Basing
Watched some videos on making bases. I am not talented enough to do most of…
Watched some videos on making bases. I am not talented enough to do most of it, so I found a simpler format, something I tried years ago! This time I kept it simple. Simple metallic bases. It is 1mm plastic card, with a circular cutter. I bought an assortment of rods and away I went.
The base colors are down. I got the look I am going for, and I sealed them with varnish. I haven’t done any highlights, and I need to go back and touch up spots. Drill out barrels and apply the metalics on weapons, but I have made some progress. The Librarian I am still trying…
https://minicompare.info Great site to use when comparing sizes. So you know I don’t have to guess and get it wrong.
Apothecary was primed, and then I airbrushed “Apothecary White” on top. Watched some vidoes on painting white, so trying to use those instructions. Did some work on the shields and realized I should have started with the light gray. So going to have to make a decision soon. Probably go back to the gray, then…
Finally got the Terminator bits for the Dark Angels Apothecary in Terminator armor. Not sure what I was thinking, but they were in the old scale, so a First Born Marine. Makes sense. So I wanted to upscale him a bit, but keep the torso and Apothecary arm. File a hips a new Terminator, added…
Colors are: Here they are with Phallanx Yellow And then with Imperial Fist (contrast)
Fininished priming up my Genestealer Army. There are some that I painted from the last go at Space Hulk (10 years ago or so), and the rest that I primed. Though I didn’t get the familiars, I will have to figure out the basing for many of these. As well as the basing scheme.
Preface This hasn’t been updated since 2008, so there is even more information such as the heresy books, 5th and 6th editions. So I added a bit here and there. The original concept of this belongs to Refuse of Emperorschildren.net and the Bolter and Chainsword. Refuse discussions like this one once every three years before…