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Intermission: Basing Prep

July 26, 2025

Tutoring 5

Skill 5

Idea 5

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I love painting but there are some bits of our hobby I’m not such a fan of. I have two projects coming up that I want very traditional sand and glue bases for. I’m not a fan of using PVA, usually my go to is superglue gel. Unfortunately I’ve run out and only have thin superglue left.

My brain goblins, not always the most reliable for good ideas, hit upon inspiration. Using my one inch circular punch and some self-adhesive ferrous sheeting, I’ve now got a magnetic painting handle cap. When it comes to basing, I can now put superglue and sand all over them quickly and without getting any on my fingers. The handle even makes tapping off excess sand easier. Good job brain goblins.

I then gave everything a coat of thinned craft paint because I find sand doesn’t take a spray prime coat as well without it. I have a doubled sided priming sheet of MDF – one side is plain and one has more of that ferrous sheeting on it so priming magnetised bases. I now have bases done for both army projects in one hobby session… time to move onto the fun part!