"Scale between Manufacturers?" Topic

Hey ya'll, I was wondering how bad it would look for a 1 figure to be 1mm taller than another. I am looking into 1/72 stuff still, but there are some discrepancies in scale in the HAT range.

Thanks!

Evan Moore

I would think at that scale 1mm difference is probably not so much of an issue at 1/72 compared to 1mm at 1/285.
It seems to me it is within tollerance of the difference in height of humans at that scale.

1 mm is about 3 inches in that scale – so well within normal ranges of heights. When I am doing a big set of figures, I will often go out of my way to find other figures to mix in just for the variation (the exception being with things like Hoplites who look more impressive when everyone is the same size).

My great grandfather served in WWI, he was 6' 3". His brother was a smidge over 5 feet tall. You have a pretty broad range of heights which are still accurate. Just try to keep the majority closer to the middle of the spread.

The problem with scale is usually in the equipment rather than the man. I pre-standardisation armies you can tolerate a much wider difference scale than when equipment is factory made.

If the figures you are worried about are armed with the same weapon and the weapons are different sizes then worry otherwise no problem.

x42

1mm isn't bad. Where it gets bad is mixing 15s with "15s" that could be 3 or more mm difference.

I agree with the view that it is the size of the heads and headgear that matters the most between makes of figures. If those characteristics differ too much between makes, the figures tend not to go well together on the same stand.

I use mix all sorts of ranges together, I`m talking acw. They had soldiers from 16 upwards, a Perry Plastic figure and mixed in with say Steve Barber figures , the rifle dose not to out of place. Drummers, standard bearers come across as young soldiers just build of figure differant.
I like pastic soldier review the size differance is very noticeable in thier comparision charts .I would not perhaps mix to many large with smaller just looks odd. I`ve also started collecting ww1 started with renegde and happy not to include to many other ranges. Scale creep is a problem, depends on if your a wargamer or collector.

I use Emhar, Hat, Revell, Strelets and IT Miniatures and they mix well enough.

The OP mentioned scale issues with a range, how about within a single set, check out the difference in size between the bomber and the lewis gunner's assistant from the Emahr set of WWI British Infantry: (2nd and 3rd figures in the top row)

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That fellers from a bantam battalion…

Like Adrian, my 20mm WW1 stuff is a mixture of HaT, Emhar, Revell, IT and Airfix.

Some of those HaT guys are a bit big, but they look fine on the table. Certainly compared to 'pinhead' Revell French infantrymen. HaT figures are notoriously variable in size, their Carthaginian infantry just slay me, I made the 'giants' into Hannibals personal guard. Anyway, you get what you pay for and for wargaming they are fine.