Re: Modelling Q and a big thank you

> What size coins would be good for (about) 25mm plastic figures.  Or
would
> washers be better?

Most of my 25mm scifi figs are based on 1 inch zinc washers.  Zinc
because
it's magnetic (so that I can stick sheet magnets in the bottom of my
carrying case and they stick pretty solidly), 1 inch because about 90%
of all skirmish games in that scale use 1 inch bases (Warzone, W40K,
Shockforce, Vor ... (although all of these are closer to 28-30mm
scale)).  I found the ones I use at Home Depot, a pack of 100 costs
around 8 bucks (IIRC).	Look for the ones with the small hole (they
have a special name but I don't recall what it is).  They also have
an added benefit of being heavish (in comparison to plastic bases),
thereby providing lower center of gravity to the mini, making it tougher
to knock over.

I also use 1 1/2" zinc washers as large bases for particularly
large sci-fi models.  (actually I did it to my FT ships as well,
they still aren't 100% stable in their case, but stable enough that
I can drive around without fear of them falling over ... just don't
shake the case or swing it around).

I'll go back to lurking,
Daryl

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> Donald Hosford
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> Michael Llaneza wrote:
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> > I use coins as bases for lots of miniatures, either by themselves,
or glued
> > onto a palstic base to add atability. If the gubmint asks, I'll just
say
> > I'[m stashing a few...
> >
> > I also did a few of my Old Glory 15mm ACW casualty figures on coins,
with a
> > dab of red ink, as an art project. Worked pretty well, and that's
> > waaaaaaaaay within my First Ammendment rights to use.
> >
> > go for it
> >
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