| PeterH | 25 Apr 2017 7:37 a.m. PST |
on your bases? I have not because sometimes my figures are in urban environments and other times in Norman bocage. to strike a balance, I have used earth color mixed into fine grit matt medium and then some random small stones which could either be building rubble or in a field. any opinions on whether to add a limited amount of grass? |
pzivh43  | 25 Apr 2017 7:41 a.m. PST |
I tend to use a bit of grass, either flock or the static grass clumps. And some small stones, etc. |
| Rich Bliss | 25 Apr 2017 8:02 a.m. PST |
I use flock, 'tufts', rocks, gravel, and the occasional flowering shrub, depending on figure and mood. |
| wrgmr1 | 25 Apr 2017 8:25 a.m. PST |
Static grass, tufts and flowers. |
| Cerdic | 25 Apr 2017 9:09 a.m. PST |
Mine are all on grassy ground. They are mostly for periods that are pre-20th Century when urban areas were considerably less urbanised…. |
 optional field | 25 Apr 2017 9:28 a.m. PST |
I'm switching to transparent bases for just this reason… |
| Doug MSC | 25 Apr 2017 10:17 a.m. PST |
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 Herkybird | 25 Apr 2017 10:35 a.m. PST |
I am doing Star Wars figures at the mo, and have just flat painted the bases a pale brown while I decide on grass or something else! |
| Saxondog | 25 Apr 2017 11:22 a.m. PST |
Depends on the figure. Most figures….yes, I do. Grass, flowers, etc….. recently did a few for Frostgrave. These have NO grass. So, it all depends on the figure. |
| Striker | 25 Apr 2017 11:39 a.m. PST |
Most of my minis have some type of grass on them. |
| Winston Smith | 25 Apr 2017 12:07 p.m. PST |
White glue, dribble varying shades and grades of ballast on it, then dump a load of mixed static grass and flocking on it. I try to not make them look like Capability Brown laid everything out. |
| Vigilant | 25 Apr 2017 12:51 p.m. PST |
Depends. Where I know the majority of use will be outside urban areas, e.g desert or grasslands then I use suitable textures, flock etc. Where there is going to be multi-use I am mounting individual figures on clear perplex bases. |
| goragrad | 25 Apr 2017 1:38 p.m. PST |
Have some, haven't used it yet. Also flowers. |
 Tacitus | 25 Apr 2017 2:39 p.m. PST |
No. I used to, but switched to desert or concrete rubble. Even if their fighting on grass, it still looks better than my crap attempts at grass. |
| robert piepenbrink | 25 Apr 2017 4:36 p.m. PST |
I try to base consistently for any given period/scale combination and have boards and terrain to match. So WWII 15mm is all earth/sand for North Africa and the Middle East, and if that's not always right for parts of Tunisia or Syria, c'est la guerre. All the 28mm SF is based on rubble with a board to match, and horse & musket (and fantasy) are based on green grass No campaigning until there's forage for the horses.
Barsoom, of course… |
 Saber6  | 25 Apr 2017 6:04 p.m. PST |
I mix static grass with my turf blend, rather than in clumps. Seems to give a better look of random long blades |
| Mick the Metalsmith | 26 Apr 2017 7:08 a.m. PST |
IMHO Transparent bases bring even more attention to themselves, then a mismatch of colours of base and playing surface. I flock and only get creative with 28s or really fairly large empty bases. I would rather paint another fig or make a new building. |
| Anthropicus | 26 Apr 2017 8:42 a.m. PST |
All my bases have at least static grass or pre-glued tufts, usually over a brybrushed, textured mud or dirt. For 6mm, I tend to just fill it with static grass. I do it in two layers, mixing from a few different tubs to get a more naturalistic look. You can see examples of both approaches here: link |
| nevinsrip | 27 Apr 2017 1:48 a.m. PST |
I use all kinds of grasses, tufts and such, that I make myself. People seem to like the result. |
| PeterH | 27 Apr 2017 12:45 p.m. PST |
so no real consensus here!! that's okay, in a way it confirms that there are many things which drive folks to do/not do and you just have to go with what you personally like. I think for now I will stick with the bare dirt and a stone here and there. Can always add some greenery down the road. |
| tkdguy | 27 Apr 2017 10:42 p.m. PST |
Only for a few miniatures. One of my miniatures was missing a foot, so I used grass to hide the missing limb. |
| tkdguy | 07 May 2017 5:05 p.m. PST |
If you prefer artificial grass to natural grass, here are a couple of ways to make it. The examples were used for terrain, but you can probably adapt them when basing miniatures YouTube link and YouTube link |
| Poniatowski | 29 Mar 2018 5:24 a.m. PST |
This is the single hardest question I could be asked right now…. I am really fighting the dilemma I am having…. I have always based my figures appropriately for where they are played…. they match their scenery…. Now.. with all of these games that can use cross over figures.. Frostgrave (snow), Mordheim (rubble), Ghost Archipelago (sand, jungle), SAGA (snow, sand, woods)… I am really torn…. I think the basing really adds to the figures appearance…. and then I was introduced to clear plastic bases…. Clear plastic bases mean your figures could be used in almost any setting…. Now.. do I go back and rebase 1oo's of figures? or switch over now? |
has been spending time in paradise lately.