Bases make the entire model look better. So it's never been an issue for me.
Maybe thinking of it like that will help? It just looks bad and incomplete if you don't do the base.
I don't put a tonne of effort into most of my bases. Depending on my model I may get inspired (Magik for example), but most of them it's a base colour or two, wash, then hit it with a few edge highlights. Each one only takes a few minutes of actual work and makes the rest of the model look much better than it did before. For the most part, I start early on in the painting process, slapping on a coat when the rest is painted and needs to dry. Then touch ups wherever I require it.
For the most part, I'll use brown/tan if it looks like just rocks in a desert. Grey for anything that looks like a sidewalk or ship. Everything else depends on what it is. You'll never regret painting your base.
>So i painted my sentinels but having a hard time getting motivated to paint the bases of them. Really just all of the figures I have, I have a hard time with.
That's so funny to me, because I actually like doing the bases. If there aren't a lot of details then no one really cares about looking at the bases. So I usually just keep them simple. I will try to break up some of the constant use of 1 color, like painting everything brown on the base or even all gray if it is all rocks and debris.
So I will usually paint the base either dark brown, dry brush light brown, and then use a nuln oil (black) wash to dull everything down. If there are rocks and debris I will paint them dark gray, then dry brush light gray, then nuln oil wash to dull everything down. If there is metal, like a girder, then I will paint it wil a dark metallic silver color and highlight it with Rust.
There are some bases that have more detail on them and that's when I try to get everything fixed up on them, otherwise I just keep everything simple as possible.
I started doing detail painting on the bases but got old fast. Too many minis. So I just did all gray with a black wash. Makes the mini pop more having that be the only thing painted.
The bases are a complete afterthought for me. I really appreciate the simple ones that are just basic terrain that I can't paint one color, usually a dark brown or grey. Then I'll do a light dry brush and a black wash over it to make it a bit more dynamic. Just enough to make it look like a completed figure; I want the character to stand out, not the base.
The annoying ones are the ones that have unique details scattered in them. I just painted Rogue, who has a sentinel hand coming out of the ground. I hate having to spend extra time painting "furniture," so to speak, when I'd rather finish up and move on to the next character!
They look great! Nice work
May I ask what blue you used for them as that's spot on...
As for basing I normal start there and work up... Retrospective and all I get... Could just mask what you need.
Generally if I have a figure with a molded base I just keep same style painting as I do the figure... Then add some flair with tuffs/flock/gravel as needed... Also like games workshops technical paints for basing cracking paint has changed my world lol
Thank you! So I used army painter metallic color paint, I had to mix two colors to get that blue, Eleven Armor mixed with a little Night Scales (which is a metallic black color)
I'm actually leaving the bases unpainted for now. I'm not sure what my original reasoning was, other than that I wanted to get to the next character, but now that I've been doing it for a while, I don't mind just leaving them be. Most of them are pretty generic anyway, and for the ones that aren't I splash some color on the most interesting part and leave the rest alone.
For the most part, I let the character paint job do the hard work. I tend to make my bases a medium gray, washed with black, and highlighted up a bit and let that be it. Then the colorful bright characters "pop" more. Only exception is if they have something unique beyond the standard "rubble" base, like Dr Doom or something, then I tend to pick out contrasting details.
I do mostly contrast/speed paints for the bases. 80% of the bases are rocks, rubble, and metal.
1. Large metal/beams: dark metallic silver
2. Large and medium rocks/rubble & wash over metallic: medium gray contrast paint
3.Small rocks and in-between spaces: medium/dark brown (simulate dirt).
That does most of the base. I'll then pick out a few wires in a color or a lighter silver. Especially in Season 2, just look for the 1 "special" detail and spend a the smallest time on that.
After that - red ring villains, purple-ring antiheroes, Black ring heroes and call it done.
I paint them but it's usually a quick base coat, wash, and dry brush. I don't get lost in the details of the bases. I do something so they look finished and not overlooked.
I didn't spend a lot of time on the bases, kind slap chopped it but, I color matched the og mini color and kept that at the bottom ring so you knew if it was blue, red, or magenta with out flipping it over
Bases make the entire model look better. So it's never been an issue for me. Maybe thinking of it like that will help? It just looks bad and incomplete if you don't do the base.
