011-12-22T03:47:38.177-06:00I suffered from the 'scale growth' of so-c...I suffered from the 'scale growth' of so-called '25mm' in my time, but only for the regular units: regardless of how you base them, 'heavy horses' look silly if smaller than 'light' ones!<br /><br />Imho, for individual characters, as for totally irregular bodies, the flagrant differences between miniatures ranges are a plus. <br />Tabletop units must 'show' their nature: thus, a regular close order regiment has to look as if ready for a 'clones war'. Even if representing the same historical unit at the same nominal scale, figurines from different sculptors show differences, not only in the rendition of the human body, but in the size and details of hats, of weapons... Thus, miniatures from any other manufacturer can be included only for 'special characters', mounted officer, drummer &c. On the opposite, a fully irregular bunch has to appear as an aggregate of individuals, all as different as possible. Here clothes and weapons are personal issue, thus variations are *expected*; people vary widely in height (there would be a difference of # 2.5mm between '28mm' miniatures of Sarah Shahi and Sigourney Weaver) and bulk (compare Kate Moss with Pamela Anderson). In this case the wide differences of style and interpretation of 'scale' between manufacturers are precious; so much the more as one can easily gain (or <a href="http://adventures-in-the-indies.blogspot.com/2011/07/caribbean-few-pirates-more.html" rel="nofollow">lose</a>) ± 1.5mm by playing with the thickness of the bases (variations of bases thickness are obvious when the minis are in a display case, but disappear on a playing surface). Thus any figurines within the 25<->30mm or 28<->33mm ranges are fully compatible. Even more, indeed: an old <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hX8YDNUVSs" rel="nofollow">French sailors song</a> (telling a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyAu4dbW4BE" rel="nofollow">Jackaroe</a>-like story) states that a girl was barely 15 when she dressed as a man and joined a ship crew: thus a few members of a totally irregular warband / ship crew, or of a collection of individuals, may still have to grow; on the other hand, people taller than Sigourney Weaver by 8 inches or more *do* exist.abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.com