MDF movement trays

[Andrewgeddon]

Hey all! Just wanted to give a quick shout out to anyone who might be looking for new movement trays / bases for a new 9th Age project, I recently ordered a load of stuff from Warbases.co.uk and were pretty happy with the result and prices.

 

Until now I had mainly used GW modular movement tray systems; they were alright, but as someone who liked a "tight fit" of my units in their trays, it made the 20/25mm guide lines on the GW trays pretty useless, as once you put the lip / corner pieces on, you were adding way more room to the tray. I ended up re-messuring / re-cutting all of my stuff, and it worked out, but was kinda a pain.

 

I looked at stuff like Mantic, Litko, Tectonic Crafts, and Back 2 Base-ix, but thought they were a little more expensive than I was looking for. I almost went with Shogun metal movement trays, but I already had a bunch of magnetizing stuff from old 8th Ed. projects and wanted something with a little more of a lip around the tray.

 

Final settled on trying out Warbases, and their prices seemed the lowest. I ordered:

 

4 125x50mm trays

1 200x80 mm tray

1 160x80mm tray

1 140x120mm tray

 

$22.13 shipped from the UK. This when post-Brexit, although the Pound was valued higher vs. the Dollar as it is currently.

 

Very happy with the trays, for the most part. A few of the boarders had become separated from the tray bases in transit, but was an easy fix with some super glue. 

 

Have since ordered movement trays / bases for my Daemonic Legions army from them and am currently waiting delivery. 6 trays and 100+ bases of various sizes for $33.29 shipped. 

 

Biggest complaint is there were no skirmish movement trays available, at least not in any useful configurations, and nothing for 40mm skirmishers. Also max size was a little limited for my Zombie + Cadaver Wagon unit, but they supposedly do trays of custom sizes, so I guess I could have asked.

 

Anyone else have any recommendations for tray providers that they use? I'm kinda hyped up on 9th Age, always interested in finding more hobby options 

[Swan-of-War]

This is great man - thanks for the review.  I always thought I was the only one irked by GW's trays

[smashthedean]

Very nice! I also hate GW trays and have always thought that most other stuff I found online was a little expensive, but these seem to be a pretty good deal! If only I had seen this a couple of weeks ago before making myself some balsa wood trays for my Beast Herds I would have picked some up!

[Andrewgeddon]

Recieved my shipment today! Very happy with the turn around time, considering I placed my order last Tuesday.

You can see there's a little bit of a gap, but about as good as can be expected for the price, IMHO.

And how my fist full of Tallymen have a place to call home ;)

[valourunbound]

Question: How do the bases stack up vs GW ones?

I.E. are they indistinguishable when painted/flocked.

[Andrewgeddon]

Question: How do the bases stack up vs GW ones?

I.E. are they indistinguishable when painted/flocked.

I'll double check the height when I get home, I think the GW ones a slightly higher though.

 

Regardless, the GW bases have that slight tapper from the bottom to the top, while these are straight up and down, so I imagine you would be able to spot the difference. I have yet to get these painted / based though.