[Tutorial] Les socles d'Eldrick

Notre ami américain Eldrick Shadowblade nous gratifie régulièrement de très jolis socles. Je lui ai donc demandé s'il voulait bien nous faire un tutoriel simple, ce qu'il a accepté avec joie. Le texte est pour le moment en Anglais, mais j'en ferai une traduction après mes congés.

Pour une partie d'entre nous, il n'y aura là rien de nouveau, mais pour ceux qui cherchent des méthodes simples pour socler, c'est très appréciable.



1. Use a pen to trace the shape of the base on some Cork Board.



2. Cut out the shape of the base with an X-Acto knife, or you can roughly break it out in the desired shape.



3. I break the full circle in half with a slightly larger bottom half and slightly smaller top half. Use tacky glue to glue to base and to each piece of cork board like this:



4. To add depth and variation, try to stagger your pieces of cork to give an illusion of height.


5.To add strength to the tacky glue, i also add in my hobby glue (Zap-a-Gap) into the mixture. This makes a very solid and permanent bond to the base and the cork board.





6. Here is where you can any number of things to vary your bases. The story I am trying to convey with my Death Guard Army is invading the trench lines of a defending Imperial Army. It should be noted that I have no intention of actually playing another game of 40k again. These bases represent my efforts to put a cool looking army in a display case. You might want to just cut out some steps for competitive play. Let your goals override anything I lay out here.



I consulted many different sources to see what I could try to recreate. I used Pintrest and Google Images heavily for this effort.







There are literally thousands of photos you can use to caputre for inspiration. If anyone wants to check out my boards and pins feel free.

https://www.pinterest.com/proflee77/

7. I choose a Trench theme and this is what the army will begin to explore throughout the various models.

8. I laid out the trench boards in a two-to-one pattern similiar to this:



You don't need to go through the trouble as many trenches are probably hastily assembled and don't always have the luxury of meticulous designers.

9. For larger bases, I try to add some sand bags and skulls to increase the feeling of a warzone being overrun.

Beau travail, une table avec de telles tranchées, j'en rêve depuis des années!
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