A Quick Steel Rift
Basing
Bases provided are some kind of high gloss acrylic over wood material. I was concerned that they would not take paint and did not want to prime them. I went for a desert look and used Vallejo desert sand diorama fx. 
After attaching the first few to the bases, I wasn't sure if I had them positioned correctly. I thought the four points of the base wound be to each side but after looking into it I found conflicting information that they are supposed to mark the four quadrents of the model to allow easier determination if you are firing at the front, side or back of the unit. However the supplied firing arc template has a notch that clearly meets up against one of these points, so as long as you use that, you can clearly figure it out.
After glueing down I came back and put a strong tone wash under them to look like they are casting a shadow. Then hit them up with pigment power to spread around the dust/sand look.
Completed with a brown base ring and highlighted the points with green(front), yellow(side) and red(rear).
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