FAQ LIGHTS: I totally forgot to mention my worklight. It's a cheap LED tape light from Amazon. The important thing is that you get one with a colour temperature of 5000k. I also bought some corner connectors to do all the turns. LIGHT (USA) amzn.to/2Z32Fj9 (Canada) amzn.to/2N7AQ2E CORNER PIECES (USA) amzn.to/2KEQktw (Canada) amzn.to/2HcnDBM (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases) STORING BIG MATERIALS: I actually try to avoid keeping a lot of big materials. I will never really have more than one sheet of XPS foam at a time (well on 1/2" and one 1 1/2"). I break them down into smaller pieces and just stack them against the wall beside my desk along with sheets of foamcore and anything else of similar size.
Black Magic Crafts... I wanted to say how much I am enjoying working my way through your videos even though I am probably old enough to be your grandmother (I am almost 68 years old). I especially LOVE your wedding band!!! It seems perfect for you. Thank you for sharing so much of your talent with us.
Scraps challenge: I'd love to see you do a project based around one of the bits you've kept "because it might be useful" but haven't touched since. BTW, love the channel, keep up the good work!
Just want to warn you, stacking your molds on top of each other can warp them. (something I learnt in my spfx / prosthetics job), your best bet is to have them sit on a flat surface, if you do layer them, using something like mdf or coreflute that wont warp is a good way to go about it. The last thing you want is an expensive mold to warp. Fantastic video btw! I seriously need to sort out my room and this have given me some great ideas!
Glad to hear you haven't joined those who have gone missing! Nice workplace, nice vid, thanks! I paint the tops of my paint bottles to make it easier to see what color is inside. White tops painted show the actual colors better than just looking at the bottle.
Thank you for so much lovely inspiration. I have been watching your videos for about two months now. Have finally caught up. You have helped me out of a serious funk while recovering from some medical issues. You have also tuned me back into D&D which I did years ago and have always loved. Please keep the videos coming. Love your style, your heart, and your enthusiasm.
Thank you so much for this. I will be building my own space soon and this really helped me with some new ideas that I was having trouble with figuring out exactly how to build.
Truly a godsend sir just moved to a new place and have a place set for a desk. Thanks for letting us get insight into your creative mind. Hope your trip was fun!
PAW PATROL! My daughter loves this :D Nice workspace, btw. I totally agree on what you said about being more creative if you have a dedicated and organized workspace
Greetings! Thanx for this video. Before I became homeless a couple months ago I had a pretty decent desktop/workspace going on for my hobby stuff. But yours is so much better organized than mine was, w/ TONS of storage space. I'm hoping to land a new apartment soon and when I do ill be referencing this and a couple other of your workspace vids to make a set-up specially tailored for me, inspired by you. Thanx again, Terry from SoCal.
I really liked the workstation tour. I'm about to set up a permanent workstation for painting my miniatures as I have outgrown my kitchen table. So it was nice to get some great ideas from you. Loved the paint holding solutions and the drawers. Thank you. Cheers!
Don't forget your towel. LoL! Oh, and Don't Panic. I'm actually in the process of building my own desk out of the nicer plywood to save money and watching you go through yours is giving me more ideas. Thank you very much. Very cool desk set up. And I agree, a clean work space is best. I almost forgot. Sprues are great for making long lengths of skinny what ever. In the modeling world they make great antenna wire or electric/telephone pole wires. In my smaller diecast world they do the same thing and more like wire rigging of sorts and very small hoses or wires. Very versatile. Simply heat it and stretch it to the thickness you need. But you probably already knew that.
