| Cerdic | 22 Oct 2017 10:11 a.m. PST |
Laser cut MDF. This was nominated in the pre-poll discussion but somehow failed to make it into the actual poll… |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 22 Oct 2017 10:28 a.m. PST |
Counts as wood, doesn't it? |
robert piepenbrink  | 22 Oct 2017 2:39 p.m. PST |
Uh, Bill! Speaking as a one-time carpenter, no, it doesn't. |
| Old Contemptibles | 22 Oct 2017 9:39 p.m. PST |
Medium-density fibreboard (MDF) is an engineered wood product made by breaking down hardwood or softwood residuals into wood fibres, often in a defibrator, combining it with wax and a resin binder, and forming panels by applying high temperature and pressure. MDF is generally denser than plywood. |
| Old Contemptibles | 22 Oct 2017 9:41 p.m. PST |
I have used hobby hardwood that you get at a hobby store, you can get variety of real hardwoods. I think that is what is thought of when you say wood, but not MDF. At least not for me. |
| Old Contemptibles | 22 Oct 2017 9:43 p.m. PST |
Doesn't washers and coins count as metal? |
 Flashman14 | 23 Oct 2017 4:26 a.m. PST |
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| Micman | 23 Oct 2017 8:38 a.m. PST |
It depends on the game. Most of my AQOTMF comes with bases. 15 and 25/28mm go on washers. But DBA and ACW 15mm go on MDF. |
| DColtman | 23 Oct 2017 9:40 a.m. PST |
Other = MDF. I don't count it as wood, which I consider to mean a structural tissue produced by a plant. Coins and washers are made from metal, but merit separate categories as they are metal products, so I would argue that mdf is not the same as wood, it's a wood product. I used to use wood (balsa or basswood) but laser cut mdf is my go to now. |
| robert piepenbrink | 23 Oct 2017 6:22 p.m. PST |
Rallynow, depends. I'e been known to raid the local teaching supply company and come back with bags of the hard plastic coins they use to teach kids to count money. MDF and wood. Ketchup and tomato paste are not tomatoes, and MDF is not wood--though I'll grant you it's a grade up from particle board, which as far as I'm concerned is second-rate sawdust and third-rate glue. Yeah, I use MDF for bases. I just don't think of it as wood. Of course, I'm even a little hazy about "trending now." I'm fussy about all three dimensions, but I buy whatever's for sale in bins at the conventions, and if I run out between times, I buy whatever Litko sells that 1/8"/3mm thick, unless I need really flat bases for really tiny castings. |
| Mick in Switzerland | 25 Oct 2017 9:35 a.m. PST |
MDF
Most of the bases I have used in the past two or three years are MDF from Warbases. |
| Syrinx0 | 28 Oct 2017 7:44 p.m. PST |
I use multiple types of bases for different games. Probably should have been a top five poll. |
