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I use a wood stain for my base coat. It's thin enough to leave the details. I don't bother brushing it on. I simple dip the figure in and set it on a sheet of foil that's been crumpled and re-flattened. It takes a day or so to dry thoroughly, but anticipation is part of the fun.

lol Here I am looking at a vid on how to base 1/72 figures while I cut off their bases in order to make'm more realistic. I know of some brands that used to deliver seperate bases, but most of them come based anyway, right ?

In Canada, 2023, the Canadian .01 cent piece is no longer legal tender. Not accepted anywhere. I have hundreds of them & I’m using them as 1:72 bases for individual figures. I also have sheets of thin styrofoam & a hot wire cutter. I’ve a large nail with 1 penny crazy glued to the nail head. I press the nailed penny into a piece of styrofoam cut to hold x2 figures front & x2 figures back for little squares of 4 figures each. Works well enough. Fun painting up the base to reflect ground.

What Glue are u using

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I prefer to apply undercoats using an aerosol. So successful this that I tried to apply varnish to finished models in the same way. Alas I confused the can with a can of white and had oversprayed my own painting before mistake realised

I use a wide array of 1:72 figures from a variety of manufacturers; any chance you could post a list of which figures to use the PVA mixture on and which to simply under coat with primer? Thanks!

Could you spray a Clear Matt Coat on them

Could you use Modge Podge to seal them

What Brand of Primer is that

Could I pre mix and store it clear Plastic Jar

What Brand of Paint and brushes you use

Happened to me as well with ceasar models. Primed them and they are sticky forever :D Now I am very careful and do a test primer for that plastic. I am wondering how long will it take till I see the reaction and it becomes sticky? 24h is enough I hope?

There's a spray on acrylic primer but can't seem to find a spray on undercoat for plastic

Buy washers from the pound shop

Looking for new hobby since I am retired. This looks interesting!

Thank you for this tutorial. I am going to use 1/2" washer bases for my 1/72 scale soldiers and wanted to know how you mount teams. For example I have Mortar, Bazooka, Machine Gun teams with 2 to 4 miniatures. Do you glue multiple washers together or use a different base?

Just found your great channel. Where are you man !

I use Penny's it's cheapest way to base 1/72 and 2p coins for 28mm

hi there. i tested your recipe of the pva glue/acrylic paint/water. it covers the 1/72 italeri figures nicely! i left to dry overnight and painted next day. the paint behaved oddly as if it was soaked into the undercoat. never mind. i given 3 coats and colors were great. then all the paint along with the undercoat peeled off. completely. did not adhere to the plastic at all. i previously had very good results undercoating with acrylic paint:water 1:3 and will stick to that. i wonder how your figures look now? ;-)

Hi Steve. In this video, what type of Army figure are you using? I have the cheap ones that come like 100 to a bag, and I can find a primer or undercoat that will dry and adhere itself to that type of plastic. If you can help me, please lmk. Thanks

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Getting back into wargamming after a while and came across your channel. 185 subs after 2 vids, you know that people found them useful. I hope you will return and do more soon. Subbed. Al

Thank you friend .... Your info helped Me much

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what size of washer do you use for 28mm?

great idea on washers.

Yeah I'd rather just dunk everything which has colour in grey paint

Washers? Why not use penny coins - no hole, and they cost literally a penny each, much cheaper even than washers. (Could be slightly illegal though).

Hey there, I'm wondering if there are any napoleonic 1/72 scale models that will receive spray as an undercoat. I have been attempting the airfix ones for a while now. Any help would be much appreciated, as I'm sure you have a large fountain of knowledge working with different sets Thanks Conrad

I meant to add that I use this technique for 1/72 Hat, Italeri, Imex and Zveda figures.

i have used a number of types of undercoating techniques including the PVA/White Primer technique.. Recently, for simplicity I started a new technique which seems to work. After washing and cleaning, I paint on Vallejo Matt Varnish #520, after that dries the figures are no longer 'shiny', then after completely dry, I paint on Vallejo Primer (either black, white or gray depending on the base uniform color), after that dries, I paint on one more coat of the Primer, being careful NOT to use to much Primer to obliterate the detail.. I wait at least 12 hour, some suggest 24 hours, to let the Primer dry. Then they are are ready to paint. So far, no chipping or flaking. Let me know if you or anyone has an opinion on this technique. Thank you.

Hey buddy how's it going hope u are well n painting. ..You bud..John.

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hi do you have any continuing videos thanks

You can glue a small piece of thin plastic card onto the washer to close the hole.

I tried the washers and they worked really well! It helps me build the miniature army I always wanted. :) I've got a question though. How do you base cavalry? I don't find it ecstatically pleasing to glue two washers together.

Came across your site and it brought back memories of painting those Airfix 1/72 figures. Frustrating that the paint jumped off I went onto 54mm figs. of sryrene plastic or lead castings. Also became interested in FLATS, mostly 30mm. One tip I would like to pass on regarding polythene plastic figures to help paint stick is to 'swish' them around in small container of sand, this acts as a fine abrasive, then wash in a strong detergent, let dry then undercoat or basecoat as desired. This won't stop paint from coming off if the figure is flexed but will defeat that 'teflon' feeling. Cheers Eh!

How many millimetres high are the figures you buy?

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Well done thank you very much i like it...best way i have seen i really dont want to put a lot of figures on one card board ect... this will work for my Diarama of waterloo now off i go looking for the washers ... slots....or maybe a wsher that has a very small hole ..any way you have a great idea.... Cheers..

Steve, thanks for the tutorials, keep up the good work friend