What is the best way, if any, to get the card bases for ships on punchboard like ffg has them? I'm getting some ships from Mel's and I like the Armada Shipyards cards but need suggestions on the Armada Shipyard base cards being the correct size/thickness for the FFG stands.

30 minutes ago, jbc98k said:

What is the best way, if any, to get the card bases for ships on punchboard like ffg has them? I'm getting some ships from Mel's and I like the Armada Shipyards cards but need suggestions on the Armada Shipyard base cards being the correct size/thickness for the FFG stands.

I'm planning to use some layered hardboard (cheap fibreboard type stuff) with a facing paper glued on and varnished. Benefits are you can work the hardboard down the to the right thickness with sandpaper, and use a simple jewellers saw to cut out the necessary grooves. Cardboard doesn't like being sawn too much, and it's easier to make mistakes.

The real problem I'm having (cognitive really) is understanding why FFG won't sell us bases the same way they do for X-Wing...

9 hours ago, MajSharpe said:

The real problem I'm having (cognitive really) is understanding why FFG won't sell us bases the same way they do for X-Wing...

Too many Configurations.

X-Wing has it easy, in the fact there is only 2 to deal with: Small Base with Peg, Large base with Peg. Nice and easy, mixed together, 1 SKU

Armada, at the moment, has:

Small base - Peg
Small base - Fin
Medium Base - Fin
Medium Base - Bent Fin
Large Base - Fin

And even if you got a pack that contained *one of each* of those, you'd be stuck with a bunch of things you'd never be using...

OR, they'd have to make 4-5 separate SKUs of Individual base types.

Furthermore, it discourages 3rd Party products, and forces you to continue to purchase 1st party products, in order to use your 3rd party products... Its how they make money off your 3rd party purchases... As a business , it makes total and utter sense for them.

Why should they make it easy for you when you are, necessarily, directly putting money in someone elses pocket? There's no guarantee you'll reward them monetarily....

1 hour ago, Drasnighta said:

Too many Configurations.

X-Wing has it easy, in the fact there is only 2 to deal with: Small Base with Peg, Large base with Peg. Nice and easy, mixed together, 1 SKU

Armada, at the moment, has:

Small base - Peg
Small base - Fin
Medium Base - Fin
Medium Base - Bent Fin
Large Base - Fin

And even if you got a pack that contained *one of each* of those, you'd be stuck with a bunch of things you'd never be using...

OR, they'd have to make 4-5 separate SKUs of Individual base types.

Furthermore, it discourages 3rd Party products, and forces you to continue to purchase 1st party products, in order to use your 3rd party products... Its how they make money off your 3rd party purchases... As a business , it makes total and utter sense for them.

Why should they make it easy for you when you are, necessarily, directly putting money in someone elses pocket? There's no guarantee you'll reward them monetarily....

Mmm yes, and squadrons, however if you put a markup on it (e.g 1 Large Base = £/$/€ 10 each, 1 medium base with choice of either fin same, 2 small bases with the same choice, etc.), there's still mucho profit involved, plus you'd still be "forcing" people to purchase multiples but still give them a choice. I could see that flying.

(ps I dunno if others have mentioned this but I'm gonna cos hey, it bugged me, but the bold/italics thing is totally unnecessary, and doesn't come across very well)

For the base cards themselves, photo mounting board and double sided tape with a good quality scaled print off. Works perfectly, it's stiff and won't bend, it''s the right thickness, and sturdier than FFG card (as it's sort of like a thin, cheap low density fibreboard). That stuff is what I used for large scale WFB movement trays and it held incredibly well, for FFG ship bases it's a breeze. Mine are slightly shiny from a clear packing tape sealant that I put over top.

FFG should really sell bases. Having more of them to sell doesn't make them useless.

Vykes, sent you a PM

The foam rubber sheets available at most craft stores, in the kids area, works perfectly as a spacer for a base printed on standard card stock. It provides give, but enough support so the arm holds the card base firmly in place.