Rejuvenate Pre Painted Star Wars Miniatures The Easy Way
Playing With Washes
My goto solution was to add a coat of wash to the minis, to see if it could allow some of the additional sculpting work to give a little more shading (and thus realism) to the mini.
I took my Buddy Look and added 100% Agrax Earthshade from the Citadel range to him with a pretty big brush.
The end result is a little bit strong (brutal) but once I added the mini to my homemade clear base I actually started to like the result – especially when the whole process is about 2 minutes work!
Adding a clear base to these particular minis was a must for me. Opinions on clear bases can vary quite a bit.
My own favourite type are punched Acetate bases. They are homemade, very very cost-effective and the end result for me is currently the best of the clear base options out there.
I am not a fan of thick acrylic clear bases as they don’t ‘vanish’ which to me is kind of the point of a clear base – you want it to be as invisible as possible.
Currently, the closest I can get to that ideal, is punching out discs from the Acetate sheet.
I like the bases and I see your point about their thickness. I hadn’t thought to check for something like an acetate punch. I magnetise my minis’ bases at the moment which has stopped me trying out transparents. These work very well 🙂
Is that shaved wookie?
Great idea on using acetate bases! How stiff is the acetate? Does it bend easily? I’m thinking of putting my minis on thin steel disks so they can be stuck to magnetized surfaces for transport. But if I don’t need to do the extra step of putting terrain on the base, then I may consider going the acetate route.
“I took my buddy Look” I love that :p