Rebasing, Continued

With my fantasy miniatures I decided to delve a bit more into the best retexturing approach during rebasing.

Rebased miniature prior to re-texturing. Note how the integral base of the miniature is already flocked with static grass from original basing

aspects under consideration are:

  • ease of application
  • speed of application
  • possibility of error
  • number of steps
  • finished look
Left to right: Fine Bird sand (top), Large brown sand (bottom), Green flock, Gray Flock, Brown Flock

from left to right the basing materials used above are as follows:

  1. PVA + large grain sand
  2. Matte Medium + large grain sand
  3. Brown Acrylic Speckle + Static Grass
  4. Matte Medium + large grain sand + fine sand
  5. Matte Medium + large brown flock + fine sand
  6. Matte Medium + thin gray flock + fine sand
  7. Matte Medium + medium green flock + fine sand

the results of this step are:

  1. large gaps in the base, will need second application, perhaps just one step of static grass will be enough. NOT table ready
  2. large gaps in the base, will need second application, perhaps just one step of static grass will be enough. NOT table ready
  3. table ready, however application is not easy as care must be taken to not paint the mini, and also must apply grass directly afterwards which is slow. Table Ready AND Finished
  4. irregularities in the base, easy application, barely acceptable look, will need static grass. Table Ready
  5. though the brown flock looks odd, will look ok with static grass. Table Ready
  6. looks ok, static grass will elevate the look. Table Ready
  7. looks as Finished, static grass will elevate the look. Table Ready

In conclusion, the best results where with green flock + sand, and that’s what I’ll go with for my rebasing, so that I can postpone re-grassing them later in the future, and perhaps have time to do a few actual plays during the holidays.

The steps for Matte Medium + Green Flock + Fine Sand are:

  1. using a brush, generously apply Acrylic Matte Medium inside of the lip of the base
  2. wipe off the outside of the base from any undesired medium
  3. dip the mini in the green flock
  4. shake off the flock
  5. clean the outer part of the base from any stuck material
  6. dip the mini in the sand
  7. shake off sand
  8. clean the outer part of the base from any stuck material

I assume the above should also work with PVA, but I’d wager it would shrink more, be a bit glossy, and more difficult to apply than matte medium.