>>5865973>False equivalencyWho let tumblr in?
>>5866184>>5866209It's just simple math. 1/X means that for every 1 scaled unit of a small object, it represents X amount of units for its real life counterpart. So with 1/12 scale, it's saying that for every 1 measurement unit (inch) of a figure, it represents 12 measurement units (inches) of a human being. It can also apply to centimeters just as well, or yards, or red M&M's placed on their sides and stacked up. It's all interchangeable when applying the numbers.
To give a better math example:
If you know that your figure is 1/12 scale, and the real life thing that the figure represents is 72 inches tall, and you want to know how big the toy needs to be to match scale perfectly, the formula to input the data is
1/12 = X/72
1(72) = 12(X)
72 = 12X
X = 6, meaning the toy should be 6" tall to be accurate.
Alternatively, let's say you have a 1/18 scale figure, the figure itself is 8" tall, and you want to see how big that would make the character in real life, in total inches:
1/18 = 8/X
1(X) = 18(8)
X = 144, meaning the real life character would be exactly 12' tall.
And if you want to find out what the scale is of an object, and you know that your toy is 9" tall and the character it represents is 6'5:
1/X = 9/77
9(X) = 1(77)
9X = 77
X = 8.6 (rounded up), which means a really fucking weird scale of 1/8.6
Maybe this just added to the confusion, I don't know.
