Scale: 28mm = 1/48th???

Anonymous

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November 2005

Scale: 28mm = 1/48th???

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 7, 2004 7:38 PM

Hi guys,

Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question, but i need to know what the approximate scale would be for 28 mm figures. I have recently started painting Games Workshop minis and according to GW their figures are roughly 28 mm scale.

I would like to do up a couple of diaramas and was thinking that model railroad scenery in O scale (which is 1/48th, i believe) might be the best fit for buildings bridges, etc.

thanks for your help.
-Brad

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rjkplasticmod

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February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Thursday, October 7, 2004 8:44 PM

The 28mm scales out closer to 1/63. 1/48 scale would be 36mm. But many of the Fantasy figures aren't really to any scale. I mean, how big was a "real" Orc or Dragon? For most scenery, I think you could use O scale ( 1/48) or even some HO ( 1/87 ) if you were a little selective in your choices.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 7, 2004 9:48 PM

Thanks Rick! You make a good point about the accuracy of the scale. Even most of the human models are not really in any sort of scale porpotion. I guess I am just looking for a sort of best-fit solution...

By the way, how did you figure out the scale? is there a formula that you can use to easily convert mm scale to (for lack of a better term) fractional scale?

thanks again,
-Brad

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 7, 2004 10:16 PM

Figure scales are calculated on the basis of the size of a 5 foot 8 inch tall standard man. That works out to 68 inches x 25.4 mm per inch or 1727.2 mm. Therefore, 1/32 scale is 1727.2 mm divided by 32, or 54 mm (actually 53.975 mm). To go the other direction, 28 mm goes into 1727.2 mm 61.7 times (i.e. 1727.2 divided by 28 equals 61.7), giving a scale of 1/61.7.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 8, 2004 11:13 PM

That makes sense. Thanks Masao!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 11, 2004 6:35 PM

I think the easiest way to get terrain that fits with Games Workshop figures is to build it yourself. That way, you can measure out the height of the buildings based on the figures that you are using.
Here's a great website http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/index.html to show you how to build terrain.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:53 PM

thanks for the link!

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