Basing Tips: Brown Pigment
November 19, 2019 by warzan
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Warzan as never one to le grass grow under his feat.
Great bases Warzan, brown pigment is really useful for anything with tracks or tyres. I always keep a gloss varnish nearby for a pop of shine on a mini’s lenses, blood/bile effects or adding a quick puddle to a base.
Superglue… can’t work without it 😉
And a hobby knife…
oh: snips! Veeeery important!
You should probably wear a dust mask when working with pigments so your breath or unexpected sneeze doesn’t empty the pot. Also, working over a clean sheet of paper lets you reclaim the excess and pour it back in the pot. It’ll still need sealing in too, otherwise it’ll come off through standard jostling and might stain your models where you don’t want them staining.
One of the most important things for me would the audiobook. Cant get any painting etc done without one playing in the background
Great tip, I have never used pigment like that, must try it. I usually use pigments to weather tanks and other vehicles.
I think that a bottle of agrax earthshade is usually allways with me when I hobby 🙂
so many innuendos!
go look at a bush…
if there’s a bush, i will go in
look under the bush
Am glad am not the only one who thought that. Well done @warzan for being more grown up than us – not even a hint of a snigger!
Reminds me of a time a fair few years ago while I was airsofting and we had to defend a forest clearing.
Talking to my mate about where to set up, I hear this female ask me, why dont you come in my Bush…..
We just had to walk away.
Awesome! Love it when times like that happen!
Great tip – would you matt varnish the model pre and post pigment, or just post?
nice little tip
That’s what she said… (sorry)
For me the one hobby staple I use is a bottle of army painter wet mud.
Slap a generous amount on the base and then press the painted side of the base into flock and turf and the like. Hey presto a flocked and painted base with no glue needed.
a good pair of tweezers with a bent end is one of my most used tools.
to fix pigments you can use decalfix and when it is dry you can use the further processed water and a brush or cotton stick.
a lighter is also useful to unclog the metal end of the contact glue but be careful with the fumes (I know burning eyes).
ps. curious what you do with the bone spider in the background Warren ??
Question : how do you prevent the pigment from going away ?
Does it require varnish or is this it ?
As for must have ?
Plastic glue … (like do’h! ;-))
I prefer Revell Contacta Professional, because it has this very very tiny needle, which is real useful for small bits and pieces.
And it being plastic glue it also works to fill minor gaps.
Awesome thank you
Pigments wise, I have only used them to weather stuff – tanks, terrain etc. Something I am going to experiment with more – especially on my Nurgle stuff.
Essential items… Plastic shot glasses – can be used to mix up paints, hold water and more importantly, turn them upside down, add some smurf poo, and you have a cheap painting handle!
Not long started using plastic shot glasses myself. Originally bought them to measure water effect resin but using g them to glue mi is to paint to has been good.
@warzan for basing I have a collection of GW texture paints and some flock especially for my moderns
personally I would have left them as they looked great an I may well mess them up.
Details, details. That is just the learning curve, you’d have a handle on it in no time.
I’ve only just started to experiment with pigments, so this was very helpful. Thanks a lot.
As for things that consistently get used on almost every project, I really keep blu-tac, white glue, toothpicks, used blisterpacks from minis, moldline remover and fine sprue clippers right at hand.
For the products actually put on the minis that tends to change a lot between projects because I’m always trying to do new different things I haven’t tried before.
Nice tip, I always struggle with my bases.
In terms of essentials… nail polish remover for when you spill paint or superglue where loved ones wish you hadn’t…
long trousers, so if you do drop superglue on you leg while it is clad in shorts/sky/etc you don’t glue hairs to you self that hurt everytime you walk… apparently….
really good tip there @warzan. Now considering that I’m crap at basing mini’s, I have never considered using pigments on the to change the look/feel of them. I’ll certainly be giving this a go at some stage.
pair of nail scissors for use with decals, nice and sharp with short blades
Mostly I think it’s just awesome to see @Warzan enjoying his hobby again. Shame he’s not a fan of the new Necromunda box, I’d love to see how he’d do the spray can ninjitsu on that bad boy! I’m fairly recently into pigments and I mash them into all kinds of stuff. Particularly bases. They can take a smooth painted base and give it that dusty look and feel. Nothing clever, just mash them on with an old brush before the varnish step for the whole model. The thing I always have to hand is bottle tops and jar lids.… Read more »
That was a great tip! I’ve never thought about shading the bases.
Thanks, Warren.
A hobby must-have of mine is a cocktail stick. Useful for all sorts of jiggery-pokery!
Great to see @Warzan back hobbying again. Good thing is, if @Warzan can do it, then I know I can as well! 😀
a strange but so useful “tool” i keep near my hobbying kit is a pencil torch or portable light that i can use to chase down and find the small model part that always has to ping off on to the floor under the desk or other dark areas!!
that. is. genius.