"Looking for a 28mm 'scale' giant!" Topic

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richarDISNEY	26 Apr 2011 10:34 a.m. PST
Any ideas for a giant that will look good next to 28mm figs? I am not quite sure where to start looking for one… Bigger and bulkier the better! Links would be handy! Thanks!
Farstar	26 Apr 2011 10:38 a.m. PST
GW's giant is quite good, really, and very tall.
Diadochoi	26 Apr 2011 10:43 a.m. PST
Majestic bear do one majesticbear.net/products I haven't seen it in the flesh but I liked the look of their "ents"
joekano	26 Apr 2011 11:01 a.m. PST
Mirliton has a few: link
Battle Works Studios	26 Apr 2011 12:01 p.m. PST
GW's is impressively huge, if a little goofy. Gives you lots of extra parts, too. Reaper makes a bunch of them – there's a particularly huge (and expensive) hill giant in the Warlord range: link Still smaller than the comparatively-priced GW one, but bigger than any of their other ones. I like his gorilla-like pose, personally.
Rattrap1	26 Apr 2011 12:02 p.m. PST
Otherworld. otherworld.me.uk/gseries.html
richarDISNEY	26 Apr 2011 12:17 p.m. PST
Oh… Some of those Mirtlon's look fantastic, yet… familiar… I love that Goblin War Giant! I may have to go digging in the shed tonight… That might have just saved me a $94 USD purchase…
timlillig	26 Apr 2011 12:55 p.m. PST
I recently picked up an action figure from the recent Clash of the Giants movie for this purpose. Toys R us is clearing them out. I suppose it is not bulky, as the proportions are pretty standard, but it is appropriately big.
Warlord	26 Apr 2011 1:11 p.m. PST
We use this guy: picture We took the back pack and dwarf crew off of him and added a fur cape and my son uses him for his Chaos Giant. The best thing is you can get them for about $10.00. Hope that helps.
Timbo W	26 Apr 2011 1:37 p.m. PST
As a very cheap and nasty alternative how about the old 1/32nd Airfix medievals? There'a a bloke chucking a rock that could be useful.
Steve Blease	26 Apr 2011 1:42 p.m. PST
The Harry Potter troll (from the first film) off eBay. About same size as GW model, carries tree trunk, is perfect… picture There's one at £3.00 GBP with no bids on at the moment: auction
Neotacha	26 Apr 2011 2:00 p.m. PST
Not cheap, but lovely: link
Glenn M	26 Apr 2011 2:01 p.m. PST
link link There are a couple of real cheap options.
28mmMan	26 Apr 2011 2:28 p.m. PST
Agree with the action figure direction. There are many with great details and some with ready to play paint jobs. But if you must empty your wallet there are many options. How big, tall, and what sort of appearance…savage or army standard? If you must rob the bank of Hipcity National then perhaps one of these then? picture picture picture picture picture picture or from a miniatures company link majesticbear.net/products/2 link picture picture
Extra Crispy	26 Apr 2011 2:44 p.m. PST
Are you man enough to buy the one from Black Scorpion? link
richarDISNEY	26 Apr 2011 4:05 p.m. PST
Are you taunting me EC? Challenging me? ME???? I thought about, but I have not seen any scale pics. But it does say its 185mm… Humm… That might be big enough. Why EC? You have a spare laying about the shop?
Farstar	26 Apr 2011 4:16 p.m. PST
Scale pics? That's a full sized human hanging from his belt.
richarDISNEY	26 Apr 2011 8:52 p.m. PST
Humm…. Here is a scale pic… picture Humm… I wonder if the wife would kill me…
Sumatran Rat Monkey	27 Apr 2011 1:58 a.m. PST
I wonder if the wife would kill me… When you get it, assemble it before you let her see it, and when it comes time for the unveiling, have the giant holding something nice- but not prohibitively pricey- like a Swarovski crystal pendant on a snake chain or something similar. - Monk
Shadyt	27 Apr 2011 5:25 a.m. PST
I still use the old Ral Partha giants with my 28mm. They still look Giant and they have a few that were really big.
HammerHorror	28 Apr 2011 12:20 p.m. PST
"Reaper makes a bunch of them – there's a particularly huge (and expensive) hill giant in the Warlord range:" Oh my… I paid $24.99 USD for that giant in '06 (directly from Reaper) and thought "What a steal!". I guess it really was.
Xintao	28 Apr 2011 5:03 p.m. PST
You could look on Ebay for the D&D prepainted Plastic figures. They have a number of giants. Cheers, Xin
KenofYork	30 Apr 2011 5:15 p.m. PST
Here is a cheap plastic Frazetta frost giant next to a 28mm fig. picture The whole series is quite nice and I got them in a discount outlet for a low price. I primered and re-painted. It is good for display, but kind of big to game with. The Conan with woman draped on leg would be the ultimate wedding cake topper, for the right crowd though.