Gaslands Hot Wheels Conversions (including a mid-project DISASTER!)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- These four Hot Wheels conversions were going great until catastrophe struck! Sometimes the only way to recover is with your boot straps.
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Wyloch!! You made it to the wastelands! Welcome brother!
You CAN fix frosting!
Small time custom painter here.
I hate to tell you this after you fixed it, but maybe you can spread this info to the greater community.
Aerosol sprays are solvent based. Meaning they can re activate the previous layer.
Frosting is caused by improper curing (typically humidity above 50%) what you need to do is re varnish, in an environment conducive to proper curing.
So here's what you do, take tge frosted model and just keep it safa and clean until you are certain that the humidity is below 50% (I've found you can wait up to 5 days and this will still work) check the weather on the net.
Once you have arrived, take that same spray, and place it in a bowel of warm water. (Shower temper is fine.) Once the can stays warm after shaking, it's ready to go.
Head out side and give the frosted model a good all around spray.
If the sun is out, leave it in the sun. If not, bring it in abd put it under a heat lamp.
I've yet to have this fail me
This deserves to be higher in the comments
Boom
Came here to say the same thing. I've used that same spray plenty. The only time it has failed me was on especially humid days (I live in Louisiana, so we get plenty of those), and I've never had it fail when I reactivated it with a second spray on a less humid day.
I've also heard a gloss coat and a reapplication of the matte works to fix frosting. I have the UV protection version of the matte finish that Wyloch used and have had some frosting issues, but not as bad as in this video.
And don't forget the magic of burning out the frost. Two seconds with a torch...
Since you have no reservations about using your airbrush I highly suggest the Vallejo Mecha clear coats for airbrush. Good out of the bottle, and they are acrylic. The matte is the most matte thing I've found that isn't the now impossible to find Testors Dull Coat.
Second this. I also love AK Interactive Ultra Matte. That stuff is almost sorcery it's so smooth.
God testors dull cote, I have two bottles one I’ll probly never use. Don’t know how much shipping is to Canada from us but I’d almost send it to you because I’ll have it for a long time and don’t know how long it lasts.
My local hobby shop has a few bottles of Testors Dull Coat. If you really want some message me and we can figure it out.
I use the Vallejo matte as well. Had someone at a hobby shop suggest and sell me some Testors dull coat and it frosted on me. Luckily, I tried it on a test model. Can went in the garbage.
Wow, so much is going on in this video!
A new hobby rabbit hole, a technical fail then determined recovery AND a STORAGE idea for the new models! Such value! This may be the push that I needed to start down this very rabbit hole.
Also, I've found burnt sienna to work well for rust effects.
Had this "frost" happen before. Matte varnish tends to be me more finicky. Usually humidity is to blame, being more likely to cause issues with matte. Best solution I've found is to hit it with gloss varnish over the frosted matte. Then come back when conditions are best and apply matte over gloss.
Exactly what I was going to say. This works.
I had the same thing happen to 6 minis I hit with matte varnish, I hit them with gloss coat and it corrected the issue. They are shiny, but look fine.
if you can figure out how to scratch build machine guns rockets and miniguns and stuff without it being just a 2d cutout on cardboard, i think a lot of gaslands players in the decisively poor section would appreciate it
I am brainstorming some ideas for my next cars video. At a glance: take seven toothpicks and bundle them together, and glue a very thin strip of paper around to hold them together. Now you have a minigun.
Take a mechanical pencil (the cheap black Bic ones with the colored clips) and chop off the first inch or so. Now you have a big ass missile.
@@WylochsArmory My favourite machine gun materials are plastic-coated paperclips and plastic-shafted cotton swabs. You get dozens for pennies and they make nice, hollow weapon barrels. I got lucky and found the paperclips fit perfectly inside the swab shafts, so I could make a shrouded MG barrel fairly easily
You could probably do the minigun bundle with the paperclips: I prefer them for their straightness, stiffness, and easy adaptability. Slide the plastic up for a barrel, slide the plastic back to form a center lug for the minigun.
Rockets? Swab shafts cut to length and glued in a row, tiny paperclip bits to seal the back end. Or wrap a wooden toothpick in paper, glue in a row if you like more than a suggestion of rockets
Quick window armour: staples. Use some small pliers to crack three or four off the rack, trim them to size with wire cutters. A bit more involved than cereal box cardstock, but a pretty nice texture.
