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Made in us
Sniping Reverend Moira





Cincinnati, Ohio

Here's the link:

CoolMiniOrNot Base System Featuring Micro Art Studio by CoolMiniOrNot http://kck.st/1pm6534 via @kickstarter


Beautiful, affordable terrain bases for all your miniatures!

*Note: Bases come unpainted. Painted examples for reference only.

CoolMiniOrNot and Micro Art Studios are excited to introduce the next generation of miniature bases!

Design

Most decorative bases are designed as one piece, with terrain molded on top of a beveled game base. The CoolMiniOrNot system is actually two pieces. The first piece is a highly detailed terrain insert. The second piece is a black satin base, with a recessed center that holds the insert. This two part system creates a cohesive and beautiful base for your miniatures.



Design Benefits

Great care was taken to make sure each Micro Art Studio insert fits perfectly into the recessed base. This means you won't waste your time filing or sanding down edges, as with many metal and resin bases.

The terrain insert can be primed and painted separately from the base. You won't have to cover up any splotches or overspray on the base edges, as with one-piece bases.

Since the recessed base is molded in the black satin finish most gamers use, you won't have to paint that piece at all. Glue in your painted insert, and you're ready to play. No touching up chipped base edges after a battle!



The separate insert makes for easy casting of highly detailed terrain. This allows the design team at Micro Art Studios to let their imagination go wild, with terrain that juts off the base and creates eye-catching foundations for your miniatures.



Molded in Plastic

When CoolMiniOrNot and Micro Art teamed up to create the next generation of bases, we looked at all the possibilities and found that molding in plastic was an exciting alternative to molding in resin. Not only does the quality and versatility of the final product improve, but the cost to the end user decreases.



The insert is a firm PVC that is highly resistant to chipping or breaking like resin. PVC also eliminates air bubbles and flash from the mold.

Plastic and resin models will no longer require pinning, but can be attached easily and permanently with a small amount of superglue.

The black base is a durable polystyrene. Again, this material is resistant to chipping or breaking during normal use.



By molding our bases in plastic, CoolMiniOrNot and Micro Art Studio are giving you the most bases for the least amount of money currently offered in the miniature hobby.

Styles

At launch, we are offering four different styles of bases for our backers to choose from. Each style consists of: 1 50mm insert, 6 UNIQUE 40mm inserts, and 10 UNIQUE 30mm inserts, with the appropriate number and sizes of recessed black polystyrene bases, for a total of 17 complete bases.

1. Chaos



These molten rocks, detailed with massive chains and hooks, are perfect for your evil wizards and infernal monsters.

2. Mystic



Elvish city ruins, full of engraved runes and magical items, a great choice for the mystics in your army.

3. Trash



Post-apocalyptic...or perhaps just someone who doesn't like to clean his workshop. The trash bases are awesome for steam-inspired, mechanika, and wasteland characters.

4. Planking



Wooden flooring, overgrown with moss and lichen. Pirates and freebooters feel right at home on these weathered planks.

Pledge Levels

Pick Your Bases!

Get 1 full set (1x50mm, 6x40mm, 10x30mm) of any 1 of the introductory style bases (Chaos, Mystic, Planking, or Trash) + any applicable stretch goals we unlock during the campaign.

All The Bases!

All The Bases! - Get all 4 full sets (1x50mm, 6x40mm, 10x30mm of each) of all of the introductory style bases (Chaos, Mystic, Planking, or Trash) + any applicable stretch goals we unlock during the campaign.

Stretch Goals

As usual, we have a few stretch goals we plan to reveal after we've hit our funding goal.

Shipping information - Please take note

Based on past experience, we will be charging shipping after the Kickstarter concludes, based on the actual costs incurred to ship to your location. We will collect this via our pledge manager after the campaign concludes.

This is so we can be fair to all our backers, as shipping is rarely one size fits all. This also gives you more stretch goodies and possibly a choice of carrier options.

We will ship your rewards at our cost to our international hubs. Depending on where in the world you are, we will either ship to you from our hub in Germany (EU backers), China (Asia Pacific backers), Canada (Canadian backers), Australia (Australia backers), or Atlanta (USA and the rest of the world). Since this campaign is only for plastic bases, we expect shipping to be cheaper then our other campaigns. Here are our rough shipping estimates to locations around the world:

$8 to ship in the USA, about $15-$20 in the EU (due to VAT), $8 to Hong Kong, and $10 - $15 Australia, thanks to a new shipping partner, but this may increase or decrease based on the quantity of stretch goals we may unlock and your carrier choices.

FAQ

Q: If I choose the All the Bases Pledge Level, am I locked into the four introductory sets, or can I choose whatever sets I want? 4 Chaos sets, for example?

A: YES, you may freely mix and match sets as you want. This was changed during our campaign due to player request

This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2014/09/20 02:36:22


 
   
Made in gb
Emboldened Warlock




It looks very well, I just hope they bring out 120mm base inserts or have some matching resin bases so I can use them with warmachine.
   
