| normsmith | 10 May 2015 12:13 p.m. PST |
Does anyone actually use the bases that come with the plastic 28's? in all the pictures that I am seeing, figures are individually mounted or the large base seems to be the vogue. I think I would rather have another figure sprue than the bases, even something with scenics on like dead figures and barrels / stakes etc |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 10 May 2015 1:08 p.m. PST |
that would add close to a dollar more to the price per box. |
| MH Dee | 10 May 2015 1:35 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I think those bases are odd in size – like the renedra ones that came in early Warlord plastics – they stuck to the 20mmx20mm thing sure, but does anyone actually base figures on 70mmx20mm or whatever? Good for basing fences I suppose. |
| idontbelieveit | 10 May 2015 2:59 p.m. PST |
I'm collecting quite a pile of them myself. |
| Glengarry5 | 10 May 2015 5:39 p.m. PST |
I think they are included mostly to help promote Renedra products, although I'm sure I'll find a use for them someday. |
| Big Martin Back | 11 May 2015 5:07 a.m. PST |
No – I've got a big pile of them as well! |
| Pedrobear | 11 May 2015 5:23 a.m. PST |
I was thinking of starting a post asking: which rules system are the bases meant for? 45mm x 40mm? 45mm x 60mm? Which rules use bases of those sizes? I've got 6 sprues of those bases and I am using the sides of the sprues to make movement trays, that's about all I do with them… |
| Griefbringer | 11 May 2015 8:12 a.m. PST |
Perrys seem to have included that infantry base sprue already in their British Napoleonic Line Infantry set (released in early 2009) and the cavalry base sprue in French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry set (released in late 2009). So maybe they match with basing conventions used in some set of Napoleonic rules? |
| Griefbringer | 11 May 2015 8:35 a.m. PST |
After some digging in the TMP archives, it seems that the infantry bases might match the basing convention for General de Brigade set of Napoleonic rules. |
| wargame insomniac | 12 May 2015 11:46 a.m. PST |
General de Brigade / In The Grand Manner:
Cavalry: 3 figures on 60mm wide by 45mm deep.
Infantry: 6 figures on 45mm wide by 40mm deep. |
| Dexter Ward | 13 May 2015 2:38 a.m. PST |
The odd sized bases (45x40 and 45x60) can easily be cut down to more conventional sizes (40x40 or 40x60) if you are not using the Perry basing convention of 15x20mm for infantry. |
| Griefbringer | 13 May 2015 7:49 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the confirmation, wargame insomniac! |
