These bases started as an excuse to use up some wonderful basing bits, kindly sent to me by Goonmaster Games. I really like how they turned out, though. I can definitely see me using this for Catachan bases, whenever we are blessed with new models.

Forest Floor

1. I basecoated with a dark brown. Specifically 2 parts Rhinox Hide , 1 part Dryad Bark and 1 part Abaddon Black . I almost certainly overcomplicated things here though, you could probably get a similar result with just Rhinox Hide .
2. Now we add some variety in tones to the flooring. I do this by making my own washes with one part paint and two parts water (with a little flow improver in there). Now I place these in patches over my basecoat, not being scared to let them mix where they meet. For my colours I used Incubi Darkness , Mournfang Brown and Abaddon Black .
3. Drybrush with Gorthor Brown .
4. Lightly overbrush with Ushabti Bone .

Branches

1. Basecoat with Steel Legion Drab .
2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
3. Edge highlight with Baneblade Brown .
4. Selectively highlight with Karak Stone .
5. Mix some White into your Karak Stone and add a few small/specular highlights.

Rich Green Plants

1. Basecoat with 1:1 Moot Green & Waaagh! Flesh .
2. Wash with Coelia Greenshade .
3. Increase the amount of Moot Green in the base mix, and add some Elysian Green too. Now edge highlight everything.
4. Mix Ice Yellow (or Dorn Yellow ) 1:1 with some of the base mix and selectively highlight.
5. Finish with very small highlights of pure Ice Yellow .

Desaturated Green Plants

1. Basecoat with Loren Forest .
2. Wash with Coelia Greenshade .
3. Drybrush with Straken Green , to bring out the raised details.
4. Lightly drybrush from a downward 45 degree angle with a mix of Straken Green and Ice Yellow (or Dorn Yellow ).
5. Add very small/specular highlights with pure Ice Yellow .

Green Plants

1. Basecoat with 1:1 Death Guard Green and Ogryn Camo .
2. Wash with Militarum Green .
3. Highlight and edge highlight with the same 1:1 Death Guard Green and Ogryn Camo . You are basically just restoring the base colour in relevant places here.
4. Mix a portion of the remaining basecoat 1:1 with Krieg Khaki . Use this to selectively highlight the plants.
5. Now mix the paint from the last stage 1:1 with some White . Finish the plants with small highlights.

Red Rocks

1. Basecoat with German Red Brown .
2. Wash with Reikland Fleshshade , if deeper recesses need more definition, shade with some thinned Agrax Earthshade .
3. Highlights with Tuskgor Fur .
4. More selective highlights of Karak Stone .
5. If any corners need an extra bit of "pop", add small/specular highlight of Screaming Skull

Dried Leaves

1. Basecoat with Ogryn Camo .
2. Wash with a 1:1 mix of Athonian Camoshade and Seraphim Sepia . You may need a second coat to make the pigment strong enough.
3. With 1:1 Ogryn Camo and Screaming Skull , add highlights and edge highlights.
4. Finish with small/specular highlights of Screaming Skull .