Awesome, buddy...my craft areas are in 3 different places...an area set up for mini painting off my game room...terrain and model assembly area in a separate area with a lifetime of collections that have no space to display them :( and a new air brush station in my work shop, which a new step for me...just keep spreading out...no matter how much room I have...will try to post a vid when I have uncovered enough surfaces :D...thanks for the vid...always enjoy what you share...JIm
Thanks outstanding and well done. One suggestion i leraned from the singer rod stewart who is builds models on the road. He uses either poster board or foam core for a mat you might want to have a piece you wipe out and threw away after use. Also baby wipes or clorax wipes for cleaning your hands and surface or a bottle of cleaner since you have paper towels. And two bottles one of super clean or la clean and ethonal to clean miniatures of paint that is done in error. The super clean will remove most paint and the ethonal will remove the rest or a jar of brake fluid also good for removing paint. As far as music i need it lots if noise around. I think of you liking heavy metal or 70s rock.. Good luck and thanks
loved the shallow drawer for tools. Mine would be be on the Right. I discovers as a teacher I lay everything scissors, rulers, laser pointer, remotes, erasers etc... on my right . My desk had a drawer I was able to put a floating insert tray in on the right and used it all the time.
This is truly next level. Too cool but also within means with a little saving and dedication. I love that you ended with clutter and mess management. That was going to be my question, how do you manage the mess. Clean as you go and keep the shop vac and paper towels at the ready. Those will be my next purchases. The 10 gallon is too bulking and isn't working out too well. And last count I had three rolls of paper towels floating around the work shop. Time to streamline!
I really enjoy your videos. If you want to clean your cutting mats try "The Masters" Brush Cleaner & Preserver". It cleans oil paints, acrylics, watercolors, stains, etc. Works great on dried paints. It's also the best brush cleaner and preserver around. Use it to clean your brushes, rinse well, wipe most of the water off then add a bit more some of the cleaner and shape the brush (flat, point, round) and let dry. Wet the shaped brush before paining.
Man I thought I saved just about everything random ..... but you’re a gold medal winner ahead of me..... just brilliant.... just found your channel...regards Fred
I am amazed by your workspace. I have a dedicated space, a 20x20 outbuilding with AC, and more power than I will ever use. The guy I bought my house from was the carpentry instructor at the local school of the arts, so he had the building upgraded with its own 100amp panel with outlets for full size wood working equipment. There are plenty of windows and even a large double door that I can open up in nice weather. Lots of light, too, with four 48 inch fluorescent fixtures. The crappy part is the last time someone put shingles on the roof, they ripped off the old ones and slapped new ones down without underlayment. Water got in and ruined two of my light fixtures. (led fixtures will replace them.) Organized? Hehe... maybe in a very loose archaeological sense, but I do have separate "stations" for construction/assembly, painting, and flocking. Plus a separate table for my Hirst Arts molds. EDIT: I think my workspace is like the "upsidedown" version of yours. It has a lot of the same things... but somehow it is fundamentally... wrong... lol
99% isopropyl alcohol the drugstore or supermarket will clean most of those acrylic paint stains right off the cutting mat. It worked on mine. If the paint has been dried on for a while you might need to leave it soaking under a few paper towels saturated with a mix of the alcohol and water (or just pick up some 70% isopropyl while you are at it for that use).
So many good ideas here. It’s not only incredibly functional but also looks great as a backdrop in your videos. Loving it! Hope to draw some inspiration to improve my setup as well! Peace! ✌️
best advise of whole video (That was great) was the small Shop vac, Love that, even though I have vacuumed I never thought about keeping a small shop vac right there, any many times stuff sits till I start vacuuming ! Awesome Video !!! pick another wall and start another video, saw a ton minis on a shelf behind you 8) ... yeh not getting eaten by a Polar bear .. yeh that's good lol
Very helpful! I'm setting up a little hobby space for myself and trying to consider some different options. Kitchen cabinets and countertop material is a great idea that I never would have thought of! Thank you!
Awesome video! Thanks for this. Very inspiring (and also disheartening as I look at my own squished work station, lol!). Was anyone else but me thrown for a loop when Jeremy opened up the upper cabinets? I totally thought that was just a wall, LOL!
Awesome video, if you haven't already, get the soft close attachments for the ikea cabinet doors and drawers (I rebuilt my kitchen with ikea a few years ago) they are awesome and just click in... life changer! Cheers!
those uper cabinets are genius! I was thinking shelves but this would pass the wife test👍 my desk is in the corner of my living room so having doors to hide my junk behind would be ideal. thanks for sharing 🤤
It was a great time watching this video! Really nice... I'm actually using IKEA stuff for my studio at the moment... A couple of desks combined and a lot of "Billy" shelves... But the problem was always about the desk top... My next upgrade will be a kitchen set for sure! Thanks for sharing J!
