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More Hailstones from the Sky	6	04 May 2024 3:58 p.m. PST
Do you paint your bases before textures/flocking?	31	17 Apr 2024 8:39 a.m. PST
CLS Basing, but not CLS?	12	16 Apr 2024 11:35 p.m. PST
How I make magnetic counters for Optio	5	16 Apr 2024 1:47 a.m. PST
Round or square, why one or the other?	18	29 Mar 2024 9:23 p.m. PST
UK mdf basing NOT warbases	12	29 Mar 2024 9:18 p.m. PST
ACW Basing of 54mm Figures	5	25 Mar 2024 7:00 a.m. PST
Ready-made fantasy flag staff......'hanging stuff'	5	20 Mar 2024 4:23 a.m. PST
Small Improvements - for those 3mm stands	15	17 Mar 2024 4:52 a.m. PST
Jungle effect for 15mm figures	13	10 Mar 2024 2:19 p.m. PST
My Battle Masters Revival - or Orc Skool Gamin'	31	13 Feb 2024 6:11 p.m. PST
Basing	2	31 Jan 2024 2:58 p.m. PST
Round Bases for Skirmish Gaming!	2	20 Jan 2024 3:32 a.m. PST
Weighting plastic figures on slotta-bases	21	17 Jan 2024 2:42 p.m. PST
28mm ACW/Napoleonic Plastic Artillery	6	05 Jan 2024 3:37 a.m. PST
clear bases with blood splatter	2	28 Dec 2023 10:27 a.m. PST
Coffee Grounds	23	27 Dec 2023 10:52 a.m. PST
Why put a building on a base?	19	26 Dec 2023 2:39 p.m. PST
basewidths and basing? Is it still a thing?	75	19 Dec 2023 7:39 a.m. PST
You don't collect tea leaves	4	07 Dec 2023 1:28 p.m. PST
Flocked Steel Sabot Bases?	10	04 Dec 2023 3:32 a.m. PST
Bases in a Box?	7	03 Dec 2023 11:28 p.m. PST
Stirland Battle Mud - Vallejo equivalent	3	29 Nov 2023 11:41 a.m. PST
DBA Bases.	12	26 Nov 2023 10:57 p.m. PST
6mm Spanish for Ilipa	6	22 Nov 2023 8:24 p.m. PST
Tutorial: Speedpaint Generic 2mm Ancients Army	2	19 Nov 2023 10:32 a.m. PST
Tufts recommendation for Battle Masters game trays?	10	08 Nov 2023 3:03 p.m. PST
Is Renaissance Ink Still in Business?	28	02 Nov 2023 6:06 p.m. PST
Steel paper?	31	18 Oct 2023 2:20 p.m. PST
Suggestions on Basing Perry WotR	8	04 Oct 2023 5:04 a.m. PST
Who sells MDF bases in USA?	19	13 Sep 2023 3:22 a.m. PST
Waves on Naval Bases	17	17 Aug 2023 3:10 p.m. PST
Scale and Basing--Minimums	23	14 Aug 2023 6:38 p.m. PST
Scale and Basing--Maximums	10	11 Aug 2023 5:03 a.m. PST
Found a New Source for Bases	6	08 Aug 2023 3:43 p.m. PST
Square washers for bases?	9	03 Aug 2023 5:19 p.m. PST
Does anyone make magnetic bases?	11	03 Aug 2023 5:14 p.m. PST
15mm Singular Figure Basing	15	03 Aug 2023 5:07 p.m. PST
My (Semi) Historical 19th Century Indian Army (Part 2)	6	08 Jul 2023 5:19 p.m. PST
round lipped stands the INTERIOR dimensions is 1 inch	1	18 May 2023 1:43 p.m. PST
Unit Size and Scale - My Peninsular Plans	4	27 Apr 2023 9:24 p.m. PST
15mm German Grandamas Based	4	27 Apr 2023 11:46 a.m. PST
Square or Round Bases for Skirmish Games?	40	19 Apr 2023 10:16 a.m. PST
UK supermarket battlemats for £9.99 or less	12	15 Apr 2023 3:32 a.m. PST
Thin steel bases, preferably in the EU?	9	01 Apr 2023 10:36 a.m. PST
LAZY BASING question...	15	29 Mar 2023 11:50 p.m. PST
LAZY BASING question...	1	14 Mar 2023 3:24 p.m. PST
Storing loose artillery	10	07 Mar 2023 2:12 p.m. PST
Como crear hojas para nuestras peanas	1	06 Mar 2023 8:40 p.m. PST
