Quote from: K Peterson;953069Just a suggestion, but you could try switching to a superfine grit and see how the pebble size compares with the minis.

That's what I was thinking. This was an inexpensive four-pack of basing materials that came pre-boxed. I hadn't thought at the time about the size differences.

It looks like Baccus makes some nice 6mm specific materials. Their US supplier doesn't have them in stock. But the materials are lightweight and one order will pretty much last forever. LOL (ETA: and it's an excuse to order some of the 6mm cattle, cows, sheep, and camels.)

https://www.baccus6mm.com/catalogue/Basesandbasingmaterials/BasingMaterials/

The only super fine stuff I could find was from GF9. Maybe also get the fine and super fine (tan) grit from GF9 and save the large rocks for scattering around?

Quote from: K Peterson;953069And maybe use more of a general flock rather than static grass.

By "general flock", do you mean covering the entire base or making a smaller, more bush-like, patch, like right next to the wolf on the snow base? (It's hard to see because the white portion over exposed.)

Quote from: K Peterson;953069Or, rather than grit/sand, you could try a texturing paint (like GW's Stirland Mud). I've not used something like that, yet, but photos I've seen make it look worthwhile.

I was actually thinking of seeing how the snow or GF9 grit take paint. GF9 uses organic grit (cork I think) so it will accept paint or glue better.


BTW, I use Litko bases--they seem decent and pretty cheap and you can get whatever thickness, size, and shape you want.

Quote from: Tod13;953077By "general flock", do you mean covering the entire base or making a smaller, more bush-like, patch, like right next to the wolf on the snow base? (It's hard to see because the white portion over exposed.)

Nah, I mean a grass ground-cover that has more of an ... I don't know, powdery texture(?), than the clumpy strands of static grass. Finer particulates. Perhaps something like Gale Force 9's "Summer Flock Blend" (http://www.flamesofwar.com/gf9online_store.aspx?CategoryID=13166)? (I'm not intentionally shilling GF9 here - just looking for something close). Would have to see what the particle size and texture would be like, though.

I wouldn't cover the entire base. A mixture of a fine grit, with sporadic grass cover, and some static grass bushes/shrubs sounds like it'd be appealing - even at 6mm scale.

Quote from: K Peterson;953093Nah, I mean a grass ground-cover that has more of an ... I don't know, powdery texture(?), than the clumpy strands of static grass. Finer particulates. Perhaps something like Gale Force 9's "Summer Flock Blend" (http://www.flamesofwar.com/gf9online_store.aspx?CategoryID=13166)? (I'm not intentionally shilling GF9 here - just looking for something close). Would have to see what the particle size and texture would be like, though.

I wouldn't cover the entire base. A mixture of a fine grit, with sporadic grass cover, and some static grass bushes/shrubs sounds like it'd be appealing - even at 6mm scale.

Ah. OK. Thanks!

I don't mind people suggesting stuff they know and like. Other than GF9's fine and ultra fine and Baccus' 6mm specific materials, it is actually pretty difficult to get meaningful information about the sizes of the material.

What do you think of this? http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/category/FineTurf

It claims "Particle size is approximately 1/1000 in - 1/32 in (0.025 mm - 0.079 mm)"

It also looks to be a lot easier to get here in the states.

That does look worthwhile. The 'related video' on that page definitely shows a very fine particle.

I ordered the Woodland Scenics Fine Turf selections. I'll base some up after I get them and post results. Thanks K!

Looking forward to seeing the results!

I'm trudging my way through the last batch of Orcs. Have some basing to do, and then I'll post photos of the 12 of them. That'll leave applying decals and varnishing them. Might work on those steps after I get the Humans painted and based. We'll see.

I should say: I've got no complaints if this thread veers off course, or gets threadjacked. I'm a slow painter, and weeks will pass between when I post photos of completed players/teams. It's a slow assembly line.

Here's the Orc team. Still need decals but they're close to completion - at least to my standards.

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Cameraphone flash overbrightened the armor. The red isn't quite that bold, but the non-flash photos looked a little muddy.

EDIT: I just realized that I omitted a 12th player - the 2nd blitzer. Basically looks identical to the leftmost Orc in the top photo.

Cool. Can we get a closeup of one of the figures?

You mentioned doing a wash earlier. Are you doing any dry brushing to bring out highlights?

I'll see about getting a closeup later tonight. They're painted to around 'tabletop level' so they're not going to be that remarkable or detailed at close range. But, hell, I'm fine with criticism.

I've not done any highlighting through dry-brushing. I've considered doing some edge highlighting to make them stand out a little more. That's going to take some practice, though, because I haven't done much of it. I wasn't kidding when I said that I was a mediocre painter.

Here are two extreme closeups. [EDIT: Well, I guess not that extreme. The forum image uploader does some resizing).

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A little hard for me to look at. And makes me want to sink more hours into highlighting, detailing, and fixing more mistakes.

Quote from: K Peterson;953539Here are two extreme closeups. [EDIT: Well, I guess not that extreme. The forum image uploader does some resizing).

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A little hard for me to look at. And makes me want to sink more hours into highlighting, detailing, and fixing more mistakes.

They look awesome. Looking forward to seeing them complete with the decals.

Quote from: CRKrueger;951672Ok threadjack for nearly blind people:

What magnifying lenses do you guys use?

Little late for this one but... I got one of those stalk magnifiers, and it worked ok. But what really helped were some over the counter reading glasses.

Quote from: Ratman_tf;954298Little late for this one but... I got one of those stalk magnifiers, and it worked ok. But what really helped were some over the counter reading glasses.

I've heard of some other people using the jeweler's magnifiers. I think y'all tend to paint using the magnification, right?

I already wear bifocals. I like the stalk magnifier because I tend to look at the 6mm minis under the magnification, to help spot places I've missed painting or to note details I want to paint, but most often I paint without magnification. Some individual minis might differ from this rule of thumb. I'm using the 4-5 I'm currently working on as a reference, as I paid attention to when I used the magnifier this time.

I started my own 6mm thread here: http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?36624-Painting-6mm