New bases! This week I worked on the bases for my challenge. Inspired by work over on the White Metal Games flickr site, I ordered up a bunch of GW Necromunda bases and tried my own take on a similar look. I started by taping the bases down with double sided tape and basing them with Vallejo Surface Primer Black. When that dried, I sprayed a layer of Vallejo Game Color Electric Blue (72.723) over all. Next, I sprayed a little Vallejo Surface Primer White on the "grill" looking bits where I wanted some luminescence and a pop of color. Here's how things looked at this point.
30mm bases |
1st lot of 25mm bases |
2nd lot of 25mm bases |
Next, I carefully shaded all of the blue areas with GW Agrax Earth Shade trying to avoid the white areas. In the future, I'll shade the blue first, and THEN spray on the white...I brushed on some Secret Weapon Miniatures Purple wash carefully over the white, allowing some overlap around the edges where white meets blue for a little bit of OSL effect (a very little). This left a bit of a purple glow in the recessed vent areas. The effect is a bit washed out in the pics here, but it more evident in the picks with models attached.
30mm bases |
1st lot of 25mm bases |
2nd lot of 25mm bases |
The Spindle Drones have the tiny points of contact, two of which were molded to a bit of terrain. I left that terrain attached, cutting it down somewhat, and decided not to fashion any pins. The drones are light and the epoxy strong, so I don't figure on issues. The third "floating leg" is glued down on each this time around for three points of contact with the base and added strength.
And there we have it for week one. The eight easiest models basically complete. I can use the remainder of the month to focus on the Chaos Beastmen which are larger and covered in detail. I also have to travel for a week, so I really only have two weeks left to finish the project in any case, not three. Next week I look forward to sharing progress on the Beastmen.
Best wishes for all of the other Squaduarians out there.
Cheers and Happy Gaming!
You nailed it with those bases! Really completes the models.
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DeleteThese look incredible, I am so stealing that basing idea.
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I thank White Metal Games for the inspiration. They deserve the credit.
DeleteLove home they are coming together and unified bases will help the whole look.
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