Big Based DBA

[Snowcat]

I've read the ideas and base sizes for Big Based DBA for 28mm, but can't find any reference to an adjusted table size.

Does anyone know if there is one?

http://skyfflably.com/main/bigbase.html

[David Kuijt]

I've read the ideas and base sizes for Big Based DBA for 28mm, but can't find any reference to an adjusted table size.

Does anyone know if there is one?


80mm bases should use 4' (48"). Just based on the math.

[Snowcat]

Certainly makes sense. It's hard to tell from the photos.

The base depths vary quite a bit, but 4ft x 4ft for the board sounds good to me.

Cheers.

[David Kuijt]

The base depths vary quite a bit, but 4ft x 4ft for the board sounds good to me.


I'm not sure why they mess with the base depths -- just doubling the 40mm depths would create exactly the 15mm scale game on a larger canvas. That's what I did with my Star Wars HotT stuff.

[Snowcat]

Probably more of a 'cosmetic' thing.

It sure is a nice alternative for 28's though! Regular sized 28mm DBA armies never looked quite right to me.

[Skarmytsling]

Hi

It´s correct, the base depth varies in some cases because the stances of the figures. For example on my “pedyts” with horizontal spear its six cms. The reason is simple, I don’t like to have any spears pointing out over the base edge.
We adjust too this then playing by letting all elements of the same type be for example pushed back the same length.

The table is 120*120cms, and 100paces are set to 5cms.

Currently I’m painting on three armies. Late Roman, Patrician and the Sub-Roman.
I have finished painting up all options for the Patrician Romans in an Arthurians style. And hope to get some pictures up soon.

Rickard, Little Wars

[Snowcat]

Thanks for the clarification Rickard.

Looking forward to seeing more army pics.

Cheers!
Paul

[David Crenshaw]

This sounds similar to what I've done for my DBN games. I mount all infantry on 80 x 40mm, which is large enough to double rank line troops and give some space for light infantry. Cavalry are 80x60mm. DBN doesn't have a 15mm depth for 15mm basing, so in essence I have just doubled the 15mm basing sizes and doubled the board sizes for use with 25mm. The only base depth I've messed with is artillery. In 15mm the base depth is much greater than necessary for scale, just to accomodate the size of the models, so when I doubled the base size for 25mm, I discovered artillery fit nicely on the 80x60mm bases and went with the this less deep option.