Thanks for the kind words folks!
This is the first couple of units from fire warrior and stealth formations taken from above. I include these to explain a couple of things...
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The bases are custom laser cut jobs, there are various sizes and shapes, all with a vague "manta ray/aquatic" aesthetic. I designed them to fit the units that will use them, and where appropriate to tessellate (fit together). Each base has two layers: the top is MDF, the bottom is a flexible metallic material. The idea is they can be stored on magnetic sheet trays, and allow for removable characters on disc magnets (not tried this yet).
Second, I have included the occasional pool of toxic junk. There are actually a couple on the crisis and broadsides but they aren't as visible and didn't come out as well unfortunately. It took me quite a few experiments to do these before settling on this method, which is:
1. Build a "border" of milliput
2. coat d'arms bogey green in the middle
3. Cover with 2 part epoxy glue
Quite simple but epoxy is very thick and dries fairly quickly so not easy. To be honest I only did this because I think I've failed to make the bases with enough contrast and it probably wasn't worth it
Edited to add: you can't really see the water effect in the photo, IMO it looks a lot better in real life but like I say, not sure it's worth the effort.
an army of those will look grand!