Missiles: small dowels, sharpen point with hobby knife or pencil sharpener. Rocket holder: plastic straw that is just bigger than the dowel - cut and glue accordingly to size. Make as many as you want, and glue side by side on car (start middle, work outward to maintain symmetry).
If you can find used, trashed Wago electric wire connectors, there is your launcher, just add missiles.
You can also use plastic coated paper clips glued together to make a mini gun barrel assembly, then cut small plastic straw that it fits into to form the cylinders that connect the barrels - one on each end (two total) and glued to a receiver and ammo assembly (see my post above about machine guns).
Also just realized that mini clothes pins (wooden ones), that can be found in the dollar store, the slanted bit would be a good angle for mounting missiles on.
if you have a hobby store in your town, check and see if they have boxes/bins of bits for sale. I got a whole armory of weapons like that. With a little casting you can make even more bits too, for pretty damn cheap.
Have you tried lining the panels with a good pen? I find it much easier to do that way.
Glad to see you expand your craft. Can't wait for the battle reports.
All hail the You Tube algorithm gods. And here I thought you were doing a special Canadian Edition of Gaslands! I thought those looked awesome frosted! Real Alberta Rockies edition...
Never seen your channel or this game before (I’m a 40K player) really glad this popped up on my feed. Awesome video, loved the content, looking forward to binging the rest of your channel this weekend.
Gaslands is super fun.
Oh boy do you have a freaking treat of a backlog of great videos to watch in this channel! Enjoy! :D
Given the size, scale model ship kits would probably be a source of all sorts of weapons (says the guy who may or may not have done this way back in the day when playing the original Steve Jackson's Car Wars)
Love Gaslands! Can't wait to see your battle reports. BTW, the red one is best. Red wunz go fasta :)
Wyloch got into Gaslands, my life is complete now.
I recently rewatched Fury Road…ever since then I’ve been eyeballing my sons hot wheels…the urge is strong and this video didn’t help. 😂 Love the rust effects using the craft paints. The blue roadster is definitely my favorite, reminds me of the vehicle Nux drives in which he hitched Mad to the front of. Fun video Bill. 🤘
Dude that movie is tied with Terminator 2 for best action movie all time, right??
@@WylochsArmory agreed, T2 and Top Gun have always at the top of my list. When Fury Road came out, it quickly moved to the top of my list.
@@WylochsArmory Heh, funny you mention Terminator, these days somebody rekindled my interest on the wargame and have been eyeing the pieces of my Pile of Shame relevant to it
Best 2 hour car chase movie ever made!!!
@@pjsines4705 right?!? 😂
I believe you can fix frosting with olive oil, a hairdryer, and matte medium? I'd have to do more research but I think that's right. However: Super awesome video Wyloch! Great techniques and intro to conversions!
I had the exact same thing happen to my candelabra! I decided to embrace mine as natural weathering, but it was a bit heartbreaking to watch happen.
Fun video! A great use for old cars, spare model parts, and the piles of stuff around your crafting table
Gaslands is an amazing game. Fairly low of the crunchy scale and fun regardless of win or lose. As long as something explodes in an epic crash, everyone wins!
Would also love for you to do some Gaslands Terrain. I am always looking for new and better ideas.
They turned out excellent (eventually, frosting be damned!) Hooray for another Gaslands crafter!
I had the same thing happen to me with the krylon, except in my case I sprayed about 40 terrain tiles at once. Although risky as hell I just did a quick brush over with paint thinner and it mostly killed the frost. A friend recommended army painter anti-shine and despite living in a swamp I have yet to have that problem again.
Awesome!!! I've got about 50 old Hotwheels collecting dust in my closet. Might be time to give Gaslands a try :)
These look awesome! That's the kind of varnish I started using as well due to the supply issue with dullcote. Now I'm nervous, lol.
OMG! Wyloch doing Gaslands! Best day ever! Love that more and more youtubers start to dabble in Gaslands. Would love to see some terrain in 1:64 scale - Wyloch style
Playing gasslands? Dope af
Your ork terrain would work well for that. Do you think we'll see 20th century/modern/junkyard crafts as you get into it?
Good question. Answer: Orktober is coming up shortly. :-D I have an entire Ork city for a 4x6 foot table that I will be doing.
That will double as my post-apoc scenery, including for any wasteland racing type games.
So no, I do not plan on doing any modern/junkyard crafting since it's pretty close, aesthetically, to my Ork terrain.
