"1/600 basing questions" Topic
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| jaxenro | 11 May 2014 6:22 p.m. PST |
What do you use, how large, and how do you base your 1/600 ironclads? |
| Ceterman | 11 May 2014 6:59 p.m. PST |
I don't use any.
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| jdpintex | 11 May 2014 7:34 p.m. PST |
I use magnetic vinyl with texture put on and painted. That way they don't get damaged in transport. Size of bases just a little larger than the ships. |
 Virtualscratchbuilder   | 11 May 2014 7:35 p.m. PST |
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| 21eRegt | 11 May 2014 8:36 p.m. PST |
I put mine on a thick base, at least 1/8" and try to get the players to handle the base rather than the model. It is 1/4" wider/longer than the model. For our purposes, again to protect the models, if the bases touch we have a potential collision or ram. |
| ACWBill | 12 May 2014 6:27 a.m. PST |
I too place mine on 1/8" think magnetic bases which are then textured in the appropriate water tone. |
| Sundance | 12 May 2014 1:13 p.m. PST |
I don't base mine either. If I did, though, I would use thin metal bases about 1" x 1/2" bigger than the ship, to give me room to put ship data, etc., on it. |
| deephorse | 15 May 2014 1:47 p.m. PST |
I use 1.5mm plywood. The base is 0.5mm larger than the model to fore and aft, and to each side (as per the rules -SOTW). I find that bases help to protect the model in storage and during transport. |
| The G Dog | 19 May 2014 7:51 a.m. PST |
Styrene sheets a a bit larger than the model. I texture the top with woodland scenics flex paste and model waves and wakes before it dries. Helps protect the models. |
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