by Omega2064
This has come up a few times and since the idea interests me I figured Id share my research for those wanting more accurate minis keeping in scale with those in the game, since the game keeps to a more or less natural scale for the animals.
The mice are 25mm scale. This is the basis for all the other calculations.
Actual mice average say 75mm. This makes calculating sizes for other critters fairly easy at 1/3rd or 33%.
The average bat will be around mouse sized. Most are pretty friendly. Only a few are predatory to amphibians and mice and those would be rat sized.
Shrews and moles can get as large as rats. Some Shrews are venomous.
Common Bees and Yellow Jackets average 15mm. I've seen them up to 25-30mm. That comes to 5-10 mm at MM scale. That is a bit small so you might want to double it and say they are bumble bees and wasps which get up to twice that size. This gives then a bee or wasp up to 20mm. Hornets are even larger and would make for appropriate foes too as they are aggressive.
A Praying Mantis can get up to 100mm long, so a mantis mini should be 33mm or less.
Cats average around 400mm for males. So at MM scale Brody would be about 200mm since he is a big tough cat.
Raccoons can get between 600-1000mm, so a mini could be 200mm to 500.
Otters get 600+ long so also 200mm for a mini, or larger.
Skunks are 300-500 long, so 100mm + for a mini.
Weasels and Ferrets get 250+ long so say also 100mm.
Crows can get to 300+ mm long so the Greedy Old Crow as a mini would likely be around 100-150mm scale too.
Chipmunks range 180 to 210mm for the smallest and most common. so 60 to 70mm. But they can get substantially large, upwards of 500mm or more.
European Red Squirrels get around 200mm, so about 66mm tall.
Rabbits average also about 200mm, so about 66mm tall as well. but are obviously bulkier.
A corn snake can be around 750mm or more, so 250mm at MM scale. Id suggest against vipers and other poisonous snakes as for a mouse that is approaching an instant kill. Better to go with constrictors as it allows the mice chances to fight back and escape. For a friendly snake go with the Garter Snake. They average 550mm or more so would be around 184mm long.
A Fox can get up around 750mm or more as well so also 250mm at mini scale.
