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.