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Friday, September 05, 2014

WIP: Display Bases - Details Part 2

So those twigs and rock and roots from last post? Added. Let take a closer look that the bone litter in the cave...



 All this stuff will give the giant squig a sense of scale. Now mushrooms are a must on a fantasy base and they will also help give a sense of scale so here is a little break down of how easy it is to make 'em...

First, clip out some wire for GS ones and you can even make them from apoxie sculpt. Roll little balls into long uneven rolls to act as stems...
Once those dry roll some more putty balls of various sizes and squish them on top of the stems. then just shape them as you like with your fingers or sculpting tools. Keep things varied as nature doesn't really do symmetry.
Now you can also make some that grow on trees by simply flattening balls of putty and tacking them edge wise onto the trunks of your trees.
While the caps are still wet you can add gills to some of them or texture them and shape them to give them variety. Let's have at look at them on the base...
 Nice! Pretty happy with that :D

Next Post: A few more base details and it's time to prime!  Thanks for coming back, leave me questions, comments or critiques below and remember; you can't spell paint without a little pain :)