Hi All,
What size bases are everyone else using for 10mm? My group is working on 10mm but our dilemna comes down to basing sizes. I would like us to use 'tournament' legal basing, but I haven't found anything that would suggest that for 10mm.
Any help that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
"The Dial Dude"
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I am not using 10mm but my understanding is that folks are using the 15mm standard with more figures. One of the attractions of 10mm to me is they cost less. Having more figures kind of negates this.
I am doing 40mm X 20mm for 15mm figures but only with one rank of figures. Latest posts have me wondering if I shouldn't go a bit deeper? Anyway, as I don't have a huge amount of painted figures, I won't be going with double ranks of figures. I have debated basing and leaving space for future ranks of figures or going with even shallower bases and double them up in the future. I am still in painting mode so I still have time to decide.
Others in my area have 40mmX20mm basing for their 15mm figures. I am in San Antonio and the Austin group is going this route too. The other challenge we have is that many have either Shako/Napoleon's Battles basing or Empire. Shako can easily be doubled up but you have the issue of whether the player has enough figures for doubling. The Empire basing requires Sabot basing. I do like the look of double ranking but dread the extra painting right now.
What brand of figures are you going with in 10mm? If Old Glory, then the 5 wide would make sense and it is up to you about double ranks or not. The other benefit of 40mm wide is that you can play against someone with 15mm figures as the basing frontage is probably most important.
Chris
Most of the group is going with OG, some with AIM. I'm leaning towards 25mm x 20mm for Infanry and Cavalry and 25mm by 25mm for artillery. We're doing 2 deep with infantry, single rank for cavalry.
Hi,
I'm basing my 10mm figures on the `recommended' imperial size for 15mm figures: 1 3/4" (approx 38mm) x 1" (25mm). I'm using two ranks of 1 Old Glory strip + 1 single figure tacked on the end to fill out the base. Cavalry bases are tentatively(!) 1 rank of 4 figures using the same size base.
I think you might find 25mm x 20mm a bit `fiddly' and hard to pick up.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
Regards,
Mark
40x20 for infantry with 14 figs
40x30 for cavalry(4) and artillery(2 guns)
We have been using 40mm by 20mm bases for our 10mm and 25mm by 20mm for our 6mm mbases.
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