| Last Hussar | 13 Sep 2015 3:25 p.m. PST |
What do people think is the best basing for SYW. 10mm figures on 20mm Square base A frontage of 3 or a frontage of 2. The 2 can be compared in these pictures (admittedly WSS) link You can zoom in. |
 Dye4minis  | 13 Sep 2015 3:59 p.m. PST |
I'm using 1 by 3/4 with 10 on them. (Am primarily using Old Glory- 2 stips of 5 in 2 ranks). Now with Pendragon, I would do as you , same sized base (1x3/4) with 2 ranks of 3= 6 total per base. (Infantry here I assume) (Nice WSS figs by the way!) v/r
Tom |
| Pictors Studio | 13 Sep 2015 7:28 p.m. PST |
I'm also using 1x3/4 inch (25mmx20mm roughly) with 2 strips of 5 in 2 ranks. So I'm with Tom exactly I guess. |
| daler240D | 14 Sep 2015 3:16 a.m. PST |
I do the 20mm square with a frontage of 3. Same as on my Napolelonic. |
| Nadir Shah | 14 Sep 2015 5:02 a.m. PST |
For Grand Battles and Koenig Krieg in 10mm I recommend 15mm by 20mm bases, (4 figures/2 ranks per base) but 20mm by 20mm will work just fine, especially if your keen on 6 figs in 2 ranks like the picture you showed. Good luck with such a fine project sir! |
| Musketier | 14 Sep 2015 9:21 a.m. PST |
Two look rather open-order IMHO, three have a much better visual impact. Mind you, with 10mm figures you might even consider a third rank to represent the deeper formation still prevalent during this period? |
| Last Hussar | 14 Sep 2015 10:12 a.m. PST |
The bases ARE 20mm square – we play Black Powder subbing in cm for inches, so 20mm is a direct conversion from the rules, and assuming 1mm to the pace: that way we can say "The Battalion will advance 100 paces" rather than "10 Cm". If you saw any pics of the full game you'll have seen its 12ft by 4. In Cm thats equivalent to 30ft by 10ft! The 3x2 are mine. My opponent does 2 x 2 for speed and cost (36 v 24 figures) 3 deep would be nice, but that would need another 5mm, and 50% more. I've promised my opponent if I win the Euro lottery I'll pay for his army to be bulked out to 3x2, plus x4 the units, so we can play at the Inch rule scale as per BP, with units of 144 men. He said "Where would we play?" (at the moment we need at least 8 feet to get most of it on – 12 was a rare luxury). I pointed out "I would have just won the Euro Lottery"! |
| mghFond | 14 Sep 2015 10:37 a.m. PST |
I prefer the look of the 3 but completely understand the reasoning for the 2.
Oh, and good luck with that lottery thing! |
| daler240D | 14 Sep 2015 11:45 a.m. PST |
I think with the 3 deep you end up diluting the "long lines look" of the linear 18th century armies. 3 deep ends up skewing even more massively the ratio of depth to width that we already do injustice to with our figures. |
| Last Hussar | 14 Sep 2015 2:23 p.m. PST |
My son is talking about Prussians for some period, either Napoleonic or SYW. May even do FPW as long as he's got Prussians! As an aside I'll merge a load of units for a 1:1 photo op. What we looking at? 200x4? Might be on the small side as I have 52 stands without flags plus 2 standard bearer stands, so a total of 330 men. Hmmm not enough, but should look good. |
| Frostie | 20 Nov 2016 11:06 a.m. PST |
I'm doing 7YW and use 20x20mm for infantry, 4 figures per base, 5 bases for a standard regiment, 4 bases for grenadiers. Cavalry is 25x25mm, 4 bases. So standard frontage is 100mm per regiment. Check out my blog link |
looks at the new U.S.S. Constitution for Black Seas.