Blank Figure Bases - Kickstarter?

[KevinJ]

Plastic bases sounds cool, but I think die cut hex shapes for everything up to 14 hex dragon would be cooler, with very basic art, and the "front, side, and rear" hex sides being color coded.

Die cut cardboard is cheaper than plastic and easier to store as well. And you could still blue-tac 25mm minis to them.

[Chris Rice]

Originally Posted by KevinJ

Plastic bases sounds cool, but I think die cut hex shapes for everything up to 14 hex dragon would be cooler, with very basic art, and the "front, side, and rear" hex sides being color coded.

Die cut cardboard is cheaper than plastic and easier to store as well. And you could still blue-tac 25mm minis to them.

Acrylic bases sound great but I'd be happy with the die cut cardboard. I know David Miller has made his own bases and has provided templates on his website but I'm not as handy as he is with a craft knife!

[KevinJ]

Originally Posted by Chris Rice

Acrylic bases sound great but I'd be happy with the die cut cardboard. I know David Miller has made his own bases and has provided templates on his website but I'm not as handy as he is with a craft knife!

When I was in Germany, Sgt Marvin Johnson made everyone in our graming circle a 1" hex out of aluminum used for helicopter skin. Not something just anyone can do...

I think 1mm thick flat platic would be cool, but you have to think about the cost to produce. Maybe die cut cardboard as a stretch goal and plastic as a second stretch goal...

[JLV]

Originally Posted by KevinJ

When I was in Germany, Sgt Marvin Johnson made everyone in our graming circle a 1" hex out of aluminum used for helicopter skin. Not something just anyone can do...

Speaking as a former helicopter pilot, I take a somewhat dim view of this, and it also explains all the hex-shaped cut-outs on my tail boom... ;-)

[KevinJ]

Originally Posted by JLV

Speaking as a former helicopter pilot, I take a somewhat dim view of this, and it also explains all the hex-shaped cut-outs on my tail boom... ;-)

Did you have the Huey with the yellow tailboom on the Fulda Gap? Funny story about that, our unit replaced a tailboom on a huey, it went back to the unit with a yellow primer only. 6 months later we were watching TV and saw that bird flying around with the yellow tailboom. The unit haven't painted it in the 6 months since it was returned. We knew it was the same bird because you could read the newly painted tail number.

[pyratejohn]

Of course, Litko can make 1" hexagonal bases in acrylic for dirt cheap. I'm looking at their site now and it looks like I could get 50 clear for $6.99.

It's the unusual shaped creatures that would be difficult, since their drop-down menu doesn't have anything beyond hexagons.

[JLV]

Originally Posted by KevinJ

Did you have the Huey with the yellow tailboom on the Fulda Gap? Funny story about that, our unit replaced a tailboom on a huey, it went back to the unit with a yellow primer only. 6 months later we were watching TV and saw that bird flying around with the yellow tailboom. The unit haven't painted it in the 6 months since it was returned. We knew it was the same bird because you could read the newly painted tail number.

Nah, I flew USAF Search and Rescue and Missile Escort missions (UH-1N and later UH-60) before I got DNIF'd for an inner ear thing that the docs never could figure out. Then they stuck me over in Intel and I would up being a Targeteer... ;-)

[ak_aramis]

I'm certain Litko could make your blue-tack-on bases at a reasonable cost.