Granite Guard

I noticed that I was starting to slop things up on Ghaz, which means I needed a break from him.  Here's a couple more of my Granite Guard.  While they aren't finished, it was nice to work on something new.  I've tried to speed up my process with these, which probably shows in these pictures.  However, I think the finished product will be fine when viewed as a squad.

More pics here:

GHAZGHKULL THRAKA CONVERSION 5

I decided to cross Ghazzie off the to-do list.  A little work on his PK and base work, including rigging it so I can play him on either a 40 or 60mm base.  Ready for paint:

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VCT Basing Legion of the Damned

Here's an example of the VCT (vinyl composition tile) flooring in action, providing basing material for some of my Legion of the Damned.  For my Space Marines, I want to base them so they'll fit in with either an urban or barren-blasted-rocky-desert terrain.  I think the VCT does a good job of passing as either slabs of rock or concrete paving.

A lot of good things about using VCT:  

The break pattern is very similar to concrete/rock crack patterns, or you can score and snap it in a straight line.  Free samples are easy to obtain, but even if you have to buy some, it's available at any big-box home center and it's dirt cheap.  60-70 cents a square foot, and in theory on square foot will base 144 minis.

This is just a 2"x2" sample, similar to the one used to base all 6 models above:

For me, the tile is free, and it took only minutes to prepare all of these bases (of course, drilling and pinning the models to the bases took some time, but basing plastic models this way would take very little time).  

It could actually be used to produce a very similar look to Les Bursley's bases, here.  Someday, I'll get some paint on these and provide an example of a finished product.