Thank you very much Sir, for the kind comments. My mate says they're the best based, crappest painted models he's ever seen!
The actual MDF bases come from a UK company called
'Warbases'. Figures are glued on and the base is covered with dark brown
'Basetex' paint, which is dry brushed with sand yellow when dry. Self adhesive shrubs are added and then a sprinkling of static grass hides the bases of the figures and blends everything in.
Don't let anyone kid you about the weird and wonderful methods you can use to stop paint flaking of bendy plastic swords and musket barrels... they're all absolute cobblers!
Bunging yer Airfix warriors on those kind of bases, where the actual figures don't get handled is the one and only solution, if you intend playing with 'em.