Mold & Cast Custom Bases for your Army

[@Miscast]

Lookin great Scott!!

[@Aisaaax]

Great Scott! (c)

[@retepetete1034]

baes are also good lookin`

[@ryankrankowski7777]

I’d be interested to see what your plan is for the movement trays.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Putting the discs on bases for resin overfill was hella clever.

[@RPRsChannel]

You do realize you just watched a video with M A G N E T S in it?

[@enveritas4948]

You took a basic process and got great results. With a grounded and no-nonsense approach you've given the community a platform to build on for their own minis. Scott here carving out a beachhead for mini painters in the scenic crafting world. Truly an ocean of possibilites.

[@MikeGeney]

All those hours of watching The Crafsman paid off! These are so cool!

[@zgriffin22]

The pier/ ship deck wood for the Greyjoy bases is such a great idea. Stealing this for my Euron mini.

[@Miniac]

please do!

[@SthMejin]

Love seeing Scott getting into other aspects of the hobby and just exploring what makes him happy

[@KurtMifsudBonnici]

It's awesome that you can say the coupon code is "moist" with a straight face. :D

[@TheKingofAverage]

These came out great! Pro tip for CMON minis (and honestly, most PVC board game minis): stick the minis in the freezer overnight. In the morning you can pop them out of the base, no blades needed. The glue they use become very brittle when that cold but the plastic couldn't care less, so you get nice clean breaks between the post/under foot and the base. Also a great way to fix any badly factory assembled ones.

[@ashleymccarthy6232]

Your content seems to be thriving again recently! Glad to see you happy in your hobby 👍🏻

[@DarkWatch-Ian]

Hi Scot. I have recently discovered this hobby and I have always thought that the basing of the miniatures really sets them off! I have tried similar things, but yours have given me a new perspective. Fantastic work. Thank you, keep up the fantastic work. I love your enthusiasm and presenting technique. You always have an excellent enthusiasm for the hobby. A joy to watch. Can't wait to see the next one. Kind regards Ian

[@uriance88]

This could totally get me to start casting bases - and this is probably the best plug for cobalt keep I've seen - definitely keeping them in mind for future base purchases

[@LightsLuck-]

For any 3D printers looking for a shortcut, there is a pretty expansive model base Kickstarter going on right now. Even easier than molds.

[@CosChallengers]

hey Scott, long time watcher. Great tutorial, as someone who is no stranger to molding/casting, it was very informative. The only thing I would say is that you were using polyurethane resin, which while it has no apparent odour, can be very toxic in enclosed spaces. Just an FYI. Keep up the good work, love your vids.

[@ThePickleJar]

I’ve never looked at casting bases before but this is now the 2nd video I’ve seen of people doing it. Defo something to try in the future. Great work

[@ValiantPioneer]

Wow, those came out great! I'll definitely have to try this out sometime. Congratulations on 300k subs, by the way, you deserve it!

[@jarlaxledaerthe4045]

When I made totallynotgamesworkshop molds, I made the box from Lego bricks, they didn't stick to the silicone and could be pulled apart very easily. I didn't even need to add any further sealing because the bricks lock together so well.

[@KnarbMakes]

This video is all about that base. Love that you admitted to not having any hot glue, that's both surprising and brave!

[@BarokaiRein]

I've been doing something similar but just by 3d printing instead of molding. Generally I like use the 3d printed bases that already have some texture and maybe unever ground and bits on them as just a base and then work them up from there myself but sometimes STL files are accompanied by awesome bases with a lot of verticality and in those cases I'll just print the base and use it as it is. Either way it's almost always better to start with a ''canvas'' that's not completely blank and work it up from there. If there's one thing that I find unappealing it's flat bases with just some crackle paint and a tuft on them.

[@trollbite.miniatures]

they came out very good! You could have saved some silicone by putting them a lot closer together and making the box smaller. Lego makes for easy boxes. Baby powder works as mold release.

