Funny, or maybe even ironic, but you had to pivot on this project yet it turned out to be among your best ones. This one is very effective, simple in concept but the execution is damn near perfect. Beautiful piece.
This is definitely one of my favorites.. I like the idea that the dragon is chasing him with the fire as he turns his head. That looks perfect, you freakin nailed it. Very well done. This looks so real and accurate, very cool. Sooo awesome
Amazing this as always, my dude! As for the serpent, maybe you could still use it with more murky water? Like, a swamp or runoff. Personally, I think you could customize it with more of a prehistoric worm look, place it in a tar pit, and put it in your weird west setting. The California tar pits seem like a natural fit.
I really like this 'character focused' pieces. Get me wondering whether the knight survived or joined the unfortunate fella on the ground there. But I like to think he made it, barely. Either way, both dragon and knight are locked in a struggle and one isn't walking out alive. I hope you do more pieces with such focus on character moments in the future, specially for your wild west setting
judging by the posture of the dragon that knight is about to get swatted off the horse rather hard, particularly if he goes for the stab. if not he has a chance to circle back around for a better angle and a more lethal stab.
@@etopsirhc Nah--he's at full tilt--that dragon is dead to rights. That Lance is going right through its guts. It might fly off to die elsewhere, though.
It's amazing how good that fire looks, I haven't heard of painting a diorama to look like directional lighting although I don't consume much diorama content so maybe I'm just living under a rock, perhaps you could utilize and display this effect in a future project.
The positioning and poses are perfect! The curved flame really makes it feel like the knight is just barely escaping a fiery death. On top of that, the knight has been able to rush the dragon and is poised to strike its exposed belly with his lance. You can actually see the story in this diorama. Its looks to me like the knight made a risky gamble to charge the dragon, nearly getting charred in the process, but that he will now gut the dragon and strike it down. Very good work! Also, as for the sea serpent, maybe you could have it coming out of a tar pit. This might make for a unique diorama will avoiding the drawbacks of the partial serpent design.
This is amazing. you should make a western build with a rickety old ocean monster hunting submarine resin build with a big sea monster, you have inspired me to attempt to make my own resin model, thanks so much.
Absolutely loved this design. Reminds me of a pewter sculpture my dad and I had when I was little. He’s since passed and the sculpture was lost to theft years ago.
Even without the lighting that's one of the best fire effects I've seen. The curve adds so much to the realism. And with the light on the effect is absolutely incredible. You've really outdone yourself here, great work!
The Star Wars dioramas was always been my favorites, but I think they just dropped a spot. A Dragon with fire using led just went to number One. Thanks for all the fantastic work.
Love your "think-aloud" commentary throughout your projects, and here I appreciated the example of how one can pivot when the sense & respond cycle of experimentation tells you things just aren't going where you planned. 😃 Cheers!
Great stuff as always, the fire effect looks fantastic! I'm wondering if the figures you have left could be used for a series of knights Vs creatures from myth/ legends?
This is phenomenal work. I absolutely love how you posed them. There is no certainty of the outcome. It’s an invitation to imagine what happened. This kind of balance is my favorite type of fantasy art. Thank you very much for sharing.
DUUUUUUUDE! Absolutely fantastic work! MORE medieval fantasy dioramas PLEASE! Maybe a creepy dungeon crawl scene lit only by the adventurers torches or the glow of some magical treasure they discovered?
Good call on the flames, curving it brings it to life, our Hero galloping toward the Dragon with him trying to keep up and toast his attacker. Sweet dio.
I’m assuming you had very little time to switch directions and still get the video out this week, which makes the end result even more amazing!! Visually this is one of my favorites ever, and it literally looks like it’s a snapshot of real fire! Awesome job!!
Besides his amazing projects, his narration is the best. I love his use of intelligent humor. The parts about the Neapolitan trifecta and "the flame should look like cheetos, but not flaming hot cheetos" were killing me. 😂
Good morning. For a possible video you should have the serpent on a large body of water with a small or large boat going past it. Something like the serpent’s pass in avatar the last air bender.
