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| Author: | Reaver [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | How big should a Norse God be? |
I'm planning on sculpting a number of Norse Gods for skirmish gaming – basically because I want them! I'm hoping I might be able to sell some as well, to help offset the costs. But I'm unsure how big to do them. I'm leaning towards a 54mm height for a god like Odin, as that will give me the chance to go to town on sculpting and detailing. But is that too big? I could do them a 28mm, but then there'd be little to separate them from regular Vikings, and it would limit the quality as well. Doing them at 54mm would mean I could do the Dwarves and Elves at 28mm height, and keep them in some sort of scale to the Gods. Trolls would have to be about 60 – 65mm, Giants 80 – 90mm. So, a 54mm Odin – too big, or the right size? Cheers, Michael Lovejoy |
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| Author: | Erik M [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | How big should a Norse God be? |
I feel your reasoning might be spot on. They should be larger than life(size). Your main concern will probably be the Midgaardworm. At least nine feet long it would need to be. (Around the table and then enough to bite itself in the tail...) |
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| Author: | blackhorizon [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | How big should a Norse God be? |
54mm sounds cool. |
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| Author: | Warmaster Nice [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | How big should a Norse God be? |
Quote: (Erik M @ 11 Feb. 2009, 11:22 ) I feel your reasoning might be spot on. They should be larger than life(size). Your main concern will probably be the Midgaardworm. At least nine feet long it would need to be. (Around the table and then enough to bite itself in the tail...) lol  ...And the Fenris Wolf would need to be large enough to swallow a standard lightbulb. 
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| Author: | vanvlak [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | How big should a Norse God be? |
Oh wow! This should be good. You might have a customer here.... I haven't bought any models for ages, anyway, so I'm due something 
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| Author: | Lion in the Stars [ Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | How big should a Norse God be? |
Quote: (Warmaster Nice @ 11 Feb. 2009, 04:48 ) Quote: (Erik M @ 11 Feb. 2009, 11:22 ) I feel your reasoning might be spot on. They should be larger than life(size). Your main concern will probably be the Midgaardworm. At least nine feet long it would need to be. (Around the table and then enough to bite itself in the tail...) lol ...And the Fenris Wolf would need to be large enough to swallow a standard lightbulb. ROFL!!!! I'd make them at least head&shoulders taller than your tallest warrior models, so if your warriors are 30mm to top of head, the gods need to be almost 40, 35mm warriors (the typical "28mm figure" today) would need 45+mm tall gods. |
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| Author: | Reaver [ Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | How big should a Norse God be? |
Okay, I'll try a few different sized armatures, and see what I think's best; if the figure looks halfway decent, I'll post some pics. Regards, Reaver |
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| Author: | Legion 4 [ Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | How big should a Norse God be? |
I like this size ... 
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| Author: | Otterman [ Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | How big should a Norse God be? |
Have you seen Bronze Age's 30mm Norsk Gods? http://www.bronzeagemin.com/miniatu....NGs.htm |
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| Author: | Reaver [ Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | How big should a Norse God be? |
Yeah, I had a look at those, Otter - to be honest, I don't like them much! I just don't think they are very well sculpted. The Thor model especially seems to have no right shoulder at all. Of course, if mine don't turn out any better, I'll just drop the whole idea real PDQ.  I've decided after much discussion and measuring of the available space in a 9" spin mould, that I should go for 40mm size figures. The first armature is ready, and as soon as I get a spare hour or two, I'll start on Odin's face. I'll post pics if they're worth seeing... Regards, Reaver |
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