"Does anyone make weights for Slotta bases?" Topic

Subject says it all.

thnaks

I fill the bottom of the base with spackle. After it dries, sand it smooth. You may want to scuff up the inside of the base a bit so the spackle has a rough surface to adhere to. May not be the best solution for really heavy figs. but it's cheap and easy. You may try some small ball bearings or BBs and super glue.

I usually glue a flat fender washer to the bottom. If needed I load the base with bbs or the like.

I use the sprue bits off metal figs to glue into the bottom of my bases. I'll use some kind of filler in any remaining gaps if there are still not enough weight to the base.

Lead shot -- a friend used to load his own ammunition, gave me a 20# bag of surplus. It surprises me to see the bag is running low, after a few years of use.

Yup. Glue in Lead Shot…
Worked for me innumerable times.

Winchester, Remington – yep, lead shot mixed with gluehas been used for as long a slotta bases have been around. Unless you are very ken and want to start casting your own weights.

Galvanised washers have the advantage of being magnetic, so storing and transporting your figures is easier if you line your storage with flexible magnetic sheeting from a local sign store.

I use an American Nickle. Fits perfectly.

Renaissance Ink makes them in various sizes and shapes.

renaissanceink.net/catalog

Spackle, that's a great idea. I've gotta try that! Thanks for the tip. I've been gluing washers to those horrid slotta bases but a lot of glues just won't grab that plastic, and I always hate the gaps left in the top of the base where the openings never match the metal slots. Why do people like these things, and why can't the manufacturers just give us nice metal bases on each figure?

I put pva inside the base and dip in in course sand, usually does the trick. If a particular figure is top heavy I decorate the base with a stone from the garden to weigh it down some more.

Phil

I keep a couple of old 35mm film cannisters full of spru for this purpose.

Fender washers. I never had a problem with them stucking to slottas using superglue.
I paint the edges first by stackin a bunch on a bolt and spraying them. If you don't want the paint to bleed through the washers, then tighten down the clump of washers with a bolt

The problem with gluing something additional to the bottom is that sloota bases are already way high and adding more height just makes the figures look silly vs. vehicles.

Impact Miniatures sell them :)

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Cheers Matt

1-48combat.com/extras.htm

Heavy Metal Bases!

slotted metal bases cast in a lead rich alloy to weight down the figures, doesn't get any heavier than that!