Basing all the way.

Aside from the practical and functional benefits, I'm a big fan of how it ties the army together...

Basing for me. Just gives the mini so much more style and "narration," if you get me?

if you have anything with long skittering legs, basing will save you hours of supergluing legs back on.

and on

and on.

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I base everything too. I use Shogun Miniatures bases, which he cuts to size for me. I use 20mm x 30mm for most Rhino-sized vehicles, but have sizes all over from 30mm x 30mm, 25mm x 40mm, etc...

I do it MAINLY because I use trays lined with sheet metal to transport my armies. Thats me...

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By not basing, your Vehicle's "not-base" always matches the terrain board ... If you know what I mean ... I've seen some nice "snow" covered bases, for example, but if you're gaming on green or tan terrain ... well you get the idea ...

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+1 for what L4 said above

In this scale when troops are on a 2mm thick base not basing vehicles can result in 'people' standing taller than a tank.
So by basing vehicles you increase them by the same thickness as the infantry and maintain the illusion of scale.

Not basing just makes vehicles look shorter than they should be.


This disparity is furthered by the fact that miniatures of infantry in 6mm are not right anyway.
Let us assume that 1mm = 1 foot.

On this basis it is fairly easy to get a vehicle to be the right size.

However infantry can be the right height but not the right width.
6mm infantry always look too big when placed next to a proper scale vehicle.
I have just measured my forearm and it is just over 4" wide.
Which is 1/3rd of a foot.
Sooo using the assumption that 1mm = 1 foot the arms on a 6mm figure should be about 0.33mm wide.
This is simply not possible.
I have just measured some of my 6mm troops and they are about 3mm wide at the shoulders.
I am not aware of many people that are 3 foot wide.

So we have the situation where in order to make 1/300th figures robust they must be bigger in 'chunkiness' than their vehicle counterparts which can be the right size as they are essentially just chunks of lead and be 0.33mm smaller without compromising sturdiness.

As such infantry already look bigger than they should next to a vehicle so basing the vehicles helps to redress the balance a bit.


That was a bit of a waffle, but hopefully you get what I am trying to say!

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Well I prefer to base my vehicles due to I can add some scenery to the base, it's only for stetic and modelling purposes.

that's my thought.

cheers bans

Basing all the way, you have to base infantry so any concerns about how the base doesnt match the board are pointless as the inf will already not match.... I find that my brown bases for steel legion blend in pretty well with most boards anyway...

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