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Post by altfritz on Aug 25, 2020 14:50:48 GMT
 First up: 54mm Irregular Miniatures Roman Auxiliary vs. XForce Roman Centurion. The XForce figure measures 60mm to top of helmet, not counting the base. The IM Roman measures only 48mm from bottom of base to top of helmet. (Note that I have converted the Auxiliary for fantasy, by adding an axe blade to his sword.)  Next: The same XForce Centurion vs a HaT Spanish (1/32nd scale). The Iberian measures 50mm to top of head, not counting the base. So a full 10mm difference in figure height!  |
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Post by altfritz on Aug 25, 2020 16:30:06 GMT
Wait a minute! Why is this under the 20th Century??!  Admin...can it be moved where it belongs, under Ancients? Edit: THANKS!!!  |
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Post by 79thpa on Aug 27, 2020 14:09:28 GMT
Wow. That's crazy. The X figures look like a race of giants. Are you still going to use them?
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Post by altfritz on Aug 27, 2020 19:02:19 GMT
Yes. I'm going to continue with XForce. The scale seems to be internally consistent, their range is broad and planned expansions fit with my plans, and fits with some Egyptians I've stumbled across. It should also work with the LOD stuff, which I am told is 60mm also. I am probably going to stick with Irregular Miniatures for my dungeon crawl stuff, however, and the HaT stuff seems like it fits that anyhow. So, quite by accident, it seems I have started two new scales and periods rather than one!  |
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Post by jhonpog on Aug 27, 2020 21:59:59 GMT
what's the height to the top of the head of those x-force figures altfritz?
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Post by altfritz on Aug 27, 2020 23:38:33 GMT
Not counting the base, i.e. bottom of foot to top of head, they are 60mm. Add about 4 mm for the base.
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Post by altfritz on Aug 27, 2020 23:39:34 GMT
and not counting the crest either! I added that b/c some eBay sellers seem to measure the total height when they give the scale. Why, I don't know.
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Post by Mike Blake on Aug 29, 2020 9:20:26 GMT
and not counting the crest either! I added that b/c some eBay sellers seem to measure the total height when they give the scale. Why, I don't know. Probably because to them that is the height? The eye level thing is a secret known only to the cognoscenti after all... |
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Post by altfritz on Aug 29, 2020 12:50:09 GMT
Yeah, but it makes a Roman soldier and a Roman Centurion different quoted "sizes" when they might actually be the same scale. The sellers just don't understand what they are selling.
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Post by cincinnatus on Nov 5, 2021 0:45:36 GMT
Many war gamers should be familiar with the "Barrett Scale", which measures the height of the figure from the soles of the feet to the eyes.
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