KoW Elves are coming (finally)

The second Elvish clan I wanted to be based around a city rather than a forest. So with this in mind, I want the bases to reflect an urban environment.  So using the Mantic bases, I flipped them over as the underside of these bases is like a large container and glues down random pieces of balsa wood to resemble walls, gates etc.

A broken cork from a wine bottle became a ruined pillar, and a Smarties hexagonal box became a more elaborate column. Some odds and ends from the “bits box” were glued to these pieces to add some additional “flavour”

The air-drying clay was smoothed out onto the bases and as with the previous bases, once it had begun to dry out a little, depressions for the models was pressed into the clay to make the eventual sticking down of the figures easier later.

For the walls themselves I decided to try and make them look like marble.  I search online for images and decided on a white/cream marble with two treads of contrasting color running through it.

To prepare the stonework, the walls etc. were painted with three layers of acrylic white paint (standard art supplies) and one this was fully dry I diluted some Sepia Shade (Vallejo 73.200) and applied this in random patches on the surfaces of the structures.

I then mixed a brown/orange color from Vallejo Flat Brown (70.984) and Pale Flesh (72.003) to make a kind of lighter brown and using a small brush applied random lines of color to the different structures.

Once this had also dried, a final mix of Vallejo German Grey (70.995) with a touch of Ultramarine (72.022) was then applied as a contrast colour.

The final stage will be to add some gloss or satin varnish to the structures once everything is dried fully.

The actual models are almost finished and the next post will be the finished bases which will comprise three units of Tallspears and two of Archers, together with a troop of two-handed weapons.

In the meantime Happy Gaming!