Sorry Canadian friends amazon.ca has horrible pricing for these so you are better off ordering them from .com or seeing if your local stores can get them. If you want to pick up one of each you can grab em using these amazon links (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases) *EARTH TEXTURE* amzn.to/2FFKXtn *GROUND TEXTURE* amzn.to/2FIfoiA
@@@hankhillz I have to agree. I had a friend in the states pick me up a DVD set that I wanted a couple of years ago because it was only 39 dollars down there compared to the $142.99 (I kid you not) that amazon.ca wanted for it. I was done with amazon.ca from that moment forward. :)
The way you are pronouncing Vallejo here is cracking me up. LL is more like a Y sound. VaYejo :) Not trying to make fun of you either. Its cute. Im a spanish teacher, so this is fun to revisit.
I use these a lot for basing my miniatures. They build up very nicely if you allow them to dry fully between layers. Plus a neat trick is to add rocks/cork/skulls/weapons/ballast to your base on top of a layer of these pastes. No need to add glue. By smashing the objects into the paste, you can get a natural look of an object being partially buried in the sand or dirt. I often just sprinkle ballast onto the wet paste in patches to give a less uniform texture to a base. Great product for minis basing.
I do the same for my bases. The use of snow texture is just great, you could also use it for sea foam (I used it on Descent elementals to joint water and fire and thus foam, it worked really great)
Hey bud when you say sprinkle "ballast" what is that stuff ? Is it like a small sand for model railroads ? Iv heard it before only 2 times id love to know ! Thanks for sharing !
@@savagex466-qt1io ballast is just a blend of sand and small stones. It's not particularly uniform which makes it look more realistic. You can get a similar effect out of clay cat litter that was been ground up. It gives a range of particle sizes from powder to larger chunks. At 28-30mmscale, it's like sand and medium sized rocks. You can sprinkle it onto the texture paste, but be sure to seal the cat litter afterwards with some thinned PVA glue (or modpodge) or primer/sealer.
I own the rough white pumice and the dark earth. They are great and super cheap for how much you get and between mixing the two at different ratios do very good rock and ground textures. I use them ALOT, build your rocks with cork then slap a mix over the top and in the gaps for some seriously nice texture. I bought these on the recommendation from Vince Venturella and his incredibly useful hobby cheating video playlist on miniature painting in UA-cam.
Black Magic Craft totally, if you use cork as a base it will go a long way. It also has very interesting texturing properties if you apply it thick over the cork and let it naturally dry over the course a few hours which is good for bases. If your doing diaroma then just applying it thin will still look good and be cost efficient. The only real reason to buy the GW basing pastes would be to buy the crackling ones only and using these for everything else.
Would have liked a closer examination of how each color/texture differs from each other, but definitely answered a lot of questions about the performance of the pastes!
I have two tips that I discovered while using these (i have brown earth and snow). First, for building a sort of "big" diorama base (like 20x30cm) getting a proper ground texture could mean using a lot of material. For instance, the small "waves" of dirt, lumps, and so on. For those I use a common napkin with a mix of white glue + wate, i make the small and sharp roughness, and after everyting is dry, I put a light coat of the Vallejo. It saves a lot of the product and you get an awesome texture. The Second tip is, you can use pigments after it's dry. I don't know if it is because of the porosity or the final texture of the paint, but trust me, those pigments ARE NOT GOING TO COME OFF. I made a boo boo once, and not even with my rough handling it could come off... in the end I gave up and put a thicker cover of pigment on top and I managed to hide most of the wrong color.
I use these for years to base plastic minis, putting these on regular plastic chips that i buy in bulks from ebay. Was really surprised no one talks about them much, and people still make bases old way with sand and such. This is much easier.
I use the Ground Texture product for model railroading. This stuff works well and while it is still wet you can add additional ballast to change the color and tone of earth scenes.
Woah, edible texture paste for making edible dioramas. Only in your dreams can you eat a desert and have it taste like dessert. I hope someone does this...
I own a few Vallejo textures and they are solid product like the rest of their lines. Being ready to go, I use it on miniature and vehicle basing. I am a wargame terrain maker and use an eye balled goop recipe for larger terrain pieces and 3'x3' to 8'x4' game boards. It is a mixture of acrylic caulking, PVA, plaster and water. I add paint and textures ( Anything from Santa Cruz beach sand that I have a big tub of to store bought railroad ballast) as the project calls for. It is a really durable surface.
What an awesome review! I appreciate the cost effective note...really helps for us terrain builders. I've always had a great experience with Vallejo products, but haven't used the textured paste yet. May have to go out today and get a pot. Thanks again.
