Blood Bowl Bases | Tutorial

[@michaelflynn3970]

great idea with the popsicle stick! Love it!

[@SleepyWhatsIt]

Thanks!

[@jinenjuce]

You know, a lot of other tutorials do mud texture and all that stuff, but this is really simple and looks the most like a sports field!

[@SleepyWhatsIt]

I find doing a lot of texture/mud doesn't make a lot sense when you are doing a heavily grassed base like this, since it just all disappears into the grass and a properly maintained sports field tends to be pretty flat anyway. If I were doing a torn up field with clumps of grass missing then I might consider using a bit of texture for the areas without grass.

[@f1sk8mm]

Thanks for taking the time to post this. I’m hitting 40 years old soon and just now getting into the hobby…never built models either. It is a little intimidating. I got season two and I was wondering how you deal with the gap in the base. Did you fill it with something or buy a bunch of bases? Thanks! I’ll definitely be using that popsicle trick!

[@SleepyWhatsIt]

I think for the season two models I specifically used non-slotted bases that I already had, since none of the models had tabs. When using slotted bases I normally use a bit of epoxy putty like greenstuff or milliput to fill in the gap as need, since I always make too much when doing other things. The old school way of dealing with those gaps is to use a bit of masking tape to cover the hole and depend on whatever basing you do to hold it down, never was a huge fan of that. Uncle Atom of Tabletop Minions uses super glue and foil from granola bars for covering the gap if I recall correctly, which seems like a superior form of the masking tape idea.

[@f1sk8mm]

@@SleepyWhatsIt awesome thanks! I'll order some bases!

[@___gh0st___]

Very cool! Do you know where to find numbers to stick to the base?

[@SleepyWhatsIt]

Most, if not all,of the current in production GW Blood Bowl teams come with a transfer sheet that has some numbers on them. That is where I get most of my numbers from. If you don't have those, there's a lot of those available on bits resellers/used on eBay. Otherwise, there's a number of companies/ sites that produce generic transfer sheets that might have numbers that work.

[@___gh0st___]

@@SleepyWhatsIt ok thank you! No numbers in mine though :/

[@kylerfaul5053]

May not get an answer but what was the strategy for making the popsicle stick ridges?

[@SleepyWhatsIt]

I don't think I had a particularly specific strategy when making the notches other than trying to keep them vaguely even. I may have compared them to the distance on the actual blood bowl boards to get a vague idea of the size that they're supposed to be, but basically just went along perpendicular to the popsicle stick cutting in deep enough that I had clear seperation between the bottom and top of the notches and then used my knife to pop out every other tooth.

[@ammarshirwani8912]

I reside in Canada as well. Just wondering where you purchase your minis and paints/tools from? In particular the Repear Bones starter paint set. Thanks.

[@SleepyWhatsIt]

For Reaper specifically I normally order directly from them, since not a lot of local, to me, stores stock their lines. They have a minimum amount for free shipping, so I only order every few months. Though if you are in Toronto Meeple Mart carries a good amount of Reaper if I recall. I think they also do online orders, but I have never used it. For other supplies it is a mix of various local game stores, a few online stores, art supplies stores, and when I travel for work (which hasn't been much lately 😅) I make a point of researching and visiting hobby shops in the area. For online shopping in Canada I have used Sunward Hobbies, Tista Minis and Lords of War, and have been happy with all of them. They are all based in Southern Ontario so shipping times are short for me. I generally try to avoid Amazon, since for hobby related stuff the prices are often inflated I have found. That is part of why I removed my affiliate links, I didn't have the energy to keep up with who the good resellers were.

[@ammarshirwani8912]

@@SleepyWhatsIt Thanks for the thorough breakdown. I think my journey back into miniature painting is going to follow yours quite similarly

[@mtareinzbern5644]

its look very good

[@SleepyWhatsIt]

Thanks!

[@fluffiezombie]

With Static grass do you need to have an applicator for it?

[@SleepyWhatsIt]

Depends on the look you are going for. If you are wanting really trim and well kept grass that is all standing up, then yes. For something like Blood Bowl bases, where it will have being trodden upon so should look a bit squashed and unkempt, I generally don't, and just use an old brush to fluff it up if it is looking to flat before the glue dries.