More on the movement trays - how I do them

 

 Almost all prepped for Sunday! 

I did fail to mention what I did to texture the trays, so here it is if anyone is interested. Once the bases were assembled I covered them with my homemade concoction of basing goo. 

The goo is: 

• Liquitex flexible modeling paste
• White glue
• Woodland scenic fine ballast
• Craft paint burnt umber
• Wall paint texturing powder 

No precise measurements here, just a dash of this and a splash of that whatever 'looks' right. I try to keep it from being too runny, really just a nice paste. I do also try to make it so that when I run a spatula across the surface I can see a pebbly streak effect. The wall paint powder is something I bought years ago, is very very fine (actually dangerously fine as it can get airborne and breathed in all to easily) but it does add texture and bulk to the goo. I use a spatula and old paint brush to apply it to the trays.

I store this goo in a dollar store sandwich plastic container that is fairly air tight.

Paints used

• Apple barrel Territorial Beige
• Craftsmart Golden Brown
• Ceramcoat Khaki
• Vallejo Sepia wash/dip
  

Once dried I apply a dry brush territorial beige. Once dry then add a dry brushing of golden brown. Once this has dried I apply a wash, then as it dries I randomly dab a bit of paper towel to vary the amount of wash. Finally once the wash has dried I do a very light dry brush of khaki to pick out some highlights.

The tray on top is after the wash has been applied

 

Then it is a simple matter to brush on some white glue in semi random patterns, followed by either dunking the tray into my vat of green flock, or sprinkling the flock over the base by hand.

 

On the left are my old style bases while the right better shows how I will be doing bases

So the next task is to re-base my figures as the basing has gotten real old. I shall be ordering some pre-cut MDF bases and then apply my goo to the bases to blend in with the trays. Of course you never know, maybe I will like Fantastic Battles so much that I will just convert to larger bases...