I have the European Mud and Rust Texture for gunk on tanks. I haven't gotten to that part of my painting yet, I have only at this point made some trials and have so far concluded that I don't like the color of the European Mud, but I look forward to messing up a couple of tanks with them and then paint on top of the mud after
I think you might have been using them wrong. I was looking at them and then looked at your review. So anyway, I got a pot from amazon, btw way cheaper then the citadel texture paints, and tried it out last night on a small cave diorama. I did not use it as a paint, but more la a paste that I can sculpt. This morning, it was completely dry and it looked amazing! I was able to build an uneven caver floor, with mini stalagmites. It dried darker then the initial color and could probably just use it like that, however I will paint it to blend more in my décor.I the end, what I liked about it, was the price, and the fact that I could sculpt it. I will switch the that one instead of the overpriced citadel!
Can I ask, what colour would you base an Orange space marine? Yes Orange, and I mean basketball/tiger orange. Black is the main secondary colour... veterans have blue helmets and red cloaks. I was thinking Martian red earth or a dark grey blue urban ruin look, but I am unsure. Any help?
When you were digging through the box there were some small jars. Is Vallejo making paint pots? If those are paints can you review them compared to the dropper bottles? Excellent review of the textures. I'm gonna pick up a couple tubs to try them.
The other containers you see in the box are their line of weathering effects, not paint. I’ll get to testing those but there are LOTS and they aren’t as straight forward to test.
I use a fair amount of Liquitex and Golden pumice and sand medium in basing, and I find a dollar store palette knife works great, if you're looking for an alternative to brushes.
If you need help dealing with the feeling of being bbn overwhelmed by all the free stuff, i am happy to take it off your hands. I enjoyed the video, as always.
Yes! I used a light blue on my bases, then mixed my purest white into the mix before spreading it on the base. It gave me a super hard texture like normal and a sick blueish look....almost like snow over ice!
It's great stuff. I also use the dark mud (which I love) for a large Stormcast Army, and adding paint to the grey pumice mix makes it virtually indistinguishable in use to the pre colored one. Would definitely recommend picking up one of the specific ground types if you're going to be doing a lot of models in the same basing scheme, but for flexibly the uncolored pumice is absolutely astounding.
What do you think of the grey pumice? Could it be used to simulate crushed shell in say 1/24 or 1/25 scale? Im looking at Vallejo`s line up and I am going for just two as I already have 3 of the ocean effects on my wish list for diorama`s I have planned.
As usual, great advice. I used to paint miniatures for D&D when I was younger (prob 25 years ago) and I’m relaunching the hobby. Your Channel has been great and a huge help. Thanks for all your efforts. Blackheart from Detroit
As a non-native english speaker, he said something that, at first, just sounded to me as "These reminded me a lot of the smell of acrylic cocaine..." lol
I use earth for my wire trees i make, a few coats and it's good to go, in some cases i don't even have to paint the tree, you can score the texture to get good texture like a tree when it's almost dry, i love this stuff.
Since they are acryllic based, you can use water to dilute the paste to make it more maleable. You can also mix acryllic paints with the paste to acheive the exact color you want. Vallejo also has a snow-effect and mud-effect paste that are awesome. ETA: clay molding tools (at quick glance they look like dental torture tools) are useful for applying this stuff.
Thank you for bringing these products to our attention. I think the terrain tutor has a caulk+grit+paint or "filler"+grit+paint recipe that may work similarly if you have not seen already.
I hate cutting open a new tube of caulk and being slammed with the overwhelmingly potent vinegary smell. Even though I put vinegar on everything. Course I believe that's silicone not latex (acrylic) caulk that stinks. Acrylic really isn't bad.
I used the fine pumice one to "paint" plastic wedding cake riser Greek columns. While they are dirt cheap and make great terrain, the greek style columns are just too smooth looking if you just paint them "stone". Chuck a thin coat of the fine pumice on and some wash.....bingo! Stone columns.
Thanks for the review! The black lava is my favorite for use on my bases. Really like the grittiness and bond. PVA glue and sand can peel over time and this is a good alternative.
@@nikos52 δεν με νοιάζουν οι αλοιφές,ρωτάω γενικά μπας και απαντήσει ο μάστορας εδώ,και ναί με μπογιές σίγουρα,αλλά με τι τεχνικές ,το dry rushing δεν βοηθάει π.χ. και αν το πάτωμα γίνει με φελιζολ θα δίνει πολύ έντονη υφή όπως και να έχει που αυτομάτως δεν θα μοιάζει με μάρμαρο.
@@DPSAX95 δεν υπάρχει εύκολη λύση. Βάψιμο σε λευκό , ελαφρό wash σε απόχρωση που θες για το μάρμαρο γαλάζιο ή κόκκινο, λεπτές γραμμές για νερά του μάρμαρο, shade και highlights σε κάθε γραμμή και περνά να σου δώσουμε και ένα βραβείο crystal brush ή golden dragon.
Which of the textures do you think would make the best texture for Tudor style house fill? I am building a Tudor style doll house and it would be great to know which one would be the most realistic waddle and daub/lime wash fill look-texture wise. I can always paint it whatever color I decide. Thanks.
Thanks for the review! WIll probably pick some up for basing. FYI the stuff on Tudor Mansion is Daub (clay/dung/straw) not stucco (plaster based) but you were in construction so I imagine you're calling it stucco so the audience knows what you're talking about.
