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*bonus question. I also keep seeing these nifty measuring tools in miniwargaming and other batreps, basically short plastic sticks with common movement distances notched into them, but am having trouble finding where to buy those also.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9387707.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9387707.page GMT where to find rings for bases http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9387793.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9387793.page GMT where to find rings for bases
 CadianGateTroll wrote:
I just color the rim of the bases bright colors to distinguish squads.


That was my first plan, but that really locks you into a list. I like being able to tweak lists, make changes as the rules change, try new squad makups, ect. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9388203.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9388203.page GMT where to find rings for bases
Danny slag wrote:
 CadianGateTroll wrote:
I just color the rim of the bases bright colors to distinguish squads.


That was my first plan, but that really locks you into a list. I like being able to tweak lists, make changes as the rules change, try new squad makups, ect.

You could Paint a small line onto the side of the base before the battle, something small so that you can quite easily paint over it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9388243.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9388243.page GMT where to find rings for bases http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9388342.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9388342.page GMT Re:where to find rings for bases
From experience, you can get about 77 25mm bases from an A4 sheet of plywood or perspex, so adding 2mm rings to that would probably give you in the region of 60.

A decent laser cutting service will charge you maybe $10 for the job + materials. 3mm plywood i've found to be pretty cheap at about $2/ A4 sheet.

Attached is an example using a 1.5mm perspex sheet for 25mm bases with precut holes for pins in the guardsman's feet against a regular textured base.

Alternatively, you could adjust the bases to be, say 23mm and have 23.1-25mm rings. This way you could keep the base sizes consistent and be able to see squad setups from on top as well as from the side. Speaking as someone who tried to do the painting base side approach once (and only once), this will save you a HUGE amount of time, and gives your army a nice RTS interface feel with selection rings around the models

If you want to go this road, i'm happy to share my design documents as i'm rebasing my entire collection with transparent bases.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9389127.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/726768/9389127.page GMT