I want to play Lassalle 1/72-20mm plastic. But I found think the basing used in the rules will be too large (50mm * 50mm , 3 figurines for 2 ranks).
Would not it be easier to make a soclage 40mm * 40mm? Are there others people playing in 1 / 72 plastic?
Any size base can be used, as long as opposing forces are pretty much the same. That's part of the whole idea of doing measurements by "Base Width". Find what works for you and whomever you might be playing against, figure out the sizes for each unit type, and go from there. (Pg. 5)
Thanks for your answer. But I want to know if there is a standard basing for 20mm+?
I would say the "standard" for 1/72 is 25mm base sizes since you can use 1/72 figures against 25mm figures (but not really against 15mm). Don't think there is enough 1/72 armies to have their own unique base sizes.
I currently have my 1/72 figures based 4 figures side by side on 4cm bases (since 4cm was the standard 25mm size used locally), but intend to rebase to 5cm bases to be consistent with a 25mm army I am just finishing.
A big advantage of 1/72 figures is you can pack them at the historic density. Troops deployed on about a 22" frontage (say 2 feet in action). If a man was say 5'6" then he deployed in a space equal to 33% of his height (or say 40% in practice). Converting to 1/72 figures, that means each figure should should a frontage of about 8mm-10mm. Try doing that with any other figure scale and see if the goblin-like figures can fit into the correct frontage!
That was why I used 4 figures on a 4cm base - it reflected the density of the men in reality pretty well.
3x2 figures spread across a 5cm base will look pretty sparse.
I will go for 4 figures in one rank on a 5cm x 2.5cm base with magnetic bases. For Lasalle I can use 2 of my bases together for a Lasalle base - but it does mean 48 figure Austrian battalions and 450 infantry in case they attack. Depressingly, I actually have them. Alternatively, I could use just the individual bases (not double depth) if I wanted a big army with up to 18 (smaller) battalions.
If you don't have as many figures, I would suggest using the 5cm base widths but with a smaller depth, and put 4-5 figures in one rank. It will look better. I have played a game with my figures on 2cm depths against the eneny on 4cm depths and did not notice any problems (although there will be times it could matter).
For cavalry I intend to use 3 cav per 5cm base.
Cam
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