All your base belong to me now!

Got the wreck marker on Thursday. A big thank you to my local Press Ganger for the assist, David couldn't have done this without you. Especially true, because he also traded me the Mauler I am using in the conversion!

As soon as I popped open the package, I knew I had a problem. The wreck marker wasn't solid as I had hoped, but instead was concave and hollow on the bottom to save on the metal. So there was going to be a sure lack of weight... what to do?

Break out the fishing weights. Once weighed out, the weights were put aside as I needed to trim the wreck. It easily fits on the 50mm base, but left no room for the one foot of the model. So once trimmed, cut, and hacked it was ready. Marked for pinning, I took the fishing weights, some Zap-A-Gap (my super glue of choice), and some greenstuff; filling the concave wreck. I let it cure then glued the wreck to the base, before going around and green stuffing the gaps. 

Once firmly cured and on the base, the 14 oz marker was ready for a positioning. I found where the leg pins should go and began the disguise work on the actual base itself. Using some Citadel Texture Paint (Stirland Mud), I glopped the stuff on thick to emphasize the wreck being pounded deep into the ground. 

After letting the paint dry, I broke out the glue and got the legs set. 

Once I get the pins in place and get the torso on and locked in, then it will be the sculpting...