Hi squidmar, your friendly fan geologist/sand enthusiast here. The sands are different sizes based on the strength/speed of the water that deposited them there where you found it. Or from the length of time they have been transported from their original location as part of a rock. If they are nearby to their source they will be bigger and less broken up. It can also depend on the mechanical properties of the particles whether they are hard or soft. Sand near the beach is continually broken into smaller sized particles from repeated wave patterns compared to sands up in hills or other land based locations.
Out of interest, is removing sand from beaches not hastening erosion? It's something that I was taught that removing sand was a bad thing. Now, in this hobby context the tiny quantities probably don't matter.. Unless every single one of Emil's subscribers go to the same beach at the same time.... O.O
@@samprastherabbit i was always told this is due to people taking sand from beaches on holidays and then returning home with it as souvineres, and the poblem being that they may then bring back foreign diseases in the sand that could impact the local eco system if that same sand manages to find its way outside ect
@@bensonkattenhorn1495 it's both. Taking sand and pebble speeds up erosion, it's illegal in the UK can face a fine of £1,000. The eco contaminate is an issue too, a man in my town swept up sand from his garden and dumped it back on the sand dunes and was fined for littering for the same reason you mentioned, spreading potential contaminates from his garden.
I'm seriously hoping that all the Squid Family out there is safe and taking care of yourself! Paint lots of minis, care for your family and friends. Help those in need - support your local producers, stores, artists and keep supporting your favorite content creators by watching their videos! Here's a few channels for you to check out while in quarantine: Midwinter minis: ua-cam.com/channels/9XTzwex6rGLVUGS9cLKFLw.html Kolectiv SG: ua-cam.com/channels/qix-U30FNj-oTd5A4RHlpg.html Zatcaskagoon: ua-cam.com/channels/j8X4YBgWcDQkPfqsLZJs9g.html
Thank you and wish you and yours all the best also! Love watching your channel and enjoy the sense of escape I find when imaging how I can use these tips to improve my own collection. Also, appreciate the video! This is on my growing list of items I need to "up my game" with minis! Cheers!
I got into minis at the perfect time, it seems! I'm a special education teacher and am home at least until April 7th. Currently working on my Sisters of Battle Kill Team. I love the positivity of your videos
I hope all are save, just hope the disease curve would break soon so live can return to normal. Only had 2 hours of work this month and playing games, watching TV and painting minies and taking long walks is fine for some time... but really, I need to work, too much de-stressing.
To any of you looking for the Raphael Kolinsky 8404 brushes he talks about all the time, I've found them for dirt cheap at Jackson's Art Supplies. They're a UK company and the shipping was free even with my small order (I"m in Canada).
👑👑 I'm in the midst of releasing my dream miniature brush as well as some wonderfully sculpted miniature busts. It's something I'm really proud of and been working on for the better part of the last year. Late pledges are up and You can check it out here: www.squidmar.com/latepledge 👑👑
If you're looking for in-scale sand, instead of using pigments, you can use tile grout. It's superfine, available in a variety of colours, and inexpensive.
Good list! I love using some kind of paste when doing bases (eg "Vallejo Textures: Rough White Pumice", though putty for fixing walls are much cheaper). Makes for a great foundation to slap on the other elements (rocks, sand, bark etc) or use by itself as mud.
I keep harassing my lgs to carry terrain stuff. Other things I've used for terrain: abalone shell pieces for rocks, sticks from the yard for logs, and sliced up portions of the runners that minis come on for individual bricks.
Keeping reptiles and crafting miniatures often overlaps for me. I use a lot of these techniques for making reptile enclosures, and have a lot of these materials on hand due to this.
Hey great man,could you do a video about aplly pigments? In this video i saw interesting the way you did in desert barbarian and I wondee if you could extend it a bit more. Keep it great!
Some awesome ideas - I'm half way through making a base for a chaos/daemon Knight but have used the sprue & built layers up with a few pieces of models that failed or left over parts but this has helped fill in a few gaps,thank you :) hope your keeping safe as well as everyone else - peace
Great summary of each and then a real example to see. Excellent. Damn, that flouro was sweet. Would like to see that done in slower time. When I did it, it doesn't have that "POP"!
