What scale is Warhammer?
A: Games Workshop miniatures are generally accepted to be 28mm. Over the years, however, they have grown somewhat, so they’re only nominally this scale. In any case, they are rarely true 28mm because they are sculpted in a style that can only be described as ‘chunky’, with oversized hands, heads, weapons and other details. This style, which began with Jes Goodwin, is intended to make them more dramatic as models, and easier to paint. Games Workshop vehicles are slightly undersized when compared to the miniatures, and also tend to be somewhat ‘chunky’ (the guns and hatches are usually too big). The closest ‘official’ scale is
