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Can you really make good looking bases with only materials you find outside? Let's find out!
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[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

“How to do 7 accents in 1 sentence”

[@silverrwhiskers26]

Unfortunately accurate..

[@Ninjon]

Why is that unfortunate, do you know how difficult it was to pull off this feat?! 😂

[@paulrhye6933]

Sounds to me like 1 part Paul Hogan and 1 part Colonel Angus.

[@silverrwhiskers26]

@@Ninjon it's always hard to talk around a mouth full of marbels!

[@dovarioscotia-churlishmini7246]

Better than Karl Urban

[@Telekq3]

Aussie here, that was the most horrible butchering of our accent I've ever heard. Please do all future videos in it.

[@Ninjon]

LOL!

[@Antheraws]

Us Minnesotans give it our best good sir.

[@Drathul]

I second this. It's as bad as the Simpsons attempt 😂

[@mattkerslake2881]

he is aiming for aussie but hitting louisianan more often than not XD

[@devildriverrule111]

Flawless Steve Erwin accent, and I should know, I'm Australian. (its actually terrible except some words you nail like bark, dirt, primer and oven, but at least its funny)

[@Ninjon]

It’s really hard to get it right off script and frolicking through the woods 😂

[@brendanrowlands3670]

It was flawless, if Steve Irwin was actually Scottish and not Aussie. 😂

[@IceNineOcean]

Those Minnesotan Os in the middle of the fake Australian accent is honestly great

[@bentosan]

A for effort, Fosters for execution

[@yellaturd]

@@Ninjon A nice Bostonian/Australian.

[@toversnoleu8769]

haha omg 'Hey Neighbor' while holding an axe and a machete!

[@louislomber7436]

Yes, that was hilarious at the end.

[@MrStatistx]

I feel I should put a disclaimer for you here: If you have to go the city park route, maybe don't take a machete and hatched with you XD

[@mvb8263]

Can smell the passion you put into the vids seems like your having a great time. lovely aproach, can't wait for the next one.

[@redpantynightinc3198]

I had forgotten he had dressed up for this, hehe passion indeed :)

[@Tectonicbg]

Of course it makes sense that Jon owns that specific outfit...

[@bettsdn]

The constant shifting between Australian and Southern Gentleman was hilarious 😆. Cause you know... Aussies are well known for the slang word: ”ain’t”. Loved the vid, Jon.

[@yellaturd]

I'd say ain't is common enough over here. Australian's seem to take any chance they can to mutilate words down as much as possible. "Dunno" why stuff like McDonald's becomes Maccas though.

[@13Robzilla]

I don't have enough good things to say about this video. One tip you gave that I have been using recently was just looking at the world through the lens of miniature painting. Out on some dirt road behind a junkyard taking pictures of some gnarly rust between two cars that a tree had fallen on and smashed together. Guy from the junkyard thinks I'm taking the pictures because one of the cars was "classic." I told him, "Nope. Just the moss growing out of the rust caught my eye, might use it for a mini." What I assume was his little brother punches him on the arm and says, See! It was only then I noticed that the bottom car was a Chevelle.

[@Mine4dayzz]

love the back and forth from fake aussie to southern American to straight up texan

[@skynetpuma]

Love what you did! I am always scared of doing basing, as i thought it need a lot of things to work, but now i see it can be done without expending too much. Thanks! please continue doing this kind of videos, also using products , or at least essential products for basing

[@ellery0909]

Thanks for all the hard work, John! Please keep it up. I watched "71 models - 1 Weekend" about 10 times and counting. I know I will be rewatching this one too!

[@nbell63]

Three things I really appreciated: 1. the ink/acrylic highlighting; 2. the Realistic Water; & 3. the out-of-the-park Jimmy Stewart (The Early Years) patter outdoors ... like he was in the room! 🤠

[@Auridus]

I really love that moss base. To me, prior to painting, it looked perfect for the edge of a creek in a far off forest, but I think it turned out better with how you painted it. Well done!

[@leeknight8838]

As an Australian I can say with complete respect that your impression has left me only mildly confused, but endlessly entertained XD

[@mini-paintingpapa]

Jones faces as he spins around in the intro video is so classic and iconic Jon.... love it! Hahaha.

