40K vet and I somehow just stumbled across your channel. Watched a couple minutes of this video and subscribed immediately. Your hobby skills achieve such high quality results and look like they are pretty simple to pull off. Thanks for the tips!
One of the best of these “basing videos” that I’ve seen so far. Fantastic tips on rolling, great simple base ideas that are replicable across large or small armies!
Thank you Dana! After constant disappointment using these rollers, using your method has worked really well. I just made a dozen Cthulhu bases with Brown Stuff. It works so much better than Green Stuff for bases. 🥳
Your videos are so good. I mean everything from the final result to the video editing. Love it! I get this vibe that you're having a ball and I find that is missing in too many videos teaching things. I find that really inspiring and it makes me want to dive right in. Cheers!
Honestly, your videos are my favorite painting videos. I love your aesthetic (I love neon and vibrant colors in a modern painting scheme!), I love that you cover a ton of topics, and I love that you're getting into 40k right around the time I am. I have no idea why I wasn't subscribed before today, but I am now! Thank you for being an educational, non-toxic person in the painting community. I don't even really like the game of 40k, I just like painting! In a Covid world, it's really great to find people who are willing to spend their time teaching us their techniques! Thank you. I really enjoy your videos.
Picked up the little rings to go on each end of the rolling pin so the pressure i roll with is consistanct. Was really pleased with my results so far. Going to keep working on more tonight
Great to hear that you are able to make the jump to full time! Thoroughly encourage people who can to at least give a couple dollars a month. It all adds up!
Bought some brown stuff and textured rolling pins after watching this video. Did some test pieces and followed your tips and it turned out amazing. Thanks, Dana!
I've had some brown stuff and a rolling pin on a shelf for over a year, but I'm about to get stuck in and roll me some bases with this video as a guide. Thanks!
Hi Dana! I just wanted to say that I think this might be your best video yet! Also, congrats on taking the leap into full time UA-camr! Love the dry humor and great info!
I've been using foam, landscaping materials and putty for bases, but all of the techniques look far more efficient. They look especially good for maintaining a theme for a group of miniatures. Nicely done.
I use the rollers alot and i use milliput. If you mix in equal amounts of a cheap plastercine, it firms up the milliput and doubles the quantity. Pluss when its dry its perfectly hard and strong without being brittle. But great video dana, i love the amount of info you give.😋👍🏻
Awesome video! thank you! I learned a lot. Side note, Vallejo Transparent water is good for water falls, and surface texture like ripples. Vallejo "Still Water" is their product that does what you'd expect from "transparent water"
All my Ultramarines are based using a GSW roller for an "urban rubble" scheme. Lot's of new tips and ideas for me here, great video. Especially need to try the corn starch.
Nice video ! About bases, a kind of quick tip you could also give would be sort of "how to chose a basing color". E.g. should a base be neutral in color or should it bring a specific color to the model. This is all about color balance.
If you're looking for a very uniform thickness of clay/brown stuff, you can look for rolling pin spacers/rings. I've just been using dried used coffee grounds that I paint some yellow, some green and leave some brown, but I really want to try these rolling pins. Thanks for all the great tips, always looking forward to new vids. Stay happy and healthy, Dana.
One of the greatest tutorials of basing that I ever seen, the results are very effective and flexible. I tried basing before but I had a big problem: greenstuff didn't stick very well to the base, in fact I just to pull a bit and the whole textute unstuck. I don't know why, maybe the quality of greentstuff, not enough material or I used so much water on the roll.
i found it was too sticky and kinda messy to work with, and also very brittle when it dried so i wasnt able to do some of the techniques i show in this video which needs the stuff to be flexible! maybe i was using a bad kind of milliput though i know there are a few different versions!