I have the brown earth texture paint. I cover it using (your recipe) black wash for large pieces and Citadel Nuln Oil for smaller pieces. It makes a really great dark mud texture. It can also be put on pretty thick as a filler with equally great results!
I have had several of these for years, have always highly recommended them. Use them for basing mostly, but have also tried applying them to the recesses at the base of buildings as well as mud and thick dirt on boots and tank tracks.
Obviously they already have pigment in them, but have you tried painting over any of them? Like maybe using the lighter color like white for the texture but then just painting it whatever color you wanted like a marsh green or a light sandy sort of color?
The ones that I have used take primer and paint very well. I usually apply my basing materials before priming, but I have also had success applying paint directly without primer.
Yea these are "meant" to be applied after paint which is why the they are already tinted, and you can mix paint in directly to change that tint but personally I like to apply all textures before paint. So for me having multiple colours is unneeded as I'd be painting after anyway.
The "grey pumice" is transparent, the pumice particles themselves are grey because pumice is grey and the acrylic medium is white but dries clear just like PVA. You can paint over that with any color you want and it takes washes and drybrushing VERY well. The colored earth tones already have paint added to them, which saves the tedious step of basecoating them after they dry, but you have to be more careful with them while applying it since they will "paint" your models' feet and shins if you aren't careful. The time saved is very worth it though, I use the Brown Earth for nearly all of my basing now and just use lighter or darker washes and drybrushes to get the effect I want
Funny thing is, this video is about 3 years old, and I'm only now learning that the product exists. And I only found them because I was trying go find some color match to GW's Ironearth texture paints. I definitely plan to pick some up soon, and I appreciate you laying them all out side by side to see how much texture or grit there is in each, and a review of how durable they are. GW's texture paints are so expensive for what you get, so I had been using sand and glue, but you have to deal with applying the basing and then applying a sealant layer or it flakes so easily. It's good to know this is apply and paint.
I wanted to say Thank-you for the review. I am an HVAC service tech and have been looking for a product like this for over 20 years since Aprilaire stopped selling their version of this type of paint for their Humidifier trays. After a while, the paint in the tray where the water flows through the tray and into the Humidifier Pad wears away and the water then does not flow properly on smooth plastic. This product (Rough Grey Pumice) has the perfect amount of sand mix to allow the water to adhere to the sand to make it travel along the water trays to each water opening. This saves water by utilizing the whole Humidifier Pad and providing better humidification into the home. I estimate that I can paint approximately 10 humidifier trays with one 7 oz container.
I would suggest trying a combination of mod podge and baking soda, perhaps try it and compare it to the finer texture pastes available through Vallejo (it works quite well for fine sand and is easy to paint on). It would be interesting to see how this or other cheap alternatives (such as sand or sawdust) compare. Great video as always, I've been wondering for a while how these actually hold up! edit: yes I know this is an old video, but it would still be very interesting and I thought it worth mentioning, despite how late I was to the party
I think on my next army I will use some. Seems to be quicker and very strong is what I want. Useing PVA glue sometimes my sand / gravel base would flap up ! Most dont and I think it was because I never let them dry for 1 day before puting the 2nd layer of slighty waterd glue on top. Im almost certian thats the problem as I have some that are very strong as I love to test this stuff myself before commeting. Il be trying wood glue next not sure what brand probley gorilla, Iv also used gorrlia but for larger stuff it can dry to quick and sucks if you make mistake lol.
do they all have the same consistency? I nabbed the desert sand one, and it was easy to use, but I'm not entirely sold on the effect. I had to paint and shade it to make it look convincing, and even then it doesn't look like sand at scale, it looks like gravel. I found spackle / dry DAP to be the king of scaled earth, but it's a little more work to sculpt get the mini attached to the base securely, and get just right overall. however the results blow texture paints out of the water in my opinion... assuming they are all like the one i picked up.
Texture for sarrisa building or home made buildings. Streets and roads. I suppose you can paint them on your face if you can't grow a beard and want one
They work great for basing and Terrain work if it's small jobs. for larger jobs I use the LukesAPS sand or dirt mixed with tile groute which is a great way to get it done. in this link I used the dark earth with dried up tea leaves mixed up to creat a swamp base for my Drocidile from Privateer Press. instagram.com/p/BmQO5VqB02_/
I have wanted someone to do a good tutorial on these. Would love to see you use their weathering/rust paints, or see some of these things being used for texturing in weird ways... Froth in a witches brew, I dunno. Something not dirt, lol.
Have you tried modeling paste from the art store (Liquitex brand is a popular one) or heavy gel medium and adding your own texture in it like sand? You can add paint to it for tint + colour and collage into it, heavy woven fabric textures like burlap look super cool, also crinolin, lace, cheese cloth and spooky cloth they sell around Halloween at the dollar store make interesting textures.
