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Bookmarks for me 8:05. Empty tub. 9:25. Add black paint roughly 8:1 ratio. Stir until black add paint if nessary.

But how is the taste of MOD PODGE compared to Elmer's?

So I got curious with this and felt the need to post here. I have been 3D printing my terrain, and that has its own set of challenges. FDM prints have layer lines no matter how finely you print, and they have a capillary effect with paint. So you need to use filler primer, sand it down, prime again, sand it down, etc. On top of that I live in Florida where it's too humid to prime outdoors half the year. So I wanted to try this stuff. While it preserves detail, I felt like the thickness of the fluid would fill those tiny crevasses, and it would act as a primer. So I tried it last night on some 3D printed rock formations for scatter terrain. Stuff I could just throw out if it didn't work. IT WORKED GREAT!!! I coated the rocks in the black mod podge and let it dry overnight. All of those finer crevasses between layers were filled in fairly nicely (I will say some of the tops, I did have to slop it on instead of putting a thin coat). It worked as a both filler AND as a primer, they took paint beautifully. I painted, drybrushed, and flocked them today and I am thrilled with how they came out! GAH I'm so happy!

Thank you!!! You are the first person to actually say what the real difference between Mod Podge and white glue is. I'm forwarding this to several people I know who work in JoAnn's and art stores because they didn't know, either.

“It’s simple and you can’t screw it up. “ Famous last words.

I can't screw this up??? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Good overview. Thanks for all the info.

My fiance and I are just now getting in to this hobby and I have to say your beginner focused videos have been a huge resource for us. We are currently putting together a list of items to purchase for our first build and your guidance has been invaluable.

I'm new to your channel but DUDE! I'm so damb exited. I've been binge watching these videos. My local Michael's has Mod Podge! Bought some and painting my first modular dungeon tiles (40 pieces). Next week I'm buying the Proxxon hot wire table. I play D&D 5e with my boy and I've been making wargame terrains for years. I'm going OFF on this new adventure in hobbling! Thanks so much for all your wonderful and insightful work!

I think that we often get caught up with perfectionism in this hobby and that leads us to thinking that things are more complicated than they actually are. We focus so much on keeping the right ratios for mixes and colors that we often forget that the most simplistic solution is often the best. This really is just as simple as he says. Modpoge + black paint.

So, I wasn't buying the Mod Podge and tried your recipe side-by-side along with a wood glue + black acrylic mixture. And you know what, you are right! Your recipe is better! It coats a lot nicer, and does make a good, tough coat. Thank you!

I've actually been mixing Modge Podge and laytex/ acrylic paint for years. I do use it as a sealer for most everything I make.

Mod Podge has electrolytes. Plants crave electrolytes!

LOL. The elmer's glue you link in your store is actually 50-90% more expensive by volume than mod podge if you grab the gallon sizes of each.

That was a great explanation on the differences between the diff mediums. Thanks 😊

Just bought everything I need for my first batch of Black Magic bade coat!!! Woot

Absolutely love watching your videos and have enjoyed the craft. This video was really helpful!!

FREAKING LOVE IT! You got me hooked. Jim

Made my first batch and tried it out. Works perfectly!

I used tacky glue to repair my large bamboo chimes that remain outside. I used it in all the places that were cracking and tied with cheap strings and I also coated the strings to seal with tacky glue that I decoratively tied up and down the chimes. It was unbelievable the adherence of this glue. I am on year three and these bamboo chimes have not cracked any further and the string has not even begun to rot. It is magic!

Thank you very much for your timeless videos. I follow your channel for a while now. Occasionally I come back to the basics when starting a new project.

Great stuff. I will definitely look into using it in future projects with base coating.

Thanks for all your great content

Thanks ! This is so helpful to understand basics of this hobby ! 🔥🔥🔥

I'm loving these basics videos, please keep them coming :)

So Helpful man thanks alot for making these videos. You are inspiring me to take up this hobby

Thanks. I was just wondering how to make this mix. I’m about to give it a try!

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for all the great info on crafting. I've been making terrain with my kids and love it. We play 40k and D&D now, and Thanks to you were have some really excellent stuff. Especially the rock monster, And now I'll definitely be utilizing this new teaching. Thanks For making our Mini Gaming so much better!!!

Love your videos. Thank you so much for the basics series - really helps us beginners. I would love to see a video on basic carving: doors, boulders, tables, traps etc. thanks again for your time and effort.

Excellent video. Hard to find one on this topic, thank you for explaining

Painting my first terrain tonight. Thanks man. You helped me so much.

Woooh I can see a very cool piece of terrain in the background. I'm excited to hear about it.

Beautiful explanation. Thank you so much and this really eases my anxiety with starting in this hobby.

Thanks. This answered quite a few questions I had.

I was looking to make some myself just now and am glad I remembered you posted this video. Because I was doing exactly as you said. I was overthinking it.

Hey man, good video. I watched a couple about this topic and yours was the best balance of being concise, informative and instilling confidence to the viewer.