@@DanaHowl Milliput always ends up pretty inflexible once it's cured, you're not going to get away from that, but wetting normally eliminates sticking while working. You can also get away with varying the mix - if you use less of the softer, grainier part and more of the harder, smoother part (say 60/40 instead of 50/50) it won't be so prone to sticking while you're working. It does need to be kneaded together a bit longer than green stuff in my experience, though, and it tends to stick to your fingers a lot until thoroughly mixed - maybe that could have been part of your problem? (Shout out to the Milliput Superfine White instructions: "mix until a uniform colour". I mean, part A is pretty white, and part B is kind of... white... so...)
I just got into 40k and was wondering what to do with my bases. Of all the videos out there i havent seen bases quite like these and cant wait to try and make what you did for my sisters! I just hope i pull it off even half as well as you.
Thanks for this video, I haven't cracked into my indomitus box yet and forgot that I actually have that necron roller! Can't wait to try it!! Love the bases!
Great vid. I am going to look at getting some of these rollers soon. I loved the Tron base and some of the stacked ones. That water texture was interesting to see. I have never tried one before.
Ha! Now I feel smarter for not buying milliput straight away! I haven't focused on basing yet as I'm still in the learning process of painting the miniatures themselves but soon enough I'll start worrying about those minis bases as well. I knew about the rolling pins but I didn't know about brown stuff and the corn starch trick. It doesn't matter how many videos I watch, I watch yours and learn something every time.
Apoxie Sculpt works well, and you can get it in larger quantities than green or brown stuff (use water or vaseline to minimize the stickiness, though I bet the talc/cornstarch thing would work too). Another tip - Use two larger capsule/oval bases on either side of the base you are texturing as support to keep your roller level.
Just got my texture rollers in and had to come see how you do these again. Unfortunately they were sold out of brown stuff, so I'm gonna try to make it work with green stuff. Thanks for the great tips here, Dana!
As for Vallejo Water effect, it takes an eternity to become clear, but it eventually will be kinda transparent (it took maybe 2 weeks for quite big waves on my viking base). UV resin is way too faster, can recommend it too.
Hey Dana, after using the texture roling pin, to avoid the stripes inprinted in the bricks and so one you can use your finger to smoothen it up, it gives a better finish to the base :)
Fantastic tutorial, I just shared it with my local community, to help out newer members, and older ones, that might be having trouble thinking of some bases ideas for their armies )
MANY, MANY thanks Dana!! Just started getting into minitures and the prices for plain bases is bad enough, printed bases are Waaa to expensive for what you get, Your Video was OUTSTANDING for me, Tons of info and Techniques, AAAA++++, Thanks Again Jeff F. ;-)))
I like the water effect because it kind of looks like the foam of boiling water? So combined with the dystopian-style metal walkway beside it, it looks like a scary platforming game surrounded by boiling acid water or something.
Thanks Jayme!!! Yeah I agree it actually does look a bit like boiling water, in an underwater nautical facility perhaps! Also it’s dried a bit more since I filmed this and it’s a bit more clear now
Thanks for showing water piece. I like seeing that not everyone is perfect.
@Josue Santino and @Turner Wells, For a couple of ScamBots, you both have serious trust / boundary issues.
Unfortunately, It looked like a bunch of dirty sea men swam in that water ;)
“Send me money .... if you love me” made me smile 😅
I’ve been blessed! 😇🙌aaaaaaahhhhh! 📯🎵😅
no one:
dana: ok let's zenithal prime the base
Vaseline on the rollers, guys - it works wonders.
For the bases, of course.
Oh! The bases. Brb...
And don't forget to use the latex gloves too. Safety first.
not for internal use, no flared base
@@pendularnuncius2618 wise words.
Textured for pleasu- *EHEM* basing.
40K vet and I somehow just stumbled across your channel. Watched a couple minutes of this video and subscribed immediately. Your hobby skills achieve such high quality results and look like they are pretty simple to pull off. Thanks for the tips!
One of the best of these “basing videos” that I’ve seen so far. Fantastic tips on rolling, great simple base ideas that are replicable across large or small armies!
Thank you Dana! After constant disappointment using these rollers, using your method has worked really well. I just made a dozen Cthulhu bases with Brown Stuff. It works so much better than Green Stuff for bases. 🥳
Amazing!!! Glad it worked out for you!!!