Great video as usual! I love dioramas, but since I don't have much room space at home (and less with a child on the way), I stick to creating bases. I use pine bark a lot and I love vallejo water. Another thing that works a lot for floors are the texture rolling pins from Green Stuff world. they are amazing.
Hi Squidmar, great video's and tips! I have a question; I found a very nice oak three branch that I cut in pieces. One of the pieces would be really nice to make a waterfall base for a miniature. But i'm a bit worried about using a solid block of wood in combination with paints, water and other stuff. What do you recommend? Is it usable at all and if so, how do I prepare it? The Oaken wooden block is already dry. Thx!
I like to use cat litter for rocky ground. It works well for the most part with the ca glue and of course it clumps when it is wet. I picked up some cheap dollar store bag that i will probably never go though the whole thing but it was like 4 dollars.
Be careful with vallejos water effects, it was what I first used for deep water, it doesn't work, it looks good until it dries, at which point it cracks all over, it is intended to act as a glossy thin surface
About sand sizes! I know this one! I used to work for an aggregate company. You know, one of those places that sells road base materials and rocks. They get their stuff to various sizes by using sieves. Even if you've never used a place like that yourself personally, I guarantee you've driven past a quarry in your life. Getting the industrial sieves is pretty pricey (about $160 USD for a set of hand sieves) but if you know anyone who works at a dirt lab and get them a bucket of dirt, they might be able to help you out. A way to do it yourself is get some different mesh cloths and simply strain it out like you're baking. A lot of guys have that kind of stuff around for basing models anyway because it makes good fences or like industrial flooring. Obviously the tighter the gaps, the finer the sand so getting some meshes with different sized weaves let's you soft for different sizes. Hope this helps!
Just got into table top war gaming. I decided to play Stormcast eternals cause they seem like a pretty cool army. I came across your videos and found alot of useful information! Thanks alot brother! Hopefully with enough time and effort I'll be able to paint as well as you.
these kind of super bases inst viable for wargaming, when you have 100+ models. Any ideas on making cool bases that are made easy enough to reproduce, in 25mm to monster bases?
Hi Brushes, I agree these OTT display bases aren't for armies. The best thing for large quantities is to simplify what Emil said here. Paint your mini, then use 1 or 2 grass tufts, one small rock/bark piece, some sand. see how that works for you. Should take about 2 minutes per model and look great. Or maybe you could try some paddle pop stick pieces for broken fences under monster feet.
i always feel like yelling out loud when i see people use resins without gloves. Yes some resins can be safer then others. But please never take any chances with uncured resin products. Even cured they can still be a little toxic, so do not make toys for your kids using UV-resins! Only yourselves ;)
I'm just about to get into the hobby and have found your videos highly inspirational and wondered if you have heard/seen anyone using metal powder in a glue medium and magnetic fields to shape bases in waves/patterns for things like psykers in40k? ie. ferrofluids
I'm always surprised at how much material pro painters buy from specialized stores. Maybe that's just because I'm on a budget, but I tend to get most of the materials you mentioned for free in the forest (bark, lichens, dry wood, slate, even plastic bits and polystyrene on the river banks), of in bulk at the hardware store (flooring cork, pigments, resin, cardboad from the bin). I even found a source of plastic plants at my local cemetery, these things tend to break off and bits of them litter the alleys, I was thanked for cleaning up! I get all I need to build terrain just by walking the dog.
Hey Squidmar thanks for your awesome video it helped a lot :) I use dried coffee grounds mixed with black or green tea, makes for an awesome forest floor.
PSA: IKEA in the US doesn't have coconut fiber. They use the same name for clay planting medium in US stores (at least around here) so best to order online from amazon or somewhere.
Soooo many ideas! Wow, I'm gonna have to watch this video several times to glean all your ideas for bases and painting techniques. Very good, and thumbs up for you!
Hey Squidmar ! :) I really like everything you are doing ! But i was watching the video and saw you used a UV-lamp at the end on the water effect? any reason for that ?
just a quick side note on the coffestirs i used ice cream sticks instead but i think you can use the coffestirs also. If you want to make the wood texture pop. Get a hold of a wire brush (the kind you use to clean grills) and go to town you your coffestirs you will get some fine grains on the stick you use.
