crpGeek Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Hi I'm trying to look for replacement minis for the player characters in the Castle Ravenloft board game. Are the minis from the Warlord or Pathfinder lines an appropriate replacement or are they too small? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malefactus Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I'm not sure about the board game, but the minis for TSR's Ravenloft RPG were by Ral Partha; ergo, they'd be close to true 25mm minis rather than the current 28-32mm size of most Reaper minis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperbryan Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Our figures are generally appropriate for use with most D&D products. Our Warlord and Pathfinder figures are set on 1" square bases, fitting in well with the board for the CR game, and our Dark Heaven Legends figures are the same scale, though they do not feature square bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malefactus Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Our figures are generally appropriate for use with most D&D products. Our Warlord and Pathfinder figures are set on 1" square bases, fitting in well with the board for the CR game, and our Dark Heaven Legends figures are the same scale, though they do not feature square bases. I would agree that Reaper's mini would look fine with any RPG. However, they would not match up size-wise with the Ravenloft minis that Ral Partha produce in the '90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhein Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 If you are talking about the recent Castle Ravenloft board game from WotC, those figures included are 28mm scale. They appear to be using the same molds as their D&D minis line - just using a harder plastic. Judas Bloodspire (14016) would make a fine Strahd von Zarovich, btw. - Ark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruunwald Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Our figures are generally appropriate for use with most D&D products. Our Warlord and Pathfinder figures are set on 1" square bases, fitting in well with the board for the CR game, and our Dark Heaven Legends figures are the same scale, though they do not feature square bases. I would agree that Reaper's mini would look fine with any RPG. However, they would not match up size-wise with the Ravenloft minis that Ral Partha produce in the '90s. I think you're trying too hard. Some RP and Reaper are an okay match, some aren't. Ral Partha wasn't exactly always above scale creep themselves, and especially their early stuff suffered from wildly bad decisions on how to measure the height of a mini. I don't know that I own any Ravenloft minis, per se, but I do have a number of Ral Partha in general that still make it onto my table amongst the newer stuff. It really depends, figure to figure. Remember that not every human in the real world is the same size as every other. The same allowances can be made for minis. Also, we don't know if the OP is replacing all minis for his game, or just a few. If it's all of them, then probably it won't matter since we all can probably agree that even 30mm humanoid minis look okay on most boardgames. My advice would be for the OP to contact a local game and hobby shop, and ask if they have Reaper stuff. Then he could go in and see for himself before purchasing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crpGeek Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 Thanks everyone for the replies. Yes Arkhein, that is the game I'm talking about. There's just so much jumbled information about mini sizes that it makes it hard to compare. Some places say the CR board game (and therefore the D&D miniatures line) are 28mm, others 30mm. Then there's the whole 28mm to eye-level or top of head thing so I'm really not sure. Reapers are "heroic" 25mm and from my understanding that is measured to eye-level so I'd wager it's 28mm-30mm to the head. I'm just looking at replacing the player's minis at this point and probably not all at once so that's why I wanted to make sure everyone (original minis and reaper replacements) are all similar in size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhein Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Thanks everyone for the replies. Yes Arkhein, that is the game I'm talking about. There's just so much jumbled information about mini sizes that it makes it hard to compare. Some places say the CR board game (and therefore the D&D miniatures line) are 28mm, others 30mm. Then there's the whole 28mm to eye-level or top of head thing so I'm really not sure. Reapers are "heroic" 25mm and from my understanding that is measured to eye-level so I'd wager it's 28mm-30mm to the head. I'm just looking at replacing the player's minis at this point and probably not all at once so that's why I wanted to make sure everyone (original minis and reaper replacements) are all similar in size. crpGeek, When I started into minis, I was worried abut scale and read up on it and just got more worried. But after buying minis, I mix my WotC figures and Reaper figures a liberally on the gaming table with no problem. Humans have a natural variation in size anyway - and monsters - well - the rule of cool outweighs the rule of measurement. I feel that finding suitable metal replacements will be easier than you think. Now the batch of Halo ActionClix minis I just bought look like giants next to the Reaper minis (dangit,) but that is another problem entirely . . . - Ark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardOne Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Thanks everyone for the replies. Yes Arkhein, that is the game I'm talking about. There's just so much jumbled information about mini sizes that it makes it hard to compare. Some places say the CR board game (and therefore the D&D miniatures line) are 28mm, others 30mm. Then there's the whole 28mm to eye-level or top of head thing so I'm really not sure. Reapers are "heroic" 25mm and from my understanding that is measured to eye-level so I'd wager it's 28mm-30mm to the head. I'm just looking at replacing the player's minis at this point and probably not all at once so that's why I wanted to make sure everyone (original minis and reaper replacements) are all similar in size. It is very complicated. But, WotC made a suggestion several years ago that can really simplify the issue. (I have no idea if they presently follow their own advice.) Their idea was this: Five millimeters EQUALS One Foot ( 5mm = 1ft ) ( 25mm = 5ft; 30mm = 6ft ) Ignore whatever marketing statements or measuring standards manufacturers of minis might make use of when they describe their products. Measure stature of minis the way that humans measure humans: from bottom of heel to top of noggin. By this standard (that you impose on your collection) minis that are true 25s are about 5 feet tall, a mini that is 30mm tall is six feet tall, a huge, chunky, hulking Games Workshhop plastic orc is a little over seven feet tall; most minis are going to fall somewhere between 25mm and 30mm. Guess what? the number of adult humans who are between 5 and 6 feet tall is nearly all of them. A one-inch gridded playing surface is not precisely 5 foot squares; it is just so close the difference is not worth bothering about. This simplifies things tremendously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catman Jim Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 It's probably heresy to mention it here, but the minis that come with the Castle Ravenloft board game are just unpainted versions of their plastic miniature line. The exact minis in their painted forms had already been available here and there throughout various DDM launches. As for replacing the PC ones, any of the minis from WotC Player's Handbook series of minis should work. Here's a link to their mini catalog: http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Catalog.aspx?category=minis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperbryan Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 It's probably heresy to mention it here, but the minis that come with the Castle Ravenloft board game are just unpainted versions of their plastic miniature line. The exact minis in their painted forms had already been available here and there throughout various DDM launches. As for replacing the PC ones, any of the minis from WotC Player's Handbook series of minis should work. Here's a link to their mini catalog: http://www.wizards.c...?category=minis Heretic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crpGeek Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 It's probably heresy to mention it here, but the minis that come with the Castle Ravenloft board game are just unpainted versions of their plastic miniature line. The exact minis in their painted forms had already been available here and there throughout various DDM launches. As for replacing the PC ones, any of the minis from WotC Player's Handbook series of minis should work. Here's a link to their mini catalog: http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Catalog.aspx?category=minis Yeah I know they are the same minis, but have you seen the shoddy paint job on those guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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