T2 Miniature Base
Demountable magnet system
A miniature base with a threaded magnet chamber that lets you change, remove or reuse magnets at any time — no glue, no guesswork.
T2 Bases
Height 3.75mm
42 sizes
Flexibility and a large range of sizes
Choose magnet strength by task. Change polarity when needed. Reuse magnets instead of locking them permanently into bases.
Available in circles, rectangles, squares and ovals, across 42 sizes from 20mm to 240mm.
Base Inserts
Inserts improve the finish on all your bases and add rigidity to larger bases.
Inserts sit recessed, leaving the base rim and magnet chambers as the contact points with the tabletop.
The magnet chamber
Accommodates multiple magnet sizes
From above, the 3.75 mm T2 base looks like any other base. The difference sits underneath.
The chamber is sized for any combination of magnets up to 15×2 mm.
Magnets are secured with a retaining bolt fitted with a printable spanner that we call the Star-Tool.
*The smallest base sizes are only 3mm tall.
FDM printable Toppers
Includes FDM Friendly Toppers
T2 bases are come blank, but also include 22 terrain swatches to slice base toppers from.
Photo-Realistic Textures
The swatches are created from photographic surface textures, ranging from rock and earth to paving, slabs and mosaic stone.
80mm Square FDM Stone Slab Topper enhanced with grasses and moss effects. FDM printed Titan model 150mm tall. Sculpt by @Duncan Shadow
Paint them, or let the filament do the work
Filament can be used for the base colour, just seal it with a clear varnish first. PLA comes in an array of finishes, solid, translucent, matt, gloss, even multi-coloured. A pale grey is especially useful for stone, browns and beige for wood, black-brown for lava, some filaments already have a stone effect.
Creating a Base Topper
Stamp the topper from a terrain swatch
Swatches are 100x100x2mm and each base size comes with a matching Swatch-Cutter to stamp your Topper out with using your slicer software.
Swatches are 2mm high but they can also be cut down in height to a wafer thin 1.25mm without loss of detail as all the relief is in the top 0.75mm of the print.
Place the cutter object on the swatch positioned to capture the terrain area you're interested in, select both objects, choose the Boolean operation Intersection and click execute.
The result is a fast, repeatable way to produce consistent bases, either as finished pieces or as foundations for further terrain work.
Bases are 100% Locked On
The magnet chamber doubles as an immovable paint handle connection
The T2 base thread can be screwed onto a paint handle with no limit to base size either. Our own future range of 3D Printable Paint Handles offer connection by thread, putty or magnet.
Paint Handle Compatible
3D-printable adaptors are included for Citadel and Redgrass paint handles.
Fits putty, magnets, clasps, corks and the T2 Base thread.
Our own 3D printable Paint Handle System...
T2 Bases have many ways to get connected
3D printed adaptors are compatible with both Redgrass and Citadel paint handles.
...or, use these popular paint handles
Type 2 (T2) Miniature base FAQs
FAQ1 What magnets can I use?
The magnet chamber houses and combination Magnets up to 15 × 2 mm, the magnet size and strength you require will depend on the miniature type. Given the weight a metal miniature will want a stronger magnet, particularly for transport, a plastic miniature would be held in place by very little force. Typically for metal miniature we use a 10x1mm N52 or a 12x1mm N42. For a plastic miniature a 12x1 N42 will almost always do.
If you did want to use very small magnets, less than 10mm diameter, then you could house these is a 2x15mm FDM spacer with the magnet size cut out as holes in the spacer, then simply press-fit the magnet into the holes.
Note that magnet costs increase for very small magnets or stronger than average magnets. The sweet-spot for value is magnets between 8-12mm in diameter because these are very common and scale keeps the cost more reasonable.
FAQ2 Do they print easily on FDM printers?
Yes. They are designed specifically to reliably print on FDM printers, the angle of the base itself, the threads , the texturing of the base top, all considered when designing the base. Precision printing is important because of the threaded element in the base, we recommend a printing resolution of at least 0.16mm or lower.
FAQ3 Can they be printed on a resin printer?
They have not been designed for or tested on a resin printer. A resin printer has a very high resolution but their dimensional accuracy is less than that of a FDM printer, this being due to the flex of the FEP slightly distorting the object at the start of the print. This simply does not matter for an organic shape like a miniature, but for a precision part, it does. It's not impossible with a good understanding of resin supports and a well dialled in printer, but it's not the recommended type of printer for these files. Although the combination of a FDM base and a resin topper would be very nice.
FAQ4 Why use T2 bases instead of standard bases?
Standard bases lock you into a commitment to a magnet size and strength from the start of a project. T2 bases are versatile: magnets can be swapped, polarity changed, handles attached, and inserts customised. Instead of adapting your workflow to your bases, your bases adapt to your workflow.
Here's a couple examples:
1. You are using a magnet connection to your handle you may want a much stronger magnet during the paint phase to keep it extra secure, once done, you might back off to a lesser magnet for transport, or even no magnet at all if they simply go on display.
2. You have an old army that you store but hardly if ever play, these magnets could be used elsewhere.
FAQ5 Will they work with my paint handle?
Yes. The T2 base is a typical base shape and therefore connects to any paint handle in the same manner as any other base would. If you want to use the threaded connection then you will need an adaptor or our own paint handle system. Adaptors for the standard Citadel paint handle or the Redgrass paint handle are included in the files, this are not endorsed by either manufacturer, they are simply compatible with these handles so that your investment in them can continue. If you 3D print your handles currently it would be fairly easy to adapt them with a thread connection using he files supplied.
FAQ6 Why is it called the T2 base?
During development to make the distinction between an ordinary base we used the terms type 1 and type to to make the distinction. Type 2 became T2 and for want of a better word for them, we continued to called them the T2 base, a second type of base effectively.
General FAQs
Why Launch products on Kickstarter?
Kickstarter helps build momentum and visibility while funding the next project in the pipeline. Because these are digital STL files, delivery happens shortly after each campaign ends — with no manufacturing delays or shipping waits.
Are these products real or just concepts?
All products already exist and are in regular use. Images on the site are all prints, not renders.
What’s ongoing is refinement - preparing files, variants, building examples and creating instructions.
What do you mean by “Systems”?
Rather than single-purpose tools, many projects are built as parts-based systems. Each system includes a number of useful Set-designs that can be printed and immediately assembled, while the same parts can be combined into bespoke designs of your own.
Each product page explains how its system works, with guides and examples provided as each project gets closer to launch.
Are these projects difficult to print?
Printing itself is straightforward. Designs are optimised for FDM and supplied with recommended settings and guidance.
Set-designs come with parts listed and instructions for assembly, these same parts can be used to create bespoke designs of your own, so complexity comes from planning your own build, not the printing itself — the tools scale with ambition, not technical difficulty.
Have the designs been tested?
Yes. Through constant use, some designs have evolved over years of use. Every design began for personal use and then later shared for feedback with fellow hobbyists.
Each design is built for real hobbyists, used and improved over time - I’m confident they’ll serve you well.
Each chamber can accommodate a broad mix of magnets up to 15x2mm. Spacer rings allow smaller magnets to be used from 10-15mm, a typical choice for a 32mm base is a 1x12mm N42 magnet. You'd get a similar pull from a 1x15mm N38 Magnet and the same again from a 10x1mm N52. there's a lot of options.