Hi all very new to this forum and these miniatures. I am collecting a number of miniatures in 1:30 scale. they are approximately 62mm high. I'm really blown away by the conversions and paint jobs on this site as well as the high standard of miniatures.
Can anyone tell me how high inquistor miniatures are from bottom of foot to top of head and from bottom of foot to eyeline. They are described as 54mm but is that heroic 54mm? They look bigger than your standard 1:32 scale so I thought they might be a good fit
any scale comparison pics around?
cheers and looking forward to talking with you all
Well, first, the traditional big yellow welcome:
WELCOME TO THE CONCLAVE!Quote from: oota goota on April 11, 2010, 10:07:47 AMCan anyone tell me how high inquistor miniatures are from bottom of foot to top of head and from bottom of foot to eyeline.
Depends on the model, but I take it as 54mm to the eye on an average height male standing straight - which translates to about 58mm to the top of the head - although other people have their own theories.
Personally, I sculpt my models to about 1/30, because I don't use heroic proportions, and they need a fractionally larger scale to compensate.
Usually, they come out at between 50mm and 63mm tall (as I sculpt models across a range of heights), with each end of the scale looking pretty small/big next to a standard Inquisitor model - but not unreasonably so.
62mm seems like it's on the tall side for an average 1/30 model - but sometimes companies can be a little inventive with a scale.
My reckoning is that 1/30 and 1/35 models are usable, being "tall" or "short" people respectively, but usually, using them completely exclusively may run the risk of making a warband look a bit off overall.
What 1/30 models are you looking at? Or which do you have already? It's not as common a scale as 1/32 or 35, but is great for Inquisitor...
@marco ha ha thanks for the welcome! Yes you are right about the height thing a little variance is good. The other thing I am trying to consider is HEFT. a hefty 1:32 figure is probably a good fit for 1:30 and similarly a thin 1:30 is good for 1:32 etc.
so that 62mm measure is to the top of the head which means about 59 to 60mm at eyeline
@kaled well I'm collecting and converting star wars unleashed figures which are about 1:30. some of them are a bit on the large side and some are closer to true 1:30th. This look like a great forum for conversion tricks and tips and I like the way you all are open to using other brands/ kits to get what you want.
I imagine the unleashed figure would make a relatively cheap source of bitz. The only challenge would be to make them not 'star warsy'. Mind you there's a guy out there doing an amazing job of a 40k star wars fusion. really clever
Cheers!
Annnnnd so has anyone done any scale comparison pics here?
SW Unleashed figures are described as being 2" figures. From a cursory glance, they look like they stand well next to the Mutant Wars figures produced by Fantasy Flight and which I've used to good effect for INQ. It's worth noting that SWU, like MW, seems to vary the actual scale of the figures within the 2" bracket. In the MW range, for example, some figures are noticeably far smaller and slighter than others.
R.
I've got some unleashed figures and you're right they do vary within the scale but they are definitely 1:30th or 2.5" or 60mm. It's weird it seems like such a small difference in scale but my daughter has some old army men that are 1/32 and they look tiny next to them. Hmmmmm maybe they are 1/35th?
Anyway thanks for your suggestions I am finding a number of 1:30 ish vehicles and figs around which is rewarding in itself! I'll check out mutant wars
Cheers
Hello 'oota goota' (what an odd name...)
I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but if you scroll down this (http://www.the-conclave.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=209.0) thread (4th picture down,) you will see a picture of a converted Boba Fett next to a pretty standard Inquisitor model. It is a bit on the tall side, but not unreasonably so.