This is awesome! We moved house recently, and umm now lucky enough to have my own hobby room which is currently about 70% finished. Iv still got to make some shelves for just above my workspace, and I'm seriously considering building some of your "J" shelves for that 😃
I guess it's just me, but I can't believe _This_ is the most requested video. I don't doubt you, but it amazes me what people want to watch. Confession time: yeah, I watched it. This one and the drawer video too. I do it to myself.
I am a few weeks away from setting up my new hobby space, and my biggest takeaways here are i need a small shopvac at the ready and a paper towel holder... honestly, between the little pits of junk and paper towel floating around it creates 90% of the mess
Shop vac is an often missed but super important bit of kit. Being able to quickly clean up is great for restarting creativity and motivation to keep working.
Been planning to make a work table out of this sturdy old spare door I've had lying around, just need to get a couple of matching cabinets to place it onto now. Will definitely look into that LED light strip for above it though. Lots of great little quality of life pieces in this build that I'll try and include in mine.
So yeah. Love your videos. The wife and I just watched this one and Episode 222: The ONLY things you NEED to START making TERRAIN! While watching these you say that you hope they are interesting and helpful (or something like that). I got to say, very much to both. While watching 222, we found that we actually have most of what you were talking about. I didn't realize that. While watching this one, it opened the conversation about how to set up and get started. Honestly, I feel that videos such as these are even more informational and helpful than your actual builds at times. I know this is an older video, but it still checks out. I also hope that you see this so you know how inspirational you have been. I just want to thank you for helping to pull me out of a dark space and give me some inspiration to do...something. Currently I'm waiting on the Judge's decision on my long running Disability claim (live in the States). If things go well, I may be able to get into this hobby. Either way, just watching your videos has helped pull me out of a deep depression. I still have a ways to go, but doing something productive has shined that light at the end of the tunnel. Again, thank you.
Hi Dude ! I've seen a lot of model rooms recently, preparing my own project. Yours is almost the same i had in mind, and it is perfect and gives me the reality view that was missing to me. My workbench will have a U shape, but will be very similar to yours. Thank you for sharing ! And I have to say… the black color is really "top-class" All the best from France. ;-)
I have one of those rolling Walmart three-drawer carts for tools, twine, bits and bobs. And two under-bed totes for flat sticks, bags of naturals, sands and stones, rolls of foil and parchment paper, and other miscellany. And a small plastic three-drawer thing for my Tamiya paints and citadel washes. I keep my craft paints in a herd on my desk, the caps painted with the paint in each bottle for color identification, and a shelf attached to a window sill for glues. Spray paints are stored outside. My closet has a couple of cubic meters of EPS, XPS, carboard, foamboard, and other bulk materials that friends have given me from various places. - I am a LOT less organized than Jeremy, but it works for me. I am just at a loss as to where to put a Proxxon foam cutter table in my space...
Great video. Gave me some ideas for my next "hobby space". Funny that you use the word "hobby", because I think for you (as I'm working towards making it for me) it's a profession. For some reason I just haven't thought about custom building my modeling/work station with kitchen cabinets. I've looked at garage cabinets, but those get really expensive, really fast. So I kinda resorted to desks & desk/office sets, but again, that gets really expensive, really fast as well. Here's a tip for keeping your cutting mat "clean". I tape two pieces of construction paper together (long sides) and throw that down real quick when I paint. I keep it handy/in reach, so it's quick & easy, the paint dries up on it pretty quick (especially airbrushed) and it's cheap. You'll see when I post my first build video soon, if you want to check it out. My production isn't anywhere near what you have going, but I have a space and have created & sold a few products. So at least I have started on my way to "fame & fortune". 😎😜🤣 Again, great video. Thanks for sharing your your "hobby" desk and all the great tips, tricks & knowledge. Keep up the good work 👍
I don’t consider myself a professional in terms of what I make. I’m a professional UA-camr for sure (in a literal sense), but I don’t feel like a professional terrain/mini maker. I know that’s probably weird to think that way though. 🤷♂️....like it didn’t even cross my mind that calling it a hobby desk was a bit odd, which you’re right, it is.....but I only think of video making as my profession.
