54mm miniatures?
 

So would 54mm miniatures seem about in scale with 1.5 inches being equal to 4 feet? I am thinking I might get a few to paint up, just to give a feel for scale in situations, while still using flat counters for actual game play. The nice thing is, such miniatures, when well painted can be real works of art.

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They do look great, but one of the things I like about the larger hexes is that they can fit multiple 25/28mm miniatures.

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I much prefer 28/32mm scale miniatures; they're widely available both painted and unpainted and at reasonable cost. I play on Heroscape tiles which I think are slightly larger than the new TFT hexes and they look fine on those size hexes, plus the larger figures don't look too large. I'm sure 54mm would look great for human sized figures (not sure about the larger creatures) but they're a bit of a specialised scale and would probably be unpainted which is a problem for me.

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I would really like to use miniatures for some upcoming TFT adventures I want to run. Does anyone have any recommendations for 28/32mm scale pre-painted miniatures and where I can find them?

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I like the Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder ranges. Look for collections or singles on eBay. There's a huge variety out there and new sets constantly being released.

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Anybody tried the Lego minifigures so that the players can customize to match their characters?

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Bleah. I like Lego, but using the blocky little minifigures would break any sense of immersion for me. Maybe a modern combat game using the more-realistic Mega figures, but no, not for TFT.

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We've used legos for many RPGs and they work, though I did buy one of the reaper bones kickstarters and those work excellently too. I'll have to see if the Reaper Giants fit the sizing of the hexes or not from the tokens.

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If anyone has access to a 3D printer, I put some bases that work with either the Pathfinder Pawns or the pre-painted minis on Thingiverse.

The pawn bases are a little loose - I may have to tighten them up a bit. The mini adapters work perfectly with a little bit of poster putty to hold the minis in place.

I also did a set of just flat bases for standard minis - they work great for Bones, but I haven't uploaded those to Thingiverse yet.

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Yup, In do this for my Star Wars RPG.

Amazing how much fun it is.

Not my plan for ITL, though.

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If you don't have a printer, or for some reason want magnetic bases that are hex then https://litko.net/ has wood, plastic and magnetic bases in 1.5 in hex, with some double hexes too for larger things.

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What were the miniatures Steve and Phil were using to demo TFT awhile back?

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Here ya go:

https://r4i.us/product-category/miniatures/

Plus some D&D pre-painted.

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And, in one picture, some 3D printed Octopi warriors, which I'm hoping Fat Dragon games puts up for sale on DriveThruRPG soon, since they were unlocked as part of the recent kickstarter.

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Awesome, thanks Phil!

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Pics here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../posts/2341064

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The "scale" (ground scale) is 1:32
Or 1 "unit" on the paper is equal to 32 "units" in the real world
Or 1 inch on paper is 32 inches in the real world
1:32 scale figures would match figure scale to ground scale
Lego minifigs are "traditionaly" considered to be 1:48
with slight deviations allowed for the minifig proportions

54mm figures are usually considered closer to 1:35 (being typically 1:33.9 when measured)

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I really love the look of 54mm, but they are hard to find (a lot of my accumulation came out of Eastern Europe) and yes, they're big.

An advantage of the ones Phil found for the TFT demos is that the transparent base is easy to write (for iinstance) an ID letter on.

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Aren't Green Army Men approximately 54mm? Closer than 25/28mm figures or LEGO minifigs, anyway. (I will admit that scale is more important to me than quality.)

Modern military may not fit in your TFT world (though they make me want to play Subterranean Operational Theater), but there are sets with knights, vikings, Romans & barbarians, gladiators, Greeks & Trojans, etc., that can be made to serve. At the usual price point, one can afford to buy a bunch and then pick and choose.

Fantasy figures are (as you say) harder to find or a bit more expensive, but they are coming around -- how about 100 skeleton warriors for $20?

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Weren't Lord of the Rings Hex figures considerably larger than usual? They might be a good fit if you're looking for a larger scale of miniature.

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Pathfinder Pawns are the most economical solution. On-base the 'medium' figures measure 53mm.

I'm still hoping to see a set of premium Cardboard Heroes using the same form-factor someday.

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All of my 80s Prince August LotR minis are 25mm scale.