Stone and Skull Scibor Resin bases

Recently, I painted a set of 18 resin Scibor bases for a unit of Dwarfs that I painted previously.

The first thing I did was wrap some craft sticks in painter’s tape, and then put the bases on the stick for airbrushing. This is probably the easiest way to hold them for airbrushing, and it can really help speed up the process.

Then, I primed them with black Vallejo Surface Primer.

Next, they were drybrushed with a medium grey.

After, they were washed first with Army Painter Green Tone ink…

Then with Army Painter Purple Tone ink. Adding many layers of unexpected colors can help create depth and interest. Many other colors would be fine to use, just go with what feels right to you. I wanted the overall result to be cool colors with the skulls really standing out, so I thought blue, purple, and green would be great hues to include. The Dwarfs have quite a bit of blue on their own though, so I left that color out of the bases.

Then they were drubrushed again with RMS Cloudy Grey.

Next, the skulls alone were heavily drybrushed with RMS Cloudy Grey to pick them out.

Then the skulls were drybrushed heavily with a mix of RMS Cloudy Grey and RMS Amber Gold to gradually bring them to their final color, but still keep them tied into the base overall.

Then, the bases were washed in some areas with GW Agrax Earthshade and GW Seraphim Sepia, and the skulls were drybrushed with RMS Yellowed Bone.

The skulls were then washed with GW Seraphim Sepia.

After that I picked out some areas of the stone with a light drybrush of VMC Light Sea Grey, which has quickly become one of my favorite paints.

After that all that was left was to black out the edges and take them off the sticks.

Then attach the Dwarfs!

 

This whole process was very fast and very simple, but the results speak for themselves!