"15mm fantasy/sci-fi bases ?" Topic

Does any company provide 15mm bases of any kind? Does this even make sense? I was just wondering.

Cheers, shrooms

LITKO has 15mm circular bases in 0.8 1.5 or 3.0 millimeters thick plywood.

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WARBASES has 15mm circular bases in 2.0 millimeters thickness made of Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF)

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I like 15mm round bases better than any other arrangements for my 15mm figures, but I make my own from washers.

I've also looked for 20mm bases with detail on them (starship floors, etc) without luck, unfortunatley.

EM4 has counters that will do the trick as well:

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I should have been clearer – thought of detailed or textured bases like Harold pointed out; 15-20mm circular, square or whatever. maybe also bigger sizes for monster/vehicles but thin enough to be 15mm-scale appropriate. Nothing ?

Aye… well, Personally I use US pennies, but I'd love for sculpted scenic 20mm sci-fi bases…

I think that 15-20mm are too tiny to be sculpted or detailed to any noticeable degree.

Don't know about textured, though.

I dunno… I texture my bases and sculpt on them just fine… just too lazy to do it too much.

I started using gamecrafter's 1/2 Inch Rounds recently. gamecraftersltd.com/id4.html

1/4 inch machine washers from the DIY store, a quick smear of texture compound and then some very fine beach sand mixed in white glue. Pnly takes a minute total for each figure. I do it a platoon at a time takes less than an hour and then the figures are all ready for primeing.

There are a few lines that are exceptions, but most come with enough base that you would be challenged to produce pre-textured add-on bases that didn't require completely removing the cast on base. And a lot of 15mm troops don't have the ankle diameter to be drilling into them for pinning to the base.

You know, if you cast 15mm figs without their own base, but instead with a 1mm or 2mm thick peg coming out of one foot, you could then have your textured bases with a pre-drilled hole in them for the peg. Almost as good as a slotta base.

5/8 inch fender washers.

Old Crow has lipped bases for 15mm. They are excellent, but then I also use cois and washers with no regrets or problems.

You could check and see if battlefront or GF9 has something that will work. Flames of War is 15mm. They have a few sets of bases but most of them are stands for 3-5 figs.

Hmm,
Will have a laser cutter, engraver as my 20 years of marriage bonus
If you are looking for engraved stuff,
Once I learn the ropes I can try.

Send be an idea of what your looking for.

Will take me a bit, but I can try.

Lee

Art Crime productions have just started casting their own bases, click on the link and scroll down two post's. link

I've just bought these auction

I also use US pennies for my 15mm bases.

The following doesn't help, but, it is an idea other manufacturers might follow.

Astrominiatures' "Astro Crew" come with intregal bases. Check out the link below:

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Tim

I use 3/4" steel fender washers from Mcmaster Carr.

I should have been clearer – thought of detailed or textured bases like Harold pointed out; 15-20mm circular, square or whatever.

Doesn't make much sense to me, 15mm models are usually mounted on bases that take up a fair percentage of the final base in area. So you are elevating the model from the detail on the base, and obscuring much of the detail.

28mm is different as many of those follow the GW slot method, and you can just clip off the slot and put the model directly onto the floor.

Doesn't make much sense to me, 15mm models are usually mounted on bases that take up a fair percentage of the final base in area. So you are elevating the model from the detail on the base, and obscuring much of the detail.

28mm is different as many of those follow the GW slot method, and you can just clip off the slot and put the model directly onto the floor.

Most 15mm figures have pretty small bases, that can be clipped off without a problem.

Just for instance, here are some of my CMG 15mm troopers:

I've based them on US pennies (~19mm), but I would buy some resin 20mm bases that have like starship tiles or something on them. I'd go through the little extra work of a sharp clipper and file to put these guys on fancy bases. Same goes for my 15mm character models…

Something like this:

but 20mm round (from fenris games)

Just for instance, here are some of my CMG 15mm troopers:

Did you glue those to the terrain, or to the penny, then terrain it? I suspect the latter -- if you were gluing them to the terrain material might be a bit of a challenge. Not impossible, but a lot of work, and might not be all that sturdy.

For those (and most minis I do) I glue the miniatures to the penny, then use super glue to glue on the sand, then paint.

The miniature on the top right had it's integral base removed, If I remember correctly, since it was a little thicker than I liked.

I think that's my point -- imagine terraining the base first, then stripping the model's integral base off, then gluing them to the base. Seems a huge amount of work, then the models would not be that firmly affixed to the base. I think they'd come off a lot.

I think that's my point -- imagine terraining the base first, then stripping the model's integral base off, then gluing them to the base. Seems a huge amount of work, then the models would not be that firmly affixed to the base. I think they'd come off a lot.

I absolutely agree with any type of base that is "textured" with something akin to sand. One would have to start pinning in that case.

And anyways, It'd probably be easier just to do it my way.

But with shapes and spaceship tiles, etc, something with flat tops, I think it'd be just as easy to superglue their little feet on.

You can get US pennies for 0.05 USD each from GW.

I'd be interested to see someone do that, MrHarold. I suspect that it would be quite a lot of work and not very sturdy as a result, but haven't done it myself.

You can get US pennies for 0.05 USD each from GW.

No need to turn this into a GW hate thread ;)

I'd be interested to see someone do that, MrHarold. I suspect that it would be quite a lot of work and not very sturdy as a result, but haven't done it myself.

From my experience, since the 15mm miniatures weight so little, a dab of super glue on one, or both feet is more than enough to ensure it stays put.

Regardless, I think it'd cover a lack in the 15mm market. :)

From my experience, since the 15mm miniatures weight so little, a dab of super glue on one, or both feet is more than enough to ensure it stays put.

yes or pin them, one person just uses a magnet link

I suspect that it would be quite a lot of work and not very sturdy as a result

no more difficult from pinning bigger models and sturdier as model figure is smaller.

sometimes doing is much better than thinking. :-0

I use five pence pieces here in the UK. I did once put a video out on basing 15mm here: YouTube link

I feature the Old Crow bases in the vid for those interested in a close up.

This is what i'm talking about:

From:

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tiny solitary soldiers – A great blog!

Interestingly though those all have the floor sculpted around them, and even then there's a big blank spot in the middle. A pre-made base that has texture on it would be an entirely different matter.

My suggestion would be that anyone out there reading this should grab a spare 15mm figure, carefully trim off the big slab base on the bottom, then attach it to something that would be similar to a pre-made base by gluing the feet down. Then imagine repeating that 20 times, or 40.

I might actually try it myself as who knows, it might be easier than I am imagining it. But my suspicion is that it would be quite a chore, and result in a model that is not all that sturdy.

After i did these I started using clippers to remove the edges of the base, just leaving a strip joining the 2 feet. It worked ok.

Overall, these bases were a lot of hassle and I wasnt happy with the finish. If I was to try again I'd sculpt them more sharply and leave a slot like cavity for cut down bases as described, then cast them.

…then cast them.

I'd buy some if you put them up for sale ;)

You know, if you cast 15mm figs without their own base, but instead with a 1mm or 2mm thick peg coming out of one foot, you could then have your textured bases with a pre-drilled hole in them for the peg. Almost as good as a slotta base.

I understand that the cast-on base makes it a lot easier to cast the figure in 15mm.

Yeah, I kinda figured that was the case. Still, it's not out of the realm of possibility to cast them without it. Just something for those 15mm producers out there to think about.

I use the plastic bingo chips, they have a ring of metal, so they stick to mag sheets.