Argh I HATE that manufacturers bases...

[Dr Dave]

You said it three times.

Now Joey Essex will appear and won't leave until you#ve taught him the rules of Advanced Squad Leader.

Just the basic game was bad enough. But to compound the added complexity with poor Joey as well... That's just harsh... 

[Leman]

An Englishman, an Englishman and an Englishman go into a pub, get totally and absolutely legless, throw up over each other, lose half their clothes, come round with the world's worst headaches then tell everyone they had a great time. As a Welshman I find that hilarious.

[Orcs]

LIke I said before - the Welsh have no sense of humour !

Lets be honest If you lived in Wales where:-

99% of your neighbours were sheep with the best conversation limited to BAAA,
It rained all the time
Summer was the single afternoon it rained only with a shower or two
You had little or no TV/phone reception due to the mountains.
The pubs all shut on Sundays
Most place names are unpronounceable.

You would not have much of a sense of humour 

[Leman]

Twll du'n bob sais!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Lets be honest If you lived in Wales where:-

99% of your neighbours were sheep with the best conversation limited to BAAA,
It rained all the time
Summer was the single afternoon it rained only with a shower or two
You had little or no TV/phone reception due to the mountains.
The pubs all shut on Sundays
Most place names are unpronounceable.

You would not have much of a sense of humour 

You missed one - the locals all spoke gibberish !!!

[O Dinas Powys]

Lets be honest If you lived in Wales where:-

99% of your neighbours were sheep with the best conversation limited to BAAA,
It rained all the time
Summer was the single afternoon it rained only with a shower or two
You had little or no TV/phone reception due to the mountains.
The pubs all shut on Sundays
Most place names are unpronounceable.

You would not have much of a sense of humour 

Bit racist 

[O Dinas Powys]

You missed one - the locals all spoke gibberish !!!

It's these continual micro-aggressions that are both lame and wearing...

[Leman]

Also getting pissed off with this. If Black, muslim or women was substituted there would be a positive shitstorm!

[Raider4]

Also getting pissed off with this.

Absolutely! Please stop.

[Techno]

I've found it personally insulting.

It's NOT banter...(Tee Hee hee).....It's......No forget it !

Be nice to get a couple of apologies.....But that's not going to happen..

*****.

[Techno]

I'm still waiting.

...Why do I bother.

[John Cook]

Essex is a British wargame company that has been in business for almost forty years. They have very crisp figures, but in order to save weight/metal/money (?) they deliberately make their stands very small and, in the case of cavalry, very narrow, thus making them very difficult to glue to a base without them flopping to one side or the other before the glue has set.

Really.  Well, I've been wargaming for 55 years and I can't say I remember ever having heard of them, not even when I was into 15mm, which must now be more than 30 years ago. 

[steve_holmes_11]

Really.  Well, I've been wargaming for 55 years and I can't say I remember ever having heard of them, not even when I was into 15mm, which must now be more than 30 years ago. 

Worth a look, some of the pictures provide a good illustration of the tiny bases.

https://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/

My Plasticine basing system consists of building a harness / scaffold to support the figures.
The supports start life as a mushroom shaped bit of plasticene and are re-shaped to provide a stable pose for the figure until the glue is properly set.