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Custom Bases

FAQ Nerves got you rattled and looking for something to keep you busy? Painting bases is a great way to keep busy in the beats lab! Take a look at this easy way to keep busy and make bases look awesome!

Read More | April 25th, 2020

Would you like to learn how to paint themed bases? Painting a theme on your bases is another way to unify your army rather then just painting the armor all the same color.

Read More | April 22nd, 2015

Everyone and their mum’s favourite basing material at the minute seems to be cork board to make stone bases, here is a slightly different way to use cork board and plasticard to make some fancy alternatives to resin bases with just a few simple extra steps.

Read More | April 1st, 2015

Hi guys, looking to make some sweet custom swamp bases? It’s actually pretty easy to make a great swampy-looking base for your larger showcase models!

Read More | August 21st, 2014

Swamp Base Tutorial

August 21st, 2014

Hey all! I have been meaning to post this for a while.  Those in the know have noticed a long time ago that 75% of the thousands of models I have painted have been on bases from Jeff at Dragon Forge.   I thought it was about time I sat down and wrote a proper article […]

Read More | May 6th, 2014

Aloha all ye bored-on-the-Internet! I’m Whitestagg  and I have the Zeus-infuriating hubris to think my words might entertain you.  When not angering the Gods I am an old hat gamer (been in the GW bog since ’98) who currently resides in the table top wargaming wasteland that is greater metropolitan Kailua-Kona.Today I’d like to break down how […]

Read More | June 5th, 2018

Greetings fellow wargamers!  Caleb with White Metal Games here with another fun tip/tutorial for you! Those of you that follow my blog will know that I am a long time Tyranid aficionado. I love me some bugs. And whether you love or hate the new Nid codex, we can all agree that the Tyranids are a dynamic, evocative race […]

Read More | April 3rd, 2014

With the exciting new Tyranid release from GW it seemed like a good time to talk about adding variety to the Broodlord model. Currently there is only one Broodlord model and it has only one pose and no optional parts. How can you add some variety to the model if you’re building more than one? […]

Read More | January 13th, 2014

Sick of your skimmers always falling of their bases, or drooping onto the table? Time to magnetize your flight stands! It’s actually pretty easy AND affordable to magnetize a whole army’s worth of skimmers all in one go, and I’ll show you how. All you need are some 1/4″ x 1/16 magnets and accompanying drill […]

Read More | September 3rd, 2013

Greetings fellow wargamers!  We all know the value of sand as a basing solution for our miniatures. Most veteran painters will tell you to glue sand to your base before painting so that you paint the sand too.  A common technique is to glue sand down, glop on some black and spread it around, then […]

Read More | July 18th, 2013