Anders Heintz
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Hey Gray!
Those are way cool!! Where can I get one of those bad boys at?
Those are way cool!! Where can I get one of those bad boys at?
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Yeah, those are pretty cool
captnenglish
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These kits occassionally pop up at hobby shops here in the L.A. area and I have been thinking about them for a while but there is so much to paint and so little time the concept is cool, but the figure do kinda blow. These new heads and bust might just make one worthwhile.
garyjd
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Gray, The headsculpts are really nice and when I saw the "pilot" sculpts knew what they were probably for. I saw the models they are for years ago. Though the scale is odd the head sets would go great with scratchbuilt figures.~Gary
bonehead
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Having been a model builder as well as a figure sculptor for some years, I am used to working on figures in fractional scales. It seems that this is still lost on many figure modelers.
To put this whole thing into terms that may be easier to understand, 1/20 scale equates to a figure approximately 90mm tall. A 75mm figure approximates to 1/24 scale and a 100mm figure approximates to 1/18 scale.
The fact that figures have always been offered by millimeter measurements rather than a fractional scale has always been a problem for people like me who are more scale oriented. The problem is of course that a numerical measure means very little in scale terms. As a result we have 90mm figures available that scale out to anything between 1/20 and 1/18 scale. Crazy!
Anyway, the 1/20 scale figures are appropriate for a figure that is 90mm from the sole of the feet to the top of the head.
Too bad the insistence on millimeter measurements makes all of this so nebulous.
Cheers!!
Mike
To put this whole thing into terms that may be easier to understand, 1/20 scale equates to a figure approximately 90mm tall. A 75mm figure approximates to 1/24 scale and a 100mm figure approximates to 1/18 scale.
The fact that figures have always been offered by millimeter measurements rather than a fractional scale has always been a problem for people like me who are more scale oriented. The problem is of course that a numerical measure means very little in scale terms. As a result we have 90mm figures available that scale out to anything between 1/20 and 1/18 scale. Crazy!
Anyway, the 1/20 scale figures are appropriate for a figure that is 90mm from the sole of the feet to the top of the head.
Too bad the insistence on millimeter measurements makes all of this so nebulous.
Cheers!!
Mike
Hey Gray,there's a model shop here in Singapore that carries a portion of this range of kits. I've spoken to the shop owner and she's willing to make some arrangement to sell these kits to whoever is interested to own them here on the "planet" (keen,Anders ?). The prices are quite reasonable and she has a fair bit of the range available. Do let me know,won't you ? Cheers !
Kenneth
Kenneth
garyjd
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Mike, Nice to see you posting here. I agree with you on the issue of scale. With the exception of weapons and accessories I've already done I'm making the transition to making them in the "scale" size verses "millimeter". I hope to see more posts from you in the future.~Gary
