edge67 wrote:
Fantastic looking mini! How did you do the dirt effect on the base? I like how it flows seamlessly on to the bottom of the rags. Heaps of character in this model and your painting has captured it perfectly.
The base is dead easy but does take a little longer than a standard drybushed base.
After the miniature was assembled but before it was primed I used superglue to hapharzardly glued down some ceramic bricks (from the company "Secret Weapon") to give the impression of a broken dungeon floor, and then superglued sieved and dried compost onto the remaining patches of the base. Some patches of coarser sand were glued here and there for variety.
Once the glue was dry I washed the model and base with warm, soapy water to clean any compost dust that might have adhered to the model and to ensure no loose parts remained on the base. I then rinsed it thoroughly with warm water and let it dry fully.
I twin primed the model and base (black primer then a light spray of white) and painted the model fully. The base was painted by glazing varying browns and blacks onto the whole thing and then glazing the bricks with richer, darker browns ( I used a lot of VMC German Camouflage Black-Brown) and highlighting them with mixes of dark brown and dirty yellow.
Once the base and the miniature were fully completed (and dry) I used weathering powder (also from "Secret Weapon) to finish off the base and robes. Dark Earth powder was applied on the sandy/compost areas using an old fine-detail brush and minute amounts of powder. Small amounts were also added to the hem and odd patches of the robe. I then applied Terracotta weathering powder in the same manner to the same areas.
Done!
Give the powders a go. They are worth a look but be warned, are very messy and will ruin a carpet if even a tiny grain gets onto it.
@Gandalf. Hiya mate! Hope everything is going OK with you.
I am not using a pigment fixer on this model as I doubt I'm going to be gaming with it. If it was a gaming piece I'd
probably give the model a light blast of matt varnish but, as long as you are not touching the powders with your fingers, they'll stay in place anyway.
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