Painting marble bases posted by admin on 19 09 2013 at 11 32 am in this tutorial we re going to covers how to paint marble effect on smooth surfaces such as miniature bases or pillars.
Marble bases warhammer.
The leather piercer works on maximum of 2mm 3mm and sometimes i have to push a metal tip to help the exit of accumulated plasticard d molds are a viable option to make a lot of bases but i suggest to use resin instead of putty.
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So i decided i wanted to paint marble effect on the bases of my steelheart s champions warband for shadespire.
I ll post a pic when i get home.
Watch and learn as duncan shows you how to paint a awesome marble effect on stone.
I couldn t find anything premade that fit exactly what i wanted so i ended up getting some sheets of plasticard cutting them into tiles and then gluing the tiles to the base before painting them.
Ana explains the how to paint marble effect on miniature s base using her warhammer 40 000 space marines librarian for the tutorial.
So the first thing to do is find a marble pattern that you like the look of.
Feel free to look at pictures of actual marble for inspiration but there should be an element of randomness to it.
I m actually working on some terrain for warhammer fantasy aos i ll post some pictures on next days.
Do a google images search under marble you should find something out there.
I took to twitter asked fellow painters for tutorials and resources and i was not disappointed.
Apply glaze lines of 50 50 administratum grey and lahmian medium moving in roughly the same direction across the surface of the base.
I made up some marble bases for my custodes.
I was given a ton of great stuff to look at.
Are there any tutorials on creating a tile marble effect for mode bases i have a marble courtyard for my armies on parade display board and i am trying to figure out how to base my miniatures so that it matches said courtyard.
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