worst task in wargaming

[Shecky]

I think rebasing is admitting a past project is a failure. Perhaps that is why a lot of people don't like to rebase - it means we have failed at something.

[robert]

I rebased my 28mm for Maurice but I really cannot see me ever doing that again with these figures - they were based for Piquet Cartouche and Grognards which comprehensively failed for me - agreed.

All my 10 mm will be based to Warmaster/Commander series and this time I have stopped at looking at other 'new' rule sets and will concentrate on what I now have - so yes - if I was to ever rebase
that would be a failure - so it is not going to happen

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

basing to a set tht DOSN@RT USE A BASE SIZE !

Good un.

IanS

[Hertsblue]

Yep, it's got to be rebasing - each time I do it I swear I'll never do it again. However, it's a lot easier now I've finally cured myself of setting the little so-and-sos in Tetrion. 

[robert]

@ Ian S - were you replying to me?

If so I have completely missed your point - sorry.


The little blighters have to be stuck on something (which I call bases) and then you come unstuck when the new rules insist on a different size or grouping and re-basing is only option if new rules are to be used.

[Maenoferren]

I use a polishing pad on my drill for this. Mount drill in bench vice, switch on drill, lightly touch bottom of model to rotating pad, and you have a perfectly flat base underside in 1 second.

Cheers,
Aart

hmmmm worth a try 

[Luddite]

I think rebasing is admitting a past project is a failure. Perhaps that is why a lot of people don't like to rebase - it means we have failed at something.

Not at all.

For me it usually means that i've taken up a new ruleset and because no rules use the same basing conventions...       ...it means i have to rebase the damned things.

Often you can get away with it since modern rulesets have largely abandoned any pretence to simulation and are mostly gamist in nature, but for some the base size is vital.

[TinyTerrain]

Its funny because I quite like basing. I always think of putting a good scenic base on a figure is a bit like putting a frame around a picture. Get it right and it makes a good picture look great, and a great picture look fantastic. Well worth taking your time over, IMHO (especially with 10mm as the base is so much bigger than the individual figures).

My most hated job is cleaning off flash, and glueing together multi part white metal kits, the cutting I loose fingers and the gluing I stick what few fingers I have left together again 

Cheers,Craig

Tiny Terrain Models

[J.S.]

I hate basing...got several armies which wandered into a shoebox after completing the painting. Latest 10mm example: Sassanid Persians

[Luddite]

My most hated job is cleaning off flash, and glueing together multi part white metal kits

Ooooh good one.

Yeah, i hate this too.

Lots of flash = poor customer service*.

But multipart figures really annoy me.  I still have 4 boxes of unopened Perry 28mm Wars of the Roses models.  Got part way through the first box and just could not be bothered to finish gluing all the uneccessary fiddly bits together.   

Don't get me wrong, multi-part where it allows you to vary poses, isn't too bad (i still hate it though), but most of Perry's stuff has ONE POSE.   



* The best company i've found on the flash score is Dark Realm Miniatures.  Not only are their 6mm castings clean, they've evidendly been cleaned of flash before shipping.  They're pricey but i'm willing to pay that little extra to get clean models. 
Of course Pendraken's castings are usually pretty good too.   

[TinyTerrain]

Nice looking Persians there by the way J S........get them based and they will look amazing 

Cheers,

Craig
Tiny Terrain Models

[AndyT]

Repainting figures when the varnish goes white.............

Or a variation on this - when I picked up a can of white spray paint thinking it was spray varnish then had to repaint a lot of figures 

[Syr Hobbs]

Oh tha has happened to me once on some beautifully painted LOTR Warg Riders from GW.  I'm not sure I've gone back to fix them.   

Duane

[Hertsblue]

Repainting figures when the varnish goes white.............

I assume it's matt varnish that goes white when it reacts with the paint? If so, try the old trick of gloss-varnishing the figures first and then when it's dry matt varnishing over the top. Takes a bit longer but stops the "whiting". 

[Orcs]

I don't think I have had the misfortune of varnish going white on figures over time.  I only had it once when i used some very old humbrol varnish, and it dried that way.

I use artists acrylic varnish and its only about £4 for a bottle, Imake a note when I buy the varnish and throw it away after about a year or if it starts to thicken too much.

[Poggle]

Painting cavalry is the worst chore for me. The scale doesn't matter, it's always a chore. 

[wargamesbob]

Other than having to pack away your troops and terrain...Having to repaint and replace a damaged figure in a unit that you painted so long ago the colours have faded. The little b*gger always stands out like a sore thumb.

Bob

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Got another one - p[acking up after a show on the 1st floor......with storage on the ground. I ache all over.


IanS

[Hertsblue]

Maintenence generally. Drilling out broken spears and replacing them with steel rod; gluing back sundry vehicle bits that have come unshipped during transit; re-fixing riders that have lost their horses. It's all unproductive time.

[Malbork]

Agree with Hertsblue, am just rebasing Early Polish cav and almost every second knight needs to be refixed to his steed; Really time consuming.

Also take Poggle's point. Why is it that cav are such a pain to paint? The only "easy" ones I've ever done were Teutonic Knights -black undercoat, white cloaks and a bit of chainmail here and there. Any parts of dobbin sticking out remained black!