Miniture Basing

Hi Guys,

I'm probably more disgusted then most of you with AOG's miniture bases. I've
resorted to the extreme method of building my own bases out of washers, nails,
and bass wood. Basically I follow the methhod suggested on the Game Master web
page for their Supperior figs and then take it one step further. I glue a thin
piece of bass wood to the bottom of the washers. The size of the bass wood
base is determined by the size of the fig. This results in a miniture VERY tip
over resistant. I also don't have to worry about a plastic stand breaking in
the fig and having to drill it out (This invariable happens after I've
finished painting a ship...). Hope somebody out this finds theses ideas
useful.

For large ships, I have been mounting them on two conventional plastic stands
that are then glued to a rectangular piece of Matte Board with appropriate
arcs painted on.

Michael Wikan, Game Designer Accolade, Inc.

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> "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com> wrote:

> I'm probably more disgusted then most of you with AOG's miniture

I just file the bottom of the metal stick, until it is short enough such that
the 'wide bit' rests on the plastic base when inserted into the hole. Then I
superglue them together.