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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr. Beef" data-source="post: 3388453" data-attributes="member: 44124">This is my first post on the Miniatures, Art, and Cartography board, so please be gentle. A long time ago I used to take Mage Knight mini's off their bases, strip the factory paint, and repaint them, and it was good practice. I was a below-average painter when I accidentally sliced my left thumb open with an X-acto blade when I was trying to get a Mage Knight mini off its base. Four stiches and about two months away from painting; I decided to move to metal mini's. I did some that I was proud of, and not having to mount them on bases was good. The only one I still have from that time is a Giant Reaper Mini's Scorpion that I spent 4 days glueing, priming, painting and sealing. I'm glad I did it because it's probably the best work I've done. Someone posted on another part of the EN World board about the upcoming pre-painted plastic mini's being put out from Reaper Mini's. I made an off hand comment about buying and repainting some Mage Knight (MK) Mini's for my upcoming game and someone said something about the MK Painter's Set. I researched it and I'm going to buy some boosters off of E-Bay and this is where my question comes in. I don't want to use the clix bases that come with the mini's, and instead want to mount them on square or round, I'm not sure which, and would like to know where I can find some bases and which would be better to use. I would also like to know what kind of glue to use to mount them to the bases. I used epoxy on the metal scorpion, but that took forever to set and I hate grinding my plans to a halt to wait for something to dry. There's something my step dad uses called E-6000 to glue parts to equipment he uses, but that's mostly metal to metal and I have no idea what to use that holds for a long time and can take lots of abuse. I just had a brainstorm; round bases for the heroes and square bases for the villans. Maybe an inch in diameter for the round ones or 1" x 1" for the square ones so they fit in the map squares. EDIT: Are Acrylic Paints like you get from hobby store, like Michaels or Hobby Lobby, good for mini's painting or should I get some from Games Workshop or Reaper? I used some from a hobby store and had mixed results. Some were really bright and others were a dark tone like I wanted.What about primer? I used both spray primer and paint on primer and found little difference in them other than the drying time. Spray had a slight edge, but having to use it outside was kind of hard when it was windy, and the one I was using smelled kind of funny once it dried.Finally, sealers. I used a matte sealer and liked it and I think my sister took it for the painting's she's doing in school. Could glossy be better or should I just stick with matte?Any help on this would be appreciated.Thank you.Mr. Beef</blockquote>

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