Hey Man. I was always a fan of Distorted Memory. Saw you live years ago at Terminus in Calgary and it was a great time.I must say I am very happy for you and the Black Magic Craft adventure you've taken. Keep up the great work. I'm getting back into miniatures a bit and currently am painting up some Monsterpocalypse.
I have a very special kabinet next to my desk, my dad used it for years and now i use it. Its an old kabinet a cleaning company used to use not sure if you can get it anywhere. But its nice and unqiue, besides being able to hold a ton of stuff its also highly cutosmizable If you want an idea for size i could fit all your paint, airbursh comperosor and everything on the selves in about 2 drawers of that kabinet with allot of space left
the south park reff was well needed. awesome setup and great videos as always! from seeing your outdoor video and how you talk of the north cold, makes me think of my hometown thunder bay in ontario ahaha
Hey dude. Awesome channel! :) I know you get millions of requests and ides, however, I wanted to leave a humble one here: Bales and stacks of hay. Terrain patches of corn, or wheat and barley fields. It could be a very interesting process to see. I think they can be useful as peripheral decorations and could be made very easily by the dozen. :)
Super jealous! I’m crafting on a tiny desk built in 1911 and filming with a camera mount jerry-rigged out of XPS foam 😆. This was great inspiration for some upgrades. Thanks!
HAHAHA I'm already going down that road of build but I'm using 3 of the Alex draw units from Ikea with a 2.6 metre kitchen work top has the main desk. Keep up the good work mate
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STORING BIG MATERIALS: I actually try to avoid keeping a lot of big materials. I will never really have more than one sheet of XPS foam at a time (well on 1/2" and one 1 1/2"). I break them down into smaller pieces and just stack them against the wall beside my desk along with sheets of foamcore and anything else of similar size.
Thanks!
Hey, heads up - your link no longer points to a 5000k set, but to a 6500k set. Don't want people grabbing blue lights!
There are two things I didnt get answered which I really wanna know. 1: what height is your desk ? Which chair do you use ? :)
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The overhead cupboards do make sense for the lights also.
Black Magic Crafts... I wanted to say how much I am enjoying working my way through your videos even though I am probably old enough to be your grandmother (I am almost 68 years old). I especially LOVE your wedding band!!! It seems perfect for you. Thank you for sharing so much of your talent with us.
What I liked best was the complete overview of all the stuff you use! I loved the towel comment!
“Don’t forget to bring a towel” :-)
Hey Black Magic Craft, love your videos. Consider countersinking and mounting a bolt into large d20s for your drawer handles!
That actually sounds really cool.
Scraps challenge:
I'd love to see you do a project based around one of the bits you've kept "because it might be useful" but haven't touched since.
BTW, love the channel, keep up the good work!
Great idea
This was surprisingly satisfying to watch, but listening to your voice is always a pleasure as I've said before.
Just want to warn you, stacking your molds on top of each other can warp them. (something I learnt in my spfx / prosthetics job), your best bet is to have them sit on a flat surface, if you do layer them, using something like mdf or coreflute that wont warp is a good way to go about it. The last thing you want is an expensive mold to warp. Fantastic video btw! I seriously need to sort out my room and this have given me some great ideas!
I didn't know that, thanks for the warning.
Glad to hear you haven't joined those who have gone missing! Nice workplace, nice vid, thanks! I paint the tops of my paint bottles to make it easier to see what color is inside. White tops painted show the actual colors better than just looking at the bottle.
That's what I do also, inspired by seeing the pain in the recess of the caps of Jeremy's dropper bottle paints.
Thank you for so much lovely inspiration. I have been watching your videos for about two months now. Have finally caught up. You have helped me out of a serious funk while recovering from some medical issues. You have also tuned me back into D&D which I did years ago and have always loved. Please keep the videos coming. Love your style, your heart, and your enthusiasm.
