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Source of 2mm hard-plastic/plasticard bases in the UK?
« on: 01 November 2021, 11:40:43 AM »
A couple of years back, there were several sellers of black, hard-plastic square bases on eBay. They all seem to have vanished.

These bases were black squares/rectangles of precision-cut 2mm plasticard. They came with a thin paper cover on each side.

Does anyone know if there are companies still producing these? They were identical in size to the widely available MDF bases, but had a couple of advantages over those, especially for hard-plastic figures, which could be glued directly to the bases with polystyrene cement. The other thing was that there was no risk of warping.

Any pointers much appreciated!


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Re: Source of 2mm hard-plastic/plasticard bases in the UK?
« Reply #1 on: 01 November 2021, 11:46:39 AM »
Not exactly what you're after but they are acrylic and glue fine to plastic figure bases  :)

I can also do custom sizes and different thicknesses.

https://oshiromodels.wixsite.com/oshiromodelswebshop/product-page/ga03-clear-perspex-figure-bases

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Re: Source of 2mm hard-plastic/plasticard bases in the UK?
« Reply #3 on: 01 November 2021, 12:09:15 PM »
Aha - perfect! Yes, Magister Militum was where I got some (or all, if I've misremembered the eBay sellers) in the past! I'd forgotten that it was them.

Many thanks - that keeps a current project rolling!

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Re: Source of 2mm hard-plastic/plasticard bases in the UK?
« Reply #4 on: 01 November 2021, 12:12:27 PM »
Not exactly what you're after but they are acrylic and glue fine to plastic figure bases  :)

I can also do custom sizes and different thicknesses.

https://oshiromodels.wixsite.com/oshiromodelswebshop/product-page/ga03-clear-perspex-figure-bases

Many thanks! The black MM ones fit my needs best (one of my betes noires is having to constantly repaint the edges of Renedra bases black), but I wasn't aware of your shop, which seems to be full of interesting stuff, so I'll have a good look around!

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Re: Source of 2mm hard-plastic/plasticard bases in the UK?
« Reply #5 on: 01 November 2021, 02:01:34 PM »
No worries  :)

 

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