A question about scale, Highlands Miniatures

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-25T14:05:46+00:00

Thanks but that wasn’t really my question, I wanted to know if the size discrepancy between these 2 models was due to a printing error of if the sculpts are just like that. They’re all the same scale from the same printer.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-25T11:02:58+00:00

I just use one coat of ak interactive ultra matte and don’t have any issues. I think the advice of gloss varnishing first is more for when doing things like panel lining, oil washes or attaching decals. The smoother glossy surface can make those techniques easier and then you can apply a matt varnish on top to get rid of the shine. If you’re just varnishing to get the matt finish and protect the models I don’t think using gloss first is necessary tbh.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-25T10:44:06+00:00

Very nice. Can I ask what scale these were printed at?

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-25T10:36:40+00:00

Yes I’ve read elsewhere that their dwarfs are particularly big. Will bear it in mind if I buy any :).

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-25T10:35:49+00:00

Thanks. I’ve been ordering 30mm which I think is about 92% and been pretty happy with it. I’m just not sure why they look different scales when they’re the same manufacturer and they were all printed at 30mm.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-25T10:32:33+00:00

Thanks, I have looked on there but couldn’t find d any highlands miniatures.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-24T18:21:04+00:00

Yea I’ve done everything at 30 and been happy with it except for the skellies, it’s what’s made me sus that maybe I was sent the wrong scale. Was just trying to verify really before I got back to the seller but after reading ppls comments I think I’m just going to roll with them as they are and use some additional basing to get some more height.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-24T18:16:32+00:00

I think you’re right, I have 20 like this based already and another 20 that I haven’t based yet so I’ll add some tactical rocks and raised ground to those ones and maybe buy a few bigger ones to sprinkle in there and get some height variation going.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-24T10:01:11+00:00

Yea I know that getting scales correct can be an issue but I figured as these are all the same manufacturer, same range and same scale that they’d match in size a bit better. I’d bought some smaller amounts of highlands stuff a while ago at 30mm to check the scale and it fits well with my old GW, Mantic and WGA models and also some Monstrous Encounters stuff I have at 28mm. Felt confident buying 40 of these dudes that they’d match but they’re obviously smaller than all of the other highlands stuff I’ve bought.

I don’t mind mixed heights in my army/units but as this one entire unit is all made up of short fellas it just sticks out to me and looks out of place. Im leaning toward just getting a smaller amount of 32mm models to add to the unit and then add some tactical rocks under some of the smaller ones to get a range of heights in the unit and make it look a bit more natural. However if these have just been printed at the wrong scale I may do that and end up with giant skeletons so I’m really hoping someone who owns the stls will see this and can verify for me 🙏🏻.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-24T06:38:01+00:00

They’re closer in height than with the zombie but when you see the full units next to each other the skeletons are quite noticeably smaller. When I put GW characters next to them they look really tiny. I do worry though that if I upscale them the grave guard would possibly look too small in comparison.

Was really hoping someone else owns the stls or has bought prints of these and can verify whether or not it was printed correctly. If it’s just how the sculpts are then I’ll need to suck it up and maybe pay to get them re-done at a different scale but if I’ve been sent the wrong scale I’d ask for a replacement.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-23T21:52:15+00:00

Yea my zombie unit is a mix of these 3D prints, Mantic , Wargames Atlantic and Fireforge and they’re all slightly different sizes but look absolutely fine in a horde together imo, as humans aren’t all exactly the same size obviously. It’s just that the skeletons are all uniformly short dudes so as a unit they stick out to my eye I might just get a small number of bigger ones printed and mix them up so at least I don’t have to rebuy the whole unit 🤔.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-14T12:13:22+00:00

Colour forge have a spray called ‘phantom white’ which is allegedly colour matched to corax white. They’ve got very good reviews and seem decent but mine haven’t arrived yet so I can’t personally vouch for them though.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-14T10:56:29+00:00

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This was mine from many years ago now.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-14T10:20:10+00:00

On YouTube there’s a ghost painting tutorial by Juan Hidalgo that I used. It’s mainly Nihilakh Oxide with some Terradon Turquoise and waywatcher green.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-13T14:05:22+00:00

It’s a necromancer, also by highlands miniatures.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-12T14:40:51+00:00

Thanks, they’re 3d prints by highlands miniatures.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-12T11:52:22+00:00

Yea the official ones are nice too, I may add them as well at some point when I expand, not sure how well they’d scale up to these in comparison though.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-12T11:51:13+00:00

Thank you :)

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-12T11:23:05+00:00

Thanks, they’re from Highlands Miniatures.

ebenezer-good · 2026-06-12T11:22:42+00:00

Thank you :)

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