This is fantastic. I can't wait to try this out. I have been sitting on a project for over a year because I just didn't know how to get the floor to look the way I wanted with a reasonably priced material that wouldn't just dent on the first touch. I saw Rybonator use this and he credited you. I need to try it in white for the project in question, but thank you thank you. I obviously need to spend more time in the terrain part of youtube. lol

Your video's are so informative... thanks to you I dropped a few hundred dollars on gear to get "started" haha... thanks man... keep up the great work!

Great explanation of mod podge! Thanks!

I’m gonna give this a go!! Thanks for the video!

Made a batch, it works perfectly on foam, but also on plaster of Paris!

Thanks for all the tips Black Magic. Your videos are playing so frequently in my work shop that they have become background music. Your project ideas will make these weird solitude times that we are all living more fun. And great work by the way. I am a hard critic and a perfectionist but your work is truly amazing. Cheers !

Great video! First project is tiles for me... Thank you fellow Canadian!

As always super useful dude, cheers!

Love your videos and instruction. I experimented make Mod Podge and inks base coats; give great and economical results. Made red and blue base coats as well.

Awesome explanation!

After these I had to make a trip to Walmart. These are really helpful!

I love Mod Podge. I've used it for years for random stuff. My desk that I covered in "planks" using paint stir sticks, and stained, is covered in an outdoor Mod Podge and it's held up great for years. It does get sticky in a few places under stuff sometimes but oh well lol

I'm guessing, based on the fact that the Mod Podge packaging recommends a "Clear Acrylic Sealer" after the Mod Podge has dried and that brushes can be washed with soap and water, that it is most likely got an Acrylic medium in it that gives it it's special properties.

Wow super cool - thanks!

Bought me a bottle of mod podge this past weekend, and am going to mix up some base coat soon. I'm going to try my hand at making some tiles following your pink foam recipe. :)

I'm so happy I am finally getting the education behind the different types of glue and why some work better for some things and others for others.

Thank you so much for breaking this down so clearly. Just discovered you channel and I have to catch up. Hope to find some stuff here in the netherlands. Keep up the great work!

Thank you for this helpful video.

Thanks for the response buddy

I’m gonna try this on my first diorama ever today! Thnx for your work, it’s a great inspiration! (Also for my own channel...)

Hey bro, I'm all the way in New Zealand and I just wanted to let you know youve been a huge help. Thank you for introducing me to the craft. Now to find some damned xps!

Thanks for sharing. Just bought some modge podge and was wondering when to seal. Here i know, After building and before painting. 🎉

Hey bud...greetings from the Windy City. Just wanted to say that for years now I've considered making my own models. My dad was a model railroader, but I'm into action figures. Your videos have given the confidence to give this a shot at the 1:18 scale. Thanks so much.

Black Magic Base Coat™, awesome!

I stumbled on your channel today and although you build far different terrains that I am working on, your tip on Mod Podge is AWESOME! I stood at the Mod Podge section at my local craft store for what seems like an hour trying to figure it out. You explained it in very simple terms therefore I have decided that I'll be covering my 56 square foot styrofoam Christmas Village display with a mixture of Mod Podge and white paint to seal my display. I'll then add a pale blue with a bit of glitter to represent ice in a second step. Wish me well LOL!! Thank goodness I don't have to use plaster of paris or anything else that is super messy. Thank you for doing this video!

Mod Podge is some cool stuff

Video is fun and and and and informative.

Looking forward to mixing up my own version and using it on my next foam project.

In addition to Tacky Glue, it dries flexible. I know in this scenario you probably dont want flexible glue. I used it in bookmaking to glue my pages to the spine. Just a tid-bit of knowledge.

Another thing about buying both Mod Podge and Tacky Glue (specifically the brand he has too) is you can sometimes find it at dollar stores. It's not a guarantee. You'd probably have to get lucky. But I have seen both at the Dollar Tree before. It did not stay in stock long. So get it if you find it. I imagine it was overstock from some nearby store. Though as the video mentions it isn't that expensive anyway if you can't find it.

Thank you so much for this:)

I just started painting my first mini, Nulzor's T-Rex and started off with this mix (fingers crossed).

Thank you

So freakin' awesome, thank you!!

I've been using your base coat mix for a little while, and I am loving the results. I have been using the inexpensive litres of acrylic paint that I buy with a coupon for about $5usd, and it has vastly improved my projects. Thanks Jeremy!

Sorry ... I'm late for all your videos. The other day I asked you about the amounts of Mod podge and I discover that you already have a video with the explanation. Thanks for you art

I bought some Mod Podge to see what it's like. It wasn't expensive, but you don't get much. I do have loads of acrylic varnish left over from a finishing project, plus plenty of inexpensive PVA. When I run out of Mod Podge, I think I'll make my own sealer.

Thanks man!I'm from Russia.I like your video,and things about your lessons👍

Great video!