0:55 don't get me wrong... this base is absolutely awesome... but who did you take a stormcast liberator for drychas wrath? :-) Why not some nurgle unit? :-) Nurgle invadet Gyhran after Sigmar left and almost wiped the whole sylvaneth out aufer centuries of war. After centires the stormcast came back, and saved a weakend Alarielle ^^ Since i have a sylvaneth army, can you give basing me tips for roots? Do you take real ones and put them in the oven?
With natural materials like rocks and twigs, why don’t people just put them on last? That way you get the colors/textures of the rock and you don’t have to repaint it, just curious. I’m guessing people just enjoy painting their own rock over a rock
Many materials and textures can be replicated using only rocks. Yes, this requires some serious skill in painting when you try to create things like wood or dirt, but this is the cheapest and most universal material I know. Go out, get a bunch of small rocks from all over, and you can chip or grind them into shape, and you can use the left over dust and debris as... dust and debris, haha. Also, you do not need expensive tools for this. If you get 2 fist sized rocks, you can chip of large pieces by smashing them together. Oh and bricks, old bricks are awesome.
Don't just go to gaming stores for your grass tufts and ground cover. Try hobby shops that deal with model railroads. You might find the same thing in bigger quantities so more economical. Remember a model railroad is a hugh version of your gaming base. But the starting base for model railroad is about 4 ft. X 8ft.
I always feel like a minority in this topic, but I'm not a fan of the large, elaborate bases - at least not for miniatures that are going to be used in games. They are often unwieldy, and really stick out like sore thumbs on the board. Basically, it's super annoying when people use them. While I'm on the subject, I'm also not a fan when people base their miniatures in snow or grass - what if you change campaigns / planets and are suddenly on a desert planet? I suppose you could have multiple bases for every model, but that sounds like a lot of work and I've never seen anyone do that. While I appreciate nice bases, I really do think basing has sort of gone a bit too far. For comparison, what if painting frames were designed to take away focus from the painting? There's a reason that isn't really a thing. As for display models, then hell yea - a nice base is about as important as the model itself
Entertaining educational on the subject I felt as boring but your ideas replace just the broken cork material I've used in the past after watching many of your videos I'm going to try to paint after an accident which gave my hands a permanent tremor holding anything off more than a few seconds. I know this sounds ott but I have found that I prefer your painting style on miniatures the finish is always perfect!
Love your videos but it hurt my soul the way you pronounced nevadans it is pronounced Ne-va-dan. Anyway love your work and helping me improve my painting tough your videos.
Here's an idea for a video.. build an army by buying on line from eBay only used warhammer miniatures . Make a complete army as cheaply as you can. You will probably have to repaint most of it. Maybe get help to do this..
Hi squidmar, your friendly fan geologist/sand enthusiast here. The sands are different sizes based on the strength/speed of the water that deposited them there where you found it. Or from the length of time they have been transported from their original location as part of a rock. If they are nearby to their source they will be bigger and less broken up. It can also depend on the mechanical properties of the particles whether they are hard or soft. Sand near the beach is continually broken into smaller sized particles from repeated wave patterns compared to sands up in hills or other land based locations.
Out of interest, is removing sand from beaches not hastening erosion? It's something that I was taught that removing sand was a bad thing. Now, in this hobby context the tiny quantities probably don't matter.. Unless every single one of Emil's subscribers go to the same beach at the same time.... O.O
@@samprastherabbit i was always told this is due to people taking sand from beaches on holidays and then returning home with it as souvineres, and the poblem being that they may then bring back foreign diseases in the sand that could impact the local eco system if that same sand manages to find its way outside ect
@@bensonkattenhorn1495 it's both. Taking sand and pebble speeds up erosion, it's illegal in the UK can face a fine of £1,000. The eco contaminate is an issue too, a man in my town swept up sand from his garden and dumped it back on the sand dunes and was fined for littering for the same reason you mentioned, spreading potential contaminates from his garden.
I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
The more ya know..
I'm seriously hoping that all the Squid Family out there is safe and taking care of yourself! Paint lots of minis, care for your family and friends. Help those in need - support your local producers, stores, artists and keep supporting your favorite content creators by watching their videos!
