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BA Marine Size Comparison - Old Base Size vs New Hero-Scale


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Very interesting opening up the new BA Tactical squad and seeing what a difference those larger base sizes make when putting a marine together.

 

It's like your eye needs to fill the negative space and even though the model is the same size, there is just something imposing about just how much room your marine has to swagger around in.

 

It really does seem to bump them up into the heroscale range, especially if you add even a tiny bit of basing to your model.

 

This soon to be Knight of Blood (squeels in excitement!) on the right is a good example of just this difference in size.

 

Your thoughts on the new kit or scale talks?

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p113/Darkbeastman/IMG_0621_zpsb4f15740.jpg

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p113/Darkbeastman/IMG_0617_zps489dc710.jpg

 

 

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The slight of hand is certainly an alternative for people who don't want to cut apart their minis to add spacers into them to achieve a truescale result.

 

Achieving a similair affect was something that I was really pleased to see, as well , the larger base size makes the height much easier to add and keep consistent, something the old bases were just too small to do well.

 

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p113/Darkbeastman/jazz-1_zpsadh6scnd.gif

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I think we're speaking past each other here.  I meant to say that you can achieve the same effect by basing a Marine on an elevated platform of the current diameter.  The new wider diameter is not a factor.

I think the diameter helps quite a lot with the illusion, though. The smaller bases look weird if you add even pretty moderate amounts of height and, apart from potentially looking a bit daft, often gives an impression of a taller, skinnier marine. The larger diameter makes the height more manageable and makes the marine look bulkier. Pure optical trickery, sure. But it looks pretty darn awesome.

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