Basically, I glue small pieces of cork to make the stones on which my models stand, and I cover the remaining plastic with thickening medium to add some relief to the base.Once the medium has hardened, I use an old brush to apply water-diluted PVA glue on the places where moss or grass is supposed to grow and I sprinkle the whole base with fine sand.
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When the glue has dried, I basecoat the base with Chaos black... and the painting job can start! For the rocks, I apply a base of dark grey, such as GW Adeptus Battlegrey. For the ground, I use dark brown, like Vallejo Chocolate Brown and for the grass, Vallejo German Cam. Dark Green.
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I then drybrush the stones with lighter and lighter colours (Codex Grey, Fortress Grey and Bleached Bone) and paint the sand with different tones of green. Et voilà ! Two bases (rather) quickly done.
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I have wanted to ask you for YEARS how you do your bases - thanks for all this!
ReplyDeleteWell, next time, don't hesitate to ask: this could inspire me for a post.
DeleteYes sir!
DeleteExcellent! I am going to follow this tutorial for some miniatures in the future. Been looking to do something different with my bases for a while now. Now to pop open a few bottles of wine to steal the corks. (What do you mean you can buy cork? Don't be silly!)
ReplyDeleteThe wine has its pros and cons: pros, it's good. cons: it's difficult to get a flat surface to glue your models on! You'd better buy a board of cork... (and of course a few bottles of wine ^_^)
DeleteI like your bases, thank you for showing us how you have done yours.
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