Andrewgeddon Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 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 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-of-War Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 This is great man - thanks for the review. I always thought I was the only one irked by GW's trays 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 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! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewgeddon Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 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 ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valourunbound Posted August 1, 2016 Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 Question: How do the bases stack up vs GW ones? I.E. are they indistinguishable when painted/flocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewgeddon Posted August 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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