"Figure basing .. Keeping it simple..." Topic

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Neat and tidy – nice and very suitable for the figures

I do like a clean base for some figures though prefer the edges black.

I have found filer can crack over time (esp with plastic bases) and changed to wood filler – since then I have moved onto artists acrylic mediums for cost reasons

Andrew
Sic Parvis Magna

Thanks Andy. Hoping that cracking won't occur as the filler is silicone based and sets quite flexible.. Here's hoping so anyway!

Very simple – thanks for posting, notably as I will soon need to finish basing the Little Prince's WWII figs- Valiant Brits doing duty as the Regina Rifles

I use a Canadian penny – works well!

I think I do something similar. One variation I make is to mix the filler…caulk in my case…with RIT dye before applying to the figure. I use dark green. The caulk comes out gray. As the figure ages and the paint chips, it reveals gray rather than white caulk.

There's that old legality of using currency as bases question!

Most countries laws regarding coinage are aimed at the destruction, alteration or making of false copies of coins and/or bills.

Since no destruction is involved in gluing a figure to the coin it is simply just a fairly unorthodox form of personal banking.

I do basically the same thing with a couple minor differences: I mount them on a fender washer (I cover the hole with a paper thin piece of plasticard) then cover the base with Vallejo course pumice paste, paint and drybrush, then glue patches of static grass, or foliage, or the odd rock or two and call it done. I also cut the blocky plastic base off of my Valiant figs before gluing them to the washer, I find it helps them blend in a bit better with 1/72 vehicles.

Here is a finished base, this is for a vehicle, thus the tire ruts. I like to do the base and the vehicle separately, makes it easier to get in all the nooks and crannies:

And this is a couple of Valiant Germans from the an HQ squad:

and finally a close up of a sniper:

Nice work Buzz!

Thanks Steve, the stuff on your blog looks good too! I agree with you about the Valiant mini's, a lot of people get their knickers in a knot about the scale of the Valiants, but they are excellent figs and so much fun to build and customize, and they are easy to paint, with lots of detail, especially for an amateur like me.

I also use household filler for the bases, but instead of polyfilla I've recently discovered that B&Q sell wood filler in tubs. Which is brown meaning that if you miss bits while you're painting it, it's MUCH less obvious…