Basing...

[mattrock]

When I look at pictures on CMON I often have trouble determining scale in reality. With that in mind, I have a simple question: on a typical 30mm mini with a nicely appointed base, is it typical to use a 25mm base or a larger one?

I know that there are times when you\'d want a larger one depending on the scene to be set, but I\'m just asking as a general rule. 25mm? or 40mm? generally?

 

[demonherald]

depends what it\'s for really.. most o the stuff in my gallery is with gaming i mind so standard minis are on 25mm bases or 30mm round in the case of the lipped bases..and characters on larger sized.
It\'s almost always a case of the gaming legal size base for me...

 

[james sequeira]

For gaming ie my warmachine which is all I play, I use the rules standard sizes.

For just pure painting and display I choose what ever I find fitting. Sometimes the smallest miniatures only need the standard small lipped bases, other larger ones require the medium - large size for you to build a fitting scene for them.

 

[DaN]

If you\'re doing a bunch of figures, you could go by \"importance\"

ie. RaF figures on standard 25mm bases, characters a size up, then heroes, larger figures etc on the next size up

 

[Gilvan Blight]

For me it\'s based on the game.

Warhammer has set sizes for their bases. For fantasy it\'s 20mm for most humanoids (Empire, Elves, Dark, Elves, Skaven, Dwarves). Bigger humanoids get 25mm (Orcs and Choas). Monsters and Swarms get 40MM.

I haven\'t played 40K in years but there seem to be three sizes there as well, normal, Terminators, and big bases for Demons and Dreads.

For D&D there are standard sizes as well, a really small round base for tiny, a somewhat small base for small, a base that fits in 1\" square for medium, a base that fits in a 2\" square for large, a base that fits in a 3\" square for Giant, a base that fits in a 4\" Gargantuan, a base that fits in a 5\" square for Collosall, or at least close to that.

I know Warmachine bases are bigger then 40K standard ones, but I only own a couple minis from Priateer and they are still in blisters so I don\'t know the exact sizes.

So overall if you plan on ever gaming with your minis, or if you plan on selling them to someone who does, you propbably want to stick with the proper size based on what you are painting. What I see on here alot are really nice display bases that incorporate the proper size base, either insetting it, or having it \'stand on\' the larger base.