Patrick Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I'm right there with you Nathan! I got a little taste of scale-iosis with our previous releases over at the TMP. If the figures look comperable across the brands (which most recent ranges do as illustrated in the terrific photos folks posted) I don't see why everyone makes such a fuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr0fane Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Here you go, a site that may help clear things up a bit. Nathan, they currently don't have Wyrd, but I would imagine you could rectify that shortcoming. Wee Toy Soldiers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted July 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Might have to look into that, thanks. A good site from what I've briefly glanced at. Glad someone is doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimshack Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 About football... that the heck.. it's foot ball... you know foot, on the most south region of your body... To kick the ball with... Hello... kick it once and then run around with a FOOTball becouse it's to clumsly shaped to actually work to kick....what's that?... you should call it runball then, tossball if you prefer, or who cares about the ball just ram into eachother, and the team with the least hospitalised players win.... sjeez. What? We're American; we don't have to make sense. We carry a big green stick and talk like John Wayne, and that's makes us the cat's gollashes. Anyway, our football is culturally superior for one very obvious reason, the huddle. The Huddle is what makes this the most important game in our world, you know, and that means it should be the most important game in your world too. Why is the huddle so important? Well that should be obvious. How else are you supposed to fit in a commercial? In worldwide football, people just keep playing and playing and they don't even take breaks. It's boring. We tried it here, and it sucks. Gotta sneak the commercials in the margins of the screen and stuff, which is way annoying to the viewer, and even more annoying to the ad people. You just don't love ad people enough Cindy; if you did you'd be nicer tothem and support a sport which makes their lives better. A good sport has to have a chance for Nike to tell us what sportsfigure we want to emulate and for Mountain Dew to give us permission to be ourselves by drinking their soda. We need fake beer wars and car ads that make us feel instantly successful. because we identify with the yuppy guy and his nerdy but hot wife. After a good game people buy stuff. They buy stuff before a big game too, and if all goes well, heck, they buy stuff during the game. American football has far more action to it, because it frees up those dollars better than any mere European sport, and sometimes we even get to chuckle while we do it. Who cares what happens on the field. Baseball, Football, or Women's Nine-ball, the most imortant thing about any sport is the commercials, and until soccer comes up with a better commercial format, it will always be a second rate sport. Get a clue will ya! Sheesh! [/sarcasm] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witchfire Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Here you go, a site that may help clear things up a bit. Nathan, they currently don't have Wyrd, but I would imagine you could rectify that shortcoming. Wee Toy Soldiers that's nice but i didn't see any DA, Wyrd or PP minis in there :dong: those are the ones that counts for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr0fane Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 that's nice but i didn't see any DA, Wyrd or PP minis in there :dong: those are the ones that counts for me I'm on it, witchfire. At least from the Dark Age perspective. And I'm sure FF will get the Wyrd in there too...you'll have to pimp someone for the PP angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincegamer Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 curse you and your evil link. Now I want to buy stuff I'd never heard of before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Oh Vince...You've seen that link before!! In fact I referenced it here: http://wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?t=837 That would be a great link to have here on your website, or on the Wyrd Store....not that particular one, but a shot of all your minis, standing infront of measuring devices... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincegamer Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 But I believe it's been updated - or I didn't look past the one pic before - that old link isn't working now anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 It sure has been updated...now you can select the minis one at a time and make your own lineup. Very cool feature. That site should be bookmarked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Farstrider Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Personally I donn't care if the mini is 25mm ,30mm or 32mm. people are not all the same height. My only conceren is that the mini is cool. Cool link btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green stuff Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Personally I donn't care if the mini is 25mm ,30mm or 32mm. people are not all the same height. My only conceren is that the mini is cool. My feelings exactly;)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincegamer Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Personally I donn't care if the mini is 25mm ,30mm or 32mm. people are not all the same height. My only conceren is that the mini is cool. Cool link btw. Well, for 30 & 32 that makes sense, and as most 28 are actually taller than 28 it still works. But if your army is 25mm and you add a 32mm figure, that figure is 28% taller than everyone else. Given the average man is 5'10", the new guy would be 7'6". Sure, people are different heights, and some are around 7'6" (I think that's Wilt Chamberlain's height) but it's extremely rare. Going the other way, if most of your army is 32mm, then a 25mm mini would be like 4'6" - again, such people are out there, but other than children, they are rare (Danny DeVito is 5'2"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Except, when was the last time you saw a 25mm figure? Seriously. Like the 80s or something? Even Lord of the Rings from GW is 28mm scalecreeping to 30mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimshack Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 It's interesting though, some folks have gotten so used to 28 being 32-34, that when they see a 30-32mm, they think it's a 25. I guess if youaren't actually talking to people who design the minis, you could easily mistake the shorthand "28" references for an accurate description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 I think Danny Devito could totally take Wilt Chamberlin in a fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witchfire Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr0fane Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Oh my. Father is a big fella, isn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant_Crunch Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Or you could just say "screw-em" and give your miniature's measurements in cubits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malebolgia Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 or pixels. After all most of us are looking at them on a screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green stuff Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 @Malebolgia: Good point . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matakishi Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 I've come to this a bit late haven't I? Oh well, I think I made my views clear over on TMP. There are a lot of people who don't know how big their miniatures are. They can't picture how big your miniatures are because 32mm means nothing to them. They think their existing miniatures are 28mm and therefore yours are too big. But then there are people like me, an old historical gamer incidently, who is perfectly aware both of the sizes of existing ranges and the size differences I am willing to tolerate in a game. I buy your figures, the people who complain don't. I doubt the complainers ever will buy your figures, no matter what lengths you go to to show them, they'll never see. I must admit that their knee-jerk negative reactions make me want to punch them in the face and, obviously, I feel bad about this. I can only imagine how you must feel when you read that tripe. Best to ignore it and flag them as the *bleep*tards they obviously are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted August 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 (chuckle) Thanks, appreciate this, and the post on TMP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph-E Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 size is not the matter. knowledge and feeling are playing the game! Seriously, this is the egg/chiken problem. Why all company should have the same scale? Trying to invade the tabletop game of other company? noooo! If it's the reason, please read next. I've working for 3 years for GW, in a mani stores in France. All customers wants some Citadel Minis to play, nothing ells. Confrontation players wants Rackham minis and nothing ells. The most important is that in a same collection, all minis looks same scaled. Not the same size, but same scale. dont forget that the legs position can change the size on a mini is you're mesuring from bottom feet to shoulder/eyes/ top of head/ top of hat. dont forget that a "little fat ass" can be the same scale as sexy "mister Univers", but not the same size. The size of the head, according to me is a good locate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Przemas Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Nathan I should like to introduce Mr Head to Mr Wall. :laugh: well, just got a batch of Wyrd minis and definietly they match the scale of the other popular manufacturers. to be honest i was quite surprised when i read that some people can`t see it. i just thought that most of the people know that GW and Reaper are in 28mm nomore. if you find other idea to describe the models that would be fine. on the other hand it would be cool to keep the exact measurments - i find them nice (don`t know if they`re useful, but it`s good to know what size your mini is ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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