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1) I stick the figures on to a piece of cardboard
cut to the appropriate size using a glue gun. |
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2) I cover the base with textured paint (Polycell
Textured Ceilings Coarse Finish or similar) using a microspatula
or an old brush which I keep specially for the purpose. |
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3) When the ceiling paint is dry the base has a good
texture. |
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4) I paint the base with in an earth colour. For my
AK47 bases I use Humbrol Enamel number 94, matt brown yellow. |
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5) To bring out the texture on the base I drybush
it, first using a lighter shade of the base colour (Citadel Bleached
Bone) then white. |
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6) I glue static grass flock on to the base using
PVA glue (sometimes called wood glue, wood adhesive or, in the USA,
Elmer's Glue). Here I have used two colours, harvest gold and burnt
grass, both from Woodland Scenics. |
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7) As a finishing touch, I sometimes stick on underbrush
using the glue gun. Here I have used course turf, again from Woodland
Scenics. Spraying the whole stand with matt varnish dulls the shine
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To base vehicles I cut an appropriately sized base out of cardboard
then take it up to stage 5 above before gluing on the vehicle. I
then carry out step 6 and 7 with the vehicle glued on the base.
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Since basing all my AK47 figures I have started to
use a quicker, and in my opinion better, system of basing using
sand to texture the base rather than textured paint. This stand
of militia has been done the new way. |
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Details of this method can be found on other pages of this website
where I demonstrate the new technique applied to 15mm
World War II figures, mounted for another RFCM game, PBI 2,
and 6mm Napoleonic figures mounted
to represent Brigades on 2" square stands for the game Grande
Armee.
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