"Scale matters as much as size!" Topic
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06 Dec 2011 5:15 p.m. PST
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| Captain dEwell | 06 Dec 2011 3:27 p.m. PST |
Folks, sorry. Naff question, but I have tried to answer it myself. Is 1/48th scale the same as 28mm? If not, what is? Thanks (Somewhat embarrassed) D'Ewell |
| Angel Barracks | 06 Dec 2011 3:30 p.m. PST |
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| MajorB | 06 Dec 2011 3:31 p.m. PST |
Is 1/48th scale the same as 28mm? No. Depending on who you talk to the right answer varies but is something around 1/56. (I now await others to correct me!!) See also:
TMP link |
| Sparker | 06 Dec 2011 3:59 p.m. PST |
Its not a naff question at all, it is something that is fairly moot – as Margard says, most will accept 1/56th, but 1/50th and 1/48th are all used with 28mm figures. I guess for the sculptor 28mm is something of a subjective size, whereas scale of course is entirely objective, or should be! |
| Ascent | 06 Dec 2011 4:51 p.m. PST |
This is a very good article covering the subject. link |
| earthad | 06 Dec 2011 7:08 p.m. PST |
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| T Meier | 06 Dec 2011 8:07 p.m. PST |
If a 28mm figure is really 28mm tall then it would be 1/62, at least for height. If it were 28mm to the eyes and had a naturally proportioned head it would be 1/58. Most gaming figures won't fit a ratio scale because different parts of the body are made to different scales, particularly the head and face and the hands. A 28mm (really 30mm) figure should have a 4mm head, certainly no larger than 4.25mm but 5mm or even 6mm is more typical. Hands can be any size. |
| Martin Rapier | 07 Dec 2011 3:30 a.m. PST |
The short answer to the OP is no. I can recall 28mm being equated to 1/65th, but of course we have scale creep and so-on so now it is 1/56th up 1/48th. |
| Femeng2 | 07 Dec 2011 4:55 a.m. PST |
Sounds more like a British OB. |
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