Holy SCHNIKEY! That is some of the most amazing looking fire I've ever seen on a diorama! You've inspired me to get over my trepidation with using LED filament. Excellent piece!
Just absolutely amazing the planet is better off with people like you in it and sharing your skills show s your dedication to make it more butiful thankyou peace and love lloydy
Great composition. Attention is drawn by the brightest fire at the dragon's face, then you follow his eyeline to the knight's head and the lance leads the eye back to the dragon and around again.
This is still such a great build! However, I would still love to see the sea monster idea you had. Maybe you could look online to see if they have prints of the monster's curved "midsection" and try to edit it in blender? Hell, since it's a Critical Role item, you could just email Matt Mercer to see if he'll give the file to you! That man is one of the kindest people in the TTRPG community
Brilliant. You have an amazing sense of creativity-not only with the individual pieces themselves which unfailingly stand alone perfectly but also with inspired new ideas.
Every time you say "I called it good" it gives me some confidence in my own hobbying. I think it's because I have trouble knowing when something is "finished" and the way you phrase it reminds me that it's finished when I decide it is, and I really appreciate that.
Pretty awesome! I love the scorched ground around the battle area devoid of plants. This is the dragon's home turf and he means to defend it! Have you ever tried placing micro LEDs in the eyes from the inside of the creature's head? Also on your base you have a good thick wood to mount the toggle switch from behind. This helps protect the long toggle from getting bent accidentally and helps give the base a cleaner, smoother look. Drill a hole for the toggle and elongate it on the up/down axis. Dremel tool an inset box for the switch body to be glued into from inside the base. Enough of the toggle should stick out to switch it on and off. You do really nice work 👏
The fire is incredible; I've been a fantasy painter for decades and I'm yet to see a knight-vs-dragon painting that quite captures the intensity of the flame quite like you have here. Those dark shots in particular are *chef's kiss* And you do it with cotton wool? Ingenious!
We can go even further with this painting idea. Start with your black primer, then shoot your zenithal highlight from above and at the angle were your light source would be coming from. IE: The Sun or whatever. This creates a light top side for brighter highlights, and a dark underside for more volume in your shadows. Love your work. It's honestly fantastic and more creative than a lot of other miniature and diorama artists that I watch as well. Thank you so much for the work you do!
You blow me away with how these turn out. I love how you did the curve with the fire. It looks like the dragon was moving its head while breathing fire to follow the knight. Such a nice touch. Can't wait to see what else you put together.
Dude. That flame gout is one of the most realistic miniature flames ive ever seen. My jaw is on the floor, brb gotta go find it.
It's on the floor.
@@josueduran6881 To be fair, maybe the floor is shrouded in the darkness of awe.
It does look amazing!
It’s crazy realistic
Agreed. It's why I clicked!
“My cousins out fighting dragons, and what do I get? Guard Duty.”
“Some say you may be the Dragonborn, that’s a high honor”
yoooo what’s up
I used to be an adventurer like you; then I took an arrow in the knee.
One guard said that to me literally right after he helped me kill a dragon in falkreath
What’s the matter, somebody stole your sweetroll?
Funny, or maybe even ironic, but you had to pivot on this project yet it turned out to be among your best ones. This one is very effective, simple in concept but the execution is damn near perfect. Beautiful piece.
There are no mistakes - only happy accidents 🙂
I agree, he nailed it. The dragons fire chasing him as he rides by. Definitely one of my favorites
@@Jan_Strzelecki You took my words right out of Bob's mouth.
Thanks for the mention!, ❤❤❤
Of course! Thanks for your excellent tutorials! I look forward to learning more from you.
This turned out absolutely incredible!
Thank you! Appreciate you watching!
I 100% Agree Nerdforge!
Really love how the fire curves, definitely gives the feeling of an angry, mid-blast, course correction.
Really adds the illusion of action to a static diorama!
OMW THE FIRE LOOKS SO GOOOOOD. This looks freaking great. Love what you do
I always love if when you use the cotton for fire technique! It just works so well!
Thank you for getting me into the hobby of modeling!!! Love the content
Me tooo
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What things have you made so far?
Same!
