Ruined Temple 101

So, to continue with my bases, I present the "Ruined Temple" 25mm bases from Secret Weapon miniatures.
To do these bases, you'll need the same materials used with the "Tech Factory" bases - minus the Realistic Water/Oil Stains.
After getting them clipped, filed and looking the way I wanted them to, I washed them in a diluted soapy water (1 part dish detergent to 5 parts water). Then I mounted them and left them overnight to dry.
When they were dry and the glue had set, I gave them a very thin basecoat of Skull White.

When the Skull White had dried, I added the first undercoat. I gave half the bases a Graveyard Earth coat and half a Khemri Brown coat.

When this had dried, I gave them a second undercoat. Again, dividing them in half. One set got a mix of Vallejo Ivory and Vallejo Off-White. The other set got Kommando Khaki.

At this point, I went back into the recesses with a toothpick to remove any built up paint and gave the areas a coat of Devlan Mud.

When the ink dried, I gave them a coat of Vallejo Ivory.

I then gave them a heavy drybrush of Bleached Bone (just short of a full coat).

They then received a drybrush (real drybrush) of Skull White.

So, I now had the basic marble color the way I wanted it. It was time to go back in and work on the grout.
For the grout, I first used a variety of the dark browns in the Citadel range (IIRC I used Desert Yellow, Bestial Brown, Scorched Earth and Calthan Brown).

Try to paint the recesses with the brush angled toward the smaller "strips" of the surface - as these will be covered over later (easier to fix!).
I then painted Ogryn Flesh Wash into the recesses and large cracks and "divots".

So, now the grout is finished. Time to move onto the small surface areas.
I started by giving them a base of Vallejo Scarlett Red (on half) and Scab Red (on the other half).

The Scarlett Red bases then got a coat of Vallejo Gory Red. The Scab Red bases got a coat of Red Gore.
(Though they are basically the same color, it's amazing how different they are when fully dry!)

They then received a drybrush of Blood Red.

The hard edges and upward points of the rubble areas were then given a detail of Blazing Orange.

At this point, I also went back in and "continued" the bases down the side. These bases had a very distinctive "dividing line" around the circumference. The Scarlett Red/Scab Red was continued down to the very bottom of the base. The Gory Red/Red Gore was only continued down to the dividing line. The grout areas got a mix of Bleached Bone and Rotting Flesh all the way to the bottom of the base.

I then returned to the cracks and divots in the base and gave them another wash of Gryphonne Sepia.

The marble parts of the bases were now basically done. I know moved on to the gilding and the hard edging.
For the gilding, I painted a very thing line of Shining Gold on any straight edge (of the red marble) - again, only the straight edges, if there was a crack or divot, the gilding would be lost.

For the hard edging, I went in with Titanium White and painted any straight edge or large "side" piece of the cracks.

To finish the bases I gave the entire surface, sides and bottom one final - and liberal - coat of Gryphonne Sepia.

And there's a set of fully finished "Ruined Temple" bases!
Some shots of them in a nicer presentation:

Hope you find this useful!
As always, happy painting!
Sons of Prospero