 John the OFM  | 31 Oct 2009 6:34 p.m. PST |
And, will be at Fall In.
You can't copyright a dimension… |
aecurtis  | 31 Oct 2009 6:41 p.m. PST |
OK, at full price, BF "medium" bases are 26 for $11.00, or 42 cents apiece. Wargames Accessories' "FOW 2" (medium) steel bases are 24 for $5.00, or 21 cents apiece. Litko's least expensive option would be 100 x 0.8mm plywood bases for $23.99, or 24 cents apiece. Sounds to me like you'll be looking for someone carrying Wargames Accessories. Allen |
 Editor in Chief Bill  | 31 Oct 2009 6:44 p.m. PST |
You can't copyright a dimension… Does BF even stay consistent with the dimensions? |
| aecurtis | 31 Oct 2009 6:48 p.m. PST |
Except for some of their fancified resin ones in boxed sets, yes. Allen |
| John the OFM | 31 Oct 2009 7:04 p.m. PST |
Considering that the infantry and artillery bases are injection molded, it would be hard NOT to stay consistent. That would require staggeringly incompetent engineering.  I have not bothered to do any dimensional studies on any resin castings, though. That's too much like work and ISO9000 and QS9000. |
| bobstro | 31 Oct 2009 7:19 p.m. PST |
I've already based all my 15mm stuff using the BF bases, but I have been very pleased with some of the thicker Litko bases for ease of handling. It looks like they're only a buck more for quantities of 100. Definitely worth a consideration. - Bob |
| Jovian1 | 31 Oct 2009 9:36 p.m. PST |
I've used the Litko option thus far. Need to order a ton more too it looks like. I use the plywood bases – they work very well. |
| Pictors Studio | 31 Oct 2009 9:44 p.m. PST |
I've started using the wargames accessory bases. It is so much easier and the figs and putty seem to stick to them better. Plus transport is much easier on magnet. |
| Lluis Vilalta | 01 Nov 2009 2:28 a.m. PST |
I've been using Litko bases too. Up to-day, not strictly for FoW, but for a FoW-based Spanish Civil War gaming. They work pretty well, even with 20mm minis instead of 15mm's. A few examples: link
link In fact, I've been lately collecting a considerable stock of Litko bases for all of my armies: FoW Soviets, DBM/FoG Ancient Greeks and Medieval Aragonese, PoW Spanish Succession Austro-Catalans and Napoleonic Austro-Hungarians, and so… Besides, at Litko you're able to choose bases width -thus allowing you to select those fitting best with your already built units |
| Grizwald | 01 Nov 2009 6:26 a.m. PST |
Can't get much cheaper than cutting them from mount board. |
| aecurtis | 01 Nov 2009 10:17 a.m. PST |
Yes, and one could go out into the woods and whittle them from pine bark. But I suspect John is looking for a commercial product. Allen |
| bobstro | 01 Nov 2009 12:49 p.m. PST |
Woods? Luxury! We 'ad to carve ours out of the bones of a grizzly bear after killing the beast with our bare teeth! - Bob |
| Crunchy Frog | 01 Nov 2009 2:12 p.m. PST |
A table saw and some birch hobby plywood from a Michael's-type store is still your cheapest bet, assuming you already paid for the table saw for more "serious" purposes, that is. Clean, neat, cheap, and you made it yourself! |
| bobstro | 01 Nov 2009 2:24 p.m. PST |
I've never been very good at making table saws. |
| Jay Wirth | 02 Nov 2009 12:01 p.m. PST |
Renaissance Ink bases will be carried at Fall In by Quarter Master. Sheet Metal 18 @ $3.75 USD (all sizes under 60mm)
all other materials $4.75 USD per pack |
| Crunchy Frog | 02 Nov 2009 10:57 p.m. PST |
I admit I bought my table saw… :-) |
| bobstro | 03 Nov 2009 7:52 a.m. PST |
Waitaminit… Was John really just trying to say that he couldn't copyright *his* dimensions? - Bob |
