MoonglowMinis Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 11/23/2021 at 3:47 AM, dnddreams said: The problem I find with textured and effects bases is that all the figures already have broccoli bases, so if they have a partial cobblestone base you'd need to remove that fully to place them on a new cobblestone base, and that's a lot more work. With Bones USA it can lead to a crack removing a leg too 😮 It's doable, but hard to get right, especially in bulk 😉 This is my biggest gripe with textured bases. I REALLY want to use them, but it's a lot harder to rebase a mini than it is to integrate a broccoli base. Even without the added headache of brittle Bones USA, the connection from rebasing is weaker than an integrated one, and having to pin a mini is even more work. I do hope they add some interesting things, but it's a shame when their existing line of minis is really incompatible with basing. I'd actually be interested in them supplying some basing bits. I've seen plenty of requests for similar items. Skulls, shields, weapons, broken pillars, etc. Or even some base-adjacent offerings like the much-requested corpse-markers. It's not high on my own list, but there's enough games requiring tokens and markers to gain some interest in bodies, treasure piles, and the like. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2ED Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I totally agree on the bits. Give me cool scatter to toss on a base. I hate giving GW my money for those skulls (which are really good). I'd love to see heads, chairs, bricks, small trees (pine and deciduous), swords , arms (even cooler if they could be kit bashed into something else), bottles, and bags of loot. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicciopiu Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, R2ED said: I hate giving GW my money for those skulls (which are really good) Those skulls are really good indeed! And I hate giving my money to GW too... Also +1 on the bits. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyradis Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Agreed on basing bits. It would be nice to have the bits to fling about a scene. Can we get some small sculpted trees and shrubs and flowers perhaps? Again I'd go back to the Bones Black Owlbear as an ideal situation - I love that he comes with a good base, but he is disconnected from it. Super easy to put together if we want, but those who want other bases don't need to go through major effort to get him off a base. Need more figures designed like that in the first place. I don't think I'd go for integrating a broccoli base personally. I don't subscribe to fixed base sizes strictly, so if I am keeping the base at all, I don't bother to put a broccoli base into something else. Shove a few tufts on it and call it done. Otherwise I'll chop off the broccoli or whatever and go through pinning it into place, and pinning onto something new is plenty stable. Most things look better than broccoli bases anyway, aside from maybe a flat nothing base. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2ED Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 And look at that! They just found a box of bits with weapons. I LOVE IT! The fact someone's patrolling here and reacting to customers. Reaper - you da real MVP. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Any new word on when this Base Boss KS is supposed to happen? It kind of feels like it’s been pushed to the back- burner … 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 51 minutes ago, Marc said: Any new word on when this Base Boss KS is supposed to happen? It kind of feels like it’s been pushed to the back- burner … Might be a good question to ask on the Live Twitch stream tonight if they don't announce it right off. Last week was a holiday so there hasn't been any news since the 18th. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Unfortunately I’m not a big Twitch fan, and I typically don’t have a ton of time to listen / watch live streams … Hopefully it will be discussed, or someone can ask, and then a kind soul will relay that info here 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 11/23/2021 at 3:14 PM, Cyradis said: Okay, so some sizes need adding to the roster. Just seems a bit odd to have a kickstarter *just* for those though. Nice when some plain bases are tossed into a normal Bones KS as extras, but otherwise eh - gotta have some more options to be worth it on a KS. Are the plain bases as tough to do as regular Bones, warranting a KS? The material seems different on them anyway. On 11/23/2021 at 3:25 PM, WhiteWulfe said: I'm of the same mind. If it's a Kickstarter I definitely expect something more than just plain old basic ones to fill out the line. What I'm hoping is that we all get our wishes - some plain stuff in various sizes for those of us who are looking for that, and some scenic stuff for those who are looking for that, and some bits for those who are looking for that. What I'm worried about is the situation where they only listen to a vocal minority on a single platform - such as their twitch stream - and the whole KS focuses on that one thing, then doesn't do as well as they hoped, then gets treated like a broccoli step child from here on out like Chronoscope does. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, kristof65 said: What I'm worried about is the situation where they only listen to a vocal minority on a single platform - such as their twitch stream - and the whole KS focuses on that one thing, then doesn't do as well as they hoped, then gets treated like a broccoli step child from here on out like Chronoscope does. Amen! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Marc said: Unfortunately I’m not a big Twitch fan, and I typically don’t have a ton of time to listen / watch live streams … Hopefully it will be discussed, or someone can ask, and then a kind soul will relay that info here 🙂 Nothing tonight. Wasn't brought up at all, and questions about it in chat were not answered. I'm pretty sure when it goes live it will be on all channels. