Re: (TFT) TFT: Square Bases

[Sgt Hulka <hulkasgt@yahoo.com>]

I recently bit the bullet and ordered 1" hex bases from Litko Aerosystems in order to re-base all my Heroclix figures. Even though it's not for TFT, I chose hex bases because my favorite superhero game is Champions, and they also look good on Heroscape tiles. 

The wooden Litko bases are about as cheap as you can get, even including shipping, but you do have to buy in (relative) bulk. I prime the bases on both sides before I mount figures on them, and so far I've had no warping.

TFT is more of a conundrum for me because most of my fantasy miniatures are already based on 1" squares for D&D. I actually have grown to prefer the hex bases, but hex bases don't *quite* fit on 1" squares and 1" squares don't *quite* fit on hexes. So if I'm playing D&D on a battlemat the hex bases don't work perfectly, and if I'm playing TFT the square bases don't work perfectly. 

--- On Wed, 3/14/12, David O. Miller <davidomiller@verizon.net> wrote:

> From: David O. Miller <davidomiller@verizon.net>
> Subject: (TFT) TFT: Square Bases
> To: "Melee&Wizards" <tft@brainiac.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 8:30 AM
> Hey gang!
> 
> I had someone write me recently about TFT and this tip came
> up during our conversation. So I thought I'd share with the
> group a little trick I've been successfully using these past
> few years.
> 
> I've bought a lot of cheap, pre-painted D&D, Pathfinder,
> Mage Knight, etc figures over the years and have built up a
> small collection. Since all of these figures come on round
> bases I've cut some squares out of black matt board the same
> diameter (or slightly larger) as the round circles of the
> bases. I then take a little piece of poster tack (buy it at
> Staples) and tack the square base under the round one. I
> always try to quickly line the figures front facing up to
> one of the edges of the square base. Now I can put the
> figure on the hex grid and show it's facing a lot easier
> than I can with a round base. When I'm done I just remove
> the square cardboard and reuse it on another figure.
> 
> I've also used green matt board as well. To make the front
> facing even more visible I've taken a darker green marker
> and put a line on one of the edges of all my square chits.
> That edge is then lined up with the figures front facing,
> reducing any problems of which way a figure is facing. Now I
> know which way Bob the Mighty Barbarian is facing during a
> heated combat!
> 
> I've also been doing something similar for three, four and
> even seven hex figures.
> 
> David O. Miller
> www.davidomiller.com
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