Conan [Monolith Boardgame] - KS over and funded

[Cherno]

3.8 cm = 1.5", or closer to 38mm.

Oh dear. Consider me very disappointed. 

Memories of FFG's Warzone remake come to mind...

[Cubs]

Ah. That's a torpedo and no mistake.

[Barbarian]

34mm at the eye level.

[Too Bo Coo]

Yikes.

[FramFramson]

I game in a sightly larger scale, so this isn't necessarily a sinker for me, but I will be very curious about the size of the ladies. 38mm is not going to fly there.

[Eithriall]

Figurines were announced with a 32mm scale to the eyes level...perhaps this one is a tall guy ?

[FramFramson]

Yeah, if this ONE GUY is big, it's fine. But isn't the same sculptor doing many other minis?

[Centaur_Seducer]

The sculptors are all really good ones, and it will probably be very heroic. And seriously that is the most suited scale for CONAN.

[Cubs]

The guy's a Bossonian archer, not one of your giant heroes. It would be surprising if he turns out to be one of the tallest models in the collection.

Pity, that means I'm out.

[Gallahad]

One small ray of hope may be that if they make these in PVC there is a fair amount of shrinkage that occurs, so they could end up being more 34mm and less 38mm.  Check out Remy Tremblay's post on the subject at http://remytremblay.sculpture.over-blog.com/article-about-shrinkage-101888948.html

[beefcake]

I think that will put me out of this too. I'll still follow the project along and may put in for it if it looks good but the size of the minis really puts me off as it looks like it won't fit any range. 28mm keeps getting larger. Guess soon I'll be using my 28mms for 15mm gaming

[axabrax]

Yes, this is a bummer, but let's remember that this is meant to be a boardgame. I really don't think that they are thinking about tabletop wargamers with existing figure collections for this one--although I would be happy like everyone else if the figures were closer to 28mm too. The figure scale certainly won't prevent me from diving in on this however given the quality. I would enjoy playing the game as-is produced. To be honest, I'm more worried about the "gemstones" that are used for the base rule mechanics, but I'm willing to hold judgment until we see a copy.

[FramFramson]

I think that if the best Conan figures ever produced (because this is looking that way) are no good for wargaming, I don't blame people for being frustrated if these figures come heartbreaking close to almost being usable for wargaming.

To be honest I just think it's a lost opportunity on the part of the maker. The expense of having a raft of minis sculpted and cast, especially by some of the best sculptors in Europe is immense by wargaming company standards. Who wouldn't want to get as good a return on that investment as possible?

[Gallahad]

I think that if the best Conan figures ever produced (because this is looking that way) are no good for wargaming, I don't blame people for being frustrated if these figures come heartbreaking close to almost being usable for wargaming.

To be honest I just think it's a lost opportunity on the part of the maker. The expense of having a raft of minis sculpted and cast, especially by some of the best sculptors in Europe is immense by wargaming company standards. Who wouldn't want to get as good a return on that investment as possible?

That is a great point.  I don't think most board gamers would care whether the miniatures are a couple of millimeters smaller, but for tabletop gamers trying to shoehorn these into existing collections, 4-5mm can make a big difference in the visual appeal and cohesion.

[beefcake]

Yep, what fram said. Shave off a couple of mms on the sculpts and you would open it up to all those that dont do the board games but do wargames.