[@dougsundseth6904]

Nice result. A couple of thoughts: Lego blocks work great for making mold boxes. You can get a size that works quite well, and you can build a second mold half easily if you need one. Also, for small pieces like these, I'd consider using UV-set resin rather than epoxy resin and then just curing with a UV flashlight.

[@Excaliber158]

Is that basically 3d printer resin?

[@dougsundseth6904]

@@Excaliber158 That was my thought, mostly because the price per volume is much better than the UV-set resin that is sold as an adhesive.

[@Karlmakesstuff]

Excellent casts! Great tip about the pegs, will check the rum and bones to see if they work the same :) would save a basing headache. One suggestion about pouring - using the largest paper cup you can find lets you mix more easily, and you can pinch the lip to get a more controlled pour. The last bit doesn't make much difference for an open cast mold, but it helps a lot when you start to make more complex ones 😁

[@noerknown]

That sword transition was *mwah* chef's kiss👌 (0:38)

[@lorenzochio7571]

Love that you're having a great time doing stuff for a game you enjoy so much!

[@timothyferguson4248]

You can really tell how passionate you are for your Greyjoy army. Another fantastic video Scott!

[@ConjuredCraft]

Beautiful molds Scott!

[@nevadagiles2178]

Love the crazy flashback part. Great job Scott.

[@d-emprahexpects]

Great idea! I've been making Necron tomb bases that sort of look like the Giant's Causeway in Ireland. Using sprue leftovers, cutting, filing and carefully gluing pieces of various lengths. It's time consuming so I considered using casting. This tutorial is precisely what I needed! Thank you!!

[@Tuskanr]

I've never sculpted my own bases, but I have made plenty of molds this way for basing stuff. It works awesome and resin is pretty damn cheap!

[@nunyahbuidness4010]

love the 'paint it separate then add to the base' drives me bonkers that so many painters don't use easy methods to avoid painting rims when possible. It saves SO MUCH TIME when you don't have to paint the rim.

[@richardlynch77]

I’ll be kicking off a Freebooter Ork army next year and this is exactly what I’ve been looking for! And yes, Smooth-On products are excellent. 🙌

[@VincentCurkov]

Another absolute banger from The Tickler

[@InVerum]

Can vouch on the Cobalt Keep sponsorship. Saw them advertised a while back and they've become my default base for Warhammer. Super sturdy and the whole system just works.

[@morganlynnirish]

Scott, watching you do something for yourself and that truly brings you joy is something I'd watch a video multiple times over for ahead of any click bait KZbin may dangle from it's algorithmic hook. Keep doing things that YOU love. HIGH FIVES on another AWESOME project.

[@CaptRapticon]

Congrats on the 300k subscribers. I have to thank you Scott you are the sole reason I got started into eliminating my gray army. Still use your basic videos as my painting bible and try out some of the techniques that I see you do here. While I am content to just do tabletop ready standard for now, I hope to improve my own skills. Anyway more power and I Gotta paint more Minis.

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

Very fine work! If you want to add a mould release and colour your casting in one step, you can spray the inside of the mould with rattlecan spray paint before you pour the resin. The resin will bond with the paint. May be handy in some situations. Cheers!

[@Miniac]

that's a pretty slick idea...

[@LyonHart1313]

Great alignment of paid sponsor and the video content itself. Made me actually want to check out the product as opposed to resenting the commercialism of it, which I often do with other KZbinrs who clumsily do this. Great job, as always! Thank you!

[@ubermoose5694]

Great video! Those bases look awesome and you're totally right about Miscast being an awesome resource.

[@mossmurphy8856]

When he put the base up to the camera after it had finished curing it was like staring into the sun.

[@charleyedwards2121]

thats the exact stuff i use for molds lol nice stuff and the quick cure resin too, neat watching the cloud grow hey

[@pierre-olivierjanelle3413]

Looks amazing Scott.

