A good source for bases is Aliexpress. The bases are just like the reaper bases but cheaper. Instead of getting 20 for $5 you get 100 for $7. Took 10 days to get to me but worth it
Secret strat, for grass you can just use cuttings from a $0.10 chip brush. They look like dry grass normally, but with a creative use of paint they can be any color you want!
I gotta tell you that your videos got to finally start basing. The simplicity, shortness, no nonsense, and matter of fact format with your methods and encouraging words are excellent. Thanks dude!
PSA: They change the name of the items if you are shopping online. I went by the item numbers listed on the lids in the video. Michaels added a 10 to the front of the number Fine Stone (483531) -> 10483531 Coarse Stone (482444) -> 10482444 Fillers (522460) -> 10522460
I never really got into DnD but I ended up watching like ten of your videos and now I really want to get into it, I also subscribed while I was at it. Now I really want to see if I can get my friends into the idea.
Honestly if you are willing to really give it a go and not feel silly while roleplaying, it's an absolute blast :) I cannot recommend it highly enough. Also thank you :)
I've never really been into D&D. I play from time to time, but prefer other games to it. That said, I love crafting, and painting mini's. So I craft and paint D&D stuff, and watch tons of crafting videos. LOL
@@QuizMasterEntertainment you told me to tell me you were not doing anything, and proceeded to tell me that you have been working on a DnD world... *stuff of legends*
Ok, this is FANTASTIC. The tip about using the blank bases and adding the washers is game changing for me. I’d love to see the follow up to this with cork!
Coarse building sand, pass it thru a sieve when its bone dry and you get a load of 'tiny rocks' and a tub of coarse sand. I asked for a mug full from a house nearby that was having some building work done, I now have a lifetime supply for free. For bigger (tiny) rocks I just pick up gravel from the side of my street. The Army Painter tufts are well worth the money though.
This video alone was great enough to get me to subscribe!! Thanks for keeping a low budget and easy to use alternative! You've got a subscriber in me!!
I paint mainly metal minis, and often those that dont have a slotta base but have a small base with a small surface area, for these i like to literally use pennies, it adds a bit more weight to the mini and feels less top heavy when using pennies. Obviously i paint and dress the pennies too, and it works for my needs.
I am so glad I found your video... I was looking for this kind of basing material... However my Michael's doesn't seem to have the filler stones but I will check out other stores.
Nathan Ast If you are still curious i can add few more: 1st - Hydrogen peroxide and sodium carbonate mixed with herbs to remove the colours, then add acrylics. 2nd and 3rd is to either keep natural and remove the paints. You use charmomile tea , concrete liqiud primer+PvA+Herbs. After it hardens, it gets extremely dark, like a swamp wet. The hp+sc mix will make it yellow, like a dried up pine forest. Fine pebbles+coarse pikes from tea makes it like mediterennean soil. Just a few, try em
I use a kitty litter it is super fine but the pieces are not all uniform so it gives it a good look. I don't usually bother with PVA glue anymore and just superglue everything but of course that can be a little more expensive. As well for rocks I just grabbed some black rocks that were in a garden by a dollar store and took them home and smashed them with a hammer to make small stones which look great because they are jagged and make the terrain look dangerous. Also depending on your dollar store you can buy those similar Michaels sand etc. for a little cheaper. At least that is where I found mine. Great video by the way as I am always looking for crafting on a budget. Cheers.
You know, I can honestly say that I have never thought of using kitty litter for d&d haha. That is a super great idea though! I like how it makes it non-uniform like you said. Yeah superglue is best, but I just don't like wasting so much of it. (Though in reality is isn't all that much.) I totally like the sharp broken rock look om some pieces, but the rounded edges that these gives is something you see typically more in nature. Super sharp rocks often break into more round ones. Though, in fantasty, hell yeah go for the spiky mountain of doom! :) I'll have to see if the dollar tree near me has some stuff like this, they didn't last time I checked, but that's a great point. Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to watch!
AD&D 2nd Edition I know im late.. but ..is it good for making pebble roads ? Road from Noch is extremely expensive for a large set and was wondering about tile grout+ PvA+litter?
