Thursday, June 26, 2014
From
the beginning I had in mind the Halo Actionclix miniatures to use in my Halo
Tactics games, wherever there is a problem with the Actionclix minis: the base.
Wizkids
miniatures (both Actionclix and Heroclix) use 40 mm bases for ALL their minis.
You can work with this in your games (in my first test games I play with the minis
like that without problem), but having different sizes for the bases will
improve the game in many ways, the first is that the miniatures will reflect
more their size and control area, helping to improve the tactical aspects of
the game.
Now
that I have my Halo Actionclix miniatures to use in my Halo Tactics games is
time for convert the minis to a proper base, for this I want to use a technique
that I saw in the Bell of the lost souls. Using cork I give texture to the
bases to make them interesting and looking like concrete (for a urban conflict
in my halo games).
Step
1) Materials and first steps
For
this I use 2 mm cork sheets
Step
2) Preparing the bases
After
cutting a square from the cork sheet I glue it to the base
Step
3) Given texture
Each
square was then cut and given a proper appearance, to look like broken
concrete.
Step
4) Painting
After
a layer of base black paint (in this case I use chaos black spray from
citadel), I paint each base with dark grey, follow of a dry brush of grey and
final lights with a little of white paint.
The
result!
As
you can see now the Spartan stand in a more acurate base for him, I did this
for all my miniatures following this idea:
20
mm bases: Marines, ODST, Spartan, Drones, Grounts, Jackals.
40
mm Bases: Elite, Brutes.
60
mm Bases: Hunters.
