Basing figures on washers

How many of you guys base your figures? I like to base mine on metal washers, it makes the figures a lot more stable and adds some heft to the figures and a touch of added hight. Its also great on top heavy figures like flag bearers and others that have trouble standing.
It also helps figures stand on grass mats where other plastic figures would be helpless to stand on.

Here is how I go about doing mine!
I work construction so I get mine for free, these things can be found all over the floor on most job sites and if you ask most guys will give you them by the hand full.
I like the ones with the smaller holes in them for basing but a larger hole will work also. Most hardware store will have many sizes with different size holes and the smaller washers are pretty cheap about 10 cents or so each.
I like to get the smallest size that will work for the figure and the plastic base can be trimmed also to fit onto the metal washer also.

Alright here are a few pictures of how I go about doing mine.
Picture 1

Picture 1 shows a couple of different sized washers and the Zap a Gap glue I use to glue them on.

Glue the figure on trying to get it centered as best as you can, if it dose not fit you can trim some plastic off the plastic base with a scissors or cutters or just use a bigger washer.

Next I add some putty to the base to build the plastic base up even with the washer. You can do this a couple of ways! You can add just enough to taper the plastic even into the washer and go for a smooth even surface or you can cover all the plastic like in this next photo.

Find something that will work to spread the putty over the whole base. these are the tools I like to use to get the job done.
When spreading the putty over the base try and keep it away from the figures feet and just slowly pull the putty little by little towards the feet and taper it into the sides of the feet trying not to build up the putty around the feet and making it look like he is sinking in the mud, that is unless you want to make him sinking in the mud??? With a bit of practice at this you,ll learn to taper into the feet and avoid any loose of the feet..

This next picture is of a great little tool I have found that is great at adding texture into putty and will get a really nice grass type texture into the putty. just keep rolling it around into the putty and you,ll have a nice texture on the base that,ll paint up nice if your not going to flock the.
I use this texture on my flocked bases also. I find it helps hold the glue and flocking and if the flocking falls off I still have a nice texture below the flocking.
I used green stuff for putty but any 2 part type putty should work for doing this.