KrautCover Basing Scenics || Review || Test || Thoughts

[@rhysanderson4639]

You know what I love about this channel is the genuine integrity n honestly 👏 you can tell your not a sell out - keep up the good work as always

[@TheFeralPainter]

I appreciate that! Thanks so much

[@oscarsaris3183]

This video is what the kids would call based. You’ve turned into my favorite content creator for Warhammer 40K. Whenever I see a Feral Painter video, I hit watch and Like

[@TheFeralPainter]

Thanks dude really means alot

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

I haven't watched the entire video yet, but I have a fairly unique basing method that hardly anyone else uses: wall/plaster filler, watered down so it doesn't hold a shape but is still able to stay in one puddle, custard consistency. Get egg shells (cook the egg first if you eat them, my wife likes boiled egg and salad cream so she loves it when I need more egg shells as I make her egg salad sandwiches 🤮) and put them in a sealed container; I use a jam jar with the lid on. Shake the jar until you get the size you want; a light shake will produce large bits of shell. The more shaking you do, the smaller the pieces will be. Mix the egg shell into your watered down wall filler, give it a stir, and then apply to the base. You can sprinkle some larger pieces of shell onto the wet mixture to create a very rugged looking, spikey terrain. Once the basing material dries, prime it and then paint any colour you want. A huge bonus of this is that it adds weight to the base, so miniatures are more stable on the table. I usually add filler into the bottom of the base, too. After a light sanding, the miniatures glide over the table top the way chess pieces do. If it is a larger base (Titan size), I add some sprue as ribbing to the bottom of the base and then fill the gaps with wall filler. The ribbing gives the filler something to hold in the middle of the larger bases. I will have a look at the product you have recommended here. It is nice-looking stuff.

[@TheFeralPainter]

Sounds eggcellent 😂😂 thanks for sharing brother

[@Frostolo1981]

Awesome man I'm looking forward to catching this. Their looks cracking!

[@TheFeralPainter]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@chriswilkins9168]

These look great and I've picked up a few but I cannot find some in this video including the fixer. Hopefully these supply issues are sorted out

[@danielbenson7032]

Great video as usual! Need some of the “A tale of grimdark” basing once it’s back in stock and possibly some of the Kraut-fixer too

[@TheFeralPainter]

Good call! You will love it

[@docremington1589]

Excellent vid! Thank you for the Krautcover review. I use them traditionally and even that way they are excellent

[@TheFeralPainter]

Glad you like them!

[@FelixWasWolf]

Great review . Love their stuff . Especially the tale of grimdark. And he is a great painter too 😊

[@TheFeralPainter]

Couldn't agree more!

[@jorgenpinoy1724]

Sometimes, I use used coffee, makes a good detailed ground.. thanks for the grate tips mate👌🤟

[@TheFeralPainter]

No problem 👍

[@wombatoffear]

A bit of a question, when basing armies for consistency this looks great, and lots of youtube videos show creating these bases without minis attached, but presumably you would normally have a mini gluee to the base and apply this stuff round their feet? Just concerned their feet would disappear? If you apply to base first then glue a painted mini on top would think there is a risk the model is just attached to the materials and would break off easily?

[@TheFeralPainter]

Either way would be fine tbh. Just be carful when gluing basing stuff around ☺️ i have some basing tutorials coming soon 👌🏻

[@TyTy7R88]

Anyone know if there is a NA store/warehouse for Krautcover at all? 32 Euros for shipping for a container is ridiculous.

[@nicholasvinkler1635]

Dude! Why the crap aren't you more famous?! Love the review. Oh and you paint pretty good. Lol. Thx

[@TheFeralPainter]

Thanks man means alot. ☺️

[@NickAt-Knight]

Looks great! Need to find US distro. VAT is killing me..

[@TheFeralPainter]

Dayyuum

[@mrchoochoohead9033]

bast basing material ever? moss. depending on the species makes wonderful ferms or even in scale flowers. grab it from some brickwork, rinse it, soak it in glycerol for 24 hours and dry it. works amazingly

[@TheFeralPainter]

Thanks for the tip

[@CountingHouse]

There's also dried natural Moss from Dunelm and similar. More than you can ever need for about a quid.

[@mrchoochoohead9033]

@@CountingHouse do you have a link?

[@housefalcarac]

Would the krout fixer be good for pigments? Going to get some soon but unsure how to make them stay in the base

[@TheFeralPainter]

Yes but it would possibly make them not look powdery. I would apply fixer before let almost dry them use pigments

[@saschabernhardt5269]

I have some problems with the fixer it greys out the finished look. Did you have an idea what to do? All the contrast is lost after using this product. Do you paint the finished fixed mixtures of croudcover for a better look? Thank you for your great videos! I enjoy it so much.

[@TheFeralPainter]

With any fixer you will always get some discolouration, however ive found that the kraut fixer is the best and causes the least colouration. Just apply less amount and see how u get on

[@Krautcover-bv4ts]

Hi Sascha! Fixing Groundcover, Sand and Gravels with a Fixing Solution is a Science of its own. In a Nutshell: Each material in a Basing Material may react different with the Fixing Agent and what works perfect with Earth and Sand, can look suprisingly different with certain Plant Materials or dusty Stonemixes. Unfortunately its impossible to cover all Materials 100% in all Cases of Use. BUT! The Kraut Fixer has a nice Ability that you should try before you determine it as Failed with your certain Basing Material. We produce the Kraut Fixer in a Stock Solution with a certain Amount of Fixing Resin in the Isopropyl Alcohol Solvent Base. Thats a quite thick Stock Solution that is made to make a maximum Fixing when using and cover all Applications in this Configuration. You can thin down this Stock solution with pure Isopropyl Alcolhol up to 25% Additional Alcohol. It still makes a perfect Fixing Job for Basing, but reduces Colorshifting Effects significantly. Try to Avoid excessive Pooling while using the Fixer helps reducing the Colorshifting as well.