I use a mixture of sand, small model rocks and acrylic gesso. Mix it up and it's just like GW basing technical paint only better because it has different sized rocks. 15$ makes enough to base more minis than you'll ever have time to paint.
So, I went to Hobby Lobby as it is just down the road from me. My wife had a left over gift card with around a $7 balance. I bought basically the same stuff, different branding, plus some green, light green and some brownish/yellow grass. It was all on sale so out the door it cost me about $8. Enough basing materials to last me forever probably.
I can do that! Been wanting an excuse to work with cork board. They will kind of work together as a single video, since the cork board mostly comes out as rock slabs, so very mountain-ey. :)
This is actually the exact same method I use. I also have some fine sand I found which I often use for more of a mixed color, and sometimes I will combine base sand colors if I'm going a desert look.
That's a great idea! My sand granules are more of the 'Egytian Movie' color, and not real desert sand. I used to have some super fine sand that I found from the beach. I need to go back to the beach and get some... you know... for miniature purposes and not at all to go to the beach haha. I'll have to give you idea a shot!
@@Rybonator The yellow(ish) color you used, mixed with maybe 10% light brown (also from Michael's) or some "natural" but fine ground sand looks awesome for a more realistic desert color. Mine is kind of a white, grey, khaki mix and it works awesome blended with that yellow. If you are looking for more of a wild west look use some red which can be found a number of ways including buying that same brand of sand online, or just get a cheap terracotta pot and have at it with a hammer. ;)
Ohh I'll have to give that a shot. I like the idea of a desert look that I can just dip it in, and be done haha. Clean and efficient. I'll have to give it a go. Thanks for the tips!
This was a very helpful video for a beginning like me, thank you! However I do have one question: how do you get the Nolzur’s miniatures off their original bases and onto these nicer looking bases? I would love to see a video about that in the future.
I'm constantly on the lookout for cheap basing materials. Pine bark works great for slate rock outcroppings, and I recently picked up a handful of Southern Magnolia cones that the tree aborted at a small size that would work on large jungle or underdark bases.
Aaron Blount Thank you! Didnt think of this. Have a massive forest near the city.. actually its literally surrounded by mountain and pine trees so this will be an awesome speed-up for my dioramas.
@@StalkeraBg no problem! I'd just say to be sure and pick up stuff that's already fallen off the trees, pulling bark off of trees can possibly damage them, or cause other issues. That said, also make sure that you don't need a permit to collect stuff in the forest. If it's on private property, and you have permission from the land owner, then it should be fine. If it's a state or national park/forest, you may need to go to their office and apply for a special use permit to avoid possible fines.
Aaron Blount No permits required along the road and up into the mountains - usually this is a wood cutters area. Trees around here shed the bark for some reason, usually you just touch it and it just drops, havent a clue why. Curious about the pine cones tho- can you bend scales by heating em ?
These are awesome, and im deff looking into painted mini rocks , never knew they existed. I have found an amazing mix that also adds details like if they stepped in mud and as extremely sturdy.- might wanna try it. Apparently mix of PvA , finely grinded herbs and concrete liqiud primer bonds together extremely well. Charmomile tea and tea for stomach illness. Dunno, but it gets very dark colour, chocolate brown and gets darker as it dries
Rybonator I will try mixing the pebbles you mentioned and the tea- this charmomile one is subpar due to the fine branches. Perfect mediterennean soil if you kill the natural colouring and keep the "tea needles" Finely grounded one can be mixed after to add sunken mud effect afterwards around the feet. Have ideas, but horrible at making em real.
It depends on which minis. Some of the wizkids ones are already attached to their bases. If not I just super glue them. On clear acrylic bases I use the e6000 transparent glue. I would consider pinning if I was using cork board bases.
Kind of a stupid question but, how do I get the mini to sit down in what I put on the base? Do I cut off the part the I would normally glue to the base?