Made in fi
Missionary On A Mission






Why did it have to be round lipped bases?!
I would have bought a thousand bevelled blanks if they were available at a good price.

I know secret weapon sells hollow blanks, I've bought some of them but I can't afford to spend $1000 on all the bases I need.

   
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 MadCowCrazy wrote:
Why did it have to be round lipped bases?!
I would have bought a thousand bevelled blanks if they were available at a good price.

I know secret weapon sells hollow blanks, I've bought some of them but I can't afford to spend $1000 on all the bases I need.


If you watch the video, they kinda of say 'why'.

I also think they're more 'aimed' at certain games systems rather than 40K.

Maybe they'll have a 'beveled' option as a stretch?

LARGE sizes like 80mm, 100mm and 120mm would make the Mierce Darklands fan in my very happy.

As would some more, different styles!

   
Made in us
Paingiver







Micro art bases always looked wonderful but I vow to never back another CMON project. I'll stick with the solid resin pieces already on the market.

   
Made in us
Experienced Saurus Scar-Veteran





California the Southern

I'm toast if they offer up Darklands sized bases.

Which is sort of a shame, because I love the bases that Mierce makes, having the important arcs already molded on.

Poorly lit photos of my ever- growing collection of completely unrelated models!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/627383.page#7436324.html
Watch and listen to me ramble about these minis before ruining them with paint!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmCB2mWIxhYF8Q36d2Am_2A 
   
Made in us
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You can still use those, just use the inserts here in them!

You know, if they make sizes that big!

Also...Highlord...MAS...they have...

...Troglodyte bases!

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Made in us
Sniping Reverend Moira





Cincinnati, Ohio

 Dais wrote:
Micro art bases always looked wonderful but I vow to never back another CMON project. I'll stick with the solid resin pieces already on the market.


Thanks for the input!

 
   
Made in us
[DCM]
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Dais might want to expand his vow to include not going into CMON threads just to tell us he's not interested in CMON!

   
Made in hk
Longtime Dakkanaut




PVC for the base inserts. Joy, I can look forward to filing/scraping many intricate inserts with shallow details -_-

My warmachine batrep & other misc stuff blog
http://sining83.blogspot.com/ 
   
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Incorporating Wet-Blending






These should make decent game markers:
* Chaos: Devastation markers for Cthulhu Wars.
* Mystic: Gate tokens for Arkham Horror, Eldritch Horror, and Cthulhu Wars.
* Trash: Debris tokens for Zombicide

No idea for planking.

Micro Arts Studio directly sells bases:
http://shop.microartstudio.com/battle-bases-c-3.html

FRPGames' Clearance section has bases, though not as good as the ones in this KS.


Crimson Scales and Wildspire Miniatures thread on Reaper! : https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/103935-wildspire-miniatures-thread/ 
   
Made in us
Sniping Reverend Moira





Cincinnati, Ohio

Sining wrote:
PVC for the base inserts. Joy, I can look forward to filing/scraping many intricate inserts with shallow details -_-


The Sedition Wars bases were, IMO, pretty fantastic.

The Relic Knights base inserts (in PVC) were definitely fantastic.

I wouldn't be so certain these won't be pretty great as well.

Plus, with the very basics of how a base would be cast, theres probably not even going to be any seams on them at all. I sincerely doubt they'll be traditional two part moulds.

 
   
Made in us
Aspirant Tech-Adept





Yeah, that's one thing I've no complaint about with RK. Bases are fine.

The ones available here look great also and I'm excited to see what the stretch goals will be. Backed.
   
Made in us
Sniping Reverend Moira





Cincinnati, Ohio

Aaaaaand Funded.

 
   
Made in us
[DCM]
Dankhold Troggoth






Shadeglass Maze

The base system is nifty and a cool, simple idea well executed!

But I am baffled by all the people pledging for "all the bases" as it's listed as needing to get 1 set in each style. With each set coming with only a single 50mm, six 40mm, and ten 30mm, it's not nearly enough to do even a single playable warmahordes list. If you could get "all the bases" as a single style, you might start to get closer to a usable amount (four 50mm bases are easily used in most lists for heavy jacks/beasts). But you can't select a single style, you have to get one set of each!

So, again, I'm just baffled that that many people have chosen that pledge level. Anyone else have thoughts here, am I missing something? As I typed this, the last 20 early birds sold out, but I still don't see the logic.

Edit- Ah, they've clarified / ammended that in the comments now:

CMON wrote:At the All the Bases level, you can select whichever four sets you want. So if you want four sets of Chaos bases, you can select that.

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Made in us
Sniping Reverend Moira





Cincinnati, Ohio

Yeah, I'll be getting two sets, the Planks and the Mystic, for now.

I may get some trash ones for my Dark Age stuff, but i'm not quite sure yet.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Also, if anyone wants to tell me how I get all the photos and crap from the KS in here easily, let me know and I'll do it.

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Made in us
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Dankhold Troggoth






Shadeglass Maze

You're clearly home cincy, snazzy up that OP

Now that they've clarified that about the main pledge level, this looks much cooler! I would've been sorely tempted if I wasn't already in big on another Kickstarter this month, and hadn't already sourced bases for my warmarhordes army (not to mention that these won't be available till at least February, so you wouldn't want them for a current project).

