Continuing
with the lancing contest theme I wanted the base to look like a
lancing arena, goblin style. I carved up some plasticard and then
used rough sandpaper to give it some texture (I want it to look like
a rough wooden wall)
Grabbing
a spare plinth I pinned the wall in place (slightly off centre so it
doesn't look too....mathematically precise) and used some milliput to
create the base of the terrain. Once dried it was then covered with
sandy paste from Vallejo. I used a few pieces from my bitz box to add
some interest. The shield and spear are from GW, the sword is from
Kingdom Death. Not I left some space for the model to stand in (I
actually used the model's foot in the milliput to make sure the
impression fit)
Primed
with my usual zenithal style
I
painted the desert sand with a mix of VMC Beige Brown, a flesh tone
and some VGC Scrofulous Brown. I just wanted a fairly light sandy
tone which I could then work some washes on. I mixed on the base some
other tones into it, a more red mix in some place, a lighter mix in
some places.
I
then used several stages of drybrushing and washes on the sand.
Lightly drybrushing a lighter version of the base tone and using some
washes in different areas (browns and reds mostly) At this stage I
also mixed up some different brown tones to paint the wooden wall and
shield. I also started the metallics of the weapons. I can't remember
exactly what metallics I used (at this point I was getting close to
the deadline so things were a bit high pressure!) The shield is
almost certainly S75 silvers, spear might be some of the older GW
Hashut copper with silver highlights. I also used a little GW
Nihilakh Oxide to add some ageing to the spear in the holes.
At
this point I decided I wanted the wooden wall to be painted in
brighter colours to really help them theme come through. I used red
and black to contrast with the blue/white I chose for the figure.
Next
week it's a few final touches and then the showcase!
