"Toy vs. Miniature: Giants" Topic
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 Sgt Slag  | 01 Oct 2013 5:13 a.m. PST |
I put together a blog page showing plastic toy soldier figures, pressed into service as fantasy miniatures, compared to proper gaming miniatures. I thought this might be useful to other gamers. All are compared against a 28mm Human Barbarian figure, from the D&D pre-paint line. Here is the link. Cheers! |
| skinkmasterreturns | 01 Oct 2013 5:33 a.m. PST |
I have those same cavemen figures that I use for generic giants for my 15's,so you know they tower over them! |
| Who asked this joker | 01 Oct 2013 6:18 a.m. PST |
Really nice comparison Sgt Slag. Great find on the cavemen. Also, I painted a bunch of 54mm skeletons for my son. Those are surprisingly great little figures to paint as are the pirates that came in the same bag. |
| Sgt Slag | 01 Oct 2013 6:55 a.m. PST |
I actually only painted the non-plastic-colored bits on the Skeletons and Cave Men -- took no time at all, to paint them up! The plastic's color was perfect, after an application of The Dip (Royal Walnut, not Tudor, for my figures). I go for the GEtGW painting quality: Good Enough to Game With. Cheers! |
| religon | 01 Oct 2013 6:59 a.m. PST |
Thanks for sharing. I have a handful of those 54mm Cavemen. Hill Giants? Interesting… |
| Sgt Slag | 01 Oct 2013 7:20 a.m. PST |
They could also be used for Ogres. I've used them for both, before, depending on what I needed in the game at hand. I've since started using Mage Knight Krugg figures for my Ogres (not canon, for AD&D, but they work for me). Cheers! |
 20thmaine | 01 Oct 2013 11:20 a.m. PST |
Good Enough to Game With. Right On  |
| darthfozzywig | 01 Oct 2013 1:34 p.m. PST |
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| Sgt Slag | 14 Feb 2014 9:12 a.m. PST |
Update: I added some Native American figures from the Toob collection of toys. The set gave me 16 figures, including women and children, to use in my presentation of G1: Steading of the Hill Giants, however, I don't plan to use the women and children -- too much moral trauma, and this is not 1978 anymore. ;-) The robed figure will work nicely as the Chieftain of the Steading. The warriors will work nicely, as well. All are around 54mm tall, so they fit in with the Cave Men, and the Grenadier fantasy figures, quite well. There were also some terrain pieces in the two Toobs I purchased: animal skin stretched on a rack; dugout canoes which are too small for canoes, but they work well enough for log benches, turned over; a campfire -- perfect for the Great Hall; and a bear figure, which will probably be the correct size for a prehistoric Cave Bear. Click on this link, then scroll down the page for the update. Cheers! |
| cooey2ph | 25 Mar 2014 4:27 a.m. PST |
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| cooey2ph | 25 Mar 2014 4:29 a.m. PST |
i also use those mageknight kruggs as trolls. someone once told me they were sculpted as trolls by the original sculptor |
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makes an addition to his Flash Gordon collection.
