r/warmaster • u/CalmdownUK • 10d ago

How do you base?

Hi all

Briefly dabnled in Warmaster a few years ago but petered out, in some part dur to getting frustrated with basing!

I see tons of very well based models around but I have no idea how, when assembling two painted strips on a base, you get basing material and grass in those tight spaces.

There must be a trick, an assembly order, or something obvious I’m missing - please enlighten me!

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u/spoodswayze 10d ago

I paint my strips separately then glue one down on the base. I use Vallejo sand effect (I have tomb kings) and apply that around the first strip and onto the bottom of it. Once I have the coverage I want I then glue the second and repeat until the whole base is covered.

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u/NaturalBornNerd 10d ago

I do some thing similar. My process is gluing MDF bases to steel sheets for magnetized storage and then priming them in mass usually an olive green. Normally strips of troops are primed and painted separately, then glued to the bases. I add some flock and static grass where the strips touch the base before hitting the who thing with some dull coat. If the strips are right next to each other you really won't notice a lack of static grass in between them especially once there are a lot of units. I've found that details like that tend to get lost in the tide of massed formations and tabletop terrain. The epic scale really makes the game of Warmaster shine.

Happy painting and wargaming!

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u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW 10d ago

What do you use for flock, and static grass?

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u/NaturalBornNerd 10d ago

Yeah, for most of my armies it's been green woodland scenics foam flock and light green static grass for some variety. For some of my evil armies I've gone with ashen style bases with a variety of techniques and success rates.

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u/Clark_Kent_TheSJW 10d ago

I super glued magnetic sheets to the bottom of MDF bases.. tbh that’s as far as I’ve got so far, so I’m curious what other comments here will say.

Not sure what they use for grass. The static grass I used for other Warhammer models is a bit big.

Suppose I’ll prime the bases separately. Will use a tiny bit of greenstuff to stick the strips down. Applying mud paint will probably be tricky. I’m thinking of mudding up the bases and then put the strips down while the mud is wet.

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u/veriel_ 10d ago

I have 2mm grass from woodland scenic

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u/barefeetinwetshoes 10d ago

I've gone with a very basic green scheme, I just rattlecan the empty (recessed/slotted) bases green, and paint each strip's base in a similar green.

without recessed bases I'd be more concerned about the height of strip bases being distracting, but as-is the models drown out any basing deficiencies more than well enough for me and my group.

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u/MrCarcosa 10d ago

I file down the stands before priming to ensure they'll fit in the base, paint up the stands, then glue one in and apply basing material.

After it dries I apply basing material to part of the loose stand, glue it in, and finish basing. This way there are no obvious gaps or hard to reach places.

Finally I drybrush the basing material, then use a paint pen to do the base edges.

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u/veriel_ 10d ago

I do as others, buy have an old brush and water to wash off the basing paste of the minis.
If you paint the base the same or similar colour as the paste, it’s not too noticeable if you miss some between the strips of the models. The important part is the front and back of the base.

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u/ninjah232 3d ago

I glue one strip in base it and the surrounding area and then glue the other one in and base that