I used it on the bottom of a tank model the textured mud one and didn't like it so tried to get it off and it peeled but was solid it only came off in strips with a layer of the plastic from the model too! Once it's one and cures that's ot it's on! You get a window to used thinner to clean it up and refine it bit after a night sitting not a chance lol! Great for on basses and dioramas the Asphalt and concrete are great ones for making concrete blocks for road blocks for Iraqi dioramas and the crackle sand one is really nice
I have an old model od Marvels Rhino that has a texture on the box, but the model is baby smooth. This video helps give me the idea of how to progress with getting a similar result.
That asphalt is nice! Sci-minis look out! I have used texture medium before from Liquitex. I like them because they are something to add to paint so they don't have pigments there gel is really cool and I have been wanting to use it for water effects. You can find them and Golden at Michael's or other craft stores. Liquitex is a great brand sure a use those $1 applecrafts too but the Liquitex is always stronger pigment even when I thin it for airbrushing and minis in general
I have a few of them and mostly use the red oxide paste along with cork for mini bases and small dioramas, just to simulate earth. This is then primed and painted along with the rest of whatever I put on the base. Their water effect (not the pastes, which I have yet to try but the liquid) mixed with Woodland Scenic "snow" makes a great snow paste that makes awesome snow. Looking forward to you trying the rest of the stuff in the box!
I have the earth texture and I like to use it for bases to give a natural ground look under grass flock. Sometimes I even use it to build some sense of elevation but only if it's mild. I also like using these with Marvel Crisis Protocol which has city street textured plastic bases. It's a great way to turn all or part of that into a natural ground texture instead.
I have the white stone and the mud textures. One thing I have been trying to do with the white stone is trying to get a marble floor type texture for my bases.
This might be the perfect product for what I have in the works currently. First time making terrain (for my end of campaign in a year-1.5 years away) and I chose to do it out of cardboard because I have an abundance of it and I’m not planning on doing more terrain. Painting the cardboard and the spots that have hot glue have been a concern I’ll have to deal with in the future and this might be perfect to use and then paint over. I’ll have to test and see.
I use the dark earth for most all my bases. I will be painting over it but the dark color is a good base I have also used it on the base of my house terrain and it works well too
They're great for basing, with the slight caveat that I've had problems using up a jar before it goes off, but that says more about my patchy schedule than the product.
Sorry Canadian friends amazon.ca has horrible pricing for these so you are better off ordering them from .com or seeing if your local stores can get them. If you want to pick up one of each you can grab em using these amazon links (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases)
*EARTH TEXTURE* amzn.to/2FFKXtn *GROUND TEXTURE* amzn.to/2FIfoiA
Amazon.ca kind of sucks. A lot of the items that can be found on .com are more cost effective to buy. Even when factoring in shipping
With my Prime at least the cost is fine on .ca I actually just ordered the transparent water the other day.
@@@hankhillz I have to agree. I had a friend in the states pick me up a DVD set that I wanted a couple of years ago because it was only 39 dollars down there compared to the $142.99 (I kid you not) that amazon.ca wanted for it. I was done with amazon.ca from that moment forward. :)
The way you are pronouncing Vallejo here is cracking me up. LL is more like a Y sound. VaYejo :)
Not trying to make fun of you either. Its cute. Im a spanish teacher, so this is fun to revisit.
Is it ok to use this in your house
I use these a lot for basing my miniatures. They build up very nicely if you allow them to dry fully between layers. Plus a neat trick is to add rocks/cork/skulls/weapons/ballast to your base on top of a layer of these pastes. No need to add glue. By smashing the objects into the paste, you can get a natural look of an object being partially buried in the sand or dirt. I often just sprinkle ballast onto the wet paste in patches to give a less uniform texture to a base. Great product for minis basing.
I do the same for my bases. The use of snow texture is just great, you could also use it for sea foam (I used it on Descent elementals to joint water and fire and thus foam, it worked really great)
Hey bud when you say sprinkle "ballast" what is that stuff ? Is it like a small sand for model railroads ? Iv heard it before only 2 times id love to know ! Thanks for sharing !
@@savagex466-qt1io ballast is just a blend of sand and small stones. It's not particularly uniform which makes it look more realistic. You can get a similar effect out of clay cat litter that was been ground up. It gives a range of particle sizes from powder to larger chunks. At 28-30mmscale, it's like sand and medium sized rocks. You can sprinkle it onto the texture paste, but be sure to seal the cat litter afterwards with some thinned PVA glue (or modpodge) or primer/sealer.
That side-by-side comparison grid was very helpful! I wish more reviewers would do things like that.
I own the rough white pumice and the dark earth. They are great and super cheap for how much you get and between mixing the two at different ratios do very good rock and ground textures.
I use them ALOT, build your rocks with cork then slap a mix over the top and in the gaps for some seriously nice texture.
I bought these on the recommendation from Vince Venturella and his incredibly useful hobby cheating video playlist on miniature painting in UA-cam.
I’m guessing you can get a lot more out of one pot than I initially thought since you can apply so thin.