I use superglue, and I don't really think that it does. Superglue always holds way stronger to me in less amounts than PVA does, so I just trust it more for longevity :)
Dont know if you figured it out but they changed the names of some things. www.michaels.com/natural-baby-rocks-by-ashland/10522460.html I went by the item number listed on the cap in the video and this item has the same item number just with a 10 at the start. (Used the fine sand to confirm that they use the same number system)
put a second coat of watered down pva glue over the basing materials before painting, this locks them in place. Alternatively, if you did the basing materials before priming, when you prime the miniature it will also hold the basing materials in place.
@@Rybonator They're nice, but you'd want to cover over the slot. Not hard! They're not centered, so you do have to consider which way the mini is positioned, and there's not as much freedom as what you're doing. That said, very beginner friendly!
i dont buy the tufts, i work at a hair dressing place so i just grab a bunch of cleaned cut off when ever i decide to make bases. just tie into a knot and trim down to bristles. it sounds grosser than it is. i like to bleach the hair to make it a pale yellow colour
Thanks, I appreciate it! Not any more than normal gluing to the bases. I would for sure recommend a strong glue like super glue to hold it down. You could even take small clips of paperclips and attach those to the feet of the mini, so that they sink down into the base if you make something that you are super worried about. Like you can see here: encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRLqtPmSFuKyugLWzaksgZYq_Xe1f90gTHHkuIDqGj0pMUKxmEDGQ Those are often used in the cork board, but for the other bases, super glue should do you just fine. (You might wanna run your finger across the sand/dirt to get all the loose ones off before you start painting. This will help too. :) )
if you use the old super glue and baking soda trick it turns into a concrete like substance that you would have to intentionally pull apart for that mini to come off. I use it all the time and they are rock solid.
@@add2ndedition663 Thanks. I wasn't sure if it would work in that particular application. I'm usually very messy when I use super glue with baking soda.
@@christophermurray9777 what I do is put a small dab on whatever I want to glue to the surface then stick it down. Immediately dump a bunch of baking soda on it. Then I dump off the excess and use a old cruddy paintbrush to sweep away the loose baking soda and give it a huge blow like I am trying to blow the little pigs house down and it is pretty much rock solid everytime. Clean up with the old paintbrush any left over soda and it is golden ... plus no wait time for it to dry ... it is instant.
@@Rybonator lmao yea wow u replied to me! And I actually meant that I just put paper on top of the bottlecaps :P I might try it sometime tho! the 2d paper minis to add a base!
If you paint it anyway wouldn’t t be cheaper to get some washed sand from bunnings or Home Depot or what have you? Small granules and like 20kg for ten bucks.
Yes totally! But sometimes the granules are not small enough, OR then you have to worry about storage. That jar that I have will be more than enough for a lifetime of mini basing I imagine haha.
Superglue :) You can use other methods, and some people like to put them on pins, (stands made from paper clips so that they are sturdier.) I have had no issues working directly with superglue :)
Depends, some figures come with a base, and if so, then yeah I usually do. Some don't and you won't need to do this. Those that have like a "Platform or rock looking thing that they stand on", I usually cut those off as well. Again, your call for what looks best for your figure. If not, you can also always just USE that base to do your basing on. Just go about the same process as in the video, but be careful to avoid getting any on the figure itself.
One trick I learned from playing 40k is to go out to the street in front of your house with a broom and dustpan and sweep the asphalt. You will pick up a bunch of small gravel and rocks you can se for basing. All my Chaos Space Marines were done this way. imgur.com/XyMnLvU
@@wicrosoft8091 what specific products? I have chinchilla dust from Pets at Home which is great but a bit too uniform size. Do they have other products?
@@wicrosoft8091 just got some today and also the black gravel which is a slightly larger grain size. Both look brilliant and just the sizes I was looking for. Already had kitty litter which was on the big side, and chinchilla dust which was very small.
Most big manufacturers use software to create the model, create a mold out of the model and use injection molding to finish it off. As a DIY project, you can either Skulpt one out of clay, or buy some pieces from various minis and "kit bash" or combine them into a unique mini. :)
@@Rybonator Holy shit, you replied to me! I'm impressed already. I mean, I already was from your videos but now even more so. What kind of kits would you recommend that offers the most freedom, and how much do those usually run for?
