Hey yāall. Iām amping up to order a second batch of 3d printed models for my burgeoning chaos dwarf army (TOW Fire Dwarfs / Blanchitsu)
Among other things, Iām fixing to get a handful of Bull centaurs. These will be original sculpts and a single Fabelzel one to represent a Tauāruk. These sculpts are however created for the 25x50mm bases in mind, and if youāve seen it, you know that they look lost on the 50x75 bases that are required for TOW.
That being the case, Iām looking into rescaling them, so they fit the bases better. Apologies to GW oldhammer purists if you feel itās an affront to the OG sculpts
Filling out the bases more, but looking a bit tall. Sacrilegous, I know, but the hats get a bit too tall on them, imo Also, the axe on the OG bulltaur looks a bit stretched.
Last one, scaled to 140% in width and breadth, but standard size in height:
I think it was you who gave me the idea, as a matter of fact, so thanks for that
Them ending up very tall is why I dabbled in the squished upscaling. I subsequently tried 150% in width and 115% in height, I think that gave the impression of a larger model, dwarfen in proportion, that didnāt look too squished.
The FW ones are very different in proportion, I think, and are bulky as all hell right out of the box. The OG ones are quite slim in comparison.
Sorry, in my humbled opinion.
I think you have keep them in scale, With the foot trooper.
Just boost up the base height with terrain features.
Rocks, shale slabs, lava rock, dead catsā¦ ect.
Whaaat?
Thereās a charm to it, I agree. Only, in my view it looks a little silly, and doesnāt correlate to the stats on paper.
I ended up scaling them individually, mirroring a few bodies, and changing out a weapon, so that theyāre slightly different sizes, all different poses, and altogether intimidating. Iāll receive them at the end of the week, if all goes well, Iāll let yāall know how they turned out
Iām interested in seeing the results of this, as the bull centaur scaling has been one of my personal pet issues. Would you be able to post photos of them with other models next to them for comparison?
I wonāt have any original sized ones physically, but I can set up a scene in blender (with bases) where youāll be able to check the difference. Soon! Eta is by the end of this week.
My patience, however, is tested. So much so, in fact, that I am plotting the summoning of a great commander from the host of the lord of skulls himself. Just to bide the time, Iām certain I can control it.
I did it! Iām second guessing myself a lot right now, but hereās my line of thought: a Lamassu isnāt actually a huge buff monster - as a matter of fact it is the wizard of the monster world, so relatively small and frail. The great Taurus is a different matter, and it is still taller and more importantly wider than the upscaled bulltaurs. If you compare an upscaled Bulltaur torso and face to an infantryman, there isnāt much of a difference as a matter of fact. I mostly scaled them so the bodies would be longer and especially wider. There is no doubt when I look at this, that the regular ones are cavalry, and the bigger ones are monstrous cavalry.
I never paid close attention to that before, but it makes a lot of sense. The FW centaurs looked so different from the old school big hats that I imagined them as entirely different beings, but looking at how you kept the model and scaled it appropriately, the difference seems subtler but more logical.
Bulltaurs at roughly 130% size. A little wider than tall. I am warming up to them and starting to wonder if they werenāt always this size.
Banner pole and top is too big in my opinion, however, but I canāt really fix it now. Maybe if I do like an oblong banner than hangs down it will look ok? I saw someone who has two strips of cloth flowing from below the facing Lamassus