Metal Washers

[Paul in NZ]

What size have people used for singular based figures, would I get away with something as small as 12.5mm?

[Colonel Kilgore]

I've found that generally washer's stated dimensions focus on the size of the whole, rather than the overall diameter of the thing. Which is most unhelpful for our purposes.

I've settled on M8 washers (8mm diameter hole) from Screwfix (probably not available in NZ - sorry) and usually plug the hole with some Milliput to give a better surface for figure / basing adhesion. Their outside diameter is probably not far off 12.5 mm.

Simon

[Stewart 46A]

Warbases in the UK make MDF round bases
Very cheep

Stewart

[John Watson]

I use UK 1p or 2p coins, depending on the size of the figure base.
John

[Colonel Kilgore]

It's a tricky one. Washers and coins add weight and are usually magnetic. But they can chip figures.

MDF bases are softer but don't stick to magnetic sheeting. Unless they have a built-in magnet, which I see some now have.

Simon

[Moggy]

I have found that coins work out a lot cheaper than washer.

Derek

[Bankinista]

...... and most UK 1p and 2p coins now have a steel content and so stick to magnets."Coppers" in name only.

Derek of Cambridge

[Martin Smith]

What size have people used for singular based figures, would I get away with something as small as 12.5mm?

I used 15mm mdf rounds, which tends to see the metal figures topple a fair bit as they're thus top-heavy. I'd go for steel washers or coins in retrospect.
Paul, try one out, and see how it behaves?

[Paul in NZ]

Thanks all, Uk coins are about 19mm, but in NZ we have the same sized coin worth 10cents.

A metal washer costs about 2cents and as it's metal it doesn't move in my magnetic sheet lined boxes.

I have been using MDF but usually this is 2mm thick and with a receptive sheet this adds another 0.5mm, where a washer is low profile.

I'm wanting to have single bases for skirmish games and use sabots when in close order... so overall diameter needs to be quite small.

[Martin Smith]

I'm wanting to have single bases for skirmish games and use sabots when in close order... so overall diameter needs to be quite small.

That was my thinking with the mdf, but I failed to trial it before basing 😯. My 15mm PP Germans and Russians are on 20mm round mdf, which works OK. It's my medieval 15mm which I stuck on to 15mm rounds, in order to get close order on the sabots/smaller unit footprint. These are the ones which are individually problematic, especially spearmen with 20+mm spears. Very 'topple-prone'.