Thinking of digging out my Descent miniatures and painting them up for runewars...are there any good skeleton warriors or necromancer type figs in the base game that would work for Rune wars?

Not sure yet, I would think the Descents miniatures may not work, because the models would not fit in the trays.

I hope so. I was hoping that Runewars would be to Decent what IA Skirmish is to IA Campaign. Would be great to be buy figures that had rules for both.

Arbus Ix'Erebus from the Descent 2nd Edition Lieutenant Pack is an identical sculpt, so that would technically be useful, although as noted above, you would likely have to rebase it once the game is released.

The other miniatures would be cool for customs/fun, although I think only the heroes seem to be of a similar quality. The rest of the models (like the monsters in the original box) are a bit of a step down, in my opinion.

If I remember correctly, the Descent minis are a little on the small side. Has anyone seen them side-by-side with the Runewars figures? Are the RW figures also on the small side?

Most of my 28mm figures were bigger by comparison, I believe - models from Games Workshop (older stuff, not the new giant figures), Privateer Press, Reaper Bones, etc.

(or maybe I'm not remembering correctly...?)

Yeah, descent minis are more 28mm truescale. They are proportioned like my historicals albeit with some heroic scale stuff thrown in. Most others like GW are more like 32 mm or 28mm "heroic scale". The pics I've seen of the two side by side lead me to believe rune wars are more like 32mm. Descent minis are probably gonna look a little small.

It's hard to say because on one hand you have this picture, which makes it look like Runewars will be slightly heroic scale relative to Descent. The gray mage is Leoric from Descent and even though the Spearmen are wearing plate, they still look a little larger (but not by a lot).

But, on the other hand, you have Ardus Ix'Erebus from Descent:

That appears to be the exact same model as the one from Runewars Mini Game, so either (1) they recast him in a different scale at the exact same pose (unlikely, imo), or (2) the figures are generally the same scale.

Next, there is this comparison shot that shows the Descent Skeleton shopped to have the same proportions as one of the Runewars Mini Game Skeletons:

Finally, the sculptor that created several of the minis in the starter set posted this pic:

Note that he did not sculpt the two heroes (or rather, he didnt seem to do so for this most recent project), so maybe the scales are just a little off?

This is about as much information as I could gather on scale. All things considered, i think most likely that the Runewars figures and the Descent figures are probably pretty close in scale, such that painting them and using them for flavor NPCs on the battlefield or for conversions is probably a very safe bet.

I believe that some of the descent minis from different expansions have slightly different scales to them as well. I'll have to check tomorrow.

I don't think I've noticed a difference in scale within Descent 2nd edition figures, but there's a notable difference between them and the Runebound figures, even though they're the same sculpt/pose. Battlelore 2nd Edition figures are a much smaller scale.

It's hard to say because on one hand you have this picture, which makes it look like Runewars will be slightly heroic scale relative to Descent. The gray mage is Leoric from Descent and even though the Spearmen are wearing plate, they still look a little larger (but not by a lot).

Look at the hands they are a dead giveaway that the RuneWars minis are larger.

There were complaints that the scale of descent miniatures had increased in the last few expansions, maybe those do match runewars.

Is that Descent figure above a newer or an older one? It does look small

I think they're slowly trying to correct their "scale mistakes" and bring the Descent dudes in line with most "28mm scale" figures (i.e., a bit more on the heroic, larger side)

Its in the original 2nd edition boxed set, so as old as they come.

Size comparison between the Leoric figure from the D2nd core set, and the Ardus figure from the newest expansion Chains that Rust. And my cat, Jynx

I'm really wishing I would've taken a closer look while I was demoing this, but I believe that the Runwares scale is more on par with the newer, slightly bigger Descent Minis. However, The bases on the Runewars figures are a hair taller and have a small peg in the middle on the underside that slotted into the base. One thing to remember also is that the models we were given at Gencon (the ones in the picture with the runegolem) were not final models, they were 3d prints, so there could be some variance.

Size comparison between the Leoric figure from the D2nd core set, and the Ardus figure from the newest expansion Chains that Rust. And my cat, Jynx

Which faction will the cat be in?

Ardus is one big pile of bones

I f I do get into the game I would get the undead...are there any expansion packs for the board game that have undead figs?

I f I do get into the game I would get the undead...are there any expansion packs for the board game that have undead figs?

Nothing concrete (official) yet on stuff other than the Core set but I'd say we're pretty confident that there'll be expansion boxes for both factions which include all the units plus others not found in the core set.

I'll totally use my Descent models as stand in for various models

is the "Skarn" golem pack a unit for the undead? I looks like it would be a cool addition to the faction in Runewars