Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Dec 16, 2013 17:44:04 GMT -5
Hey all,
Looking to mine the collective wisdom of the board, as Google has failed me miserably... I'm thinking about re-basing ALL of my Guard minis--dispensing with the 1980s-1990s style of sand that is painted. I want to update the look of my minis to a more current standard as seen with the Tau and Eldar stuff I was messing with over the summer, using Stirland Mud texture paint, static grass, and painting the rims of the bases with XV88. Since my Trooper's fatigues are the old DA Green, and the sand and base rims are also DA Green, I think that introducing browns into their bases will provide more contrast and make the minis "pop."
I'm facing two routes:
1) Popping all of my minis off of their bases (most are superglued on so this shouldn't be much trouble in theory) and putting them all onto new bases. However I do worry about potentially damaging models if I do this, especially for things like my mortar teams.
2) Getting the current sand off of their existing bases and then re-painting the bases to the modern standard. This is where my question comes in: What are good ways to "re-solubilize" the PVA glue that I used to stick the sand onto the bases without damaging the paint jobs on the minis? I was thinking that perhaps heated vinegar might work? Anybody have any methods that have worked in the past?
GO!
Looking to mine the collective wisdom of the board, as Google has failed me miserably... I'm thinking about re-basing ALL of my Guard minis--dispensing with the 1980s-1990s style of sand that is painted. I want to update the look of my minis to a more current standard as seen with the Tau and Eldar stuff I was messing with over the summer, using Stirland Mud texture paint, static grass, and painting the rims of the bases with XV88. Since my Trooper's fatigues are the old DA Green, and the sand and base rims are also DA Green, I think that introducing browns into their bases will provide more contrast and make the minis "pop."
I'm facing two routes:
1) Popping all of my minis off of their bases (most are superglued on so this shouldn't be much trouble in theory) and putting them all onto new bases. However I do worry about potentially damaging models if I do this, especially for things like my mortar teams.
2) Getting the current sand off of their existing bases and then re-painting the bases to the modern standard. This is where my question comes in: What are good ways to "re-solubilize" the PVA glue that I used to stick the sand onto the bases without damaging the paint jobs on the minis? I was thinking that perhaps heated vinegar might work? Anybody have any methods that have worked in the past?
GO!
