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I finished painting my first ever figure last week and someone on another forum has mentioned bases.







More pictures here.

So based on the color scheme used - what flavor of base would you suggest I go with?


Desert
Ruined City
Desert Wasteland (think pipes and ruined machinery)
Industrial
Rocky Outcrops

I have a full resin base casting set up so I plan to make 10 masters and run them off.

The clothing lends itself to a relatively arid setting - desert or perhaps steppes. Pure sand would be simplest to model and cast, but potentially a tad dull. You could reasonably throw a few small rocks in there, though, for variety. Steppes involve a bit more rock work, allowing for more textural variety, the odd height adjustment (if desired), etc. It also gives you a bit more license to dress the base up further after painting, with tufts of pale or dead grass adding variety, beyond just the rocks and dry soil.

You could work any of your ideas, of course, but I think sticking with terrain that lends itself primarily to light browns would be the most visually coherent (without suggesting an actual attempt at camouflage).

Off topic, but I just got curious when I saw it.

How come you got old paint pots when this is your first miniature painted?

Tanned sand base with some brownish tufts could be one way to go

Kern wrote:
Off topic, but I just got curious when I saw it.

How come you got old paint pots when this is your first miniature painted?

Tanned sand base with some brownish tufts could be one way to go

That paint job looks awfully good as well....I smell rat ogre!

This might sound some what odd,but why don't you try and go with like a salt desert or an ice desert kinda like the Gobi Desert that is between China and Mongolia, It's still a desert with sand dunes and all that just with frost in it and occasional snow fall.

You've gone for mostly tan/brown shades, so your fist decision is:

- is this an army that has some vague understanding of camouflage? If so, then some sort of naturalistic dirt/sand/rock basing would make sense.

- if on the other hand these are more typical orks with no interest in colour or camo beyond trying to impress each other and their enemies, then go for contrasting colours. Avoid green though - or at least avoid the same shade of green as the ork's skin.

Of course this is only one figure - in many ork armies, no two figures are dressed the same anyway

I highly recommend incorporating these items. It will really make the army look amazing and only requires minimal painting and work.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kromlech-Beast-Skulls-Bones-desert-stygian-/151031074591?pt=Games_US&hash=item232a274f1f
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kromlech-Urban-Rubble-Basing-Kit-Orc-War-2-ork-/150521852788?pt=Games_US&hash=item230bcd3374

Kern wrote:
Off topic, but I just got curious when I saw it.

How come you got old paint pots when this is your first miniature painted?

Tanned sand base with some brownish tufts could be one way to go

I've been involved in the hobby for 15 years. But all I have ever done is undercoat and picked out a few colors here and there for tournament access. This is the first model I've painted "fully". Anyone that knows me can attest to the fact my tourney armies were undercoated black, red shoulderpads, green eyes.

Those pots were given to me by a friend (manager of GW Lakeside)

I highly recommend incorporating these items. It will really make the army look amazing and only requires minimal painting and work.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kromlech-Beast-Skulls-Bones-desert-stygian-/151031074591?pt=Games_US&hash=item232a274f1f
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kromlech-Urban-Rubble-Basing-Kit-Orc-War-2-ork-/150521852788?pt=Games_US&hash=item230bcd3374

Thanks Mike I'll have a look.