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Games-Workshop's Sneaky Scale Creep

Posted by Toco
21 Sep 2017
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You probably have noticed it too. Latest releases by Games Workshop Ltd. include miniatures larger than usual. You will notice this in 40K with the new Primaris Space Marines, the Primarchs and others. In Fantasy Battle they have these giant Chaos Marauders and the Sigmarines. I don't like it. See following picture for the size difference. This change in scale is getting out of hand.

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(Scale comparison Games-Workshop Age of Sigmar miniature.)

I wish they didn't do this. It's probably a commercial move to make old players ditch their small mini's in favour of the new releases. But for reasons of compatibility I'll need to start buying mini's from other brands and forget GW's new releases.

I have a solution to make (older) smaller miniatures appear to be bigger. But the reverse is not quite possible.

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