Basing Dilemma

 My basic Basing dilemma


Purchases:

25mm Magnetic Bases (25count) by GaleForce Nine Magnetic Gaming Aids

Citadels Mixed Base Pack 1 (28 count) containing 20 32mm round bases, 5x 75mmx46mm oval bases, and 3x 50mm round bases

Various Zinc Washers from Home Depot, including sizes #10(1/2"round), 1-1/4" round, 1-1/2"round and various other sizes
Another ref.: HERE here 

• Bill Werks' Blog on Washer Bases HERE ,Another BLOG about gluing washer to bottom of Gameworks base     

J-B Weld : for filing in the holes on washers.

RUST-OLEUM Aluminum Primer

Blogs on Washer Bases. Searched by: wargaming with zinc washer bases
http://gaming.thecasavants.com/Minis/bases.htm#Steel_Bases
 Basing on Fender washers video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4HHlBX7YM

Magnetic Bases:
 Site selling them @Wargameaccessories.com     

Progress Report from the Future; Thankgiving Holiday Paint Feast. "Raw"

Color schemes November 2015

* stuck on german helmet color after all this time
* Bought wet look gloss and used it before could return.

GERMAN:

Helmets:   995(GermanGrey)[Lightened 2:1 995/836] ,  CamoCover 967(Olive green)  also   {recommended}979(Ger.Cam.DarkGreen) Kreig says Reflective green VMC890 w/bit of black

Rifles:
Metal =
Rifle Wood = VMC 70.875 Beige Brown

M-31 canteen WWII (mine 967 olive green) also use 894

Shove top: used

Feed bag:  874 us tan earth



SOVIET:

Helmet:  V894(Cam. Olive Green previously known as Russian green)

Rifles:
Metal =
Rifle Wood = VMC 70.875 Beige Brown

Belts:  ? V822(Cam.BlackBrown) /    {recomended}871(LeatherBrown) 1:1 with 825(Camo pale Viol Brown

Boots:  V822(Cam.BlackBrown) may be mixed with 950(Black)

Shove top: used  V894

bed roll:  V874 us tan earth

Feed bag: V884 stongrey

painting vallejo German helmet color WWII

11/23/2015 Painting Figures Notes

#01 1- 1/72 Soviet {britishParatrooper as soviet} Airfix  tossing grenade / paint mix RAL 7028(vallejo primer)- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over w/V880

#02  !!needes touch-up on flesh & Much More!!   2- 15mm Soviet PCS  (1A  Male medic Marching w/helmet)(2A  Female medic standing) / paint mix 5:1 MA middlestone&white Airbrushed- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#04   !!needes  BASING!!!  2- 15mm German PCS (1A Standing rifleman firing w/helmet) (2A SMG w/cap tossing grenade) / paint mix VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Good example of VMA Light GreyGreen with Army Painter strong shade    #04 = GERMAN FIGURE PAINT SAMPLE 

#05   !!needes tunic bruch over,Helmet & Lots touch-up + Dulling!!  1- 15mm German PCS Standing SMG w/helmet tossing grenade / paint mix VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Pants brushed over VMC 836 London Grey, Looks like this was overdone on Army Painter shading

#06   !!needes tunic bruch over,Helmet & Lots touch-up!!   1- 15mm German PCS Medic marching w/helmet / paint mix ? POSSIBLE VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air], Looks like too heavy army painter tone, Pants overpainted VMC London Grey.


#08 1/72 Soviet PSC tossing grenade / paint mix MiddleStone 5:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over {Russ. mix C}

#10  1- 15mm Soviet PCS  Standing firing rifle w/cap / / paint mix MiddleStone 5:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over(?English uniform?)

