Far, far away in our old apartment, I started working on a Chaos Space Marine army. Then I played a bunch of games with them and decided they're just awful without transports. I really couldn't bring myself to buy and build a bunch of vehicles, so I set the army aside.
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A sampling of the fleet of bases I made. |
I did, however, manage to get their bases done in an interesting way. I made based them in such a way that it looks like the army is stomping through streams. I stole the general idea from
Casey's lava bases, but I don't actually know if the methods we used were the same. I really don't know how he did them.
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Marine isn't finished, but I think he looks snazzy on that base. |
I coated the base in wood glue first, to smooth out the textured surface. I layered skull white, asurmen blue, enchanted blue, ultra marine blue, regal blue, and then asurmen blue again to get the gradient. After it was dry, I put a brushing of 'Ard Coat over top to give it the glossy water look. I glued on the gravel after the paint dried.
They are different from the usual grassy-land bases, but I'm not entirely pleased with how they came out. Next time, I would try to blend it together better. A lot better. I honestly think the colors I did was the best option I had, but I should have started with the dark colors and blended them up instead of the other way around.
If I had thought about it further, I'd have chosen to put grass there instead of the lame gravel. Grass loves to grow near water, so why I made it a desolate hellscape is beyond me. If I decide to go forward with the army, I think I should scrap these bases and rework them. The idea is cool, but the execution is just too poor.
This Summer your water themed Space Wolves will fall at the hands of my lava themed Blood Angels.
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