Argh I HATE that manufacturers bases...

[Techno]

I'm still waiting.

...Why do I bother.

[John Cook]

Essex is a British wargame company that has been in business for almost forty years. They have very crisp figures, but in order to save weight/metal/money (?) they deliberately make their stands very small and, in the case of cavalry, very narrow, thus making them very difficult to glue to a base without them flopping to one side or the other before the glue has set.

Really.  Well, I've been wargaming for 55 years and I can't say I remember ever having heard of them, not even when I was into 15mm, which must now be more than 30 years ago. 

[steve_holmes_11]

Really.  Well, I've been wargaming for 55 years and I can't say I remember ever having heard of them, not even when I was into 15mm, which must now be more than 30 years ago. 

Worth a look, some of the pictures provide a good illustration of the tiny bases.

https://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/

My Plasticine basing system consists of building a harness / scaffold to support the figures.
The supports start life as a mushroom shaped bit of plasticene and are re-shaped to provide a stable pose for the figure until the glue is properly set.