henrywalker Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 So what do we think are some good ideas for basing grey knights? I'm leaning to some sort of ruined temple idea myself. I like the idea of evidence of evil magic and daemon infestation but i'm not sure of the best way to sow that. of the chaos gods my favoured is Slaanesh and i'm not sure how slaaneshi infestation would affect a planet (maybe i could model some orgies onto the bases) any one else have any cool ideas yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inache Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I love the look of the Mozaic bases by Micro Art Studio, but they don't make them in 25mm only 40. If they had those designs in all sizes, I'd buy them for my whole force. As it stands, I ditched my old crappy bases, and I'm looking to rebase my entire force, which never really got that big thankfully, but I want to find something soon so I can get prepped for release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoDoc Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 The Ruined Temple ones from Secret Weapon Miniatures look cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrywalker Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 I like these bases http://www.darkartstore.darkartminiatures....ASING/Infested/ It definitely gives the idea of chaos having infested the planet (although very much on the nurgly side) the positive of these is that they are cheap. i am going to have 50+ GK terminators, 3 dreadknights and 10 purifiers. so with normal resin base prices this would be a LOT!!! the ruined temple ones i originally wanted would have been £100+. these will be less than £40 does anyone know of any really cheap resin bases. cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimz Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I got 30 of these, and 6 terminator sized ones. The quality is really nice, better than I thought it would be. http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/temple-...html?cPath=3_27 Not sure how I'm going to paint them though, I saw some guy on BnC paint them black and dry brush with grey, and then gold on the runes to make it look like an evil temple.. looked pretty cool http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/images/thumbnails/10_Temple%20Bases%20Round%2025mm.jpg.thumb_240x180.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrywalker Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 ARGH those are the ones that i REALLY wanted but as you know for 2 40mm bases it is ~£4.50 and i have 50+ termies to base :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosPhoenix Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Yeah I like microart bases too, but if you want to base anything >25mm it's gonna cost you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yowsaman Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 you can alway's base them yourself. much cheaper :) i did my first terminator yesterday. quit satisfied of the resolt. dont have a picture tho. I just used brown stone flock small and medium as basis and painted two chipped off laystones in mutiple grey colours (drybrushing) to give it a "temple" look. i painted the top of the base khemi brown and the edges just chaos black. i'll try to post a pic of it. i'm also thinking of ordering the small round bases from micro artstudio as its kinda hard to do the same with the small ones as i'm doing with the termi bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearden441 Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I like these bases http://www.darkartstore.darkartminiatures....ASING/Infested/ It definitely gives the idea of chaos having infested the planet (although very much on the nurgly side) the positive of these is that they are cheap. i am going to have 50+ GK terminators, 3 dreadknights and 10 purifiers. so with normal resin base prices this would be a LOT!!! the ruined temple ones i originally wanted would have been £100+. these will be less than £40 does anyone know of any really cheap resin bases. cheers. I am making some lava bases (pasticard and Green Stuff) based off of Klaus' lava bases. Dark Art Mini's are great quality and inexpensive for resin bases if you guys are looking to pick some up. Just build in about 2-3 weeks time for shipping if you live in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grond Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I am going to be using the Dark Art Lava bases. I was rather impressed, It only took a week for mine to arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boreas Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 HUm... Much hesitation! Those, from Micro art Studio (about 1$ each) http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/store_maelstromgames/images_product/mas_hob_bbs_spk_201_000_01_large.jpg Those, from Scibor (more spectacular, but about 2$ each and pretty high, so bad for cover saves!) http://sciborminiatures.com/i/podstawki_round/big/demonic25mmround02.jpg Or those (can't link to picture, but also very nice and very very cheap at about 60 cents each in the "core pack"): http://www.darkartstore.darkartminiatures....-Base-Pack.html Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedemptionNL Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I got 30 of these, and 6 terminator sized ones. The quality is really nice, better than I thought it would be. http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/temple-...html?cPath=3_27 Not sure how I'm going to paint them though, I saw some guy on BnC paint them black and dry brush with grey, and then gold on the runes to make it look like an evil temple.. looked pretty cool http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/images/thumbnails/10_Temple%20Bases%20Round%2025mm.jpg.thumb_240x180.jpg Aye, I'm looking at either those or the Ruins serie bases from Scibor. I like the looks of both, but slighty prefer the Sciber ones, especially on the larger bases. The MAS Temple series has more variations, but a lot of them seem sloped and I'm afraid this leads to all my GK standing at a tilt. Happen to remember the poster or thread of the one that made the black MAS Temple bases you mentioned? I'm interested how those turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Psycho Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I was just looking at Dragon Forge temple bases from www.dragonforge.com These also run $1 per base and they are US based so a cheaper option for those of us in the states (no int'l shipping charges). Saw a good review for their resin bases on brushthralls, I've been wanting to try these for a while, was just waiting for a low model count army to come along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boreas Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I can vouch for Dragonforge's bases being excellent! If only they had a style that I wanted for my GKs, I'd buy from them in the blink of an eye! