"to re-base or not to re-base..." Topic

Just a thought, why chop off the base and re-base Heroclix to use with metal supers? Why not just coat with something (air drying clay, glue and felt, caulking, etc.) thus using the plastic base as core of the "new" base? Are there (too little) weight issues with that route?

Alternatively, why not (for the magnet covered tool box storage system users among us) use the above plus a metal washer?

Or is there an way to just have a removable cover so some can use them covered for other rules and uncovered for the Heroclix rules?

I am concerned that attempting to remove the base from the figures will result in broken ankles (and not all the figures are 10 cents apiece, especially the particular Giant man figue I want is running ten dollars and up on Ebay stores and auctions.)

Gracias,

Glenn

I would rebase. All of the clix bases are just too bulky.

Get a set of Sprue or model railroad track nippers. They work great for clipping figures off of bases. Just press the flat side down against the base fairly firmly and clip at the bottom of the feet. I haven't had any issues with eveything from Star Wars, Heroclix, D&D, and Mechwarrior.

I have re-based all my clix minis. Most of them I was able to remove by just applying a little pressure. The stubborn ones I slid a flat nosed exacto blade under foot-pad-thing and wedged them off.

Easy Peasy.

Same here. I have pried off dozens, and the only ones I ever occasionally broke were the ones I was half-assing…I filled a ziplock bag full of "guys that might come in handy later", and you can get a lot more in without those pesky bases.

I haven't tried it yet, but I have heard that putting them in the freezer for a while will make the glue brittle and let you pop them off easier.

Ken

I rebase 'em. usually a sharp exacto at the foot gives a pretty clean cut ? I base all singles and skirmish on 1 inch washers. Suppose you could pop the top part out and cut around the figure with side cutters or the other tool mentioned in this thread, then fix that part of the base to whatever you're basing on ?

They make a chisel-blade for X-acto knives for this very purpose. Start with a brand new blade, and use VERY little pressure. The clix bases are too big for a lot of gaming that I do.

The #16 X-acto blade is wider than the usual pointy #11 (and may be the chisel-tip Lion in the Stars mentions). It's a little sturdier for prying, and less likely to have a fine sharp point break off (and invariably head for your eye).

Lion in the Stars was probably talking about the #17 & #18 chisel shaped blades which have completely square ends.

17s fit the number one handle, 18 the number 2 and number 5 handles.

It's been so long since I bought the chisel-blades that I don't remember what the numbers are. After checking the x-acto site, it's the #17 or #18 blades. The #17 is more flexible, but about half the width, so you may need to make two cuts.

Hey thanks guys! All your comments answering "Warbeads" question, made up my mind to rebase all of my Haloclix figures…300 or so. I agree, I dont like the bulky bases, and want to use the nice minis for other games other than halo. I may keep a few on the bases for a Halo game everynow and then.
Cheers.\
tom

I'd rebase. The clicky base is just too big, too ugly and useless. Oh, and the freezer trick works. Tried it from a suggestion at a similar thread and it worked beautifully.

The older they are, the easier they come off I have noticed. I have been getting a ton of generics to rebase and some of them just snap right off.

I rebase all of my duplicates to make them fit better with other figures. The clix base is just too big. I recently bought all the rookies from the first Marvel and DC releases really cheap and rebased them all.