Hobby Cheating 95 - Urban Ruin Bases - Part 2:Painting

[@zombi303]

I'm building an Ork army and decided to go with an urban ruins theme. I came across this video after many others, and followed it as closely as possible for the design I chose. Absolutely superb, thank you for making this - it was truly an education!

[@VinceVenturella]

Happy to help!

[@bassface5983]

I absolutely love this. I'm putting these kind of walls on my Adeptus Titanicus titan bases. I took a old phone charger and cut up some of the red wire inside and put the wire in the cork and frayed the copper at the end to add electrical wires to the ruined walls.

[@VinceVenturella]

Awesome!

[@jfreeze8567]

This is great Vince! I've learned more from a couple of your videos than I have from months of watching other channels. I just wish I had found you sooner. Thanks for putting this out there.

[@VinceVenturella]

That's awesome I am glad to hear it's helpful and I am always happy to assist. :)

[@kasejayden9388]

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[@stetsondavian5756]

@Kase Jayden Meh lately i have been using flixportal. Just google for it=) -stetson

[@kasejayden9388]

@Stetson Davian Thanks, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I really appreciate it!

[@stetsondavian5756]

@Kase Jayden Happy to help =)

[@mikeljokinecheveste1287]

This one is wonderful! I have enjoyed every minute of the tutorial, a bunch of useful techniques to apply to the urban(and not so urban) basing.

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you sir, I know you have a very discerning eye, so it makes me very happy to hear that. Thanks for watching and commenting as always.

[@Yvonne_Jentsch]

Many, many thanks. This was not only a great basing tutorial, but a fantastic weathering tutorial on top. I really like the result very much and found the complete creating process very inspiring. Keep up the good work!!!

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, happy to help as always. :)

[@SanguisMorthis]

Vince ..thank you. This is probably the most fun i have had doing bases ever. So easy and fun ..yet so many possibilities of just ramping up and going nuts :)

[@VinceVenturella]

Awesome, I do love making these bases. :)

[@gitgoodpainting6135]

I'll be damned how the algorithm works it out. And I swear I haven't searched for this type of thing anywhere, but it is EXACTLY what I'm looking for. Brilliant Vince. Thanks buddy

[@VinceVenturella]

Excellent, happy to help as always. :)

[@gitgoodpainting6135]

@@VinceVenturella well back in the painting game after about 20 years out. And it's a damn Primaris painting contest. With the pre moulded industrial ruin base. After spending 40 or so hours on the marine, it'll be fun to do something more slap dash :}

[@Matthew_Dubroq]

Vince, I just followed right along with a base for an Ultramarine Lieutenant and I couldn't be happier with the results. Going to blow away my local game shop this weekend when I play with him!

[@VinceVenturella]

That's awesome! Happy to help as always.

[@kristophermelin7160]

I think making sure you are doing all of your bases (with this theme) together will help things stay consistent with your level of decay and build up. Otherwise, some will turn out obviously more mossy or more dry (dirty, fresh, etc.) than others, and lose their cohesion. I've also had success using small shards of blister packs as broken glass bits, randomly strewn in areas.

[@robertallia5306]

Very realistic, I have a model truck and am going to use some of these weathering techniques, thank you again!

[@VinceVenturella]

Awesome, glad to help as always - share the results my friend.

[@kausalkraken5951]

Awesome tutorial as always. I will be using these.

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you sir, much appreciated and glad it was helpful.

[@hyperacute]

Great video, will definitely be using a lot of the stuff covered here in an attempt to up my basing game!

[@VinceVenturella]

Excellent, glad to help as always. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@paulofreire7520]

That was an awesome job! 👍🏻

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, glad it was helpful. :)

[@paulwestern3687]

Wow... fantastic...

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you!

[@mrfishman54]

awesome tutorial gonna try this for some of my imperial guardsmen

[@VinceVenturella]

Awesome, glad to help and I think IG would look great in ruins like this for sure.

[@Wijkert]

2:05 I have found that Strong Tone is interchangeable with Agrax Earthshade. At least when it comes to tone. Consistency and finish could be a little different. In other words if you run out of one of the two, than you can use the other before you need to buy new stuff.

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, strong tone is a little lighter, but they are very close, both black/browns.

[@davidturner7903]

Fantastic tutorial. Very informative. If I could offer a thought, (and by no means a criticism, because I'm no expert). I'm not sure the bricks belong on the base. I say this because the ruined walls and floor look like concrete that was maybe poured, (hence the rebar), so I'm unclear as to where the red bricks would have come from. They just seem to be out of place to me. But thank you for creating the Hobby Cheating series of tutorials. They inspire me to be better.

