GW showed off the new size of Legions Imperialis; now we get an actual size comparison with the old Epic scale and Adeptus TItanicus.
If you’ve patiently waited for Epic Warhammer 40k to return, it’s being rebranded in the Horus Heresy era as Legions Imperialis. While we’ve seen plenty of the miniatures in the starter box, it’s always nice to get more details of how big the game will actually be! Obviously, with everything getting hit by scale creep a little, Epic is no exception, and the game is gaining some height!
New Legions Imperialis Epic Scale Size Comparison
The latest on Legions Imperialis Epic Scale Size Comparisons comes from Warhammer Community.
We start with the smallest soldiers in this new game – the Solar Auxilia. Three generations of infantry are pictured here. The figures on the rectangular bases are Astra Militarum from the late 90s – Valhallan Ice Warriors and Catachan Jungle Fighters. On the square bases are the original Imperial Guard – as you can see, they used to be able to shoulder their heavy weapons, but as Imperial health and safety regulations were tightened, the big guns were placed on wheeled carriages
As you can see, the figures have gotten slightly bigger, which is probably a good thing regarding actually painting the models. However, if you want the tinies soldiers possible, you are a little out of luck.
Ogryns have practically doubled in size in the intervening years. The old Ogryns to the left were substantial lads back in the 90s, but they’re dwarfed by the new Charonites on the right, who also pack a much heftier punch with their cybernetic claws.
It looks like they started recruiting Ogryns from worlds with even heavier gravity as they gained some serious size!
The models painted as Imperial Fists here date back to 1997 and Epic 40,000, making them the second generation of plastic Space Marine infantry. As you can see, the newer Legiones Astartes tower over their older brethren.
The Space Marines also have some giant size gains, but still come five to a base (they’re just round bases instead.)
Epic Tank Sizes
On the left is an adorable family photo, depicting three generations of the Leman Russ. At the front in green is an old metal version from the Space Marine-era in the mid 90s, joined by a plastic model (we think) from Epic Armageddon.
The tanks are also on a much bigger scale and pack in more detail.
The venerable Deimos-Pattern Rhino chassis has had a small-scale glow-up in a number of ways – first as the Predator you see on the left next to its early-90s forebear in metal.
The Predator might have the most significant increase of all the tanks (besides the Baneblade), while the Rhino is bigger, just not as noticeable.
Once we approach the super-heavy tanks of the 31st Millennium, the gap in scale really begins to make itself known. Here we see a new Baneblade stacked up against several patterns of the original models from the early 90s – which were in fact the first super-heavies in Warhammer history. In grey is a Stormhammer, in green a Baneblade, and in black and yellow is a Shadowsword.
The new Baneblade is gigantic compared to the old minis!
Titan Epic Scale
As we arrive at Titans, the change in scale becomes almost remarkable. Yes, these two models are both Warhound Scout Titans, the one on the left hailing from the era of Epic Armageddon, and the one on the right from Adeptus Titanicus. The older Warhounds – which weren’t available to photograph – are of similar size to the smaller god-engine.
Honestly, you want Titans to be giant and tower over the battlefield, so the current scale makes sense.
The current Reaver Titan is almost literally twice the size of the older versions (the one on the left is from 1989, and the one on the right is circa 2003). However, you can’t fault a purity seal as absolutely massive as the one pasted to the leg of the original Reaver. Surely, there is none purer!
The Reaver is a long beloved model, and it has grown over the years.
The comparison between Warlord Titans is immense: the one on the left is the original Lucius-pattern Warlord Titan released in 1997 – though it wouldn’t earn that specific designation until much later. On the right is the current, towering Warlord, which could probably just kick its puny ancestor to death at this point…
Last but not least, the Warlord Titan towers over the ’97 model.
All of these models are an exact 1/4 scale version of their Warhammer 40k counterparts or 8mm scale. Plus the Titans and Aeronautica Imperialis models are also compatible with the new game regardless if you rebase them or not.
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