Star Wars Legion by Mage
Painting Volcanic Waste Bases, part 1: rocks
These are the bases for the Scout Treater speeder bikes. They are bigger than the bases that the infantry models come on but the same technique can be used.
(1) Prime them Chaos Black
(2) Get a granite coloured paint. In my case I used the oop Chardon Granite, but there are plenty of paints out there like it. Stormvermin fur from GW is close but dries kind of oddly. Failing that, use a similar dark grey instead. Paint the rocky part of the base liberally. It is important to have a good basecoat to work from.
(3) Next get a lighter paint. Again I am using oop Dheneb stone, but rakarth flesh or something lighter will work just as well. Blend it on the edge of the rockface and as the paint mixed on the brush add more Dheneb stone and wet blend as you move toward the centre of each outcrop of rock. It is important to do this quickly while the paint from step 2 is still wet. Dont worry about it being too neat or even as rocks in nature arent. It should look weathered and kind of inconsistent.
(4) Leave it to dry for a while
(5) Liberally apply army painter Strong Tone from a dropper bottle with a large brush. Rule of thumb with this: if you think you’ve used just a little too much and possibly ruined it, then your doing it right. This is moreso for terrain than minis.
Next time, tune in for the Lava effect I will do.
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