Same!! Studson and Boylei have both been soooo inspiring for me 😊
@@sapphic_sophie Studsons stuff is so killer. So much imagination!
Your favorite youtubers watching your favorite youtubers... That's how a real community feels like!
That volumetric flame effect is absolutely phenomenal. Much respect, sir! Unbelievable skill, emersion and general kudos. Wow.
This is definitely one of my favorites.. I like the idea that the dragon is chasing him with the fire as he turns his head. That looks perfect, you freakin nailed it. Very well done.
This looks so real and accurate, very cool. Sooo awesome
Amazing this as always, my dude! As for the serpent, maybe you could still use it with more murky water? Like, a swamp or runoff. Personally, I think you could customize it with more of a prehistoric worm look, place it in a tar pit, and put it in your weird west setting. The California tar pits seem like a natural fit.
Piggybacking off of this, maybe a snow serpent ala Subnautica Below Zero?
I gotta say, that is the best fire I've ever seen, this one turned out so good! Adding all the movement in really added something.
I really like this 'character focused' pieces. Get me wondering whether the knight survived or joined the unfortunate fella on the ground there. But I like to think he made it, barely. Either way, both dragon and knight are locked in a struggle and one isn't walking out alive. I hope you do more pieces with such focus on character moments in the future, specially for your wild west setting
judging by the posture of the dragon that knight is about to get swatted off the horse rather hard, particularly if he goes for the stab. if not he has a chance to circle back around for a better angle and a more lethal stab.
@@etopsirhc Nah--he's at full tilt--that dragon is dead to rights. That Lance is going right through its guts. It might fly off to die elsewhere, though.
The path of the fire and the irregularities in the brightness of the flame. Just perfection
Ok, so you're going to also begin an imaginary medieval town series to run concurrently with your imaginary wild west series? Got it! Great idea!
That would actually be so cool, the possibilities are limitless
hmmmm… then he can merge the two into war!
@@SmexHex Wait, a war? Oh just great! Who am I supposed to cheer for; the steampunk cowboys or the jetpack knights?? 😳😥😮
The curved flame adds so much movement, it looks amazing!
Wow. Breathtaking. Breathgiving. Just wow.
It's amazing how good that fire looks, I haven't heard of painting a diorama to look like directional lighting although I don't consume much diorama content so maybe I'm just living under a rock, perhaps you could utilize and display this effect in a future project.
that fire looks awesome.
Once again blowing everyone away with these small but amazing dioramas. I think this is my personal favourite of yours so far.
I love the curved flame. Gives motion and action to the scene, and tells a story
That turned out absolutely incredible - nice work Boylei!
I sometimes don't like the filament aspect, but I gotta say that flame looks hot enough for cooking on!
The positioning and poses are perfect! The curved flame really makes it feel like the knight is just barely escaping a fiery death. On top of that, the knight has been able to rush the dragon and is poised to strike its exposed belly with his lance. You can actually see the story in this diorama. Its looks to me like the knight made a risky gamble to charge the dragon, nearly getting charred in the process, but that he will now gut the dragon and strike it down. Very good work!
Also, as for the sea serpent, maybe you could have it coming out of a tar pit. This might make for a unique diorama will avoiding the drawbacks of the partial serpent design.
Oh my gosh that flame is so good! It's amazing! I can feel the heat coming from it!!
This is amazing. you should make a western build with a rickety old ocean monster hunting submarine resin build with a big sea monster, you have inspired me to attempt to make my own resin model, thanks so much.
Absolutely loved this design. Reminds me of a pewter sculpture my dad and I had when I was little. He’s since passed and the sculpture was lost to theft years ago.
Even without the lighting that's one of the best fire effects I've seen. The curve adds so much to the realism. And with the light on the effect is absolutely incredible. You've really outdone yourself here, great work!
The Star Wars dioramas was always been my favorites, but I think they just dropped a spot. A Dragon with fire using led just went to number One. Thanks for all the fantastic work.
Love your "think-aloud" commentary throughout your projects, and here I appreciated the example of how one can pivot when the sense & respond cycle of experimentation tells you things just aren't going where you planned. 😃 Cheers!
