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I just finished painting this Sternguard Veteran. I was wondering how I should base him and overall how he was. (Preferably not a raised base. I'm not good at those and especially because he has that metal thing sticking out from under him.)



Lastly, I was wondering if most people have the full array/set of paints from different brands or GW. Or do you just mix paints like I do to get a good tone.

That's a very nice, clean paintjob, but I would add some gold to attract the eye more to the model.

Valk

same as valkyrie
really nicely painted, but some gold on the shoulder edges or chest wouldn't hurt

An easy way with GW paint to get a high lighted look is to just dry brush a base coat of your dark color and work up. I have an ultramarine army right now, so I'm versed in painting them and I start with black primer, regal blue, 50/50 regal/ultramarine, ultramarine, and then a very very light enchanted blue. Each dry brushing is progressively lighter. Also, inks are a pretty cheaty way to get the darker depth you're looking for; just use a slightly watered down layer of black ink.

On the white helmet in this picture I used a blue ink to draw in the blue armor. Normally I would use a black ink



As for a quick easy base I use lizard litter. It saves me have to go outside and find the right sand/dirt/pebbles/whatever. Its ground up walnut shells and you can get it at a petco or whatever your local corporate pet store is.

Looks beautiful, I agree it needs a little more to warm the model, but I wouldn't put gold as its a first company marine. Perhaps changing the colour of the aquilas to more of a bleached bone would work?

dude that's sweet! Your gonna have to post pictures of the whole unit now though.

Nice sternguard.

As for a base, i suggest mixing a little bit of GW's sand, with the small slates from the warhammer 40k basing kit. And then add static grass on top of that.

I think that would look like one of their home planets, i hope this helps.

Good luck.

Kav122: out of all the things someone would suggest to put on a base, that would the most random.