Alien Invasion Resin Bases - Secret Weapon Miniatures

I like to resin-base all my miniatures, partly to weight the base, but mostly becuse they look so good. One looks down on miniatures on the wargame table so the bases are very visable.

Anyway, enough of my warbling. Secret Weapon Miniatures have a new range of resin bases, called Alien Invasion. I really like the look of them and am pleased to see bike bases in the range.

The new range is not yet up on their shop but no doubt soon will be.

http://bit.ly/aJRYva

Flyer Base

I have been working on my Vendetta, more on that story later. I acquired this oval base from Black Cat. I am rether pleased with it.

Look and Weep

I seem to be doing a lot of weeping lately.

Have a look at these pics posted on the ID Works site:

http://idworks.pl/

How does one compete with that?

ID sell very nice resin bases. They only have a small range at the moment but no doubt it will grow.

John

Nurgle Prince on Micro Art Bases - Review

I recently bought some Micro Art Studio bases from All Sorts Emporium. I wanted something swampy and gurgly and Micro Art was the only manufacturer that I could find.

http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/swamp-bases-c-3_49.html

The quality is superb and there is an amazing range. The only feature that I have added to these are the two heads.

The only problem is that they are not cheap - about E1 per 25mm base and E5 for the 50mm base under the Daemon Prince. That is a bit too steep for me, I am afraid, for all but special models - as it works out at about £8.50 of our debased Pounds for a ten man squad.

Still, if you have the cash to flash, I recommend them.

John

Siege of Vrak II Renegades

I have been creating some new troop types for the Renegade Army List from the Siege of Vrak Volume II.

Here are two 20-strong units.

Beatmen are a new troop type. These are old Warhammer beastmen that can be bought for a song on the web. The pose really suits a 40K army. The shooters are mostly cut down lasguns and the 'skull' resin bases are from Foundations of War.




The Khorne Berserkers are an elite choice. This is my bBand of Brass unit (as opposed to Bass Brand). The 'rock' resin bases are again from Foundations of War.




The forty resin bases cost me £8 plus postage. What a bargain.

Resin Bases - Foundation of War - Review

I was doing a trawl through eBay.co.uk for any deals on resin bases, when I came upon the Foundation of War shop. They also have their own webshop here:


https://sslrelay.com/www.foundationsofwar.co.uk/sess/utn;jsessionid=154a5b7f2531dfa/shopdata/index.shopscript

They have a large range of square, rectangular and circular bases in various themes. What astonished me was the price, eg. £2 for ten 25mm or three square 50mm or one round 60mm base.

I purchased a few of their lava bases and was so impressed that I bought their ruined temple bases for my Slaaneshi forces.

They are really good and paint up well with well defined shapes that give depth to what is, actually, a flat base.

The pic shows a few bases, there are quite a range of different sculpts so things don't look too samey.

The only criticism I would make is that it is obviously a small outfit and can be a bit slow to deliver - up to eight days - but I can wait.

The price-quality ratio is excellent - they don't overcharge on postage either.

John