<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Elevated bases"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Elevated bases http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4122640.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4122640.page GMT Elevated bases http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4122668.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4122668.page GMT Elevated bases Necrotales has some good basing and terrain tutorials - not sure if he has elevated bases, but plenty of techniques you can use for any bases.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4122690.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4122690.page GMT Re:Elevated bases
elevated basing is sometimes most effective and tasty when used sparingly and not overdone.

I think in recent years it has become sort of gimmicky and too often OTT.

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My current set is designed around the force fighting in a ruined temple, so the major component is 0.8mm plasticard; I score a grid pattern into the sheet of card so that, when snapped, the result is lots of 1cm x 1.1cm squares. I then file the edges of each square to an angle of roughly 45 degrees, and weather them with chips and worn depressions by carving them with my hobby scalpel. These are then stuck to each base to mimic flagstone flooring, and each is detailed individually(split/shattered flagstones, small explosion craters, occasionally some ribbed tubing or broken pipe emerging from the ground and so forth).

It's labour-intensive, but I enjoy it, it's another way to make each model into its own character.

Here's an example(forgive the butchered legs I've yet to perfect the sculpted stage of artscale marines, and bear in mind that these are designed with the new textured basing paints in mind) of some almost-finished ones including a FW resin piece on the Sergeant's 40mm;



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I use http://www.back2base-ix.com/]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4123848.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4123848.page GMT Re:Elevated bases
CT GAMER wrote:Just remember: in the 80's people thought big hair and shoulder pads in sweaters was cool.

elevated basing is sometimes most effective and tasty when used sparingly and not overdone.

I think in recent years it has become sort of gimmicky and too often OTT.



Well, I only intend to do it for one of my current HQ models-- namely a Lhamaean which I am using as an Archon. I've found that, while the Lhamaean is a wonderfully nice model, she doesn't have the same stature as the current and old Archon models, which is noticeable when I put her with an Incubi bodyguard. I figured that maybe giving her a bit of rubble to stand on might help with that, although I've been debating possibly keeping her as she is.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4125148.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4125148.page GMT Elevated bases you could then stress and damage them to be different too ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4125162.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/441538/4125162.page GMT