Basing

This is a closer picture of my painting area. I keep my railroad flocking in a tupperware container. Paint the base with glue and swish the figure around in the tub as shown.

For basing material, I prefer Woodland Scenics railroad flocking. I keep mine stored in a small Tupperware container. Woodland Scenics also has another material for bases called static grass. When finished, it looks like the figure is really standing in tall grass but the stuff is a little more difficult to work with.

Put some white glue onto your newspaper. Using an old brush, paint glue all over the top of the base. Once the base is covered in glue, run the base through the flocking material until it is completely covered. Leave it there for a couple of minutes. While you're waiting, you can flock some of the other figures.

When the figures are ready to come out of the flocking box, pick them up, hold them sideways, and give the base a couple of taps. This will knock most of the excess flocking back into the box. Any remaining flocking can be removed by blowing onto the base.

Give the glue some time to set. Just before you seal your miniature, you may want to take a large sized brush and give each miniature a quick dusting just to make sure there isn't anything on the figure.