Haha I figured if you took the time to comment, I should try to :) So warhammer figures are great, and they send a lot of extra parts in their model kits. Check out my floating bases and spiritual weapon video, and you'll see what I mean. But they are pricey. Usually somewhere between 20 - 50$ depending on the group. BUT you get some HIGH quality minis, and a lot of extra stuff :)
Kyo Mao I would recommend Bolt Action aswell: WW2 and come with their bases too. 22-33£ for 18(metals) to 28/30/40 hard plastic (Depends on whether US/RU/GR.) Same scale as Warhammer, those are amazing too.
A good source for bases is Aliexpress. The bases are just like the reaper bases but cheaper. Instead of getting 20 for $5 you get 100 for $7. Took 10 days to get to me but worth it
Oh dang, that is a great tip! Gonna pin this comment so that others can see it. Always down for cheaper alternatives. Thanks :)
I use wooden rounds, which are even cheaper. 200 for $7. They are a little thicker but wood takes glue, paint and drilling better than plastic.
Nice one! Got any other tips for getting gaming materials from Aliexpress?
Secret strat, for grass you can just use cuttings from a $0.10 chip brush. They look like dry grass normally, but with a creative use of paint they can be any color you want!
I gotta tell you that your videos got to finally start basing. The simplicity, shortness, no nonsense, and matter of fact format with your methods and encouraging words are excellent. Thanks dude!
Wow. I've been looking for a good guide to basing. This is perfect. Thank you!
Glad to help :) I am planning on doing some more in the future.
PSA: They change the name of the items if you are shopping online. I went by the item numbers listed on the lids in the video. Michaels added a 10 to the front of the number
Fine Stone (483531) -> 10483531
Coarse Stone (482444) -> 10482444
Fillers (522460) -> 10522460
Thanks a million. Been looking to pick this stuff up and have been frustrated not finding the names in the video
I never really got into DnD but I ended up watching like ten of your videos and now I really want to get into it, I also subscribed while I was at it.
Now I really want to see if I can get my friends into the idea.
Honestly if you are willing to really give it a go and not feel silly while roleplaying, it's an absolute blast :) I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Also thank you :)
I've never really been into D&D. I play from time to time, but prefer other games to it. That said, I love crafting, and painting mini's. So I craft and paint D&D stuff, and watch tons of crafting videos. LOL
How has it been going? After a year and maybe some, you surely have done something
@@notyos sadly, not a thing, but I am working on my own DnD world
@@QuizMasterEntertainment you told me to tell me you were not doing anything, and proceeded to tell me that you have been working on a DnD world...
*stuff of legends*
Ok, this is FANTASTIC. The tip about using the blank bases and adding the washers is game changing for me. I’d love to see the follow up to this with cork!
I will plan on doing another basing video in the future :) I'll be sure to do the cork on one there as well.
Love watching this bases go dunk in the sand 😅 great video too!
I just based my first mini using stone granules from Michaels. It’s turned out so great. 🤓 Thanks for posting this video and all of your guidance.
Coarse building sand, pass it thru a sieve when its bone dry and you get a load of 'tiny rocks' and a tub of coarse sand.
I asked for a mug full from a house nearby that was having some building work done, I now have a lifetime supply for free.
For bigger (tiny) rocks I just pick up gravel from the side of my street.
The Army Painter tufts are well worth the money though.
That's a great idea! There is always construction going on near me. I should go get me a tupperware set full :)
This video alone was great enough to get me to subscribe!! Thanks for keeping a low budget and easy to use alternative! You've got a subscriber in me!!
Thank you :D I'm glad you liked the vid!
Awesome ideas!
Thank you! I appreciate that :)
Very good and informative video. Thanks!
I paint mainly metal minis, and often those that dont have a slotta base but have a small base with a small surface area, for these i like to literally use pennies, it adds a bit more weight to the mini and feels less top heavy when using pennies. Obviously i paint and dress the pennies too, and it works for my needs.
Thank you for this video tutorial.
I am so glad I found your video... I was looking for this kind of basing material... However my Michael's doesn't seem to have the filler stones but I will check out other stores.
