(Bases):Ten Thousand Swedes Came Through the Weeds...
Oct 25, 2018 14:36:12 GMT -9
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Post by gloriousbattle on Oct 25, 2018 14:36:12 GMT -9
...well, in this case its gnolls and goblins, but same basic idea.
Please note that the figures are Patrick Crusiau's with the exception of #5, the boyar, which was drawn by Mark Sergeyev, and the gnolls, which I purposely placed as #1, by our own Antohammer! Antohammer is also working on a Napoleonics project for me, some of which will be published in one of my rulebooks on rpgnow / drivethrurpg, and others of which he will publish there as supplemental sets. I urge you all to take a look. He really does some excellent stuff!
This is a few suggestions on possible different ways to base. Four of the five here stand on fairly standard do-it-yourself bases, made with linoleum floor tile, and small sections of transparency stapled to it to hold the miniatures up.
What makes them a little different is that the base is not covered with terrain, exactly, but with a photo which I linked to elsewhere, showing an overview of the Battle of Agincourt, covered with dead and wounded soldiers... over which the living soldiers are now happily trampling (the gnolls and goblins are probably also taking the opportunity to supplement their rations on the run).
The different one here is #2, which is based simply using a section cut from some carpeting.
Note that the carpet is not modified in any way. The figures are held up only by the carpet fibers. This is easy to do. All carpet, by virtue of the way it is machine-sewn, has a "grain" to it, as all of the fibers have to follow a line.
So, just find the grain (look on the bottom, and you will see which way the "rows" run) and set the pieces between them. Just don't turn the base upside down, as the fibers will not hold the minis in. However, these are among the easiest bases to make, as you need no prep other than cutting them to size.
Now, as with so many things in gaming, one man's meat is another man's poison, but I enjoy this look, especially for field battles outdoors, as I think it gives something of the impression of soldiers marching through fields of ripe barley.
Obviously, light brown and green carpet is best for this.
Please note that the figures are Patrick Crusiau's with the exception of #5, the boyar, which was drawn by Mark Sergeyev, and the gnolls, which I purposely placed as #1, by our own Antohammer! Antohammer is also working on a Napoleonics project for me, some of which will be published in one of my rulebooks on rpgnow / drivethrurpg, and others of which he will publish there as supplemental sets. I urge you all to take a look. He really does some excellent stuff!
This is a few suggestions on possible different ways to base. Four of the five here stand on fairly standard do-it-yourself bases, made with linoleum floor tile, and small sections of transparency stapled to it to hold the miniatures up.
What makes them a little different is that the base is not covered with terrain, exactly, but with a photo which I linked to elsewhere, showing an overview of the Battle of Agincourt, covered with dead and wounded soldiers... over which the living soldiers are now happily trampling (the gnolls and goblins are probably also taking the opportunity to supplement their rations on the run).
The different one here is #2, which is based simply using a section cut from some carpeting.
Note that the carpet is not modified in any way. The figures are held up only by the carpet fibers. This is easy to do. All carpet, by virtue of the way it is machine-sewn, has a "grain" to it, as all of the fibers have to follow a line.
So, just find the grain (look on the bottom, and you will see which way the "rows" run) and set the pieces between them. Just don't turn the base upside down, as the fibers will not hold the minis in. However, these are among the easiest bases to make, as you need no prep other than cutting them to size.
Now, as with so many things in gaming, one man's meat is another man's poison, but I enjoy this look, especially for field battles outdoors, as I think it gives something of the impression of soldiers marching through fields of ripe barley.
Obviously, light brown and green carpet is best for this.
Spent two 'fun' hours last night unclogging a heat break tube (the nozzle was a lost cause and replaced). Stupid bowden tube slipped and molten plastic spilled up into the heat break tube and congealed.