Confrontation: Age of Ragnarok - Miniatures size comparison?

[Dimitri Mazieres]

I've been pondering for quite a while whether buying some of the pre-painted minis from this line would be a good idea. My intention would be to use them alongside D&D minis for RPG purposes, but I can't seem to find any information of how they compare in size with those. Has anyone around here made a side-by-side comparison? Are they somewhat compatible?

Thanks!

 

[psyronin]

Somewhat, yes. Confrontation is 28mm scale, and I think D&D miniatures are 25mm scale. There are slight variations within each line so humanoids from both should more or less blend together.

The real problem would be the bases. For humanoids D&D uses 25mm bases and Confrontation uses 30mm bases. So if you're planning on playing on a 1-inch grid, the Confrontation minis are going to spill into adjacent squares. Also the Confrontation bases are twice as thick as D&D ones.

FYI, the Confrontation Wolfen are on 40mm bases and the cavalry is on 65mm bases.

 

[pogre]

Confrontation humans are significantly large than the D&D line. I would put Confrontation at more like 35mm scale if D&D are 25s. Monsters, orcs, mutants and so on do not matter as much, but there is a big difference in the humans.

Games Workshop are larger than D&D and Rackham's Confrontation figures are bigger yet.

 

[Dimitri Mazieres]

Bummer :-( That's my main concern, since I wanted to buy some cheap Confrontation humans lots to use alongside D&D minis.

 

[Dimitri Mazieres]

Confrontation humans are significantly large than the D&D line. I would put Confrontation at more like 35mm scale if D&D are 25s. Monsters, orcs, mutants and so on do not matter as much, but there is a big difference in the humans.

You wouldn't, by chance, have a comparison shot that includes a D&D human mini, would you?

 

[psyronin]

Confrontation humans are significantly large than the D&D line. I would put Confrontation at more like 35mm scale if D&D are 25s. Monsters, orcs, mutants and so on do not matter as much, but there is a big difference in the humans.

Games Workshop are larger than D&D and Rackham's Confrontation figures are bigger yet.

This is definitely incorrect in the case of the PPP Dimitri is asking about. Here's a picture of some my D&D and Confrontation minis together (keep in mind the Confrontation bases are almost 1.5mm taller):



The one on the left is a metal Confrontation that's 28mm. The metal range did not have a consistent scale.

Oh, another thing about the Confrontation plastics is that they use a more rigid type of plastic than D&D. Dropping a mini can result in limbs or weapons breaking off. On the other hand, no bendy weapons!

 

[teitan]

This is definitely incorrect in the case of the PPP Dimitri is asking about. Here's a picture of some my D&D and Confrontation minis together (keep in mind the Confrontation bases are almost 1.5mm taller):

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The one on the left is a metal Confrontation that's 28mm. The metal range did not have a consistent scale.

Oh, another thing about the Confrontation plastics is that they use a more rigid type of plastic than D&D. Dropping a mini can result in limbs or weapons breaking off. On the other hand, no bendy weapons!

That's because some of the ragnarok minis are assembled, which is why they use harder plastic. I played a demo of it before it was released at a retailer convention in ft. Wayne and the minis were nice, better than d&d.

 

[Dimitri Mazieres]

Thanks for that comparison shot, psyronin! It looks as the Confrontation minis can be used with D&D minis side by side without problems

 

[Quickleaf]

Thanks for that comparison shot, psyronin! It looks as the Confrontation minis can be used with D&D minis side by side without problems

Yes that's right, we mix confrontation and D&D minis no problem. The only issue you might run into is medium-sized confrontation minis have slightly larger than 1" diameter bases, so things can get cramped on a D&D battle map when you have lots of confrontation minis next to each other.

 

[Dimitri Mazieres]

Yes that's right, we mix confrontation and D&D minis no problem. The only issue you might run into is medium-sized confrontation minis have slightly larger than 1" diameter bases, so things can get cramped on a D&D battle map when you have lots of confrontation minis next to each other.

I've been thinking that I could try to re-base them with 25mm plastic bases, if my obsessive personality traits can't deal with that. Do you think it's possible to do so?