As you may know Merkeysa is currently doing an interview with Roman 'Jarhead' Lappat of Massive Voodoo (If you haven't read Part 1, check it out here!) I've said many times that I've been a fan of the blog for a long time so I thought I'd do an unboxing article for their recently released Insta-Bases!
In
collaboration with Secret Weapon, Roman and Raffaele Picca
have sculpted a series of four resin base tops which can either be
used as bases in their own right or placed on top of plinths for
display miniatures. They measure 40mm by 40mm and the shot below
shows the different styles available (Both this picture and the title picture are taken straight from the Massive Voodoo blog article and show painted examples by the MV team).
The great thing
about them (other than the superb sculpts and quality) is that you
can either use them 'as is' or add more detail and customize them to
your own desires. There is already an article on Massive Voodoo
showing how you could change them (link)
I purchased two of
them at launch, here they are below without any preparation. As you
can see minimal flash present and no bubbles or any quality issues at
all.
Secondly a more
modern style ruined base, lots of debris and girders.
Next up I
grabbed a spare 40mm plinth I had to see how they fit. There is some
sanding to be done to get a smooth fit, but once done you'll be left
with a neat finish as you can see in the painted examples above.
I build most of my bases myself these days but I still think these are great quality and I can't wait to find the right miniature to match them.
The bases are
available from Secret Weapon in the US (who you may know from their
series of washes or pigments that I'm a big fan of!) I'm not aware of
a UK or Europe distributor for the bases at the moment but I've
ordered several times from the US store without problems. Check them
out here (link) at $5 each they're very reasonably priced.
That temple base is *crying* for an Odyssey figure on it...
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Hi,
ReplyDeletenice review. Thank you.
But the real reason for my answer is an other.
You write that you are a big fan of the secret weapon washes and so i want to ask you for some tips. I like the different and unusual colours of the washes very much but every time i used them they were really shiny after they dried up. But i want them to be dull, not shiny. Sometimes i take them right out of the dripper and sometimes i thin them with water but the result is always the same => shiny colours. Do you have some tips for me to avoid the shine?
Unfortunately they do have a quite shiny finish, which can be good but if you're going for matt you have a couple of options. You could try using a matt varnish over them after (either a brush on if you want to target just that area or a spray for the whole mini)
DeleteThe other option is to use something different when you want a matt finish, glazing for example.
These look great!
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