But I'm quite a big fan of this- simple, awesome, and will be a great product to be able to purchase in the future after this campaign makes them available (by funding the tooling, etc) . Might even say this is the kind of thing Kickstarter was made for not to go too far down that rabbit hole, and as you know I'm no CMON-fanboy. But a good campaign is a good campaign, and this is something a lot of warmahordes players will absolutely adore!
   
Made in us
Fixture of Dakka






Sacramento, CA

 cincydooley wrote:

Also, if anyone wants to tell me how I get all the photos and crap from the KS in here easily, let me know and I'll do it.


Right click, "Copy Image Location"

-Emily Whitehouse| On The Lamb Games
 
   
Made in au
Pustulating Plague Priest




Just when I think I'm out they pull me back in!

There’s a difference between having a hobby and being a narcissist.  
   
Made in us
Sniping Reverend Moira





Cincinnati, Ohio

I think i'm too stupid to figure this out. It won't let me do that because there's text?

<---- Feels technologically illiterate.

 
   
Made in us
Incorporating Wet-Blending









I'm just here for the variety. I have no idea what I'm really going to do with the bases, so an assortment works for me.

So that's 22 x4 = 88 bases at the $80 All the Bases level + shipping. About a dollar a base for now.

Crimson Scales and Wildspire Miniatures thread on Reaper! : https://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/103935-wildspire-miniatures-thread/ 
   
Made in us
Fixture of Dakka






Sacramento, CA

 cincydooley wrote:
I think i'm too stupid to figure this out. It won't let me do that because there's text?

<---- Feels technologically illiterate.











-Emily Whitehouse| On The Lamb Games
 
   
Made in us
Myrmidon Officer





NC

Sining wrote:
PVC for the base inserts. Joy, I can look forward to filing/scraping many intricate inserts with shallow details -_-
It seems that the material really is in PVC.

Another CMON project using PVC plastic.
   
Made in us
Sniping Reverend Moira





Cincinnati, Ohio

Ah ha, so I do have to copy and paste the text.

I feel like a moron.

 
   
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[DCM]
Dankhold Troggoth






Shadeglass Maze

PVC plastic is just fine for bases, though! Many bases are already made from it, afaik.

Cincy, if you quote Cyporiean's post above and then just remove the quote tags, you'll have all the pictures for the OP (and then hopefully it's clear how to do it- you just right click on an image, choose "copy image url", then put it in between image tags to post on the forum).

Such as:
(img)http://www.theurloftheimage.com(/img)

Just using square brackets instead of parentheses.

Edit: Yes, you have to copy the text. Honestly, I don't understand how people do so much of it! I figure people can click on the link, so just copying over a few good summary images should work

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Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut




Houston, TX

Looks like roughly half off their retail for the resin bases. Roughly on par with buying Secret Weapon bases from an online discount retailer. Their bases in the Wrath of kings were a much better buy (50 cents each for 30/40/50mm), so I'm glad I got a ton of those coming lol.

It was smart to go with their more intricate styles first, as those are less easily duplicated by cheap competition (dirt/rock bases are common and less expensive). I may add a trash base pledge. Will definitely watch.
   
Made in us
Sniping Reverend Moira





Cincinnati, Ohio

From Jen Haley in the Comments section:


Hi there, backers! The photos on the home page of painted bases are all of resin casts. From some samples I have seen (not of these exact bases), I expect the PVC versions to be virtually indistinguishable from the masters when primed and painted.
A wide variety of terrain styles is planned for stretch goals. If we hit all of them, there will be at least one style appropriate for every faction/race of all the miniature games I can think of. :-)
--Jen Haley

 
   
Made in us
Experienced Saurus Scar-Veteran





California the Southern

Them's some lofty comments out of Jen.

What's this about troglodyte bases? I see no such thing.

I figure those plank ones are perfect for Rum & Bones, whenever they decide to roll that out (which might be pretty soon, considering the length of this one).

I'll get at least a set of planks, and probably the mystic ones as well.

Poorly lit photos of my ever- growing collection of completely unrelated models!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/627383.page#7436324.html
Watch and listen to me ramble about these minis before ruining them with paint!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmCB2mWIxhYF8Q36d2Am_2A 
   
Made in us
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Trog Bases are on the MAS store.

http://shop.microartstudio.com/troglodyte-c-3_104.html





I'm sure if this campaign gets up to about $1 Million dollars, a full range of Trog bases might be available!

   
Made in us
[DCM]
Dankhold Troggoth






Shadeglass Maze

I think the plank bases are awesome, too . And that first stretch goal adds a lot of 30mm bases, although those are the ones where there are already too many, imo! The 50mm really needs some love, and hopefully a few more 40mm.

Wehrkind already cast me up the bases I need, but this really is the perfect product for warmachine, imo. Sent it to the local group to keep an eye out for next year (although most of them aren't into backing Kickstarters, for various reasons).
   
 
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