I'm in the process of trying to do that now to two armies so i know it's gonna be rough I just want to do it well this time so I don't need to do it again later on.
"have fun and don't let anyone stop you" is the absolute best thing I have heard you say. I have only recently found your channel. I've watched, and saved, a bunch of your videos lately. It wasn't until I heard what I just quoted that I decided to actually subscribe. There have been many other things that got me close but that was it. I have built model kits (mostly car but a few random miniature figures) for well over 30 years now. I always wanted to get into wargaming but there has never been a real interest from others in my area. When I built things for D&D, Warhammer, or whatever, it was just for enjoyment. Recently I have been been really interested in building miniatures and items that are more related to wargaming. I noticed quickly that the "rivet counters" and/or perfectionists plague this genre of a hobby also. Any hobby is supposed to be about enjoying your time spent doing it. Doesn't matter if it's hardcore gaming, model building, miniature painting, scrapbooking, or whatever. That line hit me as the same thing I've tried to tell everyone about any hobby I've ever dealt with. Screw what anyone says, do what makes you happy and allows you to enjoy it. It's great to get constructive criticism and to search out ways to get better but don't be discouraged if you can't do it. Understand that you may have limitations due to whatever reason. Skill, money, time, resources, whatever. Do the best you can with what you got and enjoy yourself. Lol. Sorry for such a long reply here. That one little sentence screams a whole lot. I just wish more people understood it. I have seen so many people quit things they really like because they feel they aren't "good enough" for people that don't really matter. "have fun and don't let anyone stop you"
I used to do all my bases the same way back in the day when I started with this hobby. But now I find it just as exciting to come up with a new base concept for each project, as painting the miniatures themselves.
I spent around an entire week prepping all my Gloomspite bases with various sands and stones, sticking wire through it and sculpting small rivolets of muddy water. Then sculpted more than a 100 mushrooms for all the bases varying sizes. Yes even for the humble spear&shield goblins. I love painting and making bases. Especially when tackling an entire army at once!
Most tau minis look great while some kind of mini is standing on top of their dismembered corpse... oh you're searching for some base decoration for your Tau... I always use tau as base decoration, looks cool if you ask me.
Glad you took basing as your personal mission for the hobby. All those little black circles ⚫ out there, unloved and unflocked..But here you are aiming for "No base left behind" attitude. well cheers to you and your multitude of basing videos
Thanks to a friend showing me how to base (AND referring me to this channel) I now exclusively 3D print my (dnd)models, and leave the bases as blank as possible. Yes, 3D printing is cool and all (and way easier than you'd think!) but just doing some arts and crafts on a base is still really cool! Especially how YOU do it... I never thought I'd use kitty litter for a base... but here I am! Recycling EVERYTHING... how cool is that? (Joking with the recycling kitty litter by the way XD)
Excellent video (as always). Personally I would say that the appearance of elevation/irregularity rather than necessarily actual elevation is the important part. If every model is on a little hill it can start to look weird (to me). I generally use some sculpted textured basing paste and ‘bits’ to create undulations on the surface to lose the flat base look but save the ‘rocky promontory’ look for characters or larger bases. Also, excellent points about the base, and base edge, colours. Definitely agree with Jay that a consistent and/or complementary edge colour or theme is just as, or more powerful than, the, apparently hobby mandated, black base edging…
Personally, I tend to treat bases the same way Sideshow Collectibles treats their premium statues. The base is as much a part a canvas as the character inhabiting it, and can convey as much personality as the body language or facial expression of the miniature. Part of the reason I do this is because far too often, miniature games in my circle tend to be picked up and abandoned. It's hard to maintain interest in a mini if you're assembling it purely for a game, but I've found that treating each one as a miniature diorama helps me appreciate the aesthetic of the model more, and I've ended up keeping a lot of pieces that while I have no use for them, still end up being pieces I admire and proudly put on display.
I'm having trouble figuring out a base scheme for my death guard, mainly how to do mud to match the Grimdark of my minis. I'll have to watch you're tutorials again!
Back about 6yrs ago I made a video in several bases. After seeing this and all your cool basing videos, I kinda wanna revisit my basing video and see how my basing techniques have improved. Look forward to more videos my friend!
