Saturday, March 16, 2013

Boring, but necessary

They're not nearly as exciting as new miniatures, but I grabbed a whole bunch of Litko 60mm square wooden bases from Great Hall Games the last time I was in Austin.  If you look close, you can see that the store even has its logo printed on the back of the manufacturer's label.  It seems that we often get in a buying frenzy regarding minis, but then we have to go back later to get additional materials in order to game with the figures.

Hordes of the Things requires all its minis to be based on stands of the same width (60mm for the 28mm figures I game with).  Certain elements require a 60x60 base, and my new armies require a lot of those.  I've been running short on that size of stand for some time, and I have a whole bunch of Bretonnian and Lizardman figures (as well as my fire army expansion) to base for HotT. 

Buying these Litko bases from the manufacturer can take weeks, so I decide to stock up when I saw them in the game store.  Now, once I get some fantasy minis painted, I will have something to mount them on.
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4 comments:

  1. Kaptain KoboldMarch 16, 2013 at 6:18 PM

    I just cut my HOTT bases from card. With scissors. They're accurate to within 5% or so :)

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  2. Desert ScribeMarch 16, 2013 at 6:20 PM

    That's what I did for my Arachnid Army, made from discount Halloween decorations.

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  3. GonsalvoMarch 16, 2013 at 7:30 PM

    I mam realizing that I ma fast approaching my own biennial Litko order...

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  4. pancerniMarch 17, 2013 at 9:37 AM

    I did always 'make my own' bases, but the Litko options, quality and price have won me over for most of my needs. I recently startd to get the rounded edge single cavalry figure bases for games done in skirmish. Great stuff.

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