Whilst waiting for some paintwork to dry with the ironclads I took the opportunity to revisit the idea I had for flying bases for cardboard counters. The pictures above are very much in the experimental stage but I really think that there is a lot of mileage with this idea!
The next step will be to stick all the Dawn Patrol counters to the 1” square bases I have with the central hole. The counters are very slightly larger than the Warbases 1” counters so a degree of careful trimming is needed to make sure that the sides are flush.
I am undecided about the final finish for the base as the plain green looks, well, plain and green - perhaps some light texturing may help. All the paint needs a further coat and varnishing but his far I am pretty happy with the concept. As mentioned previously I need to get a ‘sea’ set of flying bases and am now also thinking about a ‘desert’ set.
Dead chuffed with these and they are dead simple to make!
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Those are very neat David, so rathe than texture them, why not just go with a neutral colour for the base and support? Mid grey or mid brown?
Why thank you kindly old chap! It is a darned sight easier than painting the aircraft models I can tell you!
All the best,
DC
Hi Martin,
I have decided not to texture them but I will have different colours for the base - green for land, sand for the desert and of course a sea blue version. I plan on making 30 of each colour - more than enough for my purposes methinks!
All the best,
DC
What a fantastic concept--if I were to get into any air games, this would be the way I would do it!
Very inventive mate, and surprisingly easy on the eye. There’s mileage in this no doubt.
Hiya JBM,
My first thought was something along the lines of - it is really going to depend on the quality of the counter. Those from Dawn Patrol are really nice and ‘unfussy’ - meaning they only have the name of the aircraft type. As the images are of individual aircraft within the type identification is easy enough.
I was pleasantly surprised at how they looked - I am sold on the idea for sure! I just need to get some good top down views other aircraft.
There is (air) mileage in it for sure!
All the best,
DC
Hi Ed M,
It has certainly breathed new life into my aerial boardgame collection!
All the best,
DC
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