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 Crimson wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:
Nobody is going to put Guardsman on bigger than 25s.

GW already did. The Gaun'ts Ghosts are on 28,5mm bases and are really big.


(Pic from Spikeybits.)

Woah. I just lost all interest in them.

Oh good, Primaris Humans

What was the point of Primaris, if they're just gonna make humans Marine-sized again? So they can upscale the Marines a second time later?

Y'all are taking the stupid base size "problem" waayyyyyy too seriously.

Just put them on 25's.

yikes! Well Since they are a bit like a unique unit, maybe just maybe their scale is slightly off...

Who am I kidding its a freaking giant XD

Racerguy180 wrote:
Y'all are taking the stupid base size "problem" waayyyyyy too seriously.

Just put them on 25's.

I feel like you're missing the issue

If Kriegers are on 28.5 bases then they're borderline Primaris-sized

the whole point of Primaris as True Scale Marines is pointless if humans are the same size as Marines again

Blastaar wrote:

 Crimson wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:
Nobody is going to put Guardsman on bigger than 25s.

GW already did. The Gaun'ts Ghosts are on 28,5mm bases and are really big.

(Pic from Spikeybits.)

Woah. I just lost all interest in them.

That's dumb. Humans should be staying the same size with better proportions to line up with the other things like Marines and Orks getting scale tweaked.

I have trouble caring too much about the 'scale' of the minis when the tabletops aren't really to scale either. It's just not a 'scale' game.

 gorgon wrote:
I have trouble caring too much about the 'scale' of the minis when the tabletops aren't really to scale either. It's just not a 'scale' game.

Yeah but humans shouldn't be Marine-sized.

Yeah but I have trouble caring, like I said.

We can kinda do that dance all day long.

Define Marine sized, there are many Marine models in many different sizes.

 gorgon wrote:
I have trouble caring too much about the 'scale' of the minis when the tabletops aren't really to scale either. It's just not a 'scale' game.

I mean, I'm sure other people don't have trouble, it's down to each own aesthetic values.

To me, bigger marines, smaller humans look better than same size everything.

Yeah it's a matter of taste but to my taste scale creep means I just won't buy them. Hope others can enjoy them. Wish GW would be a bit more disciplined with this stuff.

 Crimson wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:
Nobody is going to put Guardsman on bigger than 25s.

GW already did. The Gaun'ts Ghosts are on 28,5mm bases and are really big.


(Pic from Spikeybits.)

"...the Commissar was a hunk of a man. He was as tall as a Primaris Space Marine and could have any woman he wanted. He could even sneak into a Heretic Astartes camp, snap a traitors neck, take his power armour and disguise himself as one of their own. Abaddon himself would bellow 'Jeff, you old scally wag! Get over here and have a drink with me! And he would. He'd take a sip of the finest Slaanesh ale and then after sharing a hilarious joke about how useless Death Guard are, would then snap his neck and save the galaxy. Then he would pop back home, sit in the Emperor's chair and ask Greyfax to put the kettle on."

But seriously, hes a bit tall for a guardman.

It was kind of obvious after the Vampire releases

Let's fething pray Krieg aren't Gaunt-sized

Gaunt seems bigger than needed. Other Guardsmen in the unit are fine.
Untwist your knickers, ladies!

Blastaar wrote:

 Crimson wrote:

 Prometheum5 wrote:
Nobody is going to put Guardsman on bigger than 25s.

GW already did. The Gaun'ts Ghosts are on 28,5mm bases and are really big.


(Pic from Spikeybits.)

Woah. I just lost all interest in them.

That just seems absurd, really. I suppose that shows the whole idea of "Primaris Marines were so they could make Marines Truescale" was wrong if they're now making everything else bigger too, re-introducing the original problem of them being the wrong size.

I don't think the idea made much sense anyway as Primaris Marines were said to be bigger than standard marines, so they'd still have been not quite the right size for Primaris Marine miniatures.

a_typical_hero wrote:
Gaunt seems bigger than needed. Other Guardsmen in the unit are fine.
Untwist your knickers, ladies!

Still looks oversized to me. But you're mischaracterising me saying "I don't want to buy these" as more of an emotional reaction than it is.

Is'nt Gaunt taller than the Rest of his First and Only?

Rest of Gaunt'S Ghosts look fitting.

The Soulblight Vampires from AOS were also massive, at least the Underworlds team (and the vampire centaur, but that gets a pass).

The humans from Cursed City were also massive. I think the witch hunter was primaris sized (and not just due to his big hat.)

I hope they're not making humans too big. Orks and primaris being large works great. Humans, not so much. Except for painting

There's a picture of Gaunt next to a FW Krieg too, lol.

 Da Boss wrote:
Still looks oversized to me. But you're mischaracterising me saying "I don't want to buy these" as more of an emotional reaction than it is.

Please note that the trooper is standing upright while the Marine's legs are angled. If the Marine would stand like that, he would be ~1 to 1.5 heads higher than he already is.

Thing is gaunt models look so nice!

Sorry to interrupt the Krieg talk, are there any announcements/leaks on pricing of the ork stuff, particularly kommandos/boyz?

Surely kommandos aren't going to be more than $60 (right?) since that's the price for most new 10 man units, which is nice compared to the old $45 for 5. But are boyz going to be... $45? $60? Almost certainly not less than $45 since that's what Cadians are running now, and only an increase of $9 from their current price. Are we going to see $60 boyz, making it extremely expensive to start a new ork army?

I really like how people overreact to commissar model blind to the fact A ) primaris is heavily leaning forward making him look shorter B ) Gaunt is not held at the same height but a bit higher, and most importantly C ) Gaunt is made full head taller by his dumb hat, without which he would be no taller than any other Tanith dude. He is nowhere near close to a vampire in height. Headless chicken panic much?

Bit of banter to be honest.

Goose LeChance wrote:
There's a picture of Gaunt next to a FW Krieg too, lol.

Spoiler:

Thanks for this pic, BTW. If you draw a line from where top of Gaunt head would be to Krieger helmet, they are exactly the same height given Krieg model is leaning forward a bit. Yup, ""primaris"" Gaunt is the exact same size as "tiny" Krieg

The only difference is, Gaunt looks like adult fit soldier, unlike anorexic 15 year old Barbie look Kieger has. Look at his ankles, paint job on this model masks it but Krieg uniform is long pants put into long, leather boots, plus reinforced wraps on top of it. 3 thick layers of material, making his ankles about as thick as his fingers. These are not ""human"" proportions, even necrons have thicker legs than that.

Headcannon: Gaunt and his Ghosts are absolute Chads.

Fix'd.