The Rose Princes Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 In all of my armies, i kind of get carried away in the design of the bases: for my Tyranid army i used finely ground red iron ore for a Mars alien landscape look. for my Rose Princes Space Marines each base had shrubbery and a single colored cloth rose. for my Chaos army i used a compound called "Crackle" to have a blackened earth over lava imagery. for my Ogre Kingdoms fantasy army i had a urban theme so they are all walking on cobblestone streets. now starting Space Wolves i kind if am going over two time consuming themes: 1) since i'm doing 13th Company, and their time in the Eye running through all sorts of out there terrain, i was thinking of doing a "custom splatter" starfield on each base, then 6 or 7 layers of heavy clear coat so the marines are literally running over the stars, not making contact with them. 2) going with very old school norse mythology, running over the Rainbow Bridge; of course, each base would have to be all 7 color bars. Since i'm doing the all wolf/mounted wolves army, i'll have big enough bases to make it worth while. Also, going with the pre-heresy dark grey color if you're concerned about clashing with the Rainbow bridge (yes it will). any other cool ideas you can think of i'm all up for hearing them..... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Mjollner Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I recomend http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/inde...;cPath=79_30_53 However your rainbow bridge bases sound interesting, and would love to see some pics of your other bases. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3008430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schertenleib Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 My thought on the Rainbow Bridge... I would build a display board of the Rainbow Bridge and just do the bases in the color that the piece fits on the display. I really like the sounds of the "Stalking Stars" bases. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3008437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Seraphion Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I would really encourage the star one with the 13th company, sounds like it could turn out really awesome and it would be great to ee what you could do with it Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3008624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 If you go with the stars, before you do, consider painting the stars intermitently at different elevations between the layers of clear coat. I would reference this guy for inspiration: "Goldfish Salvation" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3008739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezeriel Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Isn't the rainbow bridge from Norse mythology just red, blue and green? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3008800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rose Princes Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 If you go with the stars, before you do, consider painting the stars intermitently at different elevations between the layers of clear coat. I would reference this guy for inspiration: "Goldfish Salvation" good thing i can type without talking because my jaw is still on the floor from that video! oh what i wouldn't give for a hundred concave bases to pour resin into. stars it is..... and the different elevations idea is golden; i'm all over that. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3008805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 All the more credible references I can find on Bifrost ( the Rainbow Bridge) I can only find mention that it's made of 3 colors and at least one of them is red. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3008809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune_Priest_Rhapsody Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Wulfbane: AMAZING video!! That man is very talented!! Thanks for the linky The Rose Princes: This video is very helpful in every aspect of making clear resin bases -----> End of Line Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3008956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rose Princes Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 ahhhh... work blocks me from youtube. now i'm all a flutter about making clear bases!!!!! i hope it's not too complicated..... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3008983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinsanity Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 If you wanna go with clear bases, might I suggest these? http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/inde...amp;cPath=79_80 Making something that somewhat looks like that YouTube video above, with multiple layers of varnish, would definitely require hollow bases like these... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3008991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Danvers Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 That star field idea is an awesome idea. Put onto the bottom of those blanks, with clear resin over the top of the paint, they'd look pretty sweet. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3009060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksad Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 reading this thread gave me an idea for my sky-claws ^_^ clear glass bases ftw! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3009085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rose Princes Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Rune_Priest_Rhapsody Player not found one word.... Basegasm! making this army is gonna take forever, now, but man will it be sweet looking when i'm done. gotta buy dozens of the bases for the wolves and 2 dozen large ones for the TWC, TWL & mounted Iron Priest. this will be my summer project i guess. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3009336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfebane Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Wulfbane: AMAZING video!! That man is very talented!! Thanks for the linky The Rose Princes: This video is very helpful in every aspect of making clear resin bases -----> End of Line For those ice bases (and I know it's a bit off topic) I would've exchanged fortress grey with space wolf grey, and mordian blue with necron abyss. In the resin pouring process, I would've mixed a heavily water-dilluted mordian blue to the resin for the last 1/4 of it to top it off with a more hoarfrost effect. Aside from the snow, a lot of it came off as standing on liquid water to me.. mostly b/c of the mordian blue being so vibrant and the resin being so clear. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3009353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune_Priest_Rhapsody Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I agree that the blues he used are too bright. I wouldn't have thought to mix in some color for a 'icier' look. Good call. End of Line Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3009402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactire Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 My advice go with the stars......and please put up pics. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3009776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Danvers Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Evening everyone. An idea I think I'll be trying out soon, thanks remembering what my other half bought for someone's xmas' present last year. I've wanted to do a daemon world theme base for my wolves, or a Chaos temple, but resin bases might just be a little too expensive to do the whole lot so the lava idea, but like a blue or green would be something a bit different. I was thinking about painting a base style similar to the one in the pics in this thread: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...25280&st=25 Then I just thought about trying out some UV glow paint for the lava cracks. What do you guys think? I think I'll order some cheap UV acrylic and give it a whirl.....but I have no UV light here to test them :S. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3014340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rose Princes Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 had a friend who took painstaking steps to detail most his his necron army with UV and glow in the dark paint, and when you see them with black light on them they're awesome... but how often are you playing 40k via blacklight? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3014397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Mjollner Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 but how often are you playing 40k via blacklight? ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3014398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Danvers Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Probably not that much sadly, but I'd grab a UV torch to show them off at times :) 'Oh so you don't think my painting's up to standard? Check out my glow effects......' Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/248441-over-the-top-bases/#findComment-3014591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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