Tuesday 29 January 2019

Making your own clear bases


I’ve been using clear bases the last couple of years, as you have seen, and I’m really satisfied with that.
A female pulp adventurer on a home-made clear base
I found a YouTube video on how to make your own clear bases from Pulp Alley the other day. I seem to have missed it when it first aired, about half a year ago, but checked it out now.
It’s all about a very simple and cheap way to make your own clear bases, and I decided to try it out.
First you have to buy a punch stamp, and the video recommended EK Tools. I found a Medium Punch (1”) locally in a e-shop selling scrapbook-stuff and had it delivered just two days after purchase.
Then you collect all those blister-packs that you kept, as they could, someday, be useful for windows/water/whatnot. Now they will actually be used!
Use a scissor to cut out all biggish flat surfaces.
Start punching! I found some of the thicker blisters to crack when I punched out my bases, but it all works well enough, and I’m pumping out cheap (as in free) bases. What’s not to like?
Finally - ask your friends to keep their blister packs! One of mine had to do some trash-diving to collect what he had just thrown away (well, he actually rummaged around in a bag of plastic bound for recycling).
When I scrapped a lot of material from courses I took ages ago I found a sheet of clear plastic used as a cover for an old spiral bound collection of papers. The paper and metal tread is in their respective recycling bins, while the plastic is refined into clear bases.

8 comments:

  1. Nice tip, but is the blister plastic really stiff enough to support the miniature?

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  2. Peter it works just fine it's the width that give balance not the thickness, I've herd of people using a punch & wondered how it work Joakim as I use a blade circle cutter to make mine.

    That looks an easier way of doing it :)

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    1. It's really super easy and very fast. Some goes into the bin, but it feels ok

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  3. That looks great! Although now you will have to pick up the figure by, well the figure, as the base will be too thin!

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  4. Lol, nice tip. Though i still prefer laser cutting 1 or 2 mm acrylics.

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    1. It's really nice with these thin ones. Nearly invisible.
      I will still use my thicker ones for some figures, I'm sure

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