Hello people's! I return with something completely new a tutorial on how I base my minis its a bit late for the Sunday night post because I've spent the day basing the 90 minis I've done with this technique so let's get straight into it shall we.
First of all the minis I will be showing you are fairly old GW imperial guard not sure on the date but I found them in a box a few weeks ago and decided I'd paint them up for display anywho thay will have there own special reviews on to the bashing.
First I put sand on the base as you can see on the right hand side, I use a play sand rather than the expensive hobby stuff that's all fine and nice cos I quite like a rough uneven effect.
Second step I use a dark colour as a base colour (in this case it is the GW rhinox hide base paint) I cover the base in this including the rim and wait for it to dry fully before going onto the next step.
Step three I start dry brushing the base it is best to do this with a batch I find with some good music in the background to work to, you start with a slightly lighter paint than your base (for me it was GW mournfang brown base paint) and then when that has dried you do a slightly lighter one and then repeat this as many times as you want I find the more layers you do the better it will look even more so with sand or mud (I continued with GW steal legion drab base paint and then GW karak stone layer paint) and then you wait for it to dry fully again and onto the next step.
Step four the last step with paint it is the high lighting much like when painting it will make the textures pop that little bit more what I tend to do is just high light the areas that the sun would be hitting ie not directly under the model if nearing or between there legs if they are standing for this I use a much lighter colour and do a very very gentle dry brush (for these minis I used Vallejo game colour bonewhight) and then as you had probably guessed wait for it to fully dry again.
Final step at last almost done by now the models should look pretty much done and this step is kinda a optional part (well it's all optional to be honest) it's the little bits of decoration this will grately very on what minis you are basing but my ones are supposed to be in a desert/apocalyptic environment so I've chosen long grass and stones.
so for the grass I used a doormat that I have just for this very purpose, basically you get one of the small clumps and snip it off with some sharp scissors but be carful not to nip your fingers (I've done it far to many times and it hurts more than it should) and when you have your little clump you just dip it in some pva glue and then put it onto the base and position it how you want it and hols it there a few seconds then vwala you have some grass it tends to take around 24 hours to fully dry so I'd put them on the side stood up and go onto the next mini.
As for the stones it is much easer you just get some small stones/gravel that look like they will fit in well and simply stick some glue to it (I recommend superglue for stones) and then stick it where you want it and you are done.
This Technique can be used to stick almost anything to your bases.
So there is the way that I base my minis I'd love to hear some feedback on how you all base your minis maybe I'll get some inspiration from you lot and make it better you never know, anyway I hope you all enjoyed this look into basing and it helped you out so until next time have a good day and I look forward to seeing you all again.
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