"Black Powder basing for 18mm?" Topic
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| Fireymonkeyboy | 26 Jun 2016 3:37 p.m. PST |
Hi, Thinking about finally painting up a whack of 18mm AB Russians I have, and wondered what basing experience people have in that scale. I'd want something compatible with the Black Powder rules, but that still looks good. I'm a fan of element basing, but don't know if there's a way to combine that with the requirements of BP game mechanics. Any thoughts? FMB |
| Skeptic | 26 Jun 2016 4:59 p.m. PST |
For a War of 1812 campaign, a friend managed very well with 40mm wide bases with 4 figures each. The depth may have been 15mm. |
| Pictors Studio | 26 Jun 2016 5:24 p.m. PST |
I'd go with 6 figures on a 1" frontage and a .75" depth. 3 in the front, 3 in the back. |
| rxpjks1 | 26 Jun 2016 6:12 p.m. PST |
one inch by one inch, six per stand. |
| Dave Gamer | 26 Jun 2016 8:05 p.m. PST |
I'd go 30mm square stands – 1 inch can be pretty tight for 18mm, especially if they are running forward with guns at a 45 degree angle. |
| Jamesonsafari | 26 Jun 2016 8:54 p.m. PST |
Black Powder is very flexible. I usually do 30mm wide for three figures but I did a couple of large units like this: link |
| Frostie | 27 Jun 2016 1:54 a.m. PST |
My club use 40mm frontage x 30mm depth, 6 figures per base and 4 bases per battalion/unit |
| Fireymonkeyboy | 27 Jun 2016 4:29 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the suggestions, all. Anyone have pics of what they did (thanks to Jamesonsafari for the eye candy)? FMB |
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