Re: Starship Basing Alternatives

Frits Kuijlman wrote:

>>You're thinking of the big transport ship under attack by fighters on
>>MT p.11, no? That's the same type of base which GW used for the
>>"Space Fleet" capital ships. All plastic, but AFAIK they're long
since out of
>>production.
>
>Oop and plastic? Ah well. It semed to look massive though, must be the
>paintjob.

It is massive. But massive black plastic, not massive metal :-/

[snip]

>>GZG make metal posts for their standard plastic hex bases, though.
>>Much nearer, and cheaper :-/
>
>But then you still have the small footprint. When i start doing
capital ships
>I think I'll make a visit to the local hardware store.

I haven't found the small footprint to be a problem - quite the
contrary, in fact, since the models are most likely to tip over if you
have to put their bases on top of other ships' bases. Small base
footprints reduce that particular problem.

The main reason to use metal rather than plastic posts is that metal
posts don't break (or at least don't break nearly as easily) when some
clumsy oaf (or cat) drops the model onto the floor :-/

The models I really want metal bases for are the *small* ships -
especially plastic ones, 'cause they are so light that they'll blow
away if someone waves with the rules or simply walks past the table too
fast...

Later,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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