| billthecat | 08 Feb 2010 8:31 p.m. PST |
Hello. how do the plastic (and metal) em4 troopers and gangers compare in scale to GW cadians? thanks….? |
John Leahy  | 08 Feb 2010 9:03 p.m. PST |
They'll work. The Cadians are a little bigger. Thanks, John |
Augustus  | 08 Feb 2010 9:23 p.m. PST |
Respectfully, I must disagree with my colleague. I have got some Em4 with the same intent to mix them with plastic Cadians. To me, the Cadians are out of scale. The Em4 will look like teenagers. However, the caveat on this is the Cadians are sculpted to be on the chunky whereas Em4/Copplestone are slight builds. Add to it that I have metal EM4, not the plastic Em4. Shrug. Are the EM4 casts somewhat larger than the Copplestone casts? |
| John Leahy | 08 Feb 2010 9:58 p.m. PST |
Copplestone tend to be a little bit larger. The EM-4 figs are a little slimmer. If the bulk of your table is made up of GW Cadians then yeah it may look a little strange. My guess was the gent was trying to use some Cadians with other figs. I own 100's of various makes of metal and plastic figs. from 40k, EM-4, Reaper, Clix, Partha, Prince August, Copplestone, Foundry, Target, Mongoose, Westwind, Eureka, Iron Wind and several more. I happily will use them all together on the same tabletop. Not in the same units. You can always add a little putty to a base to add height if you feel the need. Works wonders. I play Combat Zone, Wastelands, Skank rules and several more. Thanks, John |
| f u u f n f | 08 Feb 2010 10:04 p.m. PST |
I have the em4 plastics. They seem to be more "True 28mm" rather then the "Heroic 28/30mm" of GW. |
 javelin98 | 09 Feb 2010 9:29 a.m. PST |
The height is roughly the same. What's different is the over-the-top steroid look of the GW minis (especially the Catachans!). I'd say the CZ minis are more realistically proportioned than any GW minis. |
Dr Mathias  | 09 Feb 2010 10:32 a.m. PST |
I intended on mixing the EM4 gangers with GW figures, and decided against it when I put them next to each other. The Cadians are more genetically enhanced than marines now, and appear too large to me compared to Copplestone stuff. Here's hoping they scale down future guard size, if they make any more. |
| Cacique Caribe | 09 Feb 2010 10:56 a.m. PST |
I don't allow my miniatures to take steroids either. That's why I prefer the ones sold by Copplestone Castings and EM-4: link Dan |
| billthecat | 09 Feb 2010 3:46 p.m. PST |
Thanks all. I am going to keep them seperate after reading this. Still great figures (both) and on the shopping list. I am picky about matching styles, sadly. |
| javelin98 | 09 Feb 2010 4:11 p.m. PST |
I went ahead and mixed the EM4 and GW figs in my own Combat Zone forces. I made the GW ones into elite squads, sort of thing. |