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Guindyloo Posted December 3, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, Marc said: Any new word on when this Base Boss KS is supposed to happen? It kind of feels like it’s been pushed to the back- burner … Best I can do for you right now is soon™ and an assurance that it's happening, it's just happening on Reaper Time™, which is a mystical, even more wibbly-wobbly sort of thing than regular time. 17 hours ago, kristof65 said: What I'm worried about is the situation where they only listen to a vocal minority on a single platform - such as their twitch stream - If anything, feedback in the twitch comments is listened to less, not more, if only because much of it gets missed when comments are flying by on Reaper Live. All of the platforms are monitored, it may not seem that way because not everything is specifically commented on. We do try to specifically ask that people post their product suggestions to the "You'd Like to See" threads here on the forum because it is much easier to pull from a consolidated location, so if anything, that space holds more weight than just a scrolling comment in a livestream chat. That's why I made this thread so y'all had a separate place to talk about the upcoming kickstarter without potentially burying important specific feedback in the "Base Boss Bases You'd Like to See" thread. Edited December 3, 2021 by Guindyloo 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotF Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 On 11/30/2021 at 1:12 PM, MoonglowMinis said: This is my biggest gripe with textured bases. I REALLY want to use them, but it's a lot harder to rebase a mini than it is to integrate a broccoli base. Even without the added headache of brittle Bones USA, the connection from rebasing is weaker than an integrated one, and having to pin a mini is even more work. I do hope they add some interesting things, but it's a shame when their existing line of minis is really incompatible with basing. I'd actually be interested in them supplying some basing bits. I've seen plenty of requests for similar items. Skulls, shields, weapons, broken pillars, etc. Or even some base-adjacent offerings like the much-requested corpse-markers. It's not high on my own list, but there's enough games requiring tokens and markers to gain some interest in bodies, treasure piles, and the like. At least with the straight sided bases, you can flip the bases over and attach them inside most of the time. Not my favorite thing there, but it's doable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonglowMinis Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 On 11/30/2021 at 3:27 PM, R2ED said: I totally agree on the bits. Give me cool scatter to toss on a base. I hate giving GW my money for those skulls (which are really good). I'd love to see heads, chairs, bricks, small trees (pine and deciduous), swords , arms (even cooler if they could be kit bashed into something else), bottles, and bags of loot. I've seen plenty of requests for scatter items, and a base kickstarter seems like the perfect opportunity. The kinds of items that are annoying to make or find in scale. On 11/30/2021 at 5:02 PM, Cicciopiu said: Those skulls are really good indeed! And I hate giving my money to GW too... They are among my most-used basing items and I keep being surprised by how far that one box can stretch. But it'd be nice to have some bones that aren't just skulls. On 11/30/2021 at 11:00 PM, Cyradis said: Can we get some small sculpted trees and shrubs and flowers perhaps? Again I'd go back to the Bones Black Owlbear as an ideal situation - I love that he comes with a good base, but he is disconnected from it. Super easy to put together if we want, but those who want other bases don't need to go through major effort to get him off a base. Need more figures designed like that in the first place. I don't think I'd go for integrating a broccoli base personally. I don't subscribe to fixed base sizes strictly, so if I am keeping the base at all, I don't bother to put a broccoli base into something else. Shove a few tufts on it and call it done. Otherwise I'll chop off the broccoli or whatever and go through pinning it into place, and pinning onto something new is plenty stable. Most things look better than broccoli bases anyway, aside from maybe a flat nothing base. + 1 on the sculpted foliage That Owlbear is great. The base is lovey as-is, but if you buy a duplicate, you can easily stick him on something custom, instead of cutting through the harder Bones Black, or the more-brittle Bones USA. Great design. Broccoli bases are such a divisive thing. I like them in the sense that your mini is ready-to-use, but don't like some of the odd shapes or how easy they tip. I'm not a stickler on base size, but I do like the polish of a nice round base, so I'll often sacrifice an "official base size" to stick a mini on a larger round base. On 12/2/2021 at 4:21 PM, kristof65 said: What I'm hoping is that we all get our wishes - some plain stuff in various sizes for those of us who are looking for that, and some scenic stuff for those who are looking for that, and some bits for those who are looking for that. THAT! Feel like variety will make-or-break this KS. We all want something a little different. On 12/3/2021 at 10:09 AM, Guindyloo said: We do try to specifically ask that people post their product suggestions to the "You'd Like to See" threads here on the forum because it is much easier to pull from a consolidated location, so if anything, that space holds more weight than just a scrolling comment in a livestream chat. That's why I made this thread so y'all had a separate place to talk about the upcoming kickstarter without potentially burying important specific feedback in the "Base Boss Bases You'd Like to See" thread. I should make sure to express some of these wishes over in that thread too XD Think I forgot there were two threads on the topic of Base Boss now... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 On 12/3/2021 at 10:19 AM, SotF said: At least with the straight sided bases, you can flip the bases over and attach them inside most of the time. That's why I like the straight sided bases so much. Plus there are some other things I've been experimenting with with them, such as these kobold "unit" bases: 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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