Speed painting Blackstone Fortress: easy bases

[@MidwinterMinis]

COMBS FOR THE COMB GOD!

[@benrafferty3084]

Combs for the comb throne

[@tsmole68]

Game Of Combs

[@Zaprozhan]

Khomb cares not from whence the combs come, only that they are hewn in two! (or three)

[@MidwinterMinis]

D-:

[@supasnake8138]

Ya'lls duo narration is so brilliantly done. Great job can't wait to see this channel grow.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thank YOU Mr Snake, sir. We have lots of fun recording it :)

[@ceilingface]

You could have just slathered on Goblin Green and called it a day :) So refreshing to see brightly coloured, evocative and varied bases belonging to a single set. I think you’ve portrayed the reality bending “otherness” of a Blackstone fortress perfectly. I’m keen to experiment with a variation of this technique to try and evoke wraithbone. You two have done great work once again. Please keep them coming!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Yas! Thanks pal. Yeah, the tiles have some really gorgeous colours and weird patterns in them, so it seemed a shame to just do washed out icy blue.

[@asz3337]

Call me a derp but with some Miniatures i intentionally go for the "classic" green base. I did a little speedpaint to get my bloodbowl orks looking good enough for a few games and i think in that case the base somewhat connects classic bloodbowl with the new miniature line. Although I'm a sucker for nostalgic stuff anyway XD

[@MidwinterMinis]

I get you! My friend Ant (who will likely appear in some future videos!) has some really awesome Ultramarines with vibrant, retro grassy bases. They look so good!

[@darrinscott6612]

Dude, I was just looking up your guide on making your own wash and saw you uploaded another video I was about to look up. A true hobby hero! EDIT: At this point, I just had to donate! It's not a fortune, but I hope it helps!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks so much mate! Glad you're enjoying our channel :)

[@tsmole68]

Another great vid, as an airbrush artist I had a box full of bit n pieces to create paint effects. The comb is a good idea, I used a flat brush with notches snipped out to give me several parallel lines in one pass. Tooth brush with a little paint to create speckling by dragging your finger across the bristles. One of my favourites when using spray, was used tumble dryer sheets as a soft stencil, gently pull at the fibres to create thin areas allowing paint through. Slowly building up layers for amazing textures. Look fwd to your next paint.........Loving the turntable btw 😀

[@MidwinterMinis]

Awesome tips, thanks mate! I'll maybe try some of them out in future videos :)

[@troupy_9299]

The turntable noises were the highlight of this video for me 😂. Awesome work as always guys!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Woooaaahh! WEEEEE!

[@squishcognito6780]

The freehand on that marmite jar is a testament to your skill

[@SmashingPixels]

that forking white paint thing is AMAZING, how has nobody told me about that technique before?

[@MidwinterMinis]

Don't feel left out, I just made it up! ;)

[@theteacher7136]

You’re color blind!! Thank God I’m not the only one. Like a becon, I’m flocking to your channel now! Keep up the great work.

[@juliosaramago]

I'm color blind too ! good to see that we can still make great paint jobs :D keep the good stuff !

[@13Robzilla]

Thank you both for another awesome video!

[@MidwinterMinis]

No, thank YOU for watching! :)

[@Charsiupao]

I'm not into 40k, just AoS, but I learn so much from your videos in terms of techniques. I think I've just discovered how to base my Tzeentch army. :)

[@IronDanWalker]

Oh my god i LOVE your videos! Thank you both for making my weekend. I've been painting my Blackstone minis this week and got through the Ur-ghuls and one batch of Traitor Guard.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Nice! Thanks Dan, really glad you're enjoying the videos and making good use of them :)

[@IronDanWalker]

@@MidwinterMinis wow such a fast response. Just sent you a tip on PayPal and a plea for the Kroot Tracker to be your next hero after the Ranger. I know I'm gonna have a blast painting it all and watching your (at Penny's) videos.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Oh my! Thanks pal :) I'm going to try to have them done a bit faster than the usual 1-per-week, so hopefully you won't have to wait long :)

[@DeliciousCornbread]

I've been trying to get back into painting and happened across your channel for the Ambull on Reddit last week. I really appreciate your approach and I've been picking up some new ideas when I finally decide to get back to it. Thanks y'all.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Cheers Colin! Welcome aboard :)

[@chrispatty8953]

Thank you so much. I just bought these. Your bases look amazing. The comb and the white paint spots at the end, brilliant!