[@VinceVenturella]

I assume a red brick street. :) - Glad you enjoyed the video and always happy to help. :)

[@geteavnroc2250]

This one was amazing.

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you, happy to help as always.

[@geteavnroc2250]

@@VinceVenturella Gonna do an entire White Scars army with bases, using this same process. But i think i'm going to try and do it with more of a blue tint to the greys.

[@bartekkucharski3880]

Fantastic. Makes me wanna do one. As you know I don't do bases at all

[@bartekkucharski3880]

I usually use Mig enamel stuff but as amazing that thing is, because you have different levels of gloss from matt for rust to glossy for slime, drying times are a little bit long. Citadel washes are perfect for overall work and Mig for final effects. As I said I need to try it out soon. Thanks for tutorials

[@ArnoVdVelde]

Great tutorial as always and a great conclusion to the base. Thinking about rebar, you can use tiny detail to mix up the 'story' of the base. That might be overthinking it cause that is too small a detail to really be noticed.

[@VinceVenturella]

Sometimes it's the small details that can sell it. Thanks for watching and commenting :)

[@brali1717]

Just made me one of these! Thanks vince e v

[@VinceVenturella]

No problem!! :)

[@jmmc203]

I congratulate you on the video, but I would have liked to see how you have painted the base from the beginning. Greetings from the Kingdom of Spain.

[@VinceVenturella]

Do you mean the priming? I generally skip it as it's just black all over and then white from an angle, but good note. :)

[@TheDondanek]

Hello Vince, great video, thanks! I am now working on my urban Ruin bases, and I am wondering what is your approach on larger projects than single models - e.g entire army painting - do you finish a base, than glue the mini on, and than start with the painting process (undercoats, painting etc), or you glue the bases to the model once both are finished? This is for my army project, not a display piece, and I will be working on my army in parts - e.g. 750points batches of WH30k. Cheers - Jan

[@VinceVenturella]

I do the models and bases separate to complete, then glue, then clean up (generaly).

[@Wijkert]

Very nice tutorial Vince! At the end you mentioned painting tufts. Do you have any video's where you show how to do that?

[@VinceVenturella]

In most of the basing videos where I am applying tufts, you'll se me do it, I will do a whole video on it in the future. In the simplest form, the key is you take some Agrax earthshade or something similar and force it into the heart of the tuft and around the base of the tuft. Then once that dries, a light dry brush across the top.

[@RedeyeX23]

a fantastic tutorial and very interesting, this is great thank you .would you fix your pigments or just spray over varnish ?

[@VinceVenturella]

I generally just give them a quick spray over varnish and that fixes them pretty well.

[@mattcappelli5822]

Really appreciate the thoroughness of your videos. I’ve learned so much! Question about basing in general... at what point would you attach your mini? After the pigments? And then blend it in a bit? I’m using methods of this video for an entire army and looking to make it as efficient as possible. Thanks again!

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, after the pigments and then I work a little up onto the feet of the mini and we're done. I don't generally reseal those last little pigment touches as they are for the deepest areas and tend to stick just fine.

[@mattcappelli5822]

@@VinceVenturella that’s what I figured. Trying to save a step if I can across a whole squad. Thanks and merry Christmas!

[@Tdwalsh89]

I've been doing this technique on my Blood Angels and I love it. If I wanted to do an armies on parade type of board with these ruins, how do you think I could scale it up to make larger ruins for an armies on parade board? Thanks!

[@VinceVenturella]

Well, there are two options. On the full board, there are certainly just ruined terrain kits you can buy (like the sector terrain of ruined cities). You could alwas get some of that and you could mix it into the custom made terrain. You can also scale this up with larger pieces of plastcard, and then just add small bits all over it (fans, grates, pipes, et al), to fully customize them.

[@SvenEnterlein]

Is there any way to mix your own washes for this? I have a number of FW inks for example along with all kinds of medium and flow improver. Not sure why I am so hesitant to buy GW washes but maybe it's worth investing in a handful of them? If so, which ones would you recommend? Many thanks!

[@VinceVenturella]

Sure, some ink with some flow improver and maybe a little glaze medium or water and you are good.

