Re: Bases

Dean Gundberg wrote:

>>The hex base is the standard black plastic base (which I use now only
>>for fighters) and the Evil Empires round clear base. My collection of
>>ships started with a large number of Silent Death miniatures and I
found
>>that some of those miniatures fell on a regular basis if the table
>>happened to get bumped. Putting the same miniatures on the clear
plastic
>>round base eliminated the problem for me. Which is the basis for my
>>preference of round bases if Jon is going to start production.
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>Jim,
>Ever tried adding weight to the bottom cavity of the black hex bases? 
Well
>you probably did since the Red Shirts sold pewter base weights that fit
>right into that cavity.  I just use a couple 7/8" fender washers.  The
lower
>center of gravity helps but then I only use this type of base on
crusiers or
>smaller.
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The Redshirts started making the base weights after I started using the 
round bases, they wanted something to sell. So the truth is no I never 
did use those.

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>>I have superdread's from the Galactic Knights line that I have yet to
>>base just due to the fact that I don't have bases that I believe is up
>>to the job for those monsters. Though for those miniatures it is as
much
>>about the post thickness as the base diameter. I mounted one on the
old
>>Evil Empires Gothic bases from the early 90's, more of a square base
>>with the corners cut short with a 1/4" post. The shape of the base is
>>not the best for use in FT though. To be honest I'd really like to see
>>three different diameter bases  1 1/4" (old Geo-Hex metal base), 1
3/4"
>>(not presently available) and 2 3/8" (Evil Empires large base).
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>I use the old Gex-Hex metal bases for all my minis BC and larger.  I
also
>add a 1 1/4" fender washer on the bottom to lower the CG even more. 
For the
>largest minis, I add an even larger fender washer (maybe 1 3/4")to the
>bottom for stability and more weight at the bottom.  This way I get the
>clockface and a larger base with almost no extra effort.  I haven't
based
>any of my SGDs yet so I can't say if that large washer is big enough
but I
>can always pick up a larger fenderwasher at the hardware store (is that
>'ironmonger' in UK English?) if needed.  For a stronger post, I go with
>brass tubing for anything that size.
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I will have to start adding the washers to the plastic bases, I was just

trying to avoid the extra step. Though Dean you must be running out of 
the Geo-Hex bases by now or did you stock pile that many from the 
smaller ships you purchased?

I've been using Jon's metal posts on the bigger miniatures so far but 
the SGDs will be getting brass posts. I'll just have to find a washer 
for under the bigger base to give it some weight.

Jim

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