Pafetikbazerkas foray into 15mm Flames of War
the base line
What’s going on with the bases you may ask.
A bit of madness and experimentation.
For the ultimate in flexibility and to assist with storage I’ve magnetized all the bases.
3mm magnets in the bases allow for some wiggle room from above
1mm is all that will fit in the bottom of soldierThe magnetic bases also make storage and processing much easier as I could line up the units and shuffle each unit forward as a paint pass was complete. If I had to put the job down for any reason then order was kept and there was no issue with picking it up again.
During the painting process I had all the soldiers lined up on a steel plateHowever I still had an issue of how to handle the units generaly. On a typical table top the magnets are strong enough to lift a unit of men via any one soldier but I still don’t like the idea. And if I was to use steel plates to help store them then the bases become too difficult to move. The solution was to pad the bases with afelt like material with the backing down so as not to pick up too much debris
The end result is I now have plenty of lip underneath to get my clumsy fingers around the chamfered bases, or the sponge effect allows me to press down a corner to get under so no more lifting buy the little men heads, and the magnetic grip is still plenty to hold the units in place for storage
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