Scenic Bases

[Last Hussar]

I use vinyl floor tiles - paper on the stick side.  Nice and thin (get half decent ones, not the really pound shop soft droopy ones and they will be fine).  Cut with a Stanley knife on the 'proper side'.  If the initial score doesn't go through you can snap them, then run the knife down the angle made to separate.

[Orcs]

I am in the process of basing my Trees on 70mm Hexagons. I put 2 or three randomly on a base. Cover with Pva and sand. paint the same way  base the figures.  I also make a few just as ground for clearings .
The hexagons can then either be put together or placed a few on a on a felt template to define the wood if a larger one is needed.

[Last Hussar]

Haven't you got some men in tricornes to paint?

[Glorfindel]

>>I have only ever based one unit on plasticard and it slid around the table like an ice skating formation dancing team

I don't base figures on plasticard, just terrain.   For figures I use mass-produced mdf
(perfectly formed and smells nice !).

(I'm sure a smutty comment can be extracted from that...)


Phil

[Glorfindel]

>>I use sheet styrene, I get mine from a local sign writers supply store in large sheets (1600x1200mm or so) for the equivalent of GBP25, a sheet lasts a year or so

What a good idea.


Phil

[Leon026]

Another option is plasticard, which is resistant to warping.

The link below shows some 10mm ECW figures plus terrain :

http://s761.photobucket.com/user/glorfindel-666/library/#/user/glorfindel-666/library/10mm%20English%20Civil%20War?sort=3&page=0&_suid=144749552602305575933825436778


The village and forest bases are plasticard.   For the forests,
I have created a large base to delineate the size of the terrain
and then added smaller based trees to show what type of terrain
it is.   Quite flexible as you can then change the terrain type (eg.
add small swamp pieces instead of trees).

Cheers,


Phil

Those are beautiful, Phil!

[Glorfindel]

Leon026,

Thank you - much appreciated !


Phil