tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post5196752901808996797..comments2024-01-26T23:33:34.283+00:00Comments on Itinerant Wargamer: LETS TALK ABOUT BASING!!Chris Cornwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00266210916076524044noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-82108575165086902422010-07-12T20:29:54.997+01:002010-07-12T20:29:54.997+01:00Great stuff. I was moaning about how to base the ...Great stuff. I was moaning about how to base the figures (I've just started in the hobby) -- complicated processes, expensive and arcane materials, blah blah. Had thought about not wargaming and just painting so I could avoid all that. This is how I'm going to do it. Wonderful advice, thanks for your blog and this article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-90195021908411200512009-09-26T12:22:50.919+01:002009-09-26T12:22:50.919+01:00Great stuff, I will have to try the oil paint with...Great stuff, I will have to try the oil paint with white spirits. Cheers for the tips.Secundushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03315796155081335530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-63273137100984111982009-09-09T11:06:56.041+01:002009-09-09T11:06:56.041+01:00Chris, I thought you were just a pretty face until...Chris, I thought you were just a pretty face until I tried your basing technique. Fantastic! We don't have Budgie grit. I drove to the local beach and bought a bunch of tacky sea shell souvenirs which I crushed up and added to sand.<br /><br />I am using this basing technique for everything now. I expect to keep the Bangladesh PVA glue industry afloat during the recession.Neilhttp://www.reinforcementsbypost.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-139882353861307612009-09-04T13:39:34.334+01:002009-09-04T13:39:34.334+01:00Dunno Ged, I guess you would just use a green wash...Dunno Ged, I guess you would just use a green wash instead of brown!..at least on bits of it. The main reason I plumped for this style was that the only green I wanted on the base was the grass stuff. I did used to put green paint on years ago, then I used Humbrol green, but I didn't like the solid colour it gave even when high-lighted..Green artists oil-paint might give an interesting effect, experimentation is probably the answer.Chris Cornwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00266210916076524044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-3961094714668080232009-09-04T12:03:28.732+01:002009-09-04T12:03:28.732+01:00How would you do it if you wanted a grrenish affec...How would you do it if you wanted a grrenish affect rather than brown? (cos Im anal and don't like brown)Ged Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540320118728627406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-15775679932082838872009-09-02T12:00:01.539+01:002009-09-02T12:00:01.539+01:00Nice Grenadiers Christot!!
Why didn't you cal...Nice Grenadiers Christot!!<br /><br />Why didn't you call me...I would have told you how not to base the figures! You would have got here in quick time!!<br /><br />;-)BFGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641540961014646307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-27854278357446542092009-08-28T07:13:06.427+01:002009-08-28T07:13:06.427+01:00Very similar to what I do. Looks quite a lot bette...Very similar to what I do. Looks quite a lot better though. I fear I am still at the green paint stage, you may have a point there.<br /><br />So much easier to glue the bases and dip in sand than to make up a mix and trowel it on. <br /><br />The only slight difference is because I paint them I find that paint can bridge a gap then burst leaving a little white 'bubble' so I mix a little brown paint or shed stain with the glue.<br /><br />I agreee that 1.5mm or 1/16th at my model shop is wonderful stuff. Very easy to cut accurately and doesnt warp. It can be cut with a (very)strong sissors for round bases for those Gilder personality figures.<br /><br />Johnjohnpreecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548014163096067684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-42026577976341177392009-08-28T00:57:14.711+01:002009-08-28T00:57:14.711+01:00A fascinating post, Chris. It's always intere...A fascinating post, Chris. It's always interesting to learn how others achieve their different effects. Very nice work there!<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />Stokes SchwartzWSTKS-FM Worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-46081144497103448962009-08-27T02:51:13.647+01:002009-08-27T02:51:13.647+01:00Great job, I agree with using thin bases (I use wa...Great job, I agree with using thin bases (I use war hammer 40x20 bases, which are about 1 mm thick, but are quite stiff).<br /><br />I have to get some of that German grass.<br /><br />John<br /><br />ps the figures look great as well.john de terre neuvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898285039988448895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-55120056207580179282009-08-26T08:42:54.394+01:002009-08-26T08:42:54.394+01:00Those Guard date from about 8 or 9 years ago, in t...Those Guard date from about 8 or 9 years ago, in those days I was using a bit of green highlighted in yellow, with sisel string painted green as well. <br />The Italians are finished! I'll put them up here in a day or 2Chris Cornwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00266210916076524044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-5378937539367360552009-08-26T08:31:31.873+01:002009-08-26T08:31:31.873+01:00I knew you were a genius a I use exactky the same ...I knew you were a genius a I use exactky the same method. I think its superb.<br /><br />I still like that green. How are you finding the Victrix? I've finished my second Italian battalion and pic's should be on the site later.RTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620074647967436211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486634797266444464.post-77168853573728709412009-08-26T05:31:41.522+01:002009-08-26T05:31:41.522+01:00I use the same technique for most of my collection...I use the same technique for most of my collections (although for my Napoleonics I go for a painted green effect). It's easy and looks great. <br /><br />Your guard pictures look like you used to paint on green -- looks good too.<br /><br />Enjoy your blog.<br />Cheers,<br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com