Hi everyone,
Once again I'm back with my airborne
Covenant of Antarctica force, but instead of focusing on the models I thought I'd post something about the bases.
I was told by a very wise wargamer and modeller, that every good miniature deserves a good base. These
Deadalus large flyers are great miniatures, so a good base is a minimum requirement. I usually do not put so much work into wargaming models, but these
Spartan Games minis are something special. At least that is how I see it. So I decided to embellish them a bit.
I decided to give all three a coastal theme, so I bought some natural cork and cut them up for cliffs. After I was content with the positioning I glued them into place. Next I took some epoxy putty and sculpted on some waves and land mass.
When the the epoxy putty had cured, I painted the base's sea and land in with basic colours. The cliffs I gave several washes with thinned down browns and drybrushed.
A step that is not to be underestimated by a long shot, is the water effects. For this I used Vallejo's
Atlantic blue Water Effects to sculpt in the waves and foam splashing on the cliffs.
When the water effects was dried, I re-painted parts of the blue areas for better depth and painted the the splashes white and let it dry properly. Finally I gave the sea area a coat of gloss medium (except for the white water).
I then painted the land areas with burnt umber and added some flock. Overall a simple few steps that in my humble opinion gives a very catchy effect and complements these fantastic minis in an appropriate manner. I will post some pics of the bases with flock at a later stage.
Well that is all for now. Until my next post;
Farewell and good health,
NR