Thank you so much for this. I will be building my own space soon and this really helped me with some new ideas that I was having trouble with figuring out exactly how to build.
wait...bierman...are you Dutch?
Truly a godsend sir just moved to a new place and have a place set for a desk. Thanks for letting us get insight into your creative mind. Hope your trip was fun!
You can get shelves like that at Ikea, if you look in the frame section of Ikea :)
Mosslanda, 115 cm and 55cm long, black or white variants :)
PAW PATROL! My daughter loves this :D Nice workspace, btw. I totally agree on what you said about being more creative if you have a dedicated and organized workspace
Was there something Paw Patrol in this video?
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial yeah, some paper from a box. :D
Greetings! Thanx for this video. Before I became homeless a couple months ago I had a pretty decent desktop/workspace going on for my hobby stuff. But yours is so much better organized than mine was, w/ TONS of storage space. I'm hoping to land a new apartment soon and when I do ill be referencing this and a couple other of your workspace vids to make a set-up specially tailored for me, inspired by you. Thanx again, Terry from SoCal.
So many great ideas. The black shelves were the first woodworking kind of project I ever did :D
Lots of good ideas and reasons for them - BUT - the paper towel thing is BRILLIANT!!!
I really liked the workstation tour. I'm about to set up a permanent workstation for painting my miniatures as I have outgrown my kitchen table. So it was nice to get some great ideas from you. Loved the paint holding solutions and the drawers. Thank you. Cheers!
i was enjoying the tour and realized that the editing was really done well, nice to see the spot, and great job on your editing
Don't forget your towel. LoL! Oh, and Don't Panic. I'm actually in the process of building my own desk out of the nicer plywood to save money and watching you go through yours is giving me more ideas. Thank you very much. Very cool desk set up. And I agree, a clean work space is best. I almost forgot. Sprues are great for making long lengths of skinny what ever. In the modeling world they make great antenna wire or electric/telephone pole wires. In my smaller diecast world they do the same thing and more like wire rigging of sorts and very small hoses or wires. Very versatile. Simply heat it and stretch it to the thickness you need. But you probably already knew that.
You have a dream work area , nice planning , impressive
Awesome, buddy...my craft areas are in 3 different places...an area set up for mini painting off my game room...terrain and model assembly area in a separate area with a lifetime of collections that have no space to display them :( and a new air brush station in my work shop, which a new step for me...just keep spreading out...no matter how much room I have...will try to post a vid when I have uncovered enough surfaces :D...thanks for the vid...always enjoy what you share...JIm
The Desk Of Many Things
Thanks outstanding and well done. One suggestion i leraned from the singer rod stewart who is builds models on the road. He uses either poster board or foam core for a mat you might want to have a piece you wipe out and threw away after use. Also baby wipes or clorax wipes for cleaning your hands and surface or a bottle of cleaner since you have paper towels. And two bottles one of super clean or la clean and ethonal to clean miniatures of paint that is done in error. The super clean will remove most paint and the ethonal will remove the rest or a jar of brake fluid also good for removing paint. As far as music i need it lots if noise around. I think of you liking heavy metal or 70s rock.. Good luck and thanks
Damn, show us that freaking smooth kitchen again.
the great desk of keeping, so much bigger on the inside than it is on the outside
loved the shallow drawer for tools. Mine would be be on the Right. I discovers as a teacher I lay everything scissors, rulers, laser pointer, remotes, erasers etc... on my right . My desk had a drawer I was able to put a floating insert tray in on the right and used it all the time.
This is truly next level. Too cool but also within means with a little saving and dedication. I love that you ended with clutter and mess management. That was going to be my question, how do you manage the mess. Clean as you go and keep the shop vac and paper towels at the ready. Those will be my next purchases. The 10 gallon is too bulking and isn't working out too well. And last count I had three rolls of paper towels floating around the work shop. Time to streamline!
Yay Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference!
Would love another updated hobby desk/craft room tour!
Just sitting here in my workshop looking around now full of really cool ideas. Thanks man love your work space and all of your videos.
The papertowel holder beneath the desk is one of the most ingenious things i have ever seen
I really need to build a hobby desk and this is a wonderful source of inspiration.
