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Very interesting so far. Just one question do you always do the basework on the clear plastic then stick it on for wooden bases? I can understand the advantages with being able to scrap the base if it fails without effecting the wooden base, are there any other reasons to do so though?

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Now back on CMON http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/Kara%20Jane. Must be some sort of masochism there.
Finally linked correctly.

One reason was i knew I'd need to sand the sides smooth and I didn't want to remove the varnish from the side of the plinth, it's easy enough to mask the sides while painting but protecting it from sand paper is a bit tougher.

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love the base any chance of some close ups

I'll get some pics taken soon, maybe tonight but got a MMORG evening so may be pressed for time. Also the size means that I need to up the fstop on the camera to get it all in focus and that means using the tripod and it all takes more time and I was just too lazy

But I was writing a bit about the construction so I'll get that posted up with some pics later.

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Very cool idea and going very well so far. Looking forward to seeing how the base turns out.

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Finally organised a link to my miniatures:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/artist/Jamie

Finally had some time to get started on painting the base

Done a fair bit of work on the ground/buildings/water
Only really basecoated the ships though

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Very inventive Conrad! I am just a little concerned at the roughness of the little ships. Is it possible to smooth then into harder edges? But really, such a cool idea. I am really keen to see how it turns out!

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Yes, was looking at that myself
I expect I may have to get a little putty and a clay shaper out

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love it - very cool...

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I did smooth the front down with a little milliput and this is the base just about completed I think

Added some vegitation by cutting small bits off some vine like basing material stuff and I just don't think it needs little blobs for people. I was actually thinking I could probably use bits of flock witha couple of blobs of flesh coloured paint on them and a dark blob on top for hair bit I' not too worried about it at the moment.

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Much better !

Looks really Ace Conrad! Hurry and finish it so you can play Diablo 3! Also, which character class are you going to play first?

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Thanks, and thanks for the push into getting me to smooth the front of the ship rather than just going with it.

The large Diablo 3 Collectors Edition box is now on my work desk as I type this, not totally sure what I'll play first though, probably a Barbarian, but that's not a guarantee.

Still, I will get this completed
Just a couple of tweaks left, like some green staining around his feet
And I might just decide to add windows in those little houses

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Just about finished it, took a couple of quick pics, now I'm off to play Diablo some more

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I don't get the story with this one. I originally thought he was some titan like construct over looking the fleet, but now he looks like a statue, with massive fabric clothes on. Interesting build though, very nice painting on the main guy and the base, the ceramic looking white parts are particularly nice and I would say my favourite part of the piece. The one thing that I would say is to make the sail of the ship face the wind direction more, to match the flow on the cloth parts of the guy.

I like the two painting and the base/guy singularly, I'm just not getting how the big guy and base go together with the story behind it.

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