Bases, my way

[Karitas]

The base

 

This is "overspill" from the AOBR terminator tutorial, as I see there are seperate categories for bases and mdoels.

 

before i kick off, here are a few examples of the bases in question.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/Karitas/Grey%20Knight%20tutorial/DSC_5019.jpg

 

So here’s what you need to make bases like mine

 

The "basic" ingredients are :

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/Karitas/Grey%20Knight%20tutorial/DSC_5091.jpg

 

Wood filler (I think called “spackle” in the US)

Ballast/gravel (your regular basing mix)

And a base (obviously)

 

I tend to dress this up with “interesting” stuff.

 

One of my staples is bits of broken plaster, whenever I cast anything is plaster I cast up the leftovers in anything I have handy, then I break it up. This gives me a great material with a mix of rough and smooth surfaces, which makes an excellent concrete/plascrete stand in.

 

I also use leftover bitz – usually from vehicles. These GK so far have a cut up barell, some tread and this fellow is getting a broken searchlight.

 

I also keep/ mix in things like wire mesh, balsa wood and these wicked sheets of textured styrene, I’ll use some on this with a tread plate texture.

 

Okay so thats the “stuff”.

 

Tools are very simple,

A scalpel,

a pin vice/drill (to mount the guy in the end)

a palette knife for spreading the filler

that’s pretty much it.

 

Method.

Play around with the bits and test fit them, make any cuts/changes so they fit how you want

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/Karitas/Grey%20Knight%20tutorial/DSC_5092.jpg

 

With fiddly things you might need to use the old “blu-tak” vice trick

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/Karitas/Grey%20Knight%20tutorial/DSC_5093.jpg

Slap some wood filler on the base, and push it about till you’re happy.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/Karitas/Grey%20Knight%20tutorial/DSC_5095.jpg

 

 

Then stick your interesting bits on

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/Karitas/Grey%20Knight%20tutorial/DSC_5096.jpg

 

 

You can choose to either impress some ballast now, or glue it on later. I like to apply it while the filler is still wet.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/Karitas/Grey%20Knight%20tutorial/DSC_5097.jpg

 

You might want to just “eye up” and check the mini will sit how you want, with experience this gets easier, but expect your first few to look like they are climbing Kilimanjaro.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/Karitas/Grey%20Knight%20tutorial/DSC_5098.jpg

 

That’s it. Leave it to set. ( a couple of hours usually, but read your filler tub)

 

 

 

And last but not least, Here is the whole thing primed and ready for paint.

 

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/Karitas/Grey%20Knight%20tutorial/DSC_509229.jpg

 

 

 

If youd like to see the build for the GK stood on the base, it can be found here-

 

part 1 - http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=189031

part 2 - http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=189033

part 3 - http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=189035

part 4 - http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=189036

 

Or on my blog.

[Shroud.]

awesome.will use this one day :P

[ItCameFrom1994]

Never thought of GK as ninja-like before seeing this thread.