1. Use a little vegetable oil and lightly oil the pin first. This prevents the putty from sticking to the pin. 2. Use a thin cake making palate knife for lifting away cut pieces from rolling surface, as not to stretch or deform the sculpt before applying onto the base. 3. lightly apply some gorilla glue or PVA glue to the base before gently possitioning the sculpt into possition and gently pressing home. Dont forget to wipe away access glue with a damp cloth before glue dries. 4. Use a little liquid green stuff to remove any unwated texture or dents in the sculpt. 5. Seal down with a light coat of PVA once dry. If your basing a whole army then you would most certainly make your money back on cost saving for purchasing resin cast bases. You can always make up a few extra batches and sell them.
You can save a lot of effort by just putting a blob of green stuff directly onto the base, squashing it a bit & then use a flat object like a plastic bottle cap (with water applied of course) to flatten the GS; it will be perfectly smooth. Any excess can be removed with a hobby knife.
Thank you. I’m still getting one. I’m doing 200 bases, and don’t want to give more money to GW. I will put some dirt and snow on top. Thanks for the review and tutorial.
That is fair, at that volume it is going to be significantly cheaper than pre-cast bases, which eliminates my cost complaint. I tend to more single models or unit sized sets, so the math works out the other way for me. It would probably be worth getting the depth rings someone else mentioned so that you can have more consistent pressure and base height.
I’ve found gently rubbing a wet finger over the base after applying the texture does the job well enough. Similar to removing fingerprints after sculpting. Also, the silicon rings they do for the rolling pins keeps the pressure even.
Good honest review! I think the monetary value of this product is OK if you use it for enough bases, but the 'lines' in the texture are a bit of a deal breaker for me. You mentioned textured mats, I struggled to find any from a quick google, do you know any particular brands that make them? I'm particularly interested in something similar to the 'Factory Ground' roller as something like that would be great for my Adeptus Mechanicus army.
Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately I am not aware of a good supplier of texture mats, the ones I use are from Happy Seppuku Games, but they closed shop a couple of years ago
@@SleepyWhatsIt I’ve bought a couple of the rolling pins myself recently only got into mini painting in past few months so I wondered same thing about how to do a level roll with pressure even then I found them on eBay, I’ve not managed to buy them myself yet as everything else funds so was seeing if anyone had done a review and that’s when I came across yours lol
I've used green stuff and das clay with my rolling pins and it is as easy as wetting your finger and gently wiping the surface to remove the lines. You could use a silicon sculpting tool if you wanted. Personally I think that these rolling pins are awesome and this video very nearly put me off buying any. I will definitely be getting more but if like me you are unsure after watching this, maybe just get 1 to start with.
I am glad my grumpy review didn't put you off getting a tool that you are happy with. In retrospect, I suspect that my experience with these pins was on the slightly more negative side then the average hobbyist, since I have other texture tools/mats that don't require removing such lines, so I am comparing to using those versus hand sculpting. I totally agree with if you are on the fence about this or most hobby products, try dipping your toe in with a single or small purchase. You don't have to go buy the entire line of something to start.
@@SleepyWhatsIt well yours was the best and most honest review that I could find on them. I actually contacted green stuff world before I bought one about the lines and they told me how easy it was to remove them so I thought I'd give it a go. Which other mats and rolling pins could you suggest looking at? I have some basius which I think are good but I've not found much more
Unfortunately my go to texture mats are out of production, they were made by Happy Seppuku Model Works. I originally got the GSW pins hoping they would be a good replacement.
I have mostly used the tapes from GSW www.greenstuffworld.com/en/55-green-stuff. I have also used some from Army Painter shop.thearmypainter.com/products.php?ProductGroupId=5. Many hobby shops stock various brands so you don't have to order it online.
1. Use a little vegetable oil and lightly oil the pin first. This prevents the putty from sticking to the pin.
2. Use a thin cake making palate knife for lifting away cut pieces from rolling surface, as not to stretch or deform the sculpt before applying onto the base.
3. lightly apply some gorilla glue or PVA glue to the base before gently possitioning the sculpt into possition and gently pressing home. Dont forget to wipe away access glue with a damp cloth before glue dries.
