MODELLING

INDUSTRIAL BASES
Adam Cooper painted these Necromunda bases using a hairspray weathering technique to make them
look worn and weathered. Here’s how he went about creating them.
Adam sprayed the
base with Leadbelcher
(1). He followed this
up with a wash of
Agrax Earthshade (2)
and a drybrush of Iron
Warriors (3).

Adam then sprayed

the base with
hairspray, which he
bought from a
convenience store (4).

Next, Adam painted

the base with his
chosen colours. He
picked Sons of Horus
Green (5) and
Averland Sunset (6).
He then covered areas
of the yellow with
strips of masking tape,
between which he
painted Abaddon
Black to create hazard
stripes (7).

Using a damp
toothbrush, Adam
gently scuffed away
some of the paint to
reveal the metalwork
underneath (8). This is
made possible
because of the
hairspray between the
layers of paint, which
peels away when
rubbed with the
toothbrush, taking the
top layers with it.

Adam then finished off

the base with a wash
of Rhinox Hide mixed
with Mournfang
Brown (9), and a coat
of Munitorum Varnish
to seal the paint.

ALTERNATIVE BASING MATERIALS

The Warhammer World Studio team use lots of
basing materials throughout this article, including
sand, plasticard, gravel, ballast and stones. These
materials are perfect for adding extra texture to a
base, and can even be used to provide a sense of
scale. After all, a tiny piece of gravel to us is
actually a small boulder to one of our models. The
team’s advice is to place the larger pieces on a
base first, then work down to the smaller ones.

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CREATING BASES FOR ARMIES
Paul Claridge painted these Black Legion Chaos Space Marines and modelled them with sandstone-
coloured bases that are covered in rubble and battlefield detritus.
Paul spends his days building and painting the incredible add to the base. Paul takes this approach when making his
dioramas that you can see in the Warhammer World models, too. Regular infantry models receive one or two
exhibition centre, so he has plenty of experience when it small pieces of rubble to add interest to their bases, while
comes to making scenic bases. He wanted his models to the bases of larger kits are almost miniature dioramas.
look as though they were fighting in a ruined city and
decided that a light sandstone would be a fitting colour Paul’s advice when building a big scenic base is firstly to
for them as it contrasts well with their black armour. make sure that there is enough space for the model’s feet
(or tracks) to fit. Secondly, the area the model is standing
If you’ve already read this issue’s Galactic War Zones on needs to be flat and sturdy. You don’t want to try and
article, you’ll know that Neil Roberts mentions his basing stick a heavy plastic and resin kit like the Kytan shown
hierarchy – the larger the model, the more detail you can below to sand or gravel, as it will likely come unstuck.

KYTAN, DAEMON ENGINE OF

KHORNE
Large models are a great way to show
off your basing skills. The Kytan comes
with a 170mm oval base, which means
there’s loads of space around the
model’s feet to create a scenic base.

Paul used a fallen statue from the

Urban Conquest set to form the main
body of the base. He then placed a
small section of wall from a
Basilicanum behind the model’s right
foot to add extra height to the base.
Note how Paul placed it behind the
Kytan, rather than in front of it – you
want the scenery to enhance the
miniature, not obscure it.

With the main pieces of rubble in

place, Paul added a few pillars, a
cut-down oil drum and some girders
taken from various Sector Imperialis
kits to create a true mound of rubble.
Chunks of plasticard were used for the
flat pieces of masonry.

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MODELLING
CREATING THE RUINED CITY
For his bases, Paul used several of the materials featured on the previous
page, plus plastic off-cuts from various Sector Imperialis terrain kits to BASE COLOURS
give the impression that his Chaos Space Marines are walking through a Because Paul’s bases are quite SANDSTONE RUBBLE METALWORK
ruined city. Paul used plasticard to represent fallen masonry as it can be involved and require a lot of Basecoat: Zandri Dust Basecoat: Leadbelcher
carved to size and shape so that it looks like floor tiles or fallen slabs of drybrushing, he decided to paint them
Wash: Agrax Earthshade Wash: Nuln Oil
wall. Before gluing anything down, Paul tested out where each piece of separately from the Chaos Space
masonry would go, cut it to size, then distressed the edges with a hobby Marines that are standing on them. He Drybrush: Karak Stone Wash: Agrax Earthshade
knife. He then glued larger rocks around the tiles with PVA glue, being used the colours to the right for the
careful to leave space for the models. The last stage was to add small masonry and metalwork. Drybrush: Corax White Drybrush: Stormhost Silver
gravel, ballast and sand to fill in any gaps.

DAEMONIC DESTRUCTION
Paul’s Venomcrawler stands triumphant over the ruins of an Adeptus
Mechanicus statue – fitting considering the Daemon Engine’s ties to
the Dark Mechanicum. The ruined building sections add a lot of extra
height to the base, making the Venomcrawler even more intimidating
than usual. Note how Paul has integrated the rubble that’s normally
attached to the Venomcrawler’s claws into the design of his base.

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