Great Service by Jeff at Wargame Accessories	13	02 Mar 2023 11:03 a.m. PST
Warspite the Wargamer goes natural	4	16 Feb 2023 4:59 p.m. PST
Easy Basing for those miniatures	5	12 Feb 2023 6:01 a.m. PST
Cleaning Laser Cut MDF Bases?	6	31 Jan 2023 3:42 p.m. PST
clear bases for 15mm sci-fi figs	11	29 Jan 2023 5:50 p.m. PST
Repainted AT-43 Cyborg	2	27 Jan 2023 8:46 p.m. PST
6mm DBMM Triplex Acies	9	27 Jan 2023 8:19 p.m. PST
28mm Victrix Austrians Finished!	10	26 Jan 2023 7:10 a.m. PST
Basing 15mm Prone Infantry	3	14 Jan 2023 9:00 a.m. PST
Adding temporary paper unit labels	7	05 Jan 2023 12:07 p.m. PST
HOTT with Warhammer figures - larger basing	12	08 Dec 2022 3:34 a.m. PST
Bigger holes	10	03 Dec 2022 1:02 p.m. PST
Looking for round MDF bases	16	26 Nov 2022 11:19 p.m. PST
Small square bases for individual 6mm miniatures	15	22 Nov 2022 8:29 p.m. PST
Looking to add national symbol to bases	19	24 Oct 2022 3:54 p.m. PST
Hither came Conan, . . . and he needed a bigger base.	4	19 Sep 2022 5:49 a.m. PST
Removing thick metal bases	11	19 Aug 2022 4:21 p.m. PST
Re-basing	7	15 Aug 2022 9:01 p.m. PST
Sabot basing for Medieval & Dark Age 28mm	6	24 Jul 2022 5:21 a.m. PST
New basing help!	12	23 Jul 2022 6:40 p.m. PST
Warlord games FYI - bases	17	14 Jul 2022 2:44 a.m. PST
10mm single figure basing, question regarding base sizes.	6	03 Jul 2022 5:23 a.m. PST
thermochemical reaction?	6	26 Jun 2022 5:10 a.m. PST
Rebasing Conundrum	13	15 Jun 2022 1:12 p.m. PST
Tiny Tin Troops News	8	26 May 2022 10:03 a.m. PST
Oval metal bases?	5	24 May 2022 5:40 a.m. PST
Mdf bases in the US?	20	17 May 2022 6:04 p.m. PST
Anyone used 'Oily Glue' ?	5	07 May 2022 9:32 a.m. PST
British and Allied Officers for the Peninsular by WoFun	6	17 Apr 2022 7:08 a.m. PST
Suggestions for weighting SPECIFIC bases	20	09 Apr 2022 5:39 p.m. PST
French Napoleonic Mounted Commanders from WoFun Games	3	07 Apr 2022 6:11 a.m. PST
1" Hex Slottabases without the slot?	12	03 Apr 2022 10:17 a.m. PST
Finding "Matt-Board" for bases	11	10 Mar 2022 11:27 a.m. PST
Basing for missing figures	6	09 Mar 2022 11:45 a.m. PST
What's got 2 thumbs...?	9	12 Feb 2022 5:44 p.m. PST
New Troops for Old Armies	12	11 Feb 2022 12:30 a.m. PST
Basing slotta figures on coins?	12	03 Feb 2022 10:11 a.m. PST
Rebasing for 3-2-1	5	21 Jan 2022 9:07 p.m. PST
3-2-1 Basing & Models in Formation	11	17 Jan 2022 6:46 a.m. PST
Re-Basing	10	08 Jan 2022 7:10 a.m. PST
You go to the pet store!	7	06 Jan 2022 1:01 p.m. PST
Basing for "Beneath the Lily Banners" in 15mm	7	04 Jan 2022 8:55 a.m. PST
What does the ultimate base look like?	23	31 Dec 2021 8:39 a.m. PST
Advice as to make better 15mm bases please.	17	30 Dec 2021 9:05 a.m. PST
Bases at Historicon	11	22 Dec 2021 12:26 p.m. PST
Old West and WW2 updates	1	17 Dec 2021 7:38 a.m. PST
Who makes sytrene/plascticard strips?	7	13 Dec 2021 10:08 p.m. PST
1/76th WW2 movement bases completed	1	10 Dec 2021 9:30 a.m. PST
clear bases with floor polish?	6	05 Dec 2021 2:44 a.m. PST
Storage and basing ideas updates	2	03 Dec 2021 5:51 p.m. PST
No Dung	9	25 Nov 2021 12:47 p.m. PST