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Wow. I'm just starting a Tyranid army, and this has got me super psyched. Besides the awesome bases, great job on the models too everyone! Especially love the Venomthrope, and the UV Lictor!

Question: What do you guys use for the odd bits of grass here and there?

Static grass

Tpiddy wrote:Wow. I'm just starting a Tyranid army, and this has got me super psyched. Besides the awesome bases, great job on the models too everyone! Especially love the Venomthrope, and the UV Lictor!

Question: What do you guys use for the odd bits of grass here and there?

haha sounds good man, hope you enjoy painting and basing your nids, i personally LOVE them! they are always somuch fun to play around with!,
cheers for the compliments man =] =], and yeah im now using static grass and basing sand for the not so gloopy parts to my bases! =]

oh and everyone, i have a new couple of projects on the way!, so keep yours eyes open on this thread and i will have photos up very soon! =] =]

i definitely gonna try making some of these bases. While I'm not tyranid player, this could look a lot like lava with the right painting and would perfectly fit my blood letters. thanks, I've been searching for a good way to base those daemons

theflaminghorror wrote:i definitely gonna try making some of these bases. While I'm not tyranid player, this could look a lot like lava with the right painting and would perfectly fit my blood letters. thanks, I've been searching for a good way to base those daemons

nah i reckon it will work brilliantly for your bloodletters! if you were to paint it up right and add green stuff for lava bubbles and then put fake water over the top of that!, would look really awesome i think! =] =]

I agree, I have decided to use this basing Idea for all of my nids, so I thank you for the Idea!

Imperial Renegade wrote:I agree, I have decided to use this basing Idea for all of my nids, so I thank you for the Idea!

that is quite alright!, im here to help other out when i best i can!,

though i do ask that once you have done a few could you post some pics up on the thread?, id love to see your models once they have been based! =] =]

Totally agree with the guy who said the base looks like Zerg creep. Great job.

I'm planning on building a gaming table in 2012 and this gave me an idea for river terrain. Use PVA glue for the river and add some rocks for texture. Cover the rocks with PVA and then splash some super glue. Painted properly, I think it'll look like rapids or waves over the rocks.

StoneRaizer wrote:Totally agree with the guy who said the base looks like Zerg creep. Great job.

I'm planning on building a gaming table in 2012 and this gave me an idea for river terrain. Use PVA glue for the river and add some rocks for texture. Cover the rocks with PVA and then splash some super glue. Painted properly, I think it'll look like rapids or waves over the rocks.

ive been trying to think of ways that this idea could be used on a gaming table for a LONG time now, that is a Fantastic idea!,
i may give that a shot myself (just on spare foam or something) but yeah deffo going to give that a shot!, cheers mate! =] =]

Well, since you're looking for gaming table ideas for that technique, what about an oil field? Picture an oil derrick or oil pipeline and it's leaking oil from somewhere. Use this PVA/super glue technique to look like puddles of oil collecting from the leak.

SirBuddlington wrote:

Imperial Renegade wrote:I agree, I have decided to use this basing Idea for all of my nids, so I thank you for the Idea!

that is quite alright!, im here to help other out when i best i can!,

though i do ask that once you have done a few could you post some pics up on the thread?, id love to see your models once they have been based! =] =]

Thanks, No problem about posting pics. As soon as I get some Super glue, I will base the rest of my guys, and will shoe you guys the outcome! :]

so not to hijack the thread, but I did some pva w/ super glue on this base. Went with bright purple cuz I liked the zerg creep comment. This base is certainly better than just a usually brown/sand/grass. Thanks for the idea!

Really love the organic look, very fitting for Nids.

That's a really nice basing idea. Seems like it would be somewhere inside a hive, or nesting ground.

-Ogryn

looks nice. I used a simmilar technique to create the smoke trail from a missile launcher. Instead of PVA glue, I used fake water.

it looks good though!

Tpiddy wrote:

so not to hijack the thread, but I did some pva w/ super glue on this base. Went with bright purple cuz I liked the zerg creep comment. This base is certainly better than just a usually brown/sand/grass. Thanks for the idea!

mate that looks awesome with the grass added aswell, may need to do that with a few of mine! =] =]
also,cheers everyone! =]


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this is the model i will next be basing!, i cannot wait to start this! =] =]

Ok, Here are the pics of the bases that I finshed. I finally got some crazy glue!!! Hope you like them! I also did it on there adrenal glands, just to add a brainy look.


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I have done 7 Gaunts totall so far. Hope you like!

Imperial Renegade wrote:Ok, Here are the pics of the bases that I finshed. I finally got some crazy glue!!! Hope you like them! I also did it on there adrenal glands, just to add a brainy look.


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I have done 7 Gaunts totall so far. Hope you like!

mate they look great! i LOVE your idea for the adrenal glands =] =]
your models look awesome aswell =] =]

keep up the great work! =] =]

Thanks, It just came to me will i was looking at the models. I am going to try this on some of my behemoth models.

Imperial Renegade wrote:Thanks, It just came to me will i was looking at the models. I am going to try this on some of my behemoth models.

Ahh nice one! =] =]
they do look great!

That's awesome dude. Makes me think I could use this to slightly modify the brains on my Zoan....

...bwahahaha....

Thanks, I get lucky once in a while

fenrir1997 wrote:That's awesome dude. Makes me think I could use this to slightly modify the brains on my Zoan....

...bwahahaha....

Haha i was thinking the same thing! lmao

and yeah youve got great ideas there! =]

Thanks, I want to use this on all my models, so i really cant wait.

Got the Doom of Malan'tai finished,

which means another base to show off! =] =]

hope you guys like her! =]

I really like the base, and I love the model. How did you get the Transparent blue oze?? It looks Great!

Imperial Renegade wrote:I really like the base, and I love the model. How did you get the Transparent blue oze?? It looks Great!

thank you very much, yeah im very happy with how it turned out! =] =]

the "Transparent blue oze" is done with a hot glue gun,.... they glue was then washed with a large coat of Asurmen blue... very simple! =]

That a good idea, Here is another base i did. Hope you like!

Imperial Renegade wrote:That a good idea, Here is another base i did. Hope you like!

aww nice one!, howd you do that? looks awesome! =]

Ok, well, I took wine bottel cork and glued it to the base. Then I dunked it in pva glue, and then applyed crazy glue. Afterwards, I washed it with Bada Black, then hevily dry brushed lime green onto the base. I then washed that it Griffion Sepia, and then lightly dry brushed a german green ontop of that. Giving me the layerd look. I painted this base with valleho colors. Glad you like it.