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen come out of this hobby.
One of the best basing Videos i have ever seen😎👍immeadetely subscribed
Hooray! Loving the journey through Indomitus!
Your videos are so good. I mean everything from the final result to the video editing. Love it! I get this vibe that you're having a ball and I find that is missing in too many videos teaching things. I find that really inspiring and it makes me want to dive right in. Cheers!
Oh! I love the budget base idea. Thank you so much!
I'm glad you playing with your sister, it's so nice. Great video and experiments, thank you for these small base-stories.
Always happy to see another Dana video in my feed.
Honestly, your videos are my favorite painting videos. I love your aesthetic (I love neon and vibrant colors in a modern painting scheme!), I love that you cover a ton of topics, and I love that you're getting into 40k right around the time I am.
I have no idea why I wasn't subscribed before today, but I am now!
Thank you for being an educational, non-toxic person in the painting community. I don't even really like the game of 40k, I just like painting! In a Covid world, it's really great to find people who are willing to spend their time teaching us their techniques!
Thank you. I really enjoy your videos.
I hope i get my preorder before this series is over. I hate waiting
I've only just started to dip my toes into basing, so I found this video fascinating! Thanks for sharing your great techniques!
Huh, usually its the models that get their toes in
@@awesome1lunger441 LOL! I guess I might find it a lot easier if I were to use my fingers instead!
Can recommend using UV set clear resin for water effects on bases.
And tiny glass beads for nail art for bubbles!
This is great preparation for me! Just picked up my first roller, and now I know how to use it.
Just got my rolling pins and Brown Stuff from Greenstuff World. Can't wait to get started. Thanks for the tutorial!
Really liked the explanation on how to get the different material looks.
These basing techniques are awesome. Thank you for posting the video. Subscribed!
Picked up the little rings to go on each end of the rolling pin so the pressure i roll with is consistanct. Was really pleased with my results so far. Going to keep working on more tonight
Found this Video and it's amazing Dana. Thank you for this ideas. Stay healthy 😊
I like the way you use color-changing paint!
Im an experienced model and sculpture guy fixated on bases, therefore, I learned polymer clay. this is a great tutorial. Well done
Didn't Know about using brown stuff...Nice techniques. Good luck on reaching your patreon goal, You deserve it.
As someone that struggles with easy basing ideas I super appreciate videos like this. Thanks a ton Dana!
Thanks for that video, bought literally every greenstuff rolling pin now😂
Just wanted to comment... THIS VIDEO WAS GREAT!!!! THANK YOU!!!
Great to hear that you are able to make the jump to full time! Thoroughly encourage people who can to at least give a couple dollars a month. It all adds up!
Wow, this video was so helpful, thanks so much!
Bought some brown stuff and textured rolling pins after watching this video. Did some test pieces and followed your tips and it turned out amazing. Thanks, Dana!
I've had some brown stuff and a rolling pin on a shelf for over a year, but I'm about to get stuck in and roll me some bases with this video as a guide. Thanks!
Dana, your tips are really creative and you're such a unique voice in this mostly male miniature world. Love what you do 🙂
This is baseing in its glory. Simple, time efficient and Dana touch on everything.
Keep the brushes wet and we catch you next week. 🤙🖌🎨
I think the water base is really cool!
Hi Dana! I just wanted to say that I think this might be your best video yet! Also, congrats on taking the leap into full time UA-camr! Love the dry humor and great info!
Great Video,, opened my eyes to basing..... thanks Dana
Thanks for this! My Greenstuff World supplies arrived today and gonna base The Silent King necron model, cant wait to see how it turns out!
I've been using foam, landscaping materials and putty for bases, but all of the techniques look far more efficient. They look especially good for maintaining a theme for a group of miniatures. Nicely done.
