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Winter wasteland bases?
Topic Started: Sep 17 2011, 03:22 AM (870 Views)
Krakanrock
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Here is a pic of an orc I painted. I used the Woodland Scenics medium ballast on the base. This may be a good size to mix in w/ a fine sand. You could probably even go w/ large ballast and use a little less of it in a sand/ballast mix.
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AnomalyOfAwesome
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That looks nice. I will look into it. Thanks!
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khorndog
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I never was a fan of medium or large ballast, itd be the equivalent of walking through fist or head sized rock everywhere you go and is just not realistic imho. Fine sand gives a better feel yo a model, and makes it a little nicer overall, again, imo. Obviously do what you think looks best :)

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Nick
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Krakanrock
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khorndog
Sep 23 2011, 12:26 AM
I never was a fan of medium or large ballast, itd be the equivalent of walking through fist or head sized rock everywhere you go and is just not realistic imho. Fine sand gives a better feel yo a model, and makes it a little nicer overall, again, imo. Obviously do what you think looks best :)

Cheers,
Nick

I agree. I was saying to use medium or large ballast mixed w/ fine sand. Obviously you're going to have to mix to suit your tastes. You could even just glue a few pieces of fine or large ballast down by themselves to simulate the larger rocks.
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Anti-Paladin
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I would def. keep the rims black no matter what. anything else would draw attention away from the basework. I have seen winter bases with light blue sides and all I could think about was the light blue sides! Also if kept black,it would look better in the movement tray. Or just stay on the dark side of the pallette!
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theorox
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I dig up some sand and siv out all the natury bits. :lol: Then I let it dry, and there we have basing material! I mix it with some small aquarium stones, and that's what I use for bases.

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