The dreadnought base being worked up.
Step 1: A whole bunch of the Huge Miniatures "Stone" base. This texture is less runny than Mud, and won't shrink back from the edges quite so much. Skulls and rocks are put down at this phase to give a solid anchoring on the base, although it's difficult to angle the skulls effectively with this thin of a layer. Doing stones here is correct, but at least some skulls should come later or need a bit more material.
A layer of Mud, again from Huge, with some larger ballast sprinkled on for additional texture. I don't use as much ballast on smaller bases, but there's more visible surface area on this base and I wanted to make sure there was enough rugged surface for the drybrush to catch on.
One more Mud touch-up to make sure the edges of the base are thoroughly covered and the ballast is better balanced across the full base.
The base texturing for the Suppressors' magentized walls were also done at this stage, then primed with Stylinrez black.
I painted the walls first since some sections of wall are "under" the texture layer, and going back over them later would look weird. The bases were undercoated with Rhinox Hide. I tried out Tindalos Red on the barrel on a whim.
A drybrush of Doombull Brown put Tindalos squarely in between the two colors, which was a nice surprise if I want to work in some extra variation.
A drybrush of Baneblade Brown on the whole base, and some scatter inks for variation. The rocks were undercoated Baneblade a layer of various Contrast paints was applied. Also added metallic trim to the barrel, trying to keep the colors more subtle.
A final drybrush of Karak Stone to make the whole scene feel cohesively dusty. I ended up washing the barrel to be a bit more red with Carroburg Crimson, which caused it to be an imprcise match to the other reds on the base. Both feet were pinned, and the victory lap of Necro Black from Scale 75 around the rim finished this big guy off.
