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Have to say I'm feeling pretty disheartened right now. Went to a lot of effort to dig out my old terminator captain, strip the paint and rebase him on 40mm. Plan was to run him alongside my Dark Vengeance terminator. I've literally just but them beside each other and they look ridiculous next to each other

I remember when that was the biggest power sword GW had ever made. Maybe a strategic rock might give him a boost?

Looking at the models together, the most noticeable difference is the size of the legs. And that's only from up-front at eye level.

Abaddon, one of GW's oldest miniatures, is regularly featured in my armies. I don't have a problem with his size, in part because of how he's spread out. This model has similar proportions with the gun and the sword. I have a feeling it will look okay when everything's painted up.

we need a comparison with this dude (not mine, just googled him & in under Slinky's gallery):

Just a little scale creep...

Yeah I was expecting an actual "old" miniature. In the OP I don't see what the big deal is...it's quite obvious they would have different size suits of Terminator armour - no big deal.

It has ALWAYS been thus.

Old minion looked small next to the 2nd ed plastic terminators (which became the default terminators until they were redone in 3rd ed).

3rd ed metal terminator looks small next to current ones.

9th ed one will be in primaris terminator armour and still look small.

Dont' get me started on the Techmarine...

RT: Literally a dude-guy with a spanner.


2nd Ed: A logical upgrade, servo arm, etc.


...and then...wtf?


Just staaaahp GW.

 Gogsnik wrote:
I remember when that was the biggest power sword GW had ever made. Maybe a strategic rock might give him a boost?

This.

Another trick I've found in embiggening older minis when mixed in with the newer ones is to place a smaller base directly on top of the on it's on (so a 32mm base on top of that 40mm one for a Termie) and cover the whole thing in sand (or whatever you base it with). It raises them up to the same height as current minis.

As seen here in examples from my DG army- https://imgur.com/a/GNzIuGp

techsoldaten wrote:Looking at the models together, the most noticeable difference is the size of the legs. And that's only from up-front at eye level.

Abaddon, one of GW's oldest miniatures, is regularly featured in my armies. I don't have a problem with his size, in part because of how he's spread out. This model has similar proportions with the gun and the sword. I have a feeling it will look okay when everything's painted up.

all my black legion stuff is old so i havent noticed a size difference with Abaddon yet but imagining him next to these Deathwing Termies i can see there would be a difference alright.

Grimtuff wrote:

 Gogsnik wrote:
I remember when that was the biggest power sword GW had ever made. Maybe a strategic rock might give him a boost?

This.

Another trick I've found in embiggening older minis when mixed in with the newer ones is to place a smaller base directly on top of the on it's on (so a 32mm base on top of that 40mm one for a Termie) and cover the whole thing in sand (or whatever you base it with). It raises them up to the same height as current minis.

As seen here in examples from my DG army- https://imgur.com/a/GNzIuGp

yeah some sort of scenic base might go a ways to help

Another handy trick is a layer of 1mm plasticard glued to the feet and trimmed to provide a thicker ‘sole’ to the boot. Adds so much it’s untrue.

 JohnnyHell wrote:
Another handy trick is a layer of 1mm plasticard glued to the feet and trimmed to provide a thicker ‘sole’ to the boot. Adds so much it’s untrue.

i've done this along with adding a 32mm base on top of the 40mm as suggested and it has helped a lot!!! thanks everyone!!!