Painting Guide- Bases

[Carlo Antonio]

Hello everyone!
I prepared another "Painting guide ". How do I make my base.This is a fast and easy to do!I will prepare this base without figures. I think he knows better


Step 1. I used a piece of plywood with a thickness of 2mm, usually,i use the sheet of formica thickness of1 mm. Is much more resistant.Vallejo grey pumice.





Step 2. When dry, I paint everything in black.


Step 3. I apply color Lifecolor FS30219 Earth, but you can also use Vallejo Eart 72062.


Step 4 . I apply Dark Angels Green . But do not penetrate deeply. You should see a bit of black.
In the following stage, hightlight with a mix of Dark Angels Green and Vallejo Model Color Gold Yellow 72007

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Step 5 . Color the Earth with the black ink


Step 6 . Hightlight with a mix of Eart and Off White(50/50)


Finish....The base is ready


I hope you like this !!!

[Maurice]

Nice tutorial base seems a bit shiny, paint not dry yet?

[Carlo Antonio]

Thanks Maurice11
Yes , paint not dry

[Peter]

Nice tutorial again Carlo

[laurence strong]

Now thats interesting. A base made without any scenicing materials...by paints only:thumbup: Very nice

[Carlo Antonio]

Thanks Friends !!!

[Zed1]

Now that's a strange thing. For my first base building attempts, I also used a small peace of plywood (2mm). When this came in contact with the putty (and I presume the pumice contains water, as well), the contained liquid made the plywood deform in odd ways. I tried to seal it first with glue, but even this substance made the plywood deform upwards at its' boundaries.
To avoid similar effects, I finally abandoned the plywood and switched to plastic material.

So what exactly did I do wrong? Why does your plywood keep plain, while mine doesn't?

[Carlo Antonio]

Very strange! How long is he deformed??

[Carlo Antonio]

The piece that I did was long 5X1, 8. Maybe you had made ​​a bigger piece?

[Zed1]

No. The first one was round and a bit larger than a 2€-coin, the second one approx. 10*4cm. In both cases, the sides bended upwards so that the bases were no longer plain.

[Carlo Antonio]

Yes , very strange! To me, this has never happened. However, I always try to use formica , is more resistant!!

[laurence strong]

I use 1-2mm sheet styrene for my bases

http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/index.htm

It comes in 20x53cm sheets and you can cut the size you want, as well as being fairly cheap. No need to worry about warpage.....

[Carlo Antonio]

Yes !! I think this is excellent !!

[leifkarl1112]

Thanks for showing us this. I was wondering if the standard would be the same for your bases as they are for your figures..........and yes it is!!

How do you attach the figures?

Karl.

[Carlo Antonio]

Thanks friends !!!
I glue the figures first. I did not use the figures for this painting guides for convenience only