Re: [Minis] AE (NSL) PA (SG)

KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:

> Beth Fulton wrote
> >  >Alarishi troops tend to fight inside, or on the surface of
> >  >whatever body they happen to be on.  So urban would work, and so
> >  >would Lunar dust.  My question was not "what environment" but
> >  >"how to simulate".
> >
> > Are you using slotter bases or something else of that size? Doesn't
>
> really matter, just the bigger the base the more you can do with it >
> (obviously).
> >
> [snip]
> > 3. Urban
> > a) Cut piece of fine card into squarish shapes and stick tile like
> > on base
>
> I must admit I have been too lazy for that. I paint my urban bases in
> concrete gray and add a few dark grey lines with a sharp pencil to
> represent the panel lines and cracks and then varnish them. I think
they look
> OK.
> Near enough is good enough.

If you were feeling really keen you could remove the original cast-on
base and
replace it with prescribed plastic card of a decent thickness (say 40
thou).
Evergreen make 'sidewalk' pattern card in various spacings / thicknesses
which
sound like it would be ideal (in fact it's a square grid). For the
really, really
keen you could model manholes covers, drains, etc.

And don't forget that your trooper should never, ever stand on the
cracks in the
pavement ... ;-)

Tony