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Ok, I'm trying to finish up my Ultramarines.  The final steps include basing and putting on all the transfers/squad markings.

I did all my bolter marines and my terminator Librarian (who has his small base glued/green stuffed onto a 40mm base).  I'm using glue and some aquarium gravel for it to give them a decent amount of substance to the basing.

My initial idea was to paint the rocks all black and then dry brush on some grey.  I'm wondering if I should let them be a little more colorful by keeping the rocks their natural color and just painting the base edges black and then just applying transfers and calling it done.

Here is a pic of what I've done so far:

Paint it black & drybrush it grey. Otherwise, it's just going to look like they are fighting in aquarium gravel.

Paint those bases, brother!

ok, first, you paint the whole base black, an drybrush it grey. after that, you take another colur and get rid of those Ultra-jerks

Really what you should do is paint the rocks black and then drybrush them with a grey.

Both leaving the rocks natural or just paining them a flat grey will make the model look unfinished.


Edit: Yeah, what Anung said (which is the same thing as me).

Or dry brush some brown on as well. A tuft of green flock here and there (after painting is done) will also go a long way at making them look good.

Yes why ydon't you just throw on some inkwash/dry brush a bit. No need to make life a chore unless you're into the basing.

Paint the edges black or graveyard earth (thats seems in vogue at the moment) drybrushes those bad boys grey and a little brown and add some small clumps of static flock.

 

The base maketh the man!

Posted By Anung Un Rama on 11/16/2006 11:36 AM
ok, first, you paint the whole base black, an drybrush it grey. after that, you take another colur and get rid of those Ultra-jerks

siged

i agree with Yakface and Anung, boo Ultras............boo hiss

Thanks for the responses. Going to get to painting black/drybrushing Grey on Monday, so thanks for the responses. Now that I have all my infantry and termies out on the table with the rocks on em, it just shows that they need to be done black/grey drybrush.

Oh and screw you hippies, Ultramarines friggin rule.

COURAGE AND HONOR!