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Mississinewa Miniatures are made to a Classic28™ scale.
What is Classic28™ you ask. Classic28™ is our name for the most popular size of miniature figurines commonly referred to as 25mm scale.

Calling them 25mm scale is a bit of a misnomer though since 25mm isn't really a scale at all. A "scale" should be expressed in terms of a proportion such as "one to sixty", "1/60th" or more commonly "1:60" for example. The scale would determine the fraction of the original objects size that the model would be. Many miniatures companies products do not adhere to any real standards regarding scale. This has lead to an unfortunate situation in which 25mm models from one company are not always compatible with 25mm models from another company.

Often times due to a sculptors lack of skill and or discipline, a miniature that was intended to be a 25mm figure will gain a few millimeters during the process of sculpting the figure. More miniatures would then be sculpted to be "compatible" with this larger "scale" and would themselves gain size. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as "Scale Creep". To add to the confusion, many began to label their models as "28mm", "30mm","32mm" or even "35mm" in an honest effort to more accurately describe the over-all size of their model figures. Due to the problems listed above and others, "25mm" scale has lost any real meaning as a measure of compatibility or scale.

Classic28™ is our attempt to define or redefine the 25mm scale for convenience and compatibility. Classic28™ expressed as a proportion is 1/60th or 1:60. This is a rather convenient scale for most gaming maps as a 1" square is equal to 5 scale feet. Given that 1 inch is equal to 5 scale feet, a 6 foot tall man in scale would measure, over all, 1.2 inches or approximately 30mm. A popular method of measuring miniature figurines has become the "toe to eye" measurement. In Classic28™ scale, a scale 6 foot tall man would measure 28mm from toe to eye. Thus we can define Classic28™ scale with these expressions that all essentially mean the same scale.

Classic28™
1:60
1/60th
1 inch = 5 foot
25mm = 5 foot
30mm toe to top of head
28mm toe to eye

Naturally, not all Classic28™ miniatures will be 30mm tall. A miniature child may only measure 18mm while a giant could be 60mm or more. A further complication is that most miniatures are not made strictly to scale regardless of what scale is used. Rather, certain aspects are characterized or deformed to make the miniature look better to the naked eye in miniature. This is often done to the head, hands and feet which may be up to 150% of their actual scale size. This deformation is often a necessary compromise for the aesthetic value of the miniatures. Generally, if you were to place a true scale figures next to a deformed figure, most observers would believe the deformed figure to look more correct. This "artistic deformation" will generally cause items held or worn to not strictly adhere to scale but necessitate artistic deformation of the items so they look right with the miniature.

In order to help you determine whether or not our Classic28™ scale is right for you, we will photograph our miniatures beside a scaling device. This device is marked at 6mm, 15mm, 25mm, 28mm 30mm, 35mm and 40mm with pointers extending from the markings. This should make it rather easy to get a more accurate idea of scale from the photos provided.