If you feel dizzy after watching the turntable for 10 minutes, imagine how I felt editing the video for 2 days! PS: some of these things aren't TECHNICALLY "free", but you either already have them, or they cost less than a penny per base. Don't be a pedant ;)

@oliverp3545

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't you already say that in the beginning?

@daasbuffy

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who knows a lot of people who do and does crotchet themselves, wool comes to mine as something I have a lot . Sunflowers seeds, dried flowers, bi-carb, aluminium cans, thread, toy stuffing, flour, sugar, salt, peppercorns, magazines, newspapers, there are so many things that can just be lying around the house that you could use.

@Crybaby-Media

2 жыл бұрын

I love that you call out the nitpickers lol

@Josh24861

2 жыл бұрын

Calling out the nitpickers

@rasmusolesen5307

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing is free...... Great video ;)

Guy I want you to know you've inadvertently created a psychedelic experience. After watched this video for 10 minutes my vision is all swirly, I feel like I'm tripping out on revolving bases!

@hiFunko

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! I went back to the YT homepage and everything was swirling

@thomasnelson8254

2 жыл бұрын

Same! I almost lost my lunch while looking at my screen after this video!

@Centurian128

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I go from the video to reading my email and all the words started circling like going down a drain.

@nivoupolis

2 жыл бұрын

same, i had to watch a few times to something else

@Ammonitemare1711

2 жыл бұрын

I thought I was going insane

If you watch the hypnotic spinning bases for a while and look away the world continues to spin

@AnnLiesArtist

2 жыл бұрын

Yeeeep. Made the mistake of watching this while working from home. My computer text is spinning like crazy.

@kylekneeland8986

2 жыл бұрын

Yep...sure does

@Wertgeber

2 жыл бұрын

really trippy

@Velcraft

2 жыл бұрын

DIY acid trip for free as well!

@HardRockinAmigo

2 жыл бұрын

trippy as f

My Eyes have gone weird now after watching that. The World Spins.

@slang7905

2 жыл бұрын

its rly bad actually hahhaha

@undine1476

2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, I was freaking out checking what I ate today to see if I had something I'm allergic to.

@radekvamowski8092

2 жыл бұрын

yea.... fun at first but it gets old very fast XD

@blazingknight.

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, so weird haha. Took me some time to realise why everything is spinning :D

@user-ed1uc9ht2d

2 ай бұрын

Same bro, same

To avoid shrinkage, do not put your bases in the pool before showing them to the wife.

@cannon0wood

2 жыл бұрын

I understood that reference

@michaelspitz9151

2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh Seinfeld

@jherazob

2 жыл бұрын

"It shrinks? I have no idea how do you base with these things"

@AvtrOfWoe

2 жыл бұрын

@@jherazob LIKE A FRIGHTENED TURTLE!

@ChewiePainting

2 жыл бұрын

hahaha you just won the internet

I'm blown away at how well she did at guessing what they're made from.

@lukepowell3582

6 ай бұрын

no way she done that well, he was giving her silent clues

@chubby0815

21 күн бұрын

@@lukepowell3582 i guess she just saw many of the things he took into the mixer and took educated guesses on that basis... either way it's a fun video for us :)

"Beard Trimmings!" This sounded like quite a proud moment, as if waiting to do this for the longest time. Only to be told its digusting lol.

@The_Keeper

2 жыл бұрын

Could be worse, could be, ahem, "other" trimmings...

@codykrueger796

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad since it was such a cool effect

Penny is such a gem. Never let her go Guy!

@julesmartin6972

2 жыл бұрын

She sounds unamused a lot but I guess that could be unintentional and she is actually enjoying it

@p-thor

2 жыл бұрын

@@julesmartin6972 What, really? To me it doesn't sound like that.

@dinkledord7026

2 жыл бұрын

lol. lmao

@p-thor

2 жыл бұрын

@@dinkledord7026 Yeah I know lol

@ZedLeppelin1989

5 ай бұрын

This didn't age well

The turn table is giving me a visual illusion when I look away!

@cannon0wood

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm very dizzy

@cannon0wood

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm very dizzy

I LOVE the corn starch powder one! You should do a full video or at least a short on that one!

Finally, a basing video I can watch outside the UK.

@harbl99

2 жыл бұрын

??? Are there severe restrictions on such inflamatory content as mini basing?

Poor Penny. I imagine her getting on with her life doing Penny things (like vacuuming the babies, teaching marmosets to tap dance or taking over a Fortune 500 company) when she hears the voice from the study. "Penny, could you come and have a look at this?" Deep sigh. Put the babies back on the shelf. Gather wits. Shoulders back. Bright smile. "Yes Guy ... what delights have you for me now?"

