Paintrix Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Okay, I'm off to take my kid to soccer practice and while I'm waiting I'm going to go to the hobby store and get some static grass. Here's my question: before I put on the static grass, do I paint under it a dirt color or a grass color? Brown if you want it to look tufty or sparse. (I like this type myself, over 'soil' as Fieldarchy says.) Green for a really thick meadow or golf green look. You can highlight the grass itself to get some slightly different colors, too. Nice work! I have a few of Julie's old figures, too, that I'll paint up some year... --Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72moonglum Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Back from soccer, got some grass! It will probably take me a while to get this all set up, but when I do I'll post it! Thanks for all the help and suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Very nice job. The eyes and gems are great. And don't worry your not the only one with "basophobia" I've yet to try my hand at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72moonglum Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Thanks Legion, yes I am a baseaphobe, but I'm trying to overcome this fear. I just got back from the store on my way home and now I have corn meal, and last night while walking the dog, much to my wife's incredulous stares, I was collecting sand from the street and putting it in a sandwich baggie. Last night I put green putty around my mini and stuck her to one of those funky circular bases, so hopefully this weekend I'll have time to do the "nature" stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72moonglum Posted October 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Okay, hopefully the picture turns out okay. I've finally done my first complete base, which I think is reasonably all right. I used corn meal first, and painted it earth tones, then added a few pieces of sand for stones, and then used some burnt grass to complete it. Comments and criticisms welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72moonglum Posted October 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Okay, this picture didn't come out that great, but oh well, at least you can see the base itself. I did use green stuff to make the base of the actual miniature flow on to the little plastic base and around it I kind of tried to give the impression she was on a rock or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruggs Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 i think you did a really nice job. good painting and a nice simple yet effective base. nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Looks good nice simple base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerridwyn1st Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Hey, just for comparison, could we see a mini you did with craft paints? I'm currious how much of a difference the MSPs made for you. It's a very nice mini. I'd never know it was your first try at basing if I wasn't told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizard Hlavaz Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Your paint is very nice. Keep up the lovely work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72moonglum Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Hi Cerridwyn1st, I've got lots of different minis on this site. If you check under Moonglum or Grenadier as a key word you'll find some. Here's the last miniature I painted with craft paints, a Ral Partha Hyborean Age female thief from 1977 that I purchased from classicminiatures.net. I think I can see a bit of a difference in the skin, but judge for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72moonglum Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Here's another one, the second to last non-Reaper paint one I did. It's a priestess also from the same Ral Partha line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurityThruFire Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Excellent, excellent, excellent base on the dwarven priestess, it REALLY looks like you've done it before. Sure you just didn't have amnesia at some point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madog Barfog Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Nice. You even made her baseball gloves look like hands! I thought your original base was fine and very suited to a dwarf. You know me, I can get pretty elaborate with bases. However, the new base is even better. I don't think my static grass looks that good. Any tips? Hey, do I know you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72moonglum Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 I was just about to tell you to come over and look on the Reaper site to see the Dwarf chick on a "proper" base, Madog, but had to go take my dog for a walk and got distracted! I was looking at your swamp base tutorial, too, by the way, and it's very nice. I've also now found that once I've made just one single base I'm now looking at the ground to see potential "baseness". I'm working right now on an old Heritage Djinn that I hope to have done soon, and I need to start looking for inspiration! I'm liking this static grass thing too, but I kind of wonder about the red pieces it has. It know it's scorched grass, but I don't know if it's an enhancement or just a distraction. In all this new base obsessiveness, I'm also scaring myself, because I'm thinking of new grass colors I need to buy instead of what new miniatures I want to get. Very scary, say I..... As far as tips, I just used half Elmers and half water, threw the whole miniature in a sandwich baggie full of the grass, and then when I pulled her out, I hung her upsidedown for a few minutes. I did it in a few go's, not all at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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