Re: Starguard figs / Ogres for DII

On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Nothing's the same anymore wrote:

> >> (read normal-looking) miniatures, I'm definately a Ral Partha /
> >> Grenadier miniatures guy, not a Games Workshop guy, but you have to
draw

> >the Stargrunt mins so much; they are straight 25mm minis that have
that
> >hard SF feel to them. Starguard aliens might be the best bet for
someone
> >who isn't into the smaller space marines, but wants a nice assortment
of
> 
> Okay, semi-ignorant question from moi: what scale is the GW (non-Epic)
> stuff at? (okay, what scale is their Epic stuff at, then, too?). I
haven't
> seen any Stargrunt figures here (even went looking at the local Big
Supplier
> yesterday after work; no Stargrunt, but finally plenty of FT ships :).
I
> happen to own 10 Space Marines (courtesy of my brother one x-mas, who
is big
> into GW), and want to know: are they going to be too big for Stargrunt
figs?
> I've been trying to follow this thread (among others :)  to devine
this
> knowledge, and either it slipped past me, or no one mentioned it
'cause y'all
> know what you're discussing and I don't (yet).

	Far as I and others can tell by eyeballing them, I mark GW
"25mm"
figs at anywhere between 28mm-30mm! Unreal proportions and
over-accessorization (not necessarily bad things if you're into that,
but
not for me) make those Space Marines, et al, literally larger than life.
GW tank kits (the more normal looking ones!), OTOH, might work well as
Super-heavy tanks for SGII. 

Scott R. Pyle
Assistant Cataloging Librarian
Youngstown State University
srpyle@cc.ysu.edu