Sloted miniatures and painting with white.

[Tri3]

I was wondering how people mount sloted miniatures on washers.  Do you cut the slot off the bottom of the figure or do you bend it or what?

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How do you paint White?  Do you start with a grey shade and then add white to it and blend up until you're painting with white.  Foundry has a 3 step paint solution (Grey, Light Grey, White)

[Prof.Witchheimer]

I was wondering how people mount sloted miniatures on washers.  Do you cut the slot off the bottom of the figure or do you bend it or what?

i'm cutting the slot!

How do you paint White?  Do you start with a grey shade and then add white to it and blend up until you're painting with white.  Foundry has a 3 step paint solution (Grey, Light Grey, White)

i'm using Foundry Arctic Grey (A,B,C). Sometimes put the additional layer mix from A and B.

[Argonor]

You can start with almost anything from medium brown through mid-grey to mid- or light blue - building up the colour towards white - depending on the effect you want. Starting with blue you get a very bright and shiny white, starting with brøwn you get an off-white, unbleached linen effect - and with grey you just have to look at the good professor's work ;-)

[Westfalia Chris]

I´m currently prepping some Slotta-ed Commandos from I-don´t-know-what-manufacturer and will re-base them to washers, removing the tab, then glueing the feet to the washer after roughing them and the base up with a file or sanding paper. Then, the hole is covered over with thin paper.

Edit: Whoops, forgot to add on the white issue.

I also choose the method depending on what kind of effect I wish to create, but usually I start out with a good, clean white layer added to the basecoat, then washed to create effects:

- light sand for ceramic:



The rough finish is due to the casting, which I only noticed after varnishing. Duh!

- various shades of blueish gray for cloth, middle figure:



- white lined with black for plastic look, with a satin varnish sheen:

[Pappa Midnight]

Pretty much the same with me. Cut the tab off and glue them to the washer and texture it.

For white , as stated above it depends what effect you want.
I tend to use GW SpaceWolf Grey as a base coat and work up to white. This gives a nice "bright" white effect.

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[fatgoblin]

one way you can do it is to cut off half the tab, file it flat, glue it onto the washer, then use some sort of putty to cover the hole and grip the tab.  Or if you don't mind the little bump, you can just leave the tab as it is.  

As for white, I start with a brown, work my way into khaki, then highlight to offwhite

[Argonor]

- white lined with black for plastic look, with a satin varnish sheen:

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I really like those Star Wars Marines ;-)

I think you can't get closer to the Storm Troopers without actally buying the old PRal Partha 25mm figs or the new collectible ones.