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Lava Bases

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    21 Jul 2026
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  1. Build you base with cork, leaving some of the top of base exposed
  2. Undercoast with Matt Black
  3. Cover the expsoded base top (not the cork) in Pure Red
  4. When it's covered ad another layer of Pure Red , but while it's red add in some Flickering Flame
  5. Again, before that drys add in some Daemonic Yellow int he orange
  6. Do some mild blending of the three colours. You want it to look like patches of yellow that ransastion to the red
  7. Once dry, cover the lava in a thin layer of PVA glue
  8. Cover the lava in Mordant Earth
  9. Once dry, cover the cork in AK Volcanic Earth. Drag some of it into the lava to make a transastion
  10. Dry brush the volcanic earth and Morodant Earth with Dark Reaper , then Russ Grey and finally Fenrisian Grey
Citadel Painting System 4
Layer 3
  • Dark Reaper
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Russ Grey
Technical 1
  • Mordant Earth
Colour Forge
Base 1
  • Matt Black
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Acrylic 3
  • Daemonic Yellow
  • Flickering Flame
  • Pure Red
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