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Finally finished my Morticians Guild.    The ground was done using @janus1004 ‘s “clean dirt” method.  I like it.  Dirt is finer in grain size than sand, and has a much thinner layer, making it less of an issue for placing around feet, if you are concerned about burring toes.  Janus, if you’re reading this I’d love a full breakdown on the paints you use on the ground and the rocks.  I didn’t preshade all these bases and I wish I had.  The ones I had took a quick coat of VGA Earth well with enough shade variation. I ended up putting down a few coats and then covering with Agrax to restore shading while keeping all the bases looking the same.  They all got a drybrush of Menoth White Base after.  It works, but its less natural than your bases appear.

At a final count I think I have used 6 different shades of white and 9 different shades of black on the models.  My 2 main blacks were an attempt at copying @volleyfireandy ‘s work over here: https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/1222276/#snav .  He had better success than me, but it was a good learning experience and something I’ll try again.

Ball (Obviously, I hope)

Cosset

Dirge

Ghast

Graves

Obulus

Silence

In the Hobby Hangout they commented on me painting the bright colours first.  There were two reasons for this:

1. The dark colour for under them was in the post

2. If I painted the dark colours first I’d go “over the lines” and then have to bring it back up to get the colours to be vibrant again.  Whereas if I paint the yellows and greens first, the blacks will easily obscure any overspill and I’ll be forced to be a lot more careful when working around them later.

Also, milk bottle tops are king!  Don’t knock them.  I can drill in to them, cut in to them, glue things to them, paint over them.  None of it matters and they take it and I can always get more easily.  They are the right size for holding and they are bigger than a standard 28/30mm base and the same size as a 40mm base.  Models remain attached to them just through pinning.  I usually don’t even need any glue, but occasionally a little PVA on the underside holds the heavier models in place.  They can also be used to test new basing ideas as they are similar in appearance and size.