From: David Billinghurst <davebill@c...>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:37:29 +1300
Subject: Base Sizes (was Re: Re: [GZG] New game mechanics (was: Re: Name for Rules))
Hi Allan, Flames of War basing is 32mm x 25mm (1 1/4"x 1") for 1 - 3 miniatures and 50mm x 32mm (2" x 1 1/4") for infantry teams of 4 - 5 minatures, and man-packed gun teams. I have some 15mm GZG fire teams based up on FoW sized bases and as an experiment I've taken photos of them and some unpainted minis on 30mm x 30mm and 25mm x 25mm paper bases as a comparison. If you'd like a look at the photos (assuming they come out ;) ), let me know and I'll e-mail them to you. I'd avoid 25mm x 25mm bases as the figures only just fit on (and then you may have to trim the metal bases) and look crowded. Things aren't much better on 30mm x 30mm - there isn't much room to even pretend that they're modern infantry advancing in open order. The FoW bases are an odd size (you could probably get away with going to a 40mm x 30mm base) but, as others have suggested, unless the base size is crucial to ground scale, then measuring distances from the centre of the base, or from some recognizable feature of the base, may be the way to go and to heck with the actual base size. David > Subject: Re: [GZG] New game mechanics (was: Re: Name for Rules)