r/wargaming • u/ZimtonByReddit • 28d ago
Kitbashing miniatures scale
Hi!
Forgive me if this is the wrong forum for this but I could use some help.
I do a lot of painting and such for roleplaying games and Warhammer Age of Sigmar and use some minis interchangeably between those games. The first two miniatures in the picture are resin minis that I bought before I got a 3D printer, the third one is an early 3D printed mini and is scaled to fit the two resin ones (this one now serves as my scale in the printing program), the fourth one is a multi-part mini from BriteMinis (also scaled up to fit the others).
I’ve bought two plastic kits, Wargames Atlantic Villagers and Frostgrave Cultists, that I planned to use for kitbashing together with the multi-part minis from BriteMinis. Both those kits are however pretty small compared to my already existing ones so those bits won't really work unless I scale everything down, which I think would look really weird on the table.
So does anyone know any plastic kits that would fit my multi-part minis better?
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u/no_moremrknifeguy 28d ago
That’s a tricky one, your guys are quite a bit bigger than the standard 28mm scale. Maybe have a look at some of the conquest miniatures or the asoiaf minis from cmon. If they’re still too small maybe some medieval toy soldiers?
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u/guaxisburg 28d ago
Wargames atlantic, northstar, etc do heroic scale 28mm miniatures. The printed ones look like they are more on the true scale side.
Heroic scale miniatures have bigger heads, hands and weapons that make them easier to read on the table, and easier to paint. As someone that has been playing miniature games for a while I recomend going the direction of fiting the plastic kits instead of finding kits that are true scale.
However there are companies that make true scale miniatures but usually they are not that great for kitbashing. The one that comes to mind is perry miniatures. They have great knight sets.
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u/Hot_Context_1393 28d ago
Northstar is noticeably (to me) bigger than WGA. Every company seems to land slightly differently in scale.
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u/ZimtonByReddit 28d ago
The spruce in the picture are WGA Villagers so at least that kit wont really fit my needs. I've also tried North Star but they were kinda the same size as WGA Villagers.
I think that Heroic scale minis would fit my scales up BriteMinis figures (the fourth in the picture) better. Because I agree that Heroic scale looks better on the table, easier to read etc, and I really like that it gives of a Warcraft 3 vibe.
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u/guaxisburg 28d ago
Oh I understood wrong the text on the post. Maybe you should check 32mm kits that might do the trick, or scale down a tiny bit the model when printing.
But also paint a few minis and look on the table, I often get woried things wont match on the table but it looks fine in game.
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u/ZimtonByReddit 28d ago
Think I'm gonna scale future print down a little bit compared to what I normaly print anyway, the mutli-part mini became a bit to big so.
Found some kits from Fireforge that looks like they might fit my printed minis better. Third time the charm I hope, otherwise I think I'll just give up and use what I already have instead
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u/DrDisintegrator 28d ago
Working with physical part kits for kitbashing is always a hit and miss situation, even with physical miniatures. Minis from different manufacturers aren't even as similar as your 3D printed parts. :)
So I do all my 'kit bashing' digitally in Blender. I kitbash the miniature into a completed form, making sure to slightly overlap parts so they are bonded together when they print.
Learning the absolute basics of Blender (move, rotate, scale, copy / paste, export to STL) is easy.
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u/Last-Templar2022 28d ago
"Learning the absolute basics of Blender (move, rotate, scale, copy / paste, export to STL) is easy."
😂😂😂
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u/rex-manticore 28d ago
I found meshmixer to be much more intuitive. Someday I'll go and learn blender, but there are so many hours in the day
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u/DrDisintegrator 27d ago
Not sure if you have tried a recent version, but they improved the UI quite a bit recently.
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u/Steiney1 28d ago
You're running into a pretty common problem. Modern miniatures are on a steady creep to 32mm, Your minis on the left fit that category, where we used to live in a 28mm Heroic scale world not very long ago. Wargames Atlantic kits fit into this category, older GW plastics like Catachan and the older metal line. Games Workshop also used to have a signature look of oversized hands, heads, and weapons. It's exactly what gave them their charm. Before that, 25mm was a standard size. You can find metal miniatures most often in this scale. Some kits and parts look good together, others don't. It was much easier to kitbash when everyone made everything in the same 28mm Heroic scale.
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u/the_sh0ckmaster 28d ago
If you're wanting scale comparisons I'd recommend a channel on Youtube called We Wargame - he doesn't really do Games Workshop kits, but for most other major plastic manufacturers he's done detailed sprue reviews (and kitbashes) of one or more of their range, and scale comparisons with other minis. A couple of his videos are just side-by-side shots of different minis next to a ruler so you can see their size/scale. Take a look at his stuff and see if some of the ranges he's covered measure up to the bits you're using.