I would not recommend painting bases....it could be done as long as you avoided any paint on prongs and sealed the rest well. I think paint would tend to come off pretty easily on the soft plastics.
I think you will be happiest with Proline strong rookie bases. Rounded fronts are better for blitzers and receivers/TE (or those you need to get open out of the backfield). The Proline TTC's are not good....but you can use the dials with regular bases for strength....Other than that, you can reposition the existing dial forward and tighten it. That requires cutting and such, but you can make it work. I think the Proline TTC shells are excellent for taking ITZ dials as well....but it is a shame to lose those powerful rear prongs...but a good use for a base that is over-tweaked or just is a clunker in general. The black bases that Geno put out also are a good shell to use with ITZ directional dials!
You will want to get out of production rare bases to really make your team special though. Boat style bases are great for receivers. The old Proline boat style rookie bases are awesome if you can find them....as are Munro bases....some of which have true directional dials like the ITZ dials. Boat bases can also make good blitzers...or penetrating D-linemen. Buzzball speed diamonds are awesome for skill positions...but using the bigger figures might be top heavy, so you will have to add weight to the base (museum putty underneath works) to keep your guys from falling over. I have also seen speed diamonds used under any of a number of shells to make hybrid bases that are very special!
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