"basing 10mm Pendraken AWI" Topic

What base size requirements does your intended rules set need?

My Pendraken are singly based on magnetic 10mm squares and an infantry unit is typically 24 figures strong in 2 ranks on a sabot base.

Can't say for AWI but the Pendraken figures from the various ranges I have painted have been quite varied. Haven't painted any from the classic black powder & close order eras though so difficult to help I'm afraid.

Why not go on the Pendraken forums and ask – you should get a very precise answer and quite quickly too, I'd guess.

Are Old Glory 5 to and inch or to 20mm ? 4mm per figure doesn't sound anywhere near enough – Baccus 6mm are 4 per 20mm !!

Yes,the OG AWI strips are about 1 inch. Since the bases are already "terrained" to a certain extent,and I'm using Shako (for now),which calls for three bases of approximately that frontage for a battalion,I double-ranked the strips,glued to steel paper,the same size as the base's footprint--about 1"X1/2". Not for everyone,perhaps,but it certainly takes up less space. I have some Pendrakens,to fill in missing figures--British Lights marching,for instance--but have not gotten to basing them yet. I anticipate some fiddly work getting them based to match the OG's--30,double-ranked,on a 3-inch frontage--but fortunately,won't need to do this with more than a few units.

Of course, if I decide to do Saratoga,with correct British uniforms,that will be another matter. I beg Russ Dunaway, every chance I get,to get back to the tens,and add figures for AWI. And SYW!

If you do anything like what I describe,you might find it necessary to clip some bases on the Pendrakens,to make them fit. I did do some "dry" basing tests,and it looks like that should work. Of course, a lot of people cut the OG bases apart,but that seems to me to be defeating the purpose of the strips--smaller space,and greatly increased ease of painting and mounting. In that case,why not just go with all Pendraken to start with?

A whole lot of pics here:

TMP link

A TMP seach for "AWI 10mm" turned up 78 threads. There should be some helpful info in there somewhere.

I've just measured some AWI figures and you can squeeze 4 figures on a 1" frontage, so around 6/7mm per figure.

Well,you can't get much more authoritative than that.

Although I'm still going to clip bases and try to get 5 in!

For 7YW I used 4 figs, 2 ranks on a 20mm square
For ACW I use 8 figs, 2 ranks on a 30mm square
For LoA I use up to 10 figures on a 40x30mm base (but it does make for large 52 figure units lol)

Photos on my blog

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