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Honestly puddle bases makes it really simple to paint individually for multibasing. I've neverminded it.

Wargames Atlantic kits are now in-stock at Mcdougall designs




https://mcdougalldesigns.myshopify.com/collections/wargames-atlantic-kits

Puddle bases are there for some of the same reasons as tactical rocks - for stability so as to ensure that you can glue the mini down to a base, etc. without frustration, and once it is glued it stays as such. As far as wargaming miniatures are concerned they are a holdover from the era of metal miniatures and probably don't serve as much of a purpose anymore with plastic miniatures aside from ensuring you don't obscure a minis ankles with too large of a glob of glue. HOWEVER, because historic minis are frequently mixed and matched between manufacturers, the vast majority of which are metal with built in puddles, the bases serve the important function of ensuring that the mini stands at a comparable height to those of other manufacturers in order to ensure uniformity, otherwise the 2-3mm height differential becomes very apparent.

Its also important to note that puddle bases are also commonplace in historical miniatures to enable the kits to be functional outside of wargaming usage, mainly for museum, fine scale model, and diorama purposes, where the minis will not be glued down to a square/circular base that they occupy but instead will be integrated into a scenic layout - the puddle ensures the mini can be glued down to a substrate after painting it without risking damage to the paint scheme itself (otherwise frosting from superglue might harm the legs of the mini) and the puddle is easy to cover up with sand/texture paint/basing materials/flock, etc. after doing so.

Fair arguments, but I still abhor them.

I mind them less on plastic miniatures. I spent 15 minutes the other night freeing a Reaper not-mindflayer so I could put it on one of my custom cobblestone bases.

(yes, I know that borders on OCD, but it looks so much better)

Puddle bases are absolutely OK, I just wish more manufacturers would design them cleverly. You can make them so flat and sloped at the edges, that they are virtually invisible once the basing material is in place.
For some strange reason, many manufacturers like to put gigantic bricks under the miniatures.
Because of that I cut down the edges on most miniatures with a sharp knife.

 Garfield666 wrote:
Puddle bases are absolutely OK, I just wish more manufacturers would design them cleverly. You can make them so flat and sloped at the edges, that they are virtually invisible once the basing material is in place.
For some strange reason, many manufacturers like to put gigantic bricks under the miniatures.
Because of that I cut down the edges on most miniatures with a sharp knife.

The reason would be physics, and specifically thickness for proper casting thousands of times in a row.

I am not an expert. That's just what I've read about it

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Fair arguments, but I still abhor them.

Same here. Historicals I could stomach for the reasons mentioned but fantasy minis should be free of integral bases.

Scanning through the Release Schedule page, as you do when you're after an update for the Death Fields Accessory set, I noticed the following little snippets.

WW1 French Hotchkiss Team Sculpting
WW1 German Maxim Team Sculpting
Alternate Scale Test Sculpting
First Moderns Set Final Parts Check

Good news for all the Great War fans out there.

Alternate Scale Test? Taking on Warlord Games and their new box sets? Pure conjecture on my part.

Any hints for the first Modern set?


I'm still on tenterhooks for the Gurkha sets that had some initial designs previewed some time ago now.

I thought they had a poll on facebook about interest in smaller scales similar to Warlords Epic scale strips. But now I can't find it, so I may have imaged it.

there was definately a poll https://www.facebook.com/groups/671660186646469/search/?q=scale

the asked if folk were interested in Warlords scale, but most who were interested non-28mm stuff wanted 15/12/10mms

https://mcdougalldesigns.myshopify.com/products/conversion-bundle-armored-barbarians

Don't mind me; I just felt like sharing some recent lizard men.



In the meantime, I'm champing at the bit for the female cannon fodder, Boxers, and Aztecs.

Goths!
Fresh off the press. Which means they're gonna find their way into lil' tiny cardboard boxes very soon.

Finally I can build my own goth girlfriend

I wonder if the upcoming tank will be Death Fields-compatible.
I'd like a Not-Leman Russ for my Grognard Not-Imperial Guard

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
I wonder if the upcoming tank will be Death Fields-compatible.
I'd like a Not-Leman Russ for my Grognard Not-Imperial Guard

I believe that it is going to be a tankette, not a tank, so not nearly big enough to stand-in for a LR. It might be a viable grot tank at most.

Excellent blog post about what's coming for 2022!

https://wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/statum-atlanticum-anno-mmxxii

Much excite! many pennies to save!



French WWI reinforcements from the article



and the Germans will be getting an MG too from facebook, for Maxim-um force

Excellent!

I can hardly wait! But what the heck is up with the farm animals set, Warlord makes that exact thing.

My buddy got the warlord farm animals set. All the animals were damaged. He described the material as very brittle. He is the master of saving miniatures from the trash and frugal to boot. But even he chucked them. Could have been a bad batch but who knows.

Made a comment about the need of plastic werewolves and removal of the integral bases from future fantasy kits. Who knows, maybe they will listen?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I can hardly wait! But what the heck is up with the farm animals set, Warlord makes that exact thing.

I was talking to a guy who used to cast metal minis, and he was telling me the farm animal sets sold ridiculously more than everything else in the range, to the point that the animals paid for everything else to get made.

No idea who's buying them.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I can hardly wait! But what the heck is up with the farm animals set, Warlord makes that exact thing.

Does Warlord produce an optional sci fi upgrade sprue to allow your Space Chickens to fight Space French or Techno Spiders?

Please Wargames Atlantic, make this happen!

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I can hardly wait! But what the heck is up with the farm animals set, Warlord makes that exact thing.

I guess a lot of potential American buyers are now not going to be getting the Warlord stuff because of shipping costs ? so having a USA made alternative might see a decent level of sales (or maybe they're not 28mm?)

I hope they include some trendy hipster farm animals in the mix, like alpaca, Ostriches, bison who listen to KJazz…

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I hope they include some trendy hipster farm animals in the mix, like alpaca, Ostriches, bison who listen to KJazz…

And doggies to guard them

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I can hardly wait! But what the heck is up with the farm animals set, Warlord makes that exact thing.

I was talking to a guy who used to cast metal minis, and he was telling me the farm animal sets sold ridiculously more than everything else in the range, to the point that the animals paid for everything else to get made.

No idea who's buying them.

All kind of historical landscapes for museums, christmas stuff, etc...

"We will continue to do Outsource work for companies needing hard plastic sets with our partner Altera. RGD Gaming, Firelock, and some others we’re working on are just the beginning. And the best part is that we can now offer US-based production!"

Firelock? So does this mean that WA are the ones who are doing the sloops and pirate minis from Firelock's last kickstarter?

I cant read the writing on the sprue, but kind of looks like it?

I can read the sailor sprue,but it says Firelock.