[@aaronjones1752]

Absolutely love this sh!t. I enjoy your podcast and I've just started watching your channel I really get a big kick out of it. Thanks for sharing and bringing a moment of joy into a very confusing time. Right now more than ever we need people like you to remind us to laugh and get joy out of the small things.

[@Ninjon]

Life is too short not to find your joy!

[@Cosmic_Gruuv]

Just went on a hike yesterday and didn’t even think of this! Wonderful idea and can’t wait to see what I can come up with. I’ve got 3 Kenku brothers just waiting for a nice diorama base

[@saac63]

This was weird to watch, it was just a voice and some footage of the forest. John was nowhere to be seen

[@Ninjon]

Golden comment 😂😂😂

[@x31omega]

40% Southern drawl mixed with 50% Australian accent with 10% Minnisotan lol loved it. You crack me up man, keep it coming.👍🇺🇸👍

[@Braingeyser64]

Swap the 10 & the 50 and you have it about right. Worst Aussie accent ever 🤣🤣.

[@louislomber7436]

Love the video from both the learning aspect and entertainment value as well. Can't wait to see more videos from you.

[@nathanielball3719]

Love your work! Very inspiring, just like your last one. And, like your last one, I shall be putting these techniques to work very quickly!

[@Thaxsar]

Awesome basing tips! And even better bits and bloopers. Good stuff.

[@victoryspath4116]

Another awesome video Jon. So stoked about this channel. Also love seeing the personality and humor come out a bit. Solid mix of funny and educational.

[@elkglenn1013]

Really love your work! You got me back into this Madness late February, 2021 after a hiatus since June, 1989. Terminators, Genestealers, Terminators and Harlequin were new. Thank you for all that you do.

[@exist2758]

Content and presentation. Pure gold

[@jaretmoskal5558]

Looking forward to hearing more about those nocturna paints. Really enjoying your channel so far

[@plark5167]

Again great content! I think it's worth noting that you don't have to paint them! You can find things outside and make a cool base that has a woodland theme by just putting together twigs and rocks!

[@NerdAdventurer85]

Great idea recommending getting outside! I've been an 'outdoorsy type' since forever, but adding miniatures to my life again has really filled a little void i was unaware existed. 😂 It's really great to return to the hobby now i'm in my thirties, and approach things with more knowledge. I was about twelve last time i bought miniatures. Haa! Best wishes from UK. 🤝👍

[@dances4980]

Just last week I painted up a unit of Seraphon Warriors using bark. really loved the way they turned out. Once you go bark you never go back.

[@toadkillerdog6009]

Ah my man this is awesome! I've been wanting to learn more about this and boom here we go. Great content and super helpful! Can't wait to see more creative videos from you. *Tips Hat* Well done Sir

[@jamesgalbreath343]

Great ideas! Dramatic basing terrain. What I did not see was what you use as the actual "base" to glue all the cool stuff onto.

[@Ed-xo9pc]

Im about to work on a scenic base and your recommendation to use Inks to paint it and preserve the zenthial highlight was an absolute light bulb moment! will definitely follow your advice!

[@JackOfDiceAndThem]

Oh my it's a new video with premium JON content, the perfect way to kickstart a weekend, cruising here after Scott's stream. What a time to be alive. Wonderful vid as always, thanks Jon!

[@erikaprice8037]

This inspired me so much and I’m going to be trying to do all the bases for one of my projects entirely from foraged materials, for a bunch of stuff from the garden drying out by the radiator now!

[@Ninjon]

Yay! I’m excited that you are excited!

[@finkmonkeyful]

Those bases are legit. Great video. Great job on showing the entire process.

[@jasonterry9343]

This is my new favorite mini painting video.

[@ramseylandry1876]

The Accent during the bark conversation starts Aussie but quickly drifts to Pepperidge Farms guy.

[@skull9674]

Cool bases. Great ideas. I love using the realistic water.

[@godwishyoutube]

Great video and superb subject thank you. Happy to see that you started this channel. Lots of love from Turkey.