4. Use a little liquid green stuff to remove any unwated texture or dents in the sculpt.
5. Seal down with a light coat of PVA once dry.
If your basing a whole army then you would most certainly make your money back on cost saving for purchasing resin cast bases. You can always make up a few extra batches and sell them.
That is very clear instructions, thanks.
Seal down what? A coat of PVC glue will get undone once you out wet paint on it
You can save a lot of effort by just putting a blob of green stuff directly onto the base, squashing it a bit & then use a flat object like a plastic bottle cap (with water applied of course) to flatten the GS; it will be perfectly smooth. Any excess can be removed with a hobby knife.
You can usually just smoothe out the lines from the roller with a little bit of vaseline.
Thank you. I’m still getting one. I’m doing 200 bases, and don’t want to give more money to GW.
I will put some dirt and snow on top. Thanks for the review and tutorial.
That is fair, at that volume it is going to be significantly cheaper than pre-cast bases, which eliminates my cost complaint. I tend to more single models or unit sized sets, so the math works out the other way for me.
It would probably be worth getting the depth rings someone else mentioned so that you can have more consistent pressure and base height.
I’ve found gently rubbing a wet finger over the base after applying the texture does the job well enough. Similar to removing fingerprints after sculpting.
Also, the silicon rings they do for the rolling pins keeps the pressure even.
A small flat chisel gently swept over the parts to smooth them out may work.
Good honest review! I think the monetary value of this product is OK if you use it for enough bases, but the 'lines' in the texture are a bit of a deal breaker for me.
You mentioned textured mats, I struggled to find any from a quick google, do you know any particular brands that make them? I'm particularly interested in something similar to the 'Factory Ground' roller as something like that would be great for my Adeptus Mechanicus army.
Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately I am not aware of a good supplier of texture mats, the ones I use are from Happy Seppuku Games, but they closed shop a couple of years ago
I feel like those machine lines cane be taken off the dried green stuff with some fine sand paper
I agree that they probably can be removed that way, but it is a thing you will have to do with every base that you make unfortunately.
@@SleepyWhatsIt that’s fine, more effort you put in the better things will look
Thanks for the review :)
They have brought out bands so you can level and do the thickness you want when rolling
That is super handy, I had been meaning to 3D print some, but the Makerspace has been closed since March 🙄
@@SleepyWhatsIt I’ve bought a couple of the rolling pins myself recently only got into mini painting in past few months so I wondered same thing about how to do a level roll with pressure even then I found them on eBay, I’ve not managed to buy them myself yet as everything else funds so was seeing if anyone had done a review and that’s when I came across yours lol
I've used green stuff and das clay with my rolling pins and it is as easy as wetting your finger and gently wiping the surface to remove the lines. You could use a silicon sculpting tool if you wanted. Personally I think that these rolling pins are awesome and this video very nearly put me off buying any. I will definitely be getting more but if like me you are unsure after watching this, maybe just get 1 to start with.
I am glad my grumpy review didn't put you off getting a tool that you are happy with.
In retrospect, I suspect that my experience with these pins was on the slightly more negative side then the average hobbyist, since I have other texture tools/mats that don't require removing such lines, so I am comparing to using those versus hand sculpting.
I totally agree with if you are on the fence about this or most hobby products, try dipping your toe in with a single or small purchase. You don't have to go buy the entire line of something to start.
@@SleepyWhatsIt well yours was the best and most honest review that I could find on them. I actually contacted green stuff world before I bought one about the lines and they told me how easy it was to remove them so I thought I'd give it a go.
Which other mats and rolling pins could you suggest looking at? I have some basius which I think are good but I've not found much more
Unfortunately my go to texture mats are out of production, they were made by Happy Seppuku Model Works. I originally got the GSW pins hoping they would be a good replacement.
Can I get a link to the green stuff you use. I’m
New to the hobby and haven’t used any yet
I have mostly used the tapes from GSW www.greenstuffworld.com/en/55-green-stuff. I have also used some from Army Painter shop.thearmypainter.com/products.php?ProductGroupId=5. Many hobby shops stock various brands so you don't have to order it online.
Thank you
Your welcome 😁
Use. Air-dry clay mixed with glue. Then, run a bit of sand paper over it.
Think...
20 dollars I got 200 bases
You should write a script before each video
I agree, this video is from around the time that I finally grokked that.
"665 subscribers" ..... hmmmm