That interaction and guessing between them was so cute.

I nearly choked on my tea when Penny said "Crap on the ground, that's not an instruction" 😂

I know the beard trimmings were sort of a joke, but damn that's actually a pretty great texture for fallen pine needles

@AnnLiesArtist

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve used cleaned beard trimmings for gross clusters of Nurgle tendrils! I have a bunch bursting out of the face of a plague marine’s hood. If you take the conical filings from cleaning up sprues you can make gross snail eye stalks too which are surprisingly effective.

@catfish552

2 жыл бұрын

Looks kinda like a trampled field as well, like fallen wheat stalks or something like that.

@shadowbird25

2 жыл бұрын

@@catfish552 Trampled meadow*

@LordOOTFD

2 жыл бұрын

Using longer 6mm+ static grass instead might be a good synthetic analogue. I never really though of mixing it into the basing paste before.

@wkool9430

2 жыл бұрын

I think you can just use fallen pine needles instead of hair to achieve that effect then? I am putting needles on my list of potential materials now, thanks!

Several of those would make good chitin or carapace for 'nids environments.

Just a heads up MDF particles are pretty toxic when the wood is sanded/cut so I'd imagine putting it through a grinder isn't a great idea of you aren't wearing a mask.

I like how Penny calls the characters "posh people" ❤

Really cool bases, I'm gunna have to try some of these! *The rotating did that optical illusion thing where when you look away stuff is twisting lol

@gnometroll1717

2 жыл бұрын

I just came to the comments of anyone had the same effect. I looked to my window and the tree outside was moving.

@harbl99

2 жыл бұрын

Swirly hynotic imagery, abstract music, disembodied voices: this is the most Manchurian Candidate MWM video yet.

@markwhickman351

2 жыл бұрын

I walked into a wall afterwards...

@bettsdn

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I'm not alone. I was freaking out for a sec.

@The_Keeper

2 жыл бұрын

Funny thing is; The spin is the other direction than the video was spinning. Your brain is trying to stabilize what you're seeing...

I'd love to see a follow up of this where you use the best of these, and paint them with other colours to see how effective as basing materials they can be.

@Kehy_ThisNameWasAlreadyTaken

Жыл бұрын

I'll be attempting to use very finely chopped fabric/yarn bits. It's how flocking itself was made originally, but I'm certain mine will have a much different texture. And I'll be the first to say I've got an... abundant amount available

I love the accusatory way Penny says ‘your people’ when talking about gluing the mini to the base!

@HistoritorJimaldus

2 жыл бұрын

“Whaddaya mean, ‘your people’??”

after watching this full screen for a few minutes everything in my vision is spinning

13:53 Could be good for some kind of organic growth. Painted in flesh tones or purple-ish akin to Zerg Creep from Starcraft. Perhaps inside a Tyrannid "ship."

@clockworkpotato9892

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking it could be good for carpet on fantasy ghost models

Timestamps: 4:46 - Bird Seed 5:06 - Twig 5:22 - Leaf 5:38 - Tree Bark 6:00 - MDF 6:24 - Sprue 6:59 - Sand 7:10 - Slotter Base 7:45 - Cardboard 8:12 - Polyfilla/Spackle 8:39 - Mortar 8:57 - Sawdust 9:29 - Plastic Tray 9:55 - Sock 10:45 - Pasta (Penne) 11:09 - Herbs (Mint) 11:49 - Teabag 12:12 - Cork 12:48 - Rice 13:17 - Chickpeas 13:52 - Kitchen Roll/Paper Towel 14:26 - General Spices 15:06 - Spaghetti 15:28 - Eggshell 16:03 - Toilet Roll 16:27 - Wet Wipe 16:47 - Cat Litter 17:35 - Toothpaste 18:12 - Cornstarch Powder 18:58 - Hair

The cornstarch one I could easily see being a great basing material for Mars bases, I'm guessing you could easily alter the thickness of the paint to alter the amount of cracking and height of the ridges, looks great even in black and white. . . Next video some of these painted to look like forest floors or waves or Mars maybe?

Love the corn starch one! The ridges gives it a gigery biomechanoid look. I could see a tyranid ripper swarm moving over that.

This was interesting experiment. Personally I can't really a few of these working solely by themselves, but any combination of these with different color schemes would make for some amazing bases. Definitely and inspirational video Guy.

I found that sand mixed with elmers glue and any paint works great

This is one of the reasons I love your work. 2 nice people talk about easy DIY model making. Perfect

Love it. Great video on how to keep things simple. Thank you G & P!

You put you’re beard trimmings on a base, now that’s dedication. You did get some awesome texture though, definitely some I’m going to experiment with. Great video.