[@t.lorblanc803]

Great as always, don't know what to say anymore. Your consistency and quality never disappoints!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Aw, thank you! I'm always a bit worried when I start the paint jobs that they're going to turn out bad, but they always seem to look okay in the end, haha.

[@t.lorblanc803]

You got some artistic sense in you that's for sure. Btw love the creative ideas you have for the bases.@@MidwinterMinis

[@TearingMeFromWithin]

Creased at the turntable montage. Quality content as always guys, keep it up!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Haha, glad we weren't the only ones. We keep watching it back and laughing.

[@ulgulu7433]

I have tried this technique and its great, I found 3d printed bases with a slightly grid shape and this is so easy and looks awesome, thanks for creating and sharing

[@julvatn]

The Holy Comb of Hobby! Yes, this sacrifise pleases the Hobby Gods!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Mwahahaa, COMBS FOR THE COMB GOD!

[@ryanoleary4106]

Those bases are FIRE. Thanks!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Lookin' HOT! Cheers Ryan :)

[@danieljarnea9840]

dude you are great ! my favorite painting minis youtuber !

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks so much Daniel! That really means a lot :)

[@30SECONDSREMAINING]

I just got my blackstone fortress in have all the colors except purple and grey primer but Im super excited to start on these.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Nice! I absolutely love Vallejo Royal Purple if you'd like a recommendation :)

[@30SECONDSREMAINING]

@@MidwinterMinis Its on the buy list now!

[@victorlegendre6745]

All your painting tutorials are very good! Such a great work mixing fast and effective technique, neutral but very good music and sound, and sharing your thoughts peacefully with fun! :)

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks Victor! That's very kind of you to say :) Glad you're enjoying our videos.

[@asz3337]

Finally a new Video! I might buy Blackstone Fortress or Necrons tomorrow.....i wonder what caused that...... ;) Looking forward to the video annd hope you and penny have a great sunday evening! #wigglybits.

[@asz3337]

Ps: GORKANAUT! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!! I'Z GON TALK LIKE DIZ NAO. AIN'T SHOUTIN JUS ORK. VIDEO BEEN A GUD 'UN YE GIT!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Haha, I thought you'd like the Gorkanaut, mate! :)

[@asz3337]

@@MidwinterMinis Oh i do! ....well besides it being too modern and way, way too well painted for my liking :P

[@HeroesBosses]

Very cool idea with the comb!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks pal! :)

[@cantochaos]

This is so cool. Thanks again for another awesome tutorial man!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Woo! No worries matey

[@grimaldus3555]

Can’t wait for the next video man this is awesome !

[@MidwinterMinis]

We can't either! The heroes are going to be fun :)

[@grimaldus3555]

Midwinter Minis I Hope so ! Btw i realy like the funny part of your videos and i think it makes the difference, don’t change anything !

[@Spekd]

Man that was epic. A perfect technique.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Cheers mate! Maybe not perfect, but certainly easy :)

[@Spekd]

@@MidwinterMinis dude if you had seen how I created mine, honestly 😂😂😂 good job.

[@lordchaosmonkey552]

Thanks for another awesome video! Loving the new turntable 👍

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks Matt! Glad you liked it :) So many things to watch going round and round...

[@kerryviens7049]

Now I have a better idea for painting the bases for my Deep Madness minis. Thanks for the video!

[@MidwinterMinis]

That would look awesome, I'm sure!

[@angelus_sanguine]

Great tutorial! The turntable part at the end made it even better. 😂😂

[@MidwinterMinis]

Hah, glad you enjoyed it matey :)

[@AzraelThanatos]

Neat idea since this one just popped up for me. One suggestion for this is to paint the mini separately before painting the base with only the flat elements attached because it's easier to have a neat look for the first layer if you paint it separately .

[@kurogiza]

+1 just for the marmite! Great video series guys

[@MidwinterMinis]

Ah, a fellow of fine taste!

[@vaivs7903]

Oh boy, can't wait for the Marmite painting tutorial

[@MidwinterMinis]

Extra contrast, extra flavour

[@vincentmuyo]

I have some Contrast (I'm assuming the yellow?) but I can't seem to find the flavour range of paints...

[@Brazilpiu]

Is nice to see a channel grow

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks Peter! :)

[@carpemkarzi]

Great fun as always

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thank you!

[@fallocritico]

i loved the blue ones.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Yes! They're so vibrant, eh?

[@fallocritico]

@@MidwinterMinis indeed, they look so cool D:

[@seanjordan5961]

Loving the videos Guys, looking forward to the hero vids Keep it up ✌️

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks Sean, I'm looking forward to it as well :)

[@wargameshc]

Really insightful Guys! Thanks for the tips

[@MidwinterMinis]

No worries!

