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I have an unbased Tyranid army and thought I'd finally get around to basing them.

What do you think of this?







For a while I was wanting to do a slime base, but couldn't decide on a slime colour that would work well with the blue/red/bone scheme. Actually I couldn't think of ANY colour that would go with red/bone/blue to do any sort of nice looking base, so I figured a snow base might work well. What do you think?

Any comments before I forge ahead to do the rest of them?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594187.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594187.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms GW Stuff.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594344.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594344.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594355.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594355.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594726.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594726.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms GW snow and vallejo still water effects ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594732.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594732.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms
Dessorag wrote:
I would reduce the snow volume a little bit, it looks a bit overwhelming on gaunts. You really only see snow clumps that big on ground that has had snow unnaturally dumped on it, like the side of a driveway after shoveling and most of the snow has melted the next day. I'd make it thinner and more uniform, with smaller rock holes peaking out to look more natural.


This is good advice. When you have snow piles that tall, you are not going to have grass peeking though.

But besides that minor point, it looks very nice. And people who don’t have to deal with multiple feet of snow in the winter aren’t going to pick up that inconsistency. Particularly when they are trying to mow down the hordes before they get to close combat.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594894.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6594894.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms
It was largely an aesthetic choice, lol. I thought it might look like that after an army has trampled through and shifted the snow about, making it clump in certain areas and expose the ground in others.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6596677.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6596677.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6596703.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6596703.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms
 Glaiceana wrote:
I think maybe use a little more pva to get a shiny wet look to the snow, but other than that, its nice! I'm also doing snow bases on my tyranids, using GW snow and vallejo still water effects
Yeah, I'm going to grab some Secret Weapon "Realistic Water".

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=6

I did look at GW snow before I bought the Woodland Scenics stuff. I decided to go with Woodland Scenics because the GW stuff just looked like white static grass, the Woodland Scenics stuff actually looks more like flakes of snow. The Woodland Scenics stuff is kind of like a very fine sand that's white and semi-transparent. So if you apply it thin, you see some of the base colour showing through, but the more thickly you apply it, the more white it looks.


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 Ifurita wrote:
Overll nice. I agree with the post above about reducing the volume of snow. Also, once you have a clump of snow down, dip your brush in some water and tamp the snow down around the grass. The water will think it and let some of grass poke through, like it's early spring.
Cool tip! Thanks!

I will admit I've never lived in a place with heavy snow. The most snow where I've lived was a couple of inches here and there which would melt in a few days and maybe a 6" fall once or twice each winter, lol.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6596706.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6596706.page GMT Re:Snow Base Comments and Critisms http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6596790.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6596790.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms
Then I'll just pick one looks the best and go with it. I want to get the army based up ASAP so I can move on to my next project.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6596974.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6596974.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms
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But yeah, that looks better, I'll try a thinner layer and try to work it around the grass better using some water and see how it comes out.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6597613.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6597613.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6597683.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6597683.page GMT Snow Base Comments and Critisms
Cheers!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6597818.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/582795/6597818.page GMT