Black Magic Craft totally, if you use cork as a base it will go a long way. It also has very interesting texturing properties if you apply it thick over the cork and let it naturally dry over the course a few hours which is good for bases. If your doing diaroma then just applying it thin will still look good and be cost efficient. The only real reason to buy the GW basing pastes would be to buy the crackling ones only and using these for everything else.
@@bentosan you can mix these with crackle medium with "okay" results, just got to apply it as thin as possible.
Would have liked a closer examination of how each color/texture differs from each other, but definitely answered a lot of questions about the performance of the pastes!
I have two tips that I discovered while using these (i have brown earth and snow). First, for building a sort of "big" diorama base (like 20x30cm) getting a proper ground texture could mean using a lot of material. For instance, the small "waves" of dirt, lumps, and so on. For those I use a common napkin with a mix of white glue + wate, i make the small and sharp roughness, and after everyting is dry, I put a light coat of the Vallejo. It saves a lot of the product and you get an awesome texture.
The Second tip is, you can use pigments after it's dry. I don't know if it is because of the porosity or the final texture of the paint, but trust me, those pigments ARE NOT GOING TO COME OFF. I made a boo boo once, and not even with my rough handling it could come off... in the end I gave up and put a thicker cover of pigment on top and I managed to hide most of the wrong color.
I use these for years to base plastic minis, putting these on regular plastic chips that i buy in bulks from ebay. Was really surprised no one talks about them much, and people still make bases old way with sand and such. This is much easier.
I use the Ground Texture product for model railroading. This stuff works well and while it is still wet you can add additional ballast to change the color and tone of earth scenes.
I liked the recreation of your being overwhelmed opening the box. 😂
Somehow read the title as "taste test and review"...
This isn’t a Miniac video!
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Woah, edible texture paste for making edible dioramas. Only in your dreams can you eat a desert and have it taste like dessert. I hope someone does this...
I own a few Vallejo textures and they are solid product like the rest of their lines. Being ready to go, I use it on miniature and vehicle basing. I am a wargame terrain maker and use an eye balled goop recipe for larger terrain pieces and 3'x3' to 8'x4' game boards. It is a mixture of acrylic caulking, PVA, plaster and water. I add paint and textures ( Anything from Santa Cruz beach sand that I have a big tub of to store bought railroad ballast) as the project calls for. It is a really durable surface.
What an awesome review! I appreciate the cost effective note...really helps for us terrain builders. I've always had a great experience with Vallejo products, but haven't used the textured paste yet. May have to go out today and get a pot. Thanks again.
I know for minis i tend to get just the light colored stuff (off white or light gray), then wash/shade it a different color.
I have the European Mud and Rust Texture for gunk on tanks. I haven't gotten to that part of my painting yet, I have only at this point made some trials and have so far concluded that I don't like the color of the European Mud, but I look forward to messing up a couple of tanks with them and then paint on top of the mud after
I love that random paint sniffing there
I think you might have been using them wrong. I was looking at them and then looked at your review. So anyway, I got a pot from amazon, btw way cheaper then the citadel texture paints, and tried it out last night on a small cave diorama. I did not use it as a paint, but more la a paste that I can sculpt. This morning, it was completely dry and it looked amazing! I was able to build an uneven caver floor, with mini stalagmites. It dried darker then the initial color and could probably just use it like that, however I will paint it to blend more in my décor.I the end, what I liked about it, was the price, and the fact that I could sculpt it. I will switch the that one instead of the overpriced citadel!
A great review!
I might give these a shot. Thanks!
Can I ask, what colour would you base an Orange space marine? Yes Orange, and I mean basketball/tiger orange. Black is the main secondary colour... veterans have blue helmets and red cloaks.
I was thinking Martian red earth or a dark grey blue urban ruin look, but I am unsure. Any help?
I could see using this for stucco on buildings.
When you were digging through the box there were some small jars. Is Vallejo making paint pots? If those are paints can you review them compared to the dropper bottles?
Excellent review of the textures. I'm gonna pick up a couple tubs to try them.
The other containers you see in the box are their line of weathering effects, not paint. I’ll get to testing those but there are LOTS and they aren’t as straight forward to test.
Regarding the grain effect on wall panels of fantasy buildings, don't you think it is disproportionate for the scale?
Can you apply primer to the texture paint and then apply a paint coat over that?
Absolutely. Or paint directly on it.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial thanks:)
Thanks for the test. It is difficult to find information on Russian sites.
How badly does it destroy your brush? Is there any better tool to use instead?
It washes out easily. What could be more practical than a cheap craft brush?
Black Magic Craft thanks, now I don’t have to buy an overpriced Citadel plastic spatula
Dollar store paint brushes my dude
I use dental tools to apply.
I use a fair amount of Liquitex and Golden pumice and sand medium in basing, and I find a dollar store palette knife works great, if you're looking for an alternative to brushes.
go to home depot buy a pint of Water-based paint in the color you want, and a Bag of white beach sand and Mix.
That will not create the same material.
nope but Ive used it to texture full table tops and terrain bases for the same table.