[@atlas2858]

Thank you so much for these videos!

[@MidwinterMinis]

You're welcome! :)

[@rambozambo5601]

We need more turntable vids :) !!! Greetings from Germany.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Haha, thanks Rambo :)

[@x3rman]

welp, time to re do the bases :D great tutorial !

[@MidwinterMinis]

Haha, noooo! Save your combs ;)

[@nedeleavitt]

Awesome, I’ve been wanting to do something yellow for Mallex to match his throne room

[@MidwinterMinis]

Yeah! Nice idea :) You could even try mixing in a little gold to make it shine a bit.

[@MeAndSomeRandoms]

Turntable hype !

[@MidwinterMinis]

Weeeee! Woooo! Aaaah!

[@MasterofDoom2006]

I hope the little Pig is allright?;) It is really funny to watch your videos!Keep going on!:)

[@MidwinterMinis]

Haha, thank you Matthias :)

[@martianlocksmith8332]

Sunday saved!!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Just in the nick of time! Busy busy busy D-:

[@Transp1ants]

Good stuff guys! I hope you guys do the Shadowspear boxset as well! Especially the Demonkin :D

[@MidwinterMinis]

It's definitely on "the list"! :D

[@poshboy4749]

Well apparently Penny gets posher when she gets angry - that's weird! Seriously though really creative idea, I'm definitely going to use that and I think it deserves a donation.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks mate! We really, really appreciate it :) Penny has lots of angry voices, not that I'm an expert or anything.... haha

[@huguesaufrais8057]

Awsome! Should have waited before painting mine....😐🤐 Went with a rubbles/junkyard theme to match the "ancients artefacts lying on the floor" fluff...🤣

[@MidwinterMinis]

I'm sure it looks awesome! You'll just have to buy 2 sets to do one like this ;)

[@huguesaufrais8057]

@@MidwinterMinis hahaha! I ve got some spare bases from old kits! You bet im going to try your theme! Thx for the videos, hi to your wife/girlfriend, she s so funny. Greetings from france!

[@lc946449]

Bases bases bases!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Buttery biscuit bases?

[@leebishop6723]

You 2 are fantastic and you’ve got me to sub

[@MidwinterMinis]

Cheers Lee! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@euansmith3699]

The comb-brush is a really cool idea. I miss the hand-powered turn-table, though :D

[@MidwinterMinis]

Nooo! It might make an appearance again when I'm feeling nostalgic, haha

[@euansmith3699]

If you place the hand turned one in contact with the powered one, you could have contra-rotating, dual turntables. Dropping some phat painting beats on the ones and twos, dawg. Midwinter Minis in da house. :D

[@Frontmanfrg]

I was thinking about this process and had a question, Guy. Could inks and glazes be used instead of watered down paint? Or would they be too runny, make a mess, and ruin a very cool comb for the comb job?????

[@MidwinterMinis]

There's only one way to find out, I suppose! Give it a try :) In the worst case, you can just black it all out again and try watered down paints. Let me know how you get on!

[@Shroomazon]

How have I never thought to use a comb for straight lines!!!!!

[@djetronakanorte]

Like the arburent

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks! I love the GSC models :)

[@theandf]

Interesting idea! This one is the one I have the hardest time buying though... did you also do the heroes' bases this way?

[@MidwinterMinis]

Not yet, but I will! I'm going to do all my bases in one big batch at the end.

[@tsmole68]

Can I ask what make and where you got your mains power adaptor from for your Canon?

[@MidwinterMinis]

I just got it on eBay! The original Canon version isn't in production any more, but the code was ACK-E8. I got a non-brand compatible version, but it works great!

[@Centurian128]

You two are adorable

[@raptor1181]

So I love these, however I'm using all Citadel paints and I don't think the water amount is correct as some of the paints are base and others are layer. I did one base with your ratio and I did not work in any way. I have worked out the ratio for all the colors apart from white scar. I can't get it to do the spider webbing effect it just stays in a small circle no matter how much I change the water rato. Anyone else having this issue?

[@MidwinterMinis]

How strange! Although, I haven't actually tried with White Scar, I gave up on using it - I think it's maybe one of the worst white acrylics I've ever used.