Could you do a general supplies episode? Something like "this is what you need to make x"
Totally :) I'll add that to the to-do list :)
I’ve found that filing down a piece of sandstone, and crushing the larger granules that flake off gives a nice gritty dust that works great for dirt
Ohhh yeah that would be a great idea! :) Thanks for the tip!
I’d love to see more base ideas and designs, if you have time of course. Loved the vid and just subbed
Will do :) It's on my to-do list
Nathan Ast
If you are still curious i can add few more:
1st - Hydrogen peroxide and sodium carbonate mixed with herbs to remove the colours, then add acrylics.
2nd and 3rd is to either keep natural and remove the paints.
You use charmomile tea , concrete liqiud primer+PvA+Herbs. After it hardens, it gets extremely dark, like a swamp wet.
The hp+sc mix will make it yellow, like a dried up pine forest.
Fine pebbles+coarse pikes from tea makes it like mediterennean soil.
Just a few, try em
I just picked up one of those jars of grit at the 99cent store earlier today! They have tons of good basing gravel at the fish bowl section.
Oh shoot, that's a great tip! I'll have to check that out :)
I use a kitty litter it is super fine but the pieces are not all uniform so it gives it a good look. I don't usually bother with PVA glue anymore and just superglue everything but of course that can be a little more expensive. As well for rocks I just grabbed some black rocks that were in a garden by a dollar store and took them home and smashed them with a hammer to make small stones which look great because they are jagged and make the terrain look dangerous. Also depending on your dollar store you can buy those similar Michaels sand etc. for a little cheaper. At least that is where I found mine. Great video by the way as I am always looking for crafting on a budget. Cheers.
You know, I can honestly say that I have never thought of using kitty litter for d&d haha. That is a super great idea though! I like how it makes it non-uniform like you said.
Yeah superglue is best, but I just don't like wasting so much of it. (Though in reality is isn't all that much.)
I totally like the sharp broken rock look om some pieces, but the rounded edges that these gives is something you see typically more in nature. Super sharp rocks often break into more round ones. Though, in fantasty, hell yeah go for the spiky mountain of doom! :) I'll have to see if the dollar tree near me has some stuff like this, they didn't last time I checked, but that's a great point.
Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to watch!
AD&D 2nd Edition
I know im late.. but ..is it good for making pebble roads ?
Road from Noch is extremely expensive for a large set and was wondering about tile grout+ PvA+litter?
Just dropped a sub 👍🏼 keep up the good work!!
Thank you! I appreciate that :) Will do!
I use a mixture of sand, small model rocks and acrylic gesso. Mix it up and it's just like GW basing technical paint only better because it has different sized rocks. 15$ makes enough to base more minis than you'll ever have time to paint.
I do similar basing with deco rocks from dollar tree. They have different types as well.
Oh I should look and see what mine has :) Great tip!
So, I went to Hobby Lobby as it is just down the road from me. My wife had a left over gift card with around a $7 balance. I bought basically the same stuff, different branding, plus some green, light green and some brownish/yellow grass. It was all on sale so out the door it cost me about $8. Enough basing materials to last me forever probably.
I like to prime the bases first before painting just as another layer to help keep it all together
Good point! That would definitely help :)
Yes, do elevation video. Can you do a mountain terrain one too?
What's that you say about interaction? People do that? 😉
I can do that! Been wanting an excuse to work with cork board. They will kind of work together as a single video, since the cork board mostly comes out as rock slabs, so very mountain-ey. :)
@@Rybonator I want to see an archer on the mountain terrain! 👀
I'll try and put an Archer on the cork one haha
This is actually the exact same method I use. I also have some fine sand I found which I often use for more of a mixed color, and sometimes I will combine base sand colors if I'm going a desert look.
That's a great idea! My sand granules are more of the 'Egytian Movie' color, and not real desert sand. I used to have some super fine sand that I found from the beach. I need to go back to the beach and get some... you know... for miniature purposes and not at all to go to the beach haha.
I'll have to give you idea a shot!
