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Post by martin on Apr 13, 2022 8:01:38 GMT
One or two armies (and any spare elements that have been knocked up) at a time. I find that basing is labour intensive and time consuming, but very rewarding.
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Post by jim1973 on Apr 13, 2022 9:07:49 GMT
There's an ever increasing range of coloured fillers and grouts that can also save a significant amount of time. Put it on when you glue to the base then come back later to add some tufts, grass, etc. These can also cover any imperfections. They can also help bond the miniatures. I have a mocha acrylic grout for wetter climates and a biege wood putty for drier climates (currently being used on my EAP).
Cheers
Jim
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Post by Simon on Apr 13, 2022 10:59:41 GMT
Go gloss varnish 54mm with shiny green bases!!
Simon
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Post by macbeth on Apr 17, 2022 6:56:21 GMT
I usually do the basing straight after the figures are painted, especially now that I have adopted a rather time consuming process for basing
1) Paint the base in an earth colour;
2) Put on the PVA glue, stick on a boulder and dip the base in crushed pumice;
3) When the PVA is dry paint the pumice in the base earth colour from 1 above;
4) When the earth colour is dry, apply a wash (heavily watered down) second earth colour;
5) Attach tufts
7) Put on some blobs of PVA glue and sprinkle small rocks (from the red ant nest) and then dip the base in a second flock
Doing a whold army at once like this is no fun - I will be doing this for the rebase of the Later Hungarians as I bring them up to purple compliance.
Cheers
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Post by kaiphranos on Apr 17, 2022 23:51:08 GMT
7) Put on some blobs of PVA glue and sprinkle small rocks (from the red ant nest) and then dip the base in a second flock Are you actually harvesting basing material from literal anthills? |
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Post by Baldie on Apr 18, 2022 5:59:22 GMT
No they are arable
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Post by macbeth on Apr 21, 2022 0:32:18 GMT
7) Put on some blobs of PVA glue and sprinkle small rocks (from the red ant nest) and then dip the base in a second flock Are you actually harvesting basing material from literal anthills? Yes indeed, the Australian Meat Ant builds massive mound shaped nests which they strew with very small stones and pieces of twig - I believe it is used to regulate the temperature of the nest. The small stones look like reasonable sized rocks when standing next to 15mm figures. There are number of pictures of my armies up on the book of face in the two DBA groups. Cheers |
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Post by kaiphranos on Apr 21, 2022 20:30:59 GMT
Interesting! I am in North America, but I found myself speculatively eyeing some local anthills as potential sources of basing materials after seeing that post...
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Post by nangwaya on Apr 26, 2022 2:42:30 GMT
I glue all the figures for a stand, let the glue dry then start putting down the "ground" and often use coarse pumice modeling paste as the base material and tint it with whatever shade of craft paint that suits my fancy.
I also like accenting with coffee grinds, bit of pine needles to mimic reeds, the ever popular cat litter, and sand stolen from the local playground.
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