I have been infected with the painting bug again due to having far too much time on my hands. I have been painting through my pile of shame but they were all firstborn models that I began painting before the age of tactical rocks and everyone putting their minis on huge piles of corkboard.

My minis are based with Stirland Mud, drybrushed with some XV-88 to represent dried muddy bits, and studded with plain green static grass. This was peak back in the day, but now with me running out of old models and space on the display mat I got for them I face a choice.

For new kits I get, do I keep up the same basing pattern and try to just squeeze everything together/scrape up funds to try and find/buy a larger mat of the same pattern or go with something different/newer?

I like the look of cleaner figures, so don't generally put a lot of mud splashing/battle damage (servitors are immediately reprogrammed if they fail in their maintenance duties between missions), so I was thinking of getting some bases with either cityscape or manufactorum/ship bases for any new models. As it is I have to squeeze 5 company veterans and a Ravenwing Command Squad in as well.

I would like some input, though. What do my fellow Dark Angels think? Pics related, it's the display mat (that goes inside an acrylic box).

Brothers, I face a dilemma.