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TO BASE, OR NOT TO BASE, THAT IS THE QUESTION?
Since I began on the
Epic Armageddon project I was surprised to discover that if
there was one question I got asked more than any other, it is
“why have you all started basing your vehicles?”. Simply put, I
have no idea who started it, but once I realised the Warmaster
bases were an exact multiple of the Epic Infantry strips
dimension wise, it seemed logical to use them for vehicles,
heavy weapons and bikes or such like. Basing everything in an
Epic army is not going to be everybody’s cup of tea, however
before you completely discard it consider this. In all the years
I have played Epic, it is the vehicles that take both the most
punishment on the table and in turn do the most damage to the
gaming surface. As I spend quite a lot of effort on both the
painting of my Epic armies and my gaming boards, it is
natural that I want to keep them in good order. Basing the
vehicles protects not only the models themselves, but also my
tables. They also look a lot better in my opinion when
photographed too, but that’s just my preference.
If you do decide to base
your vehicles you can take it a stage further by matching the
textures and colours on the base to your gaming boards.
Personally I use a variety of boards so I prefer to keep all my
bases neutral earthy colours, likewise the infanty. For most of
the armies you will see featured on Dropship the base colours
are a dry brush of graveyard earth followed by a dry brush of
bleached bone. This can of course be varied to any colours you
think better suit the board and/or model, codex and fortress
grey for example for urban boards.
The other benefit to
basing your vehicles is when you are not gaming with them they
can look very striking on display, allowing a wealth of
additional terrain details to be added to the bases making them
more interesting. At the end of the day it is 100% down to
aesthetics and personal choice; some will like the idea, others
loathe it. There is no right or wrong to basing vehicles in Epic
so just do what you prefer, it is your army after all and no
matter what anyone else says its what 'you' think that's
important.
Happy gaming. |
