Basing for Kings of War

[wargamingpastor]

Hi folks, I'm attempting to do a half size Kings of War project at the moment. That means basing 10 fantasy miniatures (undead, elves, dwarves e.t.c but excluding Orcs who get larger bases) in two ranks of 5 on a 50mm x 20mm base.

Do you think they'll fit???

If not I'll just have to have less figures per base, not so bad but I would like to keep it as close to the full size game as possible.

Cheers!

[Fenton]

For me any set of rules that use big bases and no figure removal for means diorama bases. For me this means not having to have 40+ figures for a hoard but a probably half that with bushes and rocks and stone walls placed on it as well. As long as the base footprint is correct the number of models is unimportant

[Ithoriel]

Warmaster uses 40mm x 20mm bases and we got 8  - 12 figures a base no real problem. So 10 on 50mm x 20mm should be OK.

As Fenton says, so long as the base is the right size and it's obvious what it represents total figure count is not that important. Though I like to cram my bases with figures rather than scenery

I have a Warmaster Imperial Skirmishers base which has figures skirmishing around a wrecked cart. While I like the diorama effect it does seem as though either a) the battlefield is littered with wrecked carts or b) they drag the wreckage around with them 

[fred.]

Good to see another 10mm KoW player - we play the rules as is and use 6 warmaster stands to represent a regiment - works really well even if the base area is a little off from standard 28mm.

As the others have said you should be able to get 5 wide on 50mm - you may have to clip the bases on some of the figures, as in a few ranges (elves and lizardmen) the bases are quite wide compared to the figures.

But going with larger scenic bases really looks good - for cavalry regiment you will have 62x50mm to play with which would give a good space to arrange a charge! Lots of the 28mm players are multi basing for KoW too.

To add another thought to the mix - have you thought about going with inches for cms (rather than half measurements) this reduces distances slightly more, but gives the advantage that an infantry regiment has a 40mm frontage  - which allows standard Warmaster bases to be used. This may not be of interest if you don't have WM units!

[zackzeta]

if anyone still interested in this my freind suggested using warmaster sizes or something close to it so we made 20 x 40 for 20 figs and add more adjacent 40 x 40 for war machines.

[lehcyfer]

A few post down is my thread about 1/4th size KoW with 10mm Pendraken. I almost could fit them on the tiny bases, so you will have no problems with double the size (quadruple the area). Just look for yourself