I bought the grey pumice and its poopoo
Of all of them ive seen / used this is probably the worst of them
If you need help dealing with the feeling of being bbn overwhelmed by all the free stuff, i am happy to take it off your hands.
I enjoyed the video, as always.
I know, it’s a rough life for me 😂
I own the rough grey pumice, the medium that holds together the grit is transparent so you can add paint to make it any color you want.
Yes! I used a light blue on my bases, then mixed my purest white into the mix before spreading it on the base. It gave me a super hard texture like normal and a sick blueish look....almost like snow over ice!
I will definitely try this.
It's great stuff. I also use the dark mud (which I love) for a large Stormcast Army, and adding paint to the grey pumice mix makes it virtually indistinguishable in use to the pre colored one. Would definitely recommend picking up one of the specific ground types if you're going to be doing a lot of models in the same basing scheme, but for flexibly the uncolored pumice is absolutely astounding.
What do you think of the grey pumice? Could it be used to simulate crushed shell in say 1/24 or 1/25 scale? Im looking at Vallejo`s line up and I am going for just two as I already have 3 of the ocean effects on my wish list for diorama`s I have planned.
Going to be using the European Thick Mud in my next diorama project.
it looks like baby poop when dry..... :)
As usual, great advice. I used to paint miniatures for D&D when I was younger (prob 25 years ago) and I’m relaunching the hobby. Your Channel has been great and a huge help. Thanks for all your efforts.
Blackheart from Detroit
I got the dark earth and it did all my minis for a bout 3 years. Then it dried up. Great value
As a non-native english speaker, he said something that, at first, just sounded to me as "These reminded me a lot of the smell of acrylic cocaine..." lol
I use earth for my wire trees i make, a few coats and it's good to go, in some cases i don't even have to paint the tree, you can score the texture to get good texture like a tree when it's almost dry, i love this stuff.
Since they are acryllic based, you can use water to dilute the paste to make it more maleable. You can also mix acryllic paints with the paste to acheive the exact color you want. Vallejo also has a snow-effect and mud-effect paste that are awesome. ETA: clay molding tools (at quick glance they look like dental torture tools) are useful for applying this stuff.
Creepy i was just looking at reviews on this stuff last night.
I had an old pot around of Earth Brown and covered a 3' x 3' board of hex tiles and it used about 3/4 of the jar. It goes a fair way!
The weed of Modelers, is Acrylic smell.
Thank you for bringing these products to our attention. I think the terrain tutor has a caulk+grit+paint or "filler"+grit+paint recipe that may work similarly if you have not seen already.
Okay, I laughed out loud at the cut-shot acrylic sniff!!
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I hate cutting open a new tube of caulk and being slammed with the overwhelmingly potent vinegary smell. Even though I put vinegar on everything. Course I believe that's silicone not latex (acrylic) caulk that stinks. Acrylic really isn't bad.
I used the fine pumice one to "paint" plastic wedding cake riser Greek columns. While they are dirt cheap and make great terrain, the greek style columns are just too smooth looking if you just paint them "stone". Chuck a thin coat of the fine pumice on and some wash.....bingo! Stone columns.
Thanks for the review! The black lava is my favorite for use on my bases. Really like the grittiness and bond. PVA glue and sand can peel over time and this is a good alternative.
Question: How would you do clean or "marble" tiles? Everyone goes for dirty old stone..Thanks brother
Ρε Δήμο το μάρμαρο δεν έχει κόκκο και αυτές οι αλοιφές σου δίνουν τέτοια υφή. Νομίζω μόνο με χρώματα μπορεί να γίνει.
@@nikos52 δεν με νοιάζουν οι αλοιφές,ρωτάω γενικά μπας και απαντήσει ο μάστορας εδώ,και ναί με μπογιές σίγουρα,αλλά με τι τεχνικές ,το dry rushing δεν βοηθάει π.χ. και αν το πάτωμα γίνει με φελιζολ θα δίνει πολύ έντονη υφή όπως και να έχει που αυτομάτως δεν θα μοιάζει με μάρμαρο.
@@DPSAX95 δεν υπάρχει εύκολη λύση. Βάψιμο σε λευκό , ελαφρό wash σε απόχρωση που θες για το μάρμαρο γαλάζιο ή κόκκινο, λεπτές γραμμές για νερά του μάρμαρο, shade και highlights σε κάθε γραμμή και περνά να σου δώσουμε και ένα βραβείο crystal brush ή golden dragon.
@@nikos52 χαχαχαχα thanks
GW has a good tutorial on their channel on painting marble effect, next level painting also has a good one too.
Which of the textures do you think would make the best texture for Tudor style house fill? I am building a Tudor style doll house and it would be great to know which one would be the most realistic waddle and daub/lime wash fill look-texture wise. I can always paint it whatever color I decide. Thanks.
hummm i like that smell of acrylic in da mornin' !
Thanks for the review! WIll probably pick some up for basing. FYI the stuff on Tudor Mansion is Daub (clay/dung/straw) not stucco (plaster based) but you were in construction so I imagine you're calling it stucco so the audience knows what you're talking about.
