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  |  DIY showbase for under $5 OK Guys as some of you know I have more ideas than actual talent. But never fear as this will be easy and simple because I can do it!! This tut is for making a showbase for under $5 USD and can help portray an image for a small squad. I entered the April "paint a squad" comp and wanted to make my entry stand out from all others. I wanted to portray a squad of guys in a set environment doing something they are meant to do. RESULT??? DISPLAY BASE!!! I am not going to give my secret out for my entry but I felt it is something I should do right now for anyone wanting to do this for their squad in the comp. so with no further ado.......the $5 showbase! First what you will need is: Hot glue gun or some glue to connect parts foam core or cardboard or heavy cardstock (cardstock used in this demo) $5 worth of cash! Step 1 Go to your local Wal Mart or Dollar store and get a cheap picture frame Look for something that is nice and plain or spend more and get a very ornate one. Plain is just fine for this one. I found this in the Walmart clearance rack for $.75 as it was broken. I also got some place bumpers but these are optional.  Broken corner is why it was cheap!!! Fixed it with hot glue and some craft sticks!!!  Step 2 Remove all the parts from the back, unscrewing and pulling apart as ness. All you want is the frame itself not the backing, glass, stand, ECT.  Step 3 You will want to cut your foam board/card/cardboard to close the bottom and top. Measure the dimensions of the bottom and cut a piece to fit. Once the bottoms sealed measure the top part allowing only a very little bit of lip to stick up around the border. Glue into place using whatever glue you choose. Bottom  Top  Step 4 Now you will want to paint your base. This can be done last but I wanted to do here to give my base a dark color as a base for my detailed paint later on.  Step 5 Plan where you want your minis at and what is going to be on the board pencil in where you want them by tracing the bases. you can then remove the minis and have circles where you have placed your minis at. Now this stage you can add any terrain you wish. Buildings ,ruins, anything BUT you must ensure not to cover ANY of the circles drawn as this will interfere with your minis!!! Placement plan  Drawn circle  Step 6 I based this as I would any other base (glue sand and then more glue) but you can do as if you would any of your own bases. your only limit is your imagination!!! 
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| Re: DIY showbase for under $5 Very cool dude, thats a great Idea. I'm doing a similar thing for my Artillery eventually and my Two man Grenadier Flamer Team.
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| Re: DIY showbase for under $5 Feel free to use it man!!! Thats why i did the "quick tut!!" this is not my entry of course, but this took me about a hour to make, if that. Just somethin to give it some spice!!! When I am done with my April paint a squad I will update this thread with my completed models and base!
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 | Re: DIY showbase for under $5 Pretty cool munkey,i would of never thought about dollar store picture frames.Just 1 more reason the dollar store rocks LOL!
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| Re: DIY showbase for under $5 We used a similar idea to this at my old gaming store. We used this for steps that lead up to buildings. Some of those picure frames have a nice tiered surface that looks very much like ornate steps leading up to a runied offical building once some paint and flock/sand is thrown on for texture. My two cents, Servo Last edited by Sir_Servo; 04-06-2008 at 09:45 PM. Reason: Fixing dyslexic rambelings |
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| Re: DIY showbase for under $5 sounds interesting....you got piccys Servo?
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| Re: DIY showbase for under $5 EWWW thats a good idea also,as i eye all the picture frames in the house lol!!
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| Re: DIY showbase for under $5 way to go on the inexpensive display base +rep
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Blog Entries: 1 | Re: DIY showbase for under $5 +rep, very nice Munkey!! thats a really handy tut thank you!!!!
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Blog Entries: 7 | Re: DIY showbase for under $5 whoa thats a awesome idea munky!
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| Re: DIY showbase for under $5 i bark in approval (today im a doggy) this makes my day i needed an idea to fancy up my models i wonder a diorama for my command squad?
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| Re: DIY showbase for under $5 Cool guys Im glad you like it. As I said I am going to use it on my Squad painting comp and I have a awesome idea for it!! Warchild has a sneek peek at it but I hope everyone "Barks in approval" on that one!!!
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| Re: DIY showbase for under $5 nice,easy ,cheap and good idea,i see you have the moddelers eye for an oppotunity..
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