How to Make Awesome Bases Using This One Cork

Turning a Bottle Cork into some beginner friendly Warhammer 40k , Age of Sigmar Bases and other miniatures. Even making some texture paint out of it. The power of Cork really does go a long way. Alternatively you can use for Age of Sigmar, Dungeons and Dragons and Star Wars Legion.
Music By: Karl Casey / White Bat Audio
Timestamps:
00:00 Using Cork For Miniatures
00:25 Making Cork Diorama
01:05 Using Cork for Base Texture
02:05 Painting Terra Base
03:19 Painting Alien Base
04:50 Using Sprues on the Bases
07:41 Painting Rubble Base
09:31 Painting Another One
10:00 Outro
#warhammer40k #miniaturepainting #paintingwarhammer #warhammer #ageofsigmar #paintingtutorial

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Nice editing bruv

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Hey! Thanks mate. Still learning but hopefully something I can improve with time 😃

[@Kerath]

5 years into the hobby and I never mixed cork pieces with a cheap paint. Looks good, thanks for the advice.

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

😁👍 I did not expect it to actually hold so well, was definitely a positively surprise.

[@shockv100]

These came out looking AMAZING. Great job and thank you for the video, gave me a ton of ideas!

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@teddyharvester]

Very cool stuff. I got me a set of cork coasters that I tore up and used to make some varying levels of elevation on the bases, giving them some levels, having the special or commander units on more elevation than the others. They're great because the surface of the coasters, though essentially smooth, gives a kind of dry cracked earth effect, the small recesses are good for washes, but the smooth surface makes it easy to plant the mini's feet.

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Ye cork sheets are awesome. I used to use them a lot more often but recently been having issues finding those with the right type of cork. Most stuff seems far too soft for some reason.

[@Hades-Abyss]

Wow those really came out amazing and the cheese grater is a great tip. The spruee well I melted all of mine to make alot of stuff. Lol. I will try with the next kits I get. The texture mix that was neat and helpful. Keep em coming bro can't wait to see what you do next..

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Thanks 😄🤘 Just need to be careful with the grater, those things sneak up on you. Will do!

[@scorchedearth5973]

Lot's of great information in one short video! Just acquired my first pigment powders and looking forward to using them now. Also, fantastic way to use sprue!

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Glad some of it ended up being useful :D. Pigment powders are really fantastic, they have a very large amount of uses but tend to be underused a lot. You can even do a textury panel wash with them, by diluting them in water and then cleaning up the excess with a wet q-tip. I have a massive graveyard of sprues, so I keep trying to put them to use 😄

[@sbip88]

Awesome video! love the energy, the content, the process. Keep up the good work and I look forward to the next!

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Thank you :D Always encouraging to hear! Still in the very experimental stage of video making 😄

[@treydog999]

I noticed you are using acrylic guoache, i started using it too. would love to see a video focusing on how managing thinning it is different than hobby paints. I also find coverage really different probably because a lot of them are only single pigment to 1-3 pigments.

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Yeah, they're super interesting, and I'm pretty sure they're a mix of acrylic inks and paint. When it comes to thinning, I just use water, kind of like with regular paint. The coverage is fantastic because the pigment is so fine, and mixing them is very predictable, just like you said, because they only have a few pigments in them. I use them more as a technical paint for their unique properties, however they are a bit strange to use a primary paint. For wet blending, they are next level. I personally don't use wet blending often, but these paints are an amazing aid for learning it.

[@alessiodecarolis]

Never tought of mixing grates cork with (cheap) paint, generally I use coffee powder for texturing bases, this could be another alternative.

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Cheers! You could probably mix them to get a more varying size of texture. Something to experiment with.

[@sebastianho4]

Great video. Nicely lit, edited and full of helpful info! Cheers.

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@Music_Engineering]

I would recommend not using auto-focus when doing macro shots so the mini remains in focus even when your hands are in frame.

[@JOHNNY20864]

Good evening, thanks for another great guide! I would like to ask you if there will be a video about painting the Imperial Fists with a sponge (I hope that thanks to your IF guide my two months of suffering will finally end) and in principle I would like to know if you will continue to paint the remaining legions with a sponge space marine?

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Hey! Imperial Fists are absolutely something I'm working on. I'll be making a full video on them painting them in several different styles, hopefully giving some interesting choice in both look and technique. Most likely it will be the next video or the video after that. I've already had one test that didn't work out, so I've adjusted it to have far better results. Hopefully I will eventually work through all chapters, some of their successors and even make some of my own! :D

[@JOHNNY20864]

​@@AnotherDayMiniaturesThanks for the answer! I'm looking forward to your new videos

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

😄🤘

[@rich1651]

love the content btw, I'm new to the hobby and your methods are working for me! good stuff keep it up!

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Thank you so much mate, always great knowing some of this helpful. Will do, cheers!

[@kristoff7049]

Nice video. I have a tonne of saved corks so let’s gooo!!

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Thank you and 😀🤘 Hell yeah!

[@thedourkin]

Will it blend? Yes, it will!

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

🙂👍

[@icemanx3790]

Great video and beautiful bases😎👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@loganater45]

This is a good vid.

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Thank you

[@Lemonhead209]

Great Work

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Thank you.

[@LuciusEvil]

A simple question... are the caps those taken from used bottles or are they simple caps that have not yet been used to close the bottles? Because I wouldn't want the wine (or ANYTHING) to mold.

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

That's entirely up to you in how you source them.

[@christianwhite8411]

Nice. What type of sponge do you use?

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Thanks :) It's called a Synthetic Art Sponge. If you need to see the sponge, I show what it looks like in this Tyranid video, time stamped kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3qkonmEed58o6Mfeature=shared&t=72

[@rich1651]

dude, you have a link to the dry brush you use?

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Unfortunately I do not, it's some random brushes I found in a dollar store, they were called "Ink brushes". I don't use those too often as I found they were very difficult to clean and do stain a little hard.

[@hectorfr]

bah- yeh- ho

[@AnotherDayMiniatures]

Not sure what that means.

[@hectorfr]

@@AnotherDayMiniatures la forma fonética de que los angloparlantes puedan decir vallejo , lo siento, pero como español ,cada vez que lo decías me sangraban los oídos.