"The nearly-ultimate guide to D&D halfling and gnome minis" Topic

In pursuit of answering the question I asked a few months ago at TMP, I've since acquired very nearly every DDM halfling and gnome mini out there. The comparisons were interesting. I found minis as small as these:

and as large as 1/72 scale humans:

plus everything in between. Read more about it here.

Good work! Yeah, they're all over the place, size-wise, aren't they? I could understand if these were all put out by different companies, but that's just sad.

Yep, something tells me that WotC wasn't too worried about consistent scale. It works out well for my particular purposes, though, as I can use them for either halflings or humans, depending on their size.

If you go to halfling house.blogspot.com.au, the guy has a bunch of comparison picks of halflings in the Warhammer and related company lines. His shots combined with your shots with complete the circle.

I learned years ago, that scale is a very relative thing… I just arbitrarily chose a line to use for my Gnome army, and ran with it.

I've been buying some of the Caesar plastic fantasy miniatures, as well as Dark Alliance fantasy figures, all 1/72 scale (a very rough claim, indeed!), and they actually clock in at the right size/proportions for my AD&D Elves, using their Elf figures; the Dark Alliance Orc Warg Riders will make excellent Goblins, being around 20mm tall.

If you know the actual heights of the mini's, you can then make a judgement call as to what they will work for, in your games. In the end, that is the best you can do.

Years ago, I made up a table of heights, in feet, on one side, and mm's on the other side. This table is handy when looking for what size figures to buy, to represent the various fantasy creatures for my games. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find figures that match my table, so I have had to compromise, and run with figures that come close.

Having said that, I went with plastic Cave Men, 54mm tall, for Hill Giants. For Frost Giants, I found Cherilea's plastic 60mm Viking figures work quite well, and they have a surprising amount of detail for injectin-molded plastic figures. They are also incredibly affordable, compared to metal mini's (ditto for the Cave Men…).

The Caesar, and Dark Alliance, fantasy figures are amazingly inexpensive, if they will fit into your size needs. Plastic is becoming more popular, and the Dark Alliance, in particular, are highly detailed -- amazingly so, in fact, for what they are. The Dark Alliance figures are among the most detailed 1/72 (20mm) figures I've seen yet, metal or plastic (have not seen a great many, but so far, they're the most detailed).

Here's to hoping everyone can find figures that fit their needs, at an affordable price. Cheers!

I learned years ago, that scale is a very relative thing… I just arbitrarily chose a line to use for my Gnome army, and ran with it.

I've been buying some of the Caesar plastic fantasy miniatures, as well as Dark Alliance fantasy figures, all 1/72 scale (a very rough claim, indeed!), and they actually clock in at the right size/proportions for my AD&D Elves, using their Elf figures; the Dark Alliance Orc Warg Riders will make excellent Goblins, being around 20mm tall.

If you know the actual heights of the mini's, you can then make a judgement call as to what they will work for, in your games. In the end, that is the best you can do.

Years ago, I made up a table of heights, in feet, on one side, and mm's on the other side. This table is handy when looking for what size figures to buy, to represent the various fantasy creatures for my games. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find figures that match my table, so I have had to compromise, and run with figures that come close.

Having said that, I went with plastic Cave Men, 54mm tall, for Hill Giants. For Frost Giants, I found Cherilea's plastic 60mm Viking figures work quite well, and they have a surprising amount of detail for injectin-molded plastic figures. They are also incredibly affordable, compared to metal mini's (ditto for the Cave Men…).

The Caesar, and Dark Alliance, fantasy figures are amazingly inexpensive, if they will fit into your size needs. Plastic is becoming more popular, and the Dark Alliance, in particular, are highly detailed -- amazingly so, in fact, for what they are. The Dark Alliance figures are among the most detailed 1/72 (20mm) figures I've seen yet, metal or plastic (have not seen a great many, but so far, they're the most detailed).

Here's to hoping everyone can find figures that fit their needs, at an affordable price. Cheers!