How I base my warlord games Epic miniatures

[@sagebrother]

Great idea and great effect

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy

[@lordhamster9452]

Awesome Got to agree that dioramic bases rule. And a game as abstract as Black powder is perfect for them.

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy.

[@7bootzy]

Was so excited to see one of my fav hobbytubers mentioned in this week's Warlord Wednesday newsletter email! Great job!

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy. It was a surprise to see my video on there

[@gunner678]

Work of art Leon, beautiful!

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks mate

[@NSYresearch]

Great work sir...love doing basing.

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy. Really brings everything to life doesn’t it

[@philRminiatures]

Such a creative, meticulous and beautiful work on the bases, adds a lot to your already superb units...BIG thumbs up!

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks Phil. 😊

[@austinvickymoore3656]

These bases look so good! Amazing work!

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks mate 😊

[@austinvickymoore3656]

@@leont66wargaming31 sorry to blow up your notifications 😅

[@leont66wargaming31]

No worries mate 😆. It’s nice to interact

[@MedievalWargamer]

Brilliant tutorial my friend!

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks Nik 😊

[@BrushQuill]

A great guide Leon. Thanks for sharing

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks Cal

[@e-4airman124]

thank you for the great ideas!

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy. Hope there’s a few useful tips in there

[@maryhinge6334]

Nice one Leon. That looks really effective. 👍

[@leont66wargaming31]

Cheers Jim. Hope you’re well my friend

[@rebelsandredcoats265]

Beautiful work as ever all looks fantastic. I just joined the 28mm club ordered in AWI warlord games and Perry miniatures as beautiful as warlord I'm gonna go with Perry. This video will help me with basing thanks for posting

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks mate. I have some 28mm AWI in my mountain somewhere lol.

[@rebelsandredcoats265]

I have no idea how you paint so much work with absolutely perfection but your art is wonderful to see. My 1/72 project failed but I'm getting on with the 28mm very well and the consistency is epic which is making it a lot easier and enjoyable. I have a miniature creator in the US whom 3D prints his miniatures I've just ordered Washington and his staff and some beautiful Highlanders as well all for very good price so am looking forward to painting Washington.

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks mate. Very nice compliment. That’s something I’d like to get. A 3D printer. Maybe later this year.

[@rebelsandredcoats265]

@@leont66wargaming31 how does it work the 3D printing miniatures?

[@62seano]

Cracking job Leon, the bases look excellent mate

[@leont66wargaming31]

Cheers mate

[@jvcpaints]

Well done, Leon. Not a 15mm painter, or 12.7mm, but that tutorial was spot on for anyone wanting to make their units look bigger and better.

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks mate

[@erics745]

This system certainly makes things easier when it comes to glue and add sand/ gravel. Much more Space. I use the " original" non doubled stands and it is such a pain to do !!!

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy. Yes I started just using the single bases but I wasn’t getting the look I wanted.

[@NicGamz]

Lovely work! 👍

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy 😊

[@walkaboutgamez2502]

Great looking basing I started rebasing mine as well lol #blame Leon lol

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks Chris. Lol, I’m not looking forward to redoing all my Naps

[@norm977]

Superb, looks very good, one thing I am wondering though is whether napoleonics in column formation would lose that sense of depth that they get from the original close ranking?

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy. I get what your saying. In reality they would of had gaps between the files. I keep meaning to do a video of what an actual French column would have looked like. I was waiting till I had them all painted but that could be years lol.

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Excellent tutorial mate

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks Justin.

[@liberator2408]

Great video buddy👍

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks mate 😊

[@darrenmcnally82]

Great video. I've just got into "epic" scale and I have done the same with my Push of Pike bases. IMO it definitely looks better.

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy. Yep for sure. Great minds think alike 😊

[@LEESS1005]

I found that if you take the strip of figures,mark the strip length and width onto a coffee stirrer,them use double sided sticky tape to attach the stirrer to the green bases,you can prep the bases,then all you have to do is pop the stirrer of the green made up base,and then attach the figure strips,rather than work around the figures

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy, yes that’s a great idea, I shall give that a try. Nice one.

[@pancakepayneypayne6499]

Nice one buddy

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks mate. You doing any hobby these days.?

[@pancakepayneypayne6499]

@@leont66wargaming31 I did sell off 90% of all my hobby stuff. Started up again. But its been on hold for some time now.

[@leont66wargaming31]

I saw you were selling a lot of stuff off. I keep toying with getting rid of most of mine and just keeping this Epic stuff and probably get back into fantasy when it comes out.

[@jacktodd5648]

I love this method. I am about to start basing my Pike and Shotte epic miniatures. I have previously thought about getting some of Geek Gaming's base ready mixes. My question is how many bases do one of their tubs cover roughly?

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy. To be honest I’m not sure? I bought a couple of bags and have used them on quite a few different projects.

[@jacktodd5648]

@@leont66wargaming31 thanks anyway. Keep up the inspiring Epic output. Its really useful!

