The grand army of King Bruno the Questionable (Bretonnia)

I've got some of that texture mud stuff to slap on the bases, but I'm gonna torture myself and base the army in one go, that way I can't change my mind half way through. Now I'm actually questioning myself on how I want to base everything. Dammit.

I'll sleep on it for a few days, was gonna pop into the local hobby shop on Friday so I can grab any basing materials I need when I'm there. Also need to look at stuff for making trees, can never have too many trees.
 
You did not ask, but I will tell you anyway :razz:

I use this stuff:

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Apply with a brush and you are good.

However, I see that you have models with cast on integral bases.
In this situation to hide the bases I build up around them so that they do not look stepped.

I used to use miliput or green stuff.
But then being lazy and cheap, I discovered that you can build up the base using plasticine and harden it with a coat of superglue.
It does not properly harden as clay would, but once you have added the above sand gel it is more than adequate.

Plasticine base (though just a crude mock up for this post)

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Then once done, you can't see the integral base at all.

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The gel and cheap knock off plasticine are all available at HobbyCraft.

Food for thought if you had not already considered it, and if so then apologies.
 
Vallejo dark earth for my 40k and undead and Vallejo Russian Mud for my orcs and chaos. Those are my current base, err, basing, bits. Generally after mini is painted, but that's because I generally don't base my minis prior to painting.
 
Ended up grabbing some woodland scenics coarse turf today, not sure if I'm gonna use it but I like the shade (I got dark green) so it came home with me. Got my 4th ed magic cards and box of knights back today as well, so I can start learning 4th ed now.
 
Have been flicking paint at minis when I can, but this heat is killing me so motivation is at an all time low ATM but I'm getting there. Still wip, I'm now down to the annoying bits like belts shoes etc... Some of you may recognise some of the colour schemes.

Again sorry about blurry pics, my phone's a bag o crap that was cheaper than a pouch of tobacco.
 

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Been a weird day, passed out walking home this morning but on the plus side I'm not getting locked up tomorrow for council tax arrears 👍 AND Victrix have released their medieval foot knights! NGL the knights have cheered me up more than not going prison lol, my inner knight obsessed child is itching to build them.

Looks like it's too hot to walk my mates doggo today so I'm gonna crack on with painting, or nap, maybe both. Really need to finish off these units, I'm starting to get burnout looking at the same minis.
 
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