[@samuelstephens1989]

Another great video. Great content and really insightful. So happy this lives up to everything I imagined it would from the podcast!

[@Alex-xn1vg]

Hello, it's free, easy and the result is amazing. Thanks a lot for the ideas. Have a good day

[@danwagner4306]

Love the ideas. appreciate the hobby content and entertainment aspect of your videos. amazing. thanks.

[@Sammy6751]

This Bark is a beautiful Bark. Love it 😆 Thanks for the ideas.

[@karmaq8462]

Cool ,video , sadly in la I have to go visit parks to find stuff , but it's nice when I get bark gotta love it !

[@MrRockyguy]

Now you should use those bases for the next video! It would be interesting to watch the whole process of a mini!! Great work

[@Music_From_Outer_Space]

This is your best video yet! The effort you put into the videos is really showing through. I am in love with the color pallet of the second, mossy base. Do you recall which color inks you used for the pallet? It’s super inspiring.

[@cormacsmall9442]

Dude, you're so good at accents. All 6 of the ones you did were perfect.

[@davidfortin6437]

So dope, Jon. Keep being you it's absolutely cool.

[@blacksheepboy]

Can really tell that you have fun making videos! Keep em coming dude, tendies for everyone!

[@philliplambert8267]

Love your content, so happy you are in the KZbin Community! Keep it coming! Also I will try to do the accent as it is clearly the most important piece when basing! :)

[@Ninjon]

Yes your success depends on it.... no pressure!

[@xBiiO]

Much good video. Its like your videos are getting much gooder with each one. Keep it up! really enjoying the content!

[@bubblefuzz7280]

Helpful, cheers. Plus so many quality accents!

[@Nortic111]

These are ridiculously good! Thanks for the inspiration.

[@AngusBeef0]

I really enjoy how you bring 2 derivatives of old english accent, American hillbilly and Aussie, together as one.

[@hackshackgames]

Usually wise to oven dry natural materials for a bit before using them. Just need to pop 'em in at 250 for 20-30 mins, get some of the moisture of out them that might cause paint peeling later, and kill off any little critters that'd promote mold or other probs.

[@wretchedegg5170]

just being curious do you mean 250 °C or F? Sorry for asking in the comments but I realy don't find anything online

[@hackshackgames]

@@wretchedegg5170 Oh sorry, I'm in the US, so 250F, real low-temp oven.

[@wretchedegg5170]

@@hackshackgames Oh thanks

[@Zumikito]

bases LETS GO!

[@xverfiend]

That bark really was a beautiful bark

[@Strkr3]

I'm not sure pointing down when you ask if we like what we see is going to be interpreted the way you intended by some people, lol. Great video!! Practical and easy!

[@redpantynightinc3198]

Wicked, thanks man, we need these reminders that we're surrounded by usable basing items that are natural and free, almost any tiny dried thing looks naughty on a base ^^ simple things is sometimes the best things, keep smiling :)

[@mevl4822]

Thanks Jon, very helpful video.

[@jehifferdavidguirigaimaldo6124]

Awesome video jon, really great, fun, incredible, usefull and i cant think of more cool words for the algorithm. But still loved the video

[@Miscast]

Wow, your accent is perfect, like an old-timey bushranger detective. 10/10

[@Ninjon]

How do I apply for that job, Trent???

[@visuellegedanken]

Another great video. Your channel is quickly becoming one of my favourite ones!

[@arazlam4754]

Coming in with some hobby hack n slash action! The bases turned out great!

[@zacDboy1]

‘This ol Shela’s seen betta days’ 😆 great work dude

[@segatasanshiro21]

Great vid. You’re getting better and better!

[@nathanmoore564]

I made all of my old wood elf army bases out of a few ground up fall color leaves and some tree trimmings and small roots that came from my parents house. They are painted fall colors too mostly red and orange with bits of yellows and browns.

[@Ninjon]

Yes!!!

[@JeffersonBorba]

This video is gold. Respect for the accent, Australian is the coolest!

