Collins Does Star Wars Legion
Should basing contrast to the mini?
the rest of my Legion force was done by gluing sand down then painting with steel legion drab and adding a terminatus stone dry brush. add in pebbles, tuffs and flock and it worked but it was a lot of effort and was not overly similar to the mostly green of the models.
for these im looking at doing something easier. ive used a lot of geek gaming scenics base ready range and made a few of my own up in the past. but I don’t have a suitably deserty one that isn’t the exact same colour as the cloaked minis.
I made this mistake once before (at the Star Wars legion bootcamp) where my battledroids were put onto bases that had a similar colour on them and they just disappeared. couldn’t tell what was droid and what was palace floor tile.
I don’t want to make that mistake again
so left to right we have
model with base coated base
base with ‘desert sand and stone base ready’ painted with steel legion and dry brushed terminatus stone with the two tuft colours added
‘desert sand and stone base ready’ painted with brown wash
‘desert sand and stone base ready’ painted with black wash
‘desert sand and stone base ready’ painted with sepia / soft tone wash
then the large base shows natural ‘desert sand and stone base ready’ and 2 sides with simple steel legion and one also dry brushed with terminatus.
I believe the natural ‘desert sand and stone base ready’ is too similar to the model and will be lost but I also want something semi neutral that the tufts can stand out on. HELP!
Hi @collins I really the like base with ‘desert sand and stone base ready’ painted with steel legion and dry brushed terminatus stone with the two tuft colours added as the tuffs break the nature colour and contrast against the figure.
Thanks! You’re not the only one suggesting that one.
I hope that dont say anything but I think the base colour is right and the tuffs will add the colour