@Bluecho4

2 жыл бұрын

Might be good painted as hay, like on the base of a horse, barnyard animal, or villager.

@Micsma

2 жыл бұрын

all that's left is to use blood in a paint on some khorne models.

@Bluecho4

2 жыл бұрын

@@Micsma Ineffective. Blood turns brown when it dries, due to oxidation. Although I suppose if you varnished it really fast...

Cheap, simple, and fun to watch! You've created a great catalogue of base effects, and having Penny in to guess the material also sparked my imagination of what it was, and what it could be in the miniature world.

Me: *Just finishes basing all his minis after trying and trying to get a nice urban rumble feel* Guy: *Releashes the greatest basing tutorial that makes you dizzy*

One of my favorite of your many, many amazing videos and tutorials. Absolutely love it.

Cool! I love the water effects, I'll be using those for my underwater dnd campaign! I use polyfilla for absolutely everything: rocky terrain, and if you water it down you can spackle it onto bricks to work as mini morter

Definitely stealing the birdseeds for eggs. I'm working on terrain using pistachio shell Tyranid eggs and those will fill in the games very well, thanks!

Love it! Consider sifting some of these materials after grinding with a screen to separate the thin from the coarse (spagetti for example) and also strategically mixing some depending on what you're trying to achieve.

Bloody hell I thought I was fainting or something,was just prepping for an rpg session but I legitimately cannot do any work on the computer right now because my vision is swirly when I look at screens.

There's some very interesting results here, thanks so much for this video !

Great video, with tons of ideas that create interesting effects for bases, I like specially the lava and water ones, but I think the star of the show is the cornstarch powder, amazing!. And hats off to Penny for guessing most of the materials! Now let's see if my vision stops swirling...

Amazing video. Great to see the possibilities

Quite an interesting video! Would a video doing a follow up in a month or few to see if anyone of them have deteriated or prahaps a stress test? Great video btw!

The spinning bases are mesmerising...

Love how supportive your wife is of your hobby! Keep it up

This is an excellent resource/reference! Thank you for doing this!! Just wonderful!

I recently started a Drukhari army, and I've been doing their bases in an alien planet theme. First step is Permatex Plastic Welder, which is a 2-part epoxy, mixed and spread over the base. Then I go over it with various shades of purple, and when the paint is dry I add some of Gamer Grass' pink and blue alien tufts. After watching this video, I'm definitely going to have to add some bird seed eggs to the next base.

Some unexpected results here! That corn starch one is the nemesis to the cracking texture paint

I am going to have to try the con starch for basing for a future project, thanks!

Thank you both for your videos. Entertaining.

Nice! You've given me some ideas for what to use on one bases and terrain I'm working on.

These are cool. Love the cornflour one the most. Your channel is brilliant and Penny is a star ⭐️🌟🤩

Amazing ideas! Mixing a few of these on the same base would be incredible!

I really like the cornstarch effect! This could make a really interesting organic / living terrain!

@MastaDRD

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone know how well that material would hold up? Any chance of decay?

Man, you are always infinitely more creative than I am in this hobby. I never would have thought of using most of these materials. These are amazing.

Very nice! loved them as inspiration to get mixed bases! Thanks!

Awesome! Now it would be really cool to see them painted with Yours and Penny's ideas

Some really great textures. Love the cornstarch one.

Absolutely smashing video. Great hobby tips, entertaining, and with a BONUS optical illusion if you star at the spinning bases then look away.

13 & 30 are my fav, especially 30 with the veins and cracks. Made me think of the Tyranids, the base looked liked it was alive at some point before dying, drying out then cracking.

I had thought i was going through a flashback there.. woah. Great video! Lots of ideas! Corn flake cereal, metal shavings, styra-foam ect. Thanks for the inspiration!

The Rocky ones feel more like something you can make custom Terrain pieces out of

Though I truly value your work Guy, I could listen to Penny every day! You are a lucky lucky man! Cheers!

Fantastic video. Hopefully you paint and put minis on these to see how they hold up over time. Keep up the good work.

It would be awesome if you had a blog or pictures where you'd detail all the bases and what they're made out of, side by side to compare. That would come in handy during planning stage for any project. In the meantime, I'm saving the video

This is extremely inspiring. I need to take some small containers to the maintenance shop at work and snag some sawdust and maybe metal shavings next time one of the techs cuts a piece of metal. Got access to all these basing materials, and I didn't even think about it!

Everything is spinning! thanks for the inspiration i will make sure to use it for my models.

I've been using a mix of parsley flakes and oregano for basing my jungle/forest floor bases. $2 at the Dollar Store gives more basing material than I can use in a year. Never thought of mixing it in with paint for a texture paint. I normally just glue it on the painted bases and then hit it with some watered down PVA to fix it in place. The best part is it doesn't need painting, though you could in a pinch.

