Dreamblade Minis for D&D

[Fifth Element]

Dreamblade figs can be a real pain to cut of their bases. What I find is the safest way to cut them is carefully hold the base against a wall while standing up. Take the x-acto blade and cut AWAY from you, towards he wall, keeping the blade as flush with the base as possible while using every bit of force needed. Determined rocking helps make the blade cut. Because of the force required to make progress,

I've only rebased two Dreamblade figures (Steelborn Griffons), but I found it relatively easy to cut off the original base. The plastic is quite soft and a sharp knife (cutting AWAY from yourself as you suggest) went through it pretty easily with a little patience. Slow and steady won the race.

This particular figure may be an exception, however, since as I say I've only done it with the one mini.

 

[rgard]

DDM was using 1.5 inch round base for large creatures rather than 2 inch round bases for about 2 years. If your group uses a battle grid, as long as the base is not bigger than the 2"x2" area of the grid, ther is no real issue whether the base is from dreamblade, older DDM, or a 1"x2" cavalry base used in most wargames.

As for medium, those you will need to cut off the dreamblade base and rebase on a 1" base

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Dreamblade figs can be a real pain to cut of their bases. What I find is the safest way to cut them is carefully hold the base against a wall while standing up. Take the x-acto blade and cut AWAY from you, towards he wall, keeping the blade as flush with the base as possible while using every bit of force needed. Determined rocking helps make the blade cut. Because of the force required to make progress, You will nick the wall with the blade, but this is better than having the blade cut deep into your finger. You'll get results like this..





...rather than results like this!

Frank, as usual...great work with the minis.

Thanks,
Rich