For easy to make, some artificial bases are actually the simplest to make. Things like a modern base using some finer sandpaper, paint a dark grey, then a drybrush of a lighter grey. Then add road markings with off white or yellow. It's also rather easy to upgrade it with cracks, debris, and similar. As for washers, they're normally worth using only on the very strangely balanced miniatures that are just unstable. One of the WizKids male water genasi druids from their Nolzur's line (The one with the crashing wave), is something that on a normal base will just randomly fall over if you don't do something to weight the base.
9:10 I painted the rims of my ultramarines with macragge blue without knowing people say black, it was my instinct and I see it like the base has protruded from the earth and the model as being highlighted like a video game. This means my ultramarines are painted the same as the rim however the base itself is a dark brown/grey/green colour for contrast. I do however use a lot of metallic paint in my models so they pop for their shiny highlights too
My current basing scheme for my evil sunz orks is to paint the base red and then add some splotches of martian ironearth and ironcrust. On small infantry sized bases the texture paint gives enough elevation to look alright. On larger bases I've used cork and Spackle to add some variation to the height. GW gives away nice sand textured bases with most of their minis, it seems a waste to not take advantage of that at least a little bit.
A way that I've figured out to create a crackled effect (the model is going to need to be not on the base) paint is to: 1) base the model with sand or very similar and keep it compact. 2) get the main colour you're using, water it down and slap it on. 3) get that colour and a slightly lighter one, get your hobby tooth brush, mix it in a flick the paint on with it. When it dries I've found it makes a pretty reliable crackle effect but also a great way to create grass on dirt on the base, making it blend more when adding tufts.
Hello. These are all great tips but if i may add something to your bag of tricks. I have been painting minis and bases, dioramas for around 40yrs. Cat liter is made to absorbe moisture and it will sooner or later even sealed in super glue. I have had scenics fall apart 20yrs after the build or 1year after. If you can replace with small stones it will last longer. Just a tip from someone who has been around long enough to see what time does. All the best.
The painting the edge of the base a simmilar color of a different tone seems to work the best 9:38 the painting base same green does not work (looks old and dated) vs the sentinal with earthtone base and brown around it
As someone who almost adds some 3d printed parts to my minis, I think slightly fancier printed bases for like..... charactes and elite models is fine, but I almost always use the standard GW bases because it feels so right
The Base Ready line from Geek Gaming Scenics (some others have likely pointed it out somewhere in here) would give you what you are looking for in a prepackaged basing material. They are not uniform, and they are color blended to appear natural. Arid Earth is my go too.
Glue+Sand and small stones +base color coat and light dry brush is one of the best beginner things to do for bases. And as well pretty versatile, as you can go from vulcanic earth, to more mountain or desert like looks to full on polar ice waste simply by the choice of colors you use after the glue has dried. Used white base+ light blue dry brush for my first army ( Everwinter themed Mawtribes) Basing and it looked way better than my actual painting skills at that time.
I often choose the accent colour as baserim colour. It does draw the eyes a bit, but I find that it make a more complete impression. Just like a beautiful carved frame around a picture.
The weight on the bottom of the miniatures is to help stop them from falling over in my experience. Weighted miniatures feel better to move and set down I think.
As a 3D Printing hobbyist with both kinds of hobby printing. I still like to base my minis individually! I like to make things and unless the model is made for a specific base I want to experiment. I just printed a bunch of 25 mm basic flat bases and some recessed ones that I can decorate with whatever I like. I do minis for dnd rather than army building so my minis dont alwayd have bases. Always handy to have spares anyway.
I love designing bases. it's actually one of my favourite parts of painting minis. Even in the olden days I would paint the rims goblin green and put flock on them, ha ha. Things have evolved a long way since those days though. Designing the bases for a new army is actually something that factors into the overall scheme for me. I'll sometimes pick minis because of a certain type of base I want to create.
I absolutely LOVE your basing videos. Thanks for so many amazing ideas. I can apply these ideas and techniques to my terrain as well as bases ( which are just mini pieces of terrain after all ).
Easiest bases I ever did was for a Necron Tomb World theme for my Immortals: literally just cut-out pieces of the box they came in sprayed black and dry-brushed bright green. Pretty sure I learned how to do that on this channel, as a matter of fact!
Creative juices sounds like a brand name for home made moonshine lol Seriously though thanks for the vid I am considering re-doing my army's bases and this will help greatly in picking the right scheme
I've noticed some people saying "but the bases won't match the table I'm playing on" over the years, and I kinda think they're coming at it from the wrong direction. It should be more about making the models in your army match each other in some way, especially if there's a lot of variation in colour scheme. It can also be a great way to tell a story with your army, or explore their lore/themes more. That said, knowing how to vary your basing without losing that sense of unity is also super useful, since it can help differentiate squads and characters if done right.
