Generic Basing Tutorial

[3ff3ct]

I was asked how i based my minis, so here's a guide for those guys who want great looking yet easy to do bases.

Step One

Attatch your model to the base (kinda obvious)



Step Two

Add on gerneric looking 'cool bits'. These can be helmets, skulls etc. I went for rocks (very generic). Less is more, remember you still want to be putting on static grass and sand, ad want o be able to see your lovingly painted mini!



Step Three

Paint the base with pva, avoiding the rim of the base. If you get a bit on, don't worry, just wipe it off with your finger.



Step Four

Now add your sand. Depending on the base size, you can either sprinkle on the sand, or slide the base in a tub at a 45 degree angle at both sides, covering the base.

Any bits that stick to the rim, wipe off with your finger. If any grains adhere to your mini, use a paintbrush to gently wipe them off. now leave it to dry!



Step Five (the one i forgot )

Now mix up pva and water to a consistency of milk, and paint gently over the sand, It should fall between the grains nicely. This will stop the grains moving when you paint them. I forgot to do this, and the consequences are obvious: PATCHES IN YOUR SAND!

Fear not, if like me you forget, use the joy that is static grass to cover 'em up!

Step Six

Now carefully paint the base scorched brown. Don't worry about the rim too much, we'll do that later. Note how my sand has started lifting already.... what a dumbass.....!



Step Six-and-a-half

Paint the rocks Adeptus Battlegrey.



Step Seven

Drybrush the brown area with Greaveyard Earth and the rocks with Codex Grey.



Step Eight

Drybrush the earth lightly with Bleached Bone.



Step Nine

Now add small amounts of pva where you want your grass to appear. I find that small clumps look most realistic, although this is personal preference.



Step Ten
Dip in your base into the static grass....



And blow upwards from below the base rim to make the grass stick up! And your mini is based for a great look on most 'green' tables! TA DA!

[Happyorange]

Nice guide! My method is pretty much the same, except I use Snakebite Leather instead of Graveyard Earth.

[Colonel-Commissar, (M.I.A)]

Haha,3ff3ct nad Happyorange taunting us with their knowledge of basing

Great tutorial by the way, love the pics,lol.

[Happyorange]

Great minds think alike. To be honest, I just copied off someone else anyway. ;D

[3ff3ct]

I'm not taunting, just spreading the wealth

[rich]

With the approval of 3ff3ct

Here's any easy way to make bolter / heavy bolter shell casings


Firstly get hold of some cable from a old FM alarm clock, and cut it to about a couple of inch's, and use a pair of tweezers to take out the wire inside



if you cut it more than a couple of inch's, when you try to pull out the wire it tends to snaps inside

then just cut it down to two or three millimeters, best to do a lot of these and keep them in a tub, it tends to be a pain when your doing up a ten man squad worth of bases, and run out on number eight



then just put a tiny mount of super glue where you want them to sit and add them to the base

after there undercoated, just paint them with gold or tin, the best thing is the small hole through the wire doesn't close up after spraying, so it's great for giving it a dark wash and a highlight after



hope this is helpful

Rich

[3ff3ct]

Wow, simple, cheap and effective! Thanks Rich!

[Happyorange]

Genius!

[LemonKing]

i do something similar... though with less detail, usually just the sand, glued on and locked down with more glue, then i use a watered down scorched brown (watered down so it is runny, but not coloured water) and a quick drybrush of Kommando Khaki, then if the models are lucky, a few patches of static grass

[Paxole]

Those bases look great!

What is the best way to do urban bases though?

[3ff3ct]

I did an 'urban basing tutorial' a bit back, its a few pages back in this section...... Happy basing dude!

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