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2012/10/01 06:33:44
Subject: Urban Bases - companies that make them or ideas to custom build
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Warning From Magnus? Not Listening!
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I play Farsight Tau and I'm remodeling my army for city fighting. My base work has been, TBH, complete crap so far.
I was wondering if there are any good options where I can get some decent city bases for about 90 regular bases and 18 40mm ones.
OR any good, quick ideas for someone with average to awful modeling skills and limit income (college student)
Any help would be appreciated.
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2012/10/01 13:58:51
Subject: Urban Bases - companies that make them or ideas to custom build
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2012/10/01 14:02:59
Subject: Urban Bases - companies that make them or ideas to custom build
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Hallowed Canoness
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I just paint them Adeptus Battlegrey and be done with it, to be honest. It looks fine and it's not complicated. City pavement tends to be rather flat and plain, since you'll be skirting around debris rather than walking over it.
If you want, you can smother them in Astrogranite first for a grainy, asphalty look.
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2012/10/01 18:25:39
Subject: Urban Bases - companies that make them or ideas to custom build
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Jovial Plaguebearer of Nurgle
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I personally love Secret Weapon Bases.
http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=79_30_36
It is hard to beat $10 for 10 nice bases.
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2012/10/01 20:07:46
Subject: Urban Bases - companies that make them or ideas to custom build
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
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I've been building my Grey Knights to look like they're on deck plating with a thin layer of Green Stuff scored to represent the joins in the deck, I suppose you could try something like that for roads? I seem to remember an article on GW's website a long time ago about making urban bases by just painting sand-flocked bases black with yellow stripes, there was a bit there about using fragments of card and green stuff to make cracked pavement. That might work too.
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2012/10/02 00:03:20
Subject: Urban Bases - companies that make them or ideas to custom build
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Ultramarine Master with Gauntlets of Macragge
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Dragon Forge makes some great urban bases. They've got some rubble sets, and other sets that are more road-oriented. Check em out:
http://dragonforge.com/Painting%20service/for%20sale/store%20directory/round_base_sets.htm
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2012/10/02 10:41:41
Subject: Urban Bases - companies that make them or ideas to custom build
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2012/10/02 15:39:05
Subject: Urban Bases - companies that make them or ideas to custom build
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Waaagh! Warbiker
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A great idea for a road surface is to cover a base in about 2mm of green stuff.
Then get some fine sandpaper and use that to gently impress a rough road-surface texture in. Trim any overlapping edges and then you can wait for it to cure.
If you want to add any seams or cracks, wait till the green stuff is a bit tacky then use a sharp pick or knife tip to score the green stuff.
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