I have an army I'm working on. and I, not really having a lot of practice, did some things in the wrong order. Now I've got a bunch of primed minis attached to plane bases. Should I try to seperate them, base, and reattach later, or just base arround where their feet already are? They are supposed to be in a desert envirionment with some bigger rocks, chunks of an old highway, and red/orange sand
you could put them in the fridge to weaken the glue bond and snap them off the bases, if you aren't planning on adding elevation then you could base around them.
Yeah he's always got plenty of bad advice. This video has much less factually false info than most for him. When I want to be annoyed by a ebay type "pro painter" making videos I check his videos. Go watch hobby cheating do yourself a favor it'll lead you to actual pro's.
@@dlmdlm7685 Nah man- I think you took my sarcasm for sincerity. I don't always agree with everything Jay says but he usually gives pretty good advice. After watching thousands of hobby vids over the last decade I am a pretty good judge of what is and what is not bad advice and Jay's stuff is- far more often than not- good advice.
I generally don't put weights underneath bases, but some minis are so off-balance - usually because the base is too small - that they demand weighting, otherwise they tip over every 5 minutes.
Awesome content. Kudos for a great video and a new subscriber. Two points though: You really should base Before painting, so you can do the entire piece in a single go and do a complete color composition. Second important tip I would add is that you do NOT want to paint base rims pure black. The reason is because you will be essentially putting the highest contrast point of your color scheme outside the model/basing itself. You should go with a slightly "off-black" color if that's what you are doing with your rims (totally fine to use other colors for color-coding armies or for boardgaming in general though).
One exception regarding adding weight to bases: Resin/printed minis *will* shatter into many pieces if dropped, regardless of how light they are. Resin is much less flexible and more brittle than GW plastic, so they can't survive a drop the same way a GW model can. Might as well weigh the bases down at that point.
Garlic powder or granulated garlic makes a good sand or mud depending on the glue used to adhere it. Also can help verify who's minis are whos at a game or area if some are painted in same scheme (liek both the same chapter or such roughly) when you can sniff the mini and go, ah yes, that's garlic and black pepper, clearly one of mine I believe all present can agree...
Great video! BUT, I must see more pictures of that beautiful Astra Militarum Sentinel please! Even better, maybe a how-to video on the model and/or the base - did you ever make one for this?
I need to go buy some zipties. I have some Star Wars characters that need some real extra thicc wiring. In terms of basing color I try to keep the colors on the base accenting those on the mini, or in the base of armies, based on the army lore. Sisters are on jungle bases, Khorney Chaos are on blood soaked desolate bases. Warcry guys are all on diorama styled craggy plataeu bases. My Star Wars Legion guys are all on on specific planet, the one all of my terrain is crafter for. So the Rebels all blend in (and I mean REALLY blend in, I did too good with the camo) while the Imperials all stand out. As for the coin on the bottom of the base: I only do it for top heavy models. Like those with banners or if the base is too small for the mini.
I'm trying to get into mini sculpting. Do I have to buy those premade base and work on them for my custom minis or make the entire thing on my own? What do you think would be the pros and cons? Also would that require plastic glueing?
Please can you direct me to your video at 2:40 ? Or anyone i been searching in eons of battle library but can't find it please i really love Legion of the damned minis if they have a video about it i must see it!!!!
The idea behind single grade flock material is you can mix various sizes as the base requires for your project... You have total control over the size ratio you want.
The problem is that I always glue my minis to their bases before painting, so I have limited options on how to base them after they are painted. How am I supposed to paint the whole mini including their feet if I don't properly attach them to a base?
you could take the minis off the base when they are finished being painted, super glue can be made brittle by putting it in the freezer for about 30 minutes, if you used plastic glue you can carefully run a hobby knife in between the feet and the base. I use a small cube of wood as a paint handle and double stick tape to hold my model.
🤔 have SM in Moot and Corvus blac (halved scheme) and red (scarlet?) bolters… (creme robes, purple and yellow on the rims of the shoulder pads… seems like a pink/purple colour would work there… Then.. Necrons in violet-silver and turquoise shoulders… 🤔
Not popular but I don’t base my models anymore. Pure black bases, imo they make models pop. But that’s my opinion. Random question. Anyone know if I buy aos ardboyz, do they fit on 25mm square fantasy bases in a line?
