Ah the base...its actually cheap particalboard plaque for some kind of collectors card i found discarded.it was faux green granite. I marred the face of it really bad so a veneered some plastic card stock to it and primed it. I was going to make a log and stump out of femuax and add ground cover.life got in tthe way and time to enter is ended soon.so i think what i did with the base made it neutral.