This is a Tut for some rock bases. This tut uses some simple but effective techniques for making a "wintery/mountain' Base. Very effective for Space Wolves........
Anyway start the Post already!!!!
This is to be used as an add on the the great base post by Rellik here:
Rellik's base post
'Ere we go!!!
start off you will need to gather your materials. You will need:
Basic-
plastic model base- of course
PVA/Elmers glue- to glue sand
base sand- standard GW sand or playsand
super glue- for the "rocks"
Paint- I use Vallejo or applebarrel but you can use whatever kind of paint you wanna
Rocky Base materials-
molds- The black ones are Woodland senics, Green is a Hurst Arts Castle mold, and Blues are my own handmade molds for bricks and tiles
Casting material- I use Excalibur from Clint sales mostly, and sometimes use hydrocal or plaster of paris
OK Step one:
Make a cast of your rocks. Follow directions on the box and wait until they are completely dry before using them. I use an old jerky dehydrator to make sure they are dry and speed things up. It is OK if they break up some while removing them from the molds, just save them and use them on smaller bases. This is what you will have:
Step 2:
Arrange the rocks however you want on the base BUT ensure you still leave some flat space for the sand and the model will fit on the base. It is very dramatic to have a model with one leg up in a victory pose on the rocks. Once you find a spot you like Super-glue it in place. Then put PVA glue on the flats and sand base as normal.
Step 3
Paint and flock the flats as you would normal ( I like the browns like in Relliks tut), but paint the rocks in...well rock like colors! I use greys and blacks but there are many recipies for rock color out there. This is what you'll get as modeled by my generic dread sized size model Bob:
Step 4
Enjoy your work!! You worked real hard on this (
) so tell your buddies that want bases like it for their army that it will be a HUGE task and much effort goes into it but your willing to do it for him for a small trade. Your army can look like this guy I painted and Space wolves look AB-SO-effin'-LUTE-LY AWESOME with some snow and these bases. But that is another Tut for the snow base!!!
