So I had a nightmare as I tried to sleep last night.

im working 3 different board ideas at the moment. One is a tattooine/Jakku sandy canyon that could also be dressed with buildings. Second is an imperial refinery/depot, all indoors. Third will be an Endor swamp style map.

but I suddenly thought, with all the time and effort I'm going to to make the maps and scenery beautiful, if I base my models for one specific setting, Sand for example, they're gonna look a bit out of place on an indoor map with grey flooring.

i know this is gonna be unavoidable to an extent, but are there any gamers out there who've found a good neutral base/colour scheme for their models that won't stand out too much on a gaming board?

Transparent bases. They are a little trickier for Legion, but still entirely available. Never worry about the underlying biome again!

I posted a link for Sorastro a while back for an example of where to get them:

http://www.plasticdiscs.co.uk

Thats a UK store, but there should be similar palces everywhere really.

20 minutes ago, Kojib said:

i know this is gonna be unavoidable to an extent, but are there any gamers out there who've found a good neutral base/colour scheme for their models that won't stand out too much on a gaming board?

Unless you go with a transparent base a light brownish base fit's most surfaces. Other than that: welcome to the chaos that is miniature wargaming XD

25 minutes ago, Kojib said:

So I had a nightmare as I tried to sleep last night.

im working 3 different board ideas at the moment. One is a tattooine/Jakku sandy canyon that could also be dressed with buildings. Second is an imperial refinery/depot, all indoors. Third will be an Endor swamp style map.

but I suddenly thought, with all the time and effort I'm going to to make the maps and scenery beautiful, if I base my models for one specific setting, Sand for example, they're gonna look a bit out of place on an indoor map with grey flooring.

i know this is gonna be unavoidable to an extent, but are there any gamers out there who've found a good neutral base/colour scheme for their models that won't stand out too much on a gaming board?

I'm just going to mix up my bases - which probably isn't most people's preferred method. I'm going to start with desert terrain, and have a squad of desert stormtroopers. But in the future I might do some Stormtroopers on snow, or in a forest. I imagine I am going to want up to 6 squads... might as well have a couple of different bases.

I can't imagine there is anything neutral enough to work anywhere. So you gotta choose your preference.

I had the same concern as you last month. I did some research and am choosing to follow this video (minus the use of grass tufts and choosing to keep the rocks more neutral toned) to make my figures have debris bases. Since I'm going to collect both factions, I'll just differentiate imperial from rebel by using different shade combos to color the rocks. I figure that this will work well as a neutral environment base for everything except inside a building.

you can also get away with a lot more varied base tops if you pain the base surround black. it will go with any topography.

Dark grey, washed in black or brown, drybrished light grey will fit nearly any terrain.

On 12/14/2017 at 7:42 AM, Copes said:

I'm just going to mix up my bases - which probably isn't most people's preferred method. I'm going to start with desert terrain, and have a squad of desert stormtroopers. But in the future I might do some Stormtroopers on snow, or in a forest. I imagine I am going to want up to 6 squads... might as well have a couple of different bases.

I can't imagine there is anything neutral enough to work anywhere. So you gotta choose your preference.

Same here! I’m going to use different terrain type bases for each Squad so I and my opponent can easily tell them apart. Mainly do urban, grassy, desert and grey rocky type. I’m not big on snow/winter terrain.

This in turn makes your army look all crazy, I’m okay with the none uniform look within my army/Force. I’m going to paint the rims of the bases black, grey or dark brown so this will tie in the overall theme of the army.

Base your miniatures in a way that contrasts the model. It might not be the "realistic" approach but it will make the models "pop", on the table and off! For example, the empire being mostely a white paintscheme due to stormtroopers should be based with a darker theme. Mud, sand or even burnt/scorched earth would suit them good IMO.

Of course, characters such as Vader which isnt a white paintscheme (unless your crazy) should also be based the same as the rest of the army but for individual models its usually isnt an issue, and since its a character you can always make some more details and whatnot on the base.

What you DONT want is stormtroopers with snow basing on a snow themed table. Looks realistic but dull. I ran into this issue with my "urban camo" astra militarum on urban rubble basing...Every model in itself looked okay but the army on the table looked....meh.

Why are you making three different tables? Because the prettier the table gets, the less modular it becomes. You want pretty tables over modular ones, so you accept doing it in triplicate.

