[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-/guides/basing-miniatures":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":129,"date":130,"description":131,"extension":132,"heroImage":133,"intro":134,"lastUpdated":130,"marketEditions":135,"meta":136,"navigation":135,"noShopFooter":137,"path":138,"related":139,"seo":142,"shopSearch":143,"stem":144,"tags":143,"__hash__":145},"guides/guides/basing-miniatures.md","How to Base Miniatures",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":122},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,56,60,64,85,89,93,113],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Basing is the fastest way to make a model look finished. A painted miniature on a bare plastic base looks unfinished; the same model on a simple textured base looks like part of an army. It takes minutes and ties your whole force together visually.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-quick-standard-base","The quick standard base",[10,19,20],{},"The most reliable, fast approach:",[22,23,24,32,38,44,50],"ol",{},[25,26,27,31],"li",{},[28,29,30],"strong",{},"Texture"," - spread texture paste (or PVA glue and sand) over the base, keeping it off the rim.",[25,33,34,37],{},[28,35,36],{},"Basecoat"," a dark earth brown.",[25,39,40,43],{},[28,41,42],{},"Drybrush"," up through a lighter brown to a bone/grey to pick out the texture - this is where drybrushing shines.",[25,45,46,49],{},[28,47,48],{},"Wash"," optionally to knock it back, then add details.",[25,51,52,55],{},[28,53,54],{},"Paint the rim"," a single clean colour (black or a dark brown) - this one step makes an army look unified and intentional.",[57,58],"paint-products",{"ids":59},"citadel-astrogranite-debris,citadel-armageddon-dust,citadel-stirland-battlemire,citadel-agrellan-earth",[14,61,63],{"id":62},"adding-interest","Adding interest",[65,66,67,73,79],"ul",{},[25,68,69,72],{},[28,70,71],{},"Static grass and tufts"," - a couple of tufts per base adds life instantly.",[25,74,75,78],{},[28,76,77],{},"Rubble, skulls and slate"," - press bits into the wet texture for ruined-battlefield bases.",[25,80,81,84],{},[28,82,83],{},"Themed bases"," - snow (baking soda and PVA), sand, urban rubble, or alien growth to match your army.",[86,87],"accessory-products",{"ids":88},"army-painter-battlefields-basing-set,gsw-static-grass-flock-4-6mm-spring-grass-200-ml,army-painter-woodland-tuft,gale-force-nine-hobby-round-concrete-rubble-mix",[14,90,92],{"id":91},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[65,94,95,101,107],{},[25,96,97,100],{},[28,98,99],{},"Always paint the rim."," It is the single biggest \"finished vs unfinished\" tell.",[25,102,103,106],{},[28,104,105],{},"Keep it consistent."," The same base recipe across the army is what makes it read as a force.",[25,108,109,112],{},[28,110,111],{},"Don't overdo it."," Bases should frame the model, not upstage it.",[114,115,119],"affiliate-shop",{"label":116,"search":117,"tid":118},"Basing materials","basing kit static grass tufts","basing-miniatures",[10,120,121],{},"Texture paste, static grass and tufts cover most basing needs.",{"title":123,"searchDepth":124,"depth":124,"links":125},"",2,[126,127,128],{"id":16,"depth":124,"text":17},{"id":62,"depth":124,"text":63},{"id":91,"depth":124,"text":92},"Techniques","2026-06-28","A guide to basing miniatures - the quick finishing step that ties an army together, from simple texture-and-drybrush bases to tufts, rubble and rims.","md","/images/guides/basing-miniatures.webp","The finishing step that ties a whole army together",true,{},false,"/guides/basing-miniatures",[140,141],"drybrushing","washes-and-shades",{"title":5,"description":131},null,"guides/basing-miniatures","CGhPOq_qz9OPBBRwUr3OWIsGf1QZyt7hIe56qvqRyE0"]