A while ago i posted this how to paint marble on a forum but it was a members only area and thought it may help people.
Marble bases warhammer.
Apply glaze lines of 50 50 administratum grey and lahmian medium moving in roughly the same direction across the surface of the base.
Do a google images search under marble you should find something out there.
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These lines should be roughly 1mm in width and very translucent with some looking slightly thicker than others.
Painting marble bases posted by admin on 19 09 2013 at 11 32 am in this tutorial we re going to covers how to paint marble effect on smooth surfaces such as miniature bases or pillars.
Ultimately though for painting the marble effect i didn t follow a tutorial.
I made up some marble bases for my custodes.
So i decided i wanted to paint marble effect on the bases of my steelheart s champions warband for shadespire.
I m actually working on some terrain for warhammer fantasy aos i ll post some pictures on next days.
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I was given a ton of great stuff to look at.
I took to twitter asked fellow painters for tutorials and resources and i was not disappointed.
Ana explains the how to paint marble effect on miniature s base using her warhammer 40 000 space marines librarian for the tutorial.
I couldn t find anything premade that fit exactly what i wanted so i ended up getting some sheets of plasticard cutting them into tiles and then gluing the tiles to the base before painting them.
Watch and learn as duncan shows you how to paint a awesome marble effect on stone.
The leather piercer works on maximum of 2mm 3mm and sometimes i have to push a metal tip to help the exit of accumulated plasticard d molds are a viable option to make a lot of bases but i suggest to use resin instead of putty.
So the first thing to do is find a marble pattern that you like the look of.