#11  !!needes flesh drybrushed!!  2- 1/72 Soviet, PSC(1A) & Zvezda (1A  female medic in place) & (2A Zvezda Running Soviet)  / paint mix Tamiya spay can Dark Yellow- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over [russ. Mix D]

#12  !!needes flesh drybrushed & Black retouch!!  2- 15mm Soviet PSC (1A  NCO w/pistol capped kneeling pointing) & (2A NCO w/pistol helmeted kneeling pointing)  / paint mix 5:1 MA middlestone&white Airbrushed- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#13 !!needes flesh drybrushed!! 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC Standing firing rifle / paint mix MiddleStone 4:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over

#14  1- 1/72 German PCS (1A advancing w/Rifle) & (2A medic advancing) / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]

#18 2-1/72 German PCS (1A advancing w/Rifle) & (2A machine gunner firing) / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 100% [airbushed Model Air]

#19 #22  1- 1/72 German Revell machine gunner marching forward w/smock / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]

#20  2- 1/72 German PCS (1A advancing w/Rifle) & (2A medic advancing) / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 5:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]  Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"   (1A pants sea grey)  (2A germanUniform pants)

#22  1- 1/72 German PCS machine gunner marching forward / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]

#23 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC Standing machine gunner firing / paint mix MiddleStone 4:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over

#24 2- 1/72 Soviet PSC  (1A Prone Machine gunner w/cap shooting)(2A advancing w/Rifle) / paint mix MiddleStone 5:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#25 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC Standing firing rifle / paint mix MiddleStone 4:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over

#26 1- 1/72 Soviet Revell   Prone rifle gunner shooting) / paint mix( middlestone(?5:1?) - Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over


#29 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC advancing w/Rifle / paint mix RAL 7028(vallejo primer)- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over


#101  4- 15mm German PCS (1A Capped marching forward w/rifle)(2A rapid advancing w/Rifle) & (3A Standing machine gunner firing) / paint mix ?tamiya fieldgrey spay can) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#102  3- 15mm German PCS (1A Machine gunner arm up marching forward )(2A soldier w/Machine gun ammo) & (3A Standing soldier tossing gernade) / paint mix tamiya fieldgrey spay can) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#103  3- 15mm Soviet PCS (1A Standing firing rifle w/hemet )(2A Standing firing rifle w/cap) & (3A Standing firing rifle w/hemet) / paint mix ?tamiya dark yellow spay can?) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#104  1- 15mm Soviet PCS  Standing firing rifle w/cap / paint mix ?unknown) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#105 !!needes touch-up & More Dulling!!   6- 15mm German PCS (1A Soldier Squatting & Raising rifle)(2A Standing machine gunner firing) & (3A Capped Kneeling arm out stretched)(4A LMG gunner arm up marching forward)(5A Soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo)(6A Standing soldier tossing grenade)  / paint mix (?tamiya fieldgrey spay can) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#106 !!needes touch-up on guns & More Dulling!!   6- 15mm German PCS (1A Kneeling rifleman shooting w/helmet)(2A Standing rifleman firing w/cap) & (3A Standing rifleman firing w/hemet)(4A Rifleman advancing while shooting w/helmet)(5A Standing soldier w/cap tossing grenade) (6A Wounded Blond soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo)  / paint mix (?tamiya fieldgrey spay can? may be airbrushed light grey green(MA)) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"

#107  !!needes touch-up on flesh & Straps!!   2- 15mm Soviet PCS  (1A  Male medic Marching w/helmet)(2A  Female medic standing) / paint mix Tamiya TS-3 Dark Yellow spray Can,  Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Over brushed with Brushed over with mix of VallejoMC English Uniform 70.921 in a unkown mix of  VMC921 3:1:1:1

#108  !!needes touch-up onHelmet, Boots & Straps!!   2- 15mm Soviet PCS  (1A  Standing SMG w/helmet tossing grenade)(2A  Standing SMG w/cap tossing grenade)(3A Kneeling SMG shooting w/cap)(4A Kneeling SMG shooting w/helmet) / paint mix Tamiya TS-3 Dark Yellow spray Can,  Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" No Over brush! Good example of Tamiya TS-3 spray can with Army Painter Strong Tone brushed on

#109   !!needes  BASING!!!  2- 15mm German PCS (1A Advancing rifleman  w/cap) (2A Medic marching w/helmet) / paint mix ? Possible VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Good example of VMA Light GreyGreen with Army Painter strong shade

#109   !!needes Helmet,Boots&canteen!!!  1- 15mm German PCS  Advancing rifleman  w/helmet)  / paint mix ? Possible VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Good example of VMA Light GreyGreen with Army Painter strong shade




