(GZG) Figure base

Hi All,

I have just placed my order for some GZG 15mm SG figures. I would like some
advice on the best basing method -  I was thinking along the lines of a
washer or coin (uk sterling please). Has anyone a good standard to follow for
15mm?

Thank you

> I have just placed my order for some GZG 15mm SG figures. I would

Don't they already come with bases? The only GZG 15s that I've purchased came
from Geohex and they arrived with some cool prefab bases.

Robin,

I use two methods one a 20mm washer the other a metal 20x20mm square made for
miniatures. I just don't mix them in the squads. Both flock and paint up well
and both are useful as I have magnetic adhesive strips in my figure boxes.

Scratch that...getting my 6mm and 15mm confused.:(

Anywho, I've seen them mounted on a (US) penny and it appeared to work pretty
well.

Small washers ought to do as well.

> Robin wrote:

> I have just placed my order for some GZG 15mm SG figures. I would

I have some original NAC and ESU 15mm figures, and some new Phalon 15mm
figures. I also have WW2 15mm figures and a lot of old Traveller 15mm figures.

I mounted the WW2 figures, which are by Essex, I believe, on small
washers. The washers are pretty tiny at 1/2 an inch across. I'll have to
measure them. I did this, as opposed to pennies, so that they would stick to
magnets. One thing I found was that the bases are so small and sheet magnets
are sufficiently weak, that the figures don't stick very well. I'm not sure
it's worth going with the washers for this reason alone.

The Phalon 15mm figures already come on bases, and these bases are exactly the
same size as the washers I used on the WW2 figures. This
means that there's no reason to go with 1/2" washers, as it adds extra
height to the figure without doing much for its stability (the bases already
make them reasonably stable).

So, I could mount them on larger bases. That's what I did with the Traveller
figures. I am hesitant to do that because the larger bases mean that the
figures are pushed further apart. One advantage of 15mm
figures is that with 1/2" bases you can use metric measurements if
pressed for space and still have things work out, more or less, the same as if
you used inch measurements and 25mm figures.

I plan not to mount the Phalons on any bases, just using what they came with,
unless they seem to be inordinately top heavy.

I wouldn't go much bigger than 3/4" for a base width in 15mm. One of the
advantages of 15mm figures, even if using 1" measurement as per the SG2
rulebook, is that you can clump figures closer together. If you go
beyond 3/4", you start to have the figures spread out as much as with
25mm figures. In that case, you might as well use 25mm figures as they are
easier to see.

Let me sum up: you want a base between 1/2" and 3/4" in width; the
figures won't fit on a base smaller than that, and you lose the advantage of
15mm figures with bases larger than that. You want to mount them on washers if
you are concerned about keeping them on a surface with magnets, but be aware
that you need a powerful magnet for it to work well. Other than that, use
whatever small piece of British currency might fit the bill, if indeed the
figures need a base at all.

Let us know how you do. I'd like to put this up on my web site at some point.

Semi-advertising -

A local manufacturer now makes sheet metal discs as small as 1/2".  Kind
of pricey at $6.00 for 50 discs, but they are about 1/3 the height of
similar sized washers (20 gauge?), and have no hole. They don't add a lot of
weight to the base though. He has a variety of sizes available,
with hexagons in the works.  Please contact me off-list if you are
interested in his information.

--Binhan

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I use 1/2" washers - I think they're sold as 'M8' washers, 89p for a
pack of 25 from Homebase. They're just that little bit bigger than the
cast-on base and help them to stand up on uneven terrain.

> Robin Fitton wrote:

> Hi All,