@@Rybonator The yellow(ish) color you used, mixed with maybe 10% light brown (also from Michael's) or some "natural" but fine ground sand looks awesome for a more realistic desert color. Mine is kind of a white, grey, khaki mix and it works awesome blended with that yellow. If you are looking for more of a wild west look use some red which can be found a number of ways including buying that same brand of sand online, or just get a cheap terracotta pot and have at it with a hammer. ;)
Ohh I'll have to give that a shot. I like the idea of a desert look that I can just dip it in, and be done haha. Clean and efficient. I'll have to give it a go. Thanks for the tips!
This was a very helpful video for a beginning like me, thank you! However I do have one question: how do you get the Nolzur’s miniatures off their original bases and onto these nicer looking bases? I would love to see a video about that in the future.
With bases i get pathfinder brand minis they’re good quality not too expensive and come with plane black bases of all sizes
Saw the ring, definitely and Ag lol, Class of '12
Class of '16 here my friend! Whoop :)
I'm constantly on the lookout for cheap basing materials. Pine bark works great for slate rock outcroppings, and I recently picked up a handful of Southern Magnolia cones that the tree aborted at a small size that would work on large jungle or underdark bases.
Oh man that's awesome! Send pics of the cones :)
@@Rybonator I don't know how to send them through UA-cam, but I'll tag you on Instagram under the photo. Hopefully you can see it from there. LOL
Aaron Blount
Thank you! Didnt think of this.
Have a massive forest near the city.. actually its literally surrounded by mountain and pine trees so this will be an awesome speed-up for my dioramas.
@@StalkeraBg no problem! I'd just say to be sure and pick up stuff that's already fallen off the trees, pulling bark off of trees can possibly damage them, or cause other issues.
That said, also make sure that you don't need a permit to collect stuff in the forest. If it's on private property, and you have permission from the land owner, then it should be fine. If it's a state or national park/forest, you may need to go to their office and apply for a special use permit to avoid possible fines.
Aaron Blount
No permits required along the road and up into the mountains - usually this is a wood cutters area.
Trees around here shed the bark for some reason, usually you just touch it and it just drops, havent a clue why.
Curious about the pine cones tho- can you bend scales by heating em ?
Yeah, it doesn't have to be all expensive to be precious and to look great.
Oh absolutely not. Budgets are baller :)
These are awesome, and im deff looking into painted mini rocks , never knew they existed.
I have found an amazing mix that also adds details like if they stepped in mud and as extremely sturdy.- might wanna try it.
Apparently mix of PvA , finely grinded herbs and concrete liqiud primer bonds together extremely well.
Charmomile tea and tea for stomach illness.
Dunno, but it gets very dark colour, chocolate brown and gets darker as it dries
Ohh just using tea for a Forrest floor would be a great tip! :)
Rybonator
I will try mixing the pebbles you mentioned and the tea- this charmomile one is subpar due to the fine branches.
Perfect mediterennean soil if you kill the natural colouring and keep the "tea needles"
Finely grounded one can be mixed after to add sunken mud effect afterwards around the feet.
Have ideas, but horrible at making em real.
I'll give that a shot! Thanks :)
I'm a big fan of your vids and was wondering what you use to attach your mini's to the base as I was thinking of trying this myself.
Thank you :) I'm glad you like what I do!
I use superglue, as that way if I want to get them off the bases, they aren't PERMANENTLY glued on :)
Lol. Those bits of cork board look like granola bar chunks. 😂
Please do not eat the mini bases :P
Rybonator forbidden snax!! Monch!!
In which department at Michael's do they sell the material? Great video!
Generally right near all the fake flower stuff
I may or may not have based a mini the other day with some dried marjoram (I needed leaf litter)
Honestly that's a dope idea haha. I love it :)
Theres my fish master xD
Fish Master? lol
I really want to get into basing, but all I have for my minis are the WizKids bases, is it that bad not using the taller Reaper bases?
Can I just use regular sand for this?
Can i please ask where you got your basing material from, the sand, stones etc
What did you use to attach the figures to the bases? Did you pin them or super glue their feet to the finished base?
It depends on which minis. Some of the wizkids ones are already attached to their bases. If not I just super glue them. On clear acrylic bases I use the e6000 transparent glue. I would consider pinning if I was using cork board bases.
How about actually mounting the mini to the base, do you cut the base off if it has one like most reaper etc...
