Pro Acryl Basing Textures by Monument Hobbies - Lets talk paint!

[@LinkiePup]

I have a load of pride for Monument Hobbies. They’re paints are made in my home state of Arizona, and I have had the pleasure of meeting the team in person on multiple occasions, and they are genuinely some of the nicest people in the world. Also their paints are great! Here in the USA they’re about, if not a tiny bit more than citadel, but you get soooooo much more than those tiny 12ml pots that GW sells.

[@tantrumsandtabletops]

That's so cool to hear, the team seem really awesome when you see what gets posted on social media, so it's nice to hear that they're like that in real life too! Hopefully I (Ben) will get the opportunity one day...ill have to cone to one of the big hobby conventions over there! And price wise, thet really aren't bad when you break it down and compare to the other brands out there, it's why I wanted to make that comparison in this video and in the review of the actual paint range too! Thanks for watching and thank you for taking the time to comment!

[@krzysztofmathews738]

Good to know about these. Thank you!

[@tantrumsandtabletops]

You're welcome! Glad you found it useful

[@lanesteele240]

You can eat the paint. Dont let the man tell you what you can and cant do

[@tantrumsandtabletops]

With your blessing, a feast of paint is being prepared!

[@enclavehere.2281]

Super helpful video

[@tantrumsandtabletops]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@DukensteinA1]

At first, I thought the Monument stuff looked like garbage. But seeing it combined looked pretty good. However, Vallejo can be used by just slapping it on. I’ve been using scale 75 stuff and it’s been really nice. But it’s not the easiest to get in the US. Monument and citadel is much easier to find.

[@金閃閃的忠誠怪]

Thank you for this video, now i know why my Pro Acryl Basing Textures look so bad... Because I don't use any fine Basing Texture in other parts...

[@tantrumsandtabletops]

It's all about learning and having fun doing it! We are glad you enjoyed the video!

[@metalblizzard6024]

Good video thank you

[@yansmac4796]

You should check out the Winsor&Newton Galeria texture gels. Sand effect gel is 250ml for £10 at The Range. Downside is you need to paint it as it’s colourless but VERY useful. Also have other types, but I only buy the sand stuff.

[@tantrumsandtabletops]

Awesome! Thanks for the recommendation, I'll head down to my local Range at the weekend and see what they have! Thanks for watching and thanks for commenting! Ben

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

I love Monument Hobby products, their paint and their glaze medium are unmatched. These basing texture materials are simply too expensive to buy in the UK. 120ml Pro Acryl is £13+ where as AK Interactive sells 250ml for £8.99. I'm not sure about prices in the USA, but when I can get twice as much for less money, it isn't even a question of which to buy. Monument Hobbies paint brushes are very good, well worth taking a chance on them as I'm yet to get a bad brush. Windsor and Newton, Rosemary & Co, Artis Opus, Da Vinci, Raphael, all have given me brushes with crap bristles in the past. Not so with Monument Hobbies. My only complaint with M.H. brushes is that I prefer a bigger belly on the bristles, more akin to water colour brushes. I'd love it if M.H. did a range with fat belly bristles.

[@tantrumsandtabletops]

The brushes must be good, they're always out of stock everywhere 😂 Your point about the price here is spot on, and we made sure to point that out in the video. price per ml compared to vallejo / AK / Citadel equivalent is high, and these aren't for everyone. I was lucky enough that I could afford to pick these up and wanted to show what they could do, but there are so many alternatives out there, and not even with texture pastes that whatever someone's budget and requirements are, there's something out there! Thanks for watching and thank you for commenting! Ben

[@williamtrinidad3520]

After watching 80+ basing videos of EonsofBattle, I can’t see a reason to buy these. Am I missing something? Help me out.

[@tantrumsandtabletops]

I guess it's personal preference... As far as texture paints go, I really like them. I prefer the results to the Citadel ones and while not quite the same value for money you get with the big Vallejo or AK pots, they are very reasonable price wise. If you just used these on their own, you'd be left with some passable, tabletop standard quick bases. But I think the real value with these comes when you use them with other basing materials to help build an effect. Again, it's all down to personal preference. I can tell you from my side I really liked them, and as i was changing my paint set up over to Pro Acryl anyway, i picked these up, but they might not be for you, especially if you have something similar in your arsenal already. That probably doesn't help, but thank you for watching and thank you for commenting!

[@williamtrinidad3520]

@@tantrumsandtabletops I think I struggle with finding a reason to use them is because we end up priming them and painting them anyway.

[@izzydarkhart4144]

Honestly i feel that the first two color textures do not matter as much, any one of there coarse would work for the first and any one of the fine would work for the second ultimately. I did this with the coarse brown and fine brown and I could not tell the difference after the 3 coats of paint. Infact i feel most people just paint over there textures so there color never really matters, just coarse and fine is what matters. Snow of course is different as you always want it to be your last thing on your model so you can make it look like snow falling on to everything and probably why they show it off specifically.