@@WylochsArmory while I am here I just wanted to say thanks for that ork video last year. It got me building a lot of ork stuff really fast. Even made my best friend a dakka jet for his evil sons for free basically
@@drewbakka5265 Ooooo can I see it?
@@WylochsArmory I suppose it's time I finally join your discord.
"Looks like it drove through Tony Montana's headquarters." Love it.
I enjoyed that more than I thought I would.. I cannot believe you doubled down on them.. insanity. The end result was worth the cost in time though. I will be stoked to see the mesh windows and printed parts on round 2 :)
Yes, ive been waiting for you to do this!!
I kinda liked the frosted look. It looked like desert dust but I can totally understand why it was frustrating. I would have been so mad. It always happens at the last step too.
For the panel lining a trick is to wet the area with water, then capillary action will pull the ink/wash for you doing all the work.
Excellent job and great inspiration. I’m doing something similar but for ‘Black Ops,’ using vehicles for scenery. I’ve had frosting issues occasionally too. I’ve been able to rescue/reverse it in a couple of ways. The simplest method is to use Agrax or Nuln over the whole model. Works fine if it’s just terrain. Otherwise you can try a coat of gloss varnish. Once it’s fully set you can retry the matt.
Look forward to seeing more, particularly scratch built weapons.
You picked up gaslands?? Wow, this has come full circle for me now. I watch your stuff to get inspiration for building gaslands projects. Hope you enjoy the game!
My fave is also the red one. The only thing I'd change is drilling out the barrel of the gun, adding some carbon scoring around the front of the gun and some on the hood. Thanks for doing this video, I have 5 or so Hot Wheels waiting for me to have time to make a terrain piece. The paint part will help me! Great job Bill!
Gaslands was always something I saw thrown around as a potential game around here, and I certainly had debated it over time. The shop's been working on getting even more tabletops in so hopefully this is something I'll put to use in future -b
I am interested in what car designs you will come up with :)
Great stuff!
This games fun😎👍
99cents store hair rollers make great greebles😁
Yellow Van Needs to have "SWEET TOOTH" painted on the side
Other people have already commented on ways to get rid of frosting. I just want to mention some issues I've had with Vallejo weathering. Don't get me wrong: these are absolutely fantastic products. However, they seem to have a weird interaction with varnishes that I think comes from whatever is used as a binder for the pigment. In my experience, it seems like varnishing mediums can reactivate the product and make it turn into a mess as it mixes all together. To get around this, you have to use gel medium mixed in with the Vallejo product as you're applying it. Then, go back over and use thin layers of pure medium to seal the surface after you've finished painting the model. Once you have a nice, clear layer acting as a barrier, you can then go back in with varnish.
I'm not sure if that's what was specifically going on here, but I wanted to point it out just in case anyone was having this issue and found none of the other methods here solved anything.
Wow I literally just bought this game rulebook yesterday and now you've blessed me with content, super coincidence
17:24 I have seen how the thoughts went from Metal Machines bring not usable at all, to Poison Ivy being one of the most used cars for Gaslands builds! It's exaggerated proportions lend themselves very well going from GW stuff. I do really like that green truck with a massive engine though, there's something about it's cabin that just melts my heart a bit.I would swap the rear wheels for something less flimsy-looking tho :P
After a matt varnish the car 'Frosted' over...
The effect looked epic!
Like a dessert waist landscape with Arctic klimate...
I think I like them more with the frost
EXACTLY!!
Awesome. I've been collecting 1930s Fords for this very reason. Soon they will be prepared for the Wasteland. Cheers!
We love Gaslands!
Wanna do a challenge?
I'm the moderator of the Facebook gaslands page. Can I share this video?
Hey that'd be great, on both counts!
Wow... I would not have been able to redo the whole bunch, that's some great perseverance! I just started into Gaslands myself so this is great!
Favorite? The blue one for sure, by a mile. Don't get me wrong, all your conversions are good, I just like the shape of the model itself. ;-)
I love the Green one! I almost have the opposite opinions. Warning I LOVE goofy cars.
I’d rank; Green, Blue, Yellow, Red
Finally! Somebody added orange to their rust! So much rust-effect is just shades of brown, but old iron rust is beautifully vivid orange. This looked pretty nice.
My only suggestion on future cars would be to give them some more character like some car names and WWII fighter shark face. Of course a Mad Max hippie can would be excellent.
