Warband Historical - how far off?

[notmatthew]

I have a bunch of 10mm historicals looking me in the face waiting for their bases.  Is there a playtest document or any more info about basing for historical warband?  I'd love to finish my republican Romans!
Matt

[Chieftain]

I have a bunch of 10mm historicals looking me in the face waiting for their bases.  Is there a playtest document or any more info about basing for historical warband?  I'd love to finish my republican Romans!
Matt

Hi Matt, what basing would you prefer, 100x50mm (as for Warband Fantasy), or 80x40mm (to fit in with the dominant DBx basing conventions)?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

FogAM bases in multiples of 40mm frontage by 20mm for infantry and 40x30 for cav (in even numbers)...

[fred.]

As Warband is a base width set of rules, does it matter too much what the 'standard' size is.

I found that wth Warmaster based figures on 40x20mm bases they looked good on the sabot bases.

With the FoGAM basing due to the different depths you would want some kind of sabot. And if the sabot is the same width as the basing then you end up with sabots that are bigger. You may as well start with a slightly bigger size.

Also using 10cm for BW makes measuring easy!

[AndyT]

After initially being a bit concerned about the Warband 100x50 basing convention I am now a big fan of it and love the opportunity to decorate the bases much more than the usual 40mm base would allow. The current range of Pendraken sabot bases work well for existing Warmaster armies and Leon is also happy to make custom ones.

[d_Guy]

On the same basis, I vote "Amazons". 

I realize that you meant to say "Aztecs" and greatly appreciate the support.

[fsn]

No, definitely not. I'd rather have kick-ass warrior women in bronze armour than Mexicans in pyjamas and feathers. 

[FierceKitty]

I realize that you meant to say "Aztecs" and greatly appreciate the support.

Thank goodness there are some who have an interest in history rather than Xena and the Lost City of Tarzan's Granny.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Thank goodness there are some who have an interest in history rather than Xena and the Lost City of Tarzan's Granny.

Thought that was the Aztecs, and Incas as well. Where is El Dorado ?

[d_Guy]

Where is El Dorado ?

At one time it was parked in my neighbor's driveway! 

[notmatthew]

Hi Matt, what basing would you prefer, 100x50mm (as for Warband Fantasy), or 80x40mm (to fit in with the dominant DBx basing conventions)?

That's a tough call.  I'm trying to base in a way that looks good, is easy to store, is moderately figure efficient, and will allow for a wide variety of games from Hail Caesar, to Kings of War Historical, to Warband.  It would be nice enough if I could also play Warmaster, but I have met zero warmaster players in the past 5 years so that's not exactly a priority.

I have done a few units so far from my napoleonics and opted for 40x20.  I really love how they look all packed together, but I have found that 24 models in two or three ranks looks pretty stellar on a 80x40 base (and would look passable on a 100x50 as well). 

If this game set required 100x50 I would most likely mount everything on 40x40's and put two 40x40's of 10-12 models each into a warband sabot.

I was recently looking at the Austrians posted in this forum for C&C and I was thinking of the same look but cutting down the models per rank to fit the planned dimensions. 

This basing style also makes room for a dice holder for every 40x40 element which is essential for games like Warband (as far as I can tell...I don't have the rules), KoW, and C&C.

[notmatthew]

To clarify on storage:
It's my impression that 40x20 basing requires foam or magnets to be safe whereas the 40x40 or larger are safe enough to just lie flat in a box for a car ride.

[ronan]

(...) to just lie flat in a box for a car ride.

You didn't see me driving !   

[AndyT]

I would love to see "Warband Historical" (or whatever it might end up being called) become reality but I wonder whether the recent difficulties with BKC3 might make publishing any other Pendraken rules less likely? I hope not.