 Extra Crispy  | 04 Sep 2016 1:45 p.m. PST |
So I have a 15mm Orc army I picked up in trade. Looking at it and thinking about basing – a good number of them are "big" orcs. They won't fit three on a 40x20 stand. My men are all based on 40mm wide frontages. The smaller "regular" orcs fit on the stands just fine. I could go to 40x30 and stagger them a bit, or I could keep to 40x20 and just do 2 per stand. Thoughts? |
| Mooseworks8 | 04 Sep 2016 1:58 p.m. PST |
Would the deeper base effect movement? If so stick to your standard size. |
robert piepenbrink  | 04 Sep 2016 2:21 p.m. PST |
Base dimensions should not be multiplied unnecessarily. I'd to two to a stand first. |
| John Armatys | 04 Sep 2016 2:25 p.m. PST |
Unless it is very important to have three figures on a stand (and I can't think of a reason why it should be), stick with 40x20 and put two on each base. |
| John Treadaway | 04 Sep 2016 3:38 p.m. PST |
Can you split them into a 66.6% smaller orcs and 33.3% bigger ones and manage two small and one big on the base size of your choice? Variation always looks best on those sort of fellas John T |
| timurilank | 04 Sep 2016 4:07 p.m. PST |
I had the same problem with very large Orcs; their bases are 40 x 40mm which for HOTT are Behemoths. or you can claim they are a double based element and give them an extra factor for rear support. |
| rustymusket | 04 Sep 2016 4:17 p.m. PST |
Would a skirmish formation be appropriate for some figs and allow for single or different basing for some? |
| Lucius | 04 Sep 2016 6:51 p.m. PST |
Go 40 X 30. Mount them tonight, and never give it another thought. More figures per stand is always better than less. |
| JonFreitag | 04 Sep 2016 7:50 p.m. PST |
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 Condotta | 04 Sep 2016 8:54 p.m. PST |
Three per stand. Orcs need to look the part, and two per stand is not as impressive. Can you cut down the figure bases and carefully bend arms to get them to fit a 40x20 stand? I assume you don't have the right mix of big to small to base 2 small and one big per stand. |
| Extra Crispy | 04 Sep 2016 9:16 p.m. PST |
Small and big are different troop types… Going 40x30 in irregular formation… |
| davbenbak | 05 Sep 2016 9:06 a.m. PST |
Base singly for Dragon Rampant. |
