"Clear Perspex Bases Available Now From Sally 4th" Topic

Those look very good – I was trying to find exactly that a while back (details noted) …

Phil

(Potential dumb question alert) Is it possible to get more of a matt finish to the perspex?

I do like them and can make great use of them.

Those look great. Do no think I can use them but I do hope the range is successful.

Bob

A great idea provided they are not too shiny, but the big blocker for me is the problem of removing figures from their existing metal bases. How do you do that without damaging them?

They look much better on the rural terrain than on the urban, perhaps because the urban is too regular to provide enough camouflage for the base. They do look REALLY good on the rural terrain, though. Now, when somebody comes up with a clear base that will stick to a magnet, we'll be in the golden age of basing!

Doug

Surprisingly, removing miniatures from their existing bases is not that hard. All of the figures that appear in our clear base gallery wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Clear-Terra-Bases/Clear-Basing-Gallery are figures that were previously based on textured scenic bases… because I wanted to check this was viable prior to launching product. I choose a selection that were on metal plinths, metal slotta strips, plastic plinths, plastic slotta strips and soft plastic Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures.

The figures that were on plinths were sawed off using a razor saw (the type model railway people use for sqwing tracks), the plastic and metal slotta based figures were cut with snips and the soft plastic figures were just cut off with a Stanley knife!

I have also sprayed some bases with Army Painter Anti-Shine to remove the shine. I will put an article together next week on our hobby site, to show step by step process for re-basing, but really it's not hard.

Looks interesting. What type of adhesive would you use? I remember back from my model airplane building days that clear canopies would frost or craze when exposed to plastic model cement or crazy glue.

I'd guess fast/slow epoxy for gluing them down. I can't be certain, but I don't recall seeing frosting issues using it.

Interesting! Perhaps Flat Coating the bases would solve the 'shine' issue-?

From Chris' post, three above:

I have also sprayed some bases with Army Painter Anti-Shine to remove the shine. I will put an article together next week on our hobby site, to show step by step process for re-basing, but really it's not hard.

As far as gluing the figures to the bases, I would think that you could drill the feet and insert Perspex (AKA Lucite or Plexiglass) rods. Then drill the base and insert the rods there. Use a CA glue and the joint will be near invisible. See the "Handling, Cutting, and Joining" section in this Wiki article:

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Jim

Using the rods is way too complicated for basing for me. Is there a glue that you can use that won't frost or cloud for gluing hard plastic figures to the bases? Chris?

@axabrax LocTite should do the trick I would think.

These look great. I've seen them used on figures in the demos of Battle System terrain and thought they were fantastic. I have tens of thousands of miniatures at this point in life (30 years of gaming) so I will have to carefully select what projects I use them on! However they look great and I am certain to give this a try.

I used a drop of Superglue on each foot (Loctite Super Glue Control) and that has worked fine for plastic, metal and soft plastic miniatures. Their has not been any frosting, remember this is Perspex which is a different type of material than the clear plastic in kits. I will put a hobby article together next week on re-basing, but so far it has been very easy.

I 2nd Chris Abbey a drop of slow curing super glue does the trick.

I have been removing tabas from slota base figures for years and mounting them on formica magnet bases. I have found that Rapid Fix is the strongest fastest drying glue I have yet discovered among the various that I have tried. It is not brittle like most super glues, even better then gorilla superglue which are used for many years. I have mounted figures on three-quarter inch Formica bases with Rapid Fix and even when they are dropped on the floor they do not separate.

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