"Kill two necrons with one 40k analogy" has my sides splitting
Thank you for sharing this, this is awesome no more buying bases
Great content and general vibe, the results you get from those industrial rollers make me want to start a small Necromunda gang!
your bases are better than my minis wow. I learned something!
I use the rollers alot and i use milliput. If you mix in equal amounts of a cheap plastercine, it firms up the milliput and doubles the quantity. Pluss when its dry its perfectly hard and strong without being brittle. But great video dana, i love the amount of info you give.😋👍🏻
Love the video. Thanks for the suggestion, I got the temple pin for basing and rebasing all my Sisters of Battle.
Thank you for upping my basing game.
Awesome video! thank you! I learned a lot. Side note, Vallejo Transparent water is good for water falls, and surface texture like ripples. Vallejo "Still Water" is their product that does what you'd expect from "transparent water"
This has given me some ideas Time will tell if those ideas were good. Awesome video. Thank you
I really love the grungey oil slick base you did for the Necrons.
All my Ultramarines are based using a GSW roller for an "urban rubble" scheme. Lot's of new tips and ideas for me here, great video. Especially need to try the corn starch.
Also really liking those necron colors. Can't wait to see what you have for the rest of models!
Thank you for this, I've been screaming at my desk for about 3 hours but now I feel a little better
I love your humour so much!! Keep it up :)
I love your style both production and technique. Stay you as you ascend ❤️😎❤️
Nice video ! About bases, a kind of quick tip you could also give would be sort of "how to chose a basing color". E.g. should a base be neutral in color or should it bring a specific color to the model. This is all about color balance.
If you're looking for a very uniform thickness of clay/brown stuff, you can look for rolling pin spacers/rings. I've just been using dried used coffee grounds that I paint some yellow, some green and leave some brown, but I really want to try these rolling pins. Thanks for all the great tips, always looking forward to new vids. Stay happy and healthy, Dana.
One of the greatest tutorials of basing that I ever seen, the results are very effective and flexible.
I tried basing before but I had a big problem: greenstuff didn't stick very well to the base, in fact I just to pull a bit and the whole textute unstuck. I don't know why, maybe the quality of greentstuff, not enough material or I used so much water on the roll.
I had a lot of success with millaput. Interested to hear why you don’t like it.!Appreciated the tips.
i found it was too sticky and kinda messy to work with, and also very brittle when it dried so i wasnt able to do some of the techniques i show in this video which needs the stuff to be flexible! maybe i was using a bad kind of milliput though i know there are a few different versions!
@@DanaHowl last time I used miliput, I mixed it with green stuff (1:1) so it could be flexible but still end up hard. Have you tried such a thing ?
@@DanaHowl Milliput always ends up pretty inflexible once it's cured, you're not going to get away from that, but wetting normally eliminates sticking while working. You can also get away with varying the mix - if you use less of the softer, grainier part and more of the harder, smoother part (say 60/40 instead of 50/50) it won't be so prone to sticking while you're working. It does need to be kneaded together a bit longer than green stuff in my experience, though, and it tends to stick to your fingers a lot until thoroughly mixed - maybe that could have been part of your problem?
(Shout out to the Milliput Superfine White instructions: "mix until a uniform colour". I mean, part A is pretty white, and part B is kind of... white... so...)
I tried superfine miliput, doesn’t work
Interesting I have same experience with milliput. I suffered with greenstuff but milliput was good.
Thank you for the walkthrough making the base look nice it is worth the extra time and effort especially when they turn out so cool
Your reaction to free stuff was priceless lol... love your channel hun, cheers!
Thank you so much for the tips! They worked like a charm 😁
From a fellow Canadian
Your delivery is always perfect "brown stuff" got me 🤣👌 rollers seem handy I wanna try to make some now 👏
I just got into 40k and was wondering what to do with my bases. Of all the videos out there i havent seen bases quite like these and cant wait to try and make what you did for my sisters! I just hope i pull it off even half as well as you.
“Once that’s done, we’re ready to roll” :D
Thanks for this video, I haven't cracked into my indomitus box yet and forgot that I actually have that necron roller! Can't wait to try it!! Love the bases!
