Where had I seen it?

[Ninja]

I was having discussion with several gamers the other day about the scales of miniatures. How they heroic look of the model has become a staple and that the few and far between "true scale" models look less then ideal. This lead to the discussion of just how much bigger percent-wise are the arms, head etc on the body or weapons. I thought I recalled reading an article/blog etc on the subject. In short if I were looking at a life sized version of these models how much bigger in ratio/percent would these exaggerations be? Any useful links are welcome and may even keep this ninja away from hiding in your rooms whilst you sleep!   

[Big Sexy]

I recalled reading this blog from Knuckleduster where he wrote about bulking out the handguns on his miniatures due to a true scale would be way to small.

Here, down the page a bit.
http://knuckleduster40mm.blogspot.com/2009/03/sculpting-pistols.html

[Ninja]

I recalled reading this blog from Knuckleduster where he wrote about bulking out the handguns on his miniatures due to a true scale would be way to small.

Here, down the page a bit.
http://knuckleduster40mm.blogspot.com/2009/03/sculpting-pistols.html

Awesome! This is the type of stuff I am looking for; does anybody else care to throw their hats into the ring on the subject? From what I have seen there are several people who fight against the heroic scale creep. I am looking for opinion on this as well. How much bigger is that gun, sword, heard, etc?

[Mainly28s]

http://mainly28s.com/how_to/measuring_scale.html
http://mainly28s.com/comparison/+1910W.weapons.comp.html

[Hammers]

I was having discussion with several gamers the other day about the scales of miniatures. How they heroic look of the model has become a staple and that the few and far between "true scale" models look less then ideal. This lead to the discussion of just how much bigger percent-wise are the arms, head etc on the body or weapons. I thought I recalled reading an article/blog etc on the subject. In short if I were looking at a life sized version of these models how much bigger in ratio/percent would these exaggerations be? Any useful links are welcome and may even keep this ninja away from hiding in your rooms whilst you sleep!   

Tom Meier at Thunderbolt Mtn takes a particular interest in this. Check out his blog there.

[Bako]

Awesome! This is the type of stuff I am looking for; does anybody else care to throw their hats into the ring on the subject?

For any of my modern needs I will buy realistically scaled weapons for my figures wherever I can.

[Ninja]

Tom Meier at Thunderbolt Mtn takes a particular interest in this. Check out his blog there.

Do you have a link for that?

Great input so far, I am suprised more people don't have any thoughts on this!

[Moribund]

Do you have a link for that?

http://thunderboltmountain.com/serendipity/

[Ninja]

So that was a most excellent link, several of the creatures mentioned on his site I have done battle with before!

So do people like the heroic scales or true scale of models better, from a painting or just plain looks perspective.