CoolMiniOrNot - Make Bases like Rackham

Make Bases like Rackham Beginner Return to article index	Rating: 9.03 Votes: 33 Views: 26065	By: Koradhil
Category: Painting Subcategory: Terrain		Date: 2004-04-01 22:37:57

Hello from Germany This is my first Article on CMON. I present the making of Bases like Rackham ! I hope you like it and you can use this article to build up your Bases. First of all you need following things : 1. Cork-Plate ( availible in all Craft-Stores ) 2. 1 Base 3. Wood-Glue or other Glue ( no Second-Glue !!!!!!!!! ) 4. Fine Sand ( GW or other Terrain-Sand ) 5. An old Brush You rip off from the Cork-Plate 2 little Pieces and put it on the Base to look about the great of this pieces. Is the great right you can glue the 2 Pieces on the Base. When this was dry and hard,you can put some fine sand to the Base. When the first glue is dry,i put an second layer with thinned Wood-Glue over the hole base. So i can prefer that the Sand is hard enough to drybrush the Base ! When this dry,the base is ready to paint ! I took Black Spray to prime the Base. When this was dry you can paint the Base in the colours you want ! Joa, now you are ready to pin of your Mini to the Base ! Looks like that ! I hope this little article helps you to build up some good bases Sorry for my poor english ! Greetz Koradhil

Sonko 28 March 05		Rating: 10 Simple but very helpful.
dumpass 01 March 05		Rating: 7 this is nice
gremlare 11 December 04		Rating: 10 Awesome result and it can be made so complex! Thats what I like about this style. I'll have to try it!
rolljordan 01 June 04		Rating: 10 Finally a great article. Always had problems with bases. Thank you.
provoke me 29 May 04		Rating: 10 i envy your painting ability....give it to me now and you shal not feel my wrath!
cdukino 30 April 04		Rating: 10 Thanks a million. Just what I needed. I liked these stone bases but I could never find out how there were made. I tried it now too. I didn't have cork tiles but I find out some corks that are used in wine bottles when sliced into disks can be used and broken in the same way. A bit restrictive size wise, but cheep and easy to get.
asphyx 27 April 04		Rating: 10 Very nice article, great pictures. Thanks!
munkeyjoepaints 23 April 04		Rating: 10 Great article!!! I am new and always learning. Dont worry about you english, I dont even start to speak German. I will try this soon, as I am inspired now.
beestieboy 19 April 04		Rating: 9 Great article and the final product is great too. How would you go about securing the model to the base? I don't think I'd trust gluing a heavy model to cork. Pinning maybe.....maybe a better way?
Micha 15 April 04		Rating: 9 Tolle Sache! A great article, very usefull indeed, I was always looking for some alternatives to simple sandy bases! I´s true there are a couple of funny parts due to the language, but hell, we all got it, didn´t we!
Trovarion 13 April 04		Rating: 8 I did this ever since they presented this technique in their catalogue I like it a lot though I havent found a cork simmilar to theirs. It looks more like real stones when you break it - The cork that you can get over here is pressed together so tightly that you cant really break out those little "rocks" that's why it's a bit limiting and you need to cut some pieces off to make it look more realistic. But none the less I can only say it again: I like it a lot
Aditu 11 April 04		Rating: 9 Nice, simple and very helpful! Great article! Would be great if you#d post the colours you used for painting the stone...just for information!
Gamecrazy85 10 April 04		Rating: 9 Good ideas. This will help if you are looking for a simple easy to do base that looks great. I like the final product but I had to read it twice to understand. other than the languge, its great
No Such Agency 10 April 04		Rating: 7 Clever. I don't really care for those bases but they seem easy to make and look pretty good. Do you pin the miniatures on long wires which reach to the plastic base? Also, if anyone wants to make these but can't find cork tile anywhere, you can sometimes get cheap cork coasters (like at IKEA) which are similar thickness etc.
Magnus the Red 09 April 04		Rating: 10 Gutan Tag Great guide. I wanna try this!
Mosch 07 April 04		Rating: 8 Nice one! I will definitely try this out. Just one question remains: What is second-glue? You could answer in German if you want, I would be grateful. By the way, it should be "size", not "great". Falls du "Grösse" meintest, heisst das
abstract incendiarie 07 April 04		Rating: 10 excellent
Gin1906 07 April 04		Rating: 8 Great short article, and best of all a base that I can do! Thanks for the pictures, they speak well and help a lot.
FIGURAOBSCURA 07 April 04		Rating: 9 Excelent article , great asset . I was looking for an easy rock base for quite a long time. Looking for real stone to fit can take years. -Figuraobscura
suinegoldengaze 06 April 04		Rating: 10 thank you so much....I have asked in several different places and have never gotten an answer on bases very helpful
Gin1906 06 April 04		Rating: 8 Poor English or not, pretty good article, The pictures tell the story very well, and I who am not a sculptor can actually do this one to make a nice base.
Teufel 06 April 04		Rating: 9 A very easy way to make nice-looking bases. Just a little comment for non-german readers: "Second glue" means instant glue ;-)

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