We all do it differently. I play this game in 6mm with occasional 10mm.
I'm not about to tell you how to base, rather how I do, you can use this as a comparison. All sizes in millimetres.
Infantry
Standard base is 80x40
Small 40x40
Skirmishes 80x40
Warbands are 80x50
Artillery 40x40
Horse
Standard Cavalry is 80x50 deep
Small unit 40 x50
Light horse small unit in open order 80x25 whilst formed they are 40x50 , future models will be based 40x25 and position as needed, however current models are both as I have the unit twice once in each formation.
I'm not about to tell you how to base, rather how I do, you can use this as a comparison. All sizes in millimetres.
Infantry
Standard base is 80x40
Small 40x40
Skirmishes 80x40
Warbands are 80x50
Artillery 40x40
Horse
Standard Cavalry is 80x50 deep
Small unit 40 x50
Light horse small unit in open order 80x25 whilst formed they are 40x50 , future models will be based 40x25 and position as needed, however current models are both as I have the unit twice once in each formation.
If I did large units I'd probably do 100x50 or 100x60
Tiny units elephants for example 30x40or 50
That's our club's preference
Further we like to represent the unit with a different quantity of models or formation
Infantry
Usually about 12 men to a rank
Heavy 4 ranks warband the same about 48
Medium 3 ranks
Light and archers 2 ranks
Horse
Cataphracts square block 6x3
Heavy horse 2 lines of 9 'V' formation
Medium horse 2 parallel lines of 9
Light horse usually in small units with just 5 postion depending on open or closed order
I've done 5 on a 80x25 or on a 40x50, when I start a new army there will be 3 on a 40x25, giving me 6 in a line or square.
Examples of 6 mm basing for HC!
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| Cavalry Roman and Samatian Cataphracts, Medium, Heavy, Medium and lights |
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| Roman and Dacian Infantry Skirmishers, Legionaries, Warband, Medium, lights and light artillery at the back of the picture. |
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| Command bases, The largest is rarely used, only if there is an over all General with two legions |
Examples of 10 mm basing for HC!
As the models are a little bigger we have reduced the model count and made a small increase to the size of the bases as a result it plays and feels like the 6 mm games we played, with fluid movement and movement options. Things we feel you don't get in a 28 mm game if like us you play on a 6' x 4' table.
We went down this route like all gamers because we could :) in addition we all had fantasy 10 mm models we wanted to play with so are creating a home made Warmaster - Hail Caesar mash.
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| Early Imperial/Marian Romans Both three ranks and 10 wide, lights would be two ranks |
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| Orcs mixed units based for a fantasy HC game Note it's the same number of models that were in the Warmaster units. |
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| Undead based for a fantasy HC game |
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| Undead based for a fantasy HC game |
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| Undead Commands based for a fantasy HC game |
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