Neat, tidy and orderly, love it! a reflection of your mind
Nice set up! Building my own table this weekend. this give me a ton of ideas and ideas I didn't think about.
One day...one day when I drywall and insulate the garage... So inspiring. Thank you!
Legend! Thank you for sharing your space with us🤙
Awesome! The dream desk I have always wanted to have
Amazing work space. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
John...
I really enjoy your videos. If you want to clean your cutting mats try "The Masters" Brush Cleaner & Preserver". It cleans oil paints, acrylics, watercolors, stains, etc. Works great on dried paints. It's also the best brush cleaner and preserver around. Use it to clean your brushes, rinse well, wipe most of the water off then add a bit more some of the cleaner and shape the brush (flat, point, round) and let dry. Wet the shaped brush before paining.
its nice to see the workshop! I have been making your dollar store foam house and i am almost done! you inspired something i didn't know i liked!
Glad you know now!
YES dude!! I’ve been waiting very impatiently for this video since you teased it on Facebook!
Putting the paper towel roll where you did was brilliant. **snag** Good video, thanks!
Thank you for your tour. Loved how organised you are. Wish I had space for half of this😇
Great looking workspace! I'm working to create my own space soon.
Love this video! I love crafting for D&D but I equally love having my house really organized 🧙🏼♂️🧹🧺🧼
This one sparks joy.
Man I thought I saved just about everything random ..... but you’re a gold medal winner ahead of me..... just brilliant.... just found your channel...regards Fred
I am amazed by your workspace. I have a dedicated space, a 20x20 outbuilding with AC, and more power than I will ever use. The guy I bought my house from was the carpentry instructor at the local school of the arts, so he had the building upgraded with its own 100amp panel with outlets for full size wood working equipment. There are plenty of windows and even a large double door that I can open up in nice weather. Lots of light, too, with four 48 inch fluorescent fixtures. The crappy part is the last time someone put shingles on the roof, they ripped off the old ones and slapped new ones down without underlayment. Water got in and ruined two of my light fixtures. (led fixtures will replace them.) Organized? Hehe... maybe in a very loose archaeological sense, but I do have separate "stations" for construction/assembly, painting, and flocking. Plus a separate table for my Hirst Arts molds. EDIT: I think my workspace is like the "upsidedown" version of yours. It has a lot of the same things... but somehow it is fundamentally... wrong... lol
99% isopropyl alcohol the drugstore or supermarket will clean most of those acrylic paint stains right off the cutting mat. It worked on mine. If the paint has been dried on for a while you might need to leave it soaking under a few paper towels saturated with a mix of the alcohol and water (or just pick up some 70% isopropyl while you are at it for that use).
Cool tip, thanks! I will also need to try that.
I love how organised your space is. Puts mine to shame for sure!
So many good ideas here. It’s not only incredibly functional but also looks great as a backdrop in your videos. Loving it! Hope to draw some inspiration to improve my setup as well! Peace! ✌️
LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR WORKSPACE - Thank you so Much for sharing this 🙏
What a nice clean set up. Very. Ice.
Oh my god, that's such an awesome layout... I have yet to make a "dedicated" workbench for my own works and UA-cam channel!
best advise of whole video (That was great) was the small Shop vac, Love that, even though I have vacuumed I never thought about keeping a small shop vac right there, any many times stuff sits till I start vacuuming ! Awesome Video !!! pick another wall and start another video, saw a ton minis on a shelf behind you 8) ... yeh not getting eaten by a Polar bear .. yeh that's good lol
Very helpful! I'm setting up a little hobby space for myself and trying to consider some different options. Kitchen cabinets and countertop material is a great idea that I never would have thought of! Thank you!
Awesome video! Thanks for this. Very inspiring (and also disheartening as I look at my own squished work station, lol!). Was anyone else but me thrown for a loop when Jeremy opened up the upper cabinets? I totally thought that was just a wall, LOL!
Awesome video, if you haven't already, get the soft close attachments for the ikea cabinet doors and drawers (I rebuilt my kitchen with ikea a few years ago) they are awesome and just click in... life changer! Cheers!