"One thing that's cooking my noodle". This word (noodle) gets me all the time, because in German, the "Nudel" is not only pasta, but also a slang word for, well, male reproductive organs. :)
Does anybody have a reference to doing grass well? Also I see a lot of people using tiny spray bottles with PVA and wet water but I haven't yet found those bottles anywhere
Hello! What game or merch comes from the minis of the 6:50 and 7:43? im from Mexico and this type of hobby is not much extended here and is for what i dont know much of this games :C
Paint that bonesinger! A crime to leave such a model unpainted! :P Good video btw, I took it upon myself to make some space hulk themed bases for my own army.
Never been a fan of models kicking rocks across the battlefield :p I actually like the 'super flat boring ground' I have an urban mat and do urban basing but keep the rim black, looks good to me ^^
the only problem I have with your videos, is that, after seeing them, I want to rebase my whole army
Yes. I can relate. But I try to move on and learn from my mistakes. Its fun to sometime Go back and check a model you made 15 years ago vs now.
Same!
Same bro
I'm in the process of trying to do that now to two armies so i know it's gonna be rough I just want to do it well this time so I don't need to do it again later on.
EoB is the undisputed king of basing on youtube
Yeah, these days there's no other channel that comes close
...Based
True dat.
@@tymoteuszkosinski5352 Ya beat me to it lol
False. Miniac is the basing king.
"have fun and don't let anyone stop you" is the absolute best thing I have heard you say.
I have only recently found your channel. I've watched, and saved, a bunch of your videos lately. It wasn't until I heard what I just quoted that I decided to actually subscribe. There have been many other things that got me close but that was it.
I have built model kits (mostly car but a few random miniature figures) for well over 30 years now. I always wanted to get into wargaming but there has never been a real interest from others in my area. When I built things for D&D, Warhammer, or whatever, it was just for enjoyment.
Recently I have been been really interested in building miniatures and items that are more related to wargaming. I noticed quickly that the "rivet counters" and/or perfectionists plague this genre of a hobby also.
Any hobby is supposed to be about enjoying your time spent doing it. Doesn't matter if it's hardcore gaming, model building, miniature painting, scrapbooking, or whatever.
That line hit me as the same thing I've tried to tell everyone about any hobby I've ever dealt with. Screw what anyone says, do what makes you happy and allows you to enjoy it. It's great to get constructive criticism and to search out ways to get better but don't be discouraged if you can't do it. Understand that you may have limitations due to whatever reason. Skill, money, time, resources, whatever. Do the best you can with what you got and enjoy yourself.
Lol. Sorry for such a long reply here. That one little sentence screams a whole lot. I just wish more people understood it. I have seen so many people quit things they really like because they feel they aren't "good enough" for people that don't really matter.
"have fun and don't let anyone stop you"
"Have fun and dont let anyone stop you" are words to live by imo. Glad youre sticking around, by the way!
I used to do all my bases the same way back in the day when I started with this hobby. But now I find it just as exciting to come up with a new base concept for each project, as painting the miniatures themselves.
I spent around an entire week prepping all my Gloomspite bases with various sands and stones, sticking wire through it and sculpting small rivolets of muddy water. Then sculpted more than a 100 mushrooms for all the bases varying sizes. Yes even for the humble spear&shield goblins.
I love painting and making bases. Especially when tackling an entire army at once!
Flat base with dirt, rock and tuft of grass. Pet peeve as well. Especially when it doesn't suit mini. Great video.
Great timing! Just as I was thinking about how to base my new Tau
[Insert Generic TaU cAnT bE gOoD comment that has nothing to do with anything]
Most tau minis look great while some kind of mini is standing on top of their dismembered corpse... oh you're searching for some base decoration for your Tau... I always use tau as base decoration, looks cool if you ask me.
Glad you took basing as your personal mission for the hobby. All those little black circles ⚫ out there, unloved and unflocked..But here you are aiming for "No base left behind" attitude. well cheers to you and your multitude of basing videos
We need a montage of just Jay's head pasted on various scenery and replacing people's heads!