[@MrSJPowell]

Use mold release. ESPECIALLY if you're doing a two part mold. I was half way down this process myself, and I forgot mold release on a simple two part mold, and it ruined the mold and with it killed any interest I had in that part of the hobby. Also just casting the part that you're going to attach to the bases is super clever. I may steal that at some point.

[@Grendelnz]

Very cool, when i had a resin base company (Ironhalo), we used lego all the time for the mold boxes, much easier and reuseable.

[@pineconeduck9148]

These look great, well done.

[@paprinas]

that was a fantastic video! great shots and very clear instructions!

[@galatician8063]

Very clever eliminating undercuts. My next project ( whenever I have time...choke, choke) is to build my own display cases. I can't afford to buy those and I want a custom size for my shelves. That would make a great video if you feel up to the challenge. I'm confident you could do that just as well as this and that nightmare table you did awhile back. 😃

[@MonsieurPopu]

Yooo so much content recently, im loving it

[@ruaridhmackenzie3215]

Nice work, you look for nymph skin (thin semi transparent rubber from the fly fishing supplies, when cut thinly makes great seaweed

[@hubertborusinski1647]

Love to see you grow as a content creator! 😍

[@GeartoothLabs]

I've seen so many hobbyists cast things, but I think this is that one extra use that will finally get me to make some molds. I recently this year caved and started to get into Warhammer, so of course I bought a bunch of the vampire stuff, because look at it. I have no idea how to play yet, I just thought they would be the most fun to put together, paint, and see assembled. With so many models to do, this honestly is probably the best option for basing them all if I want the bases to have any details. Thanks for the push.

[@Lexi_Chi_5]

damn. I had no idea silicon casting could get so much detail!!! I'll have to remember this for future products. Loving the videos, Scott

[@chicagohobbyhero]

Ok, now I need to come up with basing ideas for an army to do this with. Very cool

[@ThomasGallinari]

The end result is fantastic 👌

[@cake-diver8991]

They look awesome!

[@YanniCooper]

Pro tip I learned recently, IPA or White Spirits can be used w/ milliput to make it even more malleable! Marco Frisoni has a great video on using it for gap filling...

[@Pers0n97]

Looks great! I was panning on doing some sand bases too and this will be a useful video for that.

[@timago4443]

Love the asoiaf content lately! Follow your passion my boi

[@WiredCurrent]

"As soon as sculpting comes in I'm out" *Proceeds to go straight into sculpting*

[@Miniac]

Somewhat poorly explained. I meant that I would not be interested in sculpting bases for an entire army.

[@Rtiffany0466]

Awesome! And thanks for the links! Been wanting to mold stuff for a while but wasn’t quite sure what to use!

[@andrewsimmons2711]

Perfect timing for this one

[@Rynhelms]

Holy crap such a good idea Scott.

[@rhag1394]

Those bases look great and the process will be effective after the second or third batch!

[@whiskeybrush9517]

Gonna buy those cobalt keep bases fo sure! Great video on casting you made it look easy!

[@Lebannehn]

May I suggest using oyumaru+lego method for molds and any type of air drying silicone (or even cold weld) for casts. Thats how I get details from gws easy to build bases or various parts from terrain pieces

[@danvano8417]

Solid results!

[@sturmherooflance]

great looking bases

[@knightzix_01]

good to see ya scotty

[@V1KTOR33]

Really like the direction of this channel lately.. not that I haven’t enjoyed the channel Been watching since you sucked..but just painting and the board + this is awesome and fun.. p.s. your awesome.

[@silverfischdotnet]

Casting bases is cool and all, but can we talk about Scott's AWESOME SHIRT?

[@chester1882]

0:30 well you are call miniAC

[@colinmatter4697]

These look awesome! Congrats on your first time success Scott!

[@silvernome]

I saw some videos where the mold maker used baby powder instead of spray mold release. Tried it out on some base molds I made and worked pretty well.

[@KabinMiniatures]

00:31 I'm gonna loop that sequence a few times for... purposes.

