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Lead-Footed Trukkboy Driver





The bit stuck on the side of England. Wales isn't it.

I'm in the process of making an ork fighta ( elsewhere on this forum ). I just found a nice piece of perspex rod and base for a stand . My problem is are there any offical guidelines for the height it should be or the size of the base. Anyone know?

 
   
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Rotting Sorcerer of Nurgle





Portsmouth UK

simple answer is no - no guidelines (apart from the obvious - it has to be stable enough not to fall over and damage your opponents minis!)

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Ultramarine Land Raider Pilot on Cruise Control






Yorkshire, UK

As flyers are only useful in Apocalypse their is no set size.

However, Make sure your base is very heavy (really, really heavy!) and at least 6" square, particularly if you want more than 1' of height.

The FW flyers are heavier than you think and become unstable very easily. My Thunderbolt is mounted on a double layer of Brass rod 2' long and has a wooden base an inch thick to support it!

Good luck however you do it!

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Regular Dakkanaut



Westchester, NY

At one point there were three heights low, med, and high. This was 3rd edition when the armored company was legal.

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Lead-Footed Trukkboy Driver





The bit stuck on the side of England. Wales isn't it.

This is too high then...

 
   
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter







No that's perfect.

   
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Longtime Dakkanaut






Scyzantine Empire

The height looks good, but the base should be wider or it's going to in risk of falling over constantly.

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Fixture of Dakka






Lancaster PA

One clever base set up a guy at our shop has for his Eldar flying heresies is a sort of three legged stool. I think he said he made it out of clothes hangers.
Anyway, it works with one rod going out the bottom of the plane, then about 6" off the table it connects to three rods that go out to the ground, with little feet on them.

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That's roughly the idea. The really nice thing is that finding a place to put it is easy (the feet are relatively small, so find purchase in rough terrain easier than a disk) and models can be underneath it without needing movement.

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Regular Dakkanaut





I made my Thunderhawk fly 12" high. Just because of the rules for shooting at flyers

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