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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: MYNKD on 27 June 2017, 07:53:40 AM

Title: Basing Separately or After Painting?
Post by: MYNKD on 27 June 2017, 07:53:40 AM

I've got some Dark Imperium Death Guard and I'm basing them using this guide from Warhammer TV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcPIG0TUeTo) (skulls switched around for space marine / electronics bits).

The question I have to you guys is: Do you prefer to build the base separately or after painting the miniature? What do you find is better and are there any big differences between them?

Title: Re: Basing Separately or After Painting?
Post by: SotF on 28 June 2017, 02:52:37 AM

I tend to put any basing that requires paint on first unless I'm doing something that would mount above it easily.

With dirt and the like, having your mini in place fits them into the scene of the base where it looks like they're standing there with the weight pressing in and around the feet, but if you're putting them on a rock or something solid, well, you can paint them separately without adding the minor disconnect there.

Title: Re: Basing Separately or After Painting?
Post by: JamesValentine on 29 June 2017, 10:12:33 AM

I put the glue on the base (super glue), push the models feet on and then base. so its all done before spraying to keep the sand on