Here's a few channels for you to check out while in quarantine:
Midwinter minis: ua-cam.com/channels/9XTzwex6rGLVUGS9cLKFLw.html
Kolectiv SG: ua-cam.com/channels/qix-U30FNj-oTd5A4RHlpg.html
Zatcaskagoon: ua-cam.com/channels/j8X4YBgWcDQkPfqsLZJs9g.html
Squidmar Miniatures I am using this for my Aos during quarantine
Thank you and wish you and yours all the best also! Love watching your channel and enjoy the sense of escape I find when imaging how I can use these tips to improve my own collection. Also, appreciate the video! This is on my growing list of items I need to "up my game" with minis! Cheers!
I got into minis at the perfect time, it seems! I'm a special education teacher and am home at least until April 7th. Currently working on my Sisters of Battle Kill Team. I love the positivity of your videos
Stay safe you and your family too! (-:
I hope all are save, just hope the disease curve would break soon so live can return to normal. Only had 2 hours of work this month and playing games, watching TV and painting minies and taking long walks is fine for some time... but really, I need to work, too much de-stressing.
Imagine being a creature a million years ago, dying, and then getting stuck on someone's base xD
It's a very nice grave tbh better than a stone slab
roachdog jr...
Squidmar has quickly become my favourite channel to watch 😂😂
To any of you looking for the Raphael Kolinsky 8404 brushes he talks about all the time, I've found them for dirt cheap at Jackson's Art Supplies. They're a UK company and the shipping was free even with my small order (I"m in Canada).
Nice, thanks! Wouldn’t say those are dirt cheap tho
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👑👑 I'm in the midst of releasing my dream miniature brush as well as some wonderfully sculpted miniature busts. It's something I'm really proud of and been working on for the better part of the last year. Late pledges are up and You can check it out here: www.squidmar.com/latepledge 👑👑
Why do you always put my minis to shame, keep up the epic minis and bases. This has helped so much and I’m finding new ideas for my new minis bases
@Epic ahahhaha in the same boat(well i have the minis of "first strike" but dude, i want more)
Anybody - is there a video where Emil shows us how he did that lava-flowing-over-rocks base? It's beyond terrific (which doesn't need saying)
Ground up dry pastels work really well for pigments btw
I have the moss flock thing!
I'm so happy I have one of these things!
Especially as a brand-new beginner!
Very inspiring mate, I honestly did learn a lot from this one and will be a lot of these materials.
Awesome list!!! Basing is quickly becoming my favourite part of the hobby
If you're looking for in-scale sand, instead of using pigments, you can use tile grout. It's superfine, available in a variety of colours, and inexpensive.
Good list! I love using some kind of paste when doing bases (eg "Vallejo Textures: Rough White Pumice", though putty for fixing walls are much cheaper). Makes for a great foundation to slap on the other elements (rocks, sand, bark etc) or use by itself as mud.
I just started painting minis and I'm not gonna lie..... I'm really enjoying the basing part of things : )
Sand can be used for texturing and to fill in seams.
So what you're telling me is that it is coarse, its rough and it gets everywhere.
I keep harassing my lgs to carry terrain stuff.
Other things I've used for terrain: abalone shell pieces for rocks, sticks from the yard for logs, and sliced up portions of the runners that minis come on for individual bricks.
Keeping reptiles and crafting miniatures often overlaps for me. I use a lot of these techniques for making reptile enclosures, and have a lot of these materials on hand due to this.
I love how you say “ I will quickly paint this mini with the airbrush” and it comes out looking amazing 😮
You are true talent my friend 🙌🏻
I mean it’s a airbrush....
What about Moss?
There are so many types you can dry abd use.
Larger types can be used as Tree, the usual type can be used for bushes or similar.
I love this vid every single time I watch for inspiration, thanks for it Emil and happy new year!😜
Hey great man,could you do a video about aplly pigments? In this video i saw interesting the way you did in desert barbarian and I wondee if you could extend it a bit more.
Keep it great!
