The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Cal... iban!!
Basing: the ashes of a burning world
Given that the theme of the project is the fight over and destruction of Caliban, I wanted the bases to reflect the detestation wrought.
The bases were textured with craters first. These were made using a Trench Warfare stamp from Happy Seppuku Model Works.
Then painted in dark ashen colours to represent cracked and burnt ground. I used mixes of Black and Bone colours for the harder surface.
To represent the ashes I used… ash. Cold ashes cleaned out of the fire place. Diluted PVA was applied to the base in patches, then dipped into a bucket of ash. When dry I brushed off the excess with an old brush.
The rim of the base was coated in matt black. The last step is to spray with a matt varnish to seal everything in and take the shine off the decals.
Dammit. I dropped the Heavy Bolter guy while cleaning him up…
He’ll be ‘right!
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