Basing for my Thousand Sons (Options and lots of pics)

[Prot]

So I'm well into my second Thousand Sons army after selling the first.

 

I did them once with a basically earth tone/brown type of basing scheme. I usually sprinkle in some of the fancier resin bases I see that I like.

 

 

This is my latest Ahriman on such a base. (It would fit in with a lot of schemes so I'm not too worried about it.)

 

 

 

So here are two Tzaangors I painted. One is on a base from the GW line from the Sector Imperialis, the other is on a typical base I used in sand colours with Cork stone work.

 

 

(I would probably rim either/both bases with Black like Ahriman's)

 

So that's the basic consideration I have right now. Some of the characters would get 'fancy' sand bases from resin collections I have of bases. But if I go with the Sector Imperialis it's a different look... more along the lines of city fight.

 

here are some other examples of how I paint those imperialis bases on my armies that do use them:

 

Some Deathwatch on my Imperialis Bases:

 

 

Some of my Custodes with those same bases:

 

 

 

Now here is an example of some of my sand/cork bases in my Grey Knights:

 

 

and some of the sand/cork mixed in with some resin bases for characters:

 

 

So I think that's a good sample size for you to see.

 

Now if you were taking my Thousand Sons into account, which bases do you think they would look better on?

 

 

 

 

[PeteySödes]

I mostly try to take both the scenery and the color into effect. I think in the case of the disc, it gets kinda lost in the blue runes of the base.

 

The Tzaangor pops the best on the sector base IMO. It also might be a good option since they are relatively simple and a lot of the tzeench models have a ton going on.

 

All are cool so i dont think you can make a "wrong" choice!

[Arkhanist]

I don't usually like the sector imperialis bases (detail too soft for me) but in a straight fight between those two, I'd slightly go for the Imperialis cityfight look, though they both work.

 

The main thing is that you have a base that doesn't distract the eye from the minis - they're so beautifully done. Blue airbrush lights on the imperialis bases would still work with the tzaangors I think, but I'd personally tone down the contrast with a wash or stopping before the white. On the Deathwatch I find my eye drawn to the much brighter spots in front of their feet in that picture instead of the minis. Similarly I find the runes under ahriman kinda blend with the disk, so I think he'd benefit from a simpler base or a more contrasting one with the rune colour; I'm not personally a fan of basing for cohesion where the base uses very similar colours to the mini, when doing a usable table army anyway.

 

I tend to use these ideas as a starter for choosing basing; so for bright saturated minis like tzeentch, a simple desaturated base works nicely to keep the focus on the mini.  The sandy one isn't quite right to my eye, though I can't quite put my finger on why. I think maybe it would benefit from a colour shift slightly; maybe towards a darker brown sand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a left field option if you wanted something new, I think they'd work nicely with some foliage as it slots into that triad spot on the colour wheel.