[@Miniac]

🤣

[@RunawayMisfit]

Awsome video! Basing is my fav part of the process! I love imagining the environment my armies would be on and bringing them to life, amazing job as always Miniac

[@Zickzag]

Nice bases Scott. I think it would be a good idea when you talk about the duchess to have a picture of the painted model to showup somewhere on the screen, there may be new people to your videos that don't know how kickass and amazing your model looks.

[@Miniac]

You're right, I really should do that! Thank you!

[@kosachilles2504]

Man this looks great!

[@Clear-As-Mudd]

They look great! 💪🏻👊🏻👍🏻

[@LouieLovesMinis]

Maaan look at this guy getting into molding all of a sudden!

[@snowfightstudios541]

Loved this vid. Well done.

[@bearscaveofminiatures6396]

Haha solid ending! This was a good video, I would love to make some custom bases for my Admech army.

[@FizzOfInsanity]

Bases on fleek! Plaster scares me and I don't have the room for this, but when I evolve this method will come in handy.

[@Miniac]

I didn't use plaster, but rather liquid plastic. It's a material much more akin to the plastic our minis are made out of!

[@C3ns0rious]

really cool I have thought about doing this before just for funsies but havent done it yet. cool video!

[@asiegel87]

Another one for the hobby tool box if I want to make more complicated bases across an army. Make one base with bits, cast it, and now I don't need a crazy bits collection to base the rest of my army.

[@Wijkert]

2:23 I have tested a bunch of materials and found that baking soda has the finest texture and makes the most in scale sand. It's questionable that we could distinguish any sand texture at this scale, but it's the best I could find.

[@Miniac]

That would be a great idea!

[@andraslibal]

Wow, I though having a 3d printer is an added hobby but this ... is 2-3 added hobbies :)

[@coastiedude3870]

I started doing this recently, it’s a game changer

[@Ernzt8]

I never use mold release when pouring resin in silicone, never had a problem

[@RM_3D]

Would be cool to see wetness/sand around the mini's feet to blend them in to the base more :D

[@joshsmith2483]

I watched a video a while back and cannot remember who made it, but the painter had used a product I believe it was from AK for weathering on a blue ultramarine. After sloshing on this product it was left to sit a while and then removed with white mineral spirits and a makeup sponge stick. Can you point me in the right direction of the video if you know of it as I would like to use this technique and product.

[@PeninsulaPaintingProjects]

Looks great and we'll worth it

[@centerededgedesignusa7957]

Great work!

[@kostapoulos3287]

Hi Scott, I love the idea of using a cricut to cut the styrene to make a base insert. Can you please advise what kind of cricut you used? and what thickness of card? Please let me know.

[@Miniac]

.02" styrene, cricut explore air 2

[@Mrpancake72]

Mold release absolutely prevents paint adhesion. Warm soapy water and a cheap brush gets rid of it easy

[@drzephy]

Ok I'm gonna need a 1 hour remix of that Crazy Scott Montage

[@spacetoy4584]

very cool - you could try out zandry dust (citadel) for a closer sand look

[@Miniac]

that's what I planned on using! nice suggestion!

[@GeoffreyPeas]

Love those Greyjoys

[@roloshobbytable]

Lovely stuff. Basing your ASOIAF makes it even more epic. Keep on with vids about this game, I'm as much in love with it ;-) Would love to show you my basing but doesn't seem to be possible in YT comments. I did full tray-basing with a slate shore line and water splashing etc. Now working on a third one with a small coastline harbour with a wooden dock, water, slates it's pretty creazy If I say so myself. That one is getting me nuts but I seem to get it done.

[@roloshobbytable]

Ohh saw you had a Facebook as well. Replied with a example picture to your post there. :-)

[@adds157]

so cool loving all the asoiaf content

[@goodjessehobbies]

Love the lil montage. =)

[@Curran_Kleen_Brown]

These bases are so freaking cool. This Greyjoy army is going to look awesome.

[@kingsnogaryen6292]

I love the ASOIF models. I have Umber berserkers and mormont she hears with nights watch rangers for dnd characters