Some 3-Man Sabots

The relatively new 'Mortal Gods' game is using some special 3-man bases, and of course, somebody has made 3D-printable versions. Mortal Gods use minis based on 25 mm bases, and as I base most of my minis on 20 mm washers, I had to re-scale the file to 80% to make it work.

As you can see below, the re-scaled sabot base fits like a glove for my 20 mm based minis.

I am probably going to get Mortal Gods, or the fantasy version 'Mythic' at some point, but I am printing the bases for One Page Rules Age of Fantasy Skirmish, where most bread-and-butter troop types come in groups/units of three, so these are actually perfect for that game, too.

I am going to print some round 'light troop' 3-man bases, too, but right now I focus on the triangular 'formed up' bases, as I need six or seven of those for my first test games of OPRAoFS, the first hopefully occurring Monday afternoon. Well, 'need' is probably an exaggeration, as the minis in a group just have to stay within a certain distance, and moving three minis at a time is not that big a deal, but printing some bases fitting for the game is just too big a temptation, as it instantly means some extra geek points! 😆

More Cavalry Bases WIP

Took time to glue washers to four more Sarissa pill shaped 1mm greyboard bases today. With these, I now have nine ready, which is enough for a Warord and two points of Hearthguards, or one point of Warriors for SAGA/AFS.

When my Greek archers are done, I shall be working on some Rohan Riders for a SAGA/A Fantastic SAGA warband that is also going to grow into a God of Battles Thousand Tribes army over time (actually, I may have a 24 points army when I have a unit of riders (Horse Tribe) ready, but I have not none the math, yet).

Of course, they may also be used for other purposes, such as Sellswords & Spellslingers, Song of Blades and Heroes, Of Gods And Mortals, etc....

Sarissa Precision: Pill Bases

I just received a bunch of laser-cut 50mm x 25mm pill shaped 1mm thick greyboard bases that I intend to use for basing cavalry; two 25mm washers fit exactly under one of these, and thus I can get the same magnetic properties in cavalry bases as when using washers for other models.

I promptly glued some washers on to try out the concept. The first models I am going to base this way will be some Riders of Rohan - I have wanted to make a proxy Norman SAGA warband using them for quite some time, and as Victrix are not likely to bring out plastic Norman cavalry within the next couple of years, I may as well start this project.