Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

Salutations, gentlefolk !

For bases, I've been using what the art supply shops call
'showcard board' - cardboard about 1/16 inch - 1.6 mm - thick.
(because I had some of it lying around surplus from a 1991
project). The stuf sold as 'mat board' also works well. Frugal
gamers may want to ask a picture-framing shop if they can look
thru their 'scraps and remnants' bin.

I use one thickness of this for 15 mm figures, 2 layers for 25's,
sticking the layers together with Elmer's Glue-All, and making the
bottom layer about 5 mm smaller than the top, thus enabling me to
pick up the stand easily.

On the bottom is a layer of the kind of magnetic vinyl that's used
to make refrigerator magnets. To acquire this, look in the
business-to-business Yellow Pages under 'signs', find a place that
advertises 'magnetic truck signs', and call them up and ask if
they have magnetic vinyl - scraps / remnants / printed out of
register / with surface defects. You should be able to acquire it
at from $1 to $2 per square foot.

Wash any dirt or grease off the vinyl with soap and water, stick
the vinyl to the bottom of the cardboard with Glue-All, squeeze
together on a nonstick surface, let dry.

Most of my 25's are in a big toolbox with 2 drawers and a lift-open
top. The 15's are in a bunch of those 'tin' decorated metal boxes used
at Christmas for fancy cookies, etc, etc. These can often be acquired
at porch sales for 25 - 50 cents, or (in pristine condition, but
pricier) sometimes before the holidays at craft or cooking supply
shops. Stacked up, they look kinda purty (if you disregard the labels
on the sides "Carthage Spears", "Gallic Cavalry", etc )

Hope this is of some help to you.

And for those who ask "How did the Carthaginians deal with an
elephant with three balls ?", the answer is,

"Walk him, and pitch to the giraffe !"

Yours, John Desmond
john.a.desmond.cgs80 AT alumni dot upenn dot edu
(permanent address for receiving email)

[Greg Regets]

After trying many methods of storage, the red metal tool box with the
metal take out tray has finally won my favor. I mount my figures on
bass wood and use magnet strip on the bottom. They stay put in the
box, even driving in Houston stop-and-go traffic. Many sizes are
available, and that is part of the attraction. As an army's figure
count grows, you can switch to a larger toolbox. They make them in a
wide variety of heights, which helps with pikes and lances.

Yes, they are a bit expensive, but I have found that if you watch the
newspaper, about once a year the local tool dork chain store gets way
over-stocked and vends then for a song. I bought two really big ones
a few months ago for $14.99 each. Not bad for an all metal, locking
toolbox.

The only down side is that when I carry one around, I get a sudden
urge to wear butt-crack jeans, drink McDonalds coffee, and make cat
calls at pretty girls.

Then again, that's not all that bad, really!

g



--- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, JAFD <jafd26@f...> wrote:
> Salutations, gentlefolk !
>
> For bases, I've been using what the art supply shops call
> 'showcard board' - cardboard about 1/16 inch - 1.6 mm - thick.
> (because I had some of it lying around surplus from a 1991
> project). The stuf sold as 'mat board' also works well. Frugal
> gamers may want to ask a picture-framing shop if they can look
> thru their 'scraps and remnants' bin.
>
> I use one thickness of this for 15 mm figures, 2 layers for 25's,
> sticking the layers together with Elmer's Glue-All, and making the
> bottom layer about 5 mm smaller than the top, thus enabling me to
> pick up the stand easily.
>
> On the bottom is a layer of the kind of magnetic vinyl that's used
> to make refrigerator magnets. To acquire this, look in the
> business-to-business Yellow Pages under 'signs', find a place that
> advertises 'magnetic truck signs', and call them up and ask if
> they have magnetic vinyl - scraps / remnants / printed out of
> register / with surface defects. You should be able to acquire it
> at from $1 to $2 per square foot.
>
> Wash any dirt or grease off the vinyl with soap and water, stick
> the vinyl to the bottom of the cardboard with Glue-All, squeeze
> together on a nonstick surface, let dry.
>
> Most of my 25's are in a big toolbox with 2 drawers and a lift-open
> top. The 15's are in a bunch of those 'tin' decorated metal boxes
used
> at Christmas for fancy cookies, etc, etc. These can often be
acquired
> at porch sales for 25 - 50 cents, or (in pristine condition, but
> pricier) sometimes before the holidays at craft or cooking supply
> shops. Stacked up, they look kinda purty (if you disregard the
labels
> on the sides "Carthage Spears", "Gallic Cavalry", etc )
>
> Hope this is of some help to you.
>
> And for those who ask "How did the Carthaginians deal with an
> elephant with three balls ?", the answer is,
>
> "Walk him, and pitch to the giraffe !"
>
> Yours, John Desmond
> john.a.desmond.cgs80 AT alumni dot upenn dot edu
> (permanent address for receiving email)