tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post8522051333190874389..comments2024-03-28T01:22:13.683-03:00Comments on Battle Game of the Month: Troops, Terrain and Tabletop SituationsRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-61310906353392281232011-06-19T15:28:12.872-03:002011-06-19T15:28:12.872-03:00Thanks Jeff, I appreciate the thought. I have expe...Thanks Jeff, I appreciate the thought. I have experimented with magnetic bases but so far the 40's tend to end up being too top heavy to hold securely unless I uses bases that are wider than I like.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-66263466386100893932011-06-18T20:36:51.455-03:002011-06-18T20:36:51.455-03:00First, Ross, allow me to congratulate you upon you...First, Ross, allow me to congratulate you upon your permanent exclusion from the "Uniform Nazis Club" . . . I'm certainly glad that I'm not a member either.<br /><br />Next, an idea that you might or might not like . . . but which might help with your "basing quandary".<br /><br />Because I base my figures on pennies (cheapest metal basing material going), I will get a few dollars worth of pennies at the bank, then dump them out and use a strong magnet to pull out the "magnetic" ones. <br /><br />(True, they are ferrous not magnetic, but you know what I mean. I've found that roughly 1/5 to 1/4 of the Canadian pennies I get are gripped by the magnet. These I keep, the rest I recycle and deposit in the bank.)<br /><br />I then build bases of the various sizes I want out of plastic or cardstock and then stick on those "sheet magnets" (easily cut by scissors) that you can get at an office supply store.<br /><br />I also put a rim around them with balsa strips to aid in containing the figures. This allows me to use the same figures in different sized units as well as removing casualties with ease.<br /><br />Of course you can use washers, thin sheet steel or commercial steel bases instead of pennies . . . the concept is the same.<br /><br />If this idea helps, Ross, feel free to make use of it. If not, well, I tried to help.<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.com