Squaring the Circle
I started back in 5th ed WHFB, this is established I fuckin' hate square bases. Theyre miserably ugly. Round bases for everything, forever. Maybe ovals now and then as a treat. Squares help sort models into organized ranks. Sure. A regiment is a square or a rectangle, but not an individual. A square bases forces individual minis into specific poses to facilitate ranks and often lead to awkward 'front' angles. Circular bases emphasize each mini as an individual model, even an individual diorama. They let you pick and choose posing and facing, and still fit into the rectangular regiment shape if you decide you want to play rank n flank. There is no reason to put a model on a square base. All of that said, the main reason for base shape seems to be a sort of ideological allegiance to Old World or Age of Sigmar. Im building this army for both, and for neither. Im dedicated to round bases and generally to newer sculpts but I'm not building Seraphon, I'm building Liz...
