Incursion Scenic Bases

Most of my Incursion models are mounted on "scenic bases" that I added extra details too.

Scenic bases are intricately detailed bases you can buy. They're a great-looking alternative to sculpting your own or to the traditional sand-and-pebbles style.

I went with scenic bases since I'm not skilled at sculpting and I felt Incursion wouldn't look good with sandy bases. They were worth every penny! I had a great time adding extra details to them too.

I used three brands of bases, plus I sculpted a few with greenstuff:

• Fenris Games
• Dragon Forge Design
• Malifaux Diorama Bases

Fenris Games

Fenris Games makes a set of official bases, objective markers, doors, and faction markers for Incursion. You can't get any better than that!

Here's what the bases look like:

They also have several other designs that would look great for Incursion:

• Templar Ruins
• Temple Flagstone
• Dungeon Labyrinth
• Sulaco
  

Dragon Forge Design

I used the following bases from Dragon Forge Design:

• Concrete: 30mm / 40mm  (Note: I cut off the sidewalks with wire cutters.)
• Stone Floor: 30mm / 40mm
• Goth-Tech Set 1: 30mm / 40mm
• Goth-Tech Set 2: 30mm / 40mm
• Goth-Tech Set 3: 40mm
  
• Fractured Concrete: 30mm / 40mm

Here are some examples:

Concrete

Stone Floor

Goth-Tech

Goth-Tech

Fractured Concrete*

*I'm planning to make these look flooded. Once the models are painted I'll add some "water effects".

Malifaux Diorama Bases

I bought mine from Gadzooks Gaming & Wonder Emporium:

• 30mm Mad Scientist Lab (pictures here)
  
• 40mm Mad Scientist Lab

Example:

Greenstuff

Lastly, I sculpted some bases with greenstuff. I tried to mimic the official Fenris Games bases:

How-To:

I made most these around 2013 so please forgive my memory. I think I made the texture by wetting the greenstuff and then lightly pressing into it with some base-coated rocks made from this Woodland Scenics Stone Mold. The water was to prevent the greenstuff from sticking to the plaster rocks. Afterwards, I ran a thin metal tool around the edge to separate the greenstuff from the curved portion of the base.

Extra Details

I added extra details to make the bases look even cooler and tie them all together.

Bullet Casings:

I made these with a copper wire (approximately 20-guage) that I bought from Home Depot for cheap.

I carefully stripped off the plastic sleeve and then snipped the wire into short pieces. I used the sleeve to make pipes (see below).

Pipes:

I used several materials to make pipes of different diameters:

• The white pipes are leftover sleeves from the 20-ish gauge wire I used for making bullet casings.
  
• The green pipes are a 14-19 wire (14 gauge, 19 strands) that I also bought from Home Depot.
• The brass pipes are a 1mm brass rod that I also use for pinning models.
• The dark grey & highly detailed pipes are Zinge Industries Pipes and Fittings.
• I also used random bits like leftover spear shafts for some of the pipes.
  

Damaged Pipes

Zinge Industries Pipes

Ribbed Cables:

All of the cables are from Zinge Industries Wrapped Wire. This stuff is awesome! I also used it to make the Zombie Macaques and Chimpanzees, the Tesla Cannon APE, and to customize some Sturmzombies.

Chains:

The chains are from Greenstuff World: Hobby Chain 3mm