"Clear bases, or no bases?" Topic

All,
I'm going to be putting up a collection of 3D printed Stalkers, Bandits and creatures for Zona Alfa and similar games. They can without bases. Do you think they would sell better on clear bases or without bases?

Nick

Have you thought about selling them unbased, but including the bases if people want them?

I, personally, will not buy 3D printed figures without bases.
I also think that clear bases are a very bad idea.
But that's just me.

79th, I could do that I suppose. John, clear bases are my go to. I don't have any regular plastic bases.

I, on the other hand, like clear bases. I second 79thPA's suggestion.

Mostly solid and flocked bases for me. Clear is a no go except for a few smaller ship models. I do have a few D&D large monsters (mainly dragons) with no bases.

Have to say I am not a fan of clear bases.

Bases make it easier for figures to stand up on irregular terrain. I'd include the bases. If people don't like them and the figures stand up well, they don't have to use them. If they like bases, they have them.

Grelber

If people are going to decorate the bases, they can do that with clear bases, too. Sell them with the clear bases separate.

Pretty much base all my figs as per Greiber's observation – like Etotheipi said, you can always paint a clear base – which is what I do with my clear bases

I've tried clear bases, and have two problems with them.

First, they eventually get scratched up and look bad.

Second, they slide easily on terrain, particularly slopes.

I too have tried clear bases. I thought they were great, however with caveats.

Setting the scene I made a few 1/144 real scale infantry, minimal (i.e realistic detail, not wargame excessive caricature detail which is massively overscale which I personally fined to be awful, but I do not like caricatures anyway).

So these are small 1/144 infantry, to be honest they have very small bases connecting there feet simply to aid mounting and hold them fast to the print bed. I mounted them on clear plastic trying to see if they looked better than solid bases, which are fine when on the basic table if they match that terrain, but to me look odd when say on a road or in a wooded area. The result was that on thin clear plastic 0.6 mm (24 thou) they did not reflect too much and looked very good. By the time I used 1mm or more (40 thou +) they reflected too much and looked worse everywhere.
Did I adopt them? No the true scale figures looked good but took too long to print and took up too much storage, so I went back to solid base prone infantry as they were far faster to produce and too up nearly an order of magnitude less storage space.

I your place I would suggest you sell them with separate bases if possible, and being clear is no issue as most folk do some variety of base artistry. My solid bases use the same flock as the Hexon II green an look ok till they are on a road or in woods, where they look poor but to me an acceptable compromise.