I have been working on some basing rules for my 28mm Savage Worlds games so I thought I would put my ideas on here and see if anyone had any other ideas. It stops arguments and makes "everything" clear. This gives the players some consistent ideas about size and bonuses to hit.
Tiny
Base. The smallest base size. Things on truly tiny are difficult
to represent and easy to lose. As there aren't so many of them, I
tend to use Small Bases instead of a different size as they give
enough of the flavour needed but 10mm bases give something more like
the right size. Things like cats and smaller sized pet dogs and
anything smaller use tiny bases. Tiny bases are placed on a single
square and two to four bases can easily fit on a single square. Attacking a Tiny creatures typically incurs a -2 to hit penalty.
Small
Base. The exact size of the base is not really all that important
as long as it is obviously different from a standard sized base.
Typically a small coin such as a penny, dime or euro cent works well
for this size of base. I use Small Bases for anything from the size
of a hobbit, dwarf, smaller goblinoids or kobolds down to anything
about the size of a medium breed of dog. A single Small Bases are
placed on a single square. Those targeting a small creatures suffer a -1 to hit.
Standard
Base. Nearly all figures are on Standard sized bases (the hint is
in the name). Anything from about 5” to 7” in height uses a
standard base. Creatures a bit bigger than man size, like orcs, might
attract a +1 to hit but still use a standard sized base. Smaller
elementals will probably be on standard sized bases. A disk of 25mm,
2p and 1” all fit the task nicely. Standard bases are placed on a
single square.
NB.
There are a lot of 30mm bases, especially lipped bases, available but
I strongly suggest that you don't use them as standard. 30mm bases do
not fit well with just about all of the commercially available
terrain mats. Whilst one 30mm base is probably isn't going to make a
difference, having a complicated melee on a regular gridded mat with
30mm bases can be very hard work.
Cavalry
Base. Horses, large boars, wargs, bulls, some bears, motorbike
and the like use Cavalry Bases. Although not all creatures using this
sized base can be mounted, they are called Cavalry Bases for
simplicities sake because for the most part they are used for mounted
figures. Two standard sized bases stuck together make a perfect sized
cavalry base. Anything on a Cavalry Base has a +1 or +2 to hit
depending on it's overall bulk. Cavalry Bases are placed on two
squares.
Large
Base.
In
SW large creatures cover a range of sizes so
40mm or
1 ½”
is about
best for
the smaller side of Large Base such as Ogres, large bears and typical
elementals.
For
long animals, Three standard bases could also be used. Creatures
of this size suffer a +3 to hit. 50mm
or 2” bases are better for the bigger size of large such great
white shark, rhino, small elephant and bigger elementals. Four
standard bases in a line could be used for especially long animals.
This is also the same size of a Small Burst Template. They
typically suffer a +4 to hit.
You can use 30mm but this is often too close to a 1” sized base and
many people will have figures on 30mm based and they don't fit well
with mats so
again I tend not to use 30mm bases.
Large bases are usually put in the center of a four square, squares.
Swarm
Base. Swarms are the size of a Medium Burst Template which can be
divided into two Small Burst Templates. Finding enough figures to
cover 4” diameter base could be an expensive task and if you want
to have two Small Burst Templates as well, then that is potentially a
lot of models. So I have a couple of ways of doing things. One is
fairly standard whilst the other is a bit more expedient. For both, I
favour using Reaper Bones swarms which comes in packs of two, cover a
fair chunk of space, are big enough and the right price.
For
the traditional approach, take four swarm models. You don't attach to
the directly to the base instead attach them to the smallest round
base that will fit the model. 30mm will be about right although
standard bases make a good fit. These provide enough space for the
model, give some space for scenic materials and gives you another
size to play with. 40mm will still fit but only just. It will leave
too little space for easy scenic work on the base. Then create scenic
bases on a 4” and two 2” bases with cut outs for the smaller
models
Huge
Base. This is the only base size that I am not going to
put a specific size to as there is no real way to fix a size as the
models are just too variable. This is because huge monsters tend to
take a variety of sizes. These are bases for creatures as big as a
dragon or drake and down to the size of a bull elephant bull
elephant. At a minimum, huge bases start at about 80mm or 3” in
diameter although two Large Bases (50mm) could be used for large long
animals. Realistically there is no maximum size as long as it stays
in proportion to the miniature. For truly giants monsters like
Godzilla or Ghaog II (bonus points if you get the obscure reference)
you can have two (giant) foot shaped bases. Huge creatures suffer a
+5 and up bonus to hit.
Feel free to chip in...
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