So I was looking at these minimum base sizes for a KOW multi-base to try and figure out how the spacing would work if you were to make movement trays for round-based minis. Recently I purchased
Test of Honour by Warlord Games, which pits two warbands of ~28mm samurai and ashigaru warriors facing off against each other (I will try and do a review when I get some more experience with it).
Problem: They come on round bases, 25mm diameter, basically same size as standard space marine warhammer 40K bases, and I am assuming the same size as AOS.
It makes sense to me in this skirmish-oriented game to do rounded bases, plus it looks good, but I did some sketching to try and figure out how to make these round-bases also fit within the KOW game footprint. Both assume a 20mm-stanrdard-human-infantry sized base:
Troop: 100mm x 40 mm, minimum model count is 6,
only fits 4 round bases
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Regiment: 100mm x 80mm, minimum model count is 11,
only fits 10 round bases
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I really like the idea of having the option to use these samurai as both skirmishers with round bases to play the Test of Honour game and other skirmish games, but I also want to make this army be able to fight on a warhammer 8/9th-age or KOW battlefield, maybe even a historical game. To do square-base games, I think this means I need to buy more magnets.
Has anyone else encountered this problem before? Or magnetized and army so it can be used dual-purpose like this? I am wondering if I need to put the magnets on the feet of the models themselves, or on the bases (on the bases would be more magnets to buy...).