Scratch build machine guns: q-tip sticks/tooth pick sticks/small dowels for barrels, sprue for the receiver assembly, bit of dowel for ammo can. Wrap the dowel in a cut plastic straw so it looks like it feeds into the receiver assembly. If the gun and is large enough, you can use a bit of small zip for the ammo feed: the ridges look like bullets. Add extra bits as desired.
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Excellent!! Back in the 90's during that decade's Hot Wheel craze, modders were using easter egg die to tint the bodies of their cars. Made for some very day-glow effects. There was a modder near LAX who used to hand paint hood murals on Hot Wheel 49 Mercury cars.
Yes please! I bought the rulebook many moons ago, but never really got started. Now I'm really looking forward to try converting my Hotwheels.
Until you pointed it out in this video, I've somehow never noticed you're a leftie. My wife is, so it's become something I normally catch pretty quick. But I've been watching your videos now literally since you've started. I guess I'm always just too busy paying attention to the awesome stuff you're making to pay too much attention to you as you make them.
Anyway, cars turned out super rad!
I have had that frosting happen on minis to me as well. Seeing some competent fixes for this in the comments, I'll skip repeating them. What I have done to avoid it completely is I bought some Vallejo Mecha Varnish, thinned, through the airbrush. They make both matte and gloss, so I keep a tiny bottle of each thinned with some airbrush thinner and airbrush medium and just varnish my finished models indoors. Granted, I am avoiding the root cause of the issue (humidity/temp) by airbrushing them indoors, but this is the solution that has worked for me. Living in the Midwest means i can see some long stretches of high humidity days in the summer. Great video. Thanks!
"Seriously, if you're a nerd who has an addictive personality, do not attempt one of these Hot Wheels conversions."
Well, now that you've said that, I have no choice. I guess it's time for a new hobby for me.
Nice to see another channel giving Apple Barrel some love. Not many people know that Apple Barrel Paint though cheap is made by Plaid who make Mod Podge and Folk Art Paints among other things. Apple Barrel is just their cheaper line but still good.
YO - I went to the dollar store, some of their action figures are soldiers and ninja's. The toy is junk but comes with swords, guns. Sometimes the dollar store has cars too. Check them out, do a gas lands, $10 at the dollar store build
Pro tip: you can fix varnish frosting by applying glossy varnish over it(either by brush or sprey) and then just go over that with clear acryllic paint medium to matte it back down
Yeah, I've had that frosting thing happen to a few minis...some Space Marine leaders and a space station. Was really proud of the work done on them, all the little details, then just crushed afterward when it dried with the frosting effect. Oof.
Holy craft! I have been waiting for this for so long! Gaslands is truly the best for scratch bashing!
Sometimes applying another coat of varnish over the frosted coat will fix the issue. I've also heard olive oil can fix frosted varnish, but I've never tested it myself.
Awesome seams like all my favorite table top UA-camrs are getting into gaslands now we need to get black magic craft miscast and miniac to make some gaslands builds and maybe a few others like jazza
I like the Beetle. FWIW I thought the frosting could have been worked with, I thought it was an interesting effect. And it can be fixed, also.
Those look great! My favorite is the red one, although I question the practicality of a forward-mounted flamethrower…
Not going to lie but I really kind of like the frosted look
I mean it’s one of the things I love the most about Gaslands conversions it the apocalypse it gets to look ruff LOL 😂
also would have liked to have seen what it would have looked like with another light wash Layer over the frost
🤔kind of looked like acid rain damage
Colour wise: R, B, Y, G
Weapon layout wise: G, R, Y, B
Very cool paint job!
This video is fantastic, sir. We use Vallejo matte varnish. Thin it down with water and do 2-3 coats. Takes a little longer but no chance of any frosting dramas.
I've had frosting on an entire 28mm ECW army. I blame the humidity, and had to do some touch up and then matte coat by brush....
Nice work ! And glad you could share what can do wrong when doing these kind of projects. Any suggestions for people who dont own any warhammer 40k bits but still would like to do these conversions with nice looking weapons/gear ?
I am brainstorming some ideas for my next cars video. At a glance: take seven toothpicks and bundle them together, and glue a very thin strip of paper around to hold them together. Now you have a minigun.
Take a mechanical pencil (the cheap black Bic ones with the colored clips) and chop off the first inch or so. Now you have a big ass missile.
I use leftover parts from tank/AFV kits in 1/87 or 1/72 kits, like FOW or Tanks kits from Battlefront, etc.