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Psycho Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Good to hear - the temple bases look more appropriate for fantasy but I think they'll look great with GKs (I'm planning on painting mine grey not silver) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boreas Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Here's an idea of Dragonforge bases: http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_KYc5-ZYzLRk/TYdfTG4MmhI/AAAAAAAABqc/MoIdvL_UJoU/s800/IMG_1773_edited.jpg http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_KYc5-ZYzLRk/TYdfLxxMeFI/AAAAAAAABqQ/UY3cALycDOE/IMG_1767_edited.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yowsaman Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I got 30 of these, and 6 terminator sized ones. The quality is really nice, better than I thought it would be. http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/temple-...html?cPath=3_27 Not sure how I'm going to paint them though, I saw some guy on BnC paint them black and dry brush with grey, and then gold on the runes to make it look like an evil temple.. looked pretty cool http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/images/thumbnails/10_Temple%20Bases%20Round%2025mm.jpg.thumb_240x180.jpg Aye, I'm looking at either those or the Ruins serie bases from Scibor. I like the looks of both, but slighty prefer the Sciber ones, especially on the larger bases. The MAS Temple series has more variations, but a lot of them seem sloped and I'm afraid this leads to all my GK standing at a tilt. Happen to remember the poster or thread of the one that made the black MAS Temple bases you mentioned? I'm interested how those turned out. wow those ruined bases from scibar are really cool. (kinda expensive tho :lol:) can you fit a stormraven on the 60mm ruined flying base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedemptionNL Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 You could, I guess, but that would be sort of illegal in game terms. Stormravens (and Dreadknights) come on 120x95mm oval bases. Sadly, Scibor doesn't make any oval bases, and the oval base from the MAS temple series doesn't look very nice (IMO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToI Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 This set from Scibor could be cool to base GK, maybe I'll do this for my army... http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?a...25mmround01.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yowsaman Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 You could, I guess, but that would be sort of illegal in game terms. Stormravens (and Dreadknights) come on 120x95mm oval bases. Sadly, Scibor doesn't make any oval bases, and the oval base from the MAS temple series doesn't look very nice (IMO). i know. but it's hard to find cool 120 x 95 resin bases. i'm first going to try to find me the bits to make it myself but that seems kinda hard also :P i only play friendly games and once in a year i play a ranked tournament so i dont think anyone is going to mind if i put my stormraven on a smaller base i guess. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarn Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I used back 2 basix lava bases, then added bloodletter bits and painted it all up with water effects. Its supposed to look like the GK are swamped by daemons congealing from the bllod oozing up from the ground. Or something. ^_^ http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/3180/gkbases1.jpg http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/93/gkbases2.jpg http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/999/gkbases3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedemptionNL Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 You could, I guess, but that would be sort of illegal in game terms. Stormravens (and Dreadknights) come on 120x95mm oval bases. Sadly, Scibor doesn't make any oval bases, and the oval base from the MAS temple series doesn't look very nice (IMO). i know. but it's hard to find cool 120 x 95 resin bases. i'm first going to try to find me the bits to make it myself but that seems kinda hard also :P i only play friendly games and once in a year i play a ranked tournament so i dont think anyone is going to mind if i put my stormraven on a smaller base i guess. ;) Well that's up to yourself to decide. Do keep stability in mind though, a smaller footprint is easier to tip over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yowsaman Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 You could, I guess, but that would be sort of illegal in game terms. Stormravens (and Dreadknights) come on 120x95mm oval bases. Sadly, Scibor doesn't make any oval bases, and the oval base from the MAS temple series doesn't look very nice (IMO). i know. but it's hard to find cool 120 x 95 resin bases. i'm first going to try to find me the bits to make it myself but that seems kinda hard also :P i only play friendly games and once in a year i play a ranked tournament so i dont think anyone is going to mind if i put my stormraven on a smaller base i guess. :) Well that's up to yourself to decide. Do keep stability in mind though, a smaller footprint is easier to tip over. i know. that is wy i am still not sure if i would take a smaller base. i'm first going to see what i can make of the bigg base you geth with the stormraven :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimz Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Check em out here: Sons of Pyron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vhalyar Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I plan on using the Dragonforge Ice World bases, painted in obsidian and red for a shattered planet look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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