tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post821810146763123861..comments2024-03-28T01:22:13.683-03:00Comments on Battle Game of the Month: The Other Half of that Disturbing New Thought.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-10870170680849783682015-06-27T20:44:51.659-03:002015-06-27T20:44:51.659-03:00It was 20 yrs after I started wargaming that I bui...It was 20 yrs after I started wargaming that I built my first single figure army, 25m Colonials odfy enough. I kept looking at pictures of Peter Gilder's Soudanese and wondering why we were doing single figures.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-63640494518314390242015-06-27T20:39:06.962-03:002015-06-27T20:39:06.962-03:00Yeah but its still a more efficient movement tray....Yeah but its still a more efficient movement tray. Can't do the mini diorama thing, one of the things I miss about my old big bases. Besides I'm on a $0.00 budget. Even .05 is too much this year let alone .25 +.<br /><br />but thanks for the reminder.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-53682078866993621502015-06-27T17:21:06.153-03:002015-06-27T17:21:06.153-03:00It's funny you should be musing on bases becau...It's funny you should be musing on bases because the other day I looked at a substantial (150 figs) colonial collection I acquired and they are ALL on SiNGLE BASES! Eeep! Oh no, I thought, that won't do. I just have to find the time and figure out a system for rebasing. Almost all of my ACW figures are on 3-4 figure stands for infantry, 2-3 for cavalry. So much cleaner and faster that way.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-497760297917775742015-06-26T22:13:07.134-03:002015-06-26T22:13:07.134-03:00Basing, in singles or groups.
A constant challeng...Basing, in singles or groups.<br /><br />A constant challenge.<br /><br />Hence my answer to use neodymium magnets and sheet metal bases. All of my minis could be used as singles, or groups.<br /><br />I am even experimenting with other rules sets and finding new ways to combine the sheet metal bases to work out with each new set.MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-77315729292080542012015-06-26T21:54:16.677-03:002015-06-26T21:54:16.677-03:00Bob, I considered a similar set up with 2 bases pe...Bob, I considered a similar set up with 2 bases per unit and will probably do that for the musket armed troops for just that reason, to show the formations which are so iconic from the French Revolution to the ACW or later. <br /><br />I opted instead for 4 "company" stands for later to show an extended formation (1 unit in a sq), deployed or normal 2 unit in sq), or mass (3 or 4 units in a sq). A battalion in column of companies or a native mass. but with each stand being a unit.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to watching the next phase of your Waterloo collection once the French cavslry are all ready.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-62908650856273066992015-06-26T21:43:46.954-03:002015-06-26T21:43:46.954-03:00Thanks for the suggestion Stu, It sounds like a go...Thanks for the suggestion Stu, It sounds like a good idea but gives me a couple of problems. <br /><br />I would only be able to use a fit a little over a dozen units including reserves which means going back to a roster or a Very short game and they would crowd the table. Ok for an 18th C brawl but oddly that's the period when units are most linear. By the 1870's a battalion is as deep from skirmish line to reserves as it is wide. <br /><br />Such a big unit might look odd in a colonial skirmish as a wagon escort as opposed to doing Ulundi or El Teb.<br /><br />More important, they'd never fit in my train! <br />Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-31133195067544817762015-06-26T18:08:01.301-03:002015-06-26T18:08:01.301-03:00Ross Mac,
The work I have been doing on my Waterl...Ross Mac,<br /><br />The work I have been doing on my Waterloo project has been making me think a lot about how I base my figures to represent units. My 25/28mm-scale figures are mounted on 50mm wide bases; 3 infantry on a 25mm deep base and 2 cavalry on a 50mm deep base. As such they fit quite well into my Hexon II hexes.<br /><br />It was my intention to use two bases for infantry and cavalry units. Side by side = in line, one behind the other = in column or, in the case of infantry, one behind the other and back to back = in square.<br /><br />I have also realised that I could easily use 1 base = 1 unit on a 50mm x 50 mm squared grid to fight really large battles.<br /><br />I am now thinking about the rest of the figures in my collection, and whether or not rebase them in a similar fashion. I have yet to make a firm decision ... but I have a feeling that I am going to give up on single figures bases in future.<br /><br />I will follow your progress with particular interest as we seem to be heading in the same general direction.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com