These are great. I like that there is enough solid ground to actually stand on. A pet peeve of mine when the lava basing has the characters basically standing on liquid lava with a thin crust on it.
@GamersGrass5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for commenting :) ! Yep! We completely understand what you mean!
@geoffok3 ай бұрын
My pet peeve is when the base is covered with so much detritus that you can't see the bottom half of the miniature
@davidtorres130022 күн бұрын
Can lava even melt or burn space marine armor ? lol I thought it was heat resistant
@oldmate866 ай бұрын
Best basing on YT hands down. Amazing work. At several stages I couldn’t see how this was going to create the final result but wow!
@metajock Жыл бұрын
Sweet job. I can never get crackle to work right, I'm going to watch this again later. Thanks!!!
@BuzzkillZone7 ай бұрын
This is an AWESOME guide. Thank you.
@jebus349710 ай бұрын
Visited your booth at Essen today. Nice products and nice people!
@switek617 ай бұрын
definitely using this for my chaos space marines!
@jittersgeyser620 Жыл бұрын
Perfect
@nikot.9920 Жыл бұрын
Definitely trying this at some point. Absolutely fantastic work 👍👍
@3eyeDrone Жыл бұрын
I just ordered basing material for an overgrown city/temple base style. F****. If I just had seen your video 5 minitues before :(. Anyway awesome Basing! Great video! You Sir have my follow for sure!!
@toadflax8665 Жыл бұрын
Looks fantastic!
@Bluefire42156 Жыл бұрын
Holy shit, these look amazing!
@BoomsterJoe Жыл бұрын
i can't wait to try this! this looks amazing! awesome video
@Mucky_bg5 ай бұрын
absolutely fantastic
@D00M3R_MAVS Жыл бұрын
Good stuff. Love your tufts, I have a box full of them. Loving the newer alien ones like "void" and "bloodmoon" (how come no one ever made a black tuft before? ha ha) I really like the frozen alien tufts for my frozen alien Tyranid bases though. I'm going to be working on a black planet style base for a Tau army soon though, so getting to use more of the brightly coloured ones, a long with the Void tufts. Should pop really well against the white armour plates. I was wondering if some sparse lava on some of the bases might be nice as well. It wouldn't be a realistic volcanic landscape, but still might look nice. That being said I probably have all the colour I could need from the tufts (also thinking about doing some resin crystals and painting those)
@cameronthompson7314 Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Can you please do a swamp base next?
@GamersGrass Жыл бұрын
Hi Cameron! Thank you for your suggestion! We will make sure to add that theme to our list of basing guide ideas!
@jimduchene17 сағат бұрын
This video may be a bit old to have answers, but man is it a gorgeous base. I want to do something similar for my black legion marines, but it may be a bit too dark. I'm torn between logic and heart, so any advices are welcome. 😅
@GamersGrass15 сағат бұрын
Always follow your heart, we do the same! (in case of doubt roll some dices, if you get 2-6 you do a light theme, if it falls between 7-12 you do a dark one :) gamersgrass.com/roll-the-dice/)
@TheSpectralFX6 ай бұрын
This is so siiiick
@TheSpectralFX5 ай бұрын
I've started basing my Tyranids from hivefleet Hydra with a lot of techniques from this video. I never thought I'd be so excited watching crackling paint dry but here I am lol. Also got some of the Gamers Grass basing kit and they are wonderful to work with!
@dl3565 Жыл бұрын
😱😱😱 magnifique. Bravo
@Gwalchjuni Жыл бұрын
Great stuff.
@adrimate94676 ай бұрын
can i use instead medium grey from ak the colour from vallejo medium sea grey 71.049?
@GamersGrass6 ай бұрын
Hello! Thank you so much for your question! Yes! Of course! It should work fine as well. Like we usually say you can use any similar acrylic paints and achieve the same effects :) If you have any more questions don't hesitate to reach out to us! Happy Hobbying!
@CalumBoal Жыл бұрын
I got some of the basing bits in this video, but I was surprised by the size. Barely any of them fit on a 32mm base?
@GamersGrass Жыл бұрын
Hello! Thank you for your feedback! Our Basing Bits range are randomly assorted in each blister. Their sizes are made to fit the overall standard bases sizes. As we sometimes show in our videos you can also cut the excess of some of the bits to better fit the edge of the bases.
@C.D.22885 ай бұрын
Would be nice, if you could add them to your shop for battle ready bases.
@MrCroney29 Жыл бұрын
awesome 👌 you used two earth textures at the start what was the second and was the white stuff you painted on PVA or varnish?
