News

Hi all and welcome to the April Issue of The Basement

The highlight of this month was the trip down to Welling a great day out was had by all, as you can see from our lead article, I am sure one or two will venture there next year after reading that. There's a few new articles this month some military and some fantasy plus a couple of good show reports including Tyne and Wear 2009. Enjoy and as always keep your brushes wet.

Thanks for looking

WebSite News

No special news this month. Robin

Show Visits

The Basement tries to visit as many shows as it can,The next shows we are attending with a stand are Crewe and Antwerp.

Make sure you stop and chat, any of our membership will be happy to help you as much as they can.

On a note to The Basement Forum members, on the forum there is always a post saying where the stands will be held, everyone is encouraged to bring some models to put on show.

Reviews Introduction

In this section there is reviews from a number of companies, down the right hand side of the page you will see a list of the companies, click on the name and you will be taken to the page containing reviews for that manufacturer.

On the main page will be the most recent reviews received from our membership.
The Reviews have now risen to over a 100 different reviews from nearly 40 manufacturers
Robin
Welling 2009
Photos by Conrad Mynett. Text by Conrad Mynett, Malc Cuming, Ian Alderton, Ross Mahoney, Robin Snelson

Full gallery at the end of the Article

    Conrad Mynett


Having attended Welling in 2008 I was quite looking forward to going there again this year.
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Making The Headlines
by Conrad Mynett

Full gallery at the end of the Article

This article is going to be a bit limited in scope and focus. Instead of covering the whole process of the figure or even the whole base it is limited to the newspaper I made to add some interest to the base.
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Sneaky Shoota'
by Adrian Hopwood

Full gallery at the end of the Article

Yes, I know it’s spelt wrong, but he’s an Orc, and that’s how they spell stuff. This is an old idea I had many, many years ago, and one that I made a model of, using the same piece.
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Build a Figure Carrying Box
Text and pictures by Bob Orr

Full gallery at the end of the Article

I have seen various methods of transporting models to shows and meetings but this system is the best I have came across.
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French Moroccan Spahis
By Mark Dollery

Full gallery at the end of the Article

I was quite intrigued with this bust, as I knew of the existence of the French Spahis regiment - made up of Moroccan’s under French army control; but knew nothing of the actual history. So here’s a concise background of this group of fighting men.
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