"How Many Armies Have You Rebased?" Topic

Over the years, how many times have you rebased an "army" worth of figures?

Matched pair of big armies, 1.5 times each — British & French Napoleonics. Eventually I'll get around to finishing up my final rebasing on my own darn preferred base sizes and just use those in whatever rules.

Too many.

I'm with Dan too many.

Several. Never again.

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My earlier WRG Ancients armies were based so I could "make change" when casualties arose. I later rebased them into the now familiar "element" basing scheme.

And I have recently enumerated the sad story of my AWI armies and my quest for a better scheme than the impossibly crowded scheme for 1776.

Two. And will be rebasing my War of 1812 yanks soon too.

Yep, too many ! That's why I base individually on 3/4X3/4 inch metal bases, now. That's for 25/28 mm. Use magnetic trays for the rules basing.

Once

Two

never an entire army. I learned the hard way that ply, PVA and sand are friends to Mr Rebasing. Polyfilla, card bases etc are not.

Based and rebased my ancients from WRG 6th to elements.

Based, rebased, and rebased again my Napoleonics.

I've rebased twice (or, rather, once and one in progress), with mixed results.

I rebased my 15mm Napoleonics from more flexible, smaller bases to larger 40mm bases, and regretted it. However, I ended up selling them.

I'm rebasing my 10mm Zulu War the opposite way; from larger 40mm bases to more flexible, magnetized 20mm bases so I can use sabots if needed – no downside!

I've also made sure that my son starts his first collection (28mm Romans versus barbarians) with the most flexible system possible – individual figure basing, on trays.

All but one.

- Ix

Far, far too many.

Once, won't do it again.

None, plus or minus two.

Once. Never again.

All of mine. And I like the results so much that I actually ENJOY it.

Once. When FOW 1.0 came out I rebased my 15mm WW2 from 30mm squares. Never rebased again.

None, but my SYW armies are on cardboard and will need to be rebased as it's coming apart.

Whenever I buy an already based unit with a nice paint job that needs rebasing.

Rick

Several, from 6mm to 28mm. Mostly from Empire to Age of Eagles. Changed stand types/materials for my WW-II and Cold War figures 2-3 times too.

Units yes, armies no.

Mostly for WRG base size changes for regular LMI, from 20mm to 15mm and back again, but also to change Gauls to Galatians and back again.

Never did.

I've rebased my NWF stuff twice. From massed to single and back to massed.

I've also rebased my 15mm Renaissance once, and am now considering selling it to avoid rebasing again.

None. I adjust rules to my bases.

I've rebased two collections several times over a good many decades but I will never do so again. In one instance I'm right back where I started off.

None.

My 28mm figures are individually based on 20x 20mm metal bases so that they fit any sized unit and formation magnetic base. This allows my figures to be adaptable to any rule set, plus it makes it easy to re roll for a skirmish game.

Once, never again.

Too many times.

Maybe 2 or 3, if you count a company or a platoon as an army.

None and won't do it.

I've rebased a few armies for my convenience (single figure stands can be a pain to move when you're playing with hundreds of figures) and improved appearance (add flocking). I won't rebase figures to use in a 'different' rule set.

pjm

i use epoxy to affix y figures… no chance of rebasing.. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH !!!!

Napoleonic army based for Empire,rebased for Age of Eagles, rebased for a home brew set of rules. 1990 through 2012.

Rebased my Napoleonic armies twice.

Same as Extra Crispy.

Once. I am NOT doing it again….

Once, and I'm to far gone to ever do it again.

I started rebasing a Late Roman army this very morning.

WAY too many.

Just one. Not that big of a deal to me.

Can't imaging rebasing an army. A few command figures but never an army.

Never actually changed the bases on a whole army, but once I removed the static from one army's bases, repainted them, and put on new static grass. This took way too much time already.

Rebased about 1000 figures for General de Brigade. What a menace. I was pleased with the results, but not the labor.

Yeah, absolutely "too many."

If I had to pick a number, I'd say nearly a dozen, some multiple times.

Never and never will. Life is too short and I am smarter than that. Rules that INSIST on certain basing are for unimaginative people and are probably written by unimaginitive people.

All of them at least once some three times!