UPGRADE your Ice Basing | Warhammer 40k Miniatures

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EASY Ice Bases For Your Warhammer Miniatures, but not super fast I have to admit. However, this is how I do it, and if you like the look, then by all means follow along!
If you want to support the channel (which is always welcome) I have a Ko-Fi page where i have no idea what I'm doing! - ko-fi.com/nofixedcourse

[@Othundril]

Thank you so much I was hitting my head against the wall trying to find bases that I want to try for my army and this is just perfect!

[@groversmith618]

I so much enjoyed this video. Will absolutely have to try this!

[@nofixedcourse]

Please do! give it a try and let me know how you get on, a couple of people have mentioned they've not had much luck with replicating it so i'm curious as to why that is. I wonder if a little thinned white ink in the cracks would be an addition that makes it easier for people to replicate.

[@fancymichael6113]

The best ice base tuorial I've ever see it!

[@nofixedcourse]

Thanks!

[@leguan278]

Ill in a few weeks attempt to mix this with another technic, badland tech primed white and contrast on top to create the snow area firest as raised areas, will hopefully make the ice looks like it flows into the snow rather than on top.

[@Bunyip_Studios]

Came out nice. Glass Bubbles are the base product of all Snow products, I got mine from MB Fibreglass

[@Nicholas1994]

This looks really nice. I'll give it a try next time I'm doing some guys in this environment. I'm starting a skeleton army for AoS soon. Maybe they could be in the ice and snow. Give 'em white walker vibes.

[@nofixedcourse]

That sounds like a great idea!

[@beetle5000]

Awesome tutorial 👌 have you tried AK glass coat gauzy agent? I’m wondering which would be the better choice between the tamiya clear and the ak glass coat for all things super shiny, I currently gsw resin and that works a treat but I can’t brush that on unless I have disposable brushes

[@nofixedcourse]

I haven't tried that no, but I imagine they're probably quite similar if the ak stuff dries hard as well. the tamiya is designed for clearcoats on model cars so it sands really nicely.

[@beetle5000]

@@nofixedcourse it might be the right choice for then as the AK pot would last me three lifetimes 😂

[@klobb1236]

Hey, been wanting to do ice bases for ages and this looks ace! Quick question, you do 2 layers of x-22, then theres the part you mentioned that you did a 2 layers and then some contrast paints. Is that 2 layers in total or another 2 layers of what's already shown in the video, so 4 layers in total?

[@nofixedcourse]

The more layers the better really with tamiya clear, I'd have to go through the video again to double check, but in hindsight, if you can do a few more layers of the clear, it will add to the illusion of depth in the base, so do that. Just make sure each layer is completely dry before adding the next.

[@klobb1236]

@@nofixedcourse Thanks! Should've realised not long after that you mentioned you have 5-6 layers on, which answers my question, sorry. I'm giving these a try, slowly but surely doing them, hopefully I wont have the issue with the cracks other people seem to be mentioning. Ill let you know how it goes?

[@klobb1236]

@@nofixedcourse Unfortunately I ran into the issue with the cracks. Did make me wonder if perhaps i'm putting on the varnish too thinly? Do you put it on quite thick?

[@nofixedcourse]

@klobb1236 it's fairly thick yes, I suppose that makes sense if you're used to gw or most miniature paint range varnishes, if you put them on too thick they go cloudy and rubbery, but tamiya doesn't do that so you can put on thicker layers. It's looking like I'll either have to do an updated video covering some of the issues people have had, or a little troubleshooting guide on the Facebook page.

[@theultimatecrab9085]

Could citadel ardcoat work as the varnish here? Ive never hsed it before but id like to know before i use it in case i need to return it

[@nofixedcourse]

I'll be honest, every time i've used citadel ardcoat for similar stuff it hasn't sanded well at all, but maybe I wasn't leaving it long enough to cure properly. It's useful stuff, but maybe not for this particular application. Unless your budget is strictly limited to that one pot of varnish, get some tamiya but keep the ardcoat and test some on a plain base, sanding a section in 24hr intervals. Both have their uses for hobby stuff.

[@theultimatecrab9085]

Perfect, thank you

[@DeathSithe92]

I wish I found this video BEFORE I glued all my mini's to their bases....

[@nofixedcourse]

You could potentially get away with It if you put the snow around the feet, you'd just have to put more snow nearby so it doesn't just look like they've conveniently stood in the only two patches of snow around!

[@groversmith618]

Must acquire more minis!

[@alexandermccabe429]

Pardon me, im attempting to follow your process but I'm having trouble with the cracks, each time i put the clear coat over them they wash out and go transparent. I am using a base that was primed black instead of white do you think that is the issue?

[@nofixedcourse]

The primer colour shouldn't affect it, the cracks shouldn't be deep enough to touch the primer or paint. Try a few layers of just clear coat without cracks, then carve in the cracks, sand over them (but don't blow or shake off any dust from the sanding process, this material is what fills the cracks to make them look natural). Other than that I'm not sure what could be the issue, make sure the clearcoat isn't thinned? I'll have to investigate a different method for people if it's not working the way it should for some.

[@alexandermccabe429]

​@@nofixedcourse I've tried again but carved deeper and sanded more, I've had a bit of mixed success with that

[@Kyland91]

I've tried replicating this and failing miserably so far haha awesome however!

[@nofixedcourse]

Thanks! I'm thinking maybe revisiting the method because although it works for me, a couple of people have struggled to replicate it, which means the method isn't ideal.

[@groversmith618]

I would like to try this. What challenges did you experience?