Basing my 0-12 finally

With the delay for my Clash of Katanas army, I thought I best do some kind of hobby and I assembled some new 0-12 stuff, mostly non-human stuff, except for the Bluecoat.

I went to put them all away, but noticed I’d neglected the LOF marks…
so a few simple marks to get them done. Now the Infinity shelf is a whole lot more full.

Models come off the temporary bases easily enough, and tech pieces/tactical rock like stuff is removed. I got to the end and had an extra base, which was strange, but then I remembered that I had the exclusive Knauf figure from the graphic novel commission painted, and seeing as he has a 0-12 profile, I gave the spare too him.
The 0-12 is ready for play.

Okay, so the bases are done, the models are done, let’s put it all together.

The arduous task of making all the edges black, to get them to an even colour before deciding on what to use colour wise for the LoF. I made a huge mess through the process, and spent so long fixing it up again. Tomorrow I can hopefully get the troops on them.

The Orange works, but there is some details on there I might like to pick out.

Checking the Colour Wheel to see what colours I should be using, with my 0-12 painting in alternating Green, and Purple, I went with the complimentary colour of Orange, specifically the Life Color Matt Orange, which was a huge pain in the arse, and took hours, with so many cleanings through out.

So I start gluing down the 1st Layer. I did of course do a test up one, just to make sure that after taking the protective paper on the underside off the shiny, smooth acrylic would glue well to the plastic bases. It did seem to work, and so I proceeded.

First thing after the sanding and cleaning, of course was the priming. I went with the Vallejo Premium White Primer 62.061.

The Paint shop boss also suggested using a special plastic cleaner after the sanding, which he provided too. He has been incredibly helpful. I’m not actually sure what it is, but I did test it on the sprue first.

The instructions say that to help paint adhere to the acrylic, they should be lightly sanded. Now I didn’t want to make the acrylic, so I asked the advice of the Paint shop boss at work, and he suggested using a very fine Scotch-Brite, which can be seen at the top of the photo.

I did keep all the original bases, as this is just a set of base toppers, designed for the bases that come with Infinity miniatures. First thing I did was make sure they were the right sizes, and that I had enough. Yes it looks like I don’t have enough, but I bought two sets, so I’m fine, even when I get more 0-12.

I ended up deciding on the Death Ray Designs Tech Corps 2-Layer Base Inserts, for that high Sci-Fi look.