Base sizes
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2022 12:19 pm
I am looking at re-basing my large Napoleonic armies for ‘General d’Armee’.
I currently use 4 figs on 60 X 20 bases for line infantry. In line formation, we stipulate a unit must be 2 bases wide. I want to change this. Firstly, for aesthetic reasons, a 40 x 40 base, holding 4 infantry figures is superior in appearance– and far more stable – than the current bases. A line 40 x 40 base is fine for linear & one behind the other, good for columns. Squares may not be hollow but so what?
There are some implications. Centre companies & command should be in multiples of 4. This means I will collapse some units (& discard figures even) to achieve “full” bases….but would it matter if I had the odd base with 3 figures on it? I have also acquired a number of 20 x 30 bases for the flank companies & for skirmish elements. 2 figs per base.
As rule sets often say, as long as both sides are based the same, you are fine. It may take a year, but all my Nap. armies will eventually end up based this way.
But what is the impact, I hear you say, if my Partners in Crime keep the old basing & their armies meet mine? Negligible, I say, because Gd’A is quite loose in its unit sizes anyway. In Gd'A, infantry units are Large (17-20 figs), Standard (12-16) & Small (<12 figs). Thus, small overlaps and slightly different arcs of fire are seen as irrelevant.
I think I may also do something to the cavalry down the track . This is a big project. So if my heavies, in column of bases (40 x 40 with 2 figures) charges a pal's Heavies in column (old basing - 60 x 40 with 3 figures), it’s just adjudicated as 2 equal columns in melee. Or I may only use the 40 x 40 bases (2 figs per) for light cavalry.
Comments?
donald
I currently use 4 figs on 60 X 20 bases for line infantry. In line formation, we stipulate a unit must be 2 bases wide. I want to change this. Firstly, for aesthetic reasons, a 40 x 40 base, holding 4 infantry figures is superior in appearance– and far more stable – than the current bases. A line 40 x 40 base is fine for linear & one behind the other, good for columns. Squares may not be hollow but so what?
There are some implications. Centre companies & command should be in multiples of 4. This means I will collapse some units (& discard figures even) to achieve “full” bases….but would it matter if I had the odd base with 3 figures on it? I have also acquired a number of 20 x 30 bases for the flank companies & for skirmish elements. 2 figs per base.
As rule sets often say, as long as both sides are based the same, you are fine. It may take a year, but all my Nap. armies will eventually end up based this way.
But what is the impact, I hear you say, if my Partners in Crime keep the old basing & their armies meet mine? Negligible, I say, because Gd’A is quite loose in its unit sizes anyway. In Gd'A, infantry units are Large (17-20 figs), Standard (12-16) & Small (<12 figs). Thus, small overlaps and slightly different arcs of fire are seen as irrelevant.
I think I may also do something to the cavalry down the track . This is a big project. So if my heavies, in column of bases (40 x 40 with 2 figures) charges a pal's Heavies in column (old basing - 60 x 40 with 3 figures), it’s just adjudicated as 2 equal columns in melee. Or I may only use the 40 x 40 bases (2 figs per) for light cavalry.
Comments?
donald
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