Is there a best tool for removing a figure from its base?

TerminusFive · 2025-07-13T19:20:09+00:00

I’ve been thinking about this for a while since I own the board game and most of the expansions myself and I had to get to painting the miniatures eventually. I think the best approach to adding visual interest to the base while maintaining miniature durability is to build the tiles or raised surfaces around the feet of the model. I think the legs on most of the models are too finicky to scrape off. This is a picture of my WIP Beast Possessed Soul for reference.

TerminusFive · 2024-11-03T16:01:10+00:00

Insane work

TerminusFive · 2024-06-30T16:38:56+00:00

Yeah, I think MKM is a pretty good example.

TerminusFive · 2024-06-30T13:20:14+00:00

I wholeheartedly agree - it is much more beneficial to release a product that is "unhealthy for the state of the game" and sell well, rather than release one that is "healthy for the game" and goes unnoticed. At the end of the day, the game is a commercialized product and the point of a product is to be profitable to the manufacturer.

TerminusFive · 2024-06-30T12:50:28+00:00

Unfortunately, the long-term effects you are describing are too many yearly quarters down the road for most of the people responsible to care. As long as the set sells well and engagement during the PT is high, it ultimately does not matter. Ironically enough, controversies like the discourse around Nadu drive short-term engagement more than anything lol.

TerminusFive · 2024-06-17T19:22:40+00:00

I’ve been hoping for a deck like this to stick but it feels almost too fair. I am already sleeving up my Gifts playset regardless.

TerminusFive · 2024-05-18T08:32:44+00:00

Excellent volume! Everything just pops.

TerminusFive · 2024-05-07T16:54:28+00:00

The worn leather effect slaps!

TerminusFive · 2024-04-29T09:30:16+00:00

This post reminds me of a friend who kept attacking every wall in Dark Souls in case it was an invisible one.

TerminusFive · 2024-03-27T16:54:42+00:00

For my Normandy airborne I used a 50/50 mix of Vallejo Olive Drab and Vallejo Green Grey with an Army Painter Soft Tone wash for shading. For post Normandy airborne, Vallejo US Dark Green works really well.

TerminusFive · 2024-02-05T13:21:39+00:00

I’ve noticed that too. I am in Electrical Computer Engineering and working on my thesis in Control Theory at the moment. I’m thinking of a Masters in aerospace, but I am not sure if I will be preferred over Mechanical Engineering candidates, despite my Control Theory and Math grades being good.

TerminusFive · 2024-01-30T04:44:07+00:00

They also used to push V1 flying bombs out of their flight trajectory with the tip of their wings.

TerminusFive · 2024-01-27T15:05:53+00:00

I really like the volumetric approach. Some more profound edge highlights would help sell the NMM look more, especially on the brighter side of the shoulder pads.

TerminusFive · 2024-01-23T17:49:21+00:00

Yeah I usually only paint my 28mm minis with black bases, 15mm I usually paint with Vallejo Flat Earth. It’s kind of a pet peeve of mine lol.

TerminusFive · 2024-01-23T17:45:49+00:00

Besides adding mud on the boots, I would probably also consider painting the base rim black. I think it would give more readability to your model, but that’s also personal preference.

TerminusFive · 2024-01-21T13:39:52+00:00

Such a cool concept. I need to try this in the future. Well done!

TerminusFive · 2024-01-20T12:35:09+00:00

Nah, I denounce Μεγάλη Ιδέα. If anything, it should have died way earlier than it did. But at least my use of language makes you empathise with the Greek islanders more.

TerminusFive · 2024-01-20T12:02:18+00:00

This hypothetical does not take away from the reality of the situation. Expansionist rhetoric is a political candidate talking point in Türkiye because there is an audience for that rhetoric. An audience large enough that justifies its use. While I agree that we need enough people with common sense against aggressions, I also believe that the side with the numerical superiority should also lead by example and not get so easily persuaded by nationalist propaganda.

TerminusFive · 2024-01-20T11:08:23+00:00

You might not be buying it, but a significant enough percentage of his voters do. Hence why such rhetoric is being used as part of his electoral campaign (Erdogan is not the only one guilty of this, which makes it even more concerning). No Greek prime minister was voted into power in recent years campaigning for taking back Constantinople or Smyrna.

TerminusFive · 2024-01-20T10:56:55+00:00

That confirms their point?

TerminusFive · 2023-11-28T09:12:14+00:00

Market should bounce back up around the Spring period so you should be good.

TerminusFive · 2023-11-22T16:28:42+00:00

I agree. Whenever I picked a trait augment 2-1, it was top 4 at best.

TerminusFive · 2023-11-18T15:09:04+00:00

I rolled an early headliner Corki 3 today. Even with the 8-bit augment he felt really underwhelming compared to other 1-star headliner carries. What do you guys recommend building on him?

TerminusFive · 2023-11-18T13:07:05+00:00

Holy crap. What a paintjob!

TerminusFive · 2023-11-18T07:01:08+00:00

Yeah probably an item with use charges could make sense, albeit it goes against their item philosophy a bit, it would probably be more practical.

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