I have the brown earth texture paint. I cover it using (your recipe) black wash for large pieces and Citadel Nuln Oil for smaller pieces. It makes a really great dark mud texture. It can also be put on pretty thick as a filler with equally great results!
I have had several of these for years, have always highly recommended them. Use them for basing mostly, but have also tried applying them to the recesses at the base of buildings as well as mud and thick dirt on boots and tank tracks.
Obviously they already have pigment in them, but have you tried painting over any of them? Like maybe using the lighter color like white for the texture but then just painting it whatever color you wanted like a marsh green or a light sandy sort of color?
Yea I said you can paint over them
The ones that I have used take primer and paint very well. I usually apply my basing materials before priming, but I have also had success applying paint directly without primer.
Sorry. Must have missed that part. 😁
Yea these are "meant" to be applied after paint which is why the they are already tinted, and you can mix paint in directly to change that tint but personally I like to apply all textures before paint. So for me having multiple colours is unneeded as I'd be painting after anyway.
The "grey pumice" is transparent, the pumice particles themselves are grey because pumice is grey and the acrylic medium is white but dries clear just like PVA. You can paint over that with any color you want and it takes washes and drybrushing VERY well. The colored earth tones already have paint added to them, which saves the tedious step of basecoating them after they dry, but you have to be more careful with them while applying it since they will "paint" your models' feet and shins if you aren't careful. The time saved is very worth it though, I use the Brown Earth for nearly all of my basing now and just use lighter or darker washes and drybrushes to get the effect I want
Funny thing is, this video is about 3 years old, and I'm only now learning that the product exists. And I only found them because I was trying go find some color match to GW's Ironearth texture paints. I definitely plan to pick some up soon, and I appreciate you laying them all out side by side to see how much texture or grit there is in each, and a review of how durable they are. GW's texture paints are so expensive for what you get, so I had been using sand and glue, but you have to deal with applying the basing and then applying a sealant layer or it flakes so easily. It's good to know this is apply and paint.
I wanted to say Thank-you for the review. I am an HVAC service tech and have been looking for a product like this for over 20 years since Aprilaire stopped selling their version of this type of paint for their Humidifier trays. After a while, the paint in the tray where the water flows through the tray and into the Humidifier Pad wears away and the water then does not flow properly on smooth plastic. This product (Rough Grey Pumice) has the perfect amount of sand mix to allow the water to adhere to the sand to make it travel along the water trays to each water opening. This saves water by utilizing the whole Humidifier Pad and providing better humidification into the home. I estimate that I can paint approximately 10 humidifier trays with one 7 oz container.
I would suggest trying a combination of mod podge and baking soda, perhaps try it and compare it to the finer texture pastes available through Vallejo (it works quite well for fine sand and is easy to paint on). It would be interesting to see how this or other cheap alternatives (such as sand or sawdust) compare. Great video as always, I've been wondering for a while how these actually hold up!
edit: yes I know this is an old video, but it would still be very interesting and I thought it worth mentioning, despite how late I was to the party
I think on my next army I will use some. Seems to be quicker and very strong is what I want. Useing PVA glue sometimes my sand / gravel base would flap up ! Most dont and I think it was because I never let them dry for 1 day before puting the 2nd layer of slighty waterd glue on top. Im almost certian thats the problem as I have some that are very strong as I love to test this stuff myself before commeting. Il be trying wood glue next not sure what brand probley gorilla, Iv also used gorrlia but for larger stuff it can dry to quick and sucks if you make mistake lol.
I'm really looking forward to your Water effects review. Personally, it's the most unique Vallejo stuff
I Love using the water effects,
I love the smell of acrylic in the morning! Smells like... creativity.
do they all have the same consistency? I nabbed the desert sand one, and it was easy to use, but I'm not entirely sold on the effect. I had to paint and shade it to make it look convincing, and even then it doesn't look like sand at scale, it looks like gravel.
I found spackle / dry DAP to be the king of scaled earth, but it's a little more work to sculpt get the mini attached to the base securely, and get just right overall. however the results blow texture paints out of the water in my opinion... assuming they are all like the one i picked up.
Videos like this are the Gold Veins of UA-cam
Texture for sarrisa building or home made buildings. Streets and roads. I suppose you can paint them on your face if you can't grow a beard and want one
I am set to paint a Porphyrion and I was considering using texture paints to it to give an aged battle worn look.
Started using some of these recently and love them a lot! You get a lot for a great price, and they do the job wonderfully!
I’ve been using these for a while now. I use them for basing on almost every mini I paint.
Could you do a livestream where you just try to find a way to make the texture paste at home?
They smell but are they ok to be in the house with you
I think you can just buy white and paint it the color you want.
I use the mud and dust textures from Vallejo and love them from basing and adding detail to tiles and terrain.
