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    Well for my first 'official' post I figure I'll review the bases I picked up the other day from Forgecraft Games - www.forgecraftgames.com

    So the week after PAX I found myself in need of a fairly large number of dungeon bases for my demo set of Super Dungeon Explore minis. So I had two options, pick up some resins (which I generally don't do much of) or go search around for some plasticard that would be suitable for the job.

    Option B is the plan I left the house with and stopped at one of my LGS's to see what they had for plasticard. Looking around a good sized hobby section they had absolutely nothing...zip, ziltch, zero, nadda, not anything remotely close. They did however have a spinning rack on one of the counter tops with plastic bags FULL of bases. 25 per in the size I was looking for to be exact. Nice I thought...what's that gonna run me? 40-50 bones I bet. I was wrong, they weren't $50, not anywhere close to $40, not even $30...hell they didn't even break $20.

    One bag, 25 bases cost a whopping $15.75!!! WHAT? No way...'hey Jamie, are these priced right?' 'Yup'. Holy hell that's amazing...well the quality is gonna be ****, but I was gonna spend that on a few sheets of good plasticard anyhow and it saves me an ass load of time. I grabbed those and a couple other things and was on my way.

    When I got home and opened up said little baggy of expected disappointment, I was overly surprised. I was expecting bubbles, overcasts, mold lines, and 3 or 4 variations of bases. Once again I was wrong.

    So as I lay the bases it, I was planning on pairing them up and dropping them into little sorting bins for keeping (yes I know I'm overly OCD about that type of thing...hell I have to hang my clothes on hangers that match the color of said clothing...drives my wife nutz). As I laid them out I was having a hard time finding any two that were the same...that's right, 25 UNIQUE bases in this mofo!!! HOLY HELL!!!

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    I've tinted the only 4 bases that come close to being repeats but even they have different cracking/splits in the patterns.

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    The casting is superb, with very little in the way of mold lines or over casting, and absolutely ZERO bubbles...holy hell once again!

    Here's a quick shot of what I found...and this was only on a few of the bases:

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    I circled it here for you:

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    As you can see it's nothing a quick swipe with a file won't handle (and I do mean quick).

    So just like any other resin base (or mini or well any damn resin product frankly), there's a little prep work to be done - mainly just flattening out the bottoms:

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    25 bases, two hands and piece of sandpaper??? HELL NO! I got little amounts of free time as it is...time to speed up the process and get mid evil on these bases!

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    as always though...gotta bust out the gear and remember SAFETY FIRST!!!! This is resin we're talking about, not good for the lungs or the eyes.

    So after a quick series of light circles on my little hand sander each base is flat and ready to roll! Took me all of 3 or 4 minutes to get em all done. Since I finished my first SDE fig a couple days before I bought these, I had one ready to go so I took a couple of minutes and quickly painted up a base.

    I think I spent more time sanding them than I did painting this one, they've got such a great amount of contrast and detail that there really is no need to go overboard with the paint. Throw on a base coat and a couple of stark highlights, (you could even drybrush these on) and a couple of off setting contrasting colors, I chose the two colors that are used as lighting elements in our SDE demo boards and voila!!! A base fit for a dwarf!!!

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    I haven't taken any shots of the mounted dwarf yet, so you'll just have to wait till I get that done to see what it looks like under him.

    Overall I will say that I am overly impressed with this product from Forgecraft Games - http://www.forgecraftgames.com/catal...x.php?cPath=23 The quality is impressive, the variety is second to none...did I tell you that I got 25 UNIQUE bases in a bag of 25? I'm gonna give you a second to let that sink in..............25 UNIQUE BASES PEOPLE!!! That in and of itself is amazing to me having bought a number of resins from other companies in the past and having gotten repeats in a bag of 5.

    One final thing to say, the value for your dollar on this product is downright outstanding and the final verdict from Oz is 2 thumbs waaaay up and an easy 10 outta 10!

    If you're looking for resin bases I urge you to take a look at these guys, and if something fits, pick it up!

    Til next time, keep your paint thin and your brushes clean!

    Oz

    • Ulfgrimr
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      Ulfgrimr commented
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      Thanks Undave, always useful to have these sort of bases in the box and at that price they're hard to resist, got a few Discworld minis that might look good on these.

    • Boris
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      Boris commented
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      Thanks AngelicOne for the review- and Undave for the UK info.
      They look nice, they sound cheap and the variety is good.

    • Vern
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      Vern commented
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      They look pretty ok, might pick a bag up
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