Thanks to a friend showing me how to base (AND referring me to this channel) I now exclusively 3D print my (dnd)models, and leave the bases as blank as possible. Yes, 3D printing is cool and all (and way easier than you'd think!) but just doing some arts and crafts on a base is still really cool! Especially how YOU do it... I never thought I'd use kitty litter for a base... but here I am! Recycling EVERYTHING... how cool is that?
(Joking with the recycling kitty litter by the way XD)
What 3d printer do you use?
@@toddhuck2063 elegoo mars 3! :D
I watched your Giant's Causeway basing video and it helped me so much with crafting block. Now my Company Commander has her hero base.
Thanks so much.
Excellent video (as always). Personally I would say that the appearance of elevation/irregularity rather than necessarily actual elevation is the important part. If every model is on a little hill it can start to look weird (to me). I generally use some sculpted textured basing paste and ‘bits’ to create undulations on the surface to lose the flat base look but save the ‘rocky promontory’ look for characters or larger bases.
Also, excellent points about the base, and base edge, colours. Definitely agree with Jay that a consistent and/or complementary edge colour or theme is just as, or more powerful than, the, apparently hobby mandated, black base edging…
Neon green base edging is the only way.
Oldhammer for life.
Bring back squats GW... please....
Personally, I tend to treat bases the same way Sideshow Collectibles treats their premium statues. The base is as much a part a canvas as the character inhabiting it, and can convey as much personality as the body language or facial expression of the miniature.
Part of the reason I do this is because far too often, miniature games in my circle tend to be picked up and abandoned. It's hard to maintain interest in a mini if you're assembling it purely for a game, but I've found that treating each one as a miniature diorama helps me appreciate the aesthetic of the model more, and I've ended up keeping a lot of pieces that while I have no use for them, still end up being pieces I admire and proudly put on display.
I'm having trouble figuring out a base scheme for my death guard, mainly how to do mud to match the Grimdark of my minis. I'll have to watch you're tutorials again!
Back about 6yrs ago I made a video in several bases. After seeing this and all your cool basing videos, I kinda wanna revisit my basing video and see how my basing techniques have improved. Look forward to more videos my friend!
Had some fun basing my NH and SE a while back. I used plaster parts made for RPG scenery originaly. A cemetery/broken cathedral looks awsome
Great video as always! And I think your right homemade bases are not disappearing anytime soon
For easy to make, some artificial bases are actually the simplest to make.
Things like a modern base using some finer sandpaper, paint a dark grey, then a drybrush of a lighter grey. Then add road markings with off white or yellow. It's also rather easy to upgrade it with cracks, debris, and similar.
As for washers, they're normally worth using only on the very strangely balanced miniatures that are just unstable. One of the WizKids male water genasi druids from their Nolzur's line (The one with the crashing wave), is something that on a normal base will just randomly fall over if you don't do something to weight the base.
Your basing playlist is a must watch!
9:10 I painted the rims of my ultramarines with macragge blue without knowing people say black, it was my instinct and I see it like the base has protruded from the earth and the model as being highlighted like a video game. This means my ultramarines are painted the same as the rim however the base itself is a dark brown/grey/green colour for contrast. I do however use a lot of metallic paint in my models so they pop for their shiny highlights too
I literally screen shotted those necrons right before you said “no good!” I love that scheme 💙
My current basing scheme for my evil sunz orks is to paint the base red and then add some splotches of martian ironearth and ironcrust. On small infantry sized bases the texture paint gives enough elevation to look alright. On larger bases I've used cork and Spackle to add some variation to the height. GW gives away nice sand textured bases with most of their minis, it seems a waste to not take advantage of that at least a little bit.
A way that I've figured out to create a crackled effect (the model is going to need to be not on the base) paint is to:
1) base the model with sand or very similar and keep it compact.
2) get the main colour you're using, water it down and slap it on.
3) get that colour and a slightly lighter one, get your hobby tooth brush, mix it in a flick the paint on with it.
When it dries I've found it makes a pretty reliable crackle effect but also a great way to create grass on dirt on the base, making it blend more when adding tufts.
Hello. These are all great tips but if i may add something to your bag of tricks. I have been painting minis and bases, dioramas for around 40yrs. Cat liter is made to absorbe moisture and it will sooner or later even sealed in super glue. I have had scenics fall apart 20yrs after the build or 1year after. If you can replace with small stones it will last longer. Just a tip from someone who has been around long enough to see what time does. All the best.
EoB tutorials will turn you into a master baser!
