Hobby Cheating 187 - How to Create Desert Bases 

I love these types of videos, looking forward to part two!

As far as small grain sands go, I've found that you can get a sand with a grain about 1/4 the size of Woodland Scenics fine talus at the craft store. The colored sand for filling jars is nice and fine, and frankly it's dirt cheap if you have a big chain craft store nearby (40% off coupon ftw).

I like to use two part putty. Way better control, working time, and clean-up. Also, I use baking soda sand. One day I decided to see if brown dye would work for dying baking soda. OMG does it work! Perfectly scaled down sand. Just place a bunch of BS in a bowl and season to taste with brown permanent ink. Mix well, let it dry completely then break up as desired. You WILL be amazed! Thanks for another great vid vince.

So simple, yet so nice. Great vid, thanks dude. Idea for an episode, something about paints gone bad, how to fix and when to throw away. Have had some good bad and ugly experiences on "new" bottles. Some can be salvaged, some not so much.

So...peanut butter would work as a replacement for Vallejo Desert Sand? Add sugar for Dessert sand? Yeah, that's a Vince-style laffy taffy pun for free.

Great tutorial as always, my friend! Admittedly, I never thought about creating a depression where sand would have blown around an item before. ^_^ ~ Wolfbrother Methos

I have been using vallejo's pumice paste and like how it looks. The grain size looks appropriate the paste holds props well without glue.

Hobby Cheating 190: All the tools you need to make a cake. 😀

Maybe good to add that if you buy a new pot of Vallejo Earth Texture Desert Sand (26.217) the paste is much thinner. This means that when building op your base you may need a smoother foundation of cork (and not a step pattern), because the thin paste will conform to the shape of the cork too much to get a smooth result. Either that, or build up the layers of paste.

So to stick a mini (with flat/level feet) on it, I guess you need to pin then fill in the void(s) with more sand paste and repaint?? Or do you press the feet into the sand while its wet and make some footprints for the model to stick to later?

Hey Vince! Do you have any recommendations on how to do cave bases (for Gloomspite)? Aside from doing some stalagmites and mushrooms, I’m sort of stuck on how to do the floor surface. I’m going to try roughing up some cork and covering it in PVA to simulate that polished/worn stone look and see if that works, but I would love to know if you have any ideas.

Great video Vince! Is there anything else you think I should consider if I'm doing this on a chariot sized base?

My son has been asking me to work out salt pan bases for his dark eldar - drukhari, whatever. I’ve been testing actual salt, baking soda, fine sand, even some snow techniques, but haven’t yet hit on a recipe i like. Will you cover that at all next week? As ever, really love everything you share! Oh: i’m supposed to remind you about a dry-brushing w/ metallics vid. Thanks!

Staying tuned for the pink and teal Slaanesh cake 😊

Hi Vince, I am planning to make tropical beach water bases for my pirate ogres. This cork + vallejo desert sand seems like a good way to start. Maybe the ogres are standing close to the water line or wading in shallow water. Planning to add coral and other bits to the part that is below water. I am going to use resin water from EK and I have ordered containment molds from Greenstuffworld. Any thoughts or tips are welcome.

Awesome. Can I get away with using Vallejo brown earth? As I not sure it’s worth buying a whole tube for one model.

I was planning on doing something related to the salt flats in Hysh with my terrorgeist. I really want to figure out how to make it look like sand is pouring out of its crevices between bones realistically. Like its body is corroded with the sand and as it moves it pours out from its mouth and ribs into realistic piles on the base like an old hour glass. Any tips would be appreciated Vince. Thank you.

Have a craving for a snickerdoodle cookie now for some reason... :D

Question if you where to do a flesh eater courts base with the large dragon is crawling down on towards the ground, on columns, statues and maybe broken trees, what material would you use? Personally i am thinking that perhaps the pillars use for wedding cakes might be useful here. Cut it up a bit to make it looked like the dragon´s claws was crushing the marble or at least digging its claws into it. And maybe for extra effect use a bit of the rough miliput around it (some might suggest using miliput paste, but have never been able to make it, when ever i try mixing it with water all i get is slippery miliput and miliput colored water.) However the statues i have no idea. The trees maybe go out into natur and pick some fallen branches.. but i don´t know..

How do you feel about baking soda as sand on desert bases? Still to big on the grain?

Hey I don't know if anyone would be knowledgeable on this subject, but I was wondering if there was a coating you put on your work to prevent the acrylic from decaying? I need something that is invisible but also will protect it? Thanks

Vince's Cakes...I'd subscribe.

This is epic but i wonder where the miniature is going to be placed

Vince is it really peanut butter and you can eat the base at the end? :P

how do you improvise "desert sand" paste, if you have no access to the goopy stuff?

Note to self, a crappy paint brush can help to apply frosting on a cake...

We were told to comb the desert so we're combing it!

Is there a cake equivalent of Golden Demon?

Hey, kids, look, it's Cupcake-Vince!

You had me scared when you showed you were using cork. Then you really scared me when you were talking about people only using sandy paste on their bases for deserts.

Bonjour Vincent for basing materials your going to uk look at Lukes aps www.geekgaming.co.uk il a de super matériel qu'il produit lui même salut est merci pour tes super video👍👍👌👌💜

Obligatory Gobi desert comment