Good evening,
you really must think i am doing nothing else - do you? At the moment i am really motivated - i guess the reason is Ikea and the new workbench. At the workshop in Göppingen/Germany we all have been lucky because one person gave some of his Hirst Art gypsum parts to us. I didn't produce any yet, so i can't tell you a lot about that. I know the Company's name, Hirst Arts and that you can buy there forms to get different stones, pillums and a lot more. Great stuff.
Mostly after finishing a model off from painting i have the urge to build something, which doesn't mean, that this will be painted soon - it is just the fun of building, which - in my opinion - is also a strong aspect of our hobby.
Sometimes i really have confusing bases. I am true here, i don't plan mine, don't even think at all while doing bases - so i got a lot which are build but will never be used, haha. Today i did build another one instead of writing the full article of the Eldar - sorry, sorry, sorry... but this is also intresting i think.
Searching the stuff to build - in this case out of the gypsum part box:
After the search the way of the "Base-Corn-Flake-Samurai" begins. Bringing everything together... somehow. Let the idea form a base while doing - just like making Corn Flakes in the morning after 5 minutes after getting up... Brainzombiestyle - works best for me, haha.
I did use Wood glue to bring the gypsum parts together:
Stone by Stone:
I did cut some parts off in various spots to make it look more than ruined in the end, very easy while working with gypsum. You may also take broken off parts to put them on the place where the might have fallen:
Ok... i have to say sorry again. After this last photo here - creativity stroke me away and i just woke up after finishing, really sorry - i will say something about that later on... here is the result - i guess you get everything i have used (if not please don't mind asking) - sorry for the poor, fast taken pictures - the first result of the base, now standing at a safe place to fully dry and maybe i got another run on it to bring in some more detail, model is from Helldorado, 28 mm - click on the images makes bigger one (just testing around):
I am planning some more tutorials here, which in the perfect case go from A~Z of my thoughts, but that will take a while - during this i will sometimes do such strange weirdo articles, haha.
So far - keep on happy Cornflakecrunching...
You can see the finished model here!
Regards
Roman
More base tutorials would be great. I love your bases, they add a lot of atmosphere to each piece and are my favorite part of your work. (Which isn't to say that the miniature painting isn't also fantastic!)
ReplyDeleteHi Jar,
ReplyDeleteawesone your Brainzombiestyle Cornflake Base!!
Hi Roman,
ReplyDeletewell well, this is going to be a crazy but also extremely nice Cornflakes Basing. As always I should add.
In case you didn't read it already in the Maxpaint forum: Some of us will bring Hirstarts molds to the Edersee happening. So we can provide you with even more fantastic parts for your Hirstarts bits box to work with. :o)
Thanks for this Tutorial! Hope to see more like this.
Greets Holla
I am glad you like it, thank you for your oppinions. Sure there will be some more in the future.
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Ahh that sounds great, really looking forward...
See you soon :)
Regards
Roman
Great post. Who makes the sniper figure?
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ReplyDeleteThanks... The sniper is by Helldorado, as far as i know they are not yet back in production, but maybe you can still get some... just check their homepage for details: http://www.helldorado.fr/
For those who do not know Hell Dorado was bought by Cipher Studios (makers of Anima Tactics) and will be back in full production soon.
ReplyDeletewww.cipher-studios.com
@Althai
ReplyDeleteI fully agree with you. They are some of my favorite articles on massive voodoo, and the articles on massive voodoo are in general my favorite articles! The base is always the funnest part for me, and it does add so much to the model and project as a whole, and the apes do them so well.
Can anyone recommend a good supplier of the gypsum blocks in the UK? Thanks, Chris.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures seem to have dead links.
ReplyDeleteWe know about the issue and we are working on it, but it takes time to include the photos in the articles that are missing them. Right now time is not on my side. Will find more time early September. Sorry!
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