| 123Mac | 17 Jun 2014 12:38 p.m. PST |
As a proponent of 1/72-20mm fantasy gaming, I'm always looking for fantastical figures to adapt to my chosen scale. I occasionally read complaints about 15mm lines that are considered too large for the scale; this is a case where one man's lament is another man's encouraging news. Some such lines I've heard about include Blood Dawn, Old Glory, Eureka, and Black Raven Foundry. Any thoughts on these lines? Are they in fact not quite big enough to be adapted to 20mm, even by a liberal standard? Are there other such lines I haven't heard about? Thanks! |
Shagnasty  | 17 Jun 2014 12:46 p.m. PST |
Blue Moon, although I think they are strictly historical. Very large "18s." |
| Sondergaard | 17 Jun 2014 12:49 p.m. PST |
Most 1/72 figures stand around the 23mm-24mm mark rather than the often stated 20mm. Doesn't sound much but it's a big difference. Even a large 15mm mini would not work. Proportions are different as well.
This assumes you are talking about average humans. |
| cloudcaptain | 17 Jun 2014 2:27 p.m. PST |
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| ordinarybass | 17 Jun 2014 3:05 p.m. PST |
I was about to suggest check the Splintered light "Splintered Lands" series of woodland warriors, but then I checked and they're now listed as 20mm Woodland Warriors, so there you go. They also have a line of 20mm fantasy that were originally designed to go with the woodland miniatures. |
| UpperCanada | 17 Jun 2014 4:08 p.m. PST |
I'd say the Eureka Wood Elves are very large, and much better to use in 20mm than in 15/18. I bought a bunch, hoping they'd fit in with Splintered Light and Khurasan Miniatures fantasy 15/18mm….but they are way to big. Very nice sculpts though. |
| Who asked this joker | 18 Jun 2014 7:33 a.m. PST |
SLM 20mm fantasy works well in some cases. link I have the Dwarves and Bug Bears. Both work with other 1/72 scale figures. Bug bears can be used as a kind of an Orcish race if you like. Blood Dawn miniatures Dwarves also fit nicely with other 20mm (1/72 scale) figures. link It is a pretty deep range of figures including the odd Dwarf riding a flying Sabertooth tiger. |
| Umpapa | 18 Jun 2014 10:22 a.m. PST |
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| 123Mac | 18 Jun 2014 9:10 p.m. PST |
Excellent suggestions, everyone! I had forgotten about Blue Moon. They have a horror line that has promise for fantasy gaming. Umpapa, thanks for the kind words. That's an awesome list! |
| nukesnipe | 19 Jun 2014 5:25 a.m. PST |
I can attest to Black Raven Foundry's Amazons, Wizards, and Specters being too large for 15mm – even if you go the "heroic" route and consider 18mm to be 15mm. They'd probably fit quite well with 20mm. Regards, Scott Chisholm |
| TwinMirror | 19 Jun 2014 12:43 p.m. PST |
Check out East Riding Miniatures ERM 15 range. Pretty much all the chaos creatures, plus all the monsters work great in 1/72 scale.
These cave trolls are exactly 1/72 human height:
They actually have nicer detail in real life than the pictures here suggest. The frogfolk are also good:
They come out as about shoulder height to 20mm figures, which I think looks really good. Plus Tony from ERM is an excellent bloke and provides great service! |
| chironex | 20 Jun 2014 2:16 a.m. PST |
HALO Micro action?
The MacFarlane website claims them to be 15mm, but even given the characters superhuman status I do not see it…
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| chironex | 20 Jun 2014 2:17 a.m. PST |
Yes, that's a Battlefront figure. |
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