Friday, 24 July 2020

Basing for garden gaming

The weather continues to be rainy here. In my last garden gaming post I curtailed the game and turned it into brief manoeuvres instead. I was worried that the Mdf bases might get affected by the damp grass. Good suggestions were made including varnishing the bases. I thought about it for some time and came up with an all weather solution- 3mm thick 60mm square or round bases, incidentally the same size as the Mdf ones. As soon as the rain went off I went outside for a field test-


Success, the bases worked well both in terms of look and waterproof nature of them. I will rebase the armies and get ready to enjoy the great outdoors! The acrylic ones are just the ticket.
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9 comments:

  1. Grenzer John24 July 2020 at 04:04

    Hungarians in the clover! Very nice!!

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    1. tradgardmastare24 July 2020 at 07:46

      The might of the Austro Hungarian Army on parade soon. Garden Wars opponents for the Swiss.

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  2. Maudlin Jack Tar24 July 2020 at 07:43

    That's a clever solution and attractive too. That is a splendid flag!

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    1. tradgardmastare24 July 2020 at 07:48

      I am looking forward to seeing the army based once the rest of the bases arrive. Flag is a photocopy from years ago. I use it with 54mm and with 28mm figures. The look with 28mm figures is spectacular if a tad overscale.

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  3. Tim Gow24 July 2020 at 11:27

    In my experience mdf+varnish=no problems

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  4. tradgardmastare24 July 2020 at 18:57

    Thanks Tim but the die is cast,the acrylic bases have arrived...

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  5. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com25 July 2020 at 10:51

    Attractive and practical.

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  6. Springinsfeld25 July 2020 at 13:42

    Excellent idea.. work wonderfully well.

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