How to make warhammer crystals
Website design By BotEap.comWhen you have a cool termagaunt miniature or a beautiful base and you want to add more details to it. How do you want to add more details to enhance its appearance? Well now I have a reason to smile for you because Crystals are the best answer. Imagine your base that was being added by crystal on the sides, how cool can that be. This time adding not only the crystals in the bases of your warhammer, but also putting sand and painting it to add more variety. In this article you will learn how to make Warhammer crystals that you can add to your base or on any terrain.
Website design By BotEap.comMaterial’s list
Website design By BotEap.com-drinkers
Website design By BotEap.com-paint brush
Website design By BotEap.com-sandpaper
Website design By BotEap.com-PVA glue (white glue)
Website design By BotEap.com-assorted paintings
Website design By BotEap.comStep 1 cutting the sprues
Website design By BotEap.comNo need to buy drinkers at the store, just extra drinkers you might see around your work area. Cut a few small pieces out of them, just make sure they are pretty clean of their markings or numbers that were put on their sprues. Because the drinkers usually appear with it. Crystals with markings on it, especially numbers, will look pretty bad. So just double check the sprues you will be using for your crystals.
Website design By BotEap.comStep 2 Sand and shape
Website design By BotEap.comOnce you have your sprues, start sanding them into crystal shaped pieces. Imagine that you are going to put your sprues on the bases of your warhammer miniature so the size will be quite small.
Website design By BotEap.comStep 3 Glue the crystals to the base
Website design By BotEap.comWhen you have your sprues sanded down and shaped into crystals, glue a couple of crystals to random areas on your base or anywhere you like. Crystals that are glued on at an angle give your warhammer base an added touch that looks great.
Website design By BotEap.comStep 4 Sand Glue
Website design By BotEap.comNext, brush PVA glue (with glue) over the rest of your warhammer base and sprinkle on fine sand, and then after dusting, shake off any excess sand that doesn’t stick to the glue. Then let it dry for a few minutes.
Website design By BotEap.comStep 5 Paint crystals
Website design By BotEap.comWhen it’s dry, it’s time to paint your crystals. Start by applying your first base coat of color to your crystals. Let’s just use a liche purple paint so it’s easily recognizable. Next, dry brush Witchy Purple and then Tentacle Pink. After dry brushing, give it a few more minutes to dry, then add a blue wash ink. Be sure to dilute the blue ink, otherwise it will saturate the glass and you won’t have any visible undercoats.
Website design By BotEap.comStep 6 Paint the sand (optional)
Website design By BotEap.comIf you have some time left and still want to add more beauty to your warhammer then you can do this suggestion. You can paint the sand apart from the crystals, to give a nice contrast, dry brush your sand with Codex Gray paint. Be sure to leave some of the natural color showing. And finish it off by applying a slightly dry brush with some white skull.