Helias_Tancred Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Was curious, GW seems to be using a brown-tan on all the blood angel bases now. Just checked in the codex and Yep! Anyone know the name of the paint used on the bases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Gunzhard Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I believe it's steel legion drab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helias_Tancred Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Agh good I have that color. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 There's a few. The fina highlight is Karak stone, I think. GW uses a 4 stage method for the bases. Base coat for the texture, base for the detail such as rocks, wash, and 2 highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helias_Tancred Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Thanks Xenith. I just have one color for the bases, then I apply elmers glue to the top, then I add a layer of loose pebbles and rock. Once that dries I add a layer of GW plastic glue and then drop on some Citadel Grass flock. I need to put up a couple pics to show. BTW I was doing a warpstone green for the base color and I've had numerous people tell me to go to something more subtle because it clashes with the colors of the miniature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I dont know about using plastic glue with the grass, does it not melt it? I thought you were supposed to use superglue? I generally used to paint the edges of my bases in the base colour that I used for the texture. I now paint them all black! My basing recipe is: Stick model to base. Glue sand Spray prime paint scorched brown/dryad bark drybrush vermin brown very light drybrush bleached bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helias_Tancred Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 LOL I dont think its melted the grass flock? Lemme take a closer look .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostiris Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I find that PVA glue works best for flocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I think they break down the basing method in Sons of Sanguinius, including the base rim colour. I'll check later when I have it to hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucien Eilam Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I dont know about using plastic glue with the grass, does it not melt it? I thought you were supposed to use superglue? As Lostiris says, PVA glue is best. Superglue may cause frosting. I'd be surprised if polystyrene cement did anything to it at all. Wrong sort of polymer usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bukimimaru Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I used to spend ages on bases, glueing the sand then paining it black, then dry brushing grey and on and on and on. Then (lucky for me) right before I started re-baseing all my power armour models with the new 32mm bases, I descovered black "lava-rock". I freakin love this stuff, it just paints on wet, drys solid and then one or 2 drybrushes of grey and I had rebased about 50 marines in less than an hour (excluding the time it took for the stuff to dry.) Stick some grassy tufts in there and boom, done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 It's steel legion drab in Sons of Sanguinius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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