Alviaran Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 I am curious about how people approach this. If you play multiple crews and factions, do you theme each faction's bases? Do you theme each crew? I have gotten models for both a Sonnia Criid and Perdita crew. For fairly obvious reasons, I am kind of wanting to put the Ortegas on desert bases. But I am definitely not putting Criid's bunch on desert bases...but I fully intend to include Ortegas in some Criid lists. So, I am not sure if I want to base all the Guild on the same bases or just be willing to mix and match basing styles. Just curious how other people have handled this. EDIT: I am planning to mix and match the base styles though with regards to the Riders who I plan to use with Leveticus down the road. Given the Pale Rider's appearance, he is potentially going to get a desert base regardless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike3838 Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 So far I've managed to keep a basing style for each faction, but I think even then there are difficulties eg. Cross faction hiring or mercenaries. I'm resigned to the fact that sometimes not all my bases will match. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad the Mad Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 I don't use the same bases for a whole faction, but rather use the same bases for a certain master and his minions. This is not an iron rule, and I have quite a few miniatures that have gotten their own unique base, not sharing the style with any other miniature I have. As there is no need to move your crew as a unit like in some other games, I have no aesthetic issues with this. However, it might bother a bit if you are trying to make some nice group photos etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadilon Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 I am the same as Vvlad. I try to keep box crews and common hires on matching bases, i.e. Perdita's and C. Hoffman's crews. For instance, i plan to take Ryle more with C. Hoffman than Lucious, so he'll get a Hoffman style base. Cross master hires, like the Austringers, get their own base styles. But sometimes you are just going to get mismatches. I based the Executioner on a Wyrd sewer insert to run with Sonya, but have never run him with anything but Ortegas, who are desert based. I am glad there are others that put as much thought into their bases as I do. Bases aren't just places for your models to stand. They are an encapsulated part of the models's world that can really take the model and aesthetics of the overall game to the next level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stern Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 for me every faction is based the same where possible, in odd cases I have multiples of the same model based and painted differently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 I've been basing everything the same, actually. Eventually, I want to make a board using what I've been doing for basing, and I wanted my stuff to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtank Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 I'm trying to keep my crews matching. My Guild have "street" paved bases, while my Colette crew have stge planking. I have some Woodland bases for my Gremlins. Closest I could find to Swamp without breaking the bank (the Wyrd ones are nice, but expensive). I'll be picking up the Kaeris box when it's released, but I really don't plan on using it as a box set, so I'll base the Gamin to match my Guild stuff for Sonnia, while the rest will match my Showgirls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakoMike Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 I won a bunch of Secret Weapon resin bases in the "Heroes of Armageddon" so my Rezzer crew uses their round lip "flagstone" bases. It ties the crew together pretty well. If I start another faction I'll probably use a different style of basing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambrius Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 I've got most of my Guild crew on Victorian bases, but the Death Marshals begged something different with those nice pine boxes, so I based those in desert flock. I've been thinking of maybe painting the outside of each of the black bases, deep red for Guild, green for Resurrectionists, etc. That way I can use different inserts or flock without losing a quick visual on who belongs to which faction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinncent Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 In my case is just that I try to adjust the stand under specific figures, but almost all of my Guild (LJ) has a similar, wastelands style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96p Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Every Crew has their own bases fitting their style, including missionmarkers etc with the same Bases. You could do them in similar basing schemes. For example, brown mexicanstyle streets with a little sand for Sonnia and desert bases (with the same sand) for your ortegas. This way they look as if they belong together but are still different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Thus far, all my ressers have cobblestones, outcasts have dirt/grass and neverborn have rocks/cliffs. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my Arcanists because I want Colette on stages, but Marcus on dirt/grass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 I usually use a different style for each box. I have dreamer and colette on streets. Collodi on orphanage bases. All from wyrd. For my others I used groundwerks (dark age) bases: swampland for zoraida, infestation for pandora and my personal favorite: sandbags for Von Schill. Yes, there are some crossovers. E.g. my stiched together in the dreamer, collodi and zoraida crew. But I try not to care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarragon Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 I theme each of my crews on different bases (Pandora's on a Chessboard, Lilith in autumn woods etc.) I try not to mix and match different minions too much, but if it happens, it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowopal Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 I base each of my crews differently. but, I try to tie the faction together somehow. For instance, my guild crews are based as follows: Perdita - Wooden planks of a ghost town type Lady J - victorian streets from Wyrd Sonia - cobblestone streets from another company So, they all are street bases from different town styles. But, I've got a display base that ties the theme together by showing three different sections of the city of Malifaux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alviaran Posted September 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Thanks for your thoughts guys. I think I am going to resign myself to certain models just not matching each others basing styles thanks to cross faction hiring or even within faction. Each crew is going to be their own. I already have my Nephilim bases picked out from Dragon Forge (who I love dearly though he has a terrible back log these days thanks to how many orders he has). I think I want each of the Riders to be completely unique though. With something extra special for Leveticus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orboros Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 I wanted to base my miniatures like a surgical room to fit mcmourning, but i didn't do it because it wouldnt fit the rest of my ressers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Nah. I use whatever looks good for that model. It usually ties together in the end, but not intentionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Footman Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 i theme fr individual crews, mcmourning has black and white tiles like a lab, necodem has a graveyard, seamus is city, and rasputina is wintery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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