Looking at the basing options on the web site I noticed that for 6mm it just says any rectangle, the picture near by looks like standard Baccus basing of 60mm x 30mm.
I have my 6mm based this way but I was thinking that if I play to this base size my 6mm Armies will move faster and shoot further than either 15mm or 25mm. This does not seam right to me, what do other people think?
I was thinking of using one 60x30 to represent 2 bases in the game as this would redress the balance.
I feel your pain, I am a staunch 6mm guy and have ued the 30x60mm basing for my AWI project and I love the massed look, I have 3 bases to a unit for 72 figs a unit. I also have a 25x50mm SYW project with two bases to a unit.
My only regret with the large bases and big units is that you need more table space. I have an 8x4ft table and it gets small real quick. I think I am going to go with the recommended 40x25mm bases just to make sure I have room to maneuver.
Greetings
I suspect that the main issue with 60x30 bases representing two Lasalle bases is that you won't be able to represent march columns - square would be a bit oddly shaped too.
I thought about using 60 x 30 or using 6mm on 40 x 20. 60x30 is too large a base size for my 6' x 4' table. I laid out some unpainted Austrians on 40 x 20 bases on Sunday to have a look and an Austrian battalion (+) is pretty long in line - it's also 96 figures using Baccus strips. It looked good though :-).
Regards
Edward
I want to do 6mm as well. If we use 40mm strips, and the Baccus basing style, we can get 33% more bases for the same cost, eh?
Hadn't thought about table size.
Edward, any chance you could post a pic of that Austrian battalion?
Cheers,
Peter
I'd like to see that too Edward. Though I think I've settled on Adler. I've been a staunch Baccus guy for years now, but his nappy range isn't up to par with the newer stuff he puts out. Time for a change, eh?
I meant to say 40mm bases. So, I was thinking of 40mm x 30mm for a base. Mount 4 Baccus strips at the back of the base and 0-3 (or 0,2,4,6 for more density?) skirmisher models at the front, depending on the SK value for that troop type. Sound feasible? You could build a full small battalion this way, where you'd only get 3 60mm wide bases ordinarily for the same number of models.
Forgive me for being a virtual rookie at Napoleonic gaming. I haven't seen any armies "live" yet, so visualizing scale is a bit sketchy right now.
Peter
Hi,
I have yet to receive my rules but have started basing my Baccus 6mm off the download sheets. Looking at them I thought about the 60mm but figured if the standard base for the game was 40mm then I thought why not so thats how I have started for my Bavarians and wil continue throughout.
For Smaller units such as French, Bavarians, etc I am using 6 baccus strips 2 wide 3 deep per infantry base, for cavalry 10 figs 5 wide 2 deep per base and for artillery I am going to do 2 guns per base giving a full 8 gun battery on 4 base arty units (try that in other rules!!).
Looks good and pretty happy with and anyone in NZ can see it at next years Natcon when I turn up with a demo game.
Now how does one post pics on here as I can show you what I mean but please note it is yet to be sanded and grassed!.
Thanks Rusty Sam's post says I have to post it online somewhere buigger, well maybe I just nened to hurry up and write another article for Peter at Baccus, thanks again though.
Cheers Rex
Rex, it's pretty standard practice to have the pictures hosted elsewhere. The Baccus forum is the same. It's not that hard, check out flickr or photobucket, they try to make it as easy as possible.
I am going to stick with 60mm x 30mm because that is how my forces are currently based and it looks great with the color party in the middle and the other ranks on either side. I tried 40mm before and it didn't look big enough. I am willing to play on bigger tables <grin>....
I am not sure what Sam is thinking of for tournies but 60mm x 30mm is a pretty standard size.
LOL I'm lucky in that I haven't got very far with a NP project so have the luxury of pretty much starting from scratch.
As for bigger tables oh yeh my wargaming shed has room for a 16 x 6 comfortably...or I can send the wife and daughter away to her folks for a weekend and take over the lounge as well thens its about 24 x 6 and 18 x 6 L shaped or various smaller ones.
Ah the delusions of grandeur the years of painting 6mm to acheive it LOL
Enjoying Lasalle rock on Blucher
PS: Sorry meant to say with the basing above it equates to 100-150 fig battalions, 40-60 fig cav units and 6-12 gun batterie, so pretty happy with it.
Now to figure out Flicker so I can post some pics
As I'm just about to launch into a Grande Armee painting session and campaign I'm thinking of basing on 40x20 and having myu 60x60 bases with the central 40x40 cut out so I can slot in two of the smaller bases as needed. That should let me play Lasalle and then Blucher while still letting me dop the Grande Armee stuff in the meantime.
At least I think it will work like that. Anyone any thoughts on this idea?
Andy
I think you will find that your friends ham hands will get caught in the figures. One of the reasons I like bigger bases is that they are easier to use. I also found the full frontage on the 6mm base really added to the look.
I am also a Grande Armee fan so I just tape 2 60mm x 30mm bases together for a Grande Armee game (making 60mm x 60mm) and I can still use them for other things.
Good God! I don't let anyone else play with MY figures! :)
I've just concerned that 60x30 for the bigger units will be just too big for me, both in number of figures needed and in table size.
I might just try a few samples and see how it looks...
Well it looks like I am going to take back all I said as I think I am going to end up with 40mm x 15mm bases to maximize space. The table is already getting cramped with just one support.
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