I've spent most of the last week or so frantically building and painting some more Eldar for next weekends meet up. In most cases this involves a quick assembly followed by an airbrushed basecoat (and in this case excessive use of elastic bands to hold together a couple of Wave Serpents will the glue dries).
Rather than turn up to a game with models blu-tacked to bases* I now like to try and get models stuck down, however this does necessitate the bases be painted (for ease of painting).
*Yes I have done this in the past.
As I have very little to show this week here is a quick run down of how I paint the bases for my models.
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| The finished article |
So starting from the beginning. The bases have been made using random offcuts of cork, mixed in with gravel from the GW Basing Kit and some fine sand. Once sealed with a thinned coat of PVA glue the bases are then sprayed with a coat of grey primer. Once this has dried they are then painted as follows:
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| Basecoat with Adeptus Battlegrey |
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| Wash with Agrax Earthshade |
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| Drybrush with Adeptus Battlegrey |
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| Drybrush with Dawnstone |
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| Drybrush with Administratum Grey |
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| Drybrush with Rakarth Flesh |
And that is it. From here they just need the edges painted (I use a mix of Adeptus Battlegrey and Abbadon Black). After I have completed the model I usually add snow to the bases but you could easily add flock instead if so desired.
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