15 mm ACW Basing - Fire & Fury

[vexillia]

Thanks to a recommendation from someone on here (I think) I'm now working on some fine ACW figures from Warrior.

As they are small 15s I thought I'd get away with the standard 1" frontage bases. When my new bases arrived I got a shock despite a (cursory) check with some cardboard test bases before ordering.

There's so little width, fitting three infantry is a struggle and it just looks wrong: plenty of space front to back and none side to side. Plus the 1" depth for cavalry is just crackers! I'm switching to 30 mm width and 20, 30 & 40 mm depth bases. I'm assuming that the extra 5 mm width won't significantly affect game play.

Anyone else come across this problem?

[Essex Boy]

With Brigade F&F I believe the idea is to stagger the infantry so they appear as a deeper line. That'll fill the base nicely. Andy will have some nice piccies. I've not seen a coherent explanation of how figures based for Brigade F&F transfer across to Regimental F&F. In RF&F units can form two bases deep, which of course will look rather deeper that two ranks if the figures are staggered as per BF&F.

You can't get the cavalry on an inch deep base? I'll have to have a measure up of my ACW stuff.

I don't think a little difference in depth will make any difference at all. Frontages matter of course, but it would be sorry state of affairs if players can't agree to a little jiggery pokery when appropriate.

Iain

[Count Belisarius]

Hello...

All my stuff (well, most of it...) is 2nd Gen Minifigs and I use the standard basing of 1" by...some size I can't remember but it's the deeper option...

I want to try Reg F&F but I've been put off by the look of two ranks of the bases I use. You can count one base as two but that is a record keeping faff... But when playing Brigade the 3 fig deeper bases I think look fine on the table.

My local club play BF&F and they went 30x30 with 4 figs in 2 ranks only because the guy who kicked off the project had a huge pile of spare 30mm MDF bases! I've played with my figures with them and it's no big deal...

Some pics of the Northern Fire and Fury LAW gathering (excessive vodka consumption compulsory...)







I like the Warrior stuff. It fits well with the older Minifigs. I think the sculptor was the same?

A

[vexillia]

Thanks guys. Useful feedback.

Looking around the web it appears people do all sorts. I found one group that use 25 by 15 mm for 3 figures. He's even used Blue Moon castings which are sold as 18 mm! This made me try another dry run but the figures I have still look crap at 25 mm or 1".

[Count Belisarius]

Can you post some sample pics?

[vexillia]

Not yet but I will when my new 30 mm bases arrive.

[levied troop]

I staggered mine, looks better I think.

Of course if you’re painting both sides choose a width that suits you

[vexillia]

So much for a small project.

[valleyboy]

I think I need mine in 4rs and dismounted cavalry in 3s but basing was for guns at Gettysburg or the later Pickett’s charge - can’t recall the dimensions and am away at the moment so cannot measure. I do recall though it was in proper mm size not those old fashioned American sizes

[HMS Priapus]

What about Pickett's Charge?