[@raptor1181]

@@MidwinterMinis Wow thank you so much for getting back to me! I quickly want to say that I really enjoy your videos and you are the reason I bought Blackstone Fortress last week!!! I'm really looking forward to painting along side the videos! Anyway yeah i thought it might be White Scar itself i really hate that paint. I will try and use the one that you have put at the start of the series and see if that helps.

[@MidwinterMinis]

That's really nice of you to say, thank you Charlie! Good luck building/painting/playing Blackstone Fortress, it's a great game :)

[@TheAgentmigs]

Have you all thought of trying live painting on Twitch perhaps? Think people would be interested in that. There are a few painting channels on that platform already too.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Not really! I'm more an "edited" kind of person :)

[@zacharylord-rule5368]

Probs a dumb question; but why didn't you just lay the comb pieces flat on the base and then paint over them so that you get perfectly straight lines?

[@zerominiatures4676]

Wooo! “ Marmite appears😂

[@MidwinterMinis]

Breakfast intensifies

[@darthchronic]

wha cam is tha?

[@MidwinterMinis]

It's a Canon EOS 600D (Rebel T3i in the USA)... my old faithful, just using the stock lens.

[@mantradox]

And awesome again! Thank you so much! Gonna publish this too in our Shanghai WH40k WeChat group, hope the people will subscribe!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Cool! I'll have to brush up on my Wu pronunciation, don't want to sound like an idiot, haha.

[@lowsaiga]

please please maby a guildball guid?

[@MidwinterMinis]

Quite possibly! I'm not ruling anything out :)

[@nerdherd1819]

Cthulhu GSC? I must say, I don’t believe I’ve seen a head quite like that on the normal GSC models.

[@MidwinterMinis]

That's right, my friend! It's a bonus head from the Wargames Factory Shock Troops kit :)

[@____________838]

Thanks for that info!

[@AdamCarr]

I really cant get on with the comb method :( it usually doesnt draw a complete line, or it gives me "blobby" lines...its either my paint consistency or my comb stiffness I think. Back to hand painted lines for me unfortunately.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Fair enough! It's a new technique to master, for sure. It took me a few tries to get it too. For the really small tight spaces like on the Traitor Guard bases, I brushed them too.

[@plazma2891]

just commenting to help the algorithm

[@MidwinterMinis]

Thanks!

[@a-nittwit]

I have been painting my bases like the gw tutorial that s@&$ is hard. This looks like it can be done.

[@MidwinterMinis]

Haha, it can be done easily, my friend! Good luck :)

[@jahvyn]

Plus, these bases look much better imo

[@a-nittwit]

Are you going to keep to your economic paint, or are you going to paint the explorers with more different colours?

[@MidwinterMinis]

Still going to do the same "speed paint plus a bit more detail if you want" method :)

[@LovoAle]

Hi! I love your videos about miniatures, ;i've started painting blackstone fortress because of your videos ..but this one no :o please try to find an alternative way to paint bases :-P good work mate!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Glad you're enjoying the videos! You don't have to follow every one, though. You can paint the bases however you like :) The official Warhammer TV guide gives great results!

[@LovoAle]

@@MidwinterMinis yeap :D but i've faith xD you can do better and i'm waiting :-P ( i'm joking mate ,but really,if you will find another way to do bases i'll be very happy :-p )

[@MaZEEZaM]

Although I am really enjoying this Blackstone Fortress series, I am getting a bit bored with the same set of colours for all these models.

[@MidwinterMinis]

You can add any colours you like, but we're just trying to keep it simple for newcomers to the hobby :)

[@bubuybaboy]

6:42 - 6:53 made me click subscribe haha

[@MrAbraxus666]

I love it, peeps! My only little OCD moment is that complimentary colours are next to your colour on the colour wheel, contrasting colours are opposite. (I know it's so anal, so I totally apologise for being that guy!).

[@eroc1024]

i donated and did not get a shutout, ripppp :(

[@MidwinterMinis]

Noooo, what day did you donate, mate?

[@eroc1024]

Midwinter Minis feb 24th. Tim was the PayPal account but I’m Eric. It’s all good. I left long winding message in the donation. Probably why it was not shouted out. Lol

[@MidwinterMinis]

D'oh! Sorry mate, we're still new at this, haha. We'll put your name in lights next time ;)

[@5chr4pn3ll]

Hoping for a "basically" joke here.

[@MidwinterMinis]

D'oh. We failed you :(

[@benedmunds1884]

No way are you colour blind...wow evern better pain jobs!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Haha, thanks Ben. Yeah, my reds and greens are mostly grey :(

[@balazsport]

Lol

[@MidwinterMinis]

:-D