[@leont66wargaming31]

@jacktodd5648 cheers mate 😊

[@walkaboutgamez2502]

I started working on mine today and I’m trying to figure out how to do the ones I already based lol. Plus putting regiment names on the bases

[@leont66wargaming31]

Lol. I’ve got to redo all my Napoleonics now. Only thing for it, is chop them of the old bases and start again. You’re welcome hahaha

[@bjkernowpaintingandmodelli9119]

Wish I'd seen this last week lol. I had glue everywhere, ended up going with MDF. Looking good mate

[@leont66wargaming31]

Lol. Yep watched your video. I guess you used superglue haha

[@bjkernowpaintingandmodelli9119]

@@leont66wargaming31 yes i did lol. The mdf base worked out though

[@simonkidd547]

Hi, these warlord miniatures are getting me back into the hobby. I’m looking at a project to take command and colours to a miniatures game. I was going to split my strips into 2x 5 figures to a 30mm x25 mm base or 55mmx25mm (get that few mm back) now seeing these I’m not sure. Why change the basing from the smaller strips? I was convinced to break the strips in half now I’m not sure lol

[@leont66wargaming31]

For my Napoleonic Epic minis I split the strips in two. 5 men strips. Basing on 40x30. For ACW and ECW I keep them at 10 men but on double warlord bases to make the base a bit more scenic. If I was doing the TYW I’d split the musket armed troops in to 5’s as they need to be more versatile with the formations. If you’re undecided, why not cut out a few squares of card in different sizes and try out the minis on them and see what you think looks best? (Not trying to teach you to suck eggs lol. Just in case you hadn’t thought of it)

[@cammo1397]

Can you do a vid' on "that warping problem" to explain better please.

[@leont66wargaming31]

The warping happens because the edges of the plastic warlord bases are bevelled. So as long as you scrape the edge and use poly cement to melt the plastic, then put something on top of the base while it’s drying, then the base will stay flat. The warping only happens because the edges being glued together are not fully flat. So the will tend to bend up in the middle.

[@thekameleon9785]

Great job. I am thinking of getting epic waterloo. But i dont think i can paint figures so tiny.

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy. Might be best to buy a single sprue and see how you get on with it. eBay usually has some for sale

[@WoofyMcDoodle]

Great idea with the double base. I tried myself painting some Epic Napoleonic stuff and you cant really do anything when it comes to basing on the small base. Since I do my regiments with 3 troops instead of 5 I have spare bases anyway.

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks buddy. I ended up with lots of spares from basing my Napoleonics on mdf. (Which I now need to rebase lol)

[@nzdarkelf2451]

They look great mate. With your ECW, how do you layout the pike stand? Do you glue together 3 or 4 bases?

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks mate. I use 4 bases for the Pike blocks

[@leonleese4919]

How do remove casualties? With my 15mm figures 20 to 30 figures is a battalion. But you have a 60 figure battalion.

[@leont66wargaming31]

If you’re playing black powder there’s no need to worry about casualty removal as the whole unit is removed. For other games it depends on the rules. I use a dice to count casualties and when the base loses all the wounds assigned to it, I then remove a base at a time. For example: if the base has 5 wounds then once it’s lost all wounds I’d remove the base. Leaving the other 2 bases with 10 wounds between them. Bases are just representative for gaming purposes. Regardless of how many miniatures are on each base. Hope that makes sense and is helpful

[@leonleese4919]

I have black powder but not the epic version.

[@leont66wargaming31]

Yep. So the rules are pretty much the same

[@leonleese4919]

@@leont66wargaming31 good at least I won’t feel totally lost.

[@GDWargames]

looks good Leon, but you will run out of warlord bases, you going to get to 60x40 2mm mdf for the rest of your army?

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks Mate. I’ve got hundreds of spares from all the Napoleonic minis, as I used mdf for them. If I did run out, then yes I’d go with 2mm mdf. Or maybe buy some of the Warlord ones.

[@GDWargames]

@@leont66wargaming31 oh yeah thats right you split your naps in half and put them on mdf was it 20x30 bases?

[@leont66wargaming31]

Yes mate. Now I’ve got to rebase them all lol. 30x40 now

[@GDWargames]

@@leont66wargaming31 lol. Your mad.. :)

[@leont66wargaming31]

It makes me want to cry just thinking about it lol

[@hlm896]

Great vid, what is your filler made out of?

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks mate. It’s just ready mixed filler you can get at most DIY shops, then I add a bit of brown paint to it

[@hlm896]

@@leont66wargaming31 is that the same as grout? I’ve used grout and it dries very coarse

[@leont66wargaming31]

@hlm896 no mate. It’s just regular filler used for filling holes in walls or cracks in walls

[@NSYresearch]

Why the bloody hell have I never added paint to my filler DOH !!!

[@leont66wargaming31]

Lol. I felt the same way before I added the paint

[@lesliebeilby-tipping6854]

Great tuturial Leo, and not an Austrian in sight!

[@leont66wargaming31]

Thanks mate