The Agrellan Earth and the Martian Ironearth have the same crackle effect, and the Badland and Ironcrust share the same texture properties. GW do a very good job of producing various painting videos on their youtube channel, so take a look there. I know there are other Citadel Technical Paints available in different colors, textured formats, and even special effects, like Nihilakh Oxide.

You can paint it with a single color, or you can layer different colors and even paints like Citadel Contrast Paints over top of the Astrogranite texture for more dynamic effects. Each paint in the Citadel Technical Range is carefully formulated to achieve specific effects and textures. The snow effect sticks on surprisingly quickly and was very easy to apply and just behaves like you would think it should behave. Everything is done very professionally with this company and always lets you know every step of the process.Because it’s flexible, you’ll have a much easier time working the technical paint into hard to fit areas. If you can offer this proof, we will again offer to repair or replace the item in the first instance. Note here, that the brand alternative are from the Vallejo Texture Gel range which also offers an array of textured mediums to add context and thematic interest to your miniatures and models. But, any dental instrument or the sculpting tools from other brands like Army Painter work fine, too, and may be more affordable.

Applying Stirland Mud to the base or even to specific areas of your miniature will create the appearance of wet, earthy ground, as if the miniature has just trudged through muddy terrain. When first I had it on the base it was manageable to move it around – but also a bit tricky at times.

That said, it is hard to see how a wash and a drybrush will achieve exactly the results they have on their pictures. If you are looking to do an even surface that can be somewhat tricky, but I think the point of the texture is to add depth so an even finish is not something you should be aiming at anyway. In many ways, these paints are a shortcut to a great looking base and the grit texture massively helps ‘cheat out’ a great base with minimal effort.