r/Malifaux • u/Forward_Sort_4590 • 8d ago

Question Basing tips

Hey all, working on putting together the jack daw core box, and i think i want my bases to be like a metal jail floor with some rust and blood splatter on them. I think i have the paints figured out, but does anyone have any tips on how to sculpt the actual floor and make that look good?

Any helps is appreciated. Thank you!

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u/ExplanationNew8233 8d ago

There are structure rollers for green stuff, that can give you such a pattern.

https://www.greenstuffworld.com/de/strukturrollen/1398-strukturrolle-riffelblech-klein.html

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u/RefrigeratorLive7329 8d ago

Malifaux has basing tops. Or did. They have a hospital floor that’s cracked and broken

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u/Darbizzlebacon 8d ago

To get the look of riveted iron or steel floors, you could use some kind of thin clay/ milliput/ green stuff, and find some micro beads to press in as rivets. You could potentially also use a hollow tube to press ‘rivets’ into the clay, I have used the cheap store brand Q-tips, specifically the ones with plastic handles, tore off the cotton swab and used the tubes to press into foam core, but usually when building larger terrain pieces. I haven’t tried this for basing, so it might be too big of a detail for a small area.