Not much exciting going on at the moment on my paint desk, but I am working my way through magnetizing all of my orcs and goblins' bases and their movement trays. That's where the bulk of my hobby time has gone for the past week.
The movement trays are 3D printed, with spacers to convert to Warhammer The Old World unit footprints (which is a lot more appealing than rebasing 200-ish figures). Each slot in the base has a depression for a little magnet, so I'm gluing magnets into the trays and gluing squares of sheet steel to the underside of each base. Once the weather improves I'll hit the movement trays with a coat of green spray paint and flock the tops so the bases blend in.
As you can see, there's a couple units here left to paint and even more in boxes behind them. The biggest limiting factor is going to be that the green I use for their skin is no longer being made, so once my stockpile runs dry I may have to stop.
I have to applaud your commitment to this Bill...I don't think I could muster the energy for this type of rebasing exercise!
ReplyDeleteSomeone asked about using magnets on my recently painted Soviet tank riders.....it is a good idea, and it did occur to me....but I almost certainly won't do it!
(Ironically my smart arse phone changed rebasing to relaxing before I fixed it up....relaxing is exactly the opposite of how this sort of activity makes me feel!)
Thanks Keith! Funnily enough, it is a mostly relaxing process. I've used slotted square bases throughout, even for the figures that have integral bases cast on, so I put my sheet steel squares in the indents in the movement tray and apply some cyanoacrylate to the underside of the base slot where the plastic comes down. Then just put it down on top of the steel sheet and let it dry. Nothing too thought-intensive, I can just putter through.
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