I know about your desert and icesheet videos. this could be a nice series...

@ I second this, basing is what I most love about the hobby

Yes please! Different ideas is so interesting to watch come to life.

Agreed. Basing is the hardest part for me.

I have a lot of different basing videos, sounds like a playlist is in order.

Noted!

@@VinceVenturella I definitely echo OPs comment: the stone coloration and mossy wash combo is great and a look that I would love to replicate on some smaller jungle pieces!

Absolutely, I didn't do much in the way of big flowers with this army, but that would be absolutely doable and look great.

Good stuff for sure and more good options, love it.

Yeah, there are so many different uses of textures and types of teas that make it wonderful as a basing material for all sorts of purposes.

Sounds very handy, do you have a rough guide on how many parts per ingredient or tips on how to gauge the consistency when mixing it up? =)

​@@PatchedUpMusic Luke Towan AKA Boulder Creek Railroad should have that info on his channel somewhere. If I remember correctly his scenic glue mix, which is 1 part glue, 3-4 parts water, and a few drops of dish soap.

Nice, I'll give that mix a try. :)

@@PatchedUpMusic I used 1:1:1, I don't think it matters much

@@VinceVenturella The original comment is close to what train modelers use. They use the same PVA and water mixture, but first they use a thing called wet water which is 50/50 Water and alcohol. By using this first it breaks the surface tension so you don't pickup rocks and whatnot when put on the glue. Also speeds up the drying time a lot.

Absolutely!

Excellent, always happy to help.

That’s the goal! :)

Great idea, I will add it to the list. :)

Awesome, it's a lot of fun to make these bases honestly. Glad it was inspiring. :)

Glad it helped!

You’re welcome 😊

Awesome, you're going to have a great time. :)

Glad you enjoyed it!

No problem 👍

Excellent, happy to help as always. :)

Thank you, that means a great deal and I am always happy to help.

Awesome, happy to help. :)

Thank you, these are wonderful fun to do. I will add the alien landscape to the list.

Always happy to help. :)

Happy to help as always. :)

Glad you like them! Glad to have you on the hobby journey and always happy to help. :)

Happy to help!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad you like them! :)

That's awesome! Always happy to help.

Thank you, happy to help as always. :)

Happy to help!

Excellent, happy to help as always. :)

Yep, it's a great source. :)

Go for it!

Glad you like them!

Yes it does! I have raided the herb cabinet a few times as well.

Well you're in luck - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mLN4h7OXptzNj4E.html Also, I have a playlist dedicated to bases - kzfaq.info/sun/PLcdsbwBroEmCHEnhbqM2E-TmREz12mEF2

@@VinceVenturella Hey thanks Vince! I was actually going through your page to find more bases after watching this video and got side tracked by one of your other videos. The links will be very helpful...you have so much great info to watch!

I dig that, if I could have it in the actual background I would, but the copyright bots would be all over me. :)

Glad to help!

Excellent, I will add that to the list, great idea.

Yep, I use the vallejo basing paste all the time, love it, I even have a review of it. :)

@@VinceVenturella gotta look for that for some additional ideas.

@@VinceVenturella I realized I made a mistake after looking at your video. I have AK Interactive, not Vallejo. You got the Grey Pumice there, which looks more stone like, which is also great, but the ones I'm talking about are basically stirland mud and battlemire, but colorless. Rough terrain and Earth. ak-interactive.com/product/neutral-texture-for-rough-terrain-250ml-base-product/ ak-interactive.com/product/terrains-neutral-texture-for-earth-250ml-base-product/ The great thing is that you can just mix the colors in before even applying it and also depending on how much water you use, you can get more muddy effect or not.

Perfect for all those pigment needs. ;)

Thank you, always happy to help. :)

All the Base and the Bass.

Check out Bad Squiddo Games and Gamer's Grass, they both have some really excellent tufts.

Glad it was helpful!

Basically straight out of the packet (or tin), once it's primed, painted and varnished, it's pretty much sealed and you're good.

Interested too. They look great!

It was pretty simple honestly, just a bunch of wet blending with ivory, browns and whites, then some stippling over the top. The key with stones and items like that is to create a direction to the lighting for visual interest and just be fairly random. I honestly just slap paint, stippling, glazing, washing, stippling again until it looks how I want it to look.

Thank you!

Thank you, happy to help as always. :)

Wonderful! Always happy to help and glad to have you along on the hobby journey. :)

Fantastic! Always happy to help. :)

Thank you, happy to help as always. :)

Thanks 👍

Thanks for watching! Always happy to help.

