Having painted a few models by now I am trying a new approach to the basing. Was in my local hobby store recently and found a box of warhammer basing material for £4.00. So I snapped it up, bit of a find because it was the only one and in a random location in the shop. Anyway, this time I have prepped the bases seperate to the model, thus forgoing the need to work around the feet. The bases are undercoat from the previous post. I proceed by painting he feet of each model black, and placing these on the base to mark out the feet positions. Why? I want this area of base free from sand to maintain the bond upon assembly. Next, I applied general adhesive to the tops of the base, avoiding the feet prints. Then, I sprinkled with the fine slate from the basing kit, followed by a good dunk in modelling terrain sand, and left to dry. I also applied a skull plaque to the exarch's base for added detail.
Once set I sealed the deal with a good spray of earth brown. Hopefully this will hold the basing in place along with the adhesive. I finished with a light spray of green to give it some depth, and painted the skull plaque metallic silver, highlights with bronze, and some rust pigment to dull it down. These are now ready to stick the figures to.
As an additional thought, I find these figures light and easy to knock over on the table. I am contemplating stuffing a but of air-drying clay into the base recess to add some weight. I'll think over that a bit.
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