Re: [Epic] bases (an old and stupid question?) -Reply

From: The Forgotten Spice Girl <adixon_at_...>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 09:38:21 -0700 (PDT)

I tend to disagree with that... I've put together near to a company of
Space Marines, and had no problems. The only trimming I had to do was run
my X-Acto knife along the bottom to get rid of the little nubbin from the
sprue. Also, I don't know what kind of glue you use, but the Testors
polystyerene cement works great. A little dot on the base, drop the fig
in, and bingo! I haven't had any problems with the new bases at all...

adam

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On Tue, 4 Aug 1998 CLL_at_... wrote:

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> If I remember well what GW staff said :
> 1- The new stands look great
> 2- The new stands are easier to paint
> 3- Some players will drop the old stands to buy new ones because
> the new figs can't be easily placed in the old stands (unofficial)
>
> I agree with 1- and 2- and I suspect 3- to be true. There are certainly more
> reasons.
> Francois Bruntz
> Apprenti MIAGE (Universite Paris XII - IBM France)
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> Number 3 is true, the b******s. The old SM/TL figure bases are chamferred.
> The new ones are the same width over the entire base. This has two
> problems, the first being that the old chamferred bases let excess glue ooze
> out, the new ones tend to trap it, giving not such a good fit.
> The second, which is a real b****r is that you have to file down the bases
> to get the new figures to fit the old bases. I've virtually given that up after
> 25 stormboys with jump packs, 25 Blood Axe Kommandos, lotz of marine
> scouts and several Techmarines, Librarians, Medics & Chaplains.
>
> Krass
>
>
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