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Title: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: KGatch113 on December 16, 2024, 08:47:27 PM


We're playing DnD, and we have a gnome in the party. The miniature the player got is the same size as the halfling.

Can anyone recommend a DnD Gnome wizard type miniature that will be in proper scale to 28mm miniatures? That is to say, it would probably need to be very tiny.

I have a 15mm wizard that might work, but I am looking for something more gnomey.

Thanks for any help.
Title: Re: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: Ogrob on December 16, 2024, 08:54:33 PM
Midlam Miniatures might have something, they do a lot of small folk adventurers.
Title: Re: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: fred on December 16, 2024, 09:29:49 PM
How small do you want? Perhaps look at some of the old Ral Partha figures, these were true 25mm figures and the gnome I had was small compared to the humans, though their halflings where even smaller.
Title: Re: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: Grimmnar on December 16, 2024, 10:02:28 PM

We're playing DnD, and we have a gnome in the party. The miniature the player got is the same size as the halfling.

Can anyone recommend a DnD Gnome wizard type miniature that will be in proper scale to 28mm miniatures? That is to say, it would probably need to be very tiny.

I have a 15mm wizard that might work, but I am looking for something more gnomey.

Thanks for any help.
What about the Wizkids minis? Sure you find what ya need there.

Grimm
Title: Re: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: snitcythedog on December 16, 2024, 10:21:22 PM
This one might fit the bill.  10mm at the eye but sat down. 
(https://www.stonehavenmini.com/cdn/shop/products/bqpra0gowlsmjr5m32ze_578x578.jpg?v=1637594985)
https://www.stonehavenmini.com/products/sh0107 (https://www.stonehavenmini.com/products/sh0107)

Title: Re: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: KGatch113 on December 16, 2024, 10:30:03 PM
Midlam Miniatures might have something, they do a lot of small folk adventurers.

Thanks! They look perfect!
Title: Re: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: Hobgoblin on December 16, 2024, 10:32:32 PM
How small do you want? Perhaps look at some of the old Ral Partha figures, these were true 25mm figures and the gnome I had was small compared to the humans, though their halflings where even smaller.

That's a great call. The Tom Meier Ral Partha dwarfs are very widely available on eBay (and are still in production in the US at Iron Wind/Ral Partha Legacy).

Ral Partha Europe have a couple of original Ral Partha gnomes available too (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&keyword=gnome&x=0&y=0).

Also, the various 1/72 dwarfs (Caesar and Light/Dark Alliance) are about the same size as old Ral Partha dwarfs (maybe slightly smaller).

A D&D gnome is 3' tall, right? Compared with 4' from a dwarf - I'm going on measurements from the original Monster Manual. There are a lot of 15/18mm dwarfs around that will fit the bill for that sort of height in 28mm (Magister Militum, Alternative Armies, Irregular, Essex ...).
Title: Re: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: KGatch113 on December 16, 2024, 11:56:56 PM

We're playing DnD, and we have a gnome in the party. The miniature the player got is the same size as the halfling.

Can anyone recommend a DnD Gnome wizard type miniature that will be in proper scale to 28mm miniatures? That is to say, it would probably need to be very tiny.

I have a 15mm wizard that might work, but I am looking for something more gnomey.

Thanks for any help.

thank you all for the answers!
Title: Re: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: SgtSlag on December 17, 2024, 02:51:13 AM
Here is a Wizards Gnome, factory pre-painted (https://photos.app.goo.gl/TE8FmA6zWGVWR7RF7), with a brush-on or urethane-stain, obviously a spell caster, approximately 19mm tall, top of head to soles of feet.  Here is a comparison shot of three Gnomes(?) (https://photos.app.goo.gl/jCScDuwoTJujxA9LA):  Essex (not a Mage), the Wizards' pre-painted figure, and what might actually be a Hobbit(?) Mage, or the latest look for a young Gnome -- not sure, but it is also a Wizards pre-painted figure.  Note that the last figure, Halfling/Gnome, is casting what appears to be Bigby's Grasping Hand spell, so not a low-level Mage.  Cheers!
Title: Re: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: KGatch113 on January 11, 2025, 12:37:39 PM
Midlam Miniatures might have something, they do a lot of small folk adventurers.

I got my Midlam Miniatures gnomes in. They are very beautiful figures, but they are as large as the average dwarf model. Just for anyone's info.
Title: Re: Need Miniature Recommendation: Gnomes in proper scale to 28mm.
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on January 11, 2025, 01:29:38 PM
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Note that the last figure, Halfling/Gnome, is casting what appears to be Bigby's Grasping Hand spell, so not a low-level Mage.
Pretty sire that sold as a halfling, but either way the spell effect could just be a plain old mage hand, which most apprentices can manage at-will in modern D&D.