Ace of (re)Base - Star Wars Fleet Scale Fighters

Further to a recent thread on TMP, I've been considering rebasing my Star Wars "fleet scale" fighters. With the arrival of a shed-load of bases, the stage was set for a wholesale re-do...

Luke Skywalker's X-Wing leads the rebel squadrons: X-Wings, Y-Wings, A-Wings and B-Wings.

I decided to base the "heroic" ships (Luke's X-Wing, Vader's TIE Advanced, and the Millennium Falcon) as singles, and the rest of the fighters in pairs. I did give this a bit of thought, since it represented a change from the previous basing style of three per base. I decided to go with two per base for a couple of reasons: it better represents a leader and wingman if we play a smaller scale game with each model representing one ship; and it gives me 50% more bases of fighters if we play a higher level game. The bases are simple 25mm rounds and can easily represent a squadron in a fleet-scale game.

Vader's TIE fighter leads the Imperial armada: TIEs, TIE Interceptors, and TIE Bombers.

"What a piece of junk!"

 

Old style vs. new style. I think that the new way is much cleaner looking. I simply clipped off a few millimeters randomly from the bottom of each pin and glued it into a hole drilled into the new plastic base. The final thing I may do, if the spirit moves me, is to get some magnetic sheet to stick on the bottom of the bases, for a bit of heft as well as ease of storage.