Why am I laughing at a man smelling a bottle of acrylic
They work great for basing and Terrain work if it's small jobs. for larger jobs I use the LukesAPS sand or dirt mixed with tile groute which is a great way to get it done. in this link I used the dark earth with dried up tea leaves mixed up to creat a swamp base for my Drocidile from Privateer Press. instagram.com/p/BmQO5VqB02_/
Thanks for the tips! I just ordered a pot to try out.
can you paint acrlyic and oil paints over these
Is it flexible when cured? The Descent miniatures are all on flexible bases, so I'd be afraid of it separating from the base.
I have wanted someone to do a good tutorial on these. Would love to see you use their weathering/rust paints, or see some of these things being used for texturing in weird ways... Froth in a witches brew, I dunno. Something not dirt, lol.
As I said......I need to get to know these products before using them. This is the starting point.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial right on man. Just excited to see you get to know them!
I have white pumice and brown earth
Have you tried modeling paste from the art store (Liquitex brand is a popular one) or heavy gel medium and adding your own texture in it like sand? You can add paint to it for tint + colour and collage into it, heavy woven fabric textures like burlap look super cool, also crinolin, lace, cheese cloth and spooky cloth they sell around Halloween at the dollar store make interesting textures.
I used it on the bottom of a tank model the textured mud one and didn't like it so tried to get it off and it peeled but was solid it only came off in strips with a layer of the plastic from the model too! Once it's one and cures that's ot it's on! You get a window to used thinner to clean it up and refine it bit after a night sitting not a chance lol! Great for on basses and dioramas the Asphalt and concrete are great ones for making concrete blocks for road blocks for Iraqi dioramas and the crackle sand one is really nice
I have an old model od Marvels Rhino that has a texture on the box, but the model is baby smooth. This video helps give me the idea of how to progress with getting a similar result.
I've been tempted by these but wasn't sure if they would be thick/bitty enough for terrain. Thanks for testing! :)
That asphalt is nice! Sci-minis look out! I have used texture medium before from Liquitex. I like them because they are something to add to paint so they don't have pigments there gel is really cool and I have been wanting to use it for water effects. You can find them and Golden at Michael's or other craft stores. Liquitex is a great brand sure a use those $1 applecrafts too but the Liquitex is always stronger pigment even when I thin it for airbrushing and minis in general
Hey fellow Canadians. These are available online from Sunward Hobbies out of Ontario. www.sunwardhobbies.ca
I have a few of them and mostly use the red oxide paste along with cork for mini bases and small dioramas, just to simulate earth. This is then primed and painted along with the rest of whatever I put on the base. Their water effect (not the pastes, which I have yet to try but the liquid) mixed with Woodland Scenic "snow" makes a great snow paste that makes awesome snow. Looking forward to you trying the rest of the stuff in the box!
What would say for 3D printed buildings? Like Tatooine houses?
you video helped me, but, can you tell me your opinion for using those arena texture paints for weathering a star wars: a new hope sandtrooper armor?
I picked up the Black Lava so I can paint it whatever color I want. I like the texture it gives a lot. This is gonna be my go to basing material.
I have the earth texture and I like to use it for bases to give a natural ground look under grass flock. Sometimes I even use it to build some sense of elevation but only if it's mild. I also like using these with Marvel Crisis Protocol which has city street textured plastic bases. It's a great way to turn all or part of that into a natural ground texture instead.
go to 3:49 to actually see the texture, review could have been a bit more review-ee but hey, it gets more "grounded" near the end :)
Cool shirt! Where is it from?
I wonder what sort of effects you can get dry-brushing over some of the heavier textures?
I have the white stone and the mud textures. One thing I have been trying to do with the white stone is trying to get a marble floor type texture for my bases.
They are great, Dark Earth does my Napoleonic and 40K models. It never flakes off or makes a mess.
This might be the perfect product for what I have in the works currently. First time making terrain (for my end of campaign in a year-1.5 years away) and I chose to do it out of cardboard because I have an abundance of it and I’m not planning on doing more terrain. Painting the cardboard and the spots that have hot glue have been a concern I’ll have to deal with in the future and this might be perfect to use and then paint over. I’ll have to test and see.
How are these on metal bases?
How would this stuff scale with 1/285 scale GHQ models for dioramas?
I used the Thick Mud as a base for a graveyard for my necromancer mini. It worked really well!
Well i created my texture with ground from my garden,mixed it with PVA glue and water
I use the dark earth for most all my bases. I will be painting over it but the dark color is a good base I have also used it on the base of my house terrain and it works well too
You're a legend. I've been wanting to try em but knew nothing about em
I’ve been using them for mini bases for awhile. Totally agree! Easy to work with and super strong.
They're great for basing, with the slight caveat that I've had problems using up a jar before it goes off, but that says more about my patchy schedule than the product.
I mix some paint with fine sand and pva glue. Works really good.
I mix ink in to the white and grey to change the colours to fit my build themes.
Thanks for this video; these may be exactly what I need. Really impressed by how well they stay on!
I thought this said "earth texture taste test" and was honestly a little disappointed.