Art De La Guerre

[Snowcat]

Has anyone tried something more like Impetus-style basing with AdG? i.e. something that offers a more visually attractive army/game that comes from more diorama-style basing (usually twice as wide per unit than AdG)...

Cheers.

[Hazelbark]

Well that requires twice the table space. essentially turning a 40mm square area into an 80mm square area. It also increases the number of figures needed.

One of the big advantages we are seeing is the lower figure count is making it easier for new (or occasional) players to join. Also a lot of people with large collections have an incentive to not morph and assemble a new army.

That said, if you put 15mm (times 1-1/2 figures) on a 25 mm base and it looked cool, you might have some takers.

[Snowcat]

Yes, fair points there.

Would deeper cavalry bases create a problem with the rules?

Olicana's post on TMP showed what can be done with deeper dynamic bases for cavalry (might not work with AdG though):
http://theminiaturespage.com/rules/boards/msg.mv?id=1176

Cheers

[Hazelbark]

No going to square bases is fine.

[Snowcat]

Could that extend to most infantry too?

Cheers

[madaxeman]

[Snowcat]

At the moment I'm thinking of possibly just deepening the cavalry bases slightly (3cm to 4cm in 15mm, and 4cm to 6cm in 28mm) to give extra room to achieve a more dynamic arrangement of the figures. Still pondering the value of deepening infantry bases to match...

(see my post on TMP about how AdG 'units' can look as good as Impetus units: http://theminiaturespage.com/rules/boards/msg.mv?id=1226)

Cheers

[Major Tom]

Hi Snowcat,

This has been exactly my thought on the basing. I'd also like to play Basic Impetus so I want a basing system that will work for both games.

After test fitting I've decided on 50mm depth for Cav, El, Chariots.

A Basic Impetus army is about the equivalent of a 100 points army in LADG. So using 2 x 40mm wide LADG bases to make 1 x 80mm BI base works out nicely.

[Snowcat]

Hi there

We get around don't we?

I'm currently leaning towards 40mm depth for most infantry and all cavalry in 15mm. I think it might look nice and neat that way. Close order infantry ranks could be grouped a little closer together than loose order, and be positioned centrally on the 40mm deep base (so leaving a bit of space in front and behind them).

But I'm still pondering this at the moment.

Cheers

[madaxeman]

There are some 28mm Firefirge knights on this page that I based on 60x60. Looks and works fine imo

http://www.madaxeman.com/main/Perry_100YW_Medievals.php
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[Snowcat]

Those knights look great on the 50% deeper bases. Thanks for posting - confirmed my thoughts nicely.

Cheers

[belinconnux]

Hi,

For 25-28 mm tournament some players use deeper base for mounted units.
Y think it'll be only because horses are too long. For ideal game, all the bases would be square.
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[ethan]

Fermented mare's milk IMO.