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Post by Gnattopolis on May 20, 2005 14:06:08 GMT 12
I'm having a think... I'm going to be painting up a Mordheim Witchhunter warband - and I'm intending to do a really good job at it. I'd like to use some those PitYak diorama type real purty bases but am having issues deciding what size and shape to get.
I was thinking of going for a square 25mm base with cobblestones, though would round ones be better? and am I shooting myself in the foot when it comes to playing those games - "AHA! you ARE in range... thanks to your bigger base" or "nope, you can't fit in that nook, your base is too big, you must now stand in the open"
Any thoughts?
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Post by Aaron on May 20, 2005 15:01:56 GMT 12
Yes you are shooting yourself in the foot on on all counts. Firstly witch hunters = Crossbows, Im thought you learnt your lesson about those the other night  I think for looks 25mm round would be best. For some reason skirmish games look better with round bases. For gaming 20mm square is best (stick with what everyone else uses) but I doubt you would ever notice the different base size if you didn't tell people. What are orcs mounted on? dont they traditionally come on 25mm? |
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Post by PitYak Studios on May 20, 2005 15:13:16 GMT 12
That's pretty much what I would say; ignoring game mechanics, figures look better on round bases, and squares are only realy useful when you need to have rank and file line ups. So unless you need to for your rules, go for the rounds!
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Post by c0d3monk33 on May 20, 2005 19:53:34 GMT 12
Yeah, I'd say stick with the square...only because Mordheim is derived from WHFB and I think you'll find any person with a WHFB army will be selecting a few choice figures to create an 'insta-warband' if they venture into Mordheim. My Orcs should probably be mounted on 25mm square bases, but due to a terrible oversight on my part (I bought sprues without bases and started playing Mordheim before I starting playing WHFB) they're actually all on 20mm bases! I do remember wondering for quite some time why the figures where sculpted with such wide stances...it wasn't until a bought a metal Shaman that I realised Orcs should be on larger bases. However for Mordheim I don't believe it makes a lot of difference. Smaller bases mean less figures can potentially engage you in melee...but of course it also means you can potentially engage less figures in melee as well...  However mixing square and round bases could be interesting...although I do agree round is much nicer for presentation purposes...for some reason square bases seem to 'draw the eye' much more...probably all those nasty angles. Witch Hunters eh! Always fancied them myself...if only for the wacky conversion opportunities ...(lots of flagellants with 'the end is nigh!' boards). |
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Post by PitYak Studios on May 21, 2005 11:48:07 GMT 12
Anyone remember when citadel experimented with hexagonal bases?
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Post by c0d3monk33 on May 22, 2005 14:02:41 GMT 12
Nope! But then I started my GW gaming with WH40k which has always been round bases.
Hex bases? Mad...what game system?
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Post by Ed on May 25, 2005 17:20:34 GMT 12
Nope! But then I started my GW gaming with WH40k which has always been round bases. Hex bases? Mad...what game system? It was for a board game called Talisman, some of the minis for it where halfway decent, given the era. |
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Post by PitYak Studios on May 25, 2005 20:13:33 GMT 12
It was more generalised than that; at that time the plastic bases had only just come out, and there was no standardisation. I remember buying a box of citadel figures that had some with square bases, some with hexagonal and some with cast bases.
Along the same lines, do square slotta bases still have two slots?
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Post by Ed on May 25, 2005 21:11:52 GMT 12
No, they come in a single direction although alot of new blister packs seem to come with bases for both directions (one base with a diagonal slot and one with a horizontal slot).
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