PSC Soldier Ref.
Capped marching forward w/rifle
Standing SMG gunner firing
rapid advancing w/Rifle
Standing rifleman firing w/hemet
Standing rifleman firing w/cap
Kneeling rifleman shooting w/helmet
Kneeling SMG shooting w/helmet
Kneeling SMG shooting w/cap
SMG gunner arm up marching forward
Standing SMG w/helmet tossing grenade
Standing SMG w/cap tossing grenade
Rifleman advancing while shooting w/helmet
Capped Kneeling w/SMG arm out stretched
NCO w/pistol capped kneeling pointing
Male medic marching w/helmet
Female medic standing
Soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo
Wounded blonde soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo
Soldier squatting & raising rifle

Washers for Bases
1) Fill holes with "JB Weld" two part epoxy on wax paper
2) Cut way JB flash after day of drying & sand flat if needed after has dried for several days
3) Prime washers with

LINKS:
Kriegs corner on 15mm outfited soldiers of WWII in Vallejo colors *****
http://ritterkrieg.blogspot.ca/2013/02/recommended-colors.html

Michigan Toy Soldier Co Referance site to WWII German Uniform
http://michtoy-from-the-front.blogspot.com/2014/05/uniform-painting-reference-material.html

WWII Troop colors
http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?21588-Helpful-table-of-uniform-colors%28Vallejo%29-for-WWII-Dust

 TT ref. sites:
http://tanktaco.blogspot.com/2013/07/basic-german-wehrmacht-uniform-wwii-era.html

http://tanktaco.blogspot.com/2013/07/basic-soviet-infrantry-uniform-wwii-era.html

http://tanktaco.blogspot.com/2013/01/vallejo-model-color-inventory-info.html

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=97523

ISSUES & PROBLEM SOLVING

() Issue dry brushing over Army painter glossiness. No tooth on surface to hold paint during dry brush which caused paint to smear around and wipe off areas

() ? look-up using satin/luster spray for better drybrushing. Has tooth for paint to hold.

Plastic Soldier Co. 15mm(1/100)WWII Russian Infantry Heavy Weapons

Comments: Gift

History:

Reviews:

Samples:

German Heavy Weapon @ Tank Taco HERE



Using Heavy weapon w/ BGK & Basing Discussion_Guild:  http://www.guildwargamers.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=308&t=26401

Progress:

PRODUCT REVIEWS
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Recommendations:

Plastic Soldier Co. 15mm(1/100)WWII Russian 45mm Anti Tank Gun

Comments: Gift

History:

Reviews:

Samples:

Scroll to find samples HERE @ Fjodins 15mm world


Using Heavy weapon w/ BGK & Basing Discussion_Guild:  http://www.guildwargamers.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=308&t=26401


Progress:

PRODUCT REVIEWS
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Recommendations:

Zvezda 1/72nd WWII Soviet Regular Infantry 1941-1942

Comments:

History:

Reviews: PSR= REVIEW,

Samples:

Progress: Washed

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Revell 1/72 WWII German Engineers

Comments:

History:

Reviews: PSR= REVIEW,  Military Modeling REVIEW.


Reference Images:

Samples:

Progress:  Washed

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$1 Purchases

Stopped By local Game store for some bases, and picked up a few items from the dollar box

1/258 WWII Russian Individual Infantry: part of GHQ's  "WWII Micro Armour Series".
Example HERE  & GHQ's Home page = http://www.ghqmodels.com/

25mm Nova Corp:Sgt 80010. From the "Chronoscope Bones" series by Reaper. EXAMPLE

25mm Ardoc Brother 60151. Sculpted by B Jackson for The "Pathfinder Miniatures" Series by Reaper. EXAMPLE

August 3rd History

August 2nd History on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_3Wikipedea

Special Happy Birthday goes out to:


Major Events August 3rd 


1914 : World War I: Germany declares war against France.



Battles on August 3rd in history 
8 BC : Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bathinus.
881 :  Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
1645 : Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.








WWII 
Timeline of WWII  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II

8/3/1940: The USSR formally annexes Lithuania.

8/1-4/1940: Operation Hurry, the first of the Malta Convoys, is accomplished.

