 1 This is a build of a set of based trees for wargaming and skirmishing. The 6 on the left are newly obtained from a doll's house and minituaria show, as are some of the basing materials |
 2 My collection of hole saws came from my late father in law, one way or another - thanks, Keith! Nice thin plywood discs, smooth with sandpaper. |
 3 Use a Stanley knife to make indents for the stubs at the bottom, then glue 'em on with Superglue. Superglue accelerant is a truly wonderful thing! Start with the small ones, so you leave room for them when the big ones go on. Wee bit of scrap paper over the centre hole. |
 4 Pre mixed filler for contours; I'll be basing these so no point trying to sculpt it. You spend your whole life spreading spludge with a butter knife, so what better for doing it on bases? |
 5 Splash of superglue and some rocks (two steps outside the garage and a handful, one of the benefits of buying a house with a gravel path. The small stuff is from the show. That's it for today, leave it all to dry properly. |
 6 Slightly watered PVA spread on top of the filler, and around the stones and tree bases |
 7 Into the sand! Very fine sand |
 8 Leave to dry. May be a couple of days, that was a lot of PVA and the filler was kinda soft still. Need another heat-wave! |
 9 Once dry, paint generously; I've used Gore Grunta Fur for this one, to get a dark earth colour. Don't sweat too much if there's the odd poke-through of white filler. Try and miss the rocks though |
 10 Under the curing lamp for a quicker drying time |
 11 My favourite basing grass. |
 12 Apply random smears of PVA to the base, ideally roughly where grass would grow |
 13 Dunk the bases under the grass for a minute or so, then shake them off back into the tray |
 14 Leave to dry again |
 15 Add a smaller pattern of glue on top of the grass for the 'dried leaves'. By the smell of it, this is largely herbs! |
 16 Barring a blast of varnish to hold it all on a bit better, done; two spinneys and two single trees. The singles may need mounting on a washer as they're still a little wobbly. |