The painting the edge of the base a simmilar color of a different tone seems to work the best 9:38 the painting base same green does not work (looks old and dated) vs the sentinal with earthtone base and brown around it
As someone who almost adds some 3d printed parts to my minis, I think slightly fancier printed bases for like..... charactes and elite models is fine, but I almost always use the standard GW bases because it feels so right
The Base Ready line from Geek Gaming Scenics (some others have likely pointed it out somewhere in here) would give you what you are looking for in a prepackaged basing material. They are not uniform, and they are color blended to appear natural. Arid Earth is my go too.
Glue+Sand and small stones
+base color coat and light dry brush is one of the best beginner things to do for bases.
And as well pretty versatile, as you can go from vulcanic earth, to more mountain or desert like looks to full on polar ice waste simply by the choice of colors you use after the glue has dried.
Used white base+ light blue dry brush for my first army ( Everwinter themed Mawtribes) Basing and it looked way better than my actual painting skills at that time.
I often choose the accent colour as baserim colour. It does draw the eyes a bit, but I find that it make a more complete impression. Just like a beautiful carved frame around a picture.
Nice concise overview of the world of basing..
I was just searching some basing ideas for my Lady Olynder, I love her model and I want a fitting base.
EoB: Don’t add washers
Me: *looks at box of washers I bought for bases*
Going to be putting washers on mine as I'm lining my storage trays with magnetic sheet for them to stick too :)
The weight on the bottom of the miniatures is to help stop them from falling over in my experience. Weighted miniatures feel better to move and set down I think.
@@bryannelson01 Like nice chess pieces. You want them to almost thunk when you put them down
"Don't add washes because they'll add more weight. More weight = harder fall"
*adds equally heavy magnets*
I’m a year late but that sponsor with Cobalt Keep is the first time I’ve clicked away from a video to check a sponsor out
And I like em
I do love the captions.. Necrons have become Neck runs.
Also, great video and wants make to do actual basing for change..
As a 3D Printing hobbyist with both kinds of hobby printing. I still like to base my minis individually! I like to make things and unless the model is made for a specific base I want to experiment. I just printed a bunch of 25 mm basic flat bases and some recessed ones that I can decorate with whatever I like. I do minis for dnd rather than army building so my minis dont alwayd have bases. Always handy to have spares anyway.
I love designing bases. it's actually one of my favourite parts of painting minis. Even in the olden days I would paint the rims goblin green and put flock on them, ha ha. Things have evolved a long way since those days though. Designing the bases for a new army is actually something that factors into the overall scheme for me. I'll sometimes pick minis because of a certain type of base I want to create.
I absolutely LOVE your basing videos. Thanks for so many amazing ideas. I can apply these ideas and techniques to my terrain as well as bases ( which are just mini pieces of terrain after all ).
I'm not alone for collecting Gelato jars for basing. :)
Easiest bases I ever did was for a Necron Tomb World theme for my Immortals: literally just cut-out pieces of the box they came in sprayed black and dry-brushed bright green.
Pretty sure I learned how to do that on this channel, as a matter of fact!
YES the old classic Necron tomb world base
I find thin thin cork is good to add subtle height changes you might see on flat ground
Creative juices sounds like a brand name for home made moonshine lol
Seriously though thanks for the vid I am considering re-doing my army's bases and this will help greatly in picking the right scheme
i need to know what figures the ones shown in the cobalt keep advertisement as seen at about 7:44 are..........because i need them
they are Malifaux minis! they are mannequins and showgirls from the performers boxes www.wyrd-games.net/colette
@@EonsOfBattle thank you kindly sir..........now off to buy them
So many of these models look great and make me want to build them. Anyone know where the Nuka Girl and the tau from 9:20 can be bought?
the Nuka Girl is from the modiphius fallout miniatures range, and the tau are from a company called wargames exclusive
@@minigamerjeonsofbattle9376 Cheers dude
@@minigamerjeonsofbattle9376 god bless you sir
Loaded up all the comments here just to search if someone asked this. God bless you too
Magnetic bases would be fun for a sci fi game, walking on walls and stuff in a space station.
it is really fun to stick models all over your fridge!
I've noticed some people saying "but the bases won't match the table I'm playing on" over the years, and I kinda think they're coming at it from the wrong direction. It should be more about making the models in your army match each other in some way, especially if there's a lot of variation in colour scheme. It can also be a great way to tell a story with your army, or explore their lore/themes more.
