SteelRat Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 In my experience almost all Citadel miniatures are top-heavy and fall over fairly regularly with just an accidental brush with a person's hand, sleeve, whatever. For miniatures on the small round bases, I've started weighting them with US nickel coins. They fit perfectly and cost less than any other weighting material you can buy. Now my models only fall over if things get aggressive ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Trooper Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Funnily enough a friend of mine used to base all his miniatures on two pence pieces (British), it was a bit of a joke in all but considering the price of bases he thought it was rather good that he could get fifty for a pound! I usually stick a single penny on the underside if I've a model particularly adept at face planting and being somewhat smaller than the space you can place it whereever it'll counter-balance most effectively. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1846998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Keep all the metal tabs that you cut off miniatures - you can glue them to the underside of the base too. Or use some small stones as terrain on a scenic base. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtNACHO Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 1 word :Pennies work awesome! Oh wait! :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Thunder Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 For slotted bases I use the shot pellets from a shotgun shell. They are suprisingly heavy for their size, work really well, and are really cheap to acquire. :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiodome Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 i do the same, have £1 coins under my assault marine bases as they're heavier and work better. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peakey Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 For slotted bases I use the shot pellets from a shotgun shell. :mellow:.....a.....a Shotgun? :blink: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tiger Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 i do the same, have £1 coins under my assault marine bases as they're heavier and work better. :) surely that would get expensive?, 1p's would do the same, or washers, and be cheaper Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 i do the same, have £1 coins under my assault marine bases as they're heavier and work better. ;) surely that would get expensive?, 1p's would do the same, or washers, and be cheaper I was just thinking the same.... there are many many cheaper methods than burning £1 coins.... personally I use 1p coins... but as a legal note guys, its against the law to deface the image of the queen, so be sure to stick them with the queens head facing down ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
solid snake drive Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I use U.S. Nickels. They fit like they were made for weighting bases. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsmith Peturabo Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 A lot of hardware stores do bulk deals on washers. They're rather nice and cheap to use as well. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 In the U.S. (And apparently in the UK too...) defacing/destroying currency is illegal... I think that gluing a penny to the bottom of a base is technically a crime, as you are defacing the penny by gluing something to it... Just a heads up. (Don't let any policemen see your bases...) Washers work just as well, and you can use them legally... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Thunder Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Just a heads up. (Don't let any policemen see your bases...) Dude, my buddy is a cop and he weighs his bases with nickels. I promise you cops won't care. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Invictus Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I know its supposed to be illegal, but then why are there coin jewelers out there that cut into coins and destroy them for jewelry? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tiger Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 i do the same, have £1 coins under my assault marine bases as they're heavier and work better. <_< surely that would get expensive?, 1p's would do the same, or washers, and be cheaper I was just thinking the same.... there are many many cheaper methods than burning £1 coins.... personally I use 1p coins... but as a legal note guys, its against the law to deface the image of the queen, so be sure to stick them with the queens head facing down :P I doubt anyone cares, I based all my WWII soldiers on 2p's, and glued them all to the queens head cus its a flatter surface Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 you can cut, trim, solder and glue coins.... just not on the face, thats the part that is illegal, hence why I told everyone to glue the other side. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Trooper Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'm going to feel really geeky for this but after a quick google search I found that the original act (in the UK) that dealt with defacing of currency was the Coinage Offences Act (1936), but the entire act was repealed in the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act (1981) [link]. So, defacing HM The Queen's head on coins doesn't appear to be illegal, only extremely distasteful. Like was mentioned, I doubt very much whether anything would be done for simply sticking a coin to a base, or even painting it. The village I used to live in used to spray coins (pennies) green and hide them on the fields at easter. There were bobbies galore at the event and not one batted an eyelid. I feel a little like I might have researched that purely to muck around and not do coursework. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1847965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 aswell as putting things on the bottom of the base why not ontop? if you use peices of slate or rock that fot on the base as the basing that weighs them down a bit Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1848032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOE Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 In the U.S. (And apparently in the UK too...) defacing/destroying currency is illegal... I think that gluing a penny to the bottom of a base is technically a crime, as you are defacing the penny by gluing something to it... Just a heads up. (Don't let any policemen see your bases...) Washers work just as well, and you can use them legally... It is not illegal to destry or deface US currency. You can burn all of the money you want. It is illegal to change the value of any US currency, as it is counterfitting. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1848669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Kase Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 For slotted bases I use the shot pellets from a shotgun shell. :lol:.....a.....a Shotgun? :blink: Yeah, just place said miniatures down range and hope for the best! You get the added bonus of 'Realistic Battle Damage' I've always stuck to the penny or wahers myself. The advantage of the washers is that you can cut them a bit easier to allow for a slotta base. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1848906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay79 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I always used to use washers. They are cheap and heavy enough to do the job. But now that I've used Warmachine bases with te slots in them (which I covered over with mighty putty lol) I'm not sure what I should use. Hrmmm. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1848908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObsidianIchor Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I had a problem with my metal weaponed Devastators, so I weighted them with US pennies. Slightly less weight than a nickel, works almost as well, 20% cost! :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1849777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffsnog Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 using actual coins is expensive, I use washers, I got a box of 100 for about 5 USD Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1854865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Trooper Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 using actual coins is expensive, I use washers, I got a box of 100 for about 5 USD Which makes them 5 Cents each? If you use a 1 cent coin you'd be saving 5 times that! :) If that's not enough weight you could just glue two coins onto the base - still saving 2.5 times what you're spending. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1854926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tiger Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I always used to use washers. They are cheap and heavy enough to do the job. But now that I've used Warmachine bases with te slots in them (which I covered over with mighty putty lol) I'm not sure what I should use. Hrmmm. random bits of metal perhaps?, should have plenty of that laying around, or just cut a coin in 2 makes me wonder if doing all this adds to credit crunches and money shortages in the world :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/157815-faq-weighting-bases/#findComment-1854938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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