Pieces and parts, plastic and wood.

And those items... in the correct combination, can make bases!

Here's a bit of fun with some left over "punch outs" from Burn in Designs terrain.

When I have to bring the studio "on the road", as I had to this week, the only things I can do effectively are prepping (the 1 inch high pile of metal, resin and plastic shavings can attest to that!) and basing.

Unfortunately, I forgot the plastic bases I was supposed to bring!  So I had to resort to using the round punch outs from the paint organizers.  They are slightly bigger than the bases I will be attaching them to, but I would normally be using a sculpey chunk for this part anyway!

It was worth a try to see what would happen.

After creating several possible designs, I broke out my "Sci-Fi/Steampunk" basing kit.

Yes, I now must have one, or even two, containers for each type of basing project!

This is a look at most of what's inside.  Plastic gears, my home made rivets, plasticard texture, and even some Happy Seppuku moulds!

Here's a closer look at those textures, including the brass etched sheets.  Those are usually save for bases that I am casting, so I can get an incredible amount of use from one very expensive sheet.

This is my collection of polystyrene tubes.  Half rounds, squares, flats, and much more.  I have a number of other basing articles that show how to use these materials.

At this point, I started to glue a number of the polystyrene tubings to the wooden bases.

I added some "conduits" to the cutout area, which always looks neat!

I then trimmed the upper edges with some flat polystyrene, and added my sculpey rivets.

Shifting to the rest of the bases, I gave them a similar treatment.  There were no specific miniatures in mind, as these were more experimental than anything else.

I might even play around with some TMM on these.  Who knows!

These designs were intended for my Wild West Exodus Union figures, but it is also possible that they could be used for 40k

More designs!  These have a wider footprint, which is important for some of the WWX figures.

Lookie here!  Almost a dozen bases in no time at all!

I will be experimenting with my new "Primer Red" brush on primer.  Stay tuned!!!

Perry strikes again.

Another horsie for you... this time, a little lighter.  It's probably the lightest of the brown colors that I did.

Stay tuned for more! 

Setting the west ablaze

Leave it to the folks at Wild West Exodus to come up with something fun like this guy!

He is Iron Hawk, a character from the Warrior Nation.  This bad boy is a flame chuckin' nightmare that has the ability to make any man sizzle.

I knew this was going to be a very fun miniature to paint, offering lots of object source lighting opportunities.

You will be seeing a great deal more of the Warrior Nation moving forward!

Bark with bite

A few new tree bark bases for you!

This is a medium size Wild West Exodus base.  The skull, as always, is from Secret Weapon.

The is a large size base, meant for big critters, interceptors, and other lighter vehicles.

Here's a few 32mm small base for standard sized characters.  The snake is made from sculpey.

All three together for a size comparison.

This view shows three of the large bases together, with some added branches!

The view from above shows even more texture!

I absolutely LOVE painting these.  There is no shortage of wonderful textures, and I can work in a wide range of greens, umber, tan, sienna and more.

Spreading out all five for a better look at the vertical textures.

One last image!

Riding a razorback

Finally, a collection of all the Mierce Miniatures Beastmen!

This is a very fun group shot.  I really enjoy troops and heavy cavalry combined like this.

It definitely makes for some dramatic posing!

It also lets me get a sense of scale.

Now on a different backdrop, which might show some of the subtle variations in the browns a little more.

Lots of little details going on with each figure.

Ready for war!

Stay tuned for more Mierce beasties...

C-Red strikes again

Well, the Bulls did win tonight, but this red is all about Red Box Games.

Once more from Tre Manor, a barbarian fighter.

Some group shots on the way!

Another horse of a different color

I thought this might be the best example of what I have been discussing over the last few Napoleanic posts.  This is in regards to getting the most out of a limited color palette.

These two horses are very similar in pose.  The colors, however, are quite different.

The darker brown horse actually has a fair amount of green in its highlights.  The reddish brown horse has more yellow.

I think this view really shows that difference.

At the starting gate!

Even with the white "socks", they still stand out from one another.

Hopefully all this shows up when the complete batch of 24 are crammed into the major group shots!  Stay tuned...