Round Six Report from Rob Jedi - Part 11

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Rob Jedi continues:

After this, I was preparing a wooden block to be the base...when I happened to jam the cops on the big cork under the robot. I ended up liking the composition so much, I went looking for a much smaller base that would keep that same composition.

I ended up finding an end-cap from a large format printer that has been lying around in my terrain box forever. I cut off the prong bits so that it was flat on the bottom, then cut out a piece of overpriced embossed plasticard.

I did this by cutting around a lid that fit over the base nicely. I glued this one with superglue, then reinforced it underneath with some thicker plasticard cut to fit.

To place the minis, I drilled into the plastic card and shoved them on.

After they were all placed properly, I removed them and primed the base black. Bit of a shame, really - it looked really cool clear.

I drybrushed up the sides of the base in a series of greys, going from dark to light. I then painted the top in Boltgun Metal, gave it a series of washes of browns, then drybrushed it with some Burnt Sienna and Orange, then washed again, then drybrushed with Boltgun again. Sounds like a lot of trouble, but it looked nice and worn at the end. I also washed the sides in Raw Umber and wiped it off, to give a bit of mottling and shade to the details. I then did a brighter-highlight drybrush. After all this, I put the minis back on and took some photos.

Serious critique time: I sent a pic to my mate, and he recommended that the base needed something more and the shields looked too bare. Hmmm...it was about 1.30am at this point, but what the hell...

He recommended either I add some markings to the top or add some debris. I figured markings would be easier. I pulled off the minis, then put on some masking tape as a guide and painted on a big yellow line, then a big "A." After that, I added a bit of a brown wash, then used some Boltgun Metal and highlighted the tops of the pressed-metal detail. OK - base done, back to those shields...

I decided to paint those damn VASA logos again. They were a bit bigger this time so slightly easier, but it was about 2.30 by this point so I was happy when it was done. I superglued everyone down and went to bed.

With morning came sunlight and time for photos. Hope you all like the finished result, I think it came off looking a lot like a sci-fi novel cover with the tall composition, so I'm rather happy with it. Now please vote for the other guy =D.

See the Finished Pictures