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Can I Increase or Decrease The Size of Your Digital Models? (Scaling)

Short answer: Yes, no problem!

Miniatures 

Being digital models making them smaller or larger doesn't affect them at all. As I usually mention in the description you can change the scale from 32mm to something else quite easily. For example if you wanted to change a miniature which is 36.2mm tall at 32mm scale to 28mm scale, you would times 36.2 by 0.875 (28 divided by 32) to get the new height of 31.6mm. Reverse the division if scaling up. Typically you would make that change in the slicer before printing but you can also save the model at that specific size for the future. Also keep in mind that I only work with true scale, so while they may be 32mm scale the large stuff can be very large indeed! They are not intended to be printed that large (for example the Riftworm from Gears OT is 11 metres long!) but only to serve as reference for its size. As I begin my project to print every one of my miniatures myself I will develop a sliding formula to adjust too large sizes to a usable tabletop approximation while retaining some differentiation and share the resulting sizes I use for those miniatures. 

Cosplay

You may have noticed that all of my life-size pieces such as weapons and armour are provided at just that, their life size. Can you scale them down for a different size? Yes! They may come life sized but you don't need to use them that way, you can use them any way you like, a half-size display prop? Sure. A custom piece for a collectible figure? Absolutely. A tiny attachment for a miniature? Go for it. They're not just for cosplay or display. Like above, these are digital models, making them smaller doesn't affect them at all, it's just 0's and 1's.

Easy method to change the size of models for those who aren't printing the models themselves. Download and install the free software Chitubox, this is a slicer software. Simply import the model, press the big button on the left labelled 'Scale', you can change the size either using percentages or by the size of an axis, you can see which axis is which direction on the model by looking at the bottom left, they're colour coded. Once the size is changed hit the menu button, go to 'Save As' (not save project) and 'save selected model' to save it at that size.