Tutorial: How I made my Fyreslayer bases

Hey folks, so I said a while ago that I was going to start going some tutorials, so here is the first one for you. My current project at the moment is the Fyreslayers and I wanted to make sure that the bases were fitting with the overall theme of the force. I wanted there to be hints of fire through the bases, which would bring the whole colour scheme together.

So I started by placing pieces of cork on the bases as so

I then primed the bases with Vallejo Black Primer through my airbrush

I then mixed Vallejo Black Primer with Vallejo White Primer (50/50 mix) and 

airbrushed from a upward angle.

I then airbrushed Army Painter Crusted Sore onto the bottom of base, 

avoiding the cork.

I then used the following colours over the red to give the impression of lava,

it is important to remember you don't need this to be perfect as it will be covered later on. 

I then started to paint the face of the cork piece to look like a fallen piece of a Temple, I mixed Slaanesh Grey and White Scar, then painted the edges with pure White Scar to increase the contrast. After that I painted some patterns with Khorne Red, to add that extra element to the base.

I then used Game Colour Smokey Ink to add some age. I also thinned it down and painted the middle piece of the cork. 

I then mixed Agrellen Earth and Black Primer, and applied this over the bottom of the base (You need to really blob this stuff on to get the desired effect)

Once I put it on I added a couple of small rocks over the base to add another element

At this point, I left them to dry (It might take a while so its helpful to have something else to work on in the mean time) 

Once dried, I then drybrushed the middle area with Gorthor Brown and the Terminatus Stone, thendrybrushed over the bottom with Terminatus Stone. 

I decided to also chip off a few bits of paints to allow more of the yellows and oranges to come through. After that I cleaned up the edges to frame the model as well as possible. Finally I based the Dwarf. And here is the final result, I hope you enjoyed this and love the final result!

If you would like to see more, please let me know if there is something you would be interested in!