Gangster Bases

[Prof.Witchheimer]

I'm going to paint some gangster soon. Not sure about the bases design. Don't like the greyish sand, would like to have a sort of street surface but if possible without to model them with green stuff. Any ideas?

[Operator5]

The Black Cat Street bases. My hope is to order them and get some time soon to base some gangsters on them.

[Operator5]

Alternatively, if you don't want to clip bases, I use Vallejo basing material (the fine grain sand version). two to three layers on the base and then paint it black. You could even add a small piece of plasticard to the edge to make a sidewalk.

[KeyanSark]

Try Antenocity's bases
http://www.barrule.com/Workshop/products%20-%20bases%20-%20round%2025mm.html

[cwchmc]

Rezolution Urban bases are another option. If they would have been out when I started my gangsters I would have them based that way. I'm still considering rebasing all of them.

Chuck

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Alternatively, if you don't want to clip bases,

that's the point.

You could even add a small piece of plasticard to the edge to make a sidewalk.

The idea with the plastic card isn't bad at all, will try it

[Operator5]

The idea with the plastic card isn't bad at all, will try it

Hey! Am I contributing to teutonic efficiency.

[dominic]

Hey Prof,
Here are my Gangster bases:

http://www.napnuts.com/gallery_coprobbers.htm

The Gangsters are on Black Cat bases (pavement and street), and the Policemen are on sand/plastic card bases with some O scale train accessories.

[fatgoblin]

I use textured plasticard for my copplestone gangsters cause the tab is easy to get rid off.  The others are a bit of a hassle with the integral base and I mostly just use normal sand.    

Dom's idea of having the integral base on the road part of a road/pavement combination is a good one though.

[fatgoblin]

sorry for the double post, one thing you could try is to have a layer of wood filler over the whole thing.  Depending on the type you use, some of them have a gritty surface when it dries, and can be drybrushed to exaggerate it a bit.  It could be made to look like a concrete floor I guess...

[Prof.Witchheimer]

sorry for the double post, one thing you could try is to have a layer of wood filler over the whole thing.  Depending on the type you use, some of them have a gritty surface when it dries, and can be drybrushed to exaggerate it a bit.  It could be made to look like a concrete floor I guess...

nice idea, too! thanks

[vikotnik]

I spread some wood filler with a spatula to the desired thickness on a flat surface that has been covered with aluminium foil and leave to dry overnight.
If You remove the foil once it has hardened completely, You have a thin piece of the filler with two different surfaces.

Just break it into pieces of the desired shapeand size, and...

Tadaa!

Extremely fast, cheap, instant tarmac/concrete floor!

Never bothered to photograph my bases properly, hope this pic helps:

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Hmm...I think, I like it, it's worth to try. Thanks!

[pixelgeek]

Try Antenocity's

Seconded

[WitchfinderGeneral]

If you like simple quadratic slabs or bricks on the base, sculpt them on the base with greenstuff. It's very easy, you need about 2 minutes for 1 base.