Mod-podge is well worth the money. It's really good stuff. Your method of using it I may try sometime, but for terrain I will actually paint everything THEN give it a layer of mod-podge to protect the paint job because the stuff dries clear. Good video.

me encantan tus videos,podrias hacer un tutorial de como hacer mobiliario para dungeons? librerias,mesa con pociones...etc

thank you!

Thanks bro!🙏🙌

Making this right now

But now I'd really like to know... what does the black color even do? Do you need it? Can it be another color? How does another color compare to black after the project is complete?

Thank you so much! This was very helpful! I also appreciate the glue/modge podge education as well! That actually cleared up questions, that I hadn’t even thought of. Now I understand glue types better. Do you have one about clays and bake n bond?

I have been following your channel since nearly day 1. I think that I saw the link either on a DM Scotty vid or Wyloch. Either way, I am amazed by all the channels that I have seen over the last year or so that always refers to the "Black Magic Craft Base Coat". I bet that you could bottle and market this yourself and sell right next to Modpodge.

I just put together a "tower" with foam food trays, chip-board from a frozen dinner, and a plastic bottle as the inside (makes great clear green windows). I used an Elmer's glue-stick (not the washable kind) and it held the pieces on fairly quickly, however I did have a few "bricks" that I had to reattach at the end. Have you ever tried glue sticks? It seemed pretty easy to just have it open and swipe my pieces across it to get the glue on them.

Wooo hooo found it!

Love the vids. I play them on 1.25 speed. It's not a poke by any means, I think it's just all the matt colville vids I watch that has burned me out on rapid dialogue lol. It allows me to focus on the content and my brain doesn't focus on the speed. I know, it's odd. Keep it up. Crafters Unite!

Hmm... I prepared my base coat w/ModPodge but I used Basic paint (a brand everyone knows?) and I think the paint was too thick. I didn't make too much, luckily. I will try it as is on a mini-project, but seek out more fluid craft paint for the next attempt. I still have a crap load of XPS to cut out so I'll have time. Thanks for the video!

It's the glue that holds everything together and also black. Like the binding stones of life itself. Praise be the Black Mod Podge also known as BMP. Praise it!

This is amazing when mixed with enough airbrush thinner to make it a creamer like consistency. Ive used it on terrain and to erase layer lines on printed minis. But be sure to clean your nozzle regularly!

I just made some tiles this past weekend. I thought the Mod Podge was a little thick so I diluted it with water, but I don't I mixed in as much paint because mine came out gray.

I love The Podge too! Mixing it with paint? Sweet. With Cola? Sweet.

Another great video! Thank you for taking the time to put these together, thank you for the weekly consistency. I have a bunch of projects that I have already completed without using Mod Podge to harden and protect them. Can I coat them with Mod Podge even though they have already been painted? Looking forward to making my Black Magic Craft base coat to prime my future projects. You, DM Scotty, and Hankerin are my D&D and crafting gurus. My game has been taken to the next level bc of you guys. So much fun!

I'm fairly certain that modge podge is pva/acrylic matt varnish mix. Also anything that can be 'watered' down don't use water. Use 99% isopropanal alcohol instead. Dries faster and removes the surface tension that is talked about here that stops it flowing like paint.

You should just make a homemade batch of MOD PODGE, mix in some black paint, and sell it as Black Magic Craft Magic Base Coat. You'll make millions! Seriously, though, I just started doing this on my projects. I seriously almost messaged you a couple weeks ago about ratios then just thought, "Screw it!" and dumped some black paint into my MOD PODGE pot.

I am already 2/3rd's through a 16oz bottle of 'ModPodge' after only a Month (Prepared as you have outlined). And I don't mind it going on a little grey because when it dries, the pigments turn black again. On wood, it Raises the Grains (which is a bonus).It's Flexible after it dries but does not harden as you had claimed (put it on a Hobby Foam Sheet). Don't get me wrong, not bashing your claims, just stating my experience. It has it's limitations.

Solid video; Could you do a video on painting grass or flocking for outside terrain? I've been getting my dungeon and building game down, but my grass and outside stuff is just underdeveloped

Love your channel. And I'm making some tiles for HeroQuest!

Have you ever thought about using paint tints (Mixol makes some fairly good ones that are designed specifically to tint paints, stains etc...) This might make for less dilution of the mod podge and it is available on Amazon.

Jeremy, I appreciate everything you're doing, and I have just started the hobby after watching your channel. Just a few quick questions though. 1) Generally, how much base coat do you want to apply to a piece? Less if it has more detail? Or the same for all? Do I want it to be a thick wet coat, or just barely enough to cover the piece in black, but not thick and wet. 2) Would you suggest having a separate brush just for base coating? If I'm not mistaken, Mod Podge sorta solidifies things, so wouldn't the brush bristles stick together after one coating? Thanks so much!

Your explanation of mod podge does more for me than any of their advertising or official videos explaining what mod podge is The idea that people mistake it for expensive glue all is probably on them for being extremely nonspecific