Basing & Transport of 15mm Wargaming Miniatures

Last year's Historicon game of For King & Parliament's English Civil War Battle of Montgomery posed many new challenges for me. One of them was basing. With FK&P I could base my Steel Fist and Warlord figures in any manner of my choosing to fit on the game mat's 15mm grid... and this lead to an inordinate amount of planning, scheming, and second-guessing. 

English Civil War 15mm Bases

I opted for basing with Warbases UK's 2mm MDF metric rectangles and circles. I put one or two 5mm magnet holes in each base.

• Pike & Shotte Infantry – 45x45mm bases arranged 3 across making a 135mm unit frontage and 45mm deep
• Pike Heavy Infantry – same 45mm depth; middle pike 65mm wide and two flanking shotte 35mm wide for a total frontage of 135mm
• Commanded Shotte – 50mm wide x 35mm deep arranged 2x2 for a unit frontage of 100m and depth of 70mm
• Cavalry – 50mm wide x 30mm deep arranged 2x2 for a unit frontage of 100m and depth of 60mm
• Gallant Gentleman – circle 30mm for one figure
• Colonel – circle 40mm for two figures
• General – circle 30mm for three figures
• Commanding General – circle 30mm for five figures

Transport

I opted for the Really Useful 4 liter boxes as they offered great internal dimensions measuring (L x W x H) 13.7 x 8.66 x 2.68 inches. The height was important because of the pikes! The lids latch securely and they nest without shifting. I also picked up some DIYMAG Magnetic Adhesive Sheets, 8" x 10", 6 Pack with Adhesive Backing from Amazon. I trimmed and affixed them to the bases of the cases; no super glue required! The magnets on the bases work really well with these sheets and hold the models securely.

All of the infantry fit in the first case and the other case held the officers and cavalry. I'll have to get another case as my cavalry units need to be bulked up. They are only 1.5 inches tall... maybe I'll get a different size of Really Useful box?