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So I have a unit of 6 Chaos Raptors, the old metals ones. They are so top heavy, that only 3 of them can stand on their own. If I take off their jump packs they mostly all can stand just fine. I was going to see about gluing some metal washers under the circular base or maybe some small fishing weights. I was also thinking of maybe finding some plastic jump packs, but I am not sure where I would get something like that.

Any suggestions or ideas??

Armorcast makes cast pewter bases that are quite heavy. I will be using them for my metal Raptors.

Skull bases
http://armorcast.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=124_59&products_id=331

Cobblestone bases
http://armorcast.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=124_59&products_id=485

I used to use metal washers or quarters for my bases.

timd wrote:
Armorcast makes cast pewter bases that are quite heavy. I will be using them for my metal Raptors.

Skull bases
http://armorcast.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=124_59&products_id=331

Cobblestone bases
http://armorcast.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=124_59&products_id=485

If I were to order the Skull Bases, I would then have to remove the little metal piece that goes into the slit on the plastic bases. Would they still stand only being glued on by the little piece of metal under their jumping foot?

Probably not. Pinning is your friend here.

Sorry if I sound dumb, what you do mean by pinning?

Drill a hole into the foot of the Raptor, then drill another hole into the base. Glue a piece of a paperclip into the base, put more glue on the piece sticking up, slide the Raptor over the paperclip.

Rigeld2 has it right, here is a pic of how I did my raptors with the old packs, they are added to some old plastic CSM models:



After I glued the wire in place I glued a nickel coin (fits perfectly) inside the bottom of the base. That's important, add the weight after the drilling.

Another tip is to pose the models and place their feet in appropriate spots on the base so that they balance themselves.