lizcam Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 It was suggested I post this base I made here for feed back. I made it out of yellow limestone and various basing stuff. It's done but that mini for it is not yet. What do you all think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stupidcow Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Looks good enough to eat! Seriously the granite stone looks convincing. The bunny hole and the different plants makes like very interesting. Great job I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Caroland Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi6ers Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Really impressive, a tutorial wouldn't go amiss... Loving your new Avatar Nathan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callumrice Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 A very nice base lizcam, its all about the small details and this has many. Good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizcam Posted September 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Really impressive, a tutorial wouldn't go amiss... I was thinking of doing that as I'm planning on doing a couple more like this. I could use the next one as the subject for it. Let me think about it and see what I can come up with. Thanks for the compliments, everyone. You all make a girl blush!:flirt: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2-j1 Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 This really does look fantastic. I am very jealous. I can't seem to make bases that look as nice as this. They always seem so amateurish when compared to work like this. I'd love to see a tutorial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 That's a great base liz! How did you make the purple flowers? I have an idea, but not sure if I'm right or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizcam Posted September 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 That's a great base liz! How did you make the purple flowers? I have an idea, but not sure if I'm right or not. There's this stuff from woodland scenics (I think). It's like green fiber with these hard little colored dots of something in it. It'supposed to be used as "flowering foliage" or something like that. If you rub it between your fingers the little colored dots fall off. I caught them in a plastic tupperware lid. The stems are dark green broom grass. I dipped an end in white glue and rolled it in the little colored dots, shaped a bit with my fingers and let them dry. I attached them with a bit of green stuff, having cut the stems really short. Than I covered the green stuff with that spoungy "shrub foliage" from woodland scenics, making sure to use tiny little pieces in 2 colrs of green to keep it natural. Never even painted the green stuff. Just glued the spoungy stuff on top. Edit: The rotting wood in the front was fun. It was kind of a happy accident. Remember those horrible twigs from my TT entry? In the back of the ogre from the deadly duel? I took one of those and split the twig open to see if I could get a piece the looked like a log, intending to paint it. The inside was really white so I dipped it in a bit of straight P3 flesh wash, the accidently dropped it in some P3 armor wash I was using for something else. I quick wicked away as much of the fluid as I could and it looked just like rotting wood. Worked a dream! Here's some pics of the details; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lono Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 I like good quality bases and I like this a lot. Fine work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonforge Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Hey Liz, As someone whos always preached do good basework this is Really Really nice. I like all the uses of natural found objects to make your ground work. Also the fact that you have painted all of it too. many people make the mistake of not painting natural objects and they ten look out of scale and out of place. By painting them they look now in scale with the rest of the work. Nice tutorial too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wren Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 That's a great base, very attractive and natural-looking, but subtle enough not to take away from whatever mini it'll be displaying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewartoad Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Looks really good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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