This tutorial guides you through creating an Armageddon Ash Wastes base for your miniatures, combining various textures and a unified color scheme. Key techniques include applying texture paints, washes for warmth and tone variation, and drybrushing for highlighting details like rocks and skulls.

Steps

Base Undercoat

  1. Undercoat the base with a medium grey spray.

    Medium Grey AK Interactive

Base Texture Application

2 steps
  1. 1. Apply Agrellan Badland into the open regions of the base and over onto the sand using an old Medium Layer Brush.

    Agrellan Badland Warhammer Colour (Citadel)
  2. 2. Apply Agrellan Earth into open spaces, blending it over onto the sand with the Medium Layer Brush and using water to help blend the textures.

    Agrellan Earth Warhammer Colour (Citadel)

Base Main Color

  1. Thin down Dragons Fang and paint it all across the base, covering all textures, surfaces, rocks, and skulls, allowing it to run into the recesses.

    Dragon Fang Two Thin Coats

Base Washes

2 steps
  1. 1. Apply Flesh Wash over the ground and some rocks, mixing it with water on the base using the Medium Layer Brush to vary the strength and smudge it around.

    Flesh Wash Two Thin Coats
  2. 2. Apply Battle Mud Wash over the ground, rocks, and skulls using the Medium Layer Brush, making it more dominant over the skulls and lighter ivory sides of rocks, and use water to vary its strength.

    Battle Mud Wash Two Thin Coats

Base Highlights

6 steps
  1. 1. Drybrush the exposed sides of the rocks with Griffon Claw using a Small Dry Brush and a gradual flicking motion to build up the color.

    Griffon Claw Two Thin Coats
  2. 2. Drybrush the lighter, more prominent parts of the rocks with Ivory Tusk using a lighter flicking motion with a Small Dry Brush.

    Ivory Tusk Two Thin Coats
  3. 3. Layer the raised details on the skulls (forehead, cheekbones, nose) with Skeleton Legion using a Series - S Size 0 brush, avoiding recessed areas and cracks.

    Skeleton Legion Two Thin Coats
  4. 4. Drybrush the open ground with Skeleton Legion using a Small Dry Brush and a gentle flicking motion to pick out the texture.

    Skeleton Legion Two Thin Coats
  5. 5. Highlight the sharpest features of the skulls and edges of cracks with Vampire Fang using a Series - S Size 0 brush.

    Vampire Fang Two Thin Coats
  6. 6. Drybrush the more open areas of the ground with Vampire Fang using a very light, delicate flicking motion with a Small Dry Brush.

    Vampire Fang Two Thin Coats

Base Rim

  1. Paint the rim of the base with two thin coats of Dust Bowl using a Medium Base Brush, ensuring a neat and even finish.

    Dust Bowl Two Thin Coats

Paints used

11 paints

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