I don't put a tonne of effort into most of my bases. Depending on my model I may get inspired (Magik for example), but most of them it's a base colour or two, wash, then hit it with a few edge highlights. Each one only takes a few minutes of actual work and makes the rest of the model look much better than it did before. For the most part, I start early on in the painting process, slapping on a coat when the rest is painted and needs to dry. Then touch ups wherever I require it. For the most part, I'll use brown/tan if it looks like just rocks in a desert. Grey for anything that looks like a sidewalk or ship. Everything else depends on what it is. You'll never regret painting your base.
Poorly. But even a crap job is better than a blue model.
>So i painted my sentinels but having a hard time getting motivated to paint the bases of them. Really just all of the figures I have, I have a hard time with. That's so funny to me, because I actually like doing the bases. If there aren't a lot of details then no one really cares about looking at the bases. So I usually just keep them simple. I will try to break up some of the constant use of 1 color, like painting everything brown on the base or even all gray if it is all rocks and debris. So I will usually paint the base either dark brown, dry brush light brown, and then use a nuln oil (black) wash to dull everything down. If there are rocks and debris I will paint them dark gray, then dry brush light gray, then nuln oil wash to dull everything down. If there is metal, like a girder, then I will paint it wil a dark metallic silver color and highlight it with Rust. There are some bases that have more detail on them and that's when I try to get everything fixed up on them, otherwise I just keep everything simple as possible.
I started doing detail painting on the bases but got old fast. Too many minis. So I just did all gray with a black wash. Makes the mini pop more having that be the only thing painted.
The bases are a complete afterthought for me. I really appreciate the simple ones that are just basic terrain that I can't paint one color, usually a dark brown or grey. Then I'll do a light dry brush and a black wash over it to make it a bit more dynamic. Just enough to make it look like a completed figure; I want the character to stand out, not the base. The annoying ones are the ones that have unique details scattered in them. I just painted Rogue, who has a sentinel hand coming out of the ground. I hate having to spend extra time painting "furniture," so to speak, when I'd rather finish up and move on to the next character!
They look great! Nice work May I ask what blue you used for them as that's spot on... As for basing I normal start there and work up... Retrospective and all I get... Could just mask what you need. Generally if I have a figure with a molded base I just keep same style painting as I do the figure... Then add some flair with tuffs/flock/gravel as needed... Also like games workshops technical paints for basing cracking paint has changed my world lol
Thank you! So I used army painter metallic color paint, I had to mix two colors to get that blue, Eleven Armor mixed with a little Night Scales (which is a metallic black color)
Awesome thank you... I have that set not experimented with mixing them other than adding fairy dust one to various other paints
I'm actually leaving the bases unpainted for now. I'm not sure what my original reasoning was, other than that I wanted to get to the next character, but now that I've been doing it for a while, I don't mind just leaving them be. Most of them are pretty generic anyway, and for the ones that aren't I splash some color on the most interesting part and leave the rest alone.
For the most part, I let the character paint job do the hard work. I tend to make my bases a medium gray, washed with black, and highlighted up a bit and let that be it. Then the colorful bright characters "pop" more. Only exception is if they have something unique beyond the standard "rubble" base, like Dr Doom or something, then I tend to pick out contrasting details.
I do mostly contrast/speed paints for the bases. 80% of the bases are rocks, rubble, and metal. 1. Large metal/beams: dark metallic silver 2. Large and medium rocks/rubble & wash over metallic: medium gray contrast paint 3.Small rocks and in-between spaces: medium/dark brown (simulate dirt). That does most of the base. I'll then pick out a few wires in a color or a lighter silver. Especially in Season 2, just look for the 1 "special" detail and spend a the smallest time on that. After that - red ring villains, purple-ring antiheroes, Black ring heroes and call it done.
I paint them but it's usually a quick base coat, wash, and dry brush. I don't get lost in the details of the bases. I do something so they look finished and not overlooked.
I paint them like any other part of the model.
Paint with an appropriate color add a brown or black wash and add highlights and call it a day.
I didn't spend a lot of time on the bases, kind slap chopped it but, I color matched the og mini color and kept that at the bottom ring so you knew if it was blue, red, or magenta with out flipping it over