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Hey guys so ive recently got back into the hobby and have decided to stick to painting without any gaming (never enjoyed that part of the hobby).

But i digress, because i want to focus on painting, i want to go for display quality and that means display bases.

By display bases i mean the wooden blocks the model normally sits on, and my question being where do i buy these from? Or do i have to make them myself?

Thanks
-Cry

I don't use display bases (not good enough at painting yet) but here are some I have come across. http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1&zenid=v4jadmlokdq6uet9c737ji6cu7

Thanks

Sadly none of them are wooden

I have not had much luck finding these either. Although I didn't look very hard

Just did a Google search & found:
http://www.woodenbases.co.uk/round_bases.php

Perfect, shame there is no 60mm... i'll have to go with the 75mm

Wooden coasters are pretty easy to pick up and you can find them in a variety of sizes. Turn them upside down, sand them, paint them black, varnish. You get a set for the same cost as buying a single. You can even stack smaller ones on bigger ones if you want extra height. Wooden furniture feet and drawer knobs from your local DIY store also worth looking into.

If you could suppy me with an image of a finished make shift base i'd love to see it.

Sorry I don't have any pics but there are some really great articles on how to prepare on massive voodoo. Can't go far wrong copying those guys. http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2009/11/tutorial-simple-socket.html and http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2011/09/tutorial-simple-socket-improvement.html

I'd say check your local DIY store - all kinds of useful things for basing there made of wood. Also look around craft/hobby type stores - they usually have a range of bases you can use - I got the one I used here

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at a chain hobby store here in the states.

i saw some of these somewhere online a little while ago but I cant bloody remember where now sorry.

The other thing you could do it look for wood turning blanks, youd have to finish them yourself, but they will be top quality pieces of wood