Speed basing discovery

Old way of glueing sand on

One of the things that takes time in the basing of the figures is paining the ground (sand) before flocking. With 10mm figures there is not a lot of space between the ranks and you need to take care on not covering the troops in mud paint.



Old Method

1. Stick the figures to the base with super glue (hint - licking thr base makes the super glue set fast)
2. Carefully push PVA Glue between the figures and dip the base in sand. Allow to dry.
3. Dilute dark brown paint and carefully painted around each one. Allow to dry.
4. Dry brush medium brown. Allow to dry.
5. Dry brush light brown. Allow to dry.
6. Attach Silfor tufts
7. Spread patches of PVA and then shake flock onto it. Allow to dry.



Adding paint to the base careful not to paint the men

8. Done

With the drying time it can take over a day or so to base a few unit.

I found some coloured fine ballast that the model railway guys used and thought this would speed things up. I bought two different kinds to mix together - light and dark brown.



New Method

1. Stick the figures to the base with super glue (hint - licking the base makes the super glue set fast)
2. Carefully push PVA Glue between the figures and dip the base in sand. 
3. Attach Silfor tufts while glue is still wet. Allow to dry.
4. Spread patches of PVA and then shake flock onto it. Allow to dry.



New super small coloured ballast

5. Done

One step now replaces a bunch of steps and waiting time

The end result, pretty good and much faster

Done in one sitting of under an hour. No mud paint on the troops. Nice result. Fast and worth the $10 for a bucket of ballast.