Hey all, I am about to start working on painting my epic horde after a few months of collecting the various bits and bobs I needed. The only thing that has me stymied is basing. I am curious about what everyone here uses for circular bases. I do have a pair of vehicles (won on EvilBay) that are mounted on a flat red disk that is 1 ¼” wide that is absolutely perfect, but have not been able to track down where the disks come from. Any help on a cheap basing solution would be appreciated.

I use washers when I use round bases. Various sizes depending on the size of the minis. For infantry, I cut out some thin cork and paper hole punch some circles out so the infantry fit snug, like actual epic bases; then affix it to the washers.

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Troublemaker Games has 25mm round plastic bases. Washers and game chips (which is what the vehicle bases sound like) are also common, as are MDF bases.

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I'm not familiar with the sizes of those your side of the pond but small denomination coins work well as bases too.

Personally I buy and recommend Fenris Games laser cut ply bases, they have an extremely wide selection of sizes and shapes and can custom make others too.

Thanks for all the sugestions and links.. there is alot there I did not know about. Some of those bases look outstanding..

Troublemaker games bases are perfect, even if we do say so ourselves...

http://www.troublemakergames.co.uk/webstore_DiD_PB.htm

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I use nickels! sturdy and as cheap as it gets. then I use a textured medium to build up the base around the figures - it also gives it a nice earthy texture:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Valle ... Comparison

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I also go with Fenris. Lots of different size options and they will custom cut anything for you if you ask them.

Matt

I used Renadra 25mm rounds for my eldar - mainly because i was varying the amounts of infantry on the bases. They are very thin - 1.5mm ish - which i then drilled with a 6mm bit to give recesses for the figures in random patterns. GW textured paint to finish.

It worked for me and not too fiddley. Though i would say there are better options on the market nowadays - particularly if going 5 to a base.

I've used coins with putty round the tabs, but found it extremely fiddley with infantry.

If going 5 to a base, TMG bases would definitely suit.
I think we're cheaper than the other options, and already have the holes in the bases for infantry to go on. :-)

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