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Post by tifast on Mar 23, 2020 3:41:39 GMT
Hello,
I am happily building my Macedonians and Late Persians in 6mm but I have also ordered 100 years war figures in 10mm.
It seems that the number of figures I can base with 10mm should be the same as the recommended number of figures for 15mm...
Is it the case? How are people basing in 10mm?
thank you
Tifast
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Post by Baldie on Mar 23, 2020 6:52:19 GMT
Look forward to seeing how you get on with the 6mm stuff. I am part way into a 6mm EAP force, I got loads of em and am working through stages of impetus point building.
We started on 300, then 350 and onto 400.
Good luck with yours.
Re the 10mm basing sticking to 15mm basing should look fine but depending on manufacturer you may get away with doubling the numbers.
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Post by sheffmark on Mar 23, 2020 10:35:47 GMT
I'm painting up a British WW1 army for HOTT and have used the same number of figures per base as per 15mm and they look fine.
When I based up 6mm some years ago I doubled the number of figures per base and that worked well.
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Post by paulisper on Mar 23, 2020 11:40:16 GMT
Use 60mm width bases and pack them - trust me, you won’t regret it! 😉
P
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Post by jdesmond on Mar 24, 2020 3:06:53 GMT
I'd see if any folk in your area are into that figure size and period, and if so paint and mount your troops to be compatible with theirs.
If you're 'on your own', do some 'trial mounting' - cut some cardboard to base sizes, attach figures with white glue - put disliked mountings in saucer of water till glue softens. See what base size / number of figures you (and anyone whose aesthetic judgment you respect) likes.
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Post by macsenwledig on May 8, 2020 21:15:32 GMT
I'm also painting up a load of 10mm Sub Roman British/Saxons etc and was pondering what base sizes to use. The figures are from Pendraken.
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Post by gregorius on May 8, 2020 23:56:57 GMT
I'm also painting up a load of 10mm Sub Roman British/Saxons etc and was pondering what base sizes to use. The figures are from Pendraken. First off, welcome to the Forum. For 10mm figures I would stick to the base sizes for 15mm figures. 40mm frontage with various depths depending upon troop type. Cheers,
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Post by Baldie on May 9, 2020 6:46:44 GMT
But 10mm is an abomination I do have one force but that was a moment of weakness.
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Post by sheffmark on May 9, 2020 9:22:45 GMT
But 10mm is an abomination I do have one force but that was a moment of weakness. Maybe, but at least they have to be better than 0mm and just using bits of card with figures drawn on them! (However good the drawings are.)
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Post by Baldie on May 9, 2020 11:49:32 GMT
They were finely crafted I will have you know.
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Post by macsenwledig on May 9, 2020 12:14:10 GMT
I am still umming and arring about 40mm or 60mm but will probably stick with 40mm
I may up the number of figures on the bases though ie 2 to 4, 3 to 6, 4 to 8 etc
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Post by Roland on May 9, 2020 13:16:45 GMT
I am still umming and arring about 40mm or 60mm but will probably stick with 40mm I may up the number of figures on the bases though ie 2 to 4, 3 to 6, 4 to 8 etc I think that's a good call. While there are definitely 60mm users out there ( mostly 28mm armies), 40mm is something of a "Lingua Franca" in gaming terms.
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Post by scottrussell on May 9, 2020 14:18:14 GMT
Some years ago, some members of our club, who played WRG 6th ed. tended to stand over our DBA boards and make comments to the effect that it didn't' look like a war-game. I was tempted to make up some 6mm armies and put them on 60mmm frontage bases to demonstrate that it was possible to play DBA and make it look like "a war-game". Indeed to look just like a game of WRG 6th ed. (if you counted the number of groups of troops for a 1500 pt game, it was usually 12, plus or minus about three). But in the end I couldn't be bothered. Nonetheless, it would look distinctly less abstract.
Scott
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Post by macsenwledig on May 9, 2020 22:26:25 GMT
I guess my only quibble with myself is that 10mm is obviously smaller than 15mm and so doubling up say Spears from 4 to 8 in would normally be 2 rows of 4. This representation would leave 'gaps' between shields etc. My potentail remedy would be to have say 5 in the first row and 3 in the second row and slightly uneven
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Post by Cromwell on May 10, 2020 8:43:29 GMT
But 10mm is an abomination I do have one force but that was a moment of weakness. Maybe, but at least they have to be better than 0mm and just using bits of card with figures drawn on them! (However good the drawings are.) I think I may keep quiet about my 2mm ECW armies and Hundred Year War armies then!
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