Together we stand
It's all about that base....
To quote the OTT team….”bases and faces” are key to a nice looking army.
The starter came with 25mm warped bases, but again following advice from Warzan himself, miniatures need “heft” and a metal base equates to magnetic storage solutions….
2ps were order of the day but with COVID causing everyone to be cashless I was struggling to source any. Time for plan b!
So some you tube action suggested our American cousins often use “fender washers” (I think they mean bumper washers for those that speak the Queens English!) for miniature basing.
With a dearth of metal circle dials that display the Queens face on the horizon it’s time to see if these colonials are onto something.
Although in assured these washers are zink plated, to minimise the risk of them rusting and ruining someone’s nice gaming table a liberal coat of primer to seal the washers was first job of the day
Evil Polo mints!Next step was to seal up the holes. An empty bottle of soft drink kindly laid down its life to provide some bits of plastic and super glue did the rest.
Next it was time to make some Oreos!
Slathering some wall filler onto the bases provided some texture. Madness I hear you cry.....but wait there is a reason!
Metal figures tend to have a small metal "puddle" foot print as seen here
With a layer of wall filler, the "puddles" of metal on the miniatures bases stand out less and also provide some texture...but you can never have enough.
As you can never have too much texture, next to slather on some of this from GW. For extra randomness I recommend employing your 5 year old child to help 
First stage of the project done, next onto painting them up
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