When playing in 10mm do people use individual figures or bases for the infantry?

Cheers

I based most of my infantry in pairs on 30x15mm bases. Weapons teams in 3s on 20mm squares. And NCOs, officers, snipers and other specialists individually on 14/15mm washers.

This seems to balance between too many small things to move - and being able to spread out.

We played some of our first games with squad bases - this worked OK, but was hard to spread out in terrain, and you end up with lots of markers to track casualties.

Cheers Fred

I was thinking of a squad bases to take the place of a single figure

I like your idea though as well

The smallest bases I use are 1p pieces with three Arthurian infantry per base. Not keen on individually based figures, particularly small ones.

Now I am intrigued, what games/rules are you playing with 3 Arthurian Inf. per base?

Dux Britanniarum - each penny (2p for cavalry) represents a 28mm base.



The photo shows a 28mm group of 6 figures - which translates to 18 figures in 10mm. Casualties etc are counted by base rather than figure.

My SCW are the first figs I will play in 10mm CoC. They are all individually based (except LMG/HMG and the odd group of figs to represent command teams.

I will let you know how it goes when I first play a game

Thanks Nosher

QuoteThe photo shows a 28mm group of 6 figures - which translates to 18 figures in 10mm. Casualties etc are counted by base rather than figure.

Leman, your are the man! Cheers for that, I was wondering about doing 4 figure round bases for Lion Rampant, with cav. on larger round bases, 2 to a base. But not for a while as I have too many other projects on the go.

What a great idea! 

Quote from: Westmarcher on 27 January 2015, 01:05:12 PM
What a great idea! 

Agreed got me thinking now for Lion Rampant and a cheaper way to play Dux Britanniarum

I am wondering what it would be like with 5 figures on a 2p

Even bigger I suspect, but a little more expensive - 12p instead of 6p per unit! Splash out; you know you want to.

In CoC I use 12mm diameter washers with individual figures. One problem is getting standing or kneeling figures for certain weapons - especially AT Rifles! The other problem is the hole in the washer... can be tricky getting the mini solidly fixed to it!

Small AT Guns I base on a 1p, with 1 figure (kneeling). The other gun crew are individually based, but 2-3 of them are on 'crescent moon' shaped bases made out of cardboard to fit as close as possible to the gun. One thing I don't like about individual figures is the way it spreads weapon teams & crew out too much. As I game the Fall of France & Barbarossa, I haven't had the need to go up to a 2p base for guns so far, although I do have an 88 Flak gun on a 1" square base...

Quote from: Wulf on 28 January 2015, 08:31:24 PM
(...) The other problem is the hole in the washer... can be tricky getting the mini solidly fixed to it!

Hello
I use washers for my 10mm soldiers for Chain of Command
I glue a small piece of cardboard ( from cereal boxes !) before gluing the soldier.

For team weapons, I changed my mind, and now will stick the 1st crewman with the weapon, on thick cardboard  shaped as needed. The other men of the team will use "shaped" cardboard to fit with the first, or washers ( smaller than the one used for the "fighting team" )

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