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Hi!
Me again. I have finally painted my last Bretonnian (for the time being), and I actually need, and want to come up with some nice bases for my future minis. I have been doing "golfcorts with pebbles" for so long I wouldnt mind some inspiration (!!!).

Are there any does and don'ts for bases? Are there some musts that I should go get? What's best for sculpting bases? And so on, you get the genaral idea:)

And then a genaral question: Does noone here paint metal with metal paint??

I use metallics - I con't like painting nmm because it looks more than crappy in my execution
and for the bases - try cork - lots of possibilities for the start

PixieCat wrote:And then a genaral question: Does noone here paint metal with metal paint??

I'll not use NMM. Never.

one major don't: don't paint the edges green

For the rest you can do anything you like. Industrial, forest, rocks, plains, desert.. whatever

Stuff that's good for making some nice bases: cork, bark or woodchips. Sand with different sized pebbles. (don't buy it, nature is you friend) milliput (normal or terracotta), water effects, snow effects. you can search the garden or a park for vegetation.

for sculpting on bases use milliput. It's cheaper than greenstuff, and rougher too.

check out the links in this sticky for more ideas on bases:

clicky

EDIT: I paint mostly with metallics, but I like NMM too

For bases I use some natural materials from the garden. Bits of slate and bark etc, a dremmel comes in very handy for pinning minis to slate tho'.

I only us metallics. I like looking at NMM but don't really like it. Why try to come up with a fake metallic look when you have a metallic paint? For canvas painters a whole different thing, but pick up a NMM and turn it in the wrong direction and the light strikes in a different place to the highlights and it looks funny. The people who pull off a NMM (esp gold) are very talented - just not my cup o' tea.

Any ideas for little white flowers? Tried bringing in some "mini"- natural ones, but they didn't keep very well..

no idea...

Some one mentioned about the small etched brass foliage and flowers. those could work suitably painted. Not sure which thread it was.

Mike

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