Macavity
Joined: Nov 23, 2004
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Apr 22, 2009 - 20:33 |
 
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When do you do it? |
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Zeke73
Joined: Feb 08, 2007
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Apr 22, 2009 - 20:43 |
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Both before and after, actually. Before undercoating I glue sand and/or small pieces of gravel etc to the base. After I have finished painting the entire miniature I glue static grass to the base. |
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PhrollikK
Joined: Nov 04, 2006
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Apr 22, 2009 - 22:28 |
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I use almost exclusively sand that I glue to the base (ofc. sometimes more scenic stuff is added). But essentially I ALWAYS Paint over the sand and paint it together with the mini. Yeah, I use paint for the base, what a weird notion  |
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Macavity
Joined: Nov 23, 2004
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Apr 23, 2009 - 00:17 |
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Sorry to be dense, but what if you like the colour of the default sand GW makes? Does under-coating it provide anything other than a chance to make it the colour you want? |
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Melmoth
Joined: May 05, 2004
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Apr 23, 2009 - 00:21 |
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PhrollikK
Joined: Nov 04, 2006
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Apr 23, 2009 - 10:43 |
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| Macavity wrote: | | Sorry to be dense, but what if you like the colour of the default sand GW makes? Does under-coating it provide anything other than a chance to make it the colour you want? |
That is exactly the point, you can make it any colour, shade etc.
I am no fan of using static grass and sand straight out of the box glued onto the base. It can look flash but mostly it is done wrong and many a mini looks decent other than that they just landed feet first into a kitty-litter box.
EDIT: Check my orc team I made years back. Their bases have all been painted. Though the image quality isnt too good... |
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SillySod
Joined: Oct 10, 2006
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Apr 23, 2009 - 16:51 |
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| Macavity wrote: | | Sorry to be dense, but what if you like the colour of the default sand GW makes? Does under-coating it provide anything other than a chance to make it the colour you want? |
Sand just looks wrong on its own mostly. Remember that the sand grains will often look a bit too big to represent sand. |
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GoodWill
Joined: Feb 23, 2009
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Apr 23, 2009 - 21:02 |
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| PhrollikK wrote: |
EDIT: Check my orc team I made years back. Their bases have all been painted. Though the image quality isnt too good... |
Hey Phrollikk!
Check out my Orc-team I am still using today on Fumbbl:
http://fumbbl.com/FUMBBL.php?page=team&op=view&team_id=549397
Isn't that awesome?! Thanks again for those pics of your minis ... combined with the icons you made and put in the custom-section, this really adds to my game-experience!
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