That said, knowing how to vary your basing without losing that sense of unity is also super useful, since it can help differentiate squads and characters if done right.
Modelling putty for bases is an amazing tip!
Builder’s filler is just as good and usually even cheaper.
i would love to see a video on the mushroom base at 10:22. pops out soo much looks like a light effect or somtheing not paint lol
I have an army I'm working on. and I, not really having a lot of practice, did some things in the wrong order. Now I've got a bunch of primed minis attached to plane bases. Should I try to seperate them, base, and reattach later, or just base arround where their feet already are?
They are supposed to be in a desert envirionment with some bigger rocks, chunks of an old highway, and red/orange sand
you could put them in the fridge to weaken the glue bond and snap them off the bases, if you aren't planning on adding elevation then you could base around them.
The animations/editing in this vid were great!
Really useful insights and examples, thanks for sharing
"Don't put weights in the bottom of your bases! .... Bur also put heavy magnets in the bottom of your bases" :p
magnets arent heavy, one magnet in a base is much lighter than a nickel or a pair of pennies.
@@EonsOfBattle only if you are using lame magnets.
Yeah he's always got plenty of bad advice. This video has much less factually false info than most for him. When I want to be annoyed by a ebay type "pro painter" making videos I check his videos. Go watch hobby cheating do yourself a favor it'll lead you to actual pro's.
@@dlmdlm7685 Nah man- I think you took my sarcasm for sincerity. I don't always agree with everything Jay says but he usually gives pretty good advice. After watching thousands of hobby vids over the last decade I am a pretty good judge of what is and what is not bad advice and Jay's stuff is- far more often than not- good advice.
1 or 2 basing videos..... or 80
And this is why EoB is the place to go for basing
What would be your tip/trick for sand dunes? like the dune sea from star wars or arrakis?
I generally don't put weights underneath bases, but some minis are so off-balance - usually because the base is too small - that they demand weighting, otherwise they tip over every 5 minutes.
Jay has clearly never tried to move Hormagaunts around a table without weighted bases.
Awesome content. Kudos for a great video and a new subscriber. Two points though: You really should base Before painting, so you can do the entire piece in a single go and do a complete color composition. Second important tip I would add is that you do NOT want to paint base rims pure black. The reason is because you will be essentially putting the highest contrast point of your color scheme outside the model/basing itself. You should go with a slightly "off-black" color if that's what you are doing with your rims (totally fine to use other colors for color-coding armies or for boardgaming in general though).
One exception regarding adding weight to bases: Resin/printed minis *will* shatter into many pieces if dropped, regardless of how light they are. Resin is much less flexible and more brittle than GW plastic, so they can't survive a drop the same way a GW model can. Might as well weigh the bases down at that point.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who uses those Talenti gelato containers for this hobby.
Your floor tiles tutorial inspired my Emperor's Children bases. Purple armour vs tan sand and cracked red and grey tiles
What do i do if my minia already attached and painted should i just put glue all over the botton and add sand and pebbles from my yard after i sift it
Garlic powder or granulated garlic makes a good sand or mud depending on the glue used to adhere it. Also can help verify who's minis are whos at a game or area if some are painted in same scheme (liek both the same chapter or such roughly) when you can sniff the mini and go, ah yes, that's garlic and black pepper, clearly one of mine I believe all present can agree...
Great video! BUT, I must see more pictures of that beautiful Astra Militarum Sentinel please! Even better, maybe a how-to video on the model and/or the base - did you ever make one for this?
2:15 I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who used cat litter, there are no wrong materials for bases.
As long as you don’t mix it up with Cat-Nip…
I find basing one of the best parts of a build, it’s a great time to use up some of my bits :D
I need to go buy some zipties. I have some Star Wars characters that need some real extra thicc wiring.
In terms of basing color I try to keep the colors on the base accenting those on the mini, or in the base of armies, based on the army lore. Sisters are on jungle bases, Khorney Chaos are on blood soaked desolate bases. Warcry guys are all on diorama styled craggy plataeu bases. My Star Wars Legion guys are all on on specific planet, the one all of my terrain is crafter for. So the Rebels all blend in (and I mean REALLY blend in, I did too good with the camo) while the Imperials all stand out.
As for the coin on the bottom of the base: I only do it for top heavy models. Like those with banners or if the base is too small for the mini.