Well, there are always future Catachans. ;)

Yep, the key is the smaller items and painting them. :)

Nope, they are already dried out. After the paint and varnish, they will be just fine.

My recommendation is to make a nice brew out them first, then leave them on some kitchen paper in the window for a couple-few days to dry out. 😜

@@Brickerbrack wouldn't change much of the texture but adds some nice taste to your cup of tea :D

@@lucyferrising6260 Exactly!

Absolutely, there are so many other cool items you could include. :)

Awesome, always happy to help. :)

So I found them in some bags at a big rummage sale with other fish tank stuff, so I doubt you'll be able to source them the same. :) - That being said, that does seem high priced, it might be worth just hitting a local pet store and seeing what they have.

Glad you liked it! (I never worry about a thumbs down, just comes with the territory). ;)

It's tough, if we're talking about moss, then just PVA glue and some green sprinkle ground cover (like for train boards). If you're talking the mushrooms, that's tougher, as I'm not sure how I would recreate those, but I believe that you can buy them in pre-fabricated packs.

I think you nailed it with in the middle. I would remove a lot of stone of the old ruins and instead I would make some small bubbling pools. I think that's your best way to go.

Excellent, happy to help as always (and yes, it's easier without the models on there for sure).

Yes it will, that's why you want to be careful with it. It adds contrast of color (hue) and that can often be just as important as contrast of value.

Glad it was helpful! These were from a pet store and fish tank decorations.

Great minds think alike. :)

Just good old fashioned super glue, but pins for larger models.

Yes, all of these are dried out. Works perfectly.

Thank you 👍

Thank you, happy to help as always. :)

You are correct, you could replace many of the items with different forest elements and get a very similar effect for sure. There are lots of teas and lots of different great shapes and textures.

Glad it was helpful!

Yeah, it really sets it off. :)

Gamer's Grass.

So onc the bases are done, I use Loc-Tite Ultra Control Gel Glue and I attach them on there, that glue is really strong and generally holds them without issue.

They came from Gamer's Grass, great source of cool basing supplies.

@@VinceVenturella thanks you)

Just black and Ivory/white.

@@VinceVenturella Thank you!

That rubble is from Gamer's Grass. :)

Didn't sand these down. The ones I get from Gale Force Nine are actually pretty solid and don't have much texture. :)

Also instant sub :D

Glad you enjoyed it! And glad to have you along on the hobby journey. :)

I haven't covered that specifically, but I can't say there was even a recipe, I just threw around and stippled warm whites and agrax and sepia until I liked how it looked. Basically, just slap a bunch of warm whites and browns around until it looks cool. :)

@@VinceVenturella genius!!

Thanks! Always happy to help. :)

The little MDF base? I get them from Gale Force Nine at conventions, you can grab a big container of tons of them for like $20

Gamer's Grass

Thanks :) will check them out

No, they were just zenithaled and then I did a bunch of stippling, glazing and pigment mashing in a very random way until I had something I liked. :)

@@VinceVenturella Thanks!!

Glad you enjoyed it :)

So the small base I was working on was a 32mm base for a single character of the size you are describing. Wht I tend to do on the small bases is have less plants, You can cover a foot or something like that and that is fine, it can feel cool. I would avoid covering any more than the lower legs. When the larger bases are mixed in, the feeling will still come across when they have more plants and biger pieces.

@@VinceVenturella Cool, then I shall continue with my bases! Thanks again Vince!

I answered in the other comment, but you can either use some of that color shade (for example, some blue wash) or mix some of that into the darker color like Agrax and apply to the heart of the tufts and the ground around it.

They are from Gamer's Grass. :)

Yeah, you can mix some different washes, they will still very much feel different (for example if you have pale white tufts versus bright green, some weak agrax earthshade isn't going to change them dramatically, it's just going to draw them together). If you have very alien colors, like the pink/blue you can still use the darker shades and draw them into the earth, but you can also just combine them with some darker shades of that color (for example, using dark blue wash and getting some of that on the ground around), the key isn't just the tufts, but the ground around it to tie them together.

@@VinceVenturella thank you

Thank you! 😊

Always happy to help and I love that nickname. :)

Thank you!

Glad it was helpful!

Interesting, you may just want to try a wash and drybrush, or varnish them straight, then apply the wash and drybrush.

@@VinceVenturella Thank you! I will try these :)

Just regular old varnish, Matte, Satin, ultra matte, whatever, just a good varnish coat to lock eveything in.

Yep, it's a superglue, it's wonderful.

Fence piece is from the original warcry terrain. Rocks and pillars were resin pieces from Gamers Grass.

Well, you're out of luck, as we know with all my videos, it's exact or nothing. :)