Very very good ideas for bases, tanks Dana
I love those rolling pins! Rock n' Roll Baby!
Great tips! You really are great at basing! Subscribed and look forward for more of your awesome content! Greetings from Sweden!
Awesome video. The easy to build Stormcast bases is the exact reason I bought the GSW flagstone roller a year ago.
Great vid. I am going to look at getting some of these rollers soon.
I loved the Tron base and some of the stacked ones.
That water texture was interesting to see. I have never tried one before.
The ending credits are excellent.
Ha! Now I feel smarter for not buying milliput straight away! I haven't focused on basing yet as I'm still in the learning process of painting the miniatures themselves but soon enough I'll start worrying about those minis bases as well. I knew about the rolling pins but I didn't know about brown stuff and the corn starch trick. It doesn't matter how many videos I watch, I watch yours and learn something every time.
Apoxie Sculpt works well, and you can get it in larger quantities than green or brown stuff (use water or vaseline to minimize the stickiness, though I bet the talc/cornstarch thing would work too). Another tip - Use two larger capsule/oval bases on either side of the base you are texturing as support to keep your roller level.
Not only are your videos incredibly helpful and well edited, your work area is so chic, functional, and fabulous looking. That internal glow tho
Thank you so much Dana, your tutorial came just in time for my sisters of battle bases 👌
the budget bases look amazing
Top quality content, inspiring ideas, good edition, and LOTS of talent. Great job Dana, and you are so classy 👏👏👏
Dear Dana, excellent tutorial. Some very handy hints (baby powder & water) I was unaware of! Kind Regards Johnny
Just got my texture rollers in and had to come see how you do these again. Unfortunately they were sold out of brown stuff, so I'm gonna try to make it work with green stuff. Thanks for the great tips here, Dana!
Paint up three armies by the end of the year?! You're ambitious!
Keep up the good work, your videos are informative and fun! Happy painting!
As for Vallejo Water effect, it takes an eternity to become clear, but it eventually will be kinda transparent (it took maybe 2 weeks for quite big waves on my viking base). UV resin is way too faster, can recommend it too.
Hey Dana, after using the texture roling pin, to avoid the stripes inprinted in the bricks and so one you can use your finger to smoothen it up, it gives a better finish to the base :)
Fantastic tutorial, I just shared it with my local community, to help out newer members, and older ones, that might be having trouble thinking of some bases ideas for their armies )
Always love to watch your videos. They are well organized and interesting. (Even if I don’t paint miniatures. )
Wow those things are really nice. And much cheaper than Pre-textured bases, it seems.
Didn't know about the baby powder trick! Will be sure to give it a go
That ice effect looks great
Dana Howl gang ya'll! Good video!
Thank you very much, these are some nice tips! I had some serious deciding issues regarding the clay to use :D
Wow. I will get me some of those rolls now. That was super helpful ! Thanks so much :)
I liked your camerawork in this one!
Love your videos! And have a conundrum to pick bases for my necrons, this was great inspiration!
Applied ur tips and worked out great thx!
This was such an in depth video and you did a really great job explaining everything. Thanks a bunch for sharing your basing secrets. 🎈
You fit so much in one video. Thanks, this was very helpful!
MANY, MANY thanks Dana!! Just started getting into minitures and the prices for plain bases is bad enough, printed bases are Waaa to expensive for what you get, Your Video was OUTSTANDING for me, Tons of info and Techniques, AAAA++++, Thanks Again Jeff F. ;-)))
I love making bases like these 😁 thanks for the tutorial!
I like the water effect because it kind of looks like the foam of boiling water? So combined with the dystopian-style metal walkway beside it, it looks like a scary platforming game surrounded by boiling acid water or something.
Thanks Jayme!!! Yeah I agree it actually does look a bit like boiling water, in an underwater nautical facility perhaps! Also it’s dried a bit more since I filmed this and it’s a bit more clear now