Just a quick update – I happened to finish up this little guy along with my Lead Adventure Forum’s Lead Painter’s League entry for Round Eight, so I thought I’d share him – because I CAN!
Sneaky Sam: Halfling Assassin –
figure from Hasslefree
Miniatures.
A pair of Treasure Tokens from Lead Adventure Miniatures
- which I got as part of my Dwarven
Gold Fever Kickstarter Rewards.
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
Tomorrow, as Round Seven of the
Lead Painter’s League finishes up, I should be posting the second batch of Super
Dungeon Explore: Forgotten King miniatures. After that… Probably
Round Eight’s entry – some DWARVES from the Dwarven
Gold Fever Kickstarter - and the unit of Dwarven Rangers they’ll be a
part of in my Dwarf Dragon
Rampant warband!
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Can you explain how you deal with the slotta figures? It does not appear that you use slotted bases. I thought the LAF figures were slotta.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't a LAF figure, it's from Hasslefree (well, it's SOLD by Hasslefree, I think it was a Red Box figure).
DeleteBut you are right - it was a slotta base figure (and so are the LAF minis) and I base most of my miniatures on metal washers.
How I deal with them depends entirely on the figure. Most have large, fat, flat feet - for those I simply carve off the slotta tab, fill in the hole in the washer with green stuff and glue the figure down with cyanoacrylate glue ("super glue").
Sometimes I pre-fill the washers with green stuff and carve the excess off so I have a flat surface to glue them onto.
Sometimes I glue the figures down when the greenstuff is still setting up - and if the figures aren't super stable I sometimes press the feet into the greenstuff slightly to make them more stable.
In some cases, usually when the figure is standing on tip toes I leave a bit of the slotta tab and press that into the green stuff. If it's a particularly large and/or off-balence figure I might use quite a bit of green stuff and prop the figure up with supports until the glue and green stuff has set up.
Hope that's helpful..?
Thanks Tim. Helpful, yes. I deal with them similarity, that is there is no real great way, and you have to make them work.
DeleteCheers!
DeleteI have to admit I am not a fan of slotta-tab figures and I can't stand those plastic bases!
Great looking wee chap!
ReplyDeleteThanks Nic!
DeleteHe looks great, super sneaky and the loot is always useful.
ReplyDeleteBest Iain