Fun in the Weird Wild West!
Bases for the Hex
So far ive gone for a dry desert base for my WWX models but for the Hex i want to go for something a little murkier. I want to try a wet mud looking base with pools of standing water. Never tried it before so I thought i’d show the steps as i work out how to do it!
First up, the base in question. A standard small WWX base
For the start ill use GWs Stirland Mud effect paint to build up the base
Splodge it on
Using a bamboo skewer to move the paint around and create some holes for where the standing water will sit
That’ll do, just leave it to dry
For the water effect im going to use Vallejo water effect. Never used it before so lets see what happens!
To give it some texture ive given the base a quick drybrush with Monster Brown and filled in the ‘puddle’ areas with matt black. Not sure quite how clear this dries so may be to stark a difference.
A quick coat of matt varnish
Dried
Water effect poured. Little bit tricky to control the flow but will see how it dries!
Look forward to seeing the finished result, already looks better than my own attempts at this sort of thing!