[@MrStatistx]

I just made a base (also my first more complex one, especially since it's bigger for a Redempter Dreadnaught) from scratch and while I did not follow your build video, I took quite a lot of steps from the painting part. Only thing I'm wondering now is: Did you (or in general would you) now varnish that base, with all the pigments and stuff?

[@VinceVenturella]

In general, I varnish in mid-steps, so there isn't much need to do a final varnish (and I never varnish metals).

[@johntailby74]

would a wall like that be concrete on both sides like that or would it be painted or textured so that it looks like it is part of an interesting building? The only bare concrete buildings where I live are car parks. they tend to be short on walls other than the stairwells.

[@VinceVenturella]

Hard to say, if these were more settler based or outer rim buildings, more things erected solely for utility, they might be pure concrete, or the outer wall could have crumbled away. In the end, there is lots of ways you could take and vary it for sure and it would still work.

[@maximilianjacobi1954]

Hey thats just great - could I ask what Colors and techiques were used to gez to the First Step? Best regards

[@VinceVenturella]

Sure, so that first step was just my standard zenithal highlighting, basically cover in black primer then white an a raised angle. You can find several tutorials about it in the Hobby Cheating playlist, such as this one - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gF7HgohjmbiBl5o

[@michaeldorn5330]

What steps did you do as in what colour did you prime the base

[@VinceVenturella]

My standard zenithal priming (black-grey all over, then grey at an angle, and white from above). You can see the whole process on a mini here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gF7HgohjmbiBl5o

[@Tdwalsh89]

Is the guide for the basic grey and highlighting anywhere?

[@VinceVenturella]

There are multiple videos in the list about highlighting and painting gray but what specifically are you looking for? Do you mean entrained? Do you mean on a skin or a figure? Which one are you looking at?

[@Tdwalsh89]

@@VinceVenturella Thanks for the response. I actually watched it again and I must have missed it on my first re-watch but you answer my question in the video. Basically when you refer to your prepping your miniatures video. I used this tutorial for a bunch of blood angels bases and now I'm going to see if I can apply to more large scale to some mdf terrain. Thanks again!

[@bethanygraham427]

"Flow like butter."???? what sort of butter do you Americans use? :)Wonderful tutorial - a very enjoyable and informative hour indeed.

[@VinceVenturella]

Heavily processed butter that melts easily at room temperature ;) - thanks for watching as always and glad it was helpful.

[@Wijkert]

I love doing bases/terrain. It is a great palate cleanser, because you can do whatever you want. Low stress compared to something like a competition piece. Also a great time of using paints you normally don't use. Especially neutral/muted colors because nature is random, so sticking to a color scheme makes less sense.

[@VinceVenturella]

You got it.

[@allansmith5236]

Always enjoy these videos, but just wish you would end the video with a figure also mounted.

[@VinceVenturella]

In this case, I didn't have a figure to put it directly on, but I will try to do so when I can. :)

[@allansmith5236]

Vince Venturella Wow! Thanks for such a prompt reply!

[@VinceVenturella]

@@allansmith5236 Always try to respond to all comments. :)

[@HSVultras1887]

Amazing video but i have one quisten where i can find the first part of the painting?

[@VinceVenturella]

When you say the first part of the painting, do you mean the priming or assembling? The priming wasn't recording, it was just a standard Zenithal, which I have several videos on - for example this one. - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gF7HgohjmbiBl5o If you mean the building - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHLdppaHl8mthNk

[@npwroblewski]

Completely off topic suggestion but dear god I need serious help with the tiny leather straps on bloodreavers. Any chance of a video on high contrast detail? I don't know any tricks for helping them look even remotely neat..

[@VinceVenturella]

Sure, I could add that to the list, but the real secret is flow improver and a paint with good coverage combined (something like the Vallejo Extra Opaque). That let's you trace very thin lines cleanly.

[@kerel995]

I am a builder and I am afraid to say that plaster, bricks, concrete and rebar work differently. But cool painting.

[@VinceVenturella]

Totally fair.

[@rdilgart]

What color scale 75 is that? Thanks in advance!

[@VinceVenturella]

Kalahari Orange, one of my fav's in their range, wonderful muted orange.

[@ThePeacemaker848]

an hour? ....must be a good one.

[@VinceVenturella]

I don't know that I would go that far, but it offers a lot of different techniques that hopefully people can pull apart and use as they see fit :).

[@allansmith5236]

Sorry but that wasn't a base. It was work of art!!!!

[@VinceVenturella]

Well, thank you, very happy to help. :)