Just redid my hobby desk as well thanks for the video.
My OCD gets so pleased with this video
those uper cabinets are genius! I was thinking shelves but this would pass the wife test👍 my desk is in the corner of my living room so having doors to hide my junk behind would be ideal. thanks for sharing 🤤
I can't wait to buy a house so I can have a dedicated space like this. Have fun on your trip buddy.
I loved this! Thank you for making this video. I’m in the process of building out my hobby area. This gave me a ton of great ideas and inspiration.
This was great! Love these kinds of organizational/setup videos.
It was a great time watching this video! Really nice... I'm actually using IKEA stuff for my studio at the moment... A couple of desks combined and a lot of "Billy" shelves... But the problem was always about the desk top... My next upgrade will be a kitchen set for sure! Thanks for sharing J!
Nicely organized!
I've got the space and this is inspirational on I might end up using it. Thank you!
Great video brother, makes me want to organize mine!
This is awesome! We moved house recently, and umm now lucky enough to have my own hobby room which is currently about 70% finished. Iv still got to make some shelves for just above my workspace, and I'm seriously considering building some of your "J" shelves for that 😃
I guess it's just me, but I can't believe _This_ is the most requested video. I don't doubt you, but it amazes me what people want to watch. Confession time: yeah, I watched it. This one and the drawer video too. I do it to myself.
This is a dream work space love it 🤙🏻 I so need to make myself a work space but it’s just finding somewhere in the house to have it
Great looking desk and setup
I am a few weeks away from setting up my new hobby space, and my biggest takeaways here are i need a small shopvac at the ready and a paper towel holder... honestly, between the little pits of junk and paper towel floating around it creates 90% of the mess
Shop vac is an often missed but super important bit of kit. Being able to quickly clean up is great for restarting creativity and motivation to keep working.
well thought out, Dude!
I am getting great tips for my space
As always an awesome video. The only question you didn't answer for me is what you use for lighting! Thanks for what you do so well!
I forgot that....meant to. LED tape lights. The important thing is that they are 5000k temperature.
Been planning to make a work table out of this sturdy old spare door I've had lying around, just need to get a couple of matching cabinets to place it onto now. Will definitely look into that LED light strip for above it though. Lots of great little quality of life pieces in this build that I'll try and include in mine.
Coolness. Just coolness. Thanks for the vid as usual
Awesome. Glad I found your channel.
So yeah. Love your videos. The wife and I just watched this one and Episode 222: The ONLY things you NEED to START making TERRAIN! While watching these you say that you hope they are interesting and helpful (or something like that). I got to say, very much to both. While watching 222, we found that we actually have most of what you were talking about. I didn't realize that. While watching this one, it opened the conversation about how to set up and get started. Honestly, I feel that videos such as these are even more informational and helpful than your actual builds at times. I know this is an older video, but it still checks out. I also hope that you see this so you know how inspirational you have been. I just want to thank you for helping to pull me out of a dark space and give me some inspiration to do...something. Currently I'm waiting on the Judge's decision on my long running Disability claim (live in the States). If things go well, I may be able to get into this hobby. Either way, just watching your videos has helped pull me out of a deep depression. I still have a ways to go, but doing something productive has shined that light at the end of the tunnel. Again, thank you.
Thanks BMC.
Great desk! thanks for the tour, I'm trying to get my table more organized. Well thought out, gives me good ideas for myself, Thanks
Nice setup!
Hi Dude ! I've seen a lot of model rooms recently, preparing my own project. Yours is almost the same i had in mind, and it is perfect and gives me the reality view that was missing to me. My workbench will have a U shape, but will be very similar to yours. Thank you for sharing ! And I have to say… the black color is really "top-class" All the best from France. ;-)
Thanks for the tour. Awesome workspace! Beats my plastic rolling Walmart rolling cart by a smidge!!! LOL Cheers!
