Base: The Final Frontier

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Project Entry by horati0nosebl0wer

Bringing new life to old minis

December 3, 2018

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Long ago and far away in the time probably a little early into that of Ral Partha and well into Grenadier minis were made to a true 25mm scale. The sculpting wasn’t much to write about but it served its function beyond that of your average lead Napoleonic toy soldiers. This was the era where Stranger Things drew their lot of figures and painted them with heavy coats of enamels.

My regular client for commission work came to me and asked if I would do something for his figures to give them bases that would be a bit more snazzy to enliven them the same way I was doing with his other figures. I obliged him and made sure to give them a space to live in with some sculpted stone or pumice/gravel built on washers from the hardware store. Knocking down the shine from their paint was easy enough with a dull coat and made sure that the bases would be sealed as well.