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Premade Bike Bases: who sells them?
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:47 pm
by ancientsociety
I'm looking to find an online retailer (hopefully accepting Paypal) who makes some 40K bike bases (essentially a cavalry base with rounded edges, sort of like a capsule shape).
I need 10 for my Ork Warbikerz, preferably in an Ash Waste/Ruins scheme.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:58 pm
by MagickalMemories
Micro Art Studio has a couple types:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dl ... arch&fgtp=
No "Ash Waste" styles, but one is ruins.
Here's a link to their website:
http://www.microartstudio.com/en/
And a link to the "Ruins" bike bases -unpainted- at their web site, for price comparison:
http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/ruin ... -p-42.html
I'm certain there are others, but i don't know them.
Eric
--Edit-- Comparing the site to the Ebay sale, it looks as if the prepainted ones on ebay are cheaper than the unpainted ones on their site.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:03 pm
by ancientsociety
Thanks Eric, I actually just ordered some from DragonForge
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:03 pm
by npd_bigdaddy
I just never understood the aversion to just using good old fashioned cavalry bases. Heck, that's the bases they come with aren't they?
Maybe it's just me........
Erik
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:22 pm
by titan136
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:48 pm
by mrrshann618
npd_bigdaddy wrote:I just never understood the aversion to just using good old fashioned cavalry bases. Heck, that's the bases they come with aren't they?
Maybe it's just me........
Erik
Well I think I understand the reason. Every base in 40k is rounded. So why are the bike bases square? Being frugal I just use the square ones.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:54 pm
by YoungWolf777
The Dragon Forge ones are awesome. I have a set that I'm working on right now in fact.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:38 pm
by npd_bigdaddy
mrrshann618 wrote:npd_bigdaddy wrote:I just never understood the aversion to just using good old fashioned cavalry bases. Heck, that's the bases they come with aren't they?
Maybe it's just me........
Erik
Well I think I understand the reason. Every base in 40k is rounded. So why are the bike bases square? Being frugal I just use the square ones.
They might be rounded, but it doesn't state anywhere that they HAVE to be rounded. Heck half my demon army is on the square bases so I can still go back and forth between 40K and Warhammer.
Everything "big" back in the day in 40K was on a square base. Dreadnaughts, Tyranids, Jugernaughts, etc.........
Guess I'm just frugal too........
I'll still continue to use the bases they give me.
Erik
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:56 pm
by Ironhide
New 5th edition rulebook says you use the base that is supplied with the model. So if you get cavalry bases with your bikers, then that is the base you use. Although I do like how GW has this article on basing bikes.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/conte ... Id=6700006