Figure scales (was Re: PA carried DFFGs?)

3 posts ยท Oct 25 2001 to Oct 25 2001

From: Aaron Teske <ateske@H...>

Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:42:10 -0700 (PDT)

Subject: Figure scales (was Re: PA carried DFFGs?)

> --- Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@hotmail.com> wrote:

Given the (theoretical) idea that a man-sized figure should be
around 1.6 to 1.8 meters tall (or to the eyes, or whatever, I don't really
care that much), if you divide the mm scale by the fractional scale you should
end up with a constant, or thereabouts. So:

6mm / 1/285 = 1710
6mm / 1/300 = 1800
25mm / 1/72 = 1800
etc., etc.

So 15mm should be roughly (1800/15 =) 1/120 scale, and 1/35
scale should be roughly 52mm.

Easy, neh?

From: Allan Goodall <agoodall@a...>

Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:38:20 -0400

Subject: Re: Figure scales (was Re: PA carried DFFGs?)

On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:42:10 -0700 (PDT), Aaron Teske
<mithramuse@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Given the (theoretical) idea that a man-sized figure should be

I usually point everyone to The Miniatures Page. If measuring to the "eye
height" of a figure, they use a constant of 1610. To the top of the figure,
they use 1730.

Regardless, this is about the best reference I've seen for scales. They list
the mm scale, the proportion (i.e. 1/72) scale, and they mention the
railroad scale (HO, OO, N, etc.) and give a note on the most popular types of
figures in those scales.

You can find the web page at:
http://theminiaturespage.com/ref/scales.html

From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@h...>

Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:06:17 -0700

Subject: Re: Figure scales (was Re: PA carried DFFGs?)

Yes, thanks.

"The Irish are the only race of people on Earth for which psychoanalysis is of
no use."

                                 - S. Freud

> From: Aaron Teske <mithramuse@yahoo.com>