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==[[Warhammer Fantasy Battles]]== Warhammer Fantasy Battles unfortunately isn't above this either. * The worst offenders are the [[Sky Titans]]. Granted, their semi-mythical status helps rectify this issue somewhat, but descriptions range from a bit bigger than a [[Bonegrinder Giant]] to literally BEING the titular mountains of the Mountains of Mourn. It's unclear if the [[Ironblaster]]s are pistols to them or cannons - though the former is more likely in this anon's opinion. * Similar to the issue above, the [[Dragon Ogre]]s and the [[Dragon Ogre Shaggoth]] both are described as being MUCH bigger than their miniatures suggest - though part of the issue is scale creep. Shaggoths are meant to be as big as the mountains, but [[derp|on tabletop they're shorter than a giant]]. Much like [[Orks]] and [[Orc]]s, as Dragon Ogres age and feed on lightning they grow in size and all the Dragon Ogres alive now lived before the coming of the Old Ones - so unless they started out comically small, realistically the Shaggoths should be as big as a [[Chaos War Mammoth]] at least otherwise it's just kinda sad. * A lesser example but in art and the games [[Bone Giant]]s are depicted as big as a pyramid and towering above pretty much everything, whereas on tabletop they aren't even the size of Giants due to scale creep. * [[Nekaph]], right hand to [[Settra the Imperishable]], is supposed to be incredibly tall and built like a brick shithouse as he's from the far North (or at least has Norse ancestry), but he tends to be depicted as the same height as the rest of the Tomb King mummies. * The heights of the Dawi can seem inconsistent, ranging from reaching your average man's chest or their waistline. The Chaos Dwarfs can have it worse, not helped by the fact many wear massive hats (possible as the result of a height complex, if Total Warhammer is any indication). <s>The writers probably decided they were too short</s>. {{Blam}} {{Blam|Short?!}} * The Ogres are generally considered to be both tall and wide, but <i>how</i> much can vary; either they can look like giant sumo wrestlers or almost round. * A REALLY small example (no pun intended) - [[Gnoblar]]s tend to be bigger in their miniatures than goblins or [[Night Goblin]]s despite part of why they defected was their small size. If it weren't for their hunched backs, they would be as tall as a hobgoblin at least. [[Just as planned|This inconsistency may be deliberate, however]], as it adds a certain bit of tragic irony to the Gnoblars. Art tends to put them the same size as [[Snotling]]s, however. * The assorted vehicles and chariots of the races can look undersized or oversized, depending on what they're being compared to. *[[Arabyan War Elephant]]s suffered this in the game [[Warmaster]]. One of the minis depicts them as roughly the size of a [[Khemrian Warsphinx]] with infantry in the howdah, and the other has an entire building on the back. * Finally, [[Grimgor Ironhide]] in lore is the biggest Orc in the Warhammer World. On tabletop, however, he's the size of any ol' [[Black Orc]], which is smaller than the [[Savage Orc]]s. There's a common theory that Grimgor was the one who lead the Black Orc Rebellion against the Chaos Dwarfs to begin with, in which case he should be at least the size of Ghazghkull. At least in the Total War games, his character model eventually got beefed up to look larger, but he's still not absurdly large by Orc standards.
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