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Scale up.; 1/72 printables to 25mm
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Ross	Oct 31 2011, 12:26 AM Post #1
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	Hey guys, I got some 1/72 scale tank templates on pdf and I'm thinking they're going to be a lil' small for 25/28mm gaming. Any suggestions on how big I'll need to enlarge the pics (then print them off) to a suitable size for 25/28mm gaming?



Ironblood	Oct 31 2011, 01:31 AM Post #2
Cannie! Posts: 729 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: Mar 6, 2009	iirc i read somewhere( maybe the worldworks games site?) that 28mm shrinks down 85-83% for 20mm so maybe 15-18% increase for 28? possibly larger if you like your vehicles larger than normal.



Ross	Oct 31 2011, 01:44 AM Post #3
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	Excellent cheers, I'll give that a crack.



Fantasy Fixtures	Oct 31 2011, 01:47 AM Post #4
Super Mutant Posts: 345 Group: Members Member #216 Joined: Aug 17, 2010	Worldwork's paper building scaled down to 65% work great with 15mm, so the math of 20mm being about 85-83% works out. From experience, even from the same designer paper buildings vary in scale, so you will have to play with each one to work out what size is best.



Ross	Oct 31 2011, 04:23 AM Post #5
Wasteland Warlord Posts: 5,396 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: Jul 24, 2008	Well I was pondering at lunchtime, if 1/72 works with 15mm, then to push it up to 25mm all I'd need to do is bump it up by +66.6% (believe it or not I hit one of the engineers here at work for that lmao I'd gotten +60% but couldn't figure out why it wouldn't back calculate, my calculator didn.t do the extra 6.6%.....). So, from 15mm to 28mm would be +86.6%. At least I think that's the way it should work....



Inkwell	Oct 31 2011, 01:53 PM Post #6
Toenail cutter / Tin can licker Posts: 3,113 Group: Members Member #247 Joined: Dec 18, 2010	I suck at math, my gut says 20-30% increase.It also says I need food! Let us know how it comes out,the templates not the food



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