 Editor in Chief Bill   | 06 Feb 2020 3:59 p.m. PST |
If a base is manufactured in brown plastic, do you still paint it? * I use it unpainted
* I paint it
* I don't use brown plastic bases
* brown is the wrong color for me |
| Zeelow | 06 Feb 2020 5:32 p.m. PST |
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FusilierDan  | 06 Feb 2020 5:37 p.m. PST |
I paint all my bases to match the main tabletop they'll be used in. |
| von Schwartz | 06 Feb 2020 5:59 p.m. PST |
Bases MUST be flocked!!!! (smile) |
| 79thPA | 06 Feb 2020 5:59 p.m. PST |
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| Syrinx0 | 06 Feb 2020 6:01 p.m. PST |
They almost never match the tabletop but I still paint it. |
 Mserafin | 06 Feb 2020 6:38 p.m. PST |
Paint it to conform with all the others. Krylon Fusion Satin Khaki for all of them! |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 06 Feb 2020 6:44 p.m. PST |
Bases MUST be flocked!!!! (smile) But you could flock an unpainted base.  |
 Sgt Slag | 06 Feb 2020 7:06 p.m. PST |
I 'flock' without painting. I paint wood glue on the base, then I apply colored sands. Cheap, easy, super-fast. Cheers! |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 06 Feb 2020 7:35 p.m. PST |
I would paint them to match all my other bases. |
| Slow Oats | 06 Feb 2020 11:26 p.m. PST |
I paint everything on a model, base included. It keeps everything consistent. Right now I use cardboard from cereal boxes as bases though, so they would need to be painted anyway (unless someone can find a historical source for battles fought on Cheerios). |
| ZULUPAUL | 07 Feb 2020 2:48 a.m. PST |
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 etotheipi  | 07 Feb 2020 4:11 a.m. PST |
Whether it comes as auburn, almond, beaver, bistre, bole, brown sugar, buff, burnt sienna, burnt umber, canela, camel, caramel, chamoisee, chestnut, chocolate, clove cocoa, coffee, cordovan, coyote, desert sand, drab, dark brown, earth, ecru, fallow, fawn, field drab, fulvous, golden brown, khaki, lion, liver, mahogany, nutmeg, raw umber, redwood, rufous, russet, rust, sand, sandy brown, seal brown, sepia, sienna, sinopia, tan, taupe, tawny, umber, Walnut, wenge, or wheat … all bases must be plain flat black. |
| Bashytubits | 07 Feb 2020 9:33 a.m. PST |
You just had to go with flat black.
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| Gunfreak | 07 Feb 2020 2:13 p.m. PST |
I don't use plastic bases.
But if I did, I'd use the same technique as on .y wooden bases. Wood filler, 3 or 4 layers of paint, followed by flock and tufts. |
 Bobgnar | 07 Feb 2020 3:56 p.m. PST |
Plastic brown SINGLE FIGURE BASE: spay paint hunter green and sprinkle with assorted static grass and sand. The difference between this and a green or gray base is that I would not paint the edge. |
 Legion 4 | 07 Feb 2020 4:04 p.m. PST |
My bases always end up being black. With or without flock depending on the model. But all I do is 6mm … |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 08 Feb 2020 12:16 a.m. PST |
I always at least paint all non-transparent bases. |
| von Schwartz | 10 Feb 2020 7:10 p.m. PST |
But you could flock an unpainted base. Don't pee on my parade. (smile) |
| von Schwartz | 11 Feb 2020 8:16 p.m. PST |
I see eto is getting good use out of that thesaurus his significant other gave him this Christmas. |
| Bobgnar | 12 Feb 2020 9:16 p.m. PST |
How about green bases
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