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Having found some awesome resin bases from back to base-ix for my Blood Angels, I was a bit cheesed off when GW announced that BA marines were now on 32mm bases a size largely unavailable from third party retailers. Rather than wait for back to base-ix to start producing 32mm ruin bases, I decided to take matters into my own hands and this is what I did.

To do this conversion you will need a 32mm base, a 25mm flat wood drill bit (pictured below) with attached drill, some thin plasticard or similar.




Okay so here you can see my current bases as attached to a marine:




First of all you need to secure the 32mm base for drilling; I used my desk vice however I had to drill very slowly as it didn't hold the base too well. if anyone comes up with a better way of securing the bases for drilling please feel free to let me know and I'll add it in here!



Note I have purposely left my hole off centre so that the ruin doesn't look too centred in the finished base as I don't want my ruins to look too precise, but you can position yours to taste.

Next I have scored the underside of the resin base to assist sticking, these are often very smooth and shiny and resist glue.


I then stuck the resin scenic base down onto the thin plasticard with superglue and left it to dry. Once dry I tested the 32mm ring around it, once it fit I applied glue to the bottom of the 32mm ring and also to the rim of the drilled hole then pushed it down firmly and left it to dry once more.



Then all you need to do is cut it out around the base and green stuff around the gaps between the two bases, before covering the edges in sand.



There you go, your 25mm resin scenic base is now 32mm.

 Ugly Green Trog wrote:
First of all you need to secure the 32mm base for drilling; I used my desk vice however I had to drill very slowly as it didn't hold the base too well. if anyone comes up with a better way of securing the bases for drilling please feel free to let me know and I'll add it in here!

There are a few different methods:

1: Superglue or hotglue the base to a wood block, then secure the wood block with clamp. Drill your hole. If you superglued or it squished out getting the edge, you can use a razor blade to remove it from the block fairly easily.

2: Another method is if you have a plastic piece with a hole already drilled (I have some from TAP Plastic that I use to secure when making molds). Then superglue the edges to that, since it is a smooth surface it is easier to pop the plastic base from the smooth plastic since it doesn't usually bond very well.

3: Similar to the 2nd method, you take your block of wood or piece already predrilled so that the base will fit in from the bottom but not pass through (because of the bevel) and lay it on the base. Now clamp the down the top piece, it will be pressing and holding the base in position. The pre-drilled hold lets you easily drill the base while pressure from the top cover and gravity holds the base securely. Once drilled, remove the clamps, lift up the top cover and pull your base out.

Dark Severance, you are a clever chap, I should have though to secure the base to a block!

Here is an idea for Holding the 32mm base for Drilling

Ugly Green Trog, if you want to try one of these out I would be happy to send you one. Send me a PM if you want one.

Finished Jig



Step 1) Cut 3/4" MDF into a 1.75" square
Step 2) Using a 1.25" forstner bit drill a 1/8" bore.
Step 3) Cut a 1/4" thick piece of MDF to 3/4" x 1.75". (I think 1/8" thick MDF might work better since it is a little more flexible. If you build one let me know.)
Step 4) Glue the two pieces together as shown in the photo.
Step 5) Reinforce the joint with some screws and cut a slit. Avoid cutting into the 1/4" reinforcing strip.

Now you can place your base in the jig and clamp it down. Be sure to offset the jig in the vise. Since the jig is wood you can drill into it as you drill the base.

Step 1


Step 2


Step 3


Step 4


Step 5

Am I the only one who doesn't give a crépes about 32mm bases?

If you don't care, why post? Please troll some place else.

 tinker wrote:
If you don't care, why post? Please troll some place else.

Woah...

I originally got mad about the new base size...then realised it clearly states in the BRB that you don't need your models on a specific base size... So I will keep them on the smaller ones that they are already one.