@GamersGrass Жыл бұрын
Hi! Thank you for your comment! The second texture we used is Vallejo's Earth Texture "Brown Earth". We coated the first paste with PVA glue in the areas where we later apply the crackle texture paint.
@MrCroney29 Жыл бұрын
thanks for getting back to me I just ordered the gamer grass tufts I'm going to give it a go
@michaelbrehmer64509 ай бұрын
@@GamersGrasswhat is the first one then?🤔
@GamersGrass9 ай бұрын
Hi Michael! The first paste is basically a mixture of wall putty with some rock dust and a little bit of PVA glue. The ratios are not very important, it's just to give the base some ground height variation. Thank you!
@adrimate94676 ай бұрын
which wall repair paste is the best for this?
@GamersGrass6 ай бұрын
Hello! Thank you very much for commenting! Any putty paste of the kind will work well. It just needs to dry to a solid state to create the height that we will then cover with other textures :) Happy Hobbying!
@TheBulletFreeman9 ай бұрын
What is the second powder applied to the pva glue? it leaves very ashy looking geometric rocks
@GamersGrass9 ай бұрын
Hi! Thank you for your comment! It is a mixture of earth/sand with a lot of rock dust, obtained by crushing some schist/slate like rocks. These types of rocks sometimes tend to crumble in horizontal and geometric pieces. We gathered some outside here in Portugal, try to look for some cool rock types for cool effects near you :)
@TheBulletFreeman9 ай бұрын
@@GamersGrass Thank you for a quick reply! Absolutely adore your work.
@Jolley_Bear Жыл бұрын
How do you guys manage such a nice and natural looking effect with that crackle paint? I've tried applying mine over pva and texture paints, experimenting with thickness and application method, but it always seems to crack radially from the outside and give a very unnatural appearance. Any tips or tricks?
@GamersGrass Жыл бұрын
Hello! Thank you for reaching out! We understand your concern, the radial crackle has also happened to us in some cases where we tested the crackle paints that exist. Unfortunately we didn't reach any good way to control when it happened. We found that the one we used in the video was most effective in giving a realistic look, but if the same has happened to you while using it perhaps it can be linked to a different drying environment there. Happy Hobbying!
@bakedbeings8 ай бұрын
Would randomly varying the thickness of the crackle paint help? Even paint = more even, regular cracks?
@GamersGrass8 ай бұрын
Hello! thanks for your comment! Yes! Varying the thickness of the texture should change the size (and amount) of the crackles themselves, and is a great way to achieve an irregular and more realistic look on the effect :)
@Hog__Goblin5 ай бұрын
Guess its time for me to build a new army so I have an excise to make lava bases
@DespairInFlames5 ай бұрын
Just curious but couldn't you use another texture paste instead of the first paste mixture that you used to create the height volume? Or is it needed for another reason?
@GamersGrass5 ай бұрын
Hi! thanks for your comment! We used a mixture of putty with pva glue and sand because we end up with making more paste quantity in a cheaper way. But you can use anything that dries to a solid and hard state. For example just putty directly from the box, or greenstuff, or really any other stuff that works to add height this way, since we will cover the whole surface with other textures afterwards :)
@DespairInFlames5 ай бұрын
@@GamersGrass So either putty/wall paste or would another Vallejo texture paste work? Any that you'd recommend from vallejo or other brands? Appreciate the reply back! Looking to whip up some of these for some Chaos units!
@GamersGrass5 ай бұрын
We use both things. The putty/wall repair paste is to first add some height difference. Then we cover the whole area of the ground that will be "earth" with one of those texture pastes from Vallejo or AmmobyMig or Citadel, depending on the result you're aiming :)
@DespairInFlames5 ай бұрын
Just one more question. Wanted to know what the ratio for your wall repair paste mix was? Thank you :)@@GamersGrass
@christophermaver4683 Жыл бұрын
What is the 1st dirt affect you put down?
@GamersGrass Жыл бұрын
Hi! Christopher! Thanks for your question! You mean the first paste we apply to create a height difference? It is a mixture of wall repair paste, PVA glue (about 50-50), and some sand or rock powder. The ratio is not very important for this though, since we mainly want the height volume in this stage.
@mcgarbagle Жыл бұрын
Where do you source the sand/rock powder? New to the hobby and any tips would be greatly appreciated. The basing series has been a fantastic resource@@GamersGrass
@Jolley_Bear Жыл бұрын
Raw coarse sand is probably your best option, or if you want more manual control on the rock and sand sizes you could buy and mix various sizes of model railroad ballast. @@mcgarbagle
@DespairInFlames6 ай бұрын
@@GamersGrass Just curious but couldn't you use another texture paste instead of the first paste mixture then to create the height volume? Or is it needed for another reason?