All Your Base

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I am a big fan of how things look, but with it being a game there is always that element of playability.
I could probably get away with not using movement trays but my wife insists on them.
Now the trays themselves I don’t mind too much as I make mine to be fairly unobtrusive:



But when the models start being removed then it looks ugly, even when the inside of the tray is painted:





So rather than horrible MDF trays showing, I have made some blanks to replace the models with:




Much nicer on the eye and helps maintain the suspension of disbelief.:






Comments

  1. Andy McMaster15 August 2025 at 09:59

    Looks good. I concur with how sabots look once you start removing figures.

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    1. Mike15 August 2025 at 10:29

      Yeah it can make immersion suddenly that much harder for me.
      I plan on doing some bigger bases too, big squares and strips, probably with some casualties on them too.

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  2. Ian17 August 2025 at 00:09

    That's a great idea and I really like how the bases turned out.

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  3. FreeXerjin22 August 2025 at 12:40

    Good idea, have you tried painting and flocking the outside of the tray in the same style? It’s what I do.

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    1. Mike22 August 2025 at 12:46

      I did think about that, but my tray lips are quite thin and I am convinced getting static grass to stand up would be tricky, plus there is no room for tufts or stuff.
      The edges I don't want to do as I quite like the black edges the same as you get on the slotta bases.

      There was an element of me that wanted to duplicate what I did on my 10mm stuff which was to make the front edge of the tray the same colours as the unit.

      Examples here:

      https://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/topic/10mm-wfb/page/20/#post-189534

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    2. FreeXerjin22 August 2025 at 12:59

      I took a look, well I think you can achieve both if you want to. Your do look the same size as mine…

      https://aloadofoldtoby.blogspot.com/2025/05/wood-elves-woody-two.html

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