Kickstarter Discussion Thread

[kodiakbear]

I suppose it depends on your flavor of giant too. Some cultures and folklore ascribes magical powers to giants. Magical giants could have human proportions and it;s no big deal because they're magic.

Fire, Ice and Storm giants all tend to be pretty magical so i could see them being 'prettier'

 

However, there are some giants that are just big, mean monster people. If they're not inherently magical it makes sense for them to follow biological laws. Ogres, hill giants, etc, these are just big mean monster people, so having them look like giant dwarves makes sense to me.

 

But that's me. Aesthetics are highly personal.

 

I also happen to think giants that look exactly like humans only huge are kind of boring to look at. The mini linked looks cool and all, but without some scale it just looks like a generic sword chick...and with a mini next to it for scale it just looks like someone brought in a model from a different game with a different size scale. It just looks kind of weird and out of place to me.

 

Even magic giants should still *look* big, IMO. Give them huge hurculean physiques or something, even if they just have the proportions of a large bulky human at least they don;t look like someone brought a barbie to the table. but again, that's me.

 

 

 

 

I agree to often female giants just look like just some sword/axe chick. Then again way too many female minis (no mater what the race) just look like a pair of unarmored boobs waiting to have a sword stabbed into their heart.

[joshuaslater]

Wow. 6 years of bumpety bumpin' the range in this kickstarter!! Woot!!

[Miar]

Hey cool, I sent a note to Boingboing about the Kickstarter and the posted on it :)

[kodiakbear]

The problem with that mini is that its proportions are entirely human. Which doesn't work! A human leg can support a human torso, but if you double each in size, then the leg is no longer strong enough to support the body, and snaps under the weight. In order to work, a giant has to have much heavier limbs than a human. Which is why I like the new school giants (the ones featured in this kickstarter) so much - they have the bukly, elephantine legs that a giant would actually need to not collapse under its own tremendous weight.

 

Nothing says giants could not have better bones than humans (like dinos). Or that in a world with flying dragons and also not beholders has to have correct giant bone structure.

 

First, dinosaurs did not have "better" bones than humans. Dinosaur bones are made up of the same stuff as mammal bones, and form the same way. Dinosaurs aren't any different in this respect than humans: If you take any dinosaur and double its size while maintaining the same proportions to their limbs, they'd snap under the dinosaurs weight too.

 

Second, in a fantasy world any problem can be handwaved away by saying "Magic did it." That's true. It's also (IMO) kind of lame, and the more often its abused, the more lame it becomes. Which is why I like the heavier set giants. Because they don't require magical biology to explain.

 

And if you don't like them, and want human proportioned giants, they're are plenty of 54mm scale miniatures that will work just fine for you.

 

I am glad you like heavy set giants. I never said I did not like heavy set giants. I am glad you think over use of handwaving is lame. I think over use of handwaving can be lame. I think you really really really like reapers giants, and I am happy for you.

[Arachne]

Wow, as the days dwindle down, it's gotten all pedantic up in heeah.

 

Here. Everyone get in the pit and mosh it out.

 

[Shakandara]

Where in Alaska are you coming to?

 

Inner passage; stops in Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan.

 

~v

[ladystorm]

Inner passage; stops in Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan.

 

And I am expecting evidence of you taking your camera along. Alaska is one of my top 3 dream travel destinations. I have a friend from HS who is a travel writer in Anchorage. I'll make it one day, probably once mine heads off to college.

[Shakandara]

Absolutely. You'll see them on FB, I'm sure.

 

~v

[kodiakbear]

Where in Alaska are you coming to?

 

Inner passage; stops in Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan.

 

~v

 

That should be lots of fun, I have never been to the pan handle. :(

 

Hope you have beautiful weather and a great time.

[Halberkill]

Second, in a fantasy world any problem can be handwaved away by saying "Magic did it." That's true. It's also (IMO) kind of lame, and the more often its abused, the more lame it becomes. Which is why I like the heavier set giants. Because they don't require magical biology to explain.

 

I hate this. As in the use of the word "this" without anything else said. But I do agree with what was said above. People don't seem to understand the need to support a "willing suspension of disbelief" through a fantasy world's internal logic.

 

Halber

[Heisler]

Where in Alaska are you coming to?

 

Inner passage; stops in Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan.

 

~v

 

Interesting, my Dad was the head engineer on the power plant about 20 miles inland from Ketchikan.

[ironregime]

Hey, anyone know how big/tall the tiik warrior minis are? I checked the online catalog for a measurement or comparative image but no luck...

 

Edit: nevermind... found the little scale ticks at the edge of the photo. Looks like about 1.5 inches tall.

[Heisler]

Check this photograph in the store, on the right side you will see some little angles, we call them bryangles. They are space in half inch increments. So the Tiik look to be about 1 1/2" tall.

http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/tiik/latest/03616#detail/03616_w_1

[ironregime]

Check this photograph in the store, on the right side you will see some little angles, we call them bryangles. They are space in half inch increments. So the Tiik look to be about 1 1/2" tall.

http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/tiik/latest/03616#detail/03616_w_1

 

Thanks, for some reason I didn't see those until right after posting. Oh well...

[TheAuldGrump]

Heh - I prefer the current designs for the giants, but I fully realize that tastes vary.

 

Plus, really humanoid giants make me thing of the Big Fat Giant Wedding from Ella Enchanted.... Normal sized folks hiding under the tables, not from fear of being attacked, but from fear of being stepped on by happy, enthusiastic, dancing giants.... Pretty much the way I picture more civilized hill giants these days. :P Giants doing Greek dances!

 

The Auld Grump