So I had an idea that I hadn't seen before. I saw some tutorials on how to airbrush a nebula. They looked fairly simple, so I figured I would try this on my Armada bases. I thought it would help to distinguish my ships from others during games...and maybe look pretty cool too!
This was actually really easy. My airbrushing skills are very basic, and my airbrush and compressor are cheap and crappy. So basically, if you like this idea, I'm pretty sure you can make it happen no matter how novice an airbrush user you might be.
Comments/criticism welcome. I will likely try red for my rebels when I get around to it.
Close-up of a full base without ship or token:
Several bases:
Bases with ships:
Most of the fleet: