Base Applications And Other Trifles Before any painting can occur, the figures need to be arranged so that they are stable for manipulation. They may need to be affixed to their respective BASES or ultimate stands. If you are going to paint everything while it is still attached to the molding sprue, do so. But… Continue Reading

Trifling Decisions: what will this set of miniatures be used for? All of these decisions happen in a snap, as most people know why they are working with the particular set of figures or parts of figures in their possession. But consider. Are they being used for: 1. A diorama? The figures will be attached… Continue Reading

We had fun at SVOS. Above is a portion of the Flash Gordon (TM) Series 1, 8mm figurines in styrene. Hopefully, you can recognize stylized Aura, a robot, Ming, Dale, Flash, and Zarkoff. The vintage style spacecraft (tin) are from the War Rockets series by Hydra Miniatures http://www.hydraminiatures.com/index.shtml The asteroid construction will be covered in… Continue Reading