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Test bases

Dec 1st, 2019

I'm kicking off the project with a set of four test bases for my first test Orks.

I had a specific aesthetic I wanted to achieve with the bases & terrain in this project:

• Dark grey dirt with burnt brown hues
• Near-black asphalt roads
• Medium-dark true grey urban rubble (slightly different from dirt)
• Medium-to-light grey poured concrete
• Metal bits, mostly rusted and/or oily/greasy
• Dead grass tufts, used sparingly
• Lots of oil marks, scorch marks, craters, and soot

I intentionally aimed for minimal use of light colors on bases: I wanted to keep the bases muted and murky in tones to provide a backdrop for the bright colors on the Orks to pop, but also wanted the bases to be extremely detailed and lovingly crafted.

In terms of materials for these bases, I used:

• Mixed gravel fill = open ground & dirt
• Cork topped with a layer of drywall filler = broken pavement slabs
• 1/4" foamboard = poured concrete
• Plasticard struts & rods = rusted building materials & pipes
• Grid/tile cut from plasticard sheet = concrete tiles
• Copper wire = electrical cables
• Larger rocks/shale = ruined concrete building sides
• Shaped polystyrene = concrete
• Metal mesh = chain-link fencing or other metal grids
• Dead static grass clumps (used sparingly)

Here's how they turned out:

Pretty happy with these!