Monday, 1 November 2010

On the Painting Tray: November 2010

In October, I finished off my Republican Roman legionaries: 48 Hastati.  This month, I want to do some serious reworking of a load of old Lamming Italian foot.  They need some retouching, some new weapons and shields and, worst of all, rebasing.  I don't think I know anyone who likes that!
Posted by Caliban at 15:51:00
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  1. Broeders1 November 2010 at 16:40

    Rebasing! Sends shivers down the spine.

    Even more if you make the fatal error (as some do)of using Superglue to base them onto MDF. Like my mate did.

    I think it took him an hour a base just to get the little beggars off. And there were many caualties in the process.

    I did comment on why my army was facing a midget army with no feet the next time we met.

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  2. Caliban1 November 2010 at 16:46

    Hi Phil, good to hear from you. I must admit I'm really not looking forward to it. Still, it's a reasonably quick way to get service out of old figures. Just very messy. I won't use superglue!

    Cheers
    Paul

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  3. BigRedBat1 November 2010 at 21:47

    I like rebasing. Well I suppose I do; I must have rebased at least half of my minis. A few have been rebased twice...

    Re MDF, soaking will do it in the end. But superglue onto washers... that's a nightmare!

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  4. Caliban2 November 2010 at 08:08

    Hi Simon, I don't think I have rebased anything in my ancients collection more than once. I do have a large job waiting for my 15mm Russian Napoleonic army, though. I think I'll wait a while for that one.

    Cheers
    Paul

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  5. Black Smoke3 November 2010 at 15:55

    I use UHU to base figures onto MDF. It takes a while to set, but once dry it holds quite securely and I have found that they can be quite easily and quickly pried off with a small chisel.

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  6. Caliban3 November 2010 at 18:08

    Thanks, Ian, I think I might follow up on that. I'm pretty sure there's some Uhu around here somewhere.

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