[@saschabernhardt5269]

@@Krautcover-bv4ts Hi, thank you for your answer in such a detail. Any tips you have for avoiding puddles? Viele Grüße Sascha from Freebooter Miniatures. :)

[@Krautcover-bv4ts]

@@saschabernhardt5269 You need not much Fixer to do the Job. Let it soak in the Material and stop before the Fixer creates a puddle beneath the material. We use the Fixer drop by drop and spread it over the whole Base. Due the pure Alcohol Base its made from it reacts completly different from water based fixing agents. It soakes in fast and has no surface tension that would avoid it to moisterize the whole Basingmaterial layer.

[@pazuzu_666]

Looks awesome, but the shipping to Canada is atrocious. Both places want almost double the cost of 2 tubs in shipping. F that. Hopefully I can find a place here that carries it.

[@TheFeralPainter]

Sorry to hear that

[@pazuzu_666]

@@TheFeralPainter No worries, it is what it is 🤷‍♂. Sooner or later someone over here will carry it, I am sure.

[@pazuzu_666]

@@TheFeralPainter Found a place in UK that had reasonable shipping so a couple of tubs and some static grass heading over the pond 😃

[@SlowRoastBigs]

@@pazuzu_666 Share the store for a fellow Canadian

[@SlowRoastBigs]

@@pazuzu_666 What's the store?

[@Oktobull]

If I would put as much time in the base as I put in the Mini, my next Mini would be finished on christmas Eve…2026. I have some products from Krautcover and they are Great.

[@TheFeralPainter]

😂😂 somtimes i think this too 😂🙈

[@craigcook5121]

Great review , I will be getting some and telling them u put me onto their products. Ps what would your blend be ?

[@TheFeralPainter]

Not sure yet but i have some ideas

[@_twistedbrush_]

Great video, them basing materials look awesome, i was using Geekgaming Scenics stuff but i like these now. Also you mentioning your mini diorama is there any possibility of a video of creating one?

[@TheFeralPainter]

Thanks man. And yes im sure its somthing i could do ☺️

[@liamowilsano6360]

🎉 where did one order one's Krautcover stash from? 🎉

[@TheFeralPainter]

Firstorm fames i have links in bio for uk

[@user-oh2qe4kg9u]

Very nice alternative for basing !!!!! I love forges of doom !!!!

[@TheFeralPainter]

Great isnt it

[@user-oh2qe4kg9u]

@@TheFeralPainter also ''A Tale Of Grimdark'' looks nice!!!!

[@just_sn0wy566]

wondering if the a tale of grimdark will be released again soon

[@TheFeralPainter]

Sure it will

[@garethdavies2093]

Your firestorm link in the description is missing the affiliate code (it's there but not part of the url, so wouldn't track). Although I suspect your audience already wiped out all the product, shame it won't likely have tracked. The element games one works but couldn't find it there? Thanks for the vid.

[@TheFeralPainter]

Apologies for that. Also the element games dont stock it as of yet jusy firestorm

[@daniellaspiniello7766]

Tell ‘em to sell it in Australia!

[@TheFeralPainter]

Wish i could

[@Clay-tality]

What other glue could work?

[@TheFeralPainter]

Pva

[@brockvenator2299]

Any idea how long I should wait for the tac to dry before putting the fixer over the top of it?

[@TheFeralPainter]

@@brockvenator2299 a few mins is fine.

[@brockvenator2299]

Thanks for the fast reply I really appreciate it. Sorry for all the questions but I've another. I've found the test base I've done becomes rather sloppy once the fixer is applied, does the fixer have a longer drying time or am I applying too much? I assume it's the latter. Do you think the fixer is strong enough on its own? Many thanks again for your time and help. ​@@TheFeralPainter

[@TheFeralPainter]

Yes the fixer has a slightly longer drying time. Usually around 30mins to an hour depending on humidity etc. But yes its extremely strong. Holds rocks etc

[@IDHC_CBSickles]

Is element games the only place you know of that stocks and ships this to the states?

[@TheFeralPainter]

Firstorm is the one that stock it

[@tombrand236]

Awesome video thanks for doing this man

[@TheFeralPainter]

Any time!

[@dougpridgen9682]

Do they have a US distributor?

[@TheFeralPainter]

Im not sure

[@brendonmoore3505]

Are these available in australia at all?

[@TheFeralPainter]

Ill check 👌🏻

[@soverain]

Man, those products are not easy to find outside of UK or Germany 😬

[@TheFeralPainter]

Hopefully they will be soon

[@Flamethrower1942]

Does anyone know a good desert basing product ?

[@TheFeralPainter]

They have one called “soils of sparta”

[@Flamethrower1942]

@@TheFeralPainter ahhhh ha thanks

[@noticer786]

My inks arrived today. Now just to figure out how to use them on a rockgut troggoth 😂

[@TheFeralPainter]

Awesome!!! Make sure u check out there resources page

[@bboi018]

Are these available in the USA?

[@TheFeralPainter]

Im not sure yet

[@Frostolo1981]

Watching rather, not catching

[@TheFeralPainter]

Enjoy