"Like ten years ago, all bases were goblin green!" Hate to say it, but it was more like 30 years ago. Again, I apologize for making y'all feel your age.
I absolutely adore basing and it’s probably the biggest blindspot that most mini painters have that really separates good from great models. I would love to see even more in depth videos on basing from you again
I personally find basing an absolute chore. I can never get it to look right. I think most of my bases are just there because models have to have bases. I never like the colors I choose. Often I just do it to have it done. If you are basing for an army, it has to be repeatable but also interesting, but if I don't spend a lot of time making sure the base looks right before repeating I'm sitting with a ton of bases that are just... okay. I really hate how 90% of my bases look.
@@harrybrass734 Clear bases can't be magnetized, that's the main issue. Unless you want to see a frosted piece of superglue and a magnet under your mini.
I use grass to mostly hide my mistakes, and it works great. I miss the old green standard, and am excited for square bases to make its triumphant return.
For basing, I default to using molded bases like the void war bases GW makes(but 3d prints or 3rd party because it's hard justifying GW prices for some bases)
I’ve always based my miniatures to tell a story. Recently I’ve started a Custodes army, and because my tyranids are golden due to a bio-mutation after they ate some Custodes’ armor, these Custodes are touching down on a purple, desolated planet, investigating their missing Custodes battle brothers. My sisters of battle are fighting in a temple overgrown with flowers and moss. My tyranids are running across grassy plains, assaulting a planet that I imagine to be like Naboo from Star Wars.
@@doubletime9098 Someone is just talking about something that makes them happy. Whats wrong with that. We all make up little stories why is it bad to tell them
@@doubletime9098I do not understand why you felt the need to post a bunch of nerd emojis in response to someone, who’s comment literally doesn’t effect you in the slightest. I’m sorry you have nothing better to do with your life that you feel the need to be rude to random people online. Please get a hobby. Maybe warhammer! It’s good fun :)
I would argue the final base in the video you say is your least favorite is actually the one of more realistic bases. For a dirt mound it has a perfect size and shape for a fellow to be crawling over it. The dirt looks like its shifting and and displacing from is desperate crawling. Great video thanks for the tips!
The Green bases on a green felt (grass) table made WAY more obvious sense when Old World Fantasy was THE game... growing out of the existing historical game genre.
I've only just started Warhammer and your videos help and are definitely a great source of inspiration and makes me want to improve :) I don't suppose there is any chance you can describe how you did the base on the Tau? I think that has to be one of the best bases I've seen and i love it. I'm currently trying to do a alien jungle base theme for my Tyranids.
I’m just about to start basing my first minis. I have white scars and I want to create a similar base to the Mongolian steppes but not 100% how to do it or where to look for tips. Any ideas, recommendations or tips would be appreciated 👍🏼
Merry Christmas! My bases are still Goblin green! Those neon-green base rims are gorgeous! They make miniatures look perfectly on green grass tables, no matter what is on the bases. Flock may be anything else: dark grass or stones, even sand or snow. But green rim is something like dogma.
I regularly make my own base, out of resin. I hide neodymium magnets inside to help keep things stable. A silicone mould and resin base is super easy to make .
I am still very much uninitiated when it comes to basing. The most I've done is slapping on some martian ironearth but otherwise I either haven't done anything with the base after painting the mini, or I paint the base black
There was one time when we tried a drinking game. Everytime the Word "really" comes up... you gotta do a shot... brought us all a 2 day hangover, After about 18min gametime 😂😂😂 ... Just kidding. Really, REALLY enjoy your content. ❤
Could you please, please, PLEASE do a tutorial video on what you are doing for your Black Templar bases, now? Like the one at 5:25? It looks way different from the original BT basing tutorial you had and it's exactly what I want to do for the bases in the BT army that I'm starting. Thanks!
I *love* this video!! I came to EOB with the basing tutorials. I adore the channel you’ve created but miss the “lava basing, easy breezy beautiful” vids! Y’all have such amazing art theory behind your decisions and these deep dives are so inspiring for me!! Thanks fellas, and thanks so much for all the dope content!!!
I love those bullets on the ground in your favorite base, but I have to say your least favorite base is still pretty good, too. If all you are unhappy with is the grass tufts, before you go pulling it apart, paint them. I have had pretty good success painting grass tufts and it makes them look a bit more right, as grass is often a different, more vibrant color up at the tips because of the new growth.
For my ultramarines I use some white rocks mixed with green turf and cover the base completely. With a black rim. For my guard I used a rocky mix that kind of looks like concrete and then I build up rock mounds. For my knights I use a Marian like mud below them with a bunch of debris soaking into the mud.
