How to make realistic earthy bases for miniatures

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Woohoo, Darcy is back with another basing tutorial! She's quite stuck for time at the moment, but these shorter basing videos are fitting nicely into her schedule. Is everyone happy to see lots more different basing videos for now? I certainly am!

[@wamsly2334]

Green tea is amazing idea and really brings it to life!!! Imma be using that in almost all my builds now for leaves

[@chrispatty8953]

The green tea is a brilliant idea! Really like the look, I too, like to use wood chips & rocks from outside.

[@v.efremov]

Green tea! You opened my eyes!🤯

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Mine too, I'm looking forward to a lot more of Darcy's wisdom

[@greysky1252]

This is the first tutorial I've seen to consider undergrowth. I would've never thought of that. thanks.

[@TheDarkhorizons80]

Love seeing the tea. I often use used coffee grind as my texture.

[@philliptaylor4666]

I recently got into miniature painting and finally decided to base some stuff and had absolutely no idea where to start. Watched your video yesterday went to my local flgs and picked up the supplies based my first mini tonight and it looks fantastic. Long story short thank you for your video.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Hey Philip that’s fantastic! Glad the video has helped :) there’s a hope playlist of basing videos now on the channel with a few really nice easy ones to do! Hope you can knock out some more you’re proud of! Do send us a picture on Patreon/Instagram/reddit!

[@stewartking9653]

I have used a lot of material for basing but never green tea. I am going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing the tip.

[@bevanlangford5012]

Thanks for the video! I never thought to use green tea for the little flakes. I have used a "mixed spices" cooking sprinkle to look like leaf matter, so I will have to compare the two now.

[@hardhoagie3809]

over a year later still a great video I cant wait to base my army!

[@Nexusnaga]

Love the simplicity of your work, thanks for doing this!

[@HeroesBosses]

Nice work Darcy! I've never used green tea - but I've used various herbs & spices hehe. Great results!

[@WatchItPaintIt]

I bet they all make the model smell really nice :-D

[@SirDokk]

Great "seeing" you again Darcy! Excellent results on that base and this is the first time I've ever heard someone recommend using contents of a tea packet. Brilliant!

[@WatchItPaintIt]

mmmmm tea :-D

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Thanks, so glad you liked it!

[@HeroesBosses]

@@WatchItPaintIt Who doesn't like tea??

[@Ginjitzu]

This is exactly what I was looking for my Ghyran Stormcast Chamber. 3 paints, some static grass and some tea. Perfect for a simpleton like me. I hope mine looks as good as this.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

That’s ace! Glad hit the spot. Just working on some more super simple bases too. I’m the same, I want simple and quick with great results :D

[@zlobzor]

Great video, super simple, and looks fantastic. Just the ticket for what I'm after!

[@JSsm987]

I’ve started a new army that I wanted to use forest bases for, it seems such a rare video so I’m glad to find this one. It’s very informative. It would have been nice to see a variety of different versions, maybe a centrepiece version with some more larger decorations/logs.

[@woutervoz]

I used this base with my Galadhrim Elves Army, looks great! Thanks!

[@xSnakeByte]

great tutorial & tips. Green Tea is brilliant!

[@NathanielBroombiz]

I know it's already been said but that green tea method is amazing! So no yard or woods to collect from so that tea idea is great

[@antoniopetit7461]

Green tea! Oh my, thanks a lot for the idea. I opened all the teas I had at home and see how they look xD a mix of Green Tea, Earl Grey and Rooibos looks very nice :D

[@sadnessinside123]

Another great video. FYI; I did learn something new today. Looking forward to more tutorials. Thank you

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Awesome! That's what I like to hear. Thanks for watching :D

[@scythale476]

Green tea. What an unusual approach. Excelent idea.

[@D00M3R-SK8]

really wanna know how you did the piece of wood. I am wanting to do old felled trees that are hollowed out or even just pieces of wood to represent this sort of thing. I already mess with slate and cork and stuff for my stone and rubble and what have you, but doing more woodland style bases is something I would really like to learn.

[@knightsofneeech]

Great great video! Love your teaching style as well

[@OlympusHeavyCavalry]

This is very interesting, as other painters seem to only paint their bases, although a few do texturise them. I think this is great as it livens up what would be considered a rather dull base for a miniature. Cheers :-)

[@Digitalfiendscom]

omg I never even thought to use tea leaves for dead fall/leaf litter...great tip! Models will smell nice too haha... :)

[@markusheinel2239]

This is great! I've just ordered what you've listed there. Can't wait to start basing

[@Balrog7]

Great one.. and simple. Loved the tea leafs suggestion :) Thanks

[@incredible-a-rgs]

Thank you so much for that. This elevated my minis so freaking much ♡

[@mitchelltyner5670]

these look amazing! Love your work. interested in seeing your nighthaunt as well!

[@mini-paintingpapa]

Darcy!!! This is your channel?!? Awesome! Beautiful bases by the way!

[@WatchItPaintIt]

No sorry - Darcy did however make a few videos for this channel! You can find her official channel here: kzbin.info/door/zZizEYLmFAahlg9nditfKg

[@CharlieFultonSC]

What an amazing video thank you 🙏

[@Austin-D20]

Great Job Darcy!!!

[@sethhill6137]

This was very helpful. Much appreciated.

[@leonosborne3461]

That was super useful. Thank you.