8/3/1941:

8/3/1943:

8/3/1945:

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August 2nd History

August 2nd History on Wikipedea

Special Happy Birthday goes out to:
*1932 – Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor (d. 2013)
**1953 – Butch Patrick, American actor and singer 

Major Events August 2nd  
1610: Henry Hudson sails into Hudson Bay   
1776 :  The Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took Place.        
1876 :  Wild Bill Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)  When shot, Hickok was playing five card draw, and was holding a pair of aces and a pair of eights, known as the Dead man's hand.      
1934 :   Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer Of Germany follwing the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.    
1937: The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 (INFO) is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.      

1939 :  Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.       
1943 :   World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.
 1945 : World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.  
 1964 :  Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident: North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyer USS Maddox.   
 1985 : Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.   
 1990 : Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.    

Battles on August 2nd in history 

 Battle of Chaeronea: 338BC (INFO)   A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
 The 2nd Punic War: 216 BC  (INFO) : Battle of Cannae (INFO) :  The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.
1897 : Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states adjacent to India's North West Frontier Province. 

WWII 
Timeline of WWII  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II

8/2/1940: 2: General Charles de Gaulle sentenced to death in absentia by a French military court.
: The USSR annexes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina.

8/1-4/1940: 1-4: Operation Hurry, the first of the Malta Convoys, is accomplished.

8/2/1941:  2: All civilian radios in Norway confiscated by the German occupation.^[1]
: SS Commander Hans Krueger (alternative spelling, Hans Krüger) orders the registration of hundreds of Jewish and Polish intelligentsia in Stanisławów, who are subsequently tortured and murdered. This is the first implementation of the "one bullet one Jew" method in Galicia.^[5] 

8/2/1943:  2: 2,897 Romani are gassed when their camp at Auschwitz is liquidated.^[1]
: John F. Kennedy's PT-109 is rammed in two and sunk off the Solomon Islands. 

8/2/1945: 2: End of the Potsdam Conference: Issues such as the expulsion of Germans from the eastern quarter of Germany and elsewhere in eastern Europe are mandated in the Potsdam Agreement.   

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August 1st History

August 1st History on Wikipedea.

Special Happy Birthday goes out to:
Claudius 10BC (Wikipedia) & Jerry Garcia (Wikipedea)

Battles on August 1st in history
30BC: 30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
69AD: 69 – Batavian rebellion: (Wikipedea)The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
1664: 1664 – Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
1759: Battle of Minden    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Minden
1798: Battle of the Nile   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nile
1801: 1801 – First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
1894: 1894 – The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
1914: 1914 – The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
1927: 1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
1940: Battle of Britain   (continues) Wikipedea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain   Info http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0023.html
1946: Battle of Athens     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_%281946%29

WWII
Timeline of WWII  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II
8/1/1940: 1: Hitler sets 15 September as the date for Operation Sea Lion, the invasion of Britain.
: Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov reaffirms Molotov-Ribbentrop pact in the Soviet Supreme while verbally attacking both Britain and the USA. He also asserts that the boundaries of Soviet Union are moved to the shores of the Baltic Sea.
: The Italian Royal Navy establishes its BETASOM submarine base in Bordeaux and joins the "Battle of the Atlantic."
8/1-4/1940: 1-4: Operation Hurry, the first of the Malta Convoys, is accomplished.
8/1-10/1940: Battle of Britain (continues)

8/1/1941: 1: The US announces an oil embargo against "aggressors."
: Japanese occupy Saigon, Vietnam.
: The Germans declare Galicia as the fifth district of the Generalgouvernement.^[5]

8/1/1942: 1: The Germans continue their successful advance toward Stalingrad.

8/1/1943: 1: Operation Tidal Wave: Oil refineries at Ploiești, Romania, are bombed by U.S. IX Bomber Command.^[1][3]
: Japan declares independence for the State of Burma under Ba Maw.

8/1/1944: 1: The Second Warsaw Uprising, this time by the Polish Home Army, begins: the Polish people rise up, expecting aid from the approaching Soviet Union armies, but it never comes.
: The Red Army isolates the Baltic States from East Prussia by taking Kaunas.
: The Americans complete the capture of the island of Tinian.

8/1/1945: 1: Ukrainian insurgents attack the police station in Baligrod, Poland. Polish soldiers defend the station, driving off the attackers, who torch several houses as they retreat

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