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inlife9
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 Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:42 pm Post subject: The new Deadlands miniatures |
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Are these new Deadlands Miniatures 28mm, or another scale?
Thanks, and sorry if I missed where it was said.
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I would naturally just assume they are 28mm since Reaper doesn't tend to work in anything other than that.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:50 am Post subject: Re: The new Deadlands miniatures |
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| inlife9 wrote: | | Are these new Deadlands Miniatures 28mm, or another scale? |
I've got my set right here, and they look to be "Heroic" 28mm, or 30mm from feet to eyes.
Hope that helps!
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:51 am Post subject: |
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| In the majority of the images on the Reaper site, there are two little triangles on the side of the image. Those mark 1/2" and 1". |
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inlife9
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:58 am Post subject: |
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Good enough thanks guys. I have not bought a Reaper mini since early 80's. So I just had no idea.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| Froggy the Great wrote: | | In the majority of the images on the Reaper site, there are two little triangles on the side of the image. Those mark 1/2" and 1". |
I'll be darned. Never noticed those before. You learn something new everyday! 
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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| They don't happen to be prepainted do they? |
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TheLoremaster
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Batei wrote: | | They don't happen to be prepainted do they? |
Nope.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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 I have gotten spoiled the last few years with all the prepaints available. |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Batei wrote: | | I have gotten spoiled the last few years with all the prepaints available. |
If you hang a card in your FLGS you will certainly find someone with the skills and inclination to paint them for you.
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Batei
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LOL! I used to paint all the time and some of my stuff won awards. I am/was very meticulous. So, no one at my FLGS will paint any of my stuff. They just try and guilt trip me into painting again. 
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: The new Deadlands miniatures |
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| TheLoremaster wrote: | | inlife9 wrote: | | Are these new Deadlands Miniatures 28mm, or another scale? |
I've got my set right here, and they look to be "Heroic" 28mm, or 30mm from feet to eyes.
Hope that helps! |
This begs the question of what makes the figure Heroic rather than truly being taller than 6'0" tall? |
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TheLoremaster
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:45 pm Post subject: Re: The new Deadlands miniatures |
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| Cryonic wrote: | | This begs the question of what makes the figure Heroic rather than truly being taller than 6'0" tall? |
Great question, with a complicated answer. The figure isn't Heroic, the scale is.
True 25 mm figures, the standard for many years, were based on the scale where 1" = 6' (25mm = 2m, or close to that). Some companies engaged in something called "scale creep", where the figures would get juuussst a little bit bigger than 25mm, but were still meant to represent a human-sized figure. Worse, different companies measured from different spots on their figures: one might measure from the base to the top of the figure's head, others might do it from the feet of the figure to it's eye-line, etc.
Obviously this would lead to scaling problems when mixing figures from various companies together. Reaper focuses on one scale: 30mm from base of feet to eye-line. Marketing types have named this "Heroic 28mm", meaning it's just a bit bigger than a 28mm figures. Regardless of whether they're true 28mm figures, or "Heroic" 28 mm, they should look good on the table top together.
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and I'm just now realizing that this is in Hey Pinnacle! We should probably take this discussion elsewhere if y'all want to continue.
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