Basing dilema

[thebinmann]

Following the Prof's recent Mordheim stuff, amonst others, I now wonder if I should go for round 2p sized bases for my skirmish fantasy. The problem is I have a fair amount on 80s slottas

so the options are as above.

1 continue with slottas (it's old ain't it!)
2 start with round bases, knowing I might never rebase and therefor have differnt base type
3 Just use both

Trivial I know, but that what living in a bin does to you...

[OSHIROmodels]

If the figures are purely for skirmish then round is the way to go 

I used to have a Nordland Mordheim group that were on squares but only so I could use them in normal units.

cheers

James

[Anatoli]

Round bases are the way to go for skirmish wargames. And it looks better imo 

[Andrew May]

Mix and match, my figs are on all sorts! If people are spending more time looking at your basing with dismay than having fun playing the game then they've got it all wrong!
 

[Hammers]

Slottabases are anathema and against the will of God.

[Mister Rab]

Slottabases are anathema and against the will of God.

Except for hexagonal ones. They're allowed. Otherwise washers/2ps are the True Way for man-sized skirmish.

[Hammers]

Except for hexagonal ones. They're allowed. Otherwise washers/2ps are the True Way for man-sized skirmish.

Backslider! Heretic! 

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Slottabases are anathema and against the will of God.

So be it.

[thebinmann]

Except for hexagonal ones. They're allowed. Otherwise washers/2ps are the True Way for man-sized skirmish.

Yeah I've got hex and plan to use them whatever I decide, maybe even thinking of giving hexed base figures special powers!

[OSHIROmodels]

Slottabases are anathema and against the will of God.

So say we all, apart from the ones who didn't 

cheers

James

[Golgotha]

Personally I base everything on square bases, I think I might have a dragon somewhere on a round base. Indeed I find the whole using round bases rather curious and as I use my miniatures for both skirmish and massed battles square just seems to make more sense. So basically remain square and avoid the temptation to do what everybody else is doing... Hang on a minute am I still talking about basing here? 

In fact while on the topic I hate slotta bases as the height and flat edges in my mind look terrible so I like using thin plastic card instead so that the base melds more into the tabletop and surrounding terrain. Just remember if using UK currency for round bases to not cover the Queens head. 

[thebinmann]

Just remember if using UK currency for round bases to not cover the Queens head.  

Yes that is important to aviod treason, though that would mean in theory stamps coulmd nver be destroied.

Even my Queen Vic is on a 2p I think?

edit - nope she's on a washer

[capthugeca]

If you're going to use them with the square based figures I'd stick to square.

I ended up doing one genre with square and another with round and found there's something aesthetically disturbing about using them in the same game.

Or perhaps I'm just a bit anal!

[magokiron]

For skirmish, it's round bases to me.

Actually I'm rebasing a lot of my old Mordheim minis this days.

Best wishes.

[Michi]

Coins from the beginning of my basing in the eighties of the last century...