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Hi guys, I made a little tutorial to show how I did my mars bases.



Paints needed:

Khorne red
Martian Ironearth
Doombull Brown
Charadon granite (or mix alot of black with a small amount of brown and grey)
Tau Light Ochre

Step 1: using white glue, apply some rocks and sand in a random pattern on the base. When the glue dries spray it with black primer.



Step 2: Paint the top of the base with a solid coat of khorne red (might take two coats)



Step 3: Paint Martian Ironearth over the entire base.



Step 4: After the martian ironearth dries, paint a couple rocks or about half of them with charadon granite (which is like a dark grey color) the main point of this is to break up the monotony of the base.



Step 5: Drybrush the dark grey rocks with martian ironearth, leaving some charadon granite showing.



Step 6: Drybrush the entire base with Tau Light Ochre, which lightens the entire base and adds detail.



Step 7: Finally, paint the rim of the base Doombull Brown, and the base is finished.

Nicely done. Simple and effective.

What resulted in the "cracks" visible on the base? That's the best part but I don't see it described anywhere. I have "crackle paint" that is designed to crack (I believe when used on top of white glue). Wasn't sure if the cracking just came about from your white glue or something else here.

The Martian Ironearth is a crackle paint.