Finishing your blasted base...

OK!  We are just about finished with our base.  We have the blasted concrete  section, and our deck plating.  I want to add a few more details...

I have various sizes of  polystyrene tubing that I use to create rivets and nuts.  You need a super sharp blade, and some patience.  I sliced away at the tube, trying to create narrow "coins" that I can glue onto my plasticard.  Sometimes they are too thick, or not even.  It is possible to file them down once they are glued, so all is not lost if they are not perfect cuts!

I put a dot of glue on my platsicard with a pin, and place the chips on the edging.

A bigger piece of tubing is used for a larger conduit/pipe.

Some oxide paste helps cover up the seams...

More oxide paste completes the base insert.

Yea!

Having a blast with basing... part ONE

It has become necessary for me to create some 80 mm inserts for the base sets that I did for CoolMiniorNot a while back.  That's over a dozen types of bases, but let's begin with this one.  Since these are meant to be cast, I need to work a bit differently, avoiding undercuts and open 'holes', where mould material could work through.

I set up as many of the materials and tools as I thought I might need...

What I am trying to replicate is the existing 50 mm base from the set (the grey piece in the upper left).  I didn't have any thick pieces of baked sculpey, so I glued a few thin layers together.  I am using the white variety, which is the easiest to carve.

I start carving out my 'blast' patterns, this time using a 'v' shaped wood carving tool.  You could use a variety of other tools as well.

This view really shows what it looks like.  You can see the spider web like cracks...

Now I have to build up the 'tech' part of the base.  I create an edge using some polystyrene tubing... in this case square!

Once the edge is set, I get my plastic deck plating.   It is traced out, and cut to shape.

Deck plating in place!

I add a few bits of polystyrene tubing to simulate conduits, etc...

The rest of the process will be posted tomorrow, so stay tuned!

To the beat of a different drummer... more Forgeworld Empire

Here is part two of the Forgeworld command staff.  The banner/icon bearer is next!

Another Incubus conversion...

Here's one last Incubus conversion using a Raging Heroes bit!  I will be doing the rest with all GW pieces and plasticard.

This figure from Coolminiornot has a ton of uses.  Obviously there are many Warhammer applications, and even some Role Playing uses.  For me, I would be tempted to use it for some Lord of the Rings... maybe a Barrow wight or a spirit.

Forgeworld Empire Command: part one

This morning we have the first of a trio of Empire command figures from Forgeworld.  As with everything else, it is in Altdorf scheme.  I guess I will be stuck with Red and Blue for a while. :)

Doing some SE-NMM every now and then is fun, however!  More to come...

Using Raging Heroes bits to make an Incubus

Here is that Incubus test I promised.  The metal parts are left over from my Raging Heroes Archon.

I used some plasticard to create the Klaive.  The body and torso are from the standard Kabalite warrior kit. I was very glad that this test worked out, since some boxes of Kabal warriors had been generously donated to the cause.  I may even substitute a small squad of these for the Archon court.

I still have one more extra head from that Raging Heroes figure, so I will be making one more of these using that bit.  The rest will use various Kabal bits in different combinations.