RE: [Epic] Epic 40K sprues.NICE!

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 21:41:44 GMT

At 02:46 PM 11/3/97 EST, you wrote:
>
>>>Are the new figures really 8mm (making mixed armies - old + new - look
>silly?)
>>
>>WHAT!!!!!!!???????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
>>Is that some kind of joke or what? Where did that little piece of info
>>come from? That would be the straw. If this was the case I would be
>>writing a very nasty letter to GW and cutting my self off from them,
>>selling anything of theirs I own! If this is the case can someone tell
>me,
>>It'll save me a lot of money and time.


I can't remember where I heard that (probably on this list though), and I
hope Andy is right with his theory below... (It makes sense, and that's a
good start...)

Agro


>I confess I don't know, but I assume that they're saying Epic
>scale is 8mm instead of 6mm in the same way that 40K figures
>are 30 to 35mm instead of 25mm. I've never measured them to
>find out. But I have read people saying the plastic infantry
>look the same, and that some vehicles are a different scale to
>reflect their true sizes relative to other models.
>
>I've got a Space Marine guy on my desk, but no ruler to measure
>him by.
>
>Before I got into the game I asked GW what scale the Epic figures
>were. The rep acted like he had never heard of "names" for scales,
>like "6mm". Whether that is true, and he just doesn't have experience
>outside of GW games, or just doesn't think it is important since all
>you have to do is buy GW figs, I don't know. I always hate it when
>they call it the "Games Workshop hobby". They can sound so innocent
>about it, but they're just making the assumption that there isn't
>anything else.
>
>andy
>andy.skinner_at_...
>
Received on Tue Mar 11 1997 - 21:41:44 UTC