Hello once again, readers mine. Early post today as I have things going on through the afternoon and evening. We're going to continue with our exploration of various basing techniques with my go-to solution for basing miniatures - which you can see in this old picture of Aviriel Tellerion. You're going to need several things before we get started:
White glue, preferably slightly watered down
A wide brush to apply the glue to the base with
Fine sand - either from a craft store or bulk shop and run through a flour sifter (hey, don't knock it - it works great!)
Static grass (you can find a large container of it through Woodland Scenics for $10)
Various kinds of flocking, talus, and other materials to break up the green of the grass
First thing you'll do is mix together the Static Grass et all into a single container - or, more likely, two containers to hold everything. This won't be used until the last step, but it's good to have ready to go ahead of time.
After that, you'll apply the sand to the base using the white glue. I like to apply the sand before priming the miniature, as that lets me easily paint the miniature different colors, but you don't need to. In either case, you'll want to apply the white glue, dip the base into the sand, then dust it off, returning the excess to the sand tub. It may take several passes to get a proper base on the figure.
The final step, after painting up the miniature and/or base is to apply the static grass. Just like with applying the sand, you'll lay down the sand - in this case, you may want to leave a few spots for the sand to show through. Then, dump the static grass on, enough to completely cover the base, let the glue dry overnight, then dump and wipe off the excess into the Static Grass container, and boom! You're all done.
So, here's a before picture of Jack Ryan that I've painted up today, and I'll post up a picture of him tomorrow with the static grass on the base so you can see the difference:
