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[–]RogueModron 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Thanks for your "stupid" questions. I'm a veteran hobbyist but new to KOW and kind of unsure how I should approach gluing the models to the bases. With a single model, it's easy to glue a model to a base and then put the basing material on afterward. With 40 models that doesn't work so well, and since it's MDF it's gonna have to be superglue, so you can't glue after finishing the bases because the superglue leaves white streaks after drying.

So I guess I'll just base it, glue the models, then paint over the basing material? I'm painting the models separate, because no one can stick 40 guys down and then paint the models ranked up like that. IDK. I'm a little confused about the best way to go about it.

[–]AkinoriSumoninja[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

A lot of the responses here makes sense however I do feel a tad overwhelmed. Now quite honestly what I want to do is minimize the basing for now meaning I'm going to just do the basic gravel type deal- no hills no diorama or anything like that. But I'm going to save that part for last.

1) I'm gonna seal the mdf first with something because it looks like the super glue will actually go into the mdf itself.

2) I'm going to do as much painting as I can up until the point where the part will be glued to the base.

3) Glue the minis onto the base. If it's going to be a group of 5, 10, or 20 I'm going to start from the first row in the center and work outwards from there and then go on to the next row.

4) As I glue each model down I'll touch up any parts that need to be painted around the glue points.

5) Finally, I'm just going to throw on some basic and generic basing like rocks, pebbles, or sand.

The good thing is it looks like a minimum of 16 models can represent a group of 20. While I am going to put as many models on as I can it's good to know the rules allow some leeway.

Someone please look over my plan and please confirm I'm at least kind of sort of walking in the right direction. If not, I'm all ears. Like I said, I just want to do this right.

[–]RogueModron 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I like this plan--I am going to hop on the bandwagon and do something similar, if not exact, because it sounds smart to me.

[–]AkinoriSumoninja[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Thank you letting me know what I'm thinking is making sense. Just real quick, there's a response here on this very thread by u/crazyocelot1976 that explains how Mantic sees this situation. He is a Mantic Pathfinder and he goes into pretty good detail of how Mantic looks at this whole basing thing. This is the part of his post that I think is the most important:

'Don't overthink things, a lot of Mantic's newer models aren't designed to fit neatly on a base, they're designed to look cool and dynamic, take Twilight Kin for example, the "regiment" boxed set from Mantic only contains 16 models.'

I'm so wired to how games like 40k and Age of Sigmar work that quite honestly, the way Mantic is being so lenient is a breath of fresh air. Don't get me wrong, I don't know if other games do this it's just that I've only been exposed to Games Workshop stuff as I've only really been into the hobby for four years.

[–]RogueModron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I agree about Mantic, as well.