How I Re-Base

 

Just a quick little post on how I do the re(re)-basing. Let's start with a old metal Nob that I now want on a 32mm base. I got some 32mm slota bases for just such things. 

Free the model from its old 25mm base, this is done by either carefully bending the base until it breaks along the slot, or cut it away if it's stubborn. Glue on on new base!

Plastic boy on 25mm base, that I am going to keep him on. 

Carefully scrape the old flock off with a knife. Painting over the old flock is really slow and tricky. Plus, the flock I used just drinks up paint, so that is a no go.

Next, I paint the tops of the bases with Steel Legion Drab, then with the paint still wet, dunk into the vat of new grit. 

My secret sauce is (all Gale Force Nine basing grit) 4 parts super fine, 2 parts fine, 1 part medium, and 1 part rocky. It gives a nice look to the bases. 

Finally paint the base ring with Steel legion Drab, and done! Pretty quick, very easy, and it looks good.

Go Make Something

New Grit for Old Flock

For Your Stenciling Needs

 

Mrs. Blackheart has entered a contest over at Printables.com. It is for designing old school drafting templates/stencils, so naturally she decided to go with a 40K flair. 

As she says, " Who will win?  Currently the Imperial eagle is the most downloaded, with Chaos close behind. Pick a side or join a Cult! Fun for the whole family!" 

They can be used as a drawing template or a spray paint stencil. Put your faction love everywhere!

Best of all, they are FREE! Head on over and download some today!

https://www.printables.com/model/885152-40k-eagle-stencil-or-drawing-template

https://www.printables.com/model/885209-40k-chaos-stencil-or-drawing-template

https://www.printables.com/model/885297-40k-tyranid-stenicil-or-drawing-template

Go Print Something

That Will Let You Stencil Something

Unplanned Rebasing

 

Last year I built and painted the newest Ghazghkull model. What I didn't catch myself doing was painting the base in my new desert style, which means the Supreme Leader of All Orks had decided that green bases wuz out like bell bottoms. 'Cause Gaz is neva wrong!

Like a lot of long time miniature hobbyists, I have gone through a few stages of talent and refining of my aesthetic. In the beginning there was the bright goblin green bases of the '90s.

Crude, but easy to do, and it matched my playing surface at the time.

From 1998

A few years later I moved to a less painful shade of green and better flocking, and stayed with it for a good long while. The last minis I did with green bases was the first batch of Imperial Knights.

After that, I felt the urge to make my Guard army look better, including (finally) building up the plastic Cadians. They looked sad and weird on green bases, so I went with the rocky scrublands look. 

The tan bases with sandy basing grit, along with some tufts on them looked great. Plus the neutral tan made the bases a bit more invisible. Slowly I went back and re-did the bases on most of my older armies, and all new ones going forward. Except the Orks (and Tyranids). Too damn many boyz! 
 

I had never really liked the green bases with Orks, but at the time I didn't want the ladz to have some weird basing job on my green field. So I just suffered with the ugly bases.

The time has come around at last. I've done a few test bases and now it's time to have a rebasing party!

I will move a few Orks to bigger bases. like Nobz and such, but for the most part it will just be scraping off the old green.

The Slow Evolution of my Basing

I'm sure it will take a few evenings, but it should be really worth it.

Re-Doing is Doing

Makes Old Armies Like New