It's base time again! This time we will be looking at a basic grass field basing scheme and using the magical secret weapon: Mod Podge. For this basing scheme you will need a base, Some Coarse scatter rocks, sand)if you aren't using a pre textured base as I did), Mod Podge matte, and three different types of grassy flock as well as paint.
My base will start with the good old Kings of War plastic bases but you can use plasticard or anything else!
After you have a basic sandy texture to your base you can lay down a path for a little variety. Use a line of super glue to outline the path then scatter some small rocks over it and suddenly a path appears!
Next spray paint the whole thing black and while it is drying spray it with a dark brown so you end up with a little bit of mixing between the two.
Next liberally dry brush brown all over the base. You don't have to clean at all as most of this will be covered later on by the grass flock.
Before cleaning your brown brush off just dip it in some grey or white and drybrush the path in a nice light contrasting color. Again don't worry if you go 'outside' the path most of that area will be covered in grass.
Now we get to our secret weapon. Open up that Mod Podge and spread it all over the brown areas. Be sure to be fairly thick on this as it will dry matte clear and the flock will adhere to it much better if you have enough mod podge on there for it. Don't worry it really does dry clear!
Now don't wait for it to dry you need to get grass on that ASAP! I've used a dirt flock (dark brownish green) from Gale Force 9 first. Just sprinkle it around the base leaving some area for other colors to go on. We want to use multiple types of flock in order to add some natural variation.
Without removing the excess flock start sprinkling on your second color. for me I used a basic woodland scenics green grass flock.
Again without tapping off the excess I've sprinkled some dried yellow grass as I'm going for an early fall look eventually.
Finally shake off the excess flock into a nice neat pile and sprinkle it all over the base to add that last bit of varience.
Finally Wait for the whole thing to dry and add your last details. I've added some piles of lovely fall colors though you can always use rocks, trees or whatever strikes your fancy. Either way you should have a happy little base by the end!