I am lazy when it comes to bases. If I want mud, or sand I just use GW basing for it. Snow? Snow texture on top of mud. Grass? First glue on basing sand to give some variety of angles for the flock to stick to. Add in a flower/grass/shrub to your base, or a rock or something to give some verticality and you have a good enough base. Bonus, if you are using mud or sand or snow you can cheat on tank tracks and wheels. Just cover them in the basing material as though they were traveling through it for some time.
I’ve been collecting since the early 2000’s and I’ve always found the goblin green bases so ugly, I don’t know what it with you nerds and this fixation.
Im a clear acrylic base man myself.... not even trying to be edgy, I PROMISE YOU my models look better on the table top MORE of the time then a thematic bases. Or at least they are far less noticeable more of the time than thematic bases. Sure ill agree scenic bases look better for display but as gaming pieces its hard to beat the acrylic. (also I dont play in tournaments so dont care about strick rules)
5:30 Can we get a tutorial on how to do that 80s metal album sword look? Could you show how to do that on different weapons, like swords, axes, and decorated Necron pikes? Maybe a whole Necron in that style?
So I just got into 40K with the ultimate starter box set and was wondering what would be a good group to paint my space marines I was planning on the salamanders but it didn’t come with any of the transfers for them
I decided to just use citadel astro granite on every base i will ever do all my battles are fought on an ashy mud surface if it isnt there thematically its stuck to my guys shoes and came with em
I think your Jean steeler called sniper base. It's kind of perfect cause. He's a sniper trying to hide so he doesn't want to be seen if you see it that way
Figuring out a basing scheme has become one of my favorite things when painting. It truly separates my armies/projects for each other and gives an opportunity to try new techniques. I do have a friend who couldn’t care less about basing and just slaps on some texture paint and leaves it like that, but then again he spends a lot more time painting the models. Each to their own 🤷♂️
Great thoughts on basing. I do have to say I like the Genestealer Cult sniper you did, because the base sells a sniper vibe of "getting high ground" and "hiding with the terrain" if that makes sense.
Jay when u said the vampire was based on a yugioh card I actually had to look at the mini for a sec and I was like that looks like cork not a yugioh card before I got what u meant anyway merry Christmas from Cali
My tyranid army is just steel legion drab with agrellen earth but my space wolves are a bit more witb stirkland mud, some pepbbles as rocks and then any snow I have, mix if gw and army painter. My kill teams are a bit more detailed as im not doing a full army
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Gotta say, I really miss your good old basing videos. Very sad you don't make them anymore.
"Like ten years ago, all bases were goblin green!"
Hate to say it, but it was more like 30 years ago. Again, I apologize for making y'all feel your age.
It feels like 10 years to me dammit. 😂
I absolutely adore basing and it’s probably the biggest blindspot that most mini painters have that really separates good from great models. I would love to see even more in depth videos on basing from you again
I personally find basing an absolute chore. I can never get it to look right. I think most of my bases are just there because models have to have bases. I never like the colors I choose. Often I just do it to have it done. If you are basing for an army, it has to be repeatable but also interesting, but if I don't spend a lot of time making sure the base looks right before repeating I'm sitting with a ton of bases that are just... okay. I really hate how 90% of my bases look.
Use clear transparent acrylic bases!
Quite the opposite for me
Sounds like you should swap over to clear bases my guy
@@harrybrass734 Clear bases can't be magnetized, that's the main issue. Unless you want to see a frosted piece of superglue and a magnet under your mini.
@@Rd0Lg clear uv resin doesn't cloud
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays from Japan. I will be helping my 6 year old son base his first minis this year! Thanks for the vid!
I use grass to mostly hide my mistakes, and it works great. I miss the old green standard, and am excited for square bases to make its triumphant return.
6th and although Christmas ends in 2 hours here in Australia, merry Christmas all ! 🎄🍻🎉❤️
Just started in uk my convict commonwelth brother
For basing, I default to using molded bases like the void war bases GW makes(but 3d prints or 3rd party because it's hard justifying GW prices for some bases)
I’ve always based my miniatures to tell a story. Recently I’ve started a Custodes army, and because my tyranids are golden due to a bio-mutation after they ate some Custodes’ armor, these Custodes are touching down on a purple, desolated planet, investigating their missing Custodes battle brothers.
My sisters of battle are fighting in a temple overgrown with flowers and moss.
My tyranids are running across grassy plains, assaulting a planet that I imagine to be like Naboo from Star Wars.
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@doubletime9098 You're watching a video on painting, so you are also a nerd.
@@doubletime9098 Someone is just talking about something that makes them happy. Whats wrong with that. We all make up little stories why is it bad to tell them
@@doubletime9098I do not understand why you felt the need to post a bunch of nerd emojis in response to someone, who’s comment literally doesn’t effect you in the slightest. I’m sorry you have nothing better to do with your life that you feel the need to be rude to random people online. Please get a hobby. Maybe warhammer! It’s good fun :)
Ok firstly amazing video as per usual! But for the love of god! Please do a tutorial on how you photograph your minis, and what you use.
