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RPG Miniatures and the Toy Figures commonly used, seem to be getting bigger?
Jam The MF:
Bigger Dragons, Bigger Giants, Bigger Dinosaurs, etc. Ex: The "Adult" size Dragon figures being released, are larger than the Bahamut and Tiamat figures from a few years ago.
Do you think the Scale is going to Increase, across the board?
Gotta find a way to keep people buying product, I guess?
David Johansen:
Start with 1/32 and you'll be ahead of the game.
Really, though the problem is that the size of the details doesn't change. 6mm figures and 54mm figures have the same smallest detail limit. With the competition to produce ever more detailed figures the size keeps creeping up. It's a known issue. Another factor is plastic, as things went to plastics, some of the technical limitations require bigger figures but the material costs also make larger figures viable. Resin can cast fine details but it's brittle and works best in large blocks and so on.
hedgehobbit:
--- Quote from: Jam The MF on July 31, 2021, 01:52:34 PM ---Bigger Dragons, Bigger Giants, Bigger Dinosaurs, etc. Ex: The "Adult" size Dragon figures being released, are larger than the Bahamut and Tiamat figures from a few years ago.
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The switch from metal to plastic/resin has allowed much larger figures to be built and painting YouTubers prefer the larger figures because it allows them to add more detail. So, I think scale creep is inevitable.
And it will only get worse once 3D printing takes hold. The newer resin printers can print some gigantic miniatures. Such as these giant lizards:
Jam The MF:
The Frost Giant I purchased recently, is much larger than the Storm Giant and Fire Giant I purchased a couple of years ago. I guess I could just throw them all into a single category called Giants, and be done with it? Just flush the old lore, like WOTC is doing themselves....
HappyDaze:
--- Quote from: hedgehobbit on July 31, 2021, 02:12:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: Jam The MF on July 31, 2021, 01:52:34 PM ---Bigger Dragons, Bigger Giants, Bigger Dinosaurs, etc. Ex: The "Adult" size Dragon figures being released, are larger than the Bahamut and Tiamat figures from a few years ago.
--- End quote ---
The switch from metal to plastic/resin has allowed much larger figures to be built and painting YouTubers prefer the larger figures because it allows them to add more detail. So, I think scale creep is inevitable.
And it will only get worse once 3D printing takes hold. The newer resin printers can print some gigantic miniatures. Such as these giant lizards:
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You say "worse" but those look pretty cool to me. Fucking badass dinos should be big!
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