- Prime the base with White Scar (you can do this at the same time you prime the model).
- Apply a heavy layer of Agrellan Badland . This texture paint creates a brilliant hybrid surface of gritty, thick desert sand mixed with small patches of parched, cracked earth. Let it dry completely for a couple of hours.
- Wash the entire base with Agrax Earthshade . Make sure it pools heavily in the cracks and sand textures to create deep, realistic shadows.
- Once the wash is 100% dry, take a flat brush with Tyrant Skull , wipe almost all of the wet paint off onto a paper towel, and heavily drybrush the entire base. This instantly mimics the look of sun-baked dust.
- Repeat the drybrushing step very lightly using Pallid Wych Flesh , focusing just on the absolute highest peaks of the sand dunes and the edges of the cracked dirt to give it that final, scorching desert glare. Paint the rim Abaddon Black to finish!
