How to Make Wood Plank Miniature Bases

[mch12311969]

interesting technique; I usually use bass wood(?) strips, but will have try the styrene thing next time.

[Intelligence3]

What is the music?

[scaleModelAddict]

Great vid - technique would work great to dioramas too.

[Devstro]

That is great! I have always wondered how it is done. I'm going to have to try it, as I have Colette and Co. sitting right here, waiting to be assembled. One question: How do you securely attach the finished mini onto the base?

[ThePaintingClinic]

@Devstro They are pinned. Drill a hole in the foot (or feet) a matching hole in the base, add a bit of paper clip and superglue and your done.

[jimeronimo]

Where or how did you come up with the styrene foam cut so narro and thin to do this?

[ThePaintingClinic]

@jimeronimo The styrene is made by Evergreen. They have all shapes, sizes, and thickness styrene so I just bought what I wanted.

[greggm1]

Outstanding video... love the play by play - I'm going to try this in a few weeks when I start working on some Old West minis. Thanks!

[carversoftball]

Nice Job...where can I buy these miniatures??

[BluTrilobite]

Nice tip, thanks! I like the bg music, not everyday you hear Space Age Pop in peoples vidoes. (^_^)

[ThePaintingClinic]

@BluTrilobite Thanks. Actually it's Japanese Jazz. Jazztronik.

[ialarmu]

Well done!

[Generalsplatton]

Wonderfully done, love the idea!

[Safwentay]

Cool, thanks for sharing.

[RubbishInRubbishOut]

really nice tutorial and used to stunning effect ... cheers, Viv.

[Valdez2501]

For the floors I'm using wood from coffee stirrers. To be honest I'm not sure about so small planks, but normal wood panels looks ok. But at least now I know how exactly do this if I will need:) BTW I hope you will show this second base painted, cause it looks really cool.

[ThePaintingClinic]

@Valdez2501 In full scale they measure out roughly 6 inches wide. I didn't research, but I think a modern household wood floor measures out about the same. I actually wanted them to look like 2 by 4's.

[Nibenonn]

Excellent job! Wonderful looking base.

[Valdez2501]

Really nice, effect is truly woody:) Just why not use a wood?

[ThePaintingClinic]

@Valdez2501 Balsa or strip wood has no wood grain. Other things like wood veneer or real wood would be out of scale to the miniature. This is one of a few cases where the real thing would look unrealistic next to a tiny miniature.

[bttfspencer]

Wow, that turned out really well. Great Job!

[TheSeasonman1]

very good design and paint. thank you it helps alot in my future bases.

[greenskin3000]

nice

[svinehunden]

nice work

[SMConsortium]

Nice!