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[Firedrake Cordova]

Honestly, the bases look great - the subtle variations in tone really adds to them

[Valkia the Bloody]

Really like these bases! Looking very realistic! 

(I really should also look into these oil washes) 

[jimbo1701]

Thanks guys. My initial impression of oil washes (bear in mind I’m completely novice at it) is that it is a lot of wasted materials used in order to remove the oil paint when working on large items such as bases. I like the effect but need to refine my method further, perhaps a more dilute wash with the next batch so there’s less pigment to remove and a more robust tool for removal - I’m getting through a lot of cotton wool buds! 

Edited Tuesday at 07:36 AM by jimbo1701

[Rusted Boltgun]

I've not tried it (bought the gear but not attempted it yet) but would a make-up remover cotton pad work better over a larger area? One side is usually textured / woven so shouldn't leave any cotton residue? 

[jimbo1701]

1 hour ago, Rusted Boltgun said:

I've not tried it (bought the gear but not attempted it yet) but would a make-up remover cotton pad work better over a larger area? One side is usually textured / woven so shouldn't leave any cotton residue? 

 

Good suggestion, I can try it if I ‘borrow’ one from the boss. Balls and buds seem subpar, I tried a hard wearing kitchen roll but that shredded too. Also a makeup sponge but this took too much off as it was so absorbent. A j-cloth may be another option. another learning point is as I am doing these in batches, there is variation with the final colour due to different dilutions of the wash. It’s fine as I like the bases to have a bit of variety but definitely something to consider if using on models. 

[jimbo1701]

For example here’s a wip (left) and finished (right) base. I suspect I used a more concentrated mix with slightly more black than brown paint for the left one, hence the darker base. 
 

 

[jimbo1701]

Update: the next 3 bases are finished. On to the big boys next. I’m conscious I am spending too much time on them but as I refine the techniques it will get quicker. 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 11:57 AM by jimbo1701

[Vairocanum]

The bases look awesome, well worth the extra time you put into them! 

[jimbo1701]

3/6 of the large bases done. Just need to do the verdigris and rust on the other 3 now. Next item on the agenda is to make the armour on the 2 cerastus knights more chaosy. 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Really nice - the corrosion looks great, especially where it bleeds into the ground!  

 

I assume the corrosion effect is pigments?

[kabaakaba]

Wow. greate bases. now i wanna table looking like this.
i missed it. what material you use for base surface? 

[jimbo1701]

Last 3 done. Receipe for the bases was this essentially:

 

Scenery - Plastic leftovers from gw terrain - larger parts put on the base first (with the knight used to make sure it was in the right place) and the smaller parts embedded in the base substrate. 
 

Basing - Initially I used some milliput to add some height / blending to some of the bases / terrain. I then used used some Vallejo grey desert to cover the base as it was leftover but any pva / acrylic mix is fine. I just poured in a load of sand and tiny bits of stone / slate the slopped it on with an old fairly large brush. Smaller brush for blending with the scenery / adding corrosion. Important to wipe the base rims before it sets and also to ensure you put the knight on the wet base leaving footprints (can wipe the feet after) so they will fit. 
 

Painting - sprayed all the bases Mechanicus standard grey. Once dry drybrushed dawn stone then administratum grey using large drybrush. Then I painted silver areas with Vallejo MC gunmetal (highly recommend) and runelord brass for the brass. I then made a 50/50 oil wash of black / burnt umber oils thinned with some ak white spirits to a milky consistency.

 

Big brush time. Slap it on for full coverage. Leave between an hour and 12 hours then wipe off gently with a cloth and white spirits not forgetting the rims. Leaves a beautiful weathering effect. Once dry I did then give a gentle drybrush again with administration on the grey areas and Vallejo MA silver edge highlight to some of the gunmetal parts (only a few) 

 

Weathering. I was fortunate to have all the things I ended up using from other projects already. Dirty down rust applied first to the textured / joint areas of the silver. Warning: the bottle needs a shake til it is rattling and then some and the room needs to be warm for it to set properly. I also had some AK light rust wash which is the lighter liquid rust that I blended in. I sparingly used some rust weathering pencils but the above was enough tbh. On one base I also mixed water effects while it was drying to make the rust seem wet in a pool also. Verdigris is simply nihalkh oxide thinned. 
 

i haven’t used any pigments on these bases but obviously the oil washes leave some pigment residue. I’m going to use grey pigments ultimately on the lower part of the knight legs to tie them in to the dusty city ruins. 
 

10 bases, probably took 8-10 hours total. Batch basing them speeds things up a lot. I think materials probably cost around £60 including all the paints etc but as I already had all the stuff save for the oil paints and have plenty of everything leftover it’s a decent investment.