M&SU 2E - Steamborg/Brass Arachnid Bases?

[Mustacher]

First off, I'd like to say this is my first miniature game - and my first time doing any sort of painting, basing, etc.

I've purchased the M&SU Ramos Crew, and upon gluing everything together etc I've ran into a bit of an issue. Mostly with Howard Langston, I just don't see any way I'm supposed to get this to fit on the base. I would assume that having the legs stick out too far or half of the model off of the base wouldn't be appropriate, so I was wondering what solutions people have done to get around or or maybe opinions?

It just seems as though the legs (in their default positions, with the small nubs matching the holes on the bottom of his body) are too far spread out. I was thinking of possibly using some greenstuff on the bottom to support the legs - but even then if some of his legs are sticking off I think it'll be difficult getting him to stay on the base. (I haven't glued any of my models to bases yet, dem' steam arachnids.)

[Dracomax]

First off, I'd like to say this is my first miniature game - and my first time doing any sort of painting, basing, etc.

I've purchased the M&SU Ramos Crew, and upon gluing everything together etc I've ran into a bit of an issue. Mostly with Howard Langston, I just don't see any way I'm supposed to get this to fit on the base. I would assume that having the legs stick out too far or half of the model off of the base wouldn't be appropriate, so I was wondering what solutions people have done to get around or or maybe opinions?

It just seems as though the legs (in their default positions, with the small nubs matching the holes on the bottom of his body) are too far spread out. I was thinking of possibly using some greenstuff on the bottom to support the legs - but even then if some of his legs are sticking off I think it'll be difficult getting him to stay on the base. (I haven't glued any of my models to bases yet, dem' steam arachnids.)

I haven't seen the new models yet, but one of the best ways to deal with models that are too large for the base is to build one side of your base up enough you can mount them diagonally. Also, Having the legs stick off the edge is not particularly frowned upon, so long as A) the model doesn't constantly fall over from being unbalanced, most of the model is on the base, C) it is easy to measure from the base at all points, and D)the model is properly supported by the base, so you don't have to keep reafixing it to said base.

[decker_cky]

A model like Howard Langston is perfect for putting something on the base like a crate and having the model climbing either on or off of it (depends on how the legs are set one way probably looks more right).