Minifig display help/question

[Dropsy]

My wife and I building a shadowbox for our minifigs we want to cover the back of the shadowbox with baseplates. If the shadowbox is 16x20 inches. What would I need to cover the surface?

Also if we want to box each figure in should we use 1x4 or 1x6 or just make a bunch of slots with bricks like building a wall? We want them in boxes so we can decorate with each fig. Thanks!

[meyerc13]

A 32x32 stud base plate is about 10" by 10". So you may have problems covering those dimensions without cutting a plate. You may want to use regular plates instead. You'd have better luck getting close to the dimensions you want. You might try this for help: http://www.suave.net/~dave/cgi/scale.cgi

[Dropsy]

any plates would work, just trying to get what numbers I need since I do not have any right now to look at/ try in person. If anyone wants to mess around with plates they have and let me know what I need to order that would be fantastic.

Thank you!

[Dropsy]

Looks like closet coverage will be 2 32x32 and 4 16x18 per shadowbox?

[meyerc13]

If you use the link I sent you, they say it will be 50.8 studs by 63.5 studs. Since we can't really do anything with a fractional stud, we'll need to round down unless the tolerance on your shadow box allows you to round up slightly.

With those measurements, you can use any combination of plates that will add up to those combinations. Remember that baseplates and plates aren't very compatible because the baseplates are thinner. The largest plates I've seen are in two of the new Creator sets - the 5766 Log Cabin and the new 5771 Hillside House. They have 16x16 plates (not baseplates). With those it would be about 3x4 (but again, you may want prototype with some lego bricks in your box to make sure that you can fit 64 studs across) with four 2x16 plates across the top.

If you have smaller plates, they should work as well... I don't know if you are looking for a solid color, or a LEGO assortment of many colors.

[Dropsy]

Looks like closet coverage will be 2 32x32 and 4 16x18 per shadowbox?

These baseplates will work I'm going to spray paint them black using black spray paint I use when painting warhammer 40k guys. So it will be uniform. Thanks for help.