Basing Bible - Basing Scheme Tutorials/Recipes
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This thread contains multiple tutorials, scroll down for more.
Light Planking/Decking Basesfull tutorial here
Base (Heavy Drybrush/overbrush, 2 coats): Khemri Brown
Baneblade Brown
Highlight 1 (Medium Drybrush):
Rakarth Flesh
Highlight 2 (Light Drybrush): Rakarth Flesh:Matt White 1:1
Highlight 3 (Super Light Drybrush):
Matt White
Finishing:
Matt Black +
Highland Tuft
Wasteland/Frontier Town Bases.full tutorial here
Undercoat:
The Army Painter 'Base Primer - Matt Black'
(Sealed with:
The Army Painter 'Base Primer - Anti-Shine, Matt Varnish')
Basecoat:
XV-88 (Snakebite Leather or
Balor Brown will do though)
1st Drybrush:Bubonic Brown
Zamesi Desert
2nd Drybrush:
Skeleton Bone (Bleached Bone or
Ushabti Bone will do)
Pigment:
Terracotta Earth Pigment
Tuft:
Swamp Tuft (Or a tuft/flock of your choice, I chose this for contrast)
Southland Swamp Basefull tutorial here
Land Preshade: Matt Black + Matt White
Land Basecoat: Thinned Doombull Brown
Land Drybrush: XV-88
Land Drybrush Highlight 1: + Skeleton Bone
Land Drybrush Highlight 2: +Skull White
Water Basecoat: Waywatcher Green + Dark Angels Green
Water Highlight: Bilious Green
Water Wash: Tamiya Clear Green
Finishing Pigment: Terracotta Earth
For this tutorial I used a bade made in the
How to Make Swamp Bases tutorial.
Ellyrian Plains Base full tutorial here
This is a 'Clean' looking style of basing, no washes etc, as a result it looks quite crisp, and without the grass/flowers etc it would look a little dry.
Undercoat:
Matt Black'
Stone Basecoat: Overbrush
Uniform Grey
Ground Basecoat:
Mournfang Brown
Ground 1st Drybrush:
XV-88
Ground 2nd Drybrush: +
Skeleton Bone
Stone 1st Drybrush: Uniform Grey+
Matt White
Stone 2nd Drybrush:+more
Matt White
Details: AP
Swamp Tuft,
Meadow Flowers, Clump Foliage (Could add green flock for a greener plains look)
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