Basing Lizards

[Gripper]

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

 

[n1ghtl1fe]

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.

 

[TPenksa]

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.

Do you have a link as to where you got them? I wouldn't mind checking them out tbh

 

[n1ghtl1fe]

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.

 

[Gripper]

You are right, they look good but not sure I want to go down that route.

 

[hellbreaker]

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!

 

[Krox-Power]

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 ) 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

 

[Gripper]

Sounds good to me will give that a try.