Need help basing my nids.

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**St Loke**

I need some tips on how to base my nids. I really want to do something interesting for the army as a whole. I got about 130ish models to base (most of em are gants), so I need something that

1: compliments my colour scheme
2: does not require much time per model (or I wont be finished before 2013)
3: looks cool

Here is the colour scheme I use (These models are not mine, but belongs to a gentleman and a scholar)

**Amphsix**

Get some cork and layer/paint it in a stone-y colour.. maybe add some flock grass? would take a bit of time for 130 models but it would pay off... besides, once you get going the process becomes quicker. One disadvantage would be that you would need to cut the models from the bases (to rest them on top of the rocks) so maybe that's not an option.
You can always go for sand, patches of grass, maybe even urban by creating a gravel look with small stones.
But yeah, for 130 models, some flock of a preferred colour/texture would be the easiest way to go.

**Leigen_Zero**

Now I want to make it clear that I am in no way an apologist or fanboy of GW, but here is usually my first port of call for basing:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat410002&categoryId=1100020§ion=&aId=9800023a

I just look for something I like, and then get creative from there (for instance, my skaven use the marshland basing guide, but I've added bits of ruins to the base so it looks like they are marching through the ruins of a city slowly sinking into a mire).

If you want something quick-and-dirty, perhaps don't go so wild as that and just paint something based on what is in there... Personally looking at your colour scheme, I would go with maybe a jungle or mudland base?

**Jensvejmand**

Well, normally Tyranid colours have something to do with the colours of the terrain they live in. So maybe you should do a desert/canyon themed base? so just add some bigger rocks to the base (about twice the size of the sand used on the base right now), and paint it another colour.

**Deathshead420**

You could try this. Its cheap, and easy. Great podcast too.

I am going to use this method to make some xenomorph terrain and some all black nids, have guardsmen hanging with their chests bursted. I did some tests and looks really good.

**killykavekommando**

Deathshead420 wrote:You could try this. Its cheap, and easy. Great podcast too.

I am going to use this method to make some xenomorph terrain and some all black nids, have guardsmen hanging with their chests bursted. I did some tests and looks really good.

Dude, I wanna see your xenon nids! Post some WIP pics!

**Deathshead420**

Haha, its just in concept stage, and btw those nids look great that your basing Loke

**Deathshead420**

Not sure if your interested in this but i painted up my test for this style and like how it looks, would be really easy imo.