Marble Bases Warhammer

Feel free to look at pictures of actual marble for inspiration but there should be an element of randomness to it.

Marble bases warhammer.

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. I was given a ton of great stuff to look at. Ana explains the how to paint marble effect on miniature s base using her warhammer 40 000 space marines librarian for the tutorial. I made up some marble bases for my custodes.

So the first thing to do is find a marble pattern that you like the look of. These lines should be roughly 1mm in width and very translucent with some looking slightly thicker than others. 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. So i decided i wanted to paint marble effect on the bases of my steelheart s champions warband for shadespire.

Watch and learn as duncan shows you how to paint a awesome marble effect on stone. I ll post a pic when i get home. A center for all things warhammer 40 000. A while ago i posted this how to paint marble on a forum but it was a members only area and thought it may help people.

I took to twitter asked fellow painters for tutorials and resources and i was not disappointed. You can support me for as little as 1 a month over on my patreon page. 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. Apply glaze lines of 50 50 administratum grey and lahmian medium moving in roughly the same direction across the surface of the base.

Ultimately though for painting the marble effect i didn t follow a tutorial.