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Re: Rebasing: A Guide for Bases and Stickers
I've had very, very minor issues with the thickness of Yodajunkie bases, but nothing that 10 seconds with some sandpaper couldn't solve.
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Wowzers, great resource. Mac122, Lama, thanks gents!
I must be one of the few people who prefers pure black bases to the original 'Scape ones. I understand that the designers proably chose brown and green to match the dominant color palette of the original master set. But they don't match the grayscale color palette of Dungeon terrain or FotA very well. Most of my custom terrain is grayscale, red, or green, and that's all I play on. Against that, black bases are far less obtrusive than the original 'Scape ones. I wish Yodajunkie offered his large peanut bases in black. He sells them in lots of other colors, but not black. Maybe I'll ask him.... |
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Mac (or others), you mention that the stickers used by Yodajunkie are harder to scrape off than those used by Impact...
Are they harder to remove in general? Wondering if Yoda uses stronger glue, or if the stickers themselves are thicker. |
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Yodajunkies stickers are on thicker stock. It appears to be a lightweight card stock or photo paper (around 65# weight?). The biggest issue for me is the paper peels off in layers, leaving a layer stuck to the glue. This layer has to be scraped off to get to the resin layer, other wise you don't get a good bond between the figure and the base. Too often, I've ended up scratching the print off the adjacent area on the sticker, or just not been able to get to the resin layer effectively, especially for small footed figures. I've had this same problem when I tried printing my own stickers as well.
Impact and Cavalier stickers on on thinner stock that has a more "plastic" feel. Thinner makes it easier to cut through to the base with less effort. The adhesive is strong enough to keep the sticker in place but it's quite easy to slip the point of your hobby knife under to lift off the unneeded section. Hope this explained it well. After I e-mailed Tom at Impact, he replied and also posted this in the original base discussion thread. Concerning the peanut style bases: Quote:
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This is why I prefer to just pin my figures. Using a pen drill I just bore a small hole through the base and others into the feet of the figure. Then superglue a piece of paperclip or florist wire into the feet/legs and once that dries glue it through the hole in the base. There is a lot less chance of the figure taking a small fall off a table or something and breaking off that way as well.
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Mac, thanks, that helps a lot.
I have a few Yodajunkie bases (given me by a friend), and am wondering about just glueing the figures' feet directly to the sticker as is. It does seem thick and sturdy, and glued strongly enough to the resin that it doesnt' seem likely to come off, so I'm wondering if that would do the trick and be stable enough. Have you had bad experiences with this? |
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On DnD and Star Wars figures and sometimes Clix, when I feel like taking the time, I'll create a peg on the bottom of at least one foot. Then I'll drill a hole just large enough to insert the peg. It's time consuming, but it does work well. |
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I've never asked him, but I wonder if Yodajunkie would ship the bases and the stickers separately so you could attach them yourself. I imagine it would be easier to remove spots before attaching the sticker. The stock is thicker and would not be likely to tear. Just a thought. |
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A Pen/Pin Drill is a small hand held (pen-sized) drill that you can use very tiny drill bits with. Here is a youtube video on using one. They make extremely tiny bits so even with tiny feet you can get a hole drilled so as long as you can find a piece of wire to go in the hole it'll work. |
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