When I was doing this blog before some years ago, this little post was one of my most popular, so I thought it might be a good idea to repost this as I recreate my site.
In 2020, I saw some bases John at Just Needs Varnish! did and liked them. His work was a springboard for my experiment, and this is what I came up with as a result.
The basing process I used is as follows:
- Glued a couple of rocks and an Army Painter tuft onto an old, unprimed base, then applied Vallejo Dark Earth Texture (26.218). I watered a bit of the texture down and used it as a wash on the rocks too. I used some texture wash on the plant as well.
- Washed base and plant with Agrax Earthshade and Nuln Oil in two steps. Used some watered down Agrax on the rocks, but I skipped Nuln Oil because I didn’t want to darken down the rocks too much.
- Dry brushed with Gorthor Brown.
- Applied Glossy Nuln Oil to base and plant. Thinned the wash down greatly so I would achieve some shine without excessive darkening and applied to the rocks.
- I think I could do some additional dry brushing with Gorthor Brown again, if I wanted to lighten things up more, but I’m happy with how it looks for darker earth.
The picture above from John is the one that started me on my experiment and was originally featured on a 2020 painting challenge I ran.
I’m starting to build up enough posts that I might have to put a navigation menu or something on this site soon.
Be well!
Anne
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