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Post by Aestelon on May 15, 2009 3:36:10 GMT -9
I've noticed that even with all those of us bucking the system with our rebellious flat basing, all the models I've seen still seem to be edged with the same black ink as used for the rest of the minis. As neat as this looks, I find it a little jarring personally, so I thought I'd offer an alternative solution. Use a little paint. If you paint round your base using a colour more closely matching the main colour, it blends much better with your terrain. It doesn't have to be an exact match, and it doesn't even need to be good paint (I'm using a charcoal grey Anita's acrylic craft paint, which is the cheapest, crappiest acrylic in the world, and useless for all practical applications, to edge my F&T Slag2 bases).It's surprising what a difference it makes. I shall demonstrate when the missus gets home with the camera.
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Post by kane on May 15, 2009 6:56:21 GMT -9
I actually edge my bases with a green Sharpie for the battlefield textured ones.
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Post by Aestelon on May 15, 2009 9:03:00 GMT -9
Cool beans - I didn't recall anybody mentioning it before, so I thought I'd throw it out there. For illustrative purposes, here's one of Jim's old alien stealth troopers base-edged with the appalling grey paint. I was a bit annoyed when I found out just how poorly it adhered and covered, but it was only 99p - and now it has a purpose!
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Post by kane on May 15, 2009 10:24:17 GMT -9
Looks good! I found a nice VERY light grey pen that works well on stone. Looks dark when putting it on, but lightens up nicely once dry. Edging in the right color really makes a difference! Of coruse, if you want a more cartoony look, edging everything in black certainly gets it for you.
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