I would argue the final base in the video you say is your least favorite is actually the one of more realistic bases. For a dirt mound it has a perfect size and shape for a fellow to be crawling over it. The dirt looks like its shifting and and displacing from is desperate crawling. Great video thanks for the tips!
I have been summoned by the mention of Yu-Gi-Oh! Vampire Lord my beloved
goblin green 10 years ago? I think you need to double that number
The Green bases on a green felt (grass) table made WAY more obvious sense when Old World Fantasy was THE game... growing out of the existing historical game genre.
"10 years ago every mini was on a Goblin Green base"
Uh, 10 years was 2014, that was during 6-7th edition of warhammer 40k
Perfectly timed, I just got the starter box for christmas and this will help me base alot!
I've only just started Warhammer and your videos help and are definitely a great source of inspiration and makes me want to improve :)
I don't suppose there is any chance you can describe how you did the base on the Tau? I think that has to be one of the best bases I've seen and i love it. I'm currently trying to do a alien jungle base theme for my Tyranids.
The more I expand my tool box, the more I enjoy basing. All the pastes and "base ready" stuff are game changers!
Merry Christmas EOB. Jay, pleeeeeeeaaasseee do an updated showcase of your black templar, we haven't got to see your new repulsor + hellblasters!
I’m just about to start basing my first minis. I have white scars and I want to create a similar base to the Mongolian steppes but not 100% how to do it or where to look for tips. Any ideas, recommendations or tips would be appreciated 👍🏼
13:28 as a kind of sniper setting it works, it sells the stealth story well IMO, maybe it is the colors of the base?
EOB is all about that base. Thanks gents!! Fantastic as always!!!
Merry Christmas!
My bases are still Goblin green! Those neon-green base rims are gorgeous! They make miniatures look perfectly on green grass tables, no matter what is on the bases. Flock may be anything else: dark grass or stones, even sand or snow. But green rim is something like dogma.
I took a shot for every time Jay said actually, I am now an alcoholic.
I regularly make my own base, out of resin. I hide neodymium magnets inside to help keep things stable.
A silicone mould and resin base is super easy to make .
Nothing beats a good ol plain black base
Did you do a tutorial on that vampire model ? It's stunning! Would love to see how you blended and what colors you used.
I got excited we might have an EOB Christmas episode! Maybe next year!
Love a good basing videos. Cheers EoB
Great video! Would love to see Zombicide being painted up!
I just started trying different colors than black around, primarily for MESBG. To help differentiate the armies
I luv basing me ogryns
I really really like this video. It really really gives me inspiration to really focus on basing.
For real though love the vid and happy holidays!
I am still very much uninitiated when it comes to basing. The most I've done is slapping on some martian ironearth but otherwise I either haven't done anything with the base after painting the mini, or I paint the base black
0:53 Ten years ago? Try 20
There was one time when we tried a drinking game. Everytime the Word "really" comes up... you gotta do a shot... brought us all a 2 day hangover, After about 18min gametime 😂😂😂 ... Just kidding. Really, REALLY enjoy your content. ❤
I just want to comment your painting has improved so much over the last few years.
Could you please, please, PLEASE do a tutorial video on what you are doing for your Black Templar bases, now? Like the one at 5:25? It looks way different from the original BT basing tutorial you had and it's exactly what I want to do for the bases in the BT army that I'm starting. Thanks!
I *love* this video!! I came to EOB with the basing tutorials. I adore the channel you’ve created but miss the “lava basing, easy breezy beautiful” vids!
Y’all have such amazing art theory behind your decisions and these deep dives are so inspiring for me!!
Thanks fellas, and thanks so much for all the dope content!!!
I love those bullets on the ground in your favorite base, but I have to say your least favorite base is still pretty good, too. If all you are unhappy with is the grass tufts, before you go pulling it apart, paint them. I have had pretty good success painting grass tufts and it makes them look a bit more right, as grass is often a different, more vibrant color up at the tips because of the new growth.
Yo.
For my ultramarines I use some white rocks mixed with green turf and cover the base completely. With a black rim. For my guard I used a rocky mix that kind of looks like concrete and then I build up rock mounds. For my knights I use a Marian like mud below them with a bunch of debris soaking into the mud.
10 years ago? More like 30 years ago, buddy. The poopy brown became standard for GW back in the early 2000s.
Thanks for showing a base that you thought could have been better and why.... really helpful in critiquing my own bases!
I am lazy when it comes to bases. If I want mud, or sand I just use GW basing for it. Snow? Snow texture on top of mud. Grass? First glue on basing sand to give some variety of angles for the flock to stick to. Add in a flower/grass/shrub to your base, or a rock or something to give some verticality and you have a good enough base. Bonus, if you are using mud or sand or snow you can cheat on tank tracks and wheels. Just cover them in the basing material as though they were traveling through it for some time.
