"Mantic's Halo Flashpoint figure comparison shots" Topic

Bit rushed and done with my phone camera. Comparison figures are a 28mm heroic Wargames Atlantic sci-fi plastic, 32mm, and a GW Primaris Marine (however big they are). My initial guess was that a normal human might be around 32mm but I'm not sure now. Master Chief is ~45mm feet to top of helmet – Spartan's are 7ft+ in their armour IIRC. So I'm now nudging towards thinking 1:48 as likely closest scale. Though given this is a licensed product some weird unique scaling isn't out the question.

The Spartans are okay detail and design-wise but not great (a bit boardgamey IMO – though obviously not surprising). The Covenant Elites I do like though – big – though they feel chunkier than I recall from the games.

I think Mantic said it was officially 40mm.

They paint up nice enough. I bought two copies of the Spartan edition… one is painted and one will remain unpainted.

I'll stimulate this discussion.

The comparison shots are not ideal.

Perhaps (as in, please do) take them straight on lined up with a ruler or graph paper, or some such set up.

Bird's eye views and action poses are not helping.

From what's visible of the difference between the space marines, sorry games workshop's space marines (don't want confusion with space marines of anybody else who wants some), and the less yelly, not so topless chaps without shields, I am reminded.

The Unit, "we're not worthy", had an episode (the first? "Wash your mouth out") where Jonas ran through a plane stuck on the tarmac hijacked. He had only a pistol and took out the hijackers one by one in quick succession.

Apparently people on set wondered why he wasn't wearing any armour or vest. The production head/s (military folk) explained that the idea is not to get shot.

Which gets even weirder when you see computer game footage of GW space marines jumping and rolling around like the love child of a ninja and captian Kirk.

I veiw them moving more like robocop or a T-800. Robo looks pretty legit, and he isn't even as heavily armoured.

Yet, he is slow and armoured, he takes many hits, but has the fire power "to get the job done."

I don't feel the marines dodging bullets is in keeping with either their character, role, or armour.