Question related to DnD miniature size

With that scale in mind then my Cleric of Pelor, (picture) is about 10 feet tall?

EDIT: I measured him and he is 1 5/8 inches tall. I guess that makes him about 7 1/2 to 8 feet tall, right?

 

I guess so, can't say I am really familiar with the inch system. The segmentation into "eighths" makes it somewhat difficult. But I agree with you on the scaling. Yet, the manual says 5 feet=1 inch. .

Great looking miniature, btw, and nicely painted. Rather awe-insiring stance too, as if he is about to banish a demon or undead.
Thank you for this image, most internet DnD images I find are very small and it's difficult to make out details.

 

A "demon face" shield for the cleric.
I originally meant it to be a large shield, but I guess that it will hav eto be a tower shield due to its size:



from the side, without flash:

 

The "Evil Grin" shield?

Nice work on the fingers btw.

 

Thank you.
Here is a better view of it (with soft flash):



Here is the pattern I attempted to make:

 

Adding the chains was definitely a good idea.

I did not notice the demon faces on the knees until I had the sketch to compare.

 

Heh, they were more intended as "goat sculls", like the shoulder guards.

Still, the attempt was to create something with sharp points, which could potentially be used in combat, and to add a more "evil" tone to the miniature.

Thanks about the chains, I generally enjoy adding them.

 

Hello, here is some more stuff I've been working on:

Started working on a Barbarian character. Here is the work so far, in various stages:





Here is the image with some of the ermor rather roughly put on (the leg armor is not where it will be in the end, it was just placed there because it wouldn't stand in its normal place due to gravity)


I originally attempted to make a "scorpion shoulder guard", however it proved to be too large, not to mention that it would not settle properly in the shoulder of the barbarian. Thus I decided to put legs to it




Here is the rear view:

 

My god, that barbarian is so ripped if he sneezes he'll pull a muscle.

The scorpion is great, how you can pull off so much detail is mind boggling.

Good stuff, thanks for sharing it.

 

Very nice work - I find it hard enough just to paint my minis! elvicthr

On the matter of scale, almost all commercial minis are too big where humanoids are concerned. I've had minis from several companies and the only ones that were actually made to the official scale were for ICE's Middle Earth Roleplaying Game (and they looked very wimpy when put next to the other manufacturers' products). Even TSR's were far too big. White Dwarf's Warhammer ones were the worst - almost all so-called humans were about 8 feet tall and twice as wide as they should have been.

Duckface Dragon

 

Thank you for your answers and your kind words, sirchet and Duckface Dragon.
About the barbarian, it's true, he's waaaaaaay ripped, hehe, indeed I chose not to include any "fat" ("softening" the muscle by means of a moist piece of iron such as pincers, and including heavily moist flat bits of clay that would cover the original muscle) on his muscles. I also had to look at dozens of bodybuilder images in order to try to get the various muscles.
About the scorpion, it's not hard at all. You just need some thin wire, some aluminum foil paper, and clay. Just make a base of aluminum foil paper, roughly in the shape of the scorpion's belly, bend a piece of wire so that it makes a "u" shape, glue the "u" shaped wire on the aluminum foil paper, with the two ends protruding from the front (these will be your infrastructure for the pincers). Now, you're done with the front, and you just bend and glue another piece of wire as the tail.
After that, you just take three pieces of wire, preferably with a plastic coating, and just bend them and glue them, to make the legs (one piece for two legs, but I think scorpions have eight legs) .
In order to get the carapace done, I just cut flat pieces of clay in the shape of the carapace, sort of like a "v" shape. I used cardboard, which I had previously cut, in order to get them the right size. Same process for the tail carapace. After that, it's all just painting, and relatively easy one at that. You can also use varnish gloss to give it a more "slimey" look.

Thank you for the answer about the size, too, it seems that each company has its own ideas about what a particular scale should look like. :roll: This is frustrating, as it makes different minis incompatible game-wise. Well, I guess I'll keep working on the current scale, and stop worrying about compatibility all together

If you like looking at the progress of the minis (I am planning to make a Diablo-themed diorama to give a friend of mine as a gift ) here is some more progress:






It's a full arm guard, inspired by a recent movie. .

 

Yes, scorps do have eight legs but two of them are usually used as big honk'n pinchers!

They're actually arthropod animals of the order scorpiones within the class arachnida, (me likey bugs).

Keep the picts come'n, if I only had hands half as steady as yours I'd attempt a creation.

 

You are very kind, sirchet. .
If you liked the pictures, there are a couple more, which are not dnd related, though. I take the liberty of posting them here:
Thracian warrior of Alexander's era:


(for some reason, he was mistaken for a Celt, which I did not expect )



Byzantine Cataphract flag beared (dismounted, of course) of the Justinian era (6th century AD)



One more image, this one showing the shield as well (I printed the image on the shield on my pc and glued it on, then painted over the edges of the image (it was cut in a square shape).



Spartan hoplite of Thermopylae (the book I have depicts him with the "scorpion" symbol on the shield rather than the "Λ" (lamda, or λάμδα), I think that the "uniform" Lamda was implemented later (the paintjob is rather horrible, I know, I kept ruining my brushes at the time, though, so I ended up with no decent brushes at all ).

Thank you for taking the time to look at them.

 

Scorpions have eight legs + pincers...

 

Thank you for this image Cujo, this scorpion looks rather angry. It seems he doesn't take to kindly to being photographed.
Do you own him and keep him as a pet? I've never seen one up close.

Here is another image from some more work that has been done: