Basing Lizards

Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by Gripper, Nov 22, 2009.

  1. Gripper
    Skink

    Gripper New Member

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    Just beginning to think about how I'm going to base my lizards.

    Usually just use the standard sand/gravel with ink and a bit of flock/static grass.

    Anyone got any tips that work well with lizards that aren't too complicated!
    Not wanting to do water though.

    Cheers
     
  2. n1ghtl1fe
    Skink

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    I had a similar problem and ended up buying cobbled stone resin bases for mine. They were alot cheaper than I expected them to be and make my lizardmen stand out from my other armies.

    Might be worth having a look and see if you can find some resin bases that catch your eye.
     
  3. TPenksa
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    Do you have a link as to where you got them? I wouldn't mind checking them out tbh
     
  4. n1ghtl1fe
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    I got them from this website;

    http://daemonscape.co.uk/index1.html

    The ones I use are the "Cobble Stone" bases.

    They do all sizes and are pretty cheap.

    The other place I was going to order from is here;

    http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/

    They have lots of different style bases but found that they didn't look very easy to position my models on so settled on the others plus they were quite a bit cheaper for all the bases I needed.
     
  5. Gripper
    Skink

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    You are right, they look good but not sure I want to go down that route.
     
  6. hellbreaker
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    In terms of bases I took the simplest route available.
    For regular models(Saurus and the likes) it's simply sand+paint and the odd stone or plant.
    For other models(Aquatic ones like skinks) I added water.

    Cheers!
     
  7. Krox-Power
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    What I've been doing for my lizzies is, after painting the edge of the base brown, (So much easier to do it before than after :rolleyes: ) put down a layer of the dirt flock, followed by a layer of the fine grit, and finally doing patches on the base with static grass.
    The dirt/grit combination gives a nice soft-earth feel to the base, and the patches of grass, I think, make it look swampy, since you can see the 'squishy' ground through the grass.
    Just my 2¢
    K-P
     
  8. Gripper
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    Sounds good to me will give that a try.
     

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