| UshCha | 28 Nov 2014 12:36 a.m. PST |
Our print run has come through of the shipyards commissions. One is clip on Minerollets for Leaopard 2's. To make life simple it needs a base to stand the minerollers and the tank for ease of movement. I don't like vehicele bases, as to me they do not add to the look. However in this case its an acceptable price to pay for not having even more tanks. So, will the bases look better with a curved edge to blend better with the table, or lwith a minimal size base with a straight edge which will make it more detectable to the eye but smaller. |
| christot | 28 Nov 2014 1:07 a.m. PST |
Well, do whatever you like….. |
| MajorB | 28 Nov 2014 2:46 a.m. PST |
FWIW, I'd go with straight edges |
| olicana | 28 Nov 2014 3:43 a.m. PST |
I'd go with straight too. It's a base, and there is no disguising the fact, so you might as well be up front and proud. Personally, I like bases because you don't get tanks lining up track to track, which looks far, far worse, IMHO. But then, I only do WW2 Western Desert where there are no hedge lined roads, so big bases can be used, allowing for some nice effects. I also play at unit, not individual model, level.
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| Martin Rapier | 28 Nov 2014 4:10 a.m. PST |
Straight edge, way easier. I used to clip the corners but no more. I only use round bases for special stands like leaders, snipers etc. All my vehicles are on straight edged bases (including engineering types with flails, bridges, bulldozers etc). |
| Yesthatphil | 28 Nov 2014 6:10 a.m. PST |
I too like 'specials' like generals, medics etc. to be on different bases … say round, oval etc. (that helps not get them mixed up) … In earlier times it can help if troops with a facing have rectangular bases (so you can but them up) and those without – like chariots or light troops – have rounds (so the clearly don't have to do formal 90/180 turns etc.) … But idiosyncratic basing seldom catches on … Phil |
| Who asked this joker | 28 Nov 2014 6:58 a.m. PST |
Curved edges for me for larger bases like vehicles and buildings. They just look better…as you say, they blend in better. |
| HistoryPhD | 28 Nov 2014 7:45 a.m. PST |
Straight edges tend to make it easier to pick it up by the base rather than have to pick it up by the vehicle |
| NappyBuff | 28 Nov 2014 7:50 a.m. PST |
Straight corners, but I recommend rounding the very tip. |
 Mserafin  | 28 Nov 2014 9:16 a.m. PST |
Holy cow, Olicana, that is the best-looking desert game I've ever seen. Well done, sir! Personally, I go for rectangular stands with rounded corners. To my eye, sharp, 90-degree corners highlight the artificiality of having stands in the first place. |
| TMPWargamerabbit | 28 Nov 2014 9:25 a.m. PST |
Rounded corners for this rabbit. I base all my 20mm vehicles to prevent hull to hull tabletop formations and protect the fine boogie wheels and independent part plastic tracks. |
| Big Red | 28 Nov 2014 10:01 a.m. PST |
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| donlowry | 28 Nov 2014 12:10 p.m. PST |
I'd clip the corners. Less likely to catch on things that way. |
| UshCha | 28 Nov 2014 1:48 p.m. PST |
Interesting that the artistic bit gets little support. |
| Martin Rapier | 29 Nov 2014 3:22 a.m. PST |
Practical trumps artistic. Although personally I like the look of stuff on bases, frames the figures and all that. |
| UshCha | 01 Dec 2014 12:31 a.m. PST |
Well after all that I went with straight sides. Two reasons in the end:- -The very sensible comment (Martin Rapier) that straight sides make it easy to pick up.
-As I hate bases I went for the smallest I could live with. It will still look stupid down a road but it can't be helped. Its a small price to pay for finally being able to clear minefields. Also If I decide to get a Dozer blade for the Lepard 2 I can use the Sabot base for that as well. |
