This video demonstrates how to create arid-themed miniature bases. Key techniques include creating cracked earth texture with a technical paint, adding rocks and sand, priming with multiple tones for depth, washing, drybrushing with various beige and brown tones, and applying pigments for a realistic dusty finish. Grass tufts and laser-cut agave plants are added for final details.
Steps
Base
16 steps-
1. Apply Martian Ironearth to selected areas of the base to create a cracked earth texture.
Martian Ironearth Warhammer Colour (Citadel) -
2. Spray the entire base with a tan primer as a basecoat.
Unnamed Primer Spray (Tan) Generic -
3. Apply a lighter cream primer spray from above to create a zenithal highlight effect.
Unnamed Primer Spray (Cream) Generic -
4. Apply Agrax Earthshade as a wash over the entire base to add depth and shadow to the rocks and cracked earth.
Agrax Earthshade Warhammer Colour (Citadel) -
5. Mix Beige Brown and Off-White on a palette. Drybrush the resulting lighter tan mixture onto the rocks for initial highlighting.
Beige Brown Vallejo Model Color -
6. Mix Beige Brown and Off-White on a palette. Drybrush the resulting lighter tan mixture onto the rocks for initial highlighting.
Off-White Vallejo Model Color -
7. Mix Beige Brown and Off-White on a palette. Drybrush the resulting lighter tan mixture onto the cracked earth for highlighting.
Beige Brown Vallejo Model Color -
8. Mix Beige Brown and Off-White on a palette. Drybrush the resulting lighter tan mixture onto the cracked earth for highlighting.
Off-White Vallejo Model Color -
9. Apply a dark brown wash over the entire base, focusing on recesses, to further enhance shadows and texture.
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10. Drybrush the prominent raised areas of the rocks and cracked ground with Off-White for a final, stark highlight.
Off-White Vallejo Model Color -
11. Drybrush the rocks and ground with Beige Brown to add subtle mid-tone highlights.
Beige Brown Vallejo Model Color -
12. Apply Desert Dust pigment with a brush, creating a weathered, dusty effect over the entire base.
Desert Dust Vallejo Pigment FX -
13. Apply Brown Iron Oxide pigment with a brush to add reddish-brown dust around rocks and cracks, creating a nuanced arid look.
Brown Iron Oxide Vallejo Pigment FX -
14. Paint the rim of the base black for a clean and finished appearance.
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15. Apply Desert Dust pigment to the base of the Agave plants to integrate them with the dusty ground.
Desert Dust Vallejo Pigment FX -
16. Apply Brown Iron Oxide pigment to the base of the Agave plants to further integrate them with the reddish-brown dusty ground.
Brown Iron Oxide Vallejo Pigment FX
Paints used
6 paints- Martian Ironearth Warhammer Colour (Citadel) · Technical
- Agrax Earthshade Warhammer Colour (Citadel) · Shade
- Beige Brown Vallejo Model Color · Standard
- Off-White Vallejo Model Color · Standard
- Desert Dust Vallejo Pigment FX · Pigment
- Brown Iron Oxide Vallejo Pigment FX · Pigment
- Unnamed Primer Spray (Tan) Generic · Not in our paint list
- Unnamed Primer Spray (Cream) Generic · Not in our paint list
- Unnamed Dark Brown Wash Generic · Not in our paint list
- Unnamed Black Paint Generic · Not in our paint list
