"Snow bases." Topic

So today I knocked out another 200 figure bases. I have been playing around with different ideas again. My normal medium painting black bases white is to us a brush and hit around the feet and cover the top and side with Exterior Flat Latex House Paint. Cheap and does give some nice texture to the bases. BUT I hate doing the sides and most of the time it will not cover as well as I like on the first coat. So if I am painting 100 bases I have to hit them at least three times on top and side, once or twice on the bottom as I plan to just knock them over as casualties and hate the look of black bottoms on the table.

Today I had to do 100 sides of the bases and decided I would try something I have been playing around with for few weeks. I purchased several bottles of Liquid Paper, 2 in 1 Correction Combo, Correction Fluid. The bases are fairly thick about 6mm, and it used to take me forever to paint around them with the first coat. I would almost always have to go back and do a second coat. Figured it took men about 20 seconds each for a base, average 2- 3 per minute. I just did a test with Liquid Paper and finished on average did one per five seconds. Finished 20 base edges in a minute and half. Really good base coat and the texture I want.

I will still to the top and bottom using paint, but the round and square edges of the base I am going to use some more liquid paper. The only question I have is how long it is going to hold up.

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James Mattes

Little concerned over this James,

I've had this liquid peel off plastic and paper before now and never managed to get a smooth cover.

Good luck – please post results.

Andrew
Mini site: 2mmwars.kings-sleep.me.uk

Yes that is my concern as well. I started out sanding all the bases then priming then painting with several layers of paint then texturing the base with coffee grounds and then painting again. Covering black smooth plastic in white is a (insert word for a female dog) pain. With a little over 1800 individually based figures and about a hundred vehicles and hundred movement stands it is a big project that for the past few months has made me sick of painting white.

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James Mattes

Why dont you paint the bases before you place the figures on them? That way you could spray-paint them.

The figures come already painted with molded bases I am just modifying them giving them a magic wash and repainting the bases.

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James Mattes