Scale for miniatures?

[Craig1234]

Fellow adventurers, my group has decided that they want to buy their own miniatures for the characters (which I'm totally in favor of), but we're not sure the ones they are looking at are the correct size. We use the standard 1" square = 5 feet maps and flip mats and such. The miniatures they are looking at say "28mm scale" - is that the correct size for a medium PC? Thanks.

[MrVergee]

Dear Craig

28 mm is indeed the scale you are looking for.

[Wolfsnap]

25mm can also be used, although 28mm looks more "heroic".

[Caineach]

You may even see some up to 33mm scale. Honestly, depending on the artist you may not be able to tell the difference. The larger scales will just appear a little taller. At the distance you are looking at them from the table you probably wont notice a mismatch of scales.

[TomParker]

Expect to see some variation as well. There's been a lot of scale creep. My miniatures from 30 years ago are usually a full head shorter than the 25mm heroic common today. Which has a lot of benefits; the sculpts are better and the details are so much more clear.

[Craig1234]

Excellent, thank you all.

[BigNorseWolf]

As long as the base fits into a 1 by 1 inch square you're good. I have a few sculpty minis that i've done myself and they look huge compared to real minis, but they still fit on a washer base.