These are the additional bases required for my Salute game (luckily, my Numidians are already based). There are (I think) 124 of them, each of which needed the edges to be chamfered and fitted with 6-12 magnets. They took me something like 5 weeks of evenings to do, I went through around 60 Xacto blades and a couple of fingers.
The bases at the back are from my FK&P14 range- two of them fit in a 20cm square. The bases at the front are from various other ranges and three fit in a 20cm square. Laid edge to edge, there are 10 metres worth of bases here; the reason for having so many is that both armies will be formed up four units deep across the whole width of the battlefield.
Now I just need to fill them with minis!
10 comments:
Cool bases Simon. You'll need a few figures to fill them up!
Wow. I salute your endeavor sir. That is a heck of a lot of work.
Basing, every gamer's favourite hobby task!
Forward planning. How many figures to fill that lot?
So,fun? Looking forward to seeing these at Salute! Filled with lovely figures!
Best Iain
I wonder if a sanding drum on a Dremel would chamfer the edges more easily than a knife and save your fingers. It would raise a hell of a mess, but might be easier in the long run.
Hi all, the bases should hold around 2000 minis. Yes some sort of sander might speed the process. Having trimmed them, I am now sanding them smooth. I miscounted the number of bases, I think there are in excess of 250!
Surely a Dremel with a sanding wheel would speed this up mate? Probably safer for your fingers too!
Now they make with all the Dremel suggestions! ;-)
Looking forward seeing all of those bases filled up Simon style!
In hindsight, would you consider providing the chamfered? 0:)
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