BotW: Quick Winter Bases

by | Apr 25, 2018


So last night i threw down some paint on the riders on my shelved thunder wolves.

The thunder wolves themselves were done like 2 years ago and have since just been sitting in a box waiting for their riders to be done.

I needed something of a quick break from my blood angels as I have been getting a little burned out.


Anyway there is nothing impressive about these models paint wise, but i thought it might be a really nice way to show off some simple basing techniques.

I love building terrain and basing it is kind of my jam, and doing just a little bit more on a base can help hide how lazy you were with a model. And if you were not lazy with a model it can take it the extra mile.

Here we go simple winter bases.

Step 1

Find base.
These huge ThunderWolf cavalry bases will work just fine.
Done.

Step 2

Paint or texture base. Normally I throw texture down on a base, sand, gravel whatever and then seal it with paint.

I do this even if I am going to dump snow over it. In this case though I am going to roll with a flat base and just paint it a few different shades of brown.

I expect that there will be places that the snow does not cover and I want those to have some color interest. I will blend it all together with a quick wash of agrax earthshade.


 Step 3

 Add interesting stuff.

So I am going to add some rocks and grasses here. You can go as crazy or as simple as you want here.

As you place things keep in mind the order of operations in nature. Rocks most of the time are there before grass, grass is usually there before snow, at least its going to be underneath it.

But we are going to build up our imaginary scene to something of interest before snow, then we are going to not so imagine it snowing on our base.

Step 4
Add the snow.

There are tons of ways to make snow. I am using a Tamiya product I believe just to try it out. Normally I use woodland scenics winter flock mixed with white glue.

Alternatively if you are doing a display piece you can use some crushed glass as well.

Secret weapon miniatures creates that, but I only tend to mess with it when I am not going to be pushing the model around the table.

Snow application is up to you. You can go as heavy or as light as you want for my bases here i want to see some of the grasses and rocks show through, while having the majority of the base covered. With the Tamiya product I had to add some water to the paste to help smooth out the application of the snow.

All done!


There you have it piece of cake.

You can grab the Tamiya product below if you are interested in trying it out.



I am not a real big fan of the thunderwolf models but you know with the new codex coming out soon they are going to be awesome on the tabletop.



Thanks for reading hoped this helped.



-Falconator