[@printandplaygamer7134]

Nice demo. The part that always stops me from doing super-fancy bases like this, with lots of organic material, though, is I'm not sure how to reliably attach the figure to the finished base. I'm used to attaching the figure's feet directly to the plastic of the base, and then adding texture around the feet (usually with Uncle Atom's super-glue-baking-soda-kitty-litter plan). I'm always afraid that if I glue the feet to bark, moss, or even cork, eventually it's going to pull off on the game table. Love to see you follow this video up with one in which you show how you attach figures reliably to these bases, so that they can be used in a miniatures game with confidence.

[@Ninjon]

I planned on doing that in this video, but it got to be a lot for one vid. I’ll do that in the future though!

[@printandplaygamer7134]

@@Ninjon Can't wait for it! Loving the channel so far! Keep up the good work!

[@TiagoCosta-xl1hg]

absolutely amazing, wow

[@apocalypticmoth6040]

I love it when he broke accent. Love the vid! Your content has improved so much! You look professional!

[@Finkeldinken]

That unholy mix of accents cleared my mind of stress, lol. The bases look great! I live in an apartment and my cupboards have already been scavenged beyond recognition for hobby materials. Next will be my apartment complex' shared compost heap! :D

[@rikokrates6298]

Streuth, they're some fair dinkum bases. Entertaining and informative. Thanks a lot and keep em coming.

[@derekvaughan2901]

Great ideas, thank you!

[@jakublhotan9029]

This is awesome. Thank you !

[@KalebSmart]

An added benefit of foraging for basing materials is that it's super easy to add adjacent hobbies like taxonomy and botany. My partner will look at my foraging haul and say stuff like, "Oh, you found some of this plant!" I've gotten into trying to learn what the plants around me are during my exploration, and it's added quite a lot to satiate my curious mind

[@singingReaper]

Finally found a nature scavenging video that applies to me Exclusively for the purpose of miniature basing and is exclusively about midwestern flora

[@JakeDogg-RIP]

Thanks Jon!! 😁 great video!! When will the next one come out please?? 😉😂

[@allencolwell3140]

Great video and I'm glad to see you gaining more subs. Keep it up!!

[@fin4889]

I'm Glad Mayo clinics is really branching out their field of interest

[@cory7328]

Those are sone great looking bases! Really well done.

[@Crivicus]

Great video Jon!! A brilliant skit, I would have loved to see the look on your neighbors face 😂

[@johnramirez1704]

Loved it!!! Such a freaking fun video!!!

[@toversnoleu8769]

14:15 I knew what to do before the video started!!! Smash that Thumbs up!!! and enjoy the content!!! and eat some BAAAAHK i mean popcorn...

[@sayhitojesus4me]

That's some beautiful bawuk!

[@johnbruce4004]

Honestly when I glimpsed the bases on the KZbin picture I thought you were doing a veg curry! Great Namibian accent.

[@meaningreen9460]

I appreciate the effort!!!!

[@MegaTCash]

Loved the video - great work!

[@notenoughodinson5912]

Its like Channel jumping between Steve Irwins show and a Stephen King adaptation set in Maine

[@bored_pyro]

Love that his accent sounds Bostonian when he says 'bark' and Aussie for everything else :D

[@colerape]

Don't take bark off trees. Take stuff you find on the forest floor. Bark is literally the skin of the tree. You open the tree up for infections that could kill it. (Same when mowing or edging...try to avoid hitting your tree).

[@crashprime9434]

This was surprisingly entertaining, subscribe.

[@andyfuller6975]

Awesomen video 😂😂😂 How do you go about fixing the mini on afterwards and ensure it looks part of the base rather than just sat on it?

[@mr.h4646]

This is awesome!

[@stephens7889]

Thanks great video and a good bit of fun

[@supercowopp]

Loved this video!

[@samprastherabbit]

The skits are hysterical- I love that terrible Ozzy accent 😂 seriously learned a lot from you- and it's awesome how much you seem to know about the plant life in your area, and that you wreck Buckthorn guilt free for tiny tree materials!

[@PP_Tip]

Tip for stuck super glue fingers is really hot water though sometimes you'll have to let it soak.

[@studiofoureightnine]

CRIKEY! Those be some right juicy bases.