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SBG - Apr 01, 2003 - 01:32 PM
Post subject: How do you close the gap on bases ?

Do you just fill in with green stuff after the mini has been glued on or do you snip the slot off the mini, fill the gap on the base and then glue the feet on the base ?

Fred

Melifaxis - Apr 01, 2003 - 01:56 PM
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I fill the gap after the mini has been glued.

~Rob

Squiggoth - Apr 02, 2003 - 01:15 AM
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I just put a thick glob of pva in it, most of the time. Using greenstuff for filling slottabses is a big waste of time and greenstuff imo... Embarassed

Squiggoth - Apr 02, 2003 - 01:16 AM
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By the way, don't use GW's pva for that purpose as it's almost as thick as milk. You want Bison pva - it doesn't run.

AnthonyTBBF - Apr 02, 2003 - 09:59 AM
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I put a miniature in it. Laughing

SBG - Apr 02, 2003 - 01:47 PM
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AnthonyTBBF wrote:

I put a miniature in it. Laughing

I never thought about it ! Thanks !

Laughing

Fred

Squiggoth - Apr 03, 2003 - 12:34 AM
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WOW!

Anthony is the smartest BloodBowl player EVER! Mr. Green

Redfang - Apr 03, 2003 - 01:06 AM
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That's so typically GW-employee to encourage that Evil or Very Mad

Squiggoth - Apr 03, 2003 - 03:42 AM
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Yup, advising people to put mini's in the gaps of their slottabases is the best marketing scheme anyone ever came up with. We should offer Anthony a managing job at GW Sales Wink

Martijn

Melifaxis - Apr 03, 2003 - 10:23 AM
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You can also use wall joint compund (after placing the mini in the slot to increase GW revenues of course). You can get an enourmous bucket of it for $5 that will last you a LONG time at most hardware stores.

Squiggoth - Apr 04, 2003 - 05:50 AM
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Melifaxis wrote:

You can get an enourmous bucket of it for $5 that will last you a LONG time at most hardware stores.

Now he tells me! I've just used 75% of a packet of greenstuff by sculpting the basis for my Nurgle Lord. And now I have to sculpt his armour and weapons. That's another bucket of greenstuff Wink

Martijn

Deathwing - Apr 04, 2003 - 08:40 AM
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Squiggoth wrote:

Melifaxis wrote:

You can get an enourmous bucket of it for $5 that will last you a LONG time at most hardware stores.

Now he tells me! I've just used 75% of a packet of greenstuff by sculpting the basis for my Nurgle Lord. And now I have to sculpt his armour and weapons. That's another bucket of greenstuff Wink

Martijn

A packet? Get it from Heresy. GW over here charge £4.00 for 2x 100mm strips. Andy charges £5.00 for 450mm or £9.00 for 900mm. So if you get a 900mm strip that's half what GW charge. By all accounts it's fresher and hence better to work with too.

Squiggoth - Apr 07, 2003 - 07:57 AM
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Yes, I know, but I've got loadsa packets from the time I worked at GW Nijmegen (cheap as hell!) and I'm finishing them first before I buy new stuff. By the way, I'm at 150% packets of greenstuff already and I haven't even started working on the arms yet Smile

Martijn (sponsor of Greenstuff)

Dave - Apr 11, 2003 - 06:36 AM
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I use the old GW greenstuff I still have (had) lying around. It's gotten all lumpy and sucks big time when used for sculpting

Torpor - Apr 11, 2003 - 08:08 AM
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Not as elegant as green stuff or joint compound, I use Cellotape (or Scotch tape). I put a small piece over the gap, then paint, flock and seal. Never had any problems with it.

Dave - Apr 11, 2003 - 10:05 AM
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matches fill the gaps well too btw

Squiggoth - Apr 14, 2003 - 01:30 AM
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Dave wrote:

I use the old GW greenstuff I still have (had) lying around. It's gotten all lumpy and sucks big time when used for sculpting

Yes, after a few years it turns lumpy indeed. I found that out when I was using some very old greenstuff for sculpting a Beast of Nurgle yesterday. For Nurgle spawn it's not such a disaster, though Mr. Green

Martijn

Dave - Apr 14, 2003 - 02:33 PM
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I can understand that .. Razz

still no TBB Crying or Very sad

Squiggoth - Apr 15, 2003 - 01:57 AM
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No TBB here either. I'm getting slightly annoyed... Evil or Very Mad

littlemute - Jun 04, 2003 - 11:05 AM
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Tape tape tape! Use a little strip of tape to cover it, then base it with pva/sand/flock whatever. it's cheap! Don't use your greenstuff just for bases!!!

Wolfpack_99 - Jun 04, 2003 - 12:03 PM
Post subject: How do you close the gap on bases ? simple....putty!

I've just finished this process last week with my new Chaos team and it,s quite simple and fast. First of all I super glued all the players in the bases, wait till it's all dry and fixed. After that I used ''PUTTY'' that i use for plastic modelling that you can find in any hobby store. Then used a little hobby plastic trowel (you can use a little plastic knife) and fil the top of the base with the putty, then do the bottom and fill it also (that way when playing and your player get's knock out you wont see the metal base of the player, you'll get a flat filled base, that will help also fix the player). This putty will dry in around 1 hour, you then you sand it nice with a fine paper sand. Voilà....a nice base all filled you then super glue grass on top of the base....

McDeth - Jun 25, 2003 - 06:37 AM
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Cripes i just cover the holes with paper and stick it using paint, then paint over it with the base colour, never had it fall of yet Wink

peikko - Jul 07, 2003 - 09:33 AM
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Torpor wrote:

Cellotape (or Scotch tape). I put a small piece over the gap, then paint, flock and seal.

Heh, actually someone had a nice solution, was thinking about the same problem and never came to such an obvious solution Smile

Thanks Torpor.

Messiah - Jul 14, 2003 - 07:30 AM
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You can always try liquitex for it. It is an acrylic paint medium that is very thick (think half dried white glue).

I buy it buy with pre mixed grit in it and you just cover the whole base with it. It dries leaving the base already sanded and the slot filled, then prime and paint away.

saves glueing sand down later. you can also sculp it easily, so you can have riped up turf and/or foot prints on it.

skummy - Jul 14, 2003 - 07:48 AM
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I always wondered how some mini's I've seen have gotten that effect. Thanks!

Grasshopper - Jul 17, 2003 - 11:31 AM
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Search for the answer in your childhood memories...

PLAYDOUGH ! ! ! or some other cheap modelling clay like sculpee. You're just going to paint over it anyway.

madhobbit - Aug 26, 2003 - 04:00 PM
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I'm using the DIY stuff meant for filling gaps in the wall. Everytime we move we buy a new tube of the stuff. It gets a bit lumpy after a couple of years, but since it's for the bases it doesn't matter.

I just glue the miniature in first. Then I start filling the slot from the underside. By the time it gets out on top I use a hobby knife to cut it away. All set and done.

Greetings.

GriffOberwald69 - Sep 09, 2003 - 03:43 AM
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I fill the gap after the mini has been glued with Milliput (Brown type)

Chhers

Stè

RIPNEI - Oct 12, 2003 - 08:15 PM
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just pva a square of paper over it... once it's painted and flocked it looks fantastic, also paint sticks better to paper than cellotape so less chippage

Batchie - Dec 07, 2003 - 10:12 AM
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I just use bits of plastic sprue.

Odium_Khan - Jan 20, 2004 - 12:44 AM
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Masking tape or pieces of Post-its (the sticky part). PVA sticks slightly better to these surfaces compared to ordinary tape.