Some awesome ideas - I'm half way through making a base for a chaos/daemon Knight but have used the sprue & built layers up with a few pieces of models that failed or left over parts but this has helped fill in a few gaps,thank you :) hope your keeping safe as well as everyone else - peace
6:27 Goobertown reference?
lol
Great summary of each and then a real example to see. Excellent. Damn, that flouro was sweet. Would like to see that done in slower time. When I did it, it doesn't have that "POP"!
Both Squdmar and Miniac do great glowing effects and OSL with tutorials.
Stole my lizards sterile sand for the terrarium, super fine and works great for texture that need a fine surface but not clumps and rocks in it.
your lizard is displeased
@@enclavecomms.officer5219 yea i switched to coco fiber so got a loads of sand that is worthless
Great video as usual!
I love dioramas, but since I don't have much room space at home (and less with a child on the way), I stick to creating bases. I use pine bark a lot and I love vallejo water. Another thing that works a lot for floors are the texture rolling pins from Green Stuff world. they are amazing.
Hey great video! Could you make a video about dirt effects with pigments? 😁 How do you seal them?
Love this! I learned a lot! I was entertained! The model is fantastic! The glow paint really worked! Great diorama and video!
How long do you bake the sand for? This is an awesome video, thanks
Hey Emile it’s always a happy day when u post a video! Keep painting!
Friend had a great big tree on her farm come down. The size and amount of bark I got was incredible.
Hi Squidmar, great video's and tips! I have a question; I found a very nice oak three branch that I cut in pieces. One of the pieces would be really nice to make a waterfall base for a miniature. But i'm a bit worried about using a solid block of wood in combination with paints, water and other stuff. What do you recommend? Is it usable at all and if so, how do I prepare it? The Oaken wooden block is already dry. Thx!
Who would dislike this I dont understand.
Which colours did you use to create the night effect at the last diorama? Thanks for the video and the help!
Dark sea blue, vallejo flou green, some very dark green and then I think I drybrushed with a midtones blue/grey on the blues
Hey Sqidmar , you coud use the extra fine Terrarium Sands from exo terra they have Multiple colors and are super small in the particle size
4:00 ROOOOOOTSSS, BLOOOODY ROOOOOOOOTS!!!!
Stay safe miniature hero!! And that goes for the rest of you watching as well!!
I like to use cat litter for rocky ground. It works well for the most part with the ca glue and of course it clumps when it is wet. I picked up some cheap dollar store bag that i will probably never go though the whole thing but it was like 4 dollars.
Be careful with vallejos water effects, it was what I first used for deep water, it doesn't work, it looks good until it dries, at which point it cracks all over, it is intended to act as a glossy thin surface
About sand sizes! I know this one!
I used to work for an aggregate company. You know, one of those places that sells road base materials and rocks. They get their stuff to various sizes by using sieves. Even if you've never used a place like that yourself personally, I guarantee you've driven past a quarry in your life.
Getting the industrial sieves is pretty pricey (about $160 USD for a set of hand sieves) but if you know anyone who works at a dirt lab and get them a bucket of dirt, they might be able to help you out.
A way to do it yourself is get some different mesh cloths and simply strain it out like you're baking. A lot of guys have that kind of stuff around for basing models anyway because it makes good fences or like industrial flooring.
Obviously the tighter the gaps, the finer the sand so getting some meshes with different sized weaves let's you soft for different sizes.
Hope this helps!
Just got into table top war gaming. I decided to play Stormcast eternals cause they seem like a pretty cool army. I came across your videos and found alot of useful information! Thanks alot brother! Hopefully with enough time and effort I'll be able to paint as well as you.
these kind of super bases inst viable for wargaming, when you have 100+ models. Any ideas on making cool bases that are made easy enough to reproduce, in 25mm to monster bases?
Hi Brushes, I agree these OTT display bases aren't for armies. The best thing for large quantities is to simplify what Emil said here. Paint your mini, then use 1 or 2 grass tufts, one small rock/bark piece, some sand. see how that works for you. Should take about 2 minutes per model and look great.
