Husaria - Building a Polish army for the 1620s
From The Ground Up - Part 4
THIS CONTINUES THE BASING WALKTHROUGH FROM THE 3 PREVIOUS ENTRIES
Step 7.
I leave the base for an hour or so for the PVA to start holding the green stuff. I then prune any tufts or static grass that are hanging over the base edges with small scissors. This helps prevent problems with getting bases to sit tidily next to one another.
The final job is to tidy the base edges. These have often become messy with the application of filler, PVA and sand. I like a nice dark brown finish for the base edge and a fast way I have found to do this is Posca paint pens (available in some Hobbycraft stores in the UK or try Amazon).
A messy base edge and the easy answer!
Painted base edge.The based unit is now ready to take its place in the growing miniature army. I use this approach for 15mm (perhaps using smaller tufts) as well as 28mm. It is not the quickest method, but I like the end result, and I have honed down the steps over the years to make it is as efficient as possible. (The paint in the PVA was a major step forward!)
I had no idea this was going to take 4 project entries to complete! Sorry about that ;-). To make up for this, here are some pictures of the latest figures for my Polish army, all based up. First is the unit of Polish ‘Winged’ Hussars. These are 28mm with riders from The Assault Group (TAG) and Wargames Foundry. The horses are all TAG. Flag and lance pennons from Battle Flag.
Here is another commend base for my ‘Foreign Infantry’. These are from 1898 Miniatures’ Tercio range, except the drummer who is from Horcata Miniatures. Flags are from Flags of War.
Phew! Until next time.
Andy.
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