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My guys are Chaos themed...

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Thanks for the suggestion Varden, I'm gonna give that a go and see how it looks later tonight.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3898886.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3898886.page GMT Painting Sand and Depth imo I would match the rim to the sand, it would make mini look much better, light brown/yellowish brown would probably be the best option.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3898919.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3898919.page GMT Painting Sand and Depth
A darker wash plus a lighter dry brush will bring up sand nicely.

Actually I do my bases with raw sand and don't paint them, but I paint the rims a sandy colour. I use rough beach sand which has a variety of colours in it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3898965.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3898965.page GMT Re:Painting Sand and Depth GW guys and he said to base sand in Green Stuff so it won't really come off. I did that, but there is some Green Stuff green visible among the sand, so I wanna even the colors out. Brown rims it is.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3899104.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3899104.page GMT Re:Painting Sand and Depth
csan17 wrote:I didn't like how much the grass was shedding in my army carrier ... it kept getting on everything! I spoke to one of the GW guys and he said to base sand in Green Stuff so it won't really come off. I did that, but there is some Green Stuff green visible among the sand, so I wanna even the colors out. Brown rims it is.


Green stuff is expensive and not needed for that at all. what you do is use watered down pva (75% pva 25% water) to apply the sand, use plenty of it and dont hang about dipping it in the sand, then when its dry paint watered down pva over the top to seal it. You can even mix your base colour in to that top pva to do two jobs in one go.

For sand id paint it in a light brown like snakebite leather, then a good drybrush with bubonic brown followed by a very light drybrush of bleached bone.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3899182.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3899182.page GMT Re:Painting Sand and Depth

I got it all painted last night, any advice on how to get rid of the clumpy look where my brush was a little too wet? Like the base of the one on the far right?

I added some Bleached Bone highlights on top of the Blazing Orange and Blood Red highlights and am really happy with how it came out. I painted the bases the brown color, then washed them, and finally recovered them with the paint as suggested. I'm a little on the fence about which way would look better as far as the dark wash on the plastic part of the bases or the lighter brown...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3901821.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3901821.page GMT Painting Sand and Depth
Cover the base in a dark brown first (I use snakebite leather) and then drybrush up to your lightest colour.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3901885.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/429117/3901885.page GMT