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Made in se
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Hello Dakkas

i need your opinions and thoughts
What is a okay size for a figurine, for a figurine board game?

I am creating my own board game. (for fun)
I have manage to create a 3d model , got it 3d printed, create a silicon form and then “mass-produce”
You can view the model here. (swe) http://www.johnlarssonart.com/blog/#/swe-projekt-figur-19032017-1/

so I have a question.
What is the OK size for a ordinary figurine?
I having thoughts on going 50 mm figurines.
The game itself is not about huge armies and tanks.
It is a co-op vs small groups of enemies were you only control one “Hero” model.
Is 50 mm OK or should I stay at 40 mm?

Thank you for your attention

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Imho 28-32mm is a good spot. 50+ like inquisitor models gets unwieldy i think

anything smaller around 20 starts looking a little goofy

though i like the thoughts of "war" games using HO scale for the sake of good cheap terrain.

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 Scott-S6 wrote:
And yet another thread is hijacked for Unit to ask for the same advice, receive the same answers and make the same excuses.

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Sword-Bearing Inquisitorial Crusader





Near London, UK

For the specific context of a board game, I'd suggest 40mm.

It's enough larger than 30mm to give a bit more room for detail and help convey the increased importance of each model. But anything as big as 50mm+ would require a fairly large board.

That said, it does depend on what you want out of the game. If you want players to be able to customise their heroes, sticking to 30mm gives them a lot of choice of manufacturers. (Which may or may not be desirable, depending on your intentions to market the game).

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






SoCal, USA!

For a board game with realistic scale figures?

"35mm" a la Kingdom Death, or 1/50 scale.

The models are large enough to be clearly identifiable and show excellent detail, without being so large as to make the playing space seem overly small. This is becoming a popular scale for "boutique" style miniatures, building off the popularity of Kingdom Death.

As a general rule, miniatures should be as small as possible, because this maximizes your effective playing area. The larger your scale battlefield or playing area, the "bigger" your world seems. It leaves room for big monsters, big vehicles, big buildings as one might find in the real world.

As a practical consideration, I recommend a minimum dimension of 20mm (i.e. what you can comfortably pinch between thumb & forefinger). Tiny humans? 20+mm tall. Tiny cars? 20+mm long. Tiny aircraft? 20mm wingspan. Etc.

OTOH, if you really want 40mm or 50mm, it's your game. Just be aware of how playing area of your game effectively shrinks as the miniatures get larger.

   
Made in no
Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!






In my opinion it all depends on the scale/size of the board. I'm not able to recommend a specific scale for the miniatures, before I know how they're going to relate to the board.

There are numerous practical reasons why you don't want them too big; because if they get too big, they might crowd the board, become difficult to move individually as well as obscuring important information. If they're too tall, they might get knocked over when you reach in to move individual figures.

JohnHwang makes some excellent points as well.

Overall, I tend to think that 25-28mm is the ideal scale for the sort of project you've got. If you make them any smaller than that, it might become difficult to tell them apart, and painting them might be less satisfactory.
   
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Houston, TX

10mm shouldn't make much difference; as pointed out, look at your play area and figure out an appropriate size that makes recognizing figures easy without cluttering the play area.

What is the play area size? How many pieces are on the board at one time? Are pieces frequently moved? How easy is it to get to figures to be moved?

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Made in se
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Thanks for the feedback

Little info about the game.
The battlefield can be about 60cm x 120cm “normal”.
The amount of characters on the field will be somewhere 5 to 13~ish

I have decided to go with 40 mm
I believe 50 mm will make things harder , as I go on with the further ides.

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






SoCal, USA!

 jmurph wrote:
10mm shouldn't make much difference


Au contraire, mon ami!

A true 1/72 scale 25mm figure on is 48 yards away from another model 24" away. A 1/120 scale 15mm figure jumps that to 80 yards away. Where 48 yards is a common pistol range, 80 yards is a bit far for a pistol shot. Shooting 8' corner-corner on a gaming table, it's 196 yards vs 320 yards.

OTOH, if you're talking about 40mm vs 50mm, no, the 20% swing isn't a big deal.
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acord wrote:
The battlefield can be about 60cm x 120cm “normal”.
The amount of characters on the field will be somewhere 5 to 13~ish

I have decided to go with 40 mm


2'x4' - kitchen table size is a good size for skirmish gaming!
5-13 models is standard skirmish size, and skewing toward 5 will make the game play faster.

40mm is a "odd" size, in that I don't think there's many other games using it, but it's totally OK to do your own thing. If there's no intent to cross 35mm or 50mm minis or terrain.

   
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2'x4' - kitchen table size is a good size for skirmish gaming!
5-13 models is standard skirmish size, and skewing toward 5 will make the game play faster.

40mm is a "odd" size, in that I don't think there's many other games using it, but it's totally OK to do your own thing. If there's no intent to cross 35mm or 50mm minis or terrain.




size comparison to my model and warhammer.
my model in picture is a prototype model. not going to be used to anything.

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acord wrote:


2'x4' - kitchen table size is a good size for skirmish gaming!
5-13 models is standard skirmish size, and skewing toward 5 will make the game play faster.

40mm is a "odd" size, in that I don't think there's many other games using it, but it's totally OK to do your own thing. If there's no intent to cross 35mm or 50mm minis or terrain.




size comparison to my model and warhammer.
my model in picture is a prototype model. not going to be used to anything.


just a criticism on the model, dnt know if its the angle or what but I feel like your model needs to be quite a bit wider, it doesn't look like realistic height to width ratio.
   
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SoCal, USA!

His model is "true scale" vs GW "heroic" scale. It looks correct compared to a real person.

   
Made in se
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just a criticism on the model, dnt know if its the angle or what but I feel like your model needs to be quite a bit wider, it doesn't look like realistic height to width ratio.


The whole model thing was just an experiment.
I am aware of that the model is not relaxed as it should be, and I did not know if my experiment would work or not.

The model you looking at is not the 3d printed model, It is the mass-produced one, cast resin.

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