how to do bases?

sorne · Post by **sorne** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:06 pm

could someone help with bases as you can see my base works leaves a bit to be desired

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McDeth · Post by **McDeth** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:20 pm

I'm No expert, but i'd have mixed some of the grass flock in with some sand and also some small stones, this breasks up the one dimensional flock.

Paint the base green then second coat the top where you want to flock to stick with either Goblin Green , or a mix of goblin green and PVA. And spread the base around in the flock before it dries.

You'll get 100% better results. For other style bases then you'll need different techniques, but its a good starter

Kernspalt · Post by **Kernspalt** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:02 pm

My first advice would be to use a more brownish green than the one you are using now. I don't know how the new color is, but the old GW Goblin Green, for example, was good for basing.

I prefer the sand basing method for all of my minis instead of using flock: Just spread some PVA glue on the base, dip it in fine sand, and let it dry, best before you undercoat. Coat the sand over with your basing green, and when it's completely dried, drybrush it with a mixture of white and yellow. This one is, in my opinion, very fast, good looking and more durable than using flock.

Deathwing · Post by **Deathwing** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:07 pm

Here what I do (it's a fairly common method):
GW modelling sand, painted dark brown (I use scorched) (thin the paint quite a lot so that it seeps in and gives good coverage), heavy drybrush with a lighter brown (snakebite leather), light Bleached Bone drybrush..static grass.
USE OLD BRUSHES!!

ZanzerTem · Post by **ZanzerTem** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:59 pm

What Deathwing said. A bit of static grass adds a load of realism.

Blixten · Post by **Blixten** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 6:58 pm

I really like the look that Deathwing has posted, but I just stick to the all-sand method myself.

sineater40k · Post by **sineater40k** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:22 pm

Myself i just use good old sand, not only does it give decent results but its very durable. The static grass looks good on warhammer/40k stuff but i would think the grass on a Blood Bowl field would be trodden down a lot more. Plus with sand i dont have to vac out my carrying case after every game

horekim · Post by **horekim** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:58 pm

drybrush the static grass too! If you don't the grass will look synthetic. I use a lightbrown/ yellow colour for this. I think it makes the overall appearence of the base much more realistic.

BlanchPrez · Post by **BlanchPrez** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:10 pm

I do something simillar to DL, though I don't paint anything... well, I paint the base green, then PVA sand, then PVA grass over the sand. Looks good to me.

Chris

Xtreme · Post by **Xtreme** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:17 am

recently I wanted something diffrent so I went for astro granite bases. I just painted the base black and then put sand all over it and a wash of black then dry brushed grays until I was happy with it and added teh occasional white line.

NightDragon · Post by **NightDragon** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:00 am

Static grass, stones and flock. I put the static grass on first in patches, then mix the other two up and spread that on. Looks very smilar to DW's. Bases are definately worth the effort. They can make average paint jobs seem good for not too far away.

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how to do bases?

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