Or maybe you could try some paddle pop stick pieces for broken fences under monster feet.
i always feel like yelling out loud when i see people use resins without gloves. Yes some resins can be safer then others. But please never take any chances with uncured resin products. Even cured they can still be a little toxic, so do not make toys for your kids using UV-resins! Only yourselves ;)
I'm just about to get into the hobby and have found your videos highly inspirational and wondered if you have heard/seen anyone using metal powder in a glue medium and magnetic fields to shape bases in waves/patterns for things like psykers in40k? ie. ferrofluids
That sounds like an interesting experiment! :)
Did you try sawdust?
I find that it can work great a debris and makes a more diverse texture then simply using sand.
I’ve seen people dye sawdust as well to create different colours/effects
I'm always surprised at how much material pro painters buy from specialized stores. Maybe that's just because I'm on a budget, but I tend to get most of the materials you mentioned for free in the forest (bark, lichens, dry wood, slate, even plastic bits and polystyrene on the river banks), of in bulk at the hardware store (flooring cork, pigments, resin, cardboad from the bin). I even found a source of plastic plants at my local cemetery, these things tend to break off and bits of them litter the alleys, I was thanked for cleaning up! I get all I need to build terrain just by walking the dog.
At first reading, I was thinking “Maybe don’t steal plastic plants from graves…” but then I got to the end. Phew! And an interesting idea :)
Thnx Emil for making the quarantine a bit more bearable!
"sushi sticks" lol
i was wondering what he was referring to until i saw he meant chopsticks lol
Really good tute. thanks for showing a great range of base materials.
I have learned so much from this channel, but OMG this vid was priceless (yeah, literally). Such a huge amount of free/cheap resources!!
It's FANTASTIC, I love it. Cool miniatures, even more cooler base and the coolest diorama! So fark and sooo fantasy!!! I love it, I love it!!!! 🤩😍✌
I'd love to see a vid where you delve into how to use pigments. They really do seem to add a lot to the realism.
Hey Squidmar thanks for your awesome video it helped a lot :)
I use dried coffee grounds mixed with black or green tea, makes for an awesome forest floor.
Hi Emil, love your videos! What method are you using to dry up the roots? I heard people are putting them in the oven. Thanks beforehand
I just leave them in a room for a long time 🤔
Awesome stuff! Always fun to watch your videos!
OUTSTANDING! Very comprehensive! I love the way you did your High Elf Swordmaster!
PSA: IKEA in the US doesn't have coconut fiber. They use the same name for clay planting medium in US stores (at least around here) so best to order online from amazon or somewhere.
As a Nevadan, I feel personally attacked. Leave our sand alone.
We've got fine quality sand here in Nevada.
You look beautiful with long hair ahaha :D great video thanks
Awesome, very helpful. Thanks!
Birchpollen, hmm, you learn something new every day! Have to try that.
Awesome, minimalistic, paintscheme on the mini/base.
Oh perfect! i was just thinking about getting into basing since im new in the hobby :D
Thanks for the tips.
I'm excited to pick up some of them.
ooooh, I actually really dig the minimal paintjob. Something about coloring more for a theme or mood. Might try it, thanks!
Soooo many ideas! Wow, I'm gonna have to watch this video several times to glean all your ideas for bases and painting techniques. Very good, and thumbs up for you!
I think mullet Emil needs to be a fully fleshed out alter ego it’s his own voice and perspectives.
This is so interesting, your minis look AMAZING. Great informative video too, thank you, going to have to subscribe!
Hey Squidmar ! :)
I really like everything you are doing ! But i was watching the video and saw you used a UV-lamp at the end on the water effect? any reason for that ?
It was a UV resin, it hardens the resin
just a quick side note on the coffestirs i used ice cream sticks instead but i think you can use the coffestirs also.
If you want to make the wood texture pop.
Get a hold of a wire brush (the kind you use to clean grills) and go to town you your coffestirs you will get some fine grains on the stick you use.
Nice dark paint effect on that model! I really like to try that too. What green paint are you airbrushing on it?
I love you, but its STAPLES, since STABLES is english for our word for stall. You know, where we keep horses and shit :D mvh språkpolis
0:55 don't get me wrong... this base is absolutely awesome... but who did you take a stormcast liberator for drychas wrath? :-) Why not some nurgle unit? :-) Nurgle invadet Gyhran after Sigmar left and almost wiped the whole sylvaneth out aufer centuries of war. After centires the stormcast came back, and saved a weakend Alarielle ^^
Since i have a sylvaneth army, can you give basing me tips for roots? Do you take real ones and put them in the oven?
