basing

The 15mm Wargaming blog has a nice little article on how he adapts individually based figures to DBA style element basing.

I find it interesting because I do a similar thing myself. All of my ancient and medieval figures are individually based so that I can use them in various skirmish games. However, I also have some magnetic “movement trays” that I stick them on for element-based games (mostly Might of Arms). My cardboard and magnetic vinyl bases, however, don’t look nearly as good as the ones in this article. I base mine on 1 inch washers, though, so I will have to investigate to see what similar things are out there for that size.

The Wargames Table has a very useful article on making magnetic basing. Using a magnetic system can be useful both for movement trays and for transport.

For my part, I base all of my 28mm figures on one inch washers. Then, I line both movement trays and transport boxes with magnetic vinyl, of the sort used for signs for the sides of cars.

I’ve also found that I can paint the magnetic vinyl with no loss of magnetism. So, my movement trays have a green surface onto which the figure bases stick.

This is a bit esoteric, but the Massive Voodoo has an interesting article on seeking out roots to use as bases for display miniatures. They’d also make some really cool and alien looking tabletop scenery.

I’m reminded of something that John Hill, creator of Johnny Reb, said to me years ago: Nature recreates itself in miniature. Thus, chunks of bark look like rock formations, tree branches retrain the structure of trees, etc.

Here are some great ideas for basing figures on washers. This is exactly the technique (and the same fender washers) that I use.