Hobby Down Under

 I've recently been working with some beautiful 3D printed resin models supplied by a friend. While 3D printing allows for lots of amazing new creations, it tends to limit you to using resin, which is no where near as easy to work with as plastic models. In my mind the three big downsides of working with resin models are... You have to use super glue, you can't use plastic cement. The resin is mostly quite brittle and can snap. You need to give the parts a wash to remove all the nasties from the surface of the model to ensure your primer will sick. The first point is really my main sticking point. Literally. When working with resin models my hands often get covered in super glue and more than once I've accidentally stuck a part to either myself or the surface I'm working on. However, this time I faced a bigger problem. The resin backpack I was trying to attach to the model somehow got displaced, and ended up poking out at a 45 degree angle. How was I go...

 When I first got back into the miniature wargaming hobby in 2019, the standards of basing miniatures was far improved from the classic Goblin Green bases in 2019. Many miniature wargaming companies (including Games Workshop, AK Interactive, Vallejo and many others) now produce excellent ready-made basing products. However, if you want to save a bit of money and have fun with a bit of DIY, here's how you can achieve a great quality base with the minimum of fuss. This is the standard I regularly achieved. Personally, I like the way it creates a good balance between large and small terrain textures, it doesn't look like the mini is walking over a field of sand, or a field of large boulders. Firstly, the core of my technique is simply following the guide in this video from Tabletop Minions... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL_xRxbxnbE& The key difference is instead of mainly just using baking soda, I created a custom mixtures that also used some slightly larger h...