Sprue bits basing: train track edition.
Continuing my personal quest to make some basing decorations for each mini of the month I get with the sprue it came off of. I actually managed to base this one with *just* sprue bits this time; I usually at least add some flock or sharp sand before I paint it. This time it was a Leagues of Votann space dwarf, so I thought train tracks would fit their industrial vibe. Then on a whim I decided to theme the Squat around the train tracks. Can you guess what character I based Tómas Tankvélin on?
Construction:
- I cut off all the nubs off from one long, straight piece of sprue to use as the rail, and carefully shaved the nubs down with a Stanley knife. Then I cut four smaller bits off to use as the sleepers, not really caring about shaving them down. (Pic 4 shows a proof of concept model after this step, held together with blutac.)
- I glued the sleeper bits together into two planks, keeping the wider sides facing the same way (pic 5). I also put some paint bottles on top to keep them flat while the glue cured. Then I filed them down to about 1.5mm, to make them look more plank-shaped (pic 6).
- Then I marked where I wanted the sleepers to go, cut them to shape, stuck them down, then did the same to the rail (pics 7 & 8).
- I then gathered together all the sprue nubs I'd cut off and chopped them into rocky, rubble-looking bits (pic 9). Then, section by section, I added poly cement glue to the base and showered it in rubbley bits until the tracks were covered (with blutac covering the bits where I wanted the mini's feet to be glued on).
- Then I painted the base. Also at some other point I painted the mini and stuck that on it too (pics 1, 2 & 3).
C&C welcome!