I have one of those rolling Walmart three-drawer carts for tools, twine, bits and bobs. And two under-bed totes for flat sticks, bags of naturals, sands and stones, rolls of foil and parchment paper, and other miscellany. And a small plastic three-drawer thing for my Tamiya paints and citadel washes. I keep my craft paints in a herd on my desk, the caps painted with the paint in each bottle for color identification, and a shelf attached to a window sill for glues. Spray paints are stored outside. My closet has a couple of cubic meters of EPS, XPS, carboard, foamboard, and other bulk materials that friends have given me from various places. - I am a LOT less organized than Jeremy, but it works for me. I am just at a loss as to where to put a Proxxon foam cutter table in my space...
Officially inspired me to rework my station, thanks
Great vid would love to see more videos like this in between the builds
Great video - super helpful as I plan out my own new hobby space!
Great video. Gave me some ideas for my next "hobby space". Funny that you use the word "hobby", because I think for you (as I'm working towards making it for me) it's a profession.
For some reason I just haven't thought about custom building my modeling/work station with kitchen cabinets. I've looked at garage cabinets, but those get really expensive, really fast. So I kinda resorted to desks & desk/office sets, but again, that gets really expensive, really fast as well.
Here's a tip for keeping your cutting mat "clean". I tape two pieces of construction paper together (long sides) and throw that down real quick when I paint. I keep it handy/in reach, so it's quick & easy, the paint dries up on it pretty quick (especially airbrushed) and it's cheap. You'll see when I post my first build video soon, if you want to check it out. My production isn't anywhere near what you have going, but I have a space and have created & sold a few products. So at least I have started on my way to "fame & fortune". 😎😜🤣
Again, great video. Thanks for sharing your your "hobby" desk and all the great tips, tricks & knowledge. Keep up the good work 👍
I don’t consider myself a professional in terms of what I make. I’m a professional UA-camr for sure (in a literal sense), but I don’t feel like a professional terrain/mini maker. I know that’s probably weird to think that way though. 🤷♂️....like it didn’t even cross my mind that calling it a hobby desk was a bit odd, which you’re right, it is.....but I only think of video making as my profession.
Hey Man. I was always a fan of Distorted Memory. Saw you live years ago at Terminus in Calgary and it was a great time.I must say I am very happy for you and the Black Magic Craft adventure you've taken. Keep up the great work. I'm getting back into miniatures a bit and currently am painting up some Monsterpocalypse.
Yea, gotta say being a nerd on UA-cam is a much better business than being a mid level industrial musician 😂
Great video, and very inspiring.
Thank you.
Its come a long way since the beginning! Looks great.. keep on doing what u do so well!
Started from the bottom.....
Nice! I think i need to rearrange my work desk... and also build some racks!
I have a very special kabinet next to my desk, my dad used it for years and now i use it. Its an old kabinet a cleaning company used to use not sure if you can get it anywhere. But its nice and unqiue, besides being able to hold a ton of stuff its also highly cutosmizable
If you want an idea for size i could fit all your paint, airbursh comperosor and everything on the selves in about 2 drawers of that kabinet with allot of space left
Great set up .
very nice work space.... expand on it and give us another vid.... thank you for shearing
the south park reff was well needed. awesome setup and great videos as always! from seeing your outdoor video and how you talk of the north cold, makes me think of my hometown thunder bay in ontario ahaha
Hey dude. Awesome channel! :)
I know you get millions of requests and ides, however, I wanted to leave a humble one here:
Bales and stacks of hay. Terrain patches of corn, or wheat and barley fields.
It could be a very interesting process to see. I think they can be useful as peripheral decorations and could be made very easily by the dozen. :)
Super jealous! I’m crafting on a tiny desk built in 1911 and filming with a camera mount jerry-rigged out of XPS foam 😆. This was great inspiration for some upgrades. Thanks!
I started filming with a iPhone mounted on a cardboard holder.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficialTo use a suggestive phrase, it's not the wand, it's the magic you do with it that counts.
If you are looking for a better way to handle your camera work, I would suggest checking out this channel: ua-cam.com/users/thefrugalfilmmaker
WOOOHAY! Love that kind of video
HAHAHA I'm already going down that road of build but I'm using 3 of the Alex draw units from Ikea with a 2.6 metre kitchen work top has the main desk. Keep up the good work mate