Basing your Titan

[Captain Idaho]

What sort of suggestions, tips and methods do people use/have for basing Titans?

 

For my 40K I just Baneblade Brown base, argellen Earth over then stick a few tufts of grass on it. Works a charm but that might not work for the larger themed models. Unless the grass is super grass. Which it ain't.

[Cpt. Bannockburn]

I generally don't use grass for my models. Instead I'm going for snow, or in the case of my titans, Martian soil, which is by definition pretty scraggy. You can see examples in the AT log in my signature.

[Fajita Fan]

At this scale fine sand should be fine, if you want grass just drybrush dark green with a dusting of light green. I’m just doing broken city/industrial bits on there after I get the legs painted.

[noigrim]

I used volcanic sand but some fell off

[Mendi Warrior]

I used pine bark. Got mine from a do-it-yourself shop (gardening section), cost was € 6 for 35 liters. Let them dry, scrub the dust (best done outside when it is sunny) and you get "rocks", many "rocks".

 

I also used some foamboard, civitas imperialis tiles and some old epic ruins to make some elevations.

 

Read a long time ago about one guy using an old metal meat grinder to turn his remaining sprues into rubbles.

 

Otherwise, I have modeling sand somewhere.

[Captain Idaho]

I could go sand and go from there. I have spare bits from the Warhounds sprues (armour plates etc) which will go on some of the bigger titans nicely.

 

Oh I might have some old school Epic 40,000 ruins I can use too.

 

Thanks for the replies, all.

[Dark Bjoern]

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Edited October 18, 2018 by Dark Bjoern

[Rolltonotdie]

I'm using Agrellan Badlands, Armageddon Dunes and Armageddon Dust. then spray the whole thing Rhinox Hide and paint it back up to a desert sand colour.  its a bit involved but I think its worked well on my Warlord.

[Reyner]

I need to figure out a way to resemble Ithraca City... Sand painted grey and rubble? Some burned out vehicles if I had any Epic 40k minis :( 

[Rolltonotdie]

I need to figure out a way to resemble Ithraca City... Sand painted grey and rubble? Some burned out vehicles if I had any Epic 40k minis :(

EBay, you can pick up the basic sprue with marines and rhinos for about a tenner

[Fajita Fan]

I really want a sprue of marines for bases.

[Rolltonotdie]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F151027562330

 

Link to an auction with options for sprues with marines, rhinos, Lamdraiders and bikes :)

 

Edit because autocorrect hates me

Edited October 19, 2018 by Rolltonotdie

[Fajita Fan]

Mmmmmm tempting

[Chaeron]

Just wanted to follow up on this, as I'm in a quandary of whether I go for a purely urban basing style, or something along the lines of a Mars base in terms of colouring and perhaps the cracked earth? I'm spending longer than normal constructing my bases for all my Titans before getting into building them properly, working as others have through a mixture of buildings, ruins, appropriately scaled models etc. - but I'm definitely leaning towards urban not just because of these factors, but because I think that's more likely to match a lot of the tables I'm likely to play on. Anyone else debating this too?

[Kilofix]

Most of the buildings we have are ‘in-atmosphere’ urban type rather than Mech manufactorum type - so we went with an urban mat - so out Titans are going to be urban based.

 

Most of us are also acquiring old Epic infantry to use in basing.

[Gillyfish]

If you are after static grass, Baccus 6mm do some for - you may have guessed it - 6mm models, so those would work well with the Titans. You can get some as part of a basing kit which also includes fine gravel/sand. Twigs make great fallen tree trunks, which may be another option.

 

4Ground do some nice 10mm street furniture such as billboards and lights, so those could be another interesting option.

[Corback]

I use pine bark, filler, agrelan badlands and pigments.

You can see the results here: http://epic-fr.niceboard.com/t8036-at-la-legio-mortis-de-corback

[Chaeron]

Most of the buildings we have are ‘in-atmosphere’ urban type rather than Mech manufactorum type - so we went with an urban mat - so out Titans are going to be urban based.

 

Most of us are also acquiring old Epic infantry to use in basing.

That's fair enough - I think in-atmosphere is a good way of progressing it, so urban may just be the best option. 

 

And yup, I've got infantry and tanks ready to go once I finish the initial layouts!

 

If you are after static grass, Baccus 6mm do some for - you may have guessed it - 6mm models, so those would work well with the Titans. You can get some as part of a basing kit which also includes fine gravel/sand. Twigs make great fallen tree trunks, which may be another option.

 

4Ground do some nice 10mm street furniture such as billboards and lights, so those could be another interesting option.

 

I'm oddly not leaning towards grass, if only because I tend to think of it being more appropriate for realist or 'fantasy'-esque game systems. Twigs/trees however, is a great shout for difference, and would fit even within the urban styling!

 

I'll check out those 4Ground options too - it might be that those would be the sort of things for scatter terrain generally, but I like the 'city' theme for this sort of thing, so they'd be perfect.

[Gillyfish]

I quite like the roadblock signs that 4Ground do - might be quite entertaining to have a Titan simply stride over them.

[Fajita Fan]

I like a base color that contrasts with the model too, my gray Space Wolves go on red sand, my bone Deathwing go on blackish gray, my red and black Inquisition go on grayish blue, my teal Lizardmen go on sandy stone, etc.

 

That said I think urban environments are going to be the most popular thing for big stompy robots to achieve that grand sense of scale.  That's what I'm going with.

[Captain Idaho]

Yeah I'm using a darker base since my Legio is Praesagius. It's a good idea.

[RipOffProductions]

I've taken a liking to plastering a thin layer of Green Stuff over my bases to set footprints to the base, as well as biult up mud/dirt around the Titan's feet to help sell the weight of the God-Machines sinking into the ground.

[OnboardG1]

I’m trying to find some more Greco-roman ruins for my bases. I have some fallen columns I’ve been using but I’m running out and can’t work out where i got them from. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Mendi Warrior]

Wedding cake decorations and aquarium decorations are two possibilities but not sure the scale nor the quality would be ok for your purpose. Some Hirst moulds maybe?

[Fajita Fan]

Craft stores around here have stuff for dioramas and model trains including little plastic dinosaurs and trees. The wedding cake topper idea is a good one.