Here’s a little guide to how I made the bases for my wood elves.

You will need:

• PVA glue
• Sand flock
• Snow flock
• Leaf litter
• Milliput (or any other modelling putty that you are comfortable with)
• Toothpics (for modelling the putty and spreading the glue)
• A good (large) brush
• 3 brown paints

The root (look closely) and the stone I made out out of milliput. Then I flocked with sand, basecoated and drybrushed. Then I added “leaf litter” and finally I applied my self made “snow paste”. Tadaaa!

How it’s done:

1. Put some putty on the base.
2. Sculpt the putty into roots with a toothpick or a needle by drawing longitudinal lines.
3. With a modelling knife make little transversal “cuts” in the roots to simulate cracks in the bark.
4. Spread out some PVA and flock with sand
5. Basecoat
6. Drybrush with dark brown (Marón cuero or Scorched brown)
7. Drybrush with light brown (Uniforme Inglés or Snakebite Leather)
8. Drybrush with beige (Arena Oscura or Bleached Bone)
9. Apply leaf litter
10. Apply “snow paste”. Done!

Making snow paste
50/50% mix of PVA/Water. Add snow flock until you have a thick paste.

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