Workbench
Workbench is where the Editor does his best to assemble, paint, and prepare some of the products sent to us here at The Miniatures Page.
He may be more of a perfectionist than you are - or he may be less of one! He's not trying to prescribe the One Right Way. He's just trying to describe how one guy happens to do it.
If you would like to write a Workbench article, or if you are a manufacturer and would like your products featured in Workbench, please view the FAQ.
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OTHER ARTICLES
Tree Base from Wooden Wheel & Clay
Basing an inexpensive tree with a toy wheel and some clay. [11 Feb 2008]
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| Title | Description |
| Flock & Turfing My Terrain Tiles | Something new in the world of flock? [4 Feb 2008] |
| Dancing with Greenstuff |  Dances With Words  demonstrates how anyone can get in on sculpting for fun... [30 Jan 2008] |
| Terrain Tiles from Vinyl Floor Tiles |  the Editor  takes  Cold Steel 's advice. [21 Jan 2008] |
| Christmas Figures from Amazon Miniatures | These are not the seasonal figures that you might give your mother to put on the shelf! [25 Dec 2007] |
| Not Just Any Christmas Elves! | alizardincrimson2 finds out what happens when Elves go bad... [25 Dec 2007] |
| Tree Bases with DAS Clay (Again) | Will "embedding" improve the treebases? [24 Dec 2007] |
| Tree Bases from DAS Clay | Is DAS Clay sturdy enough to mold tree bases from? [18 Dec 2007] |
| Stripping Paint from Resin Miniatures | miscmini's preferred method for stripping paint from resin and plastic models. [11 Dec 2007] |
| From Flower to Sapling? | Can a plastic flower become a wargaming shrub? Or maybe a small tree? [10 Dec 2007] |
| 15mm Base Contouring Round-Up: Four Materials | Can any of these products cure the dreaded "wedding cake" effect? [16 Aug 2007] |
| Playing with Renaissance Ink's Flocking Gels | The Editor experiments with two of the flocking gel products from Renaissance Ink. [30 Jul 2007] |
| Staples Online Printing & Web Binding | The Editor dabbles with online printing. [5 Jul 2007] |
| Basing with DryDex Spackling | Using pink stuff for basework. [28 Jun 2007] |
| Experimenting with SketchUp | When Ran The Cid says "SketchUp," the Editor listens... [23 Feb 2007] |
| Can These Minis Be Saved? Episode III | The Spacefarers are covered with some kind of lead disease! [19 Feb 2007] |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Everyone has a pile of shame - miniatures that you were all hot to get, had big plans for, and then never did anything with... [20 Mar 2006] |
| Making 28mm Scale Roads in Memory of Ian Weekley |  combatpainter shows how to make roads, using the formula of the late Ian Weekley. [25 Feb 2006] |
| Building a Simple Data Set for Army Builder 3 | Learning how to set up a new game system for use with Army Builder, the army design software from Lone Wolf. [20 Feb 2006] |
| Printing & Binding from PDF | The Editor learns about downloading, printing, and binding a ruleset. [23 Jan 2006] |
| Printing Scenario Maps with Poster Software | You've got a scenario map, and you need to create some hills. Is there some way to just print out the map in very large scale, so you can trace the outline of the hills you need to build? The Editor finds out... [29 Sep 2005] |
| R and R's Basing Method | The basing technique which was taught to  Monkey Hanger by Mr Rudd. [16 May 2005] |
| Can This Mini Be Saved? Part II | What's wrong with Americ-Ann, and can she be saved? [16 Apr 2005] |
| Can These Minis Be Saved? | There is a lot of confusion about just what is lead rot, and what can be done about it. Therefore, we're launching a series of occasional articles to display "problem" miniatures, and ask for your diagnosis... [23 Nov 2004] |
| Visiting with Steve | While driving across the country, the Editor was fortunate enough to be invited in by Steve Smith - and a wargaming tour was in order! [9 Nov 2004] |
| Storage Cabinets Project | The Editor tries a new storage solution for his Ogre models. [9 Apr 2004] |
| Making Your Own Miniature Bricks | Reader Kevin Crider shows how to make miniature bricks with inexpensive materials. [15 Dec 2002] |
| Making Maps with Campaign Cartographer 2 | The Editor finds out what it takes to make fantasy campaign maps using Campaign Cartographer 2, a map-making software package. [28 Mar 2002] |
| A Technique for Chip-less Plastics | Reader Mike Frang shares a method for keeping the paint jobs on your soft plastic figures. [28 Jul 2001] |
| The $1 Gaming Tray | Ever wanted a gaming tray to organize your armies before a game, or to store the "dead" pile? [26 Jul 2001] |
| Painting Up the Armorcast Trench System | A quick-and-easy project - painting up Armorcast's Starter Trench Set. [10 Mar 2000] |
| Adobe Buildings from Foam? | These structures, made of a light but durable urethane foam, have been sent to us by Epicast. [10 Mar 2000] |
| Resin Rocks | Tactical Conflict Systems lets the Editor paint rocks! [10 Mar 2000] |
| Resin Craters | Three sizes of battlefield craters from Tactical Conflict Systems [10 Mar 2000] |
| More 25mm Earthworks from TCS | The Editor paints up some 25mm Plank Earthworks. [9 Mar 2000] |
| 25mm Hut from TCS | This hut has a removeable roof! From Tactical Conflict Systems. [9 Mar 2000] |
| 25mm Bridge from TCS | Another easy project - a bridge from Tactical Conflict Systems. [9 Mar 2000] |
| Brick Ruins in Resin | A set of ruined brick walls in "15-20mm" scale from Tactical Conflict Systems. [9 Mar 2000] |
| 25mm Earthworks from TCS | Speaking of "amazing," painting up these 25mm terrain pieces from TCS is amazingly easy. [9 Mar 2000] |
| Stumped! | A two-step painting process that puts stumps on your tabletop. [7 Mar 2000] |
| Scatch-Built Houses in 15mm Scale | Reader Brent R. Anderson reveals his techniques for constructing 15mm scale buildings using Sculpey. [7 Mar 2000] |