I use super glue :) And yeah if it has one, I cut it off with an exacto.
Where do you get the discs ? Trying to get 0.5 inch ones.
Kind of a stupid question but, how do I get the mini to sit down in what I put on the base? Do I cut off the part the I would normally glue to the base?
I just use superglue and it works well for me :)
Is it still possible to get the Larger "boulder" rocks? i can't seem to find them at michael's online.
Did you use salt for snow ?
Where did you get your snow?
0:21 sounds like you're starting to rap :D
This is a great vid. Just to clarify, do you add the tufts to the bases using superglue? Not PVA? Does it make a difference?
I use superglue, and I don't really think that it does. Superglue always holds way stronger to me in less amounts than PVA does, so I just trust it more for longevity :)
Rybonator thanks!
@@joshpickering5039 of course!
When do you glue the mini to base before baking materials or after?
Dont know if you figured it out but they changed the names of some things.
www.michaels.com/natural-baby-rocks-by-ashland/10522460.html
I went by the item number listed on the cap in the video and this item has the same item number just with a 10 at the start. (Used the fine sand to confirm that they use the same number system)
Really like how it looks but when i try and paint, i just push the tiny gravel off : (. Any tips?
put a second coat of watered down pva glue over the basing materials before painting, this locks them in place. Alternatively, if you did the basing materials before priming, when you prime the miniature it will also hold the basing materials in place.
(Sam/Chikahiro) I'm used to Privateer Press' slot-bases. How do you get the mini onto the base after coating the whole base with awesomeness?
Superglue works fine for me :) I need to check out those slot bases you are talking about!
@@Rybonator They're nice, but you'd want to cover over the slot. Not hard! They're not centered, so you do have to consider which way the mini is positioned, and there's not as much freedom as what you're doing. That said, very beginner friendly!
i dont buy the tufts, i work at a hair dressing place so i just grab a bunch of cleaned cut off when ever i decide to make bases. just tie into a knot and trim down to bristles. it sounds grosser than it is. i like to bleach the hair to make it a pale yellow colour
Hey that's a pretty good tip! I don't have the patience to bleach hair haha. But I'm blonde so maybe I could use my own
Rybonator yeah that’ll work. Good luck with your future projects. I use a lot of your tips for my model adaptations. Thanks!
Since you put washers on the bottom of your basis couldn't you just magnetized the Cork's that way it has a stronger hold
Is it bad that I thought the cork boards were pieces of a granola bar at first?
Good video. Any problems keeping minis attached after basing like this? I get anxious unless my mini is glued firmly to the plastic.
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Not any more than normal gluing to the bases. I would for sure recommend a strong glue like super glue to hold it down. You could even take small clips of paperclips and attach those to the feet of the mini, so that they sink down into the base if you make something that you are super worried about. Like you can see here: encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRLqtPmSFuKyugLWzaksgZYq_Xe1f90gTHHkuIDqGj0pMUKxmEDGQ
Those are often used in the cork board, but for the other bases, super glue should do you just fine. (You might wanna run your finger across the sand/dirt to get all the loose ones off before you start painting. This will help too. :) )
if you use the old super glue and baking soda trick it turns into a concrete like substance that you would have to intentionally pull apart for that mini to come off. I use it all the time and they are rock solid.
@@add2ndedition663 Thanks. I wasn't sure if it would work in that particular application. I'm usually very messy when I use super glue with baking soda.
@@add2ndedition663 I haven't done the baking soda and super glue technique before, but I have heard of it before. Still need to try it out myself :)
@@christophermurray9777 what I do is put a small dab on whatever I want to glue to the surface then stick it down. Immediately dump a bunch of baking soda on it. Then I dump off the excess and use a old cruddy paintbrush to sweep away the loose baking soda and give it a huge blow like I am trying to blow the little pigs house down and it is pretty much rock solid everytime. Clean up with the old paintbrush any left over soda and it is golden ... plus no wait time for it to dry ... it is instant.
Anyone else recognize this as the same opening as Basics With Babish? It's everywhere...
Basics with Babish is a bit different, but this one is used pretty often in a lot of vids!
