"Blank credit cards for basing" Topic

Anyone using blank credit cards for basing?

Due to their thinness, I think they should be ideal for smaller scales up to 6mm.

Done it for years. Walk into any high street store or coffee chain. By the cash register, they'll have a display stand of loyalty cards.

Smile nice, take a handful, and say goodbye to armies that look like, if they fell of the edge of their base, the drop would kill them.

Not credit cards, but I have used hotel key cards to mount some terrain pieces on. With the magnetic strip scraped off, of course, and painted over.

You can also just get plastic sheets from railroad hobby shops and chop 'em up with scissors.

I like my thin steel. Consistent, magnetic and pre-cut.

But if you just want thin heck, half the packaging in your recycle bin will work…

I get credit card sized parking debit cards from work. When they are used up I use them to base my 20mm tanks. Free plastic is great.

Thanks.

I use self adhesive linoleum floor tiles from home depot. 39 cents for a square foot, easy to paint (I just spray paint them), easy to cut, and you can easily put a label on the reverse side.

I use them for wagons and such in 15mm and larger sizes. cut down when necessary. Some glues (for sand basing) don't like the slick plastic so I cover them with decoupage first.

I use old credit cards, hotel key cards, conference Id badges etc to base my 15mm stuff, infantry and tanks, ww2 and napoleonic.

I use self adhesive linoleum floor tiles from home depot. 39 cents for a square foot, easy to paint (I just spray paint them), easy to cut, and you can easily put a label on the reverse side.

That is brilliant! Linoleum also scores and snaps more easily than hard plastic sheets. Never thought of using them for basing. Doh!