Noob ?\'s ; questions about scale.

[SIGIL]

I am new to the hobby............ err the obsession...... and I am interested in sculpting my own mini\'s. Anyway I have never been particularly fond of miniatures because of the scale and it\'s prohibitive constraints to detail possibility. But after stumbling across a few pics of the Rackham Confrontation mini\'s I am now totally obsessed.

I cannot for the life of me find any reference to the scale that these mini\'s are.

Anyway the main question I would like to ask is how big is too big for a miniature?

Right now I have about eight models going; two 110 mm figs, two 55 mm figs, two 70 to 75 mm figs, and two 60 mm figs.

I tried going down to 40 mm and 35 mm but either I am too clumsy, my skills are too lax, or my fingers are just too damn big.


Anyway I figured that this is the best possible place to ask and I really appreciate any help.

Thanks in advance for your time.

 

[Fizl]

Depending on which figure you get they are 20 - 30 mm for a humanoidish figure excluding pointy bits. I don\'t know for the mounted figures as I dont own any

Fizl

 

[PStafAllen]

In terms of scale they are approximately 30mm (compared to GW\'s 28mm \'heroic scale\', and the more standard 25mm (such as most reaper figs IIRC).

Obviously things like dwarves and goblins have physically smaller minis. 30mm is a guide for the height of the average human mini.

Have a look at this article (here on CMON!)

http://www.coolminiornot.com/go.php?go=articlephp&aid=36&orderby=date&levels=99

P.

 

[SIGIL]

Many Thanks for that link to the article.

Very helpful.

SO what do you guys think of a mini line consisting of figs between 40 to 90 mm?

 

[Daan]

GW has a game by the name of inquisitor that uses a line of 54 mm figs. You can check them out at the site. Here is a link.

 

[wightzombie]

Originally posted by SIGIL


Many Thanks for that link to the article.

Very helpful.

SO what do you guys think of a mini line consisting of figs between 40 to 90 mm?

i would kill to play and paint a line of fantasy figs or scifi where the base human heighth is 50mm kinda like =I=. so anything over 5.8\' would be bigger than 50mm. things i like about the bigger scale:
1. more detail sometimes and easier to paint
2. smaller armies
3. any self run business could easily sell well sculpted 50mm minis for 7 bucks each also making the entry cost much lower of playing etc.
4. people would pick them up like mad at that price just to paint cool minis.

 

[SIGIL]

Thanks for the link Daan.

And Wight zombie.......... Your response was exactly why I was asking. I am considering doing my own line of mini\'s though I am not sure of how to market them or even how to go about writing a rules system to go with them. Though I am not so sure I would want to do a wargame type of system.

I had actually thought of doing a game system based on duelist combat similar to many of the currently popular card games. However I am far more interested in the artistic side of such things than the academics so writing a rule system that works is somewhat less plausible to me.

And I think I have decided to work in between 45 mm and 95 mm ( 45 for the smallest creatures and 95 for the gargantuan creatures. )

 

[kittykat23uk]

Cool! I think we could do with some more larger scale miniatures

regards

Kat

 

[Chern Ann]

Sigil, if you post a couple of your completed sculpts, CMON is always on the lookout for interesting miniatures that we can cast up and base competitions around (eg. Steve\'s Amazon) http://www.coolminiornot.com/contest2.php

You don\'t need any rules to sell miniatures at all, just nice sculpts. People will find uses for them

 

[DennisMech]

yeh, I\'ve always loved the Inquisitor models, and would love to see a fully produced range (not just fanatic) of fantasy minis of that scale too. What\'s so great is that the whole point is to convert and use your imagination and make each one unique.

 

[SIGIL]

:flip:

Right-o I am working on a few right now, and intend to have something post worthy before long.

Thanks for the interest guys and gals ( ? ) it is very encouraging.

I am wondering......... If I were to do a few models based on \" iconic \" fantasy characters ( think Drizzt do\'Urden, Elminster, Greyhawk and such likes. ) is this considered copyright infringement?

 

[wightzombie]

if you did something based of any current rpg DnD stuff character wise they mite do something, but if you just take inspiration from them etc or fantasy art then you prolly wont get hammered.