Guild Ball -- Home Field Advantage

Sometimes the bases make the models...

Guild Ball:

Home turf for the Butcher's Guild.

In which I walk you through the four bases I've made

for the Butcher's Guild starter box.

Wooden planks were wanted as atmosphere.

Naturally I thought meat should be included.

Below: I used actual wood stirring sticks, scoring 

them with a wood carving tool to accentuate 

the grain, and make it look like flooring.

Below: I used Green Stuff, the two part epoxy putty to sculpt

steaks and sausages. I wanted the steaks to look like beef strip

steaks, so I first sculpted the strip loin, and cut steaks from it,

as you would do with a real strip loin.

Below: I had to figure out which models go on which bases, and

then figure out which one gets the steak and which gets the links.

Below: Primed using Badger Air Brush's Stynylrez Red Brown Primer.

Being used to either white, black, or grey primer, it was interesting to work around this color. 

I don't have an air brush, so as you can see, this works great with regular brushes too.

Below: The first thing I did was use Secret Weapon and

Citadel washes, applying them all over first, and then targeting

certain areas more to darken them.

Below: I forgot to take note of the colors I used for the actual wood, which were applied first, but these are the colors I used for the meats.

Below: Here's what my palette looked like. Among the reds, and whites, you can see a cool gray color as well, which is one of the colors I used on the wood planks for a temperature contrast.

And here's the finished product!

Makes you want to heat up the grill.