RE: Starship Basing Alternatives

Oerjan wrote that Fritz 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 :-/

If anyone does need some of these GW Space Fleet bases, let me know as I
seem to have accumulated a bunch I don't need.

8< snip >8

> 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...

I mount a couple 7/8" fender washers in the bottom cavity of the plastic
hex
base for weight and to lower their center of gravity.  Afterwards they
have
a decent heft and it really does reduce their propensity to tip over.

Dean Gundberg

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