Home-made bases.

I believe this has been broached before, so can anyone point me to
discussions on home-made (or hardware store ingredient) stands for both
large (BB-DN) and small (CT-FF) FT scale ships?

> On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 04:23:12PM -0400, Izenberg, Noam wrote:

        For large ships, the easiest is the roofing-nail and washer
stand described on the Superior Models site:

http://www.stellargames.com/

> On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Izenberg, Noam wrote:

> I believe this has been broached before, so can anyone point me to

Besides the link to http://www.stellargames.com/bases.htm that was
already suggested, I can offer a few more suggestions that I've used for my
"non-GZG"
K'rathri ship figs.

1) I glue a 1 1/4" flat fender washer on the bottom of *all* of my
bases. This allows me to line my carry cases with adhesive magnetic sheeting,
so all
of my ships can be transported with requiring 2-part stands and foam
cushioning.

2) For the lighter ships, I just go ahead and use the plastic hex bases that
they normally come with - glued to a 1 1/4" fender washer.  This makes
the base size the same diameter as the Geohex clock bases. Small pieces of
strip styrene glued to the base make the tick marks.

3) I tried making a scratch built base for one of my heavy AOG Centauri ships
(a la the Stellar Games instructions), and I found that it was *much* more
bother than it was worth. A simpler solution was to use one of the Geohex
bases and replace the cast upright with a brass rod of equivalent
diameter -
it easily holds the weight without bending.

> On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, -MWS- wrote:
[snip]
> 1) I glue a 1 1/4" flat fender washer on the bottom of *all* of my

Carniverous typo.:)

> I believe this has been broached before, so can anyone point me to

You bet, The painting FAQ now has a section on basing that might be worth
checking out.

> On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 05:35:49PM -0400, -MWS- wrote:

I put together two dozen of these bases in about fifteen minutes with epoxy
cement. Painting them meant spraying them with primer and some flat black
spray paint. The cost probably came out to $1 a piece, but I still have primer
and paint left over.

The washers and nails I would have bought anyway: the washers are for basing
25mm figures; the nails are for holding 15mm figures while I paint them.