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Sad that there are 110 people that answered 'I don't paint'.
Missing out on so much of the hobby, IMO.

I base mine with hot coals and cement slabs

Depends on the army and the theme.

E.G. my Tau have grassy bases because my Battle Board is grassy but my Wood Elves have snowy bases because they're a Winter Themed Army.

Cat litter. We have two cats so there is always a lot of cat litter at our house, and it looks great as rubble or gravel.

snow over static grass or rocks for my SW. still trying to decide for my dark eldar, but dont know whats fluffy enough for them

I enjoy the Citadel Texture paints, Stirland mud with a drybrush of Steel Legion Drab fits my Guard's kit really well and looks great on half the tables at the store I game at.

Polyfilla for a rough ground look then green paint over

Sand, thinned PVA glue to seal, wash of agrax, drybrush lightly with zandri, then little broken up pieces of cork drybrushed to look like rocks with a bit of grass thrown in for good measure.

I have a small glass jar with some sand from a playground, some static grass and some brown flock in it. Basically all my models get to bathe their bases in that stuff.

I glue on some sand, then paint and highlight brown and lastly add some static grass patches on an some alien-looking shrub.

Mainly gravel and/or sand, sometimes with static grass, sometimes without.
Then it depends on the theme of the army or (for single models) on the idea itself.

On some models, "less is more" (as for many other aspects of modelling); on some others (which, tbh, I haven't finished yet) I plan to sculpt (well, sort of..) or to build a small scene...

On a base, depending on the model, anything can go:
collapsed rubble from a wall, a bent hatch on asphalt, a small cairn/pile of rocks

As for material: sculpting clay, green stuff, (grinded) nutshells, bardboard, plasticard, twigs, little slabs (or chips) of stone, corks, bark, baking soda, 'hot' glue... actually anything

I paint mine on a barren-deserty look. Glue modelling sand, paint armageddon dust and then finally drybrush ushabitit bone.Simple, not too detailed, but effective and quick

A mixture of sand and small stones. Which I also prime and paint. It gives it a more natural feel

I use clear bases by Litko.

How is alien crystal an option but desert/badland not?

Needless to say, Other - Desert


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I guess "small stones" sort of covers that

Urban for SF, Plain Dirt for Fantasy in general.

personally it depends on the theme of the army. like for my salamanders i did lava bases. for my khador i did frozen bases. and for my nids its gonna be wasteland.

Mud always mud. Doesn't matter where you are after a few days fighting there will be plenty of mud.

Sand, there's plenty of it so I don't have to buy/find it, looks great, comes in all colors and it matches friggin everything.

Seeing as my campaign is on a jungle planet....

Aye, basic sand, with some actual proper basing sandystuff mixed through it. Also grey ash type grain as well for other models.

Loving the idea of cat litter now though, didn't realise I had a fortune in scale rocks just sitting gathering... well you know.

I never needed to head beyond goblin green and flock. It works, its cheap and its sort of standardised so it seldom looks out of place.

Mine isn't in there for some reason. Sand repainted as dirt, with some static grass and/or tufts to break them up.

I have no idea what to do for my 'nids. I'm thinking regular ol' sand, but I'm not 100% sure yet...

Paint them either brown or green, then I base them with sand/flock/static grass/rocks whatever.

The way it complements the model/warband theme.

[other] I like to use a desert sand look.

Plain flat Green to match my Green felt tabletop for my Marines, but go with Flat Black for my I.G. and Sisters.
I think certain bases just look so out of place if played on different tables. Eventually I will make my Marines with Black bases too! Look good on most any table.
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I unfortunately started my space wolves on the path of resin bases which looks great but is pretty lame when it comes to running out and having to wait for more to arrive, not to mention the cost. Again, still looks great but am debating wether worth it or not.

I use grass flock, although I would love to make some wet/puddle bases.