I'm trying to get into mini sculpting. Do I have to buy those premade base and work on them for my custom minis or make the entire thing on my own? What do you think would be the pros and cons? Also would that require plastic glueing?
Please can you direct me to your video at 2:40 ?
Or anyone i been searching in eons of battle library but can't find it please i really love Legion of the damned minis if they have a video about it i must see it!!!!
Don't add metal washers or metal coins to your base? But the metal magnets are okay?
The idea behind single grade flock material is you can mix various sizes as the base requires for your project...
You have total control over the size ratio you want.
Talking to a friend about basing his mini today then I sent him some links to you.
I nearly died when I saw the clear round ice-cream container with basing stuff in it cause I literly only use those now to store my stuff.
Is that a talenti ice cream container at 5:45?
I approve, those things are sturdy and perfectly sized for just about anything.
Kill Team player here soooo, sadly I avoid added height
Holy craaaaaaaap, the ratio of info to minutes in this video is insane.
The elevator pitch at the end in favor of homemade bases is so *_*weirdo grunty noises of approval_****
I'm thinking a light gray terrain for my eldar with ruins features. As if they were guarding the remains of their lost civilization.
The problem is that I always glue my minis to their bases before painting, so I have limited options on how to base them after they are painted.
How am I supposed to paint the whole mini including their feet if I don't properly attach them to a base?
you could take the minis off the base when they are finished being painted, super glue can be made brittle by putting it in the freezer for about 30 minutes, if you used plastic glue you can carefully run a hobby knife in between the feet and the base. I use a small cube of wood as a paint handle and double stick tape to hold my model.
There may be hope for my bases too.... Thank you so much for this informative video, keep up the awesome job! ☺️
🤔 have SM in Moot and Corvus blac (halved scheme) and red (scarlet?) bolters… (creme robes, purple and yellow on the rims of the shoulder pads… seems like a pink/purple colour would work there…
Then.. Necrons in violet-silver and turquoise shoulders… 🤔
Thanks for featuring my Space Marine Terminator Librarian!
I super glue a penny to the underside of the base. Helps keep those top-heavy models upright.
I wonder if tile grout would work for fine sand.
Any chance someone know where the models at 9:20 comes from ? A friend is playing Tau and that would make a nice gift !
How do you make a base for the death Korea of Krieg and is there a certain one you prefer for them more?
And will that base fit any we’re while gaming or should I base foe every occasion?
And I broke off the legs of a 3 d printed figure how would I make them look like they are in deep mud because I don’t want to waste them 😊
Love yer stuff ! Keep up da good work!
For my army's I paint the edge of the base color coded to the primary weapon that they are carrying with vertical stripes to show the smaller gear.
I was not expecting a Food/Film Theory parody opener. Can you do a Mikerophone one?
Not popular but I don’t base my models anymore. Pure black bases, imo they make models pop. But that’s my opinion.
Random question. Anyone know if I buy aos ardboyz, do they fit on 25mm square fantasy bases in a line?
That last name on EoB complete had me dying. Great video!
"One thing that's cooking my noodle". This word (noodle) gets me all the time, because in German, the "Nudel" is not only pasta, but also a slang word for, well, male reproductive organs. :)
If it wasn’t for EOB’s tutorials I would be in texture paint hell
Also 12:38 woooooo
What were the models at the 6:50 mark. They looked cool!
Does anybody have a reference to doing grass well? Also I see a lot of people using tiny spray bottles with PVA and wet water but I haven't yet found those bottles anywhere
Hello! What game or merch comes from the minis of the 6:50 and 7:43? im from Mexico and this type of hobby is not much extended here and is for what i dont know much of this games :C
probably a bit late, but it's from a game called Malifaux.
That was the best intro ever
Question from someone new to the hobby. Do you remove the miniatures before you paint the base? If so how?
Paint separately then glue them to together
What are those figures at 7:43?
Paint that bonesinger! A crime to leave such a model unpainted! :P Good video btw, I took it upon myself to make some space hulk themed bases for my own army.
What are the minis shown at 6:50?
I HATE basing miniatures...
But i'm wondering about using gauze with vinyl glue to make wire mesh for 40k... I have to do some testing
Never been a fan of models kicking rocks across the battlefield :p I actually like the 'super flat boring ground' I have an urban mat and do urban basing but keep the rim black, looks good to me ^^