the fixer Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 Hey y'all, I'm thinking of playing some sort of simple miniature wargame-type game with my missus using our Marvel superhero minifigs... Now I was wondering what to use as a base for the figures... Something round ideally, close to the diamater of your typical miniature game bases... Actually, the bases of the LEGO Infinity figures are perfect but sadly not very practical for several reasons. What LEGO brick, plate, piece or simple construction would you guys use? Thanks, Cliff Quote
HawkLord Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 I'm actually working on designing a Lego minifigure wargame right now, where I use 4x4 plate disks (don't know the technical term). That seems to seat a minifigure and some gear pretty well without the gear getting entangled when bases touch. Since minifigures are larger than the common 28mm scale of most minis games, the larger base footprint is a better alternative than trying match something like Warhammer/40K bases. Quote
AmperZand Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 If you're willing to go non-purist (i.e. use 3rd party pieces), Brick Arms used to do round and hex bases for minifigures. I'm not sure if they still do, but there is a physical and online store located in the Netherlands that sells the round ones: http://www.brickizimo-toys.com/en/minifig-stands/594-minifig-stand.html . Hope that helps. Quote
MAB Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 One of these ... with two of these in the middle ... so that the minifigure can stand centred on the round plate. Quote
Peppermint_M Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 I'll second MAB's suggestion. You can also add décor and such around the jumper plates to make them more interesting. Quote
xboxtravis7992 Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 If you don't mind the square shape CMF stands could work to. Quote
Tariq j Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 Or even the ones used for the Lego Dimensions figures work well. Quote
davee123 Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 Or even the ones used for the Lego Dimensions figures work well. I think that's what he meant when he said: "the bases of the LEGO Infinity figures are perfect but sadly not very practical for several reasons" Disney has a toys-to-life game called "Disney Infinity", and it's pretty similar to LEGO Dimensions conceptually. I assume he just confused the names. But as he mentions, those are a little impractical, mostly thanks to the cost! DaveE Quote
samurai-turtle Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 If you don't mind the square shape CMF stands could work to. I was thinking that would work too. Quote
TheWarden Posted June 3, 2016 Posted June 3, 2016 Ask this guy... http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=132597 Quote
the fixer Posted June 4, 2016 Author Posted June 4, 2016 I'm actually working on designing a Lego minifigure wargame right now That sounds interesting, Hawklord! Feel free to share your rules once you're finished :) For the moment I was thinking of using a modified version of these rules: http://dominowriting.com/SimpleMinisRevised.pdf Anyway, thank you very much for the help, guys! Much appreciated. Those 4X4 plates will probably work best. Not only can you decorate them, you can also for example place a number of studs representing the number of times you can use a certain special ability. Oh yeah- Davee was right, I totally switched the names Lego Dimensions and Disney Infinity. Big fan of both, actually. :) Quote
Darkdragon Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 Now I was wondering what to use as a base for the figures... Something round ideally, close to the diamater of your typical miniature game bases... Actually, the bases of the LEGO Infinity figures are perfect but sadly not very practical for several reasons. Why not use the Dimensions discs? They can be very cheap on Bricklink and are made to hold a minifig. The price goes up and down and depends on how many you need of course, but I saw them as low as 3 cents the other day. The above link will take you to the full list sorted by price with a min. qty. of 10. Quote
HawkLord Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 That sounds interesting, Hawklord! Feel free to share your rules once you're finished :) I might post them once I'm finished, but they use a system and idea I've not seen used before. Quote
Lordofdragonss Posted June 7, 2016 Posted June 7, 2016 1. Check out Brikwars 2. I always use Minifig stands from CM because they are simply perfect for that role! Quote
the fixer Posted June 8, 2016 Author Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) Sounds cool, Hawklord! :D Thanks again for the help guys! Lotsa possibilities! I'll certainly look further into them :) Edited June 8, 2016 by the fixer Quote
Tajerik Ri Posted June 17, 2018 Posted June 17, 2018 (edited) Hey Hawklord, are you still working on that wargame? I've been working on one for several years on and off, and would love to see if you wanted to compare notes and possibly get it off the ground! Edited June 17, 2018 by Tajerik Ri Quote
Giantorange Posted June 23, 2018 Posted June 23, 2018 Not for individual characters, but if you are moving units around, something like this: Quote
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