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Greetings Everyone,

I just bought the Hail Caesar Invasion of Gaul boxed set and it looks fantastic. Coming from WH Fantasy and 40k, I have a strong urge to put all of my new models on their own 20mm base and have at, but I have noticed that some people have been using the larger 40mm bases (I think my numbers are right, if not please correct me) and they seem to have 4 models per base, which looks amazing. Is that a good idea? What is the best way to go about doing that? I was thinking of doing it for my normal-sized Roman units. Any thoughts or opinions on the matter?

Also, any good advice or places to point me towards for Hail Caesar would be fantastic as well.

Thanks in advance!

Hail Caesar just works on units (small/medium/large) and as long as the frontages are about the same, the actual size doesn't matter.

You might find a struggle to line them up on 20mm squares (I've got my gauls on 20mm coins in a sabot tray and it's a bit fiddly) so you might get on better with 3/4 of them on a 40+mm base. That way you can have mini dioramas or have them looking less regular (as whilst the Romans would likely be well formed, the gauls would have been a rabble)

It also depends on how you want to store them; if you're using foam cases individual bases might be best but they are fragile. I prefer magnetic sheets - magnetic sheet on the bottom of a tray and then a steel sheet (or steel coin/washer) for a base, and you can store them safely without bashing spears.

I've migrated to multi-basing for other projects (War Of The Roses with 4 mini's per 60x40 base) as the basing of choice and I think it looks great. Fiddly to paint if you glue them onto the basis first, though...

I have all of my ancients figures on magnetized 20mm bases with steel trays from Shogun Miniatures. Very handy when you want to switch from one system to another. That said, I've seen a lot of very nice looking units on large bases where extra detail was applied.

guiltl3ss wrote:I have noticed that some people have been using the larger 40mm bases (I think my numbers are right, if not please correct me) and they seem to have 4 models per base, which looks amazing. Is that a good idea?

Yes.

Arguably you could stick the entire unit on a single base like other games (KoW being the most visible on Dakka) but HC still has unit formation rules that make splitting units into 40×40 or 60x40 bases a good idea.

Also, any good advice or places to point me towards for Hail Caesar would be fantastic as well.

Warlord Games forum? The Lead Adventure Forum is another decent, friendly wee place with dedicated Ancients and Medievals boards. I can't say every post is about HC, but I'd be surprised if you didn't get some responses.

Herzlos wrote:Hail Caesar just works on units (small/medium/large) and as long as the frontages are about the same, the actual size doesn't matter.

S'true. Even unit depths don't matter as much.

Fiddly to paint if you glue them onto the basis first, though...

Also true. Giant lolly/popsicle sticks for crafts are pretty cheap and plentiful, and useful for temporarily gluing minis in a row for painting.

Thanks for all of the advice so far, everyone! I greatly appreciate it.