"How do you base your warbands for Black Powder?" Topic
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| Cooldude | 28 Mar 2017 12:21 p.m. PST |
So just getting into collecting to game the Sudan campaigns and was wondering how everybody bases their warbands for Black Powder? I'm doing this in 25mm using Old Glory figures and my British are based on 40mmx40mm with 4 figures and 20 figures per unit. I was thinking of sticking with the 40mm bases but doing 3 figures per base and 30 figures per unit giving me the same frontage as the British just in 2 ranks of bases (5 across 2 deep). Yes I know I can base them however I want because the rules don't specify but was looking for some insight into others ideas and suggestions. Thanks for the help ahead of time and have a great week! Best
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| Pictors Studio | 28 Mar 2017 1:50 p.m. PST |
I did 5-7 man bases on 60x40mm bases. It looked pretty good, nice mass effect with some randomness to size to eliminate any super uniform appearance. |
| Henry Martini | 28 Mar 2017 7:58 p.m. PST |
40mm square bases seem to be almost de riguer for BP infantry, and square bases make sense from a tactical formation depiction perspective in as much as regulars in march column and line will occupy the same footprint. In addition squares are easy to form (if your imperial units have a number of bases divisible by four). |
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