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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Jul 21, 2011 7:52:38 GMT -5
Just getting a general idea of what my fellow 40k'ers use for their bases. Which do you all prefer? Or any home recipe's some of you use.
The first model's I've whipped up I've been using flock, my army is city based and the grey ashen flock I've been using just looks like grey grass and it's driving me crazy! I want a good mix that looks like broken up rockrete, pavement, and a mix of rubble in there as well.
Thank you all ahead of time!
~KRIEGEIRK
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Post by 3ff3ct on Jul 21, 2011 9:11:00 GMT -5
Shameless plug: I did a couple of basing tutorials, theyre in the terrain section, one generic and one urban. Ive also started doing scrapyard bases for my orks (see 3ff3ct's orks thread). Hope this gives you some help or inspiration  |
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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Jul 21, 2011 9:16:55 GMT -5
Shameless plug: I did a couple of basing tutorials, theyre in the terrain section, one generic and one urban. Ive also started doing scrapyard bases for my orks (see 3ff3ct's orks thread). Hope this gives you some help or inspiration Thanks a mil! I'll check it out asap. |
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Post by 3ff3ct on Jul 21, 2011 9:30:40 GMT -5
No worries dude, im always happy to help!
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Post by emptyhat on Jul 21, 2011 23:22:12 GMT -5
For my Guard I'm using snow washed over with purple ink for xenos grass. It has some flaws and I'm hoping to either do better in time or find a replacement. I've also started using GW sand painted grey/blue and GW slate painted in blue with both washed with blue ink prior to adding the snow.
For my Bad Moon Orks I'm using a scaled back version of 3ff3ct's Ork bases from ideas I looted from his thread.
Having always been quite pitiful and lazy at basing I looked at 3ff3ct's tutorials before I started any of the above and found them to be pretty useful.
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on Jul 22, 2011 8:19:42 GMT -5
for my urban bases I use glue sand first then spread a thin layer of ready mixed polyfilla over the top, carve in some slab detail then add rubble later... Quiet time consuming but it gives a nice concrete texture thats neither too smooth or too rough. I found a good simple concrete colour can be done by painting it flat Codex Grey, then drybrush with Dheneb Stone followed by Astronomican Grey, then stick some devlan mud in the recesses. once its painted I stick little clumps of GW 'dead grass' static flock inbetween the slabs. I have a few threads scattered through here somewhere if you wanna check them out, hope that helps  |
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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Jul 22, 2011 11:17:20 GMT -5
Thank you all for the suggestions! Youve all been a great help!
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Post by 3ff3ct on Jul 22, 2011 13:20:19 GMT -5
Pollyfilla eh? Might have to give that a go  |
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on Jul 22, 2011 19:04:26 GMT -5
Make sure its the ready mixed stuff as its a sod to get the consistency right! I use quick drying stuff in a tube and squeeze it onto a pallatte. its a little messy, but once you get the hang of it its all good for miniatures bases i use a plastic spatula to smack it on and smooth it out, and for buildings I use and old credit card! works a treat! Any left over dries and can be broken up for rubble |
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Post by 3ff3ct on Jul 23, 2011 3:52:09 GMT -5
Yeh ive got a tube going spare, and plenty of plastic spatulas for gouache painting. Cheers for the tip!
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Post by mccaptain on Aug 1, 2011 12:09:09 GMT -5
My basing is not the best, but I used little sandy rock stuff from a beach in Ireland where I lived for a few months and started my army. I brought a bag of the stuff back to the states to finish the army. Again, doesn't look awesome, but has a cool story for me.
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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Aug 1, 2011 13:43:53 GMT -5
My family was just at the beach too and I didnt even think about it.... sheesh I fail!
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Post by 3ff3ct on Aug 2, 2011 7:26:01 GMT -5
You'll have to buy some from GW. I still laugh at the fact that they ship it to the Emerates. 'selling sand to arabs' ;D That and 'Snow to Eskimos', although I dont personally know any Inuit gamers |
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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Aug 2, 2011 7:30:11 GMT -5
I almost peed when I read that ^^
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Post by 3ff3ct on Aug 2, 2011 7:35:44 GMT -5
ITS TRUE! ;D
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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Aug 2, 2011 7:40:12 GMT -5
They have enough sand for a sand monopoly!
Arab gamer: "damn, im out of sand.... mom get off the computer, I need to order more sand! Tournament is in a month!"
Arab gamers mom: Roles eyes.. *Oh Allah why did you curse me with such a fool?* "Go outside and look down!"
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Post by Machine Gun Kelly on Aug 2, 2011 8:11:56 GMT -5
You'll have to buy some from GW. I still laugh at the fact that they ship it to the Emerates. 'selling sand to arabs' ;D That and 'Snow to Eskimos', although I dont personally know any Inuit gamers Actually there is a small company just outside of my hometown that export sand to Saudi arabia. |
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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Aug 2, 2011 8:13:32 GMT -5
Swedish Sand? Now this is just getting confusing hahaha! I like Swedish Fish |
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Post by 3ff3ct on Aug 5, 2011 16:09:29 GMT -5
You'll have to buy some from GW. I still laugh at the fact that they ship it to the Emerates. 'selling sand to arabs' ;D That and 'Snow to Eskimos', although I dont personally know any Inuit gamers Actually there is a small company just outside of my hometown that export sand to Saudi arabia. Their marketing team must be great. "New exciting SAND, like never before! Get yours now at a discount price!" I can almost see the QVC adverts |
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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Aug 5, 2011 20:23:59 GMT -5
I agree! The best are the QVC fails on youtube like the horse guy and the samurai sword guy... Oh and ladder guy! Check the vids!
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Post by 3ff3ct on Aug 10, 2011 0:44:47 GMT -5
I will, i love some of the crappy stuff they try and sell on there |
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Aug 10, 2011 0:51:17 GMT -5
Actually there is a small company just outside of my hometown that export sand to Saudi arabia. Their marketing team must be great. "New exciting SAND, like never before! Get yours now at a discount price!" I can almost see the QVC adverts "You may have sand, but is it Swedish sand? No, I didn't think so. You should buy some, I'm sure you'll find it exotic and exciting." |
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Post by 3ff3ct on Aug 10, 2011 0:58:14 GMT -5
"comes with a free massage"
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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Aug 10, 2011 7:08:58 GMT -5
Happy ending involved? This could be a maker or a breaker....
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Post by Vice-Shogun Himura on Aug 18, 2011 19:04:13 GMT -5
I believe Saudi sand can't be used in Concrete so they import it all the time.
I personally do sand because it free.
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