So the bad news is, sounds like you'll just have to have three different armies...

I too will use transparent bases.

You could do a dead body

Has anyone here ever been pulled up for playing a game on a jungle map with forces based for snow, where the other person wasn't just being funny but seriously criticising your effort?

Miniatures wargaming is part model railway, part plastic kit building and part gaming.

As long as you are having fun there is no right way or wrong way.

On 14/12/2017 at 8:56 PM, Funk Fu master said:

you can also get away with a lot more varied base tops if you pain the base surround black. it will go with any topography.

On 15/12/2017 at 5:37 PM, Wired4War said:

Dark grey, washed in black or brown, drybrished light grey will fit nearly any terrain.

These sorts of options for me, simple and hopefully effective.

Anyone interested in doing Hoth bases could use GWs valhallan blizzard texture paint. Just paint the base over with ulthuan grey or celestra grey, slap on the texture paint, and drybrush with white scar and its done. Could even use a small amount of gloss varnish painted on to make it look wet/shiny. Though I will say I don't see the point in using Hoth as setting as only one battle ever took place there and no snowtrooper models either!

I do agree with black base rims, as it gives them a game piece look. Plus you might be rubbing the movement templates on the bases especially the groove on the vehicle bases...which means paint will wear off with use of the templates...with a black base trim it won't be as noticeable.

On 12/19/2017 at 1:30 PM, Rammstein117 said:

Anyone interested in doing Hoth bases could use GWs valhallan blizzard texture paint. Just paint the base over with ulthuan grey or celestra grey, slap on the texture paint, and drybrush with white scar and its done. Could even use a small amount of gloss varnish painted on to make it look wet/shiny. Though I will say I don't see the point in using Hoth as setting as only one battle ever took place there and no snowtrooper models either!

That last sentence...

Has anyone given any thought to magnetizing the bases? You can get magnets as small as 1/16'' by 1/32'' to put in the foot of your soldiers, and then probably go with a slightly larger 1/8'' x 1/16'' in the base itself. One for each foot, and you should be able to switch them out relatively easily.

2 hours ago, Khyros said:

Has anyone given any thought to magnetizing the bases? You can get magnets as small as 1/16'' by 1/32'' to put in the foot of your soldiers, and then probably go with a slightly larger 1/8'' x 1/16'' in the base itself. One for each foot, and you should be able to switch them out relatively easily.

This isn't a bad idea actually. I already have plans to magnetize all guns for the walkers. Honestly, the base not 100 matching the current terrain isn't a big deal for me. Ill be basing to match my board. But anyone who does want the cohesive look, this is a good idea.

3 hours ago, Khyros said:

Has anyone given any thought to magnetizing the bases? You can get magnets as small as 1/16'' by 1/32'' to put in the foot of your soldiers, and then probably go with a slightly larger 1/8'' x 1/16'' in the base itself. One for each foot, and you should be able to switch them out relatively easily.

Given how just a tad bigger the models are and more robust, this is a solid option for that.

Cheers!

I'l magnetize them if they offer bases by themselves, particularly for the vehicles that need the firing arc lines and movement tool cuts. Otherwise I'll just do a woodland/light urban basing for most of them, should look at home on most boards.

10 minutes ago, GunNut said:

I'l magnetize them if they offer bases by themselves, particularly for the vehicles that need the firing arc lines and movement tool cuts. Otherwise I'll just do a woodland/light urban basing for most of them, should look at home on most boards.

Except hoth

On 22/12/2017 at 11:17 PM, AldousSnow said:

This isn't a bad idea actually. I already have plans to magnetize all guns for the walkers. Honestly, the base not 100 matching the current terrain isn't a big deal for me. Ill be basing to match my board. But anyone who does want the cohesive look, this is a good idea.

How do you magnetize the guns? Dint they just slot in?

I did say most boards... to magnetize anything, guns or figures, you'll likely have to do some trimming and drilling to make a pocket for the magnet.

1 hour ago, Jabby said:

How do you magnetize the guns? Dint they just slot in?

Ill have to get my hands on them, but most likely the peg on the gun will get cut off and an indentation will be notched in. Then the other magnet will be slotted into the original hole for the gun peg. Most hobby shops carry the tiniest of magnets.