"Basing- How I do Mine- Step by Step" Topic

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Atheling	13 Feb 2020 2:07 a.m. PST
I've been messing around with basing miniatures for more years then I care to remember! The article on my blog below is how I tend to do things now. The bases colours and subsequent highlights and choice of fora will change to suit the theatre of war but the basic s are the same. I hope it is of some help to both old timers and newer gamers. justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2020/02/basing-how-i-do-mine-step-by-step.html
Jcfrog	13 Feb 2020 2:59 a.m. PST
Nicely done, thanks for sharing, but too long for me. Ok I use 15mm and 10mm figs but found out real earth can hardly be beaten to.. show earth! One day I will show it too…when RTB…
Frederick	13 Feb 2020 7:21 a.m. PST
Nicely done – thanks for sharing!
Atheling	14 Feb 2020 2:46 a.m. PST
Cheers guys :) Jcfrog, I'm not so sure about using real dirt unless it has been cleaned somehow! I have a friend who was in Egypt and took a hearty sample of desert sand from Giza how with him as he was planning to do an Ancient Egyptian army.
KeepYourPowderDry	15 Feb 2020 7:06 a.m. PST
Atheling – microwaving dirt kills anything living in it. I have a few bits of grit from Sulby Hedges on my dragoon bases (regrettably not Okey's dragoons)
deadhead	15 Feb 2020 8:34 a.m. PST
Real Waterloo mud. Never fails……snag is it dries to rock hard clay/sand, so it has to be painted to look like mud…which defeats the whole object. But I know that they are based on real Waterloo mud
Atheling	15 Feb 2020 3:37 p.m. PST
microwaving dirt kills anything living in it. I have a few bits of grit from Sulby Hedges on my dragoon bases (regrettably not Okey's dragoons) Never thought of microwaving it lol. What happens if you get a lot of ferrous type soil? (I'm not being facetious, I really don't know) justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com
Asteroid X	16 Feb 2020 5:44 p.m. PST
The real dirt idea is great. Most miniatures seem to be walking on large river bed rocks all the time.