tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7227763568720419840.post6938018049369181613..comments2024-03-04T22:15:07.054+00:00Comments on The Responsible One's Wargaming Blog: Enter the Citadel: Here be Giants - Developing Big MiniaturesThe Responsible Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377870574546599439noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7227763568720419840.post-18781892414639891432013-09-11T19:33:02.423+01:002013-09-11T19:33:02.423+01:00I suspect Jes gets a lot of flak from some "t...I suspect Jes gets a lot of flak from some "true scale" modellers too. I think the relevant point is that he's not claiming that they are to scale or not - he's claiming they are the right size.<br /><br />Marine model height has remained consistent with the rest of the range since the early days - they have never been significantly bigger. It could be seen as a shame, but there is no way GW is ever going to invalidate either the entire Marine range or everything else. It's just impossible. Can you imagine the screaming if they changed the scale of all the existing models? Overnight, old models aren't compatible with new, entire army ranges are invalid - they can't rescale and recut that many moulds.<br /><br />Note that he did not say that they were the right scale. I think he's trying to make the point that due to some of the decisions made in the very early days, Warhammer 40K is not all "to scale", but rather things are approximate. No-one is going to stop you resizing your marines, but you also won't get any GW employee, and especially not a sculptor, saying that their design approach is "wrong", whether the scale or anything else.The Responsible Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10377870574546599439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7227763568720419840.post-66669556263812606002013-09-11T15:22:07.967+01:002013-09-11T15:22:07.967+01:00Jes can keep saying that "Marines are the rig...Jes can keep saying that "Marines are the right size" all he likes, they patently aren't. Normal human minis made by GW are approx 30mm tall(to the top of the head, none of this to the eyes nonsense), and so are Space Marines. In order for Marines to be "the right size", GW would have to redo their entire range of humans to be no higher than 26.5mm, which evidently isn't going to happen. <br /><br />Sorry chief, it's a great writeup and thanks for it, but it seems Jes takes a pop at tru/artscale Marine modellers at every event he attends now, and his flat denial in the face of reality is beginning to grate :Pyodhrinsforgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158220077316268774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7227763568720419840.post-39335936567205174562013-07-24T19:03:02.252+01:002013-07-24T19:03:02.252+01:00Not a problem. There were quite a few bloggers at ...Not a problem. There were quite a few bloggers at this, so when I was slow, it ended up going up on various forums and so on - but I think I had the highest word count!The Responsible Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10377870574546599439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7227763568720419840.post-28139212192442900312013-07-20T14:31:22.835+01:002013-07-20T14:31:22.835+01:00Very cool - Thanks for sharing!Very cool - Thanks for sharing!Mordian7thhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631987711681654113noreply@blogger.com