[@heyitspewchi]

the idea with the tea is awesome... just looked in my kitchen what i have and i found some old tea variety i didnt drink and won't drink in the future anymore, like mint tea, green tea, camomile and even a reddish/brownish rooibos tea. I also use some black salt for the bases, because i once bought it, but didnt like it for cooking, so before it lands in the trash can, ... why not? :'D

[@WatchItPaintIt]

:-D :-D

[@daviddelarosa7600]

Has anyone used Huge Mini's materials for their own projects? Are they really good, I am really looking into their texture paints for mud and snow effects.

[@matthewlloyd9718]

Awesome guide. Will definitely be using this for my 30k dark angel jetbike army.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Nice! Love to see some snaps when you’re done!

[@XoJIJIoY]

thank you very much for this video it helped me a lot

[@lepaludyves5605]

This is exactly what I was looking for !! Thx 😊

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Glad I could help!

[@carrera4966]

Very good

[@Rekkless]

Can anyone tell me what the model is at 5:36? It looks awesome, was it a custom job or do GW make a mini just like that?

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

It's a Nighthaunt Spirit Host. GW makes it, not customization at all in that pic.

[@SergeCruso]

I have some stale old tea this was a brilliant idea!

[@joshuakramer3364]

This was hella good! Thanks!

[@thewolfe570]

Great stuff

[@keithcarter5468]

Love the video! It's been very helpful to me. Is there any way to give this a more mud grey hue?

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Hey Keith, Mike here. There's a couple things you could do. If you're using the citadel mud, you could let it dry then paint it with Skavenblight Dinge, then use Stormvermin Fur as a drybrush. Or you could use Vallejo Dark Earth. It's comes in a big jar for a decent price and it's a grey mud.

[@Lightbringer-777]

Nice!

[@dracosummoner]

Thank you for the informative video! :)

[@WatchItPaintIt]

My pleasure!

[@gruppenfuhrer45]

Looks great!!!!!

[@andsmorris7225]

Great video thanks

[@iancw1]

I’m guessing you just super glue the models then on top? Or do you have to pin it? Just wondering how strong the bond is between the base, basing material and model.

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Generally I just use superglue, and it works on this too - for the most part. If the model ever falls off, I’ll then pin it when I reattach. Hope this helps!

[@joshharding8961]

How do you glue the miniature to the base afterwards? Do you just use super glue?

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Yeah normally that will do. If it’s a real pain to keep it held on and the legs are thick enough it could also be pinned

[@toasttoast789]

Could i darken zandari dust to get sim color to legion drab?

[@snizzzle1]

Really cool, doesn't the tea rot over time or do you seal it in some way?

[@smtkelly]

green tea genius! wonder if i can seek a few bags from the wife :D

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Haha!

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

What happens if you use both Stirland Mud and Stirland Battlemire on the same base?

[@WatchItPaintIt]

You get an even better looking base! :)

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

@@WatchItPaintIt Do I put Stirland Mud first and then Stirland Battlemire second?

[@LauraDelvecchio]

So i've had extremely poor luck with the green tea lol - What brand are you using? I've bought 4 different kinds of tea and even though it shows actual tiny leaves on the box, the tea thats inside is like a stringy/powdery mess. It's very odd. I tried sifting it and that didn't work either. Yeah... just wondering what you use because yours looks PERFECT lol

[@StuartofAutumn]

I’ve not had the best experience with using organic material in my miniature basing. Is there something I could use to replace the tea leaves?

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Hey, Mike here. This is one that I like: www.greenstuffworld.com/en/283-scatter-foliage If you live in the US then you might want to check out the scatter foliage from hugeminis.com

[@Burstame]

Awesome! More Darcy!

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Haha thank you! I'll be around more frequently in March ;)

[@lajeit]

cant i just use acrylic paint (game vallejo) instead of a citadel base paint?

[@Reqwulf]

Noob question: How do you paint the miniature before the base? Holding it with the hands while painting it?

[@WatchItPaintIt]

You could pin the miniature, or temporarily stick it to the base with a little bit of super glue - then snap him free to base if you want :-)

[@Reqwulf]

@@WatchItPaintIt Thx!

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

Very nice tutorial

[@timmylarouge]

Great vid!

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Thanks dude! Hope you’re enjoying our new basing videos!

[@tommyd2235]

Did you use a makeup brush for the Agrax? I’ve used one for drybrushing and it looks about the same.

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Yep, that's right! I just used it for the shade coat since it's one of my large brushes. It covers quite a lot of surface area very quickly.

[@rmorris4598]

I use not only green tea but also chamomile and red rooibos tea. The chamomile is a light color tea, sort of like straw in color. Combined they can give a fall like feel for your base. The only downside is explaining to your spouse why you're keeping you garbage..

[@Alex_seakeeper]

Шикарно!!!

[@andrzejgogoek9402]

So you use just a green tea ?

[@ByCrom]

nice

[@paperclip181]

Great tutorial :)

[@WatchItPaintIt]

Thanks dude. Appreciate you taking the time to leave warm feels! Have a great day

[@earth2earl]

Good video but your audio level is really low.

[@stevew9748]

adding tea and herbs to bases can cause unwanted fungal growth in time.

[@DarcyBonoCreations]

Have you personally had this happen? I've had my green tea bases for 2 years now and they're completely fine. I suppose anything is possible if you live in an especially y and constantly humid environment, but since tea leaves are dried prior to manufacturing, there shouldn't be enough moisture to sustain any kind of growth.

[@waxiboi331]

I like to eat peanut putter out of the jar with a spoon