Once again a stalled project restarts, this time to begin rebasing from 80mm fronts to 40mm fronts.
The reasoning behind this is fewer and fewer people in the local area are playing Impetus or Basic Impetus. On the upside more people are playing ADG in 15mm which uses the basing standards of DBA.
Rebasing is a process that many painters and gamers dread; its time consuming, there is the risk of damage and there is no guarantee that you won't have to do it again in the future.
The process used involves steeping the old bases in cold water for 24 hours or more. If the figures have been glued to their base with PVA then this time will be reduced.
After the water bath carefully shuck the figures off their now soaked base - if card or MDF the base will be pliable - set aside to dry, then clean the underside of the base allowing you to rebase.
Here you have it five bases rebased on to twelve bases with 40mm fronts allowing a wider range of systems to be played if required.
Whilst on the subject of basing will be changing the frontage of bases for 28mm figures to 60mm unless the figure itself is too large.
The bases as always are from Warbases.
Cheers for now.
12 comments:
They look good. I actually secretly enjoy rebasing - it usually means that you're about to play some games!
On the subject of 60mm bases not being big enough if the challenge is between the right number of figures per base or the right frontage with most rules I find the latter is almost always more important. A compromise can be to use deeper bases as depth is rarely as crucial as frontage.
Sometimes, rebasing is a necessary evil. The advantage is that one gets the sense of building an entirely new army.
I've been thinking about this for a while. I like the idea of a more flexible basing system, but element basing looks so nice . . .
Thanks for the tip Ross, re soaking them in water as I fix mine to bases with PVA.
That's the plan ☺
Thanks David, and your right the facing widyh is more important than the depth.
Cheers, Ross
That is a really positive way of looking at it!
Cheers, Ross
True, that is the trade off.
Cheers Ross
Your welcome Pat
Always interesting (but sometimes boring!) to rebase...Nice minis!
You're a better man then I am Ross! I do stick my figures down with PVA,just in case but the Idea of rebassing leaves me cold!
Best Iain
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