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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: TacticalPainter on 15 August 2020, 01:42:46 AM

Title: Basing and rebasing for Chain of Command
Post by: TacticalPainter on 15 August 2020, 01:42:46 AM

I don't know if it's just me, but once I settled on a basing convention for my WWII miniatures for Chain of Command I allowed myself to get so rigidly tied to it that I started doing things that just didn't look right. I settled on 20mm rounds for individual figures, therefore ALL individual figures had to go on those size bases.

All well and good but that means you end up with something like this:

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/923/SNMHEu.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pnSNMHEuj)

Faintly ridiculous and in all the name of a convention of my own making. My current project is a platoon of Volksgrenadiers and there was simply no way the prone figures would make it onto a 20mm round and so, gulp, dare I say it, I broke with convention and put them on larger bases.

This took me down a rabbit hole, but a good one I think and so I've revisited a lot of my basing and come up with some solutions that solve both practical and aesthetic issues. The prone figures certainly look better as you can see but I've also changed the basing for weapons teams and senior leaders. I've written a blog post about the journey and how I got there is you're interested http://thetacticalpainter.blogspot.com/2020/08/thinking-about-basing-and-rebasing.html

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/922/RAMe9y.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/pmRAMe9yj)

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1024x768q90/924/YX6En5.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/poYX6En5j)

Title: Re: Basing and rebasing for Chain of Command
Post by: Splod on 15 August 2020, 06:11:43 AM

I completely understand your historical adherence to a basing standard, having been through similar issues myself with my 6mm projects.

Having said that, I much prefer your new approach to basing senior leaders! The 40mm long rectangles always looked 'odd' to me in your photos.

I'm really looking forward to seeing your Volksgrenadier project unfold too. I've been harassing Matt at Elhiem to do a range to expand on the AB offerings, so watch that space too  :)