Model ship kits can provide gun turrets, missile launchers, etc. (said as a guy who did it back in the day for Car Wars - the OG Steve Jackson game)
@@uriance88 Car Wars, I remember it fondly as a college kid in 1987....
Thanks for your answers, what if I'd like to obtain some nice looking extra warhammer 40k bits, any pointers ?
Fantastic. Hell they looked good before you re-did them.....But the re-do's are awesome too.
The van makes me want to put something like vaseline or maybe waste some chipping medium on the windshields to make it look like dirt is being wiped off by the wipers. I think it could looks sweet, maybe too much work but still when has that ever stopped us lol
That matte clear coat problem made me die lol. I was commissioned to paint alarielle the everqueen and a month into painting I was ready to seal it with that same krylon stuff, lo and behold it looked like she was left out in the snow… pain…
I think the problem is from having the can on the shelf for a while, but in the end I still don’t really know
Somebody above posted solutions to fix the frosting, check it out for next time :)
Hot tip when that happens hit it with gloss coat that will clear it up must be the same medium (enamel on enamel etc.). It really works. Then flat with the opposite acrylic in this example.
Ah, yes, one more reason to -buy some cars and not actually convert them because I'm lazy-
make some gaslands builds
3:58 First time I showed off a Gaslands car in a discord server, I got a role "Sid from Toy Story" from the admin
Awesome car conversions. And a sheriffs car to come, I hope you can keep it as close to the original as you can; a post apoc cop car would look awesome.
I recently stumbled across Gaslands and oh boy...looks like it's time to start yet another hobby.
If clear flat enamel coat frost's like that take gas on a brush wipe it down. The "frost goes away.
A lot of the time with the frosting, you can go with a thin coat of a brush on varnish to get rid of it. Same thing as with some issues with frosting due to superglue with things or small scratches.
@1:32 You're a very brave man getting your fingers that close to the fresh super glue!
So stoked for this video I'm taking a 21 min long poop break at work to watch it.
I really wish people would wear gloves when they paint with airbrushes ...
I appreciate you and this video...I can't wait to see more Gaslands content
Really cool stuff! You make me wanna try something like that :)
The little GW 40K pieces really work well on there!
I can't f*kn believe it!!! Hot Wheels mods!!! YES!!!
Thank you for the helpful alternatives to overpriced paints!
This was a blast to watch! Makes me want to play Junk'd. Can't wait for the next!
Junk'd is a good one too. Nice and easy to learn game but still super fun.
@@masteroffate2692 yep 👍 I love Runehammer
Really hope this gets more interest in Gaslands for people. Due to the beverage bug ive only really been able to play it once but I had a ton of fun. I still enjoy making new cars for the future.
Awesome!
My son and I are getting ready to dive into this game and I was wondering ...Are you going to get your little ones involved?Gaslands seems like a very good gateway game for kids.
Have fun and happy holidays!
Yes I already have but we dont play Gaslands....we play Wasteland Racing by OnePageRules. Give it a Google.....yer welcome. ;-)
@@WylochsArmory Awesome,arent kids the best?
My son and I just finished recording tonights vid.A kitbashed Starship he designed all on his own.
Pretty cool and thanks for the heads up on the racing game,I love One page rules but haven't seen that one yet.
Have a great weekend!
@@shadowandson3550 Rockin, lookin' forward to that starship
@@WylochsArmory Thanks again,my son is really learning this hobby quickly and will someday soon blow me out of the water.
Did you check out the giant crab from hobby Lobby for White Plume mountain?
Have a great weekend !
the blue bug is for shure my favourite, but the flamer + wire is awesome as well
Late to the party but I love Gaslands conversions. Glad to see you respecting the laws of the obligatory van 😎👍
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
Southpaws rule
When are you going to do more Gaslands themed videos?
Gotta try this.. And the storage is brilliant
My local Goodwill's have bags of hot wheels for a couple bucks for 20 or so cars. Get buying!
Not to mention the other toys you can harvest from.
Awesome, glad to see you hanging out in the wasteland!
Awesome concepts. Great use of your old toy cars.
I love Gaslands! Thanks for the video!
So, would you recommend cheap craft paints or vallejo for a "witness me" face paint?
Edit: D'oh! Now I remember what you're referring to. Haha definitely craft paint.
I like the blue beetle the best. Gotta love the OG metal hot wheels!
Awesome. Would like to see maybe a door or body panel a different color as if it were hobbled together. 👍👍
YES.
I like the blue one best but they all look pretty darn cool