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Hello Dakka

I have an army with almost all resin bases for it, and so far its worked out pretty well. But i've made some units with metal bits on them and they seem to be falling over, constantly. How should i fix this? Do I sand down the base and put it on a regular one? Do i drill into it and weigh it down?


advice would be greatly appreciated!

I like the idea of drilling into it and weighing it down, or adding heavy bits(rocks?) to the top maybe.

I secure a coin using green stuff for models that get wobbly

BrotherVord wrote:
I secure a coin using green stuff for models that get wobbly

resin bases have no void underneath the base, its all filled in resin.

Usually a quarter fits perfectly to 25mm bases. I have done it before so I suppose it just depends on if it bugs you seeing the coins under it.

 UnCool Villain wrote:
Usually a quarter fits perfectly to 25mm bases. I have done it before so I suppose it just depends on if it bugs you seeing the coins under it.

again... resin bases are solid underneath

I'd suggest using greenstuff to extend the base slightly and then seal a heavy washer or coin into the putty. Aside from that, a drilling/carving you are going.

I transport my minis in metal sheet lined lock n lock boxes. for this i glue rubber magnet foil underneath the bases. depending on the thickness of the rubber magnet they can be quite heavy and work well for weighting down top heavy minis. makes the base something between 1 and 2 mm higher.

Buy washers at the exact or approximate diameter do the base. Washers, when made of the right material, are heavier than coinage. Roughening up the bottom of the base will assist in surface adhesion. If you use the lack of cavity under the base as another excuse, I will smack you. Shy of drilling out your model, and suggesting better posing, or a larger base, there really isn't anything else you can do. Gluing crap ontop of a resin base is like gold-plating a palladium wedding band. The thing you are covering is more expensive and better looking than the crap going onto it. Just put 2-3 mm washers of havy weight under your models, or throw out your models and make new ones for the bases, or rip them off the bases and stick me on plastics....
I myself have stopped buying resn bases altogether. A good eye, good purchases and good scrounging, and you have more materials than you will ever need for making bases. Slate, while brittle and not prone to surviving throws and falls, actually responds to drilling really well( so easy pinning). Cheaper to make your own.

 poda_t wrote:
Buy washers at the exact or approximate diameter do the base. Washers, when made of the right material, are heavier than coinage. Roughening up the bottom of the base will assist in surface adhesion. If you use the lack of cavity under the base as another excuse, I will smack you. Shy of drilling out your model, and suggesting better posing, or a larger base, there really isn't anything else you can do. Gluing crap ontop of a resin base is like gold-plating a palladium wedding band. The thing you are covering is more expensive and better looking than the crap going onto it. Just put 2-3 mm washers of havy weight under your models, or throw out your models and make new ones for the bases, or rip them off the bases and stick me on plastics....
I myself have stopped buying resn bases altogether. A good eye, good purchases and good scrounging, and you have more materials than you will ever need for making bases. Slate, while brittle and not prone to surviving throws and falls, actually responds to drilling really well( so easy pinning). Cheaper to make your own.

Yeah good points. I normally base myown way but this is four industrial factory basing so.I just went with resin.

Dremel.

Lightly sand the bottom of the base to rough it up ..( a piece of 120 grit attached to a board clamped down to your work station so it does not shift) and add a precut magnetized rubber base from someplace like www.litko.net ..this will add mass and be even more stable on a metal gaming table (my own tables are are plywood with sheet metal laminated to the wood then brown pool table felt laminated to the sheetmetal ..)

Drilling and filling was my first thought but actually it sounds like a right PITA so I would take up the suggestion of sanding and adding a piece of metal or magnet to the bottom.

 IronfrontAlex wrote:


Yeah good points. I normally base myown way but this is four industrial factory basing so.I just went with resin.

right. There are themed bases which do actually take a lot of effort to make to look nice. My bad.

I am inserting magnets into mine, it adds weight, but I am not sure if it will be sufficient for your cause. 1/4 x 1/8 fyi.

I'd just glue heavy washers to the bottom, and live with the 2-3mm raise in height.

washers on the bottom, or a magnet inset and a steel weight.plate that you can remove.

or if it is because the models center of gravity isn't over the base, an decorative extension to the base can help too.