Here I am with bottlecap tokens.
Nothing wrong with those! You can always base bottle caps too :)
@@Rybonator lmao yea
wow u replied to me!
And I actually meant that I just put paper on top of the bottlecaps :P
I might try it sometime tho!
the 2d paper minis to add a base!
If you paint it anyway wouldn’t t be cheaper to get some washed sand from bunnings or Home Depot or what have you? Small granules and like 20kg for ten bucks.
Yes totally! But sometimes the granules are not small enough, OR then you have to worry about storage. That jar that I have will be more than enough for a lifetime of mini basing I imagine haha.
Wait how do you put the minis on them?
Superglue :) You can use other methods, and some people like to put them on pins, (stands made from paper clips so that they are sturdier.) I have had no issues working directly with superglue :)
@@Rybonator Thank you!
@@Rybonator wait do I cut them off the already made base?
Depends, some figures come with a base, and if so, then yeah I usually do. Some don't and you won't need to do this. Those that have like a "Platform or rock looking thing that they stand on", I usually cut those off as well. Again, your call for what looks best for your figure.
If not, you can also always just USE that base to do your basing on. Just go about the same process as in the video, but be careful to avoid getting any on the figure itself.
No problem!
One trick I learned from playing 40k is to go out to the street in front of your house with a broom and dustpan and sweep the asphalt. You will pick up a bunch of small gravel and rocks you can se for basing. All my Chaos Space Marines were done this way.
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Oh man that is a great tip! And yours look so awesome :)
@@Rybonator Thanks so much! Thats one I did YEARS ago so I'm probably rusty now. hah
@@GeekVFood I'm rusty before I even begin, so no worries haha :P
Are you a Citadel grad?
baking soda makes good ultra fine snow powder look.
I haven't tried that! Thanks for the tip :) I'll give it a shot.
@@Rybonator Use PVA glue not CA(super glue), CA plus Baking soda = hard plastic.
Anyone know any UK companies that do similar sand materials like this?
Pets at home do kg bags for £5.
@@wicrosoft8091 what specific products? I have chinchilla dust from Pets at Home which is great but a bit too uniform size. Do they have other products?
@@camy252camy3 I boght aquarium gravel (I think it was pewter sand).
@@wicrosoft8091 will look into it. Cheers buddy.
@@wicrosoft8091 just got some today and also the black gravel which is a slightly larger grain size. Both look brilliant and just the sizes I was looking for. Already had kitty litter which was on the big side, and chinchilla dust which was very small.
How does one make miniatures?
Most big manufacturers use software to create the model, create a mold out of the model and use injection molding to finish it off. As a DIY project, you can either Skulpt one out of clay, or buy some pieces from various minis and "kit bash" or combine them into a unique mini. :)
@@Rybonator Holy shit, you replied to me! I'm impressed already. I mean, I already was from your videos but now even more so. What kind of kits would you recommend that offers the most freedom, and how much do those usually run for?
Haha I figured if you took the time to comment, I should try to :)
So warhammer figures are great, and they send a lot of extra parts in their model kits. Check out my floating bases and spiritual weapon video, and you'll see what I mean. But they are pricey. Usually somewhere between 20 - 50$ depending on the group. BUT you get some HIGH quality minis, and a lot of extra stuff :)
@@Rybonator Awesome, thanks! Have you considered making dice based on the original Avengers?
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I would recommend Bolt Action aswell: WW2 and come with their bases too.
22-33£ for 18(metals) to 28/30/40 hard plastic (Depends on whether US/RU/GR.)
Same scale as Warhammer, those are amazing too.
These are cool, but I dont need yet another hobby.
Oh man, once you start it's hard to stop haha. So either yeah best avoided, or dive head first!
just say warhammer figures bro xd
Never! :P
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I made it to the big leagues Ma! Someone firsted my video!
Lol
Yuh you've always been in the big leagues to me
Oh dang that's so nice! :) Thank you
No problem
The fuck is a basing
i dont like them as much painted, feels like it loses a lot of realism. real dirt and rocks arnt the uniform color youve made them
That's where your level of dry brushing comes in :) want more random? Do more dry brush :)