Painting Tiles on Bases

[driesco]

Hi everyone.

Hope you're all doing great and having a good day.

I'm back for more help on my Splicer Tyranid army! Any help or suggestions will be very very much appreciated!

The idea behind my army is Tyranids that were experimented on and escaped, so my base has to look like Science Lab tiles, white and sterile, with blood splatters on it. Anyone have an idea how I can get that effect?

[Deleted]

I personally would paint the base a slight off white and make sure it's solid and even. Then I'd freehand with a tiny brush black lines to define the tiles and edge the tiles in white on some of the sides, all matching. Once that's done I'd freehand the blood splatters.

[Moontyranid]

or take some greenstuff make some tiles.paint the parts between the tiles in a bleach bone like color and the tiles near white for the blood part look at the guide to paint on this forum and use something like a tooth brush to apply for the randomness

[Moontyranid]

a frietmachine whit handles will do the trick for making the tiles

[driesco]

Thanks everyone for the fast replies!

60mm, if I paint them freehand, will it still have the 3D effects of real tiles? How Would I go about making it 3D?

Moontyranid, the green stuff was my first option, but I live in the middle of nowhere is South Africa, my closest supplier of Warhammer models is 700km from me, and he can't seem to find green stuff. So I'm kind of boned there.

[Lanesend]

If you can't find Green stuff, any kind of clay will do actually. As long as it hardenes when it dries. I've seen people use normal modelling clay (fine) instead of GS. And while it is maybe a bit more difficult to work with, when it dries the result will be just as good.

Sept 12, 2012 7:42:21 GMT Moontyranid said:

a frietmachine whit handles will do the trick for making the tiles

Lekker, frietje met!

[driesco]

Will the model still stick to the clay? or do I have to glue the model to the base, and mold the clay around it?

[Moontyranid]

friet!

[maskedtyranid]

Sept 12, 2012 12:21:40 GMT driesco said:

Will the model still stick to the clay? or do I have to glue the model to the base, and mold the clay around it?

It probably will stick... until you drop it. So, if you go this route I'd suggest pinning your model to the base it's on, likely through the feet.

Oh, yeah, another thing. If you go this route, you could probably get away with painting the tiles white then slapping some Agrax Earthshade onto it. That way it'll look shaded and suitably dirty in one go, then, once it dries, you could do your blood effects.

[yoritomo]

Just use an index card.

They're cheap, thin, and you can cut them up with sicors or hobby knife.

[orkblasta]

yori you beat me to it :-P

go with yori's suggestion, works wonders :-)

cheers

[driesco]

Thank you all for the advice!
So I have to cut the forms of the feet out of the tiles? That's going to be kind of hard isn't it? Or am I getting it wrong?