I based five of the Germans yesterday afternoon, supergluing them to GW bases and building up the ground detail around them using Selley’s Pollyfilla. A scattering of Woodland Scenics railway ballast and kitty litter was added just to give the smooth Pollyfilla some texture. I based the doggie from the Celtos ‘King of the Wild’ review figure the same way.
Time to do some research into DAK WWII period uniform before I start painting!
Looking at the .45 Adventure rules I’d play this squad as a Grade 2 Enforcer armed with an SMG and four Grade 1 Gat Men with rifles for a total Grade 6 squad. The dog would definitely have to be a Grade 1 Villainous Dog too.
These figures are going to be painted as part of the Pityak forums ‘Mini Mid Winter Madness‘ challenge. That should at least motivate me to finish a few of them before May is out!
I like the way the Selley’s Pollyfilla looks. I may need to hunt down the US equivalent and give it a try! Is it some sorta airdrying clay -or- is it a wall repair product?
I usually use white glue and lotsa sand, which works to some degree, but you can still make out a vague outline of the base.
Pollyfilla is a wall repair product for filling gaps and holes. Don’t you call it ’spackling’ in the US?
Basically you smooth it on with a knife and sand it back once dry. It’s some kind of water based air drying polymer plaster that’s mixed with ammonia (presumably to kill mold) from the smell of it.
Just look for something suitable in the wall repair section of your hardware store I guess!
It’s quite good because it dries very hard. A lot of people here use it for basing their Flames of War figures. It dries so hard many people don’t even bother supergluing the figures down.