Not much progress on Joan of arc yet, but I have been thinking about some new basing ideas for a possible 'evil' army..
I’ve always had a lot of basing ideas, in fact several
sketchbook pages worth, but these are mostly ideas for display pieces, not
something I’d want to do on every figure in an army. Though I do feel that the
basing of an army goes a long way to making it look impressive even if the
painting standard is relatively low.
To start with let’s have a look at some of the basing
schemes I’ve used in my two most recent armies, the first was a water based
scheme, used for my Cygnar army:
Goblins love water, just ask them. |
This was done using Vallejo still water and was effective,
though a bit cartoony, (lightning water!). The rocks were a bit tall for some
miniatures as well (they are Gale Force 9).
More recently I’ve started a Trollbloods force using a snow
effect basing, the snow is white paint, PVA glue and bicarbonate of soda:
The originally plan was to put icicles on the bases, I
started doing this using plastic off-cuts and Vallejo still water again.
However I found they were very time consuming to make and broke off very
easily, so I’ll likely reserve them for the warlocks if at all.
More recently I was also pleased with the basic on some
Chaos warriors I worked on, though very basic it seemed to provide a good
counterpoint to the unit colour scheme, this was a similar snow recipe combined
with cork/filler for the rocks:
I have also dabbled with the GW Agrellan Earth paint which I
think can give pleasing basing effects quickly:
For my planned evil army colour scheme, I want something
which can be done super quickly to match the speed of the paint jobs. I really
enjoyed painting a wall I made recently for my Trolls which might provide a
good idea, a similar thing could be done on each base, using Cryx runes, though
the sculpting would be time consuming:
Another option would be to do something super basic with
sand, which would be quick but a bit flat and un-impressive. Another idea I’ve
been after trying for some time would be some lava, I did this a bit on a
display miniature some years ago:
I really like the way it provides another light source to
play with, but this probably isn’t right for the colour scheme I’ve chosen.
How do you base your miniatures, what plans do you have for
future schemes?
I like the lava base a lot, very nice, almost subtle OSL.
ReplyDeleteCurrently I have 2 different styles of basing - green stuff with molds and then gravel. The molds are mainly used for making cobbled/city bases for my Knight Models, Infamy and Empire of the Dead stuff, then I have gravel for more generic bases that can be mixed and added to the GS bases as well.
Thanks, Really like your cobblestone stuff, looks great.
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