| Patrick R | 30 Jul 2009 8:16 a.m. PST |
For years I have struggled against bases. I tried milliput, tamiya putty, poryon etc … Lots of work and mixed results at best. So the other night I just poured some flock glue on a base and dipped it in sand … perfect base in seconds, no hassle, no trouble, no cleaning your sculpting tools afterwards. I can't believe I never came up with this earlier. |
| DS6151 | 30 Jul 2009 8:31 a.m. PST |
That's pretty much what I've always done.
Works good, doesn't it? |
| Gallowglass | 30 Jul 2009 8:42 a.m. PST |
I use the same procedure, except I use superglue instead of the flock glue (I take it you meant PVA?). |
| Boone Doggle | 30 Jul 2009 9:08 a.m. PST |
I use brown or green house paint and hamster sand. |
| kreoseus2 | 30 Jul 2009 9:13 a.m. PST |
I paint on the PVa with a little water ( I am basing 15mm for FOG/DBM) using an old brush so it covers the models base but doesnt go on the feet, dip it in sand, leave over night, a few dabs of watery PVa and then a dip in the flock. Simples |
 Extra Crispy  | 30 Jul 2009 10:29 a.m. PST |
Me too. I glue on dark brown sand bought in the "sand art" aisle at Hobby Lobby. One $5 USD jug will last me years. Then I wash with brown ink, drybrush with bone, finally add spots of PVA and dip in flock. I use different color and flock combinations for different looks – so pale sand and more yellowish flock for desert, etc. |
| Patrick R | 30 Jul 2009 11:22 a.m. PST |
Flock glue is basically watery PVA, though I find it works a bit better than PVA with water for some reason. Probably some formulated stuff. |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 30 Jul 2009 11:32 a.m. PST |
I use Red Devil Pre-mixed Spackle Compound and stir in brown paint until the goop looks like chocolate pudding. Then I trowel it around the base and sprinkle some sand/gravel and flock all in one step. It takes me about one minute per figure (single figure bases). The spackle provides some texture to the ground. |
| Arteis | 30 Jul 2009 12:12 p.m. PST |
I use PVA glue dipped into sand, too. Over the years I've collected an ice cream container of all sorts of different sands all mixed together. So the different grades and colours give a nice texture that does not need painting at all. The only finishing touch I do is to add a few rocks and patches of flock and static grass. picture |
| John Leahy | 30 Jul 2009 8:54 p.m. PST |
Extra Crispy and I use a similar method. I just use Bird gravel and grit for my sand. It has different sized rocks. Thanks, John |
| JJS001 | 30 Jul 2009 11:28 p.m. PST |
Wood glue, sand from the beach (it's free and there's plenty), some kitty litter for rocks and some paint. Works well and you never have the problem of flocking coming off your base over time. |
| ThorLongus | 13 Aug 2009 1:19 p.m. PST |
adhesive grout…add texture….ink wash add flock to taste
I also used to use pigmented spackle but now I use the grout and then place the minis into the grout(adhesive grout no need for glue)
first I trim away the minis' base…so it is wearing lead platform shoes |
| GOTHIC LINE MINIATURES | 16 Aug 2009 3:53 p.m. PST |
I thai too I use it long time! |
| Rob UK | 19 Aug 2009 3:19 p.m. PST |
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aecurtis  | 19 Aug 2009 8:22 p.m. PST |
Good old Elmer's Pliobond Carpenter's glue, slightly diluted, and Mojave River dry riverbed sand. |
| Bryan Stroup | 20 Aug 2009 9:43 a.m. PST |
I use the same Elmer's carpenter glue as well for basing and gluing up pink/blue board. That stuff is incredible. Beach sand, kitty litter and talus rocks to make up the base. Talus rocks are individually placed so that i can use the same base mix for 15mm, 20mm or 25mm. My flock is mixed Woodland Scenics colors with some vermiculite (sp?) mixed in. I then put tufts of static grass on the base for my 25mm figures. |
