tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post116000816823788734..comments2024-03-11T05:46:35.380-05:00Comments on The Grand Duchy of Stollen : Passionate about Pefectly Productive Painting Poetic Hyperbole?WSTKS-FM Worldwidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-1160031950336925112006-10-05T02:05:00.000-05:002006-10-05T02:05:00.000-05:00I like te textured bases I use on my 25/28mm figur...I like te textured bases I use on my 25/28mm figure collections. However, when it comes to 15mm the game rules we use are more "stylised" and brigades become the operating norm not battalions. Because of this I favour having my Austrians on plain bases, I use polyfilla to make the bases flat (covering the edges of the figure stands)and then wash with leaf green from Inscribe over a base coat of Goblin green (and you're right it is a superb colour for bases).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-1160030092475081232006-10-05T01:34:00.000-05:002006-10-05T01:34:00.000-05:00Now I personally have an "If its not painted, its ...Now I personally have an "If its not painted, its dead" rule . . . . but I'm not about to tell someone else that their paintjob is "defective".<BR/><BR/>I might not like it, but they aren't my figures. He might not like mine either.<BR/><BR/>As long as they are painted, I'm happy.<BR/><BR/>That being said, nicely done bases really finish figures off . . . and that's true whether the bases are flocked, terrained, just green, are snow or whatever.<BR/><BR/><BR/>-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-1160026492437005772006-10-05T00:34:00.000-05:002006-10-05T00:34:00.000-05:00I use the 'painted' grass look on my 'for sale' mi...I use the 'painted' grass look on my 'for sale' miniatures as this seems to draw more attention from prospective buyers. I have been told two reasons: 1 that they like the green painted 'classic' look and 2 that they plan to static grass or grass flock the mini's themselves to match the other troops they already have.<BR/><BR/>I favor the grass (or other) flocking. I suspect that this comes from the duller look that the ground takes on once I flock on the materials. This comes from the minwax building up on the base tops as it 'settles' off the main miniature.<BR/><BR/>I have also 'flocked' a unit in snow, using a pumice medium, white & blue paint. Then while the pumice & pain mix was still wet and on the bases I took a toothpick, dipped it in brown paint then 'smeared' the snow behind the footsteps of the battalions so as to make the snow appear more trodden on with the progressive 'marching' of the troops. The first time the unit was used the other player stated,<BR/>"Hey only finished and flocked miniatures in this game."<BR/><BR/>Whereupon he was called to take a closer look at the troops...MurdocKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08693711825249632305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33020106.post-1160013568299869972006-10-04T20:59:00.000-05:002006-10-04T20:59:00.000-05:00I use "craft paints" by a variety of suppliers so ...I use "craft paints" by a variety of suppliers so I don't recall the exact company . . . but I use "seminole green" for my bases.<BR/><BR/><BR/>-- Jeff<BR/><BR/>http://saxe-bearstein.blogspot.com/Bluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.com