basing 1/600th units

[Conquistador]

What size bases do you use for BKC/BKC II units?

Gracias,

Glenn

[Sangennaru]

I'm not in that scale, but my advice is: make it VERY thin, like a plasticard of 0,25mm or such. it has to be really thin, unless it looks like the units are walking on a huge step! =)

[Conquistador]

I'm not in that scale, but my advice is: make it VERY thin, like a plasticard of 0,25mm or such. it has to be really thin, unless it looks like the units are walking on a huge step! =)

Litko makes thin bases (I was thinking 0.8 mm plywood with magnetic base bottoms for storage on metal trays for transportation to games) and KRMulticase storage trays (610 series) for home storage.

Plasticard is not viable for my usage (adds meaning to "dropship" I am afraid.)

Gracias,

Glenn

[Conquistador]

for 1/600th I was originally thinking:

CO 25 mm x 25 mm
Edit typo
HQ 20 mm x 20 mm
Infantry 20 mm x 15 mm
Tanks 15 mm x 15 mm
Vehicles and Recce 15 mm x 25 mm
AT/AA guns 20 mm x 25 mm
Artillery 20 mm x 25 mm
FAOs 2 figures on a 20 mm Circle
FACs a vehicle and two figures on a 25 mm Hexagon
Aircraft 25 mm Octagon

I need to blue tack some figures on these bases and post pictures for feedback.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Gunbird]

Mate, you really are better off asking this on the BKC/CWC/FWC forum of the owner, lots of people ask the same qeustion (and in the end it boils down to taste, so you will see a ton of answers).

I can tell you that back when I did it, I made sure I did not have the amount of diversity you have. Standarddizing helps and in 1/600th scale yopu are going to show units, not singles. IIRC, going on memory here, 30x30 for infantry and all vehicles, FAO and FAC on small circle (maybe 20mm) HQ on 30mm circle and CO on 40mm circle. Aircrafts base don't matter. I think you could play Spearhead with this as well.

Actually, for my old group, size of the base didn't matter cause you shot from the end of the shooters base to the middle of the targets base. That way you never had discussion about base size and we all could do what we thought looked best.

Your 0.8 ply with magnet basing will end up being 1.5 thick anyway, we never thoughts the bases stuck out. No need to go "thin as possible" as for recognition purposes adding a small tab to the tab helps immensely with the recognition of your units in this scale, but to each his own.

[Conquistador]

Thanks for your feedback.  I (roughly) halved the N scale bases mentioned in the CWC rule book.

Absolutely no interest in Spearhead currently.  I suppose someone plays it locally (St. Louis City is - barely - in top 50 cities population wise last time I checked) but never saw it in action that I recall.

I will just have to order some bases and check it out I suspect.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Gunbird]

Try the easy way first (this is how we learned the game when we did not have any models yet). Cut out cardboard in the size you want to use for vehicles and what not, note down what they are and play with that. Easy enough to see what floats your boat size wise and order bases accordingly.

[Jase]

Although I do not play BKC in 1/600, I do play Hind Commander in 1/600. I use Litko bases of 3mm thickness, because it allows players to pick up the miniatures more easily without damaging the paintjobs. You can hold them by the base instead of the model.





Even though it looks perhaps a bit odd, I don't like to have chipped and damaged paintjobs

Cheers
Jase