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do any one know any cheap tips ro make you base plate look cooler?? I Would Be Happy For Answers!

You mean basing a model?

What I do is I just glue some sand onto the base before painting. Then it gets painted after the model with some slight weathering (such as dust and that if it is meant to be a dry world) going carefully over the legs. Then if it is metal generally it would get a protective layer of varnish before adding any static grass.

For cheap and quick just use normal sand. Generally you'll get small rocks and such in it which should be left in to give it a more interesting texture. I just grind up sandstone I have around the place and it leaves it uneven enough.

Slate.
Grass.
Snow.
Random Urban stuff.
Trophies of dead things.

WTH is a "base plate"?

SlaveToDorkness wrote:WTH is a "base plate"?

I would imagine the base.

To cheaply cover your bases, use PVA to get a nice sticky layer, then pour on a mix of dust and grit (the kind of stuff you can get if you use a dust pan and brush to sweep over tarmac).

Alternately you can get all sorts of basing materials from somewhere like Gale Force 9 (for about £2.70 per tub of material which should last you a long while).

Ok Base Plate is what i guessed it was called in english ( im from sweden). And it's the black base you put you models on, so thx every one for you tips!

being from Sweden is not a excuse

Um... I'm kind of bad at glue and stuff :-P i'm not the best warhammer 40k model builder so, PVA glue is like that white glue you use on wood? or atleast it's allmost the same?


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Inget namn wrote:Um... I'm kind of bad at glue and stuff i'm not the best warhammer 40k model builder so, PVA glue is like that white glue you use on wood? or atleast it's allmost the same?

Well if you aren't used to speak about Warhammer 40k in english, how are you then supposed to know how to say things?! I'm verry young to so i'm not htat good at english in genneral.


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Devastator wrote:being from Sweden is not a excuse

woops, failed... here is the right!


Well if you aren't used to speak about Warhammer 40k in english, how are you then supposed to know how to say things?! I'm verry young to so i'm not htat good at english in genneral.

Yes, PVA is white glue/wood glue.

oke jthx I'll buy a new model in a few days and try it out

Inget namn wrote:Well if you aren't used to speak about Warhammer 40k in english, how are you then supposed to know how to say things?!

lurk forums and see how people talk?

Inget namn wrote:I'm verry young to so i'm not htat good at english in genneral.

1 spell checker
2 google translator


oh yeah dont use txt speak

lol ok cool avatar btw


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A pretty good tip is to take a 5 mm thick sheet of rubber and cut out a peace wich is good zize for you, and then cut the edges unevenly, then paint it like a stone. it look quite good


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I'm zorry that i don't have a pic of it right now but i might can fix one later