i am osirus Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 BASEWORK 101 by Osirus THEORY As miniature painters we are trying to paint a picture, tell someone a story We can paint the best miniature in the world but by leaving it on a standard unpainted base the image is pretty much blown, firstly you will be showing the 'over paint' where paint has dripped/spilled onto the base during painting but in my honest opinion you cant beat a well finished base it frames the miniature so to speak, adds a scene to a miniature, with the medium we are dealing with the scale is so small that we have to 'clutter' bases for to make them look realistic, for example on a real battle field there may be large pieces of land with only a few rocks or craters on them ....but with miniatures we need to exaggerate that ten fold and add a crater to every base ....just to tie the minis together I find that doing research can also help to set a scene for a mini, looking at pictures of world wars or battlefields, two years ago I was lucky enough to go to several former battlefields in France and Belgium and I was astonished at the amount of left over battle scarring that I could 'use' as inspiration - so give it ago ....take a look into some history books ...you'll be surprised what you can find! BASIC TECHNIQUE Firstly you will need a few basic materials to start with, my preferences are; PVA Glue (Elmer Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
docbp87 Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 whoa cool. Thanx Osirus! :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-128102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayGun924 Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 I second docbp87, thanks for the informative guide. ~Ray Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-128124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronophague Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 Good manual, some good tips in there. Have you guys used custom dioramics before? They have some exellent stuff for making very cool bases. They have 1/35 scale bricks and stuff. Check it out. http://www.vls-vp.com/customdioramics.htm Some useful parts as an example. statue Grave stones If you have some extra dough, I highly recommend it. Some things are quite cheap, like the rubble and bricks etc, the houses start to be a bit expensive.. Cheers Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-128129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpharius Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 Thanks, that's really helpful. I can see this going in to the archive :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-128138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLASTICHEAD Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 It's soooooo cool that people like you osirus, puts time, effort and sweat into projects like this, to the benefit of others. Thanks to guys like yourself, this hobby (not to forget to mention this forum) is one of the best things in life, thank God for Warhammer! ahem Sorry, I'm just trying to say Great Job You are Osirus! And godspeed Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-128230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinker of blood Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 Great job with this article. Only thing i have to say is to those of us from the US, if you use Elmer's Glue then you should take the effort to put a coat of glue over the sand to hold it on to the base as i know that i have had many problems with this. Other then that great job again. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-128321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volsung Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 i find that if you paint the sand with black paint, the sand sticks onto the brush, and comes off to counter this, water down the black paint alot, and this seconds for keeping the sand on the base when the paint dries i think the best way of doing this is to actually use black ink first, as it naturally runs into the recesses, with is the only places that will stay black in the end anyway just my addition to "the guide" :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-128683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyLaw Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 Very nice article! thanks allot, i'll take it on board Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-128792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw_Torn Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 nice techniques, i have a really simple method that works well too, figure i may as well share. cover the base with sand, wash of black ink when dry. dry brush with bubonic brown when dry, then dry brush with bleached bone, then apply any bitz/static/flock that you wish...it looks ace, u can see it on my models at our site. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-128906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarindur Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 Someone here wrote quite recently about using green tea for basing and I went to the local tea-shop and bought a bag (for about 2$) and It works GREAT! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-129152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
i am osirus Posted March 3, 2003 Author Share Posted March 3, 2003 that was barpharanges ....looks real sweet the green tea basing .... as i said i am still building on this little article,but i've been up in london on business today and have only just got back and now im off to bed as it has been one hell of a long day, if nobody minds i'll add the tips posted by others so far and put an acknowlegement in the bottom section, if anyone doesnt want there tip posted just say and i wont put it in ..... Regards Osirus Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-129252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
i am osirus Posted March 4, 2003 Author Share Posted March 4, 2003 another update this time detailing a few more scenic base techiniques such as hill and tank tracks and inputted all the tips collected from users Regards Osirus Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-130046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Lazarus Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 yeah, it's relay cool from you to keep the article updated. if you come upon more such good ideas please share them with us. to make the long jaddajadda short and to keep this thread from gliding into oblivion ***BUMP*** Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-130869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Desmodus Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Yup, this is indeed a great effort, thanks i am osirus. :) This goes into the Archive right away. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-130927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherMoses Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 City/urban: Black - Shadow Grey - Fortress grey or Ghostly Grey City/Urban 2: Black - Codex Grey - Fortress Grey - White (optional) Anyone got any pictures of what this basing technique lookes like as a finished product? I like the idea because its simple, fast, and it sounds like something I could go back in and add 'clutter' pieces to later as I desire. Does anyone have a picture of what this roughly comes out looking like? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/12526-basing-101/#findComment-2365444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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