Welcome to my Blasted Wetland Base Guide
Looking
for Bases for my Death Korps Assault Brigade, I am inevitably
encountered the great bases of Secret Weapon Miniatures. There
especially the Blasted Wetland Bases have inspired me and I could
imagine these bases or that subject well with my Death Korps.
Unfortunately I have not found a dealer in Germany offering the
entire range and purchased in the United States is always associated
with high customs duties. So I decided to produce the Bases myself
and use the normal Games Workshop Bases for them.
What is needed?
Of
course you need normal bases as they are found in every GamesWorkshop or Forge World kit. Likewise, plasticcard with a thickness
of 1 mm and a circular scalpel is required. In order to design the
bases in the correct topic you should have sand, gravel, stones,
Flock, water effect and of course, trees or small branches. You can
buy everything individually, or simply the corresponding InstantScenery Kit: Wetlands at Secret Weapon Miniatures, it's all included
what you need for first base.
Hollow Blank Base
To
make the Hollow Blank Base you will take the Circle scalpel and sets
it to the appropriate size of the base. I recommend to cut the base
from the bottom so that you can not be too large and the cutting edge
of the base you need stops, can be seen on the following image.
For
the new bottom of the base you will take plastic cardboard and cut
again with circular scalpel the floorboards from it. For this you
should accurately measure the underside of the base so that the base
plates are not too small.
After
you cut out the new floor boards, you stuck it with plastic adhesive
to the base frame and give them sufficient time to dry.
If
the bases are dried, the protruding remnants of the bottom plate are
ground to achieve a clean look. Now our Hollow Blank Base is ready
and can be equipped with the required details.
Details of the Base
As
a swamp is very uneven and some miniatures are too large for the
Hollow Blank Base, you can combine both. For miniatures that are
simply too big on the position of the legs, I used Korkplates as base
and so bring an uneven structure in the base on the place the
miniature fits easily.
Alternatively
or additionally, trees, stumps and branches are mounted on the base.
If you bought the Instant Scenery Kit: Wetlands of Secret WeaponMiniatures, then also take the Masterclass Scenics: Tree Stumps or go
in your garden or forest and collect branches and roots that you
like. I found a box of dead bonsai trees and use them for tree
stumps, branches, or even whole trees.
If
you've stuck your first details now the subsoil of the swampland is
missing . Everyone has their own preferences which sand or rubble he
uses, I have a mix of many different varieties of sand, stones and
earth. This gives the surface more "depth".
After
application of the subsurface your base can primed, after sufficient
drying time, in the desired color.
Paint the base
Drybrush
the surface with Texture: Lustrian Undergrowth
Light
Drybrushing the ground with Layer: Loren Forest
Very
light Drybrushing the ground with Layer: Nurgling Green
Drybrushing
the tree bark with Base: Dryad Bark
Light
Drybrushing the tree bark with Layer: Gorthor Brown
Drybrushing
the splinters (tree core ) with Layer: Baneblade Brown
Shade
the tree with Shade: Agrax Earth Shade
Light
Drybrushing the tree bark with Base: Steel Legion Drab
Light
Drybrushing the wood splitter (tree core) with Layer: Karak Stone
Fouling the swampland
In
the Instant Scenery Kit: Wetlands of Secret Weapon Miniatures can be
found Olive underbrush, Fine Turf Soil and 2 different field grass.
For the first bases of the content should be sufficient, but if you
need a lot of bases then I can only recommend you Woodland Scenics.
There you can buy the above grasses and some more in larger bundles.
We
begin with Olive underbrush, this is freely mounted on the base to
represent marsh plants in the water. Just remember to leave enough
space for the character, less is more.
Then
we take the Fine Turf and mix it with wood glue to make a paste.
Apply
this paste with a brush on the trees, stumps, branches and at will to
achieve the effect of moss.
In
order to generate more "depth" to the base, I have decided
to attach myself small, colored leaves in some places.
For
tall grass you take the two Field Grass in green and yellow. These
are mixed in a 50/50 ratio and glued together in small bunches with
UHU glue on one end.
When
the glue is dried in the tufts, they are mounted on the base and cut
to the desired length.
Now
the base and the design is finished and you can glue your miniatures
on it.
Give
all enough time to dry, because if you fills the water effect and the
glue is not dry, unsightly blisters or gray haze may arise.
The
final result can look like this:
Last words
I
hope you had pleasure to read these instructions and perhaps
replicate. Should questions arise regarding the construction manual
or which is related to other issues Death Corps and all with them,
just contact me here.
If you want to support
me, so that further assembly instructions can cause then you will
find a Donation Link below.
I thank you and hope
you enjoy building.
143rd Assault Brigade
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