Rhetorical question: Why do some manufacturers insist on calling 1/72 scale figures “20 mm”? 1/72 scale implies a 6’ person would be 24 - 25 mm’s tall (roughly 1" ) as any 1/72 modeller realizes. A 20 mm figure with 1/72 scale vehicles/tanks would look ridiculously small - about 4 1/2 feet tall!
I have a purpose for some actual 20 mm Dark Ages/Medieval figures - doors in a tower are 22 mm’s high, perfect for 20 mm figures. I would like to order some 20 mm figures and know I’m NOT going to receive 25 mm figures.
Any suggestions?
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I think it’s simply lazess; after all, they wish to sell anything they can.
As I understand it, as a former small-scale modeller, 1/76 is 20mm, so if you wish to keep any collection within visual coherence, work to that. If you wish to pursue 1/72 as the overall scale, then 25mm figures should work.
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20mm is now seen as a wargame scale, most wargames that use figures and armour around that size nearly always refer to 20mm not 1/72 or 1/76 in their rulebook, that is where it now comes from. In the cases where you see figures referenced as 20mm it is mainly because they are being advertised to wargamers. I do find that most do tend to look too big next to a 1/72 vehicle though, although those have tended to be white metal figures not the plastic variety.
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Note that 20 mm figures are supposed to measure 20 mm from ground to eye level.
Translated to 1/72 it would be 154 cm to top of head or 5’2" (bit of a short@rse really …)
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But do any gamers know of 20 mm tall early Medieval/Dark Ages figures. white metal, or preferably, printed, that I could use?
Pic of the tower I want to people:
It’s a little bit of a fantasy tower, but fairly representative of post-Roman fortifications.
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You should be able to find 20mm figures on etsy. I’ve only ever seen 20mm metal figures for ww2 or modern. Be warned that almost nobody is making “true 25mm” figures anymore in metal, they are all 28mm or larger (28mm “heroic”) and most wargame figues measured in mm will usually have misproportioned body parts, worse as the size gets smaller. The few people I know who game pre-1900 all use plastic 1/72 figures.
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Wargames foundry, try a search on the web like I just did.
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Most, if not all, of their ranges are “true” 28mm and can be quite chunky. They have a large back-catalogue mastered by some talented sculptors (e.g. the Perry twins) but there was a mass parting of the ways quite some time ago and I have not bought from them for at least a decade, so I don’t know what the current production is like. I was not encouraged by these (note the neck of the lady at the top right)-
Regards,
M
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Wut?
What neck?
Who cares about the neck …
I was watching further down,
not very realistic there either
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Tom I’ve never purchased any of their products, just showing the OP what happens if you bother to do a search yourself, rather than asking others most of whom do not hail from their country of origin.
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I’ve found some perfect printed 20 mm printed figures on Etsy, but the seller is charging, as an example, USD 20 for a $5 figure (international shipping). Doesn’t get much better for multiple orders. Considering that is US to Canada that is REALLY expensive!
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Ummm…maybe you missed the part where I stated that I was looking for 20 mm figures that were actually 20 mm in height - not 25 mm, not 28 mm.
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Actually, I did do a search on both ebay, and Etsy, and didn’t find anything to my liking, or needs. Inquiring here to see if any gamers know anything I couldn’t find.
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There is Newline Designs out of the UK too, that do 20mm medievals. Looking at the range, it is specifically 100 Years War figures. Medieval - newlinedesigns.co.uk
Irregular from the UK does 20mm medievals, though they look like they are from the War of the Roses (mid to late 15th C). Irregular is retiring, through, so availability may be limited. Also the figures are a bit more rough.
Damon.
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For pity’s sake: someone Google something like “20mm Dark Ages figures” or “20mm Medieval Figures”.
We’ve all tried to help you out here.
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I think this may have what you’re looking for @Biggles50 .
20mm is NOT 1/72nd scale. Speria Miniatures lists it as 1/87th scale (HO scale). That may be the problem you’re running into in your search. 118 product webpages of Speria Miniatures Medieval figures (3D-print in 20mm) for your browsing pleasure. 
Anyway, I’ve ordered from Speria Miniatures before years ago and their Customer Service was excellent.
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As a wargamer, I can definitely say that blanket statements about scale are not useful. Speria may say theirs are 1/87, but companies like AB do true 1/72 figures, & call them 20mm.
Damon.
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Hmmm…I’m not a wargammer and I don’t like the wargaming squat scales.
I think it depends on how the figure is measured…from the bottom of the feet to the eyes or to the top of the head? @Biggles50 will have to ask Speria Miniatures how their figures are measured; however, I think that Speria Miniatures is the “Eldorado Gold Mountain” that he’s looking for.
Meanwhile, check out the other figure categories on Speria Miniature’s website. I’m not saying that their figures are 100% accurate, but they do sell 3D-printed figures that you won’t find elsewhere.
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“20mm is NOT 1/72nd scale.”
I’m well aware of that having stated that in my OP, and having been a 1/72 modeler for as long as I have been a modeler (some 65 years).
This becoming a needlessly long discussion over scales, and gaming figures. I only wanted a few 20 mm figures to place on my tower for interest.
I finally found a fellow Canadian printer (much more reasonable shipping rates) on Etsy, and requesting if can rescale his prints to 20 mm. Hope he can.
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Guess you didn’t see this:
“Actually, I did do a search on both ebay, and Etsy, and didn’t find anything to my liking, or needs. Inquiring here to see if any gamers know anything I couldn’t find.
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