JJNiles Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Can we please get some tiny bases around 1/2" for our tiny minis like Kobolds and Gremlins? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I'll second this, but add that I'd like them in the vertical side style of the RPG bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 0.5" would be too small, wouldn't have much base to keep the mini from tipping over. 20mm (~0.75") would be more appropriate I think. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgetman! Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 If you absolutely need something that small, you should contact Litko. But 0.5" is way, way small. As in silly small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBluberry Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 31 minutes ago, ManvsMini said: 0.5" would be too small, wouldn't have much base to keep the mini from tipping over. 20mm (~0.75") would be more appropriate I think. 100% agree. I was surprised when I had 20mm bases in hand how small they actually looked. Round ones will appear even smaller. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Dog Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, LittleBluberry said: 100% agree. I was surprised when I had 20mm bases in hand how small they actually looked. Round ones will appear even smaller. For quick reference, the American penny is 0.75" diameter. So... for 1¢, you got a round weighted base. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemist Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 For a small-rated figure like a gnome or halfling, I agree that a 20mm base is likely to be more suitable. For a really tiny figure like an imp or a housecat, I like to use 0.5" washers. I have found that two washers glued back-to-back provide a base that has both a nice thickness and weight. If I need to fill the central hole, a little Milliput does the trick. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 41 minutes ago, Cranky Dog said: For quick reference, the American penny is 0.75" (19.05mm) diameter. So... for 1¢, you got a round weighted base. Yup. That's what I use. I also drill out the center to accept a neodymium magnet. Works great. BTW, for plastic minis that should be on a small base, adding a bit of weight (by using a metal base, for instance) is almost necessary. Otherwise a sneeze can pretty easily move figures around the play surface. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 57 minutes ago, Doug Sundseth said: Yup. That's what I use. I also drill out the center to accept a neodymium magnet. Works great. That's destruction of government property... wouldn't advertise doing that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 hour ago, ManvsMini said: That's destruction of government property... wouldn't advertise doing that. Nope, It's my property. It's also not adulterating currency as long as you don't try to spend it. (Note that this is not to be relied upon as legal advice, but I did do research.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) Technically, no, it is not your property. The physical currency is government owned, the value that it represents is yours. Defacing currency is illegal, thus why I would advise not advertising anyone to do it on the forums, as we don't want to tread on Reaper's good graces for allowing the forums to exist. Edited June 27, 2019 by ManvsMini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, ManvsMini said: Technically, no, it is not your property. The physical currency is government owned, the value that it represents is yours. Defacing currency is illegal, thus why I would advise not advertising anyone to do it on the forums, as we don't want to tread on Reaper's good graces for allowing the forums to exist. "Is it illegal to damage or deface coins? Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code provides criminal penalties for anyone who “fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the Mints of the United States.” This statute means that you may be violating the law if you change the appearance of the coin and fraudulently represent it to be other than the altered coin that it is. As a matter of policy, the U.S. Mint does not promote coloring, plating or altering U.S. coinage: however, there are no sanctions against such activity absent fraudulent intent. " https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Coins/Pages/edu_faq_coins_portraits.aspx As I said, I did research first. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJames Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 It's why penny smooshers are a thing. (Pretty much all of them around the local tourist traps have signs that make reference to what Doug quoted.) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 @Doug Sundseth I'll stand corrected, given the absence of fraudulent intent and current lack of sanctions. However, I will point out that clause does not state that physical currency is not government property. I look for victory wherever I can find it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackMann Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Note that this applies strictly to coins. Paper money is governed by section 333, which is much stricter. Quote Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Mind you, I don't believe anyone has been prosecuted under this section unless it was part of an attempt to counterfeit bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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