@@HoolahupsYes, the creator doesn't necessarily need to draw the marks himself. He's basically including the step because it might make it easier for you, He's doing it free hand obviously.
I would use a different varnish rather than gloss on lava. Perhaps a satin finish if you can, but lava generally doesn't look 'glossy' like normal water does
We can't make this method glow like lava does, the gloss helps because it's reflective and makes it look lighter without compromising the details. Sometimes being fully realistic isn't possible, which is why we come up with different strategies like this
Surprised this was never replied to, I have made this comment to many youtubers as constructive criticism and all I get are either the creator or a bunch of white knights "don't you know how hard it is to edit a video?!?!". On some videos it can be a 300% volume increase for 2 seconds between soft talking or ASMR type cooking/mixing sounds.
I would go matt varnish or semigloss... Lava doesn't look wet actually... it doesn't have that glossy wet sheen look, like the gloss varnish is giving it. Otherwise it looks great.
The fact that not only could this be used for lava, but possibly simple water bases as well, makes me very excited to try this out. Thanks for the awesome tutorial.
For snow: Glue your models to the base. Give the bases a basecoat of a light color just in case. Mix white glue and snow base until you get a gloopy mix that doesn't quite hold its shape but the surface tension ensures it wont drip use the knife end of a sculpting tool to gloop it on, only partially covering the model's feet. It will look like they have sunk into an area of deep snow. How deep is entirely up to you. Sprinkle more snow on top. Repeat the previous step as needed until the surface of the snow dries Don't touch it for like 2 weeks because there might be spots in the snow that haven't dried yet due to it being so thick. For melted snow/slush repeat the above steps but have an area of the base that you added detail to (rubble, sand, rocks, etc) and gloop a whole lot less on that area. Put a drop of clearcoat onto the slushy area and mix it with the sculpting tool. avoid dusting it during the dusting step and clearcoat it once more at the very end if its not shiny enough.
It looks really good, lovely job on the gradienta there, but im not entirely sure about the gloss varnish. From what ive seen in images and videos, lava isnt actually glossy, like water or oil, it just glows from heat.
I bet it would be even cooler if you had florescent paint and put a black light over it! Or glow in the dark paint could work but I’m pretty sure florescent stuff tends to be more vibrant, I could be wrong through.
Dudeee!!! I appreciate you so much. I've been trying to get some good lava for a couple of fantasy projects. I would never have thought of corkboard, I'll definitely be using this tutorial tysm :))
Its not actually a Polyvinyl Acetate Glue, its a glue we designed as a high tack basing glue specifically for use with our basing range to make basing easier
Thanks for the comment and clarifying @GeekGamingScenics! I love the glue 🧡 @almone5895, the video is 60 secs long not the drying time of the glue I’m afraid! I left it overnight to make sure it was fully set before applying any paint
@@AlwaysPainttheRivets thanks for clarifying, I knew this was the case however because even the best quick drys take at least 5 minutes to set and even longer to cure to full bond but I also thought you had the secret sauce 😅
This is honestly the best one of these tutorials I've seen. I was just watching this because it was in my recommendations but you actually made me want to try this for a mini.
@@negadoge Yes it's used in many videos but I think it is good for cases where you have long montages of the person doing a very lengthy task or some task which they want to show but not in detail so just show it at greater speed. There, it suits when the music becomes loud but in a short, where there's very little silence moments, the volume changes may feel irritating to some
Another useful thing to do is remark on the larger pieces then form smaller parts with ridges on the outer sides to make it look like their standing on lava that's just cooled
I definitely think I'll try this for my Khorne daemons, though I'll probably leave out the orange and yellow to make it appear as blood. Would definitely be cheaper than using Blood for the Blood God for dozens of bases as I have been so far. Looks great! 🔥
You’re deffo not alone! It still looks good without the varnish 100% - I’ve not dared try and lighting coming from the lava yet, another upgrade there!
Used to do similar to achieve running water on my old scenery ^^ nicework bud. Stippling PVA glue is great for little waves too, and rushing water around rocks.
Have you ever tried to color the glue already? Might be able to get a shiny first layer and then only add the highlights, but i dont know if it would work jist an idea. (i think youre more capable of me just wanted to know if youve ever done something similar)
