Basing
I have two 8oz tubs of wood filler... I am eyeing it with suspicion as filler for basing my figuire. Anybody ever use this stuff... does it work well? How do you sculpt this crap?

When I started painting Front Rank miniatures a few years ago I used a wood filler to build up the bases to match the height of the bases on the figurines. A tricky step which I found unnecessary in more recent times with Perry miniatures. After sticking the figures to a base, I use a craft quality PVA glue ( not unlike wood working white adhesive but with a thicker consistency) as a foundation for the final textures ( a mixture of fine sand and model railway ballast). This has worked well and the figurine bases are not apparent. A long winded answer to indicate that this may be unnecessary. Schultz

It really depends on what type of models you are basing.

I've been using wood filler- an acrylic type I bought here in Japan- quite successfully, inspired by an article from Barry Hilton in issue 14 of "Battlegames". Here is the post from my blog explaining the process I use with Front Rank miniatures. http://serreslesrangs.blogspot.com/2009/01/16-of-pledge.html