WINTER WARRIORS Creating Arctic Bases and Terrain Snow-covered bases are perfect for the armies from

the Northern Chaos Wastes and Kislev forces alike, but any army can benefit from a strong winter theme. The Hostile Terrain section of The General's Compendium has rules for fighting in the Frozen Lands, and there are plenty of new "winter" scenarios a fantastic opportunity to make up some icy terrain and matching bases for your models! Imagine a winter version of your general standing in the snow and modeled with a fur cloak! All of the basing techniques described here start with the same technique: glue sand and gravel to the base and prime the whole thing with Chaos Black Spray Primer. This is best accomplished if you affix the sand while building the model and then prime the whole figure at once. Once the model is painted, follow these steps to finish the base. Remember that these techniques aren't only limited to model bases. Any of these methods can be used to create an entire snow-covered, frostbitten battlefield! Click the links or images below to see how it's done.

Snow Putty

Frozen Tundra

Classic Snow SNOW PUTTY

Snow Paste

Melting Snow

With this technique, you can create a realistic representation of snow. The putty will hold up a little bit better than the snow flock mix but requires a little more work. Assemble the model separately from its base. Add sand in a few patches on the base, and then cover the remaining area with modeling putty. Keep your fingers wet, smooth out the putty, and remove all fingerprints. Then, before the putty hardens, press the model into the "snow." The putty should be enough to bond the model to the base, but if it comes loose once the putty is dry, simply glue the figure back into its footprints. 1. Paint the sand by drybrushing with browns as you would for the other techniques. 2. Basecoat the snow with Shadow Grey.

3. Next, paint the snow with Space Wolves Grey. 4. Finally, paint the snow with Skull White, leaving a bit of grey showing in the recesses to create the illusion of shadow. Paint the edges with Bestial Brown.

FROZEN TUNDRA This basing scheme doesn't use any snow. The sand is painted to look like frostcovered earth dotted with patches of moss. The result is a bleak frozen tundra. Chris Walten used this basing style for his Chaos Marauder Army. Check out some of his models in White Dwarf 287! 1. Basecoat the sand with Graveyard Earth. 2. Paint Kommando Khaki over the base. 3. Drybrush with Bleached Bone. 4. Apply a very light drybrushing of Skull White and paint the edges with Space Wolves Grey. Then use white glue to add sparse patches of green flock to the base. Remember to keep it sparse, as there shouldn't be much moss growing on the frozen earth.

CLASSIC PAINTED SNOW This is the simplest method of achieving a snow effect on your bases. It uses the "classic" Games Workshop basing style of painted sand. 1. Start by basecoating the sand with Shadow Gray. 2. Drybrush with Space Wolves Grey. 3. Finally, drybrush the base with a coat of Skull White. 4. Paint the edges with Space Wolves Grey and you're finished!

SNOW PASTE For a more fluffy appearance, prepare a 1:1 mix of water and white glue. Stir in the snow flock to create a white paste. Continue to add snow until the mix is as thick as mashed potatoes. Before spreading the mix onto the base, paint a patch of Skull White where the snow will cover. To see this technique used on a wide scale, check out the Kislev Scenery article in White Dwarf 285! 1. Basecoat the sand with Scorched Brown. 2. Next, drybrush Snakebite Leather over the base. 3. Drybrush with Kommando Khaki, and then again lightly with Bleached Bone. 4. Before adding the snow paste, add a few clumps of static grass. Use brown static grass so it looks like dead weeds. Paint the sides of the base with Snakebite Leather, and then add the snow!

MELTING SNOW One of the easiest ways to achieve a snowy effect is to apply white snow flock over painted sand. However, snow flock by itself is not very white or fluffy; it lies flat and as it dries, it absorbs some of the color of the paint. However, the snow flock does make very effective "melting" snow. 1. Basecoat the sand with Scorched Brown. 2. Next, drybrush Snakebite leather over the base. 3. Drybrush with Kommando Khaki, and then again lightly with Bleached Bone. 4. With white glue, apply a thick layer of snow flock. Paint the edges of the base with Scorched Brown.