That was an awfully big Marine
Getting on with the base
With all minis I prefer to do the base first. I’ll inevitably make a mess and I’d rather make a mess of the primer, not the finished paintjob.
I said in the intro that I hated the base. This was largely based (sorry) on the lack of “plinth” and the 28mm details – a little underscale for a 54mm mini.
But look!Popping him on a 60mm GW-style base changed this entirely. I decided to keep the resin base. some of this was the mini (a hefty lad) seemed very well attached and it gives me a nice big contact area.
This still leaves me with some teeny-tiny details, but those can be removed and covered with … something bigger, hopefully something better.
The tiny details meet their end (aka my Dremel)
I then glued him to the plastic base and added a few pins (not taking chances with such a heavy mini).
And a quick coat of primerI finished this stage by priming what remains of the resin base. This will be covered in the next stage but it’s there in case anything still shows through.
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