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It depends on the theme, some of Armies are Urban Camo, so I will put them on Urban Terrain bases (make's sense right?).

Others like my Ironhands, I put on Steampunk/ Industrial / Tech bases to compliment them and contrast a bit with Rust and oxides, so it's not all silver and gun metal. . My German Field Army for Pzr.Lehr is in Green Camo, so are on fields with "knights who say Nee" type shrubberies.

I don't think doing the same thing over and over is applicable to all forces.

EDIT - I also cheat because I use resin detailed bases, it takes alot of effort out of life, and all you have to do is drill the base and the feet of the Miniature and then pin them together, makes it immensely sturdy and resilient to damage.





See what I mean? It depends on contrast and theme.

Like on Mars. I have access to the sand found on Earth which resembles sand on mars the most, so it would be foolish not to use it ;o)

I like to base mine as if in a desert as I think it matches my tau scheme best, matches my board and it is quick. Have done some on lava as well though for some OSL

I'm making post apocalyptic bases for my Orks, Grey Knights, Sisters of Battle, and maybe Mahrens.
The aesthetic is more or less ripped from Fallout 3/Fallout: New Vegas. Small based models are getting ruined roads and landscape littered with junk. Termy bases get stuff like broken roads with rebar supports sticking out, ruined street signs, knocked over mailboxes, etc. Dreadnought bases and larger are getting little scenes modded on. Everything is gonna be corroded, dirty and in disrepair.
I'm writing a story behind it, that's all about survival on an Ork infested world, where you're completely cut off from any reinforcements or supplies for decades. The whole thing may culminate in a narritive event( or events) ran by the Tomahawc.com crew. We're still talking about it.

Photos will be up of the test models next weekend, I think.

beastmen i do forest floor my renegade guardsmen I do urban ruins and my scavvy gang trash strewn streets

Nearly all of mine are covered with sand before undercoating, and then painted in P3's Battlefield Brown, drybrushed with their Hammerfall Khaki and finished with a scattering of flock. For my beloved Malifaux models, I go the extra distance and buy some very nice resin flagstone bases off an eBay seller called geronimo_jones

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Other: Wasteland terrain ,small sand and various garbage such as everything.

I usually mix grass with either sand or "cobblestone".

Mud is my favorite. It's on my white scars. For the most part I do have dread grass mixed with green grass because it was allot faster to bases 6k pts of chaos with that. Still makes me sad to see them all standing on flat ground.

I use rocks from my parking lot as sand. It gets primed black and then various dry brushing with dark brown, codex grey, and skull white. The sand areas are a mix of dark brown, graveyard earth, and then turf green flock.

I use sand and small stones and paint it to look like urban rubble. Primed black and dry brushed lightly with bleached bone works wonders. Simple, yet effective.

I use bestial brown around the base edge then apply pva and heavy ballast in clumps, to form rock clusters. Then pva and GW flock grass around the rocks, turning the model upside down to get rid of loose grass I tap the base whilst the model is upside down. This causes the grass to stick up (or rather down!) and it dries in this position and adds to the effect.

I use small gritty stones, covered in blood coloured blotches, and the rest in slimey green. Nurgle daemons

I generally base my forces individually. My Word Bearers are mounted on cracked lava bases. My Raven Guard are based on urban rubble / gravelly bases.

I have a Protectorate of Menoth army from WARMACHINE that I based on cobblestone.

I use snow, mostly because it goes GREAT with my gritty/rusty snow-camo Khador. Snow camo makes Khador look way more badass than the normal red.

I'm trying to do a desert/ reddish dust/ outskirts themed base for my newest project, but I have to set that aside for after I finish up with dark Vengeance. *sigh

I based my salamanders with sand i haven't decided for my eldar yet i tried static grass but i didn't like it.

I base my models with battlefield debris, fallen enemies or their weapons and dirt. I also weather at least the models' feet.

i usually just base coat with a brown (Delta Ceramcoat "Raw Sienna"- i know, i am cheap, lol) then glue beach sand onto it. all of my minis have it

I like cold weather my units and bases reflect that.

Snow and grass here. I'm not a great painter as it is, and I'm fairly lazy, so I usually just slap a coat of paint on the base (same color as whatever I'm putting on top of it) then flock it.

This is my latest base, a bit flamboyant I know but the model required something a bit special!

I've switched from the gravel/grass over the standard base to using entirely resin bases purchased online. It's a helluva lot more expensive and my models are all higher for LoS considerations, but I think the end result is worth it as the bases all match one another excellently, are very well detailed, and really just make the model pop.

Currently I use Back 2 Base-ix's Celtic Ruins for my Necrons and will be using Secret Weapon Mini's Bone Fields for my CSM/HH Emperor's Children army.

I currently use a skull base that I got from secret weapon and some grassy pieces here and there.

Green Paint, goblin green or whatever's handy. Some of my Eldar have grass on the base, but that's it.

Scorched brown sides with a green flock surface. I always embelish it with small shrubs, rocks, debris, patches of bare earth etc. Its quick, easy, cheap and a common basing sceme brings all my armies together even if they are in totally different scales and paint schemes. Everything from Warmachine Warjacks to Epic Guardsmen to 15mm British Rifles look 'mine'.

I do vary occationally though. My Heer Grenadiers are on snow bases and my Tau are on sand.

So.... One of the suggestions is alien crystal but a simple desert is not amongst the options to choose? ^^

"Mars" style red desert made from birdsand with small grit and stones in it. THE sci-fi "alien planet" surface stereotype for me.

My board is green grass but I also have a rubble/grass overlay for it. All my models (except 'Nids) are based with a rubble/grass mix so they fit both nicely.

My 'Nids are just blackened rubble with the smallest hints of grass remaining.

Temple ruins for me. Very easy to paint. Fortress gray, gray wash, codex gray, gray wash, white, final gray wash. Done.