@durzod2052

2 жыл бұрын

I've used baby powder mixed in with cheap craft paint for mud on vehicles. Start with the really thick mix and gradually dilute it for thinner mud streaks.

my mid grit sand and a suspicions bottle only labeled "liquid adhesive" has always been my go to

The corn starch looked awesome. I'm gonna use that right now

These are all really awesome ideas for bases! Though I wasn’t expecting to have my vision start behaving so bizarre after watching this for a few minutes lol. Ah well, it’s just an added bonus!

Amazing, thanks for sharing!

Honestly, Penny has been amazing at guessing - I would have probably gotten a negative score lol

Oooof. I second all the 'my vision is swirly' comments.

to see all results at once...some kind of art

Omg this is hypnotic!

Wow, she guessed a lot of these amazingly

thoroughly enjoyed!

The foam blocks that are used by florists in constructing floral arrangements are an excellent material for these purposes. The foam will crumble under finger pressure from the whole block to small blocks, to little chunks, all the way down to a fine powder with a bit of grit to it. It is not hydrophobic like some plastics are, and so mixes with acrylic paint. However, it is not absorbent, so there is not a problem with shrinkage or workability.

This is great, & going into the permanent reference watchlist :). A couple of my own basing pointers: 1. You can pre-make basing sections by using PVA instead of paint. Add a bit of baking soda to add extra grit, & isopropyl alcohol to help add durability (lets the PVA penetrate the basing material, ESPECIALLY when combined with the baking soda) 2. One great basing material I've found is shavings from an electric pencil sharpener especially nice since it's already ground up & has a range of subtextures 3. Overlooked sources of basing material - dried acrylic paint, superglue, & PVA. I've gotten to the point where I deliberately let paint dry on my palate instead of washing it, because it's more economical. 4. Eggshell is actually a giant PIA, the membrane beneath keeps the shell bits connected, it stinks to high heaven, & IMHO doesn't actually look that good mixed into a texture paste. Sadly, individual bits of shell, carefully placed, look amazing... but that's hella work. 5. Bear in mind you can double up on texture... applying the old standbys of spackle, flock, sand, or baking soda on top of the basic paste. This can smooth edges & create additional effects. Eg. all the effects you all called out as good options for water would also be good options for rougher, grassy ground. 6. Not gross source of 'hair': Dolls. More feasible than you think too, if you're buying up toys from the dollar store to make into custom terrain/monster kit-bashes.

Really cool video - already waiting for the inevitable sequel. :)

Awesome video as usual! It was really great hearing Penny's view on what they looked like. She said a few things they I didn't see! Very interesting. And the turntable made me sleepy ha!

Very calming and soothing video, which feels a bit weird to say, but I very much enjoyed. I will definitely be coming back to this and using some of the ideas.

My favorite basing material is beach sand. I live rather close, so it's easy. Depending on what part you take from (fine sand on the side of dunes, rougher sand on flat areas where fine grains are carried off, larger bits and broken shell near wave action) you can get a lot of sizes and textures. Just be sure to not grab any flotsam.

This video straight up hypnotised me

what an experience this video is mate

Yoinks! After watching this video I have a new respect for basing now!

Looked away and everything's all swirly now! Would love to see some of the better received textures painted up as their miniature counterparts, the cornstarch, trampled meadow and forest floor ones especially :)

Amazing! Will definetely use cornstarch for my necrons now!

the cornstarch was by far my favorite, very nice texture

That cornstarch powder one is brilliant. Such a nice cracked earth, the waves make me thing dried seabed

Cornstarch and paint is really neat! Nice to know we can have crackle paint on the cheap!

Oh neat, I have a coffee grinder that I haven't used in a year or two. I never thought of putting other stuff in there.

Suggestion for the next basing video: slow down the rotation of the base, and alternate which way they rotate with ever one. We're all getting sick watching this hahah. Some of those are pretty cool though, great use of some stuff here!

I love the birdseed for Tyrranid or GSC bases, or for anyone that would burn down Tyrranid worlds. That Cornstarch and the spackle were also super good.

Some hobby gold right here! 👌

That corn starch is really cool. Probably what GW uses with pigment added.

such a good idea, lovin it

Definitely going to have to use that corn starch one.

The cornstarch powder one looks the best imo, can do alot of different scenes with it depending on how you painted it, very versatile

After watching this video I went out and bought a cheap coffee grinder. I do not regret it for a second. All my spare sprues now get chopped up into small bits and tossed into it for basing materials. Pretty amazing. Grind them for a little while and they turn into really beat up bricks, a little more and they are rocks, a little more and you can get some fine gravel. I love recycling, and I love it more when it saves me money.