The motion of the fire is really superb. Takes the project from good to great.
Looks amazing, the scene and setting really tell a story! and those fire effects... wow!
I seriously thought you had built a mini flame-thrower into it. I've never seen anything like this. Incredible.
My good sir, you've outdone yourself once again
The best fire effect I have seen in dioramas. One example of the phrase "less is more"
Great stuff as always, the fire effect looks fantastic! I'm wondering if the figures you have left could be used for a series of knights Vs creatures from myth/ legends?
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This is amazing but i think a nice attachmen to make is like a small dragon nest and the knights armour to look enchanted and glowing or something
Such a simple build but one of my favourites! The dragon's pose really tells all the story in this fight!🙌🤌
This is phenomenal work. I absolutely love how you posed them. There is no certainty of the outcome. It’s an invitation to imagine what happened. This kind of balance is my favorite type of fantasy art. Thank you very much for sharing.
DUUUUUUUDE! Absolutely fantastic work! MORE medieval fantasy dioramas PLEASE! Maybe a creepy dungeon crawl scene lit only by the adventurers torches or the glow of some magical treasure they discovered?
Nice work! The dragon looks great in particular and yes, Angel Giraldez is a genius painter.
Good call on the flames, curving it brings it to life, our Hero galloping toward the Dragon with him trying to keep up and toast his attacker. Sweet dio.
I’m assuming you had very little time to switch directions and still get the video out this week, which makes the end result even more amazing!! Visually this is one of my favorites ever, and it literally looks like it’s a snapshot of real fire! Awesome job!!
Never ceases to amaze me how good that cotton and LED technique looks for making fire.
Love it. You encouraged me do do this diorama/scratch bashing stuff :)
bending that fire ploom elevates this to a higher level...the suggestion of motion makes it really dynamic!!
Besides his amazing projects, his narration is the best. I love his use of intelligent humor. The parts about the Neapolitan trifecta and "the flame should look like cheetos, but not flaming hot cheetos" were killing me. 😂
Holy crap! That’s amazing! It looked good before you turned it on but when you dimmed the lights and hit the switch….wow!
oh my WORD, this turned out beautiful! That curved fire was an incredible touch, it adds a whole new dimension!
Turned out phenomenal. Those little led filaments are super versatile.
Nice work mate . It reminds me of the many hours I spent fighting dragons in Skyrim 🙂👍
Very impressive. I loved the way you painted the dragon and fire coming out of his mouth.
I would love to see more from this medieval series!
This is the most realistic flame I have ever seen! Incredible
Good morning. For a possible video you should have the serpent on a large body of water with a small or large boat going past it. Something like the serpent’s pass in avatar the last air bender.
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Really stunning realistic result on that fire! I love the terrain of the base too!
Holy SCHNIKEY! That is some of the most amazing looking fire I've ever seen on a diorama! You've inspired me to get over my trepidation with using LED filament. Excellent piece!
Just absolutely amazing the planet is better off with people like you in it and sharing your skills show s your dedication to make it more butiful thankyou peace and love lloydy
Great composition. Attention is drawn by the brightest fire at the dragon's face, then you follow his eyeline to the knight's head and the lance leads the eye back to the dragon and around again.
That fire effect looks incredible. Simple but so effective.
This is still such a great build! However, I would still love to see the sea monster idea you had. Maybe you could look online to see if they have prints of the monster's curved "midsection" and try to edit it in blender? Hell, since it's a Critical Role item, you could just email Matt Mercer to see if he'll give the file to you! That man is one of the kindest people in the TTRPG community
Wow! Amazing! Well Done, the dragon's breath and paint work was outstanding!
The fire turned out amazing, I could spend hours looking at it
The knight silhouetted against the flame…and the dragon silhouette there too….just amazing, incredible, …mind-blown!
Excellent choice to slew the fire gout. The whole scene looks fantastic.
This is one of your most simple yet one of the best. Do more with fire that looks AWESOME
The flame effect has worked brilliantly in this one. Awesome work as always.
Absolutely stunning! Every single time!!!
The flames comming from the dragon loks amazing! Impressive to see how you go from one idea to make another