Gargantuan creature on the battlegrid

[Quasqueton]

I don't know if any of you will find this comparison as interesting as I did, but below is a picture of a Gargantuan creature on a standard battlemat.

I bought the Treebeard action figure at a toy store, and just out of curiousity, compared and measured it to my standard D&D figures and grid map. He stands 45' high, and fits all the measurements of a Gargantuan creature (20' face, 20' reach).

On the right is a Large-sized ogre. On the left is a Medium-size human, and then a Small-sized gnome. I am more impressed with the size catagories. A Colossal-sized creature is about twice as big as Gargantuan. Imagine a true representation of a great wyrm on a battlemap!

For my game session this past Friday, I advanced a treant to 20HD (Gargantuan), and used this mini (I call it a "maxi") to represent the creature on the game map.

I found it interesting to compare the game mechanic numbers to how the mini looks:

OLD BARK -- ELDER TREANT
Gargantuan Plant
Hit Dice: 20d8+140 (230 hp)
Initiative: –1
Speed: 40 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 22 (–4 size, –1 Dex, +17 natural), touch 5, flat-footed 22
Base Attack/Grapple: +15/+44
Attack: Slam +24 melee (3d6+13)
Full Attack: 2 slams +24 melee (3d6+13)
Space/Reach: 20 ft./20 ft.
Special Attacks: Animate trees, double damage against objects, trample 3d6+19
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 10/slashing, low-light vision, plant traits, vulnerability to fire
Saves: Fort +26, Ref +5, Will +11
Abilities: Str 37, Dex 8, Con 25, Int 14, Wis 16, Cha 14
Skills: Diplomacy +20, Hide +4 (+20*), Intimidate +7, Knowledge (nature) +20, Listen +10, Sense Motive +12, Spot +10, Survival +10 (+12 aboveground)
Feats: Improved Sunder, Iron Will, Power Attack, Alertness, Improved Grapple, Snatch, Negotiator
Challenge Rating: 12
Alignment: neutral good

Anyway, I thought it an interesting exercise in comparison.

I'd love to find other such "maxi's" to use in D&D games. I kind of wish that WotC would produce some figures to represent Huge and larger creatures from the MM. Even the largest fantasy game minis I've ever found are just barely into the Huge catagorie.

In a previous game session, we used a Warhammer 40,000 Rhino (armored troop transport) to represent a bulette.

Quasqueton

 

[Anabstercorian]

To be fair, that's significantly larger than Huge. Any creature that large can be considered to take up FAR more space than it's feet do. After all, by that reckoning, a human has a space of about one foot. Rationally, could you stack nine of these things in a 60 foot square? No? Then it doesn't have a 20 foot face.

That said, that is an awesome paint job, and by awesome I mean TOTALLY SWEET.

 

[Piratecat]

It isn't a paint job, since it's an action figure - but that's incredibly cool anyways. I've used a lot of Spawn figurines (the less mechanical ones if monsters) for this, too. It works wonderfully.

 

[LGodamus]

To be fair, that's significantly larger than Huge. Any creature that large can be considered to take up FAR more space than it's feet do. After all, by that reckoning, a human has a space of about one foot. Rationally, could you stack nine of these things in a 60 foot square? No? Then it doesn't have a 20 foot face.

That said, that is an awesome paint job, and by awesome I mean TOTALLY SWEET.

It doesnt really matter . The space and reach are abstractions for game. The Maxi, lol, it to scale approx. 45', so it fits the gargantuan size catergory. So, yeah, Its very cool , and good for scale.

 

[Epametheus]

That certainly helps put things into perspective. I've sometimes simply told the players things along the lines of "picture King Kong; this thing is a little bigger."

It's funnier when you give the really big creatures Tumble, though.

 

[Mercule]

It's funnier when you give the really big creatures Tumble, though.

Dude! Ninja storm giants!

Even better: Ninja Tarrasques.

 

[Quasqueton]

To be fair, that's significantly larger than Huge. Any creature that large can be considered to take up FAR more space than it's feet do. After all, by that reckoning, a human has a space of about one foot. Rationally, could you stack nine of these things in a 60 foot square? No? Then it doesn't have a 20 foot face.

Um, did you miss the four times I said it was "Gargantuan"? It is significantly larger than Huge -- twice as large, hence my saying it is GARGANTUAN.

Look at the battlegrid it is standing on. I even marked out the 20' x 20' square it is standing in.

Sheesh.

And Piratecat, yeah, I've had my eye on some of those Spawn figures.

Quasqueton

 

[Oni]

That's a big critter, wouldn't want to get underfoot.

 

[Rolzup]

If you can find it -- not easy at this point, mind -- McFarlane toys made a figure for the "Ultima Online" line called an "Ancient Wyrm". Beautiful dragon; well sculpted, and very well painted. Works great as an ancient dragon in D&D scale, at about 10 inches long. That would make it what, about 100 feet long, in 25mm scale?

Whatever. It's a gorgeous figure. There's a review with a picture at:
http://www.epinions.com/content_69074652804

Rolzup