Nice variety and really shows how the base can transform a miniature.
Love your work
I’ve been collecting since the early 2000’s and I’ve always found the goblin green bases so ugly, I don’t know what it with you nerds and this fixation.
Im a clear acrylic base man myself.... not even trying to be edgy, I PROMISE YOU my models look better on the table top MORE of the time then a thematic bases. Or at least they are far less noticeable more of the time than thematic bases. Sure ill agree scenic bases look better for display but as gaming pieces its hard to beat the acrylic. (also I dont play in tournaments so dont care about strick rules)
5:30 Can we get a tutorial on how to do that 80s metal album sword look? Could you show how to do that on different weapons, like swords, axes, and decorated Necron pikes? Maybe a whole Necron in that style?
I will keep painting the base brown, black for the border, and nothing more... Yes I'm reckless
HOW DARE YOU Say "a little bit more presents" on Christmas day?
1. Use stealth suits
2. Paint them in vibrant colours
3. ???
4. Profit
10 years ago there was not so mutch of the goblin green basing, that was more so 20+ years ago. You know, the 1990.
Bring back basing tutorials!! Show me how to use my epic basing bits to full effect lol
Ah yes cork underneath the model, also known as "basing for disadvantage".
So I just got into 40K with the ultimate starter box set and was wondering what would be a good group to paint my space marines I was planning on the salamanders but it didn’t come with any of the transfers for them
I know this is a late comment but where do you get all your base materials? Especially cork.
Loving your content right now. Just a quick hint though: the ‘a’ in miniatures is silent.
I decided to just use citadel astro granite on every base i will ever do all my battles are fought on an ashy mud surface if it isnt there thematically its stuck to my guys shoes and came with em
I love the genestealer base ! The pigments and unicolor makes me feel like there is a dusty mist hovering over the base !
Target is selling "new" minis, could you do a review/ how to on them?
I have some old pots of Goblin Green... That is not Goblin Green. 😅
Please put that genestealer sniper on a Green Goblin glider instead. He's perfect for it
what's funny is my iconward is on a rock, but most of my minis aren't
Can you please make another basing video on the templar one? I cant seem to replicate it
Basing is my favorite part to create but my least favorite to paint
I think your Jean steeler called sniper base. It's kind of perfect cause. He's a sniper trying to hide so he doesn't want to be seen if you see it that way
Jean Steeler is too much 😂
My entire deathwatch is goblin green. I love it
Geek Gaming Scenics basing material FTW
Yellow line down middle, white on sides. But great model.
the green grass tufts are the problem in the gsc mini
goblin green bases 10 years ago? its 20 years ago now lol
Can you use poster paint for Warhammer miniature
should i tower cork no my ultramrenes
Do you think you can build my bane blade
great bases, except the first one :D
What is the new Hamster of gut Master
Figuring out a basing scheme has become one of my favorite things when painting. It truly separates my armies/projects for each other and gives an opportunity to try new techniques. I do have a friend who couldn’t care less about basing and just slaps on some texture paint and leaves it like that, but then again he spends a lot more time painting the models. Each to their own 🤷♂️
I like seeing your “high level” work. Been enjoying seeing you speed paint or batch paint stuff, but these are amazing paint jobs! Just awesome skill.
I cant unsee how high that desk is now
jay paints 30 genestealers
Where did you get your apron?
I personally disagree that your "worst" base looks bad. I think it looks great! Of course he is out of place and small, he is a mutant sniper
Great thoughts on basing. I do have to say I like the Genestealer Cult sniper you did, because the base sells a sniper vibe of "getting high ground" and "hiding with the terrain" if that makes sense.
Jay when u said the vampire was based on a yugioh card I actually had to look at the mini for a sec and I was like that looks like cork not a yugioh card before I got what u meant anyway merry Christmas from Cali
I feel like you're way too tough on your Genestealer cult basing and stuff. It looks like the sniper is actively part of his environment it looks cool
My tyranid army is just steel legion drab with agrellen earth but my space wolves are a bit more witb stirkland mud, some pepbbles as rocks and then any snow I have, mix if gw and army painter. My kill teams are a bit more detailed as im not doing a full army
Merry Christmas Jay!
Merry Christmas 😊
I might be among the worst to base cause I always wanna put base and miniatur together when it comes to colors... Camo kinda needs it.
Merry Christmas!!
Happy Holidays Jay
Merry Christmas
i actually really like how odd the last one looks it really gives it a very unique feel reminds me of mutant year zero
Merry Khornemas!!!!
have a great Christmas and new year to all at eons.. miss the live streams..
Dynasism?😅😂
for a beginner whats the best army or model to get
Get whatever you like the look of and feel inspired to work on.
Basing. The part to complete your minis