| sneakgun | 31 Jul 2015 10:02 a.m. PST |
I would like to modify some vehicles for my fledgling Ork army. So was wondering what scale to use? Any suggestions on models? Thanks. |
| GonerGonerGoner | 31 Jul 2015 10:13 a.m. PST |
For Orks 1/35 or 1/48 will work. Trucks and APCs make nice Ork vehicles. Cheap plastic kits are your best option as your only going to Orky them up. Modern vehicles will need much bigger guns especially thicker barrels or they look like pea shooters next to Orks. Toy vehicles are a good option. Some army men play sets have nice plastic vehicles which with a bit of plastic card are easy to sort out. Take an Ork in your pocket and hold it next to the vehicle and eyeball the scale. |
| Moe Ronn | 31 Jul 2015 10:53 a.m. PST |
Depends on the figure. Space Marines are eight feet tall, but the models are the same size and sometimes smaller than the ordinary human imperial guardsmen. |
| Mithmee | 31 Jul 2015 11:54 a.m. PST |
As noted above the following scales do work. 1/35th 1/48th |
| sneakgun | 31 Jul 2015 1:51 p.m. PST |
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| Buff Orpington | 31 Jul 2015 1:53 p.m. PST |
The only thing you can say with any real accuracy is that they are 1:1 scale GW figures. there has been so much scale creep over the years that different generations are almost incompatible. |
| kallman | 31 Jul 2015 2:03 p.m. PST |
1/48 and 1/35 will work fine for Orks and even Imperial Guard or whatever they are now called. In terms of size the GW models are pretty much 30 mm tall so do not fit within more traditional scales such as 1/56th. I actually plan to use some WW II 1/48 scale kits for some alternate WW II games using GW Space Marines and the Dream Forge Eisenkern models. The later of which look like futuristic Germans in carapace armor. |
| john lacour | 31 Jul 2015 2:06 p.m. PST |
space marines are not 8ft tall. they are around 7. |
| Mithmee | 31 Jul 2015 4:14 p.m. PST |
Tell that to one in Terminator Armor. |
Frederick  | 31 Jul 2015 4:48 p.m. PST |
I would recommend 1/35 scale – some of my WH40K vehicles from GW or Forge World are the same size as my 1/35 WWII tanks |
| Only Warlock | 31 Jul 2015 7:39 p.m. PST |
1mm taller than last year's standard. Every year. |
| 49mountain | 05 Aug 2015 12:27 p.m. PST |
So saying that they are 28 mm is incorrect? |
| TheGaffer | 08 Aug 2015 9:30 a.m. PST |
1/48 vehicles work better for the non-forge world mega-death models. A 1/48 Marine LAV is about the same size as an ork trukk. |
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