Bases tutorial

Alright, time for the bases tutorial! First things first, your supplies:

• Bases
• Plaster
• Super Glue
• Pumice Gel
• Tool to spread gel (I use a metal green stuff tool, toothpicks/dowel rods work well too)
• Paints (I use greys and browns)
• Brushes
• Weathering powder (optional)
• Matte coat (optional)

I first start off with mixing up the plaster and pouring it onto a large plastic lid to give me a smooth side. I let this dry and cure for about 24 hours before removing it from the lid and breaking it into large chunks. After breaking it up I will get a few pieces and arrange them over a base and break them down as necessary to make it fit. This results with something like the following.

The plaster that I had mixed up for this batch was wrong and resulted in the plaster being soft and crumbly in some places. This worked to my advantage as it added to the worn down look that I was going for.

Ready for war!

I did a lot of work on bases today, and took photos for the tutorial. Managed to finish the bases for my Onager Dunecrawler, 6 Kataphron Destroyers, 2 Kastelan Robots, a Datasmith, and a Tech-Priest Dominus!

Here are the finished Imperial Knight and Onager Dunecrawler!

Time to get BASEic.

It's been a while since I made progress on the army. I've been thinking about the base theme and wondering how to approach it. After talking with some people online and discussing theme and color theory I decided to go with an urban street theme. Concrete roads that are broken up with dirt/dust/rubble along the edges/showing through.

Here is the finished product. I'll be adding step by step tutorials to how I made these bases tomorrow.