Hello,

I've just bought a new set of orange Bases & Pegs but the package doesn't contain any medium size bases. My question is which paint should i use on the standard bases to get similar colour. How to avoid visible brush strokes ?

Tamiya makes a clear orange meant for making the clear plastic for tail lights/turn signals on model cars orange.

I'm not sure on the color, but if you paint the underside of the bases, they'll look good and shouldn't have any brush strokes to worry about. I don't have any pics to share, but that's what I do, but with solid colors.

I'm thinking you'll have to use or make a glaze to get that translucency.

Look for something similar to this:

Practice on any extra small bases that you might have.

I actually bought a mirror spray paint and was wondering if it works on these bases

But this glazing idea could be really interesting too. Gonna try Nuln Oil!

If you spray paint a metallic on the underside of the base, it won't have that reflective quality about it; I've tried it. You'll get the color, but not the the shiny-ness.

You'll have to paint the top-side, which can be prone to chipping, but for myself, I don't need my bases to remain pristine. You can always do touch-ups.

I'll give it a shot since i've already bought it but this one is supposed to be a mirror vs a metallic. Its designed to show the mirror surface on the back of the paint vs the surface.

In preparation for the Naboo Starfighter, I picked up a paint marker called Liquid Chrome that provides a mirror finish (and it works beautifully) so I tried it on a spare base to see if I could get the mirror/chrome to work if I colored the underside of the base, but I guess it doesn't work that way.

I ended up chroming the exterior of the base and it looks great. I had to try it out on a ship, so now my Duchess' Striker has a chrome finish and looks fantastic. Hopefully your mirror spray paint works out too. Good luck sir.

I got a tip from a fellow X-wing-player and I tried those Tamiya clear paints on bases.

Here’s prototypes:

I did two coats but blue needs 3rd one. I’d say that you will get near exact same result as of those FFG’s colored bases.

Unrelated to the ships.... I spray-painted my bases with black gloss after supergluing them and attaching washers on bottom for weight and magnets on top.

NO MORE SHIPS FALLING OFF WRECKING MY GAMESTATE FFG!!! 😜

I also recommend the tamiya clear base paints. I got some for X-mas I thought i would never use, but now at least I have an orange, red and yellow medium base.

I also use Tamyia paints, since i have a lot from my 1:35th modeling days.