Lets talk about roots.
(*sepultura guitar in the background*)
ROOOOOTS BLOOOODYYYY ROOOOOOTS!
Great video, definitely picked up a thing or two by watching this one. Going to get my base on soon. God bless and take care.
With natural materials like rocks and twigs, why don’t people just put them on last? That way you get the colors/textures of the rock and you don’t have to repaint it, just curious. I’m guessing people just enjoy painting their own rock over a rock
I’ll also need you to go buy some sand. I don’t know if they grade it but... course.
Damn, your wig just f'n kills me! HA!
Many materials and textures can be replicated using only rocks. Yes, this requires some serious skill in painting when you try to create things like wood or dirt, but this is the cheapest and most universal material I know. Go out, get a bunch of small rocks from all over, and you can chip or grind them into shape, and you can use the left over dust and debris as... dust and debris, haha. Also, you do not need expensive tools for this. If you get 2 fist sized rocks, you can chip of large pieces by smashing them together. Oh and bricks, old bricks are awesome.
Those bases are amazing. Must try a few of those ideas this year
Don't just go to gaming stores for your grass tufts and ground cover. Try hobby shops that deal with model railroads. You might find the same thing in bigger quantities so more economical. Remember a model railroad is a hugh version of your gaming base. But the starting base for model railroad is about 4 ft. X 8ft.
...much rather a small bush, after all it's not the 70s!
I always feel like a minority in this topic, but I'm not a fan of the large, elaborate bases - at least not for miniatures that are going to be used in games. They are often unwieldy, and really stick out like sore thumbs on the board. Basically, it's super annoying when people use them.
While I'm on the subject, I'm also not a fan when people base their miniatures in snow or grass - what if you change campaigns / planets and are suddenly on a desert planet? I suppose you could have multiple bases for every model, but that sounds like a lot of work and I've never seen anyone do that. While I appreciate nice bases, I really do think basing has sort of gone a bit too far. For comparison, what if painting frames were designed to take away focus from the painting? There's a reason that isn't really a thing.
As for display models, then hell yea - a nice base is about as important as the model itself
Entertaining educational on the subject I felt as boring but your ideas replace just the broken cork material I've used in the past after watching many of your videos I'm going to try to paint after an accident which gave my hands a permanent tremor holding anything off more than a few seconds.
I know this sounds ott but I have found that I prefer your painting style on miniatures the finish is always perfect!
I bloody love the way you pronounce strawberries. Sounds like a proper knight saying Ni! to me :D
Love your videos but it hurt my soul the way you pronounced nevadans it is pronounced Ne-va-dan. Anyway love your work and helping me improve my painting tough your videos.
These are brilliant tips! I tend to be quite lazy with bases but you've certainly inspired me to up my basing game
I don’t know why but I somehow got stuck here with this videos... This guy must be on relax level 4000 with all that painting
Here's an idea for a video.. build an army by buying on line from eBay only used warhammer miniatures . Make a complete army as cheaply as you can. You will probably have to repaint most of it. Maybe get help to do this..
can you do a video on how to make a unit base for square based models. Eq, when you play 20 model based unit of skeletons or ghuls, etc.?
if you use real thing you will be realistic basing BEAST. Real rock is most realistic rock.
yeah dont do this, your house will get full of fungus. Spores live on MOST wood, you need to properly clean these before bringing them into your home,
Have you ever used,
Model train landscape
Or architect model building stuff?
Is there concern of natural materials "spoiling" in time? i.e. coconut fibers, will they start to decay in time?
"I purchased my dried coconut fiber from ikea" is perhaps the most swedish thing i have ever heard
everytime you put on those fake hairs you make me laugh
why the fuck are you doing this, this is so random and i love it xDDDDD
I love the video. I'm just scared this man calls chopsticks... Sushi Sticks.
Welp, living in a city that is in the middle of the desert I don't have so much nature free stuff
But you got sand.... :-)
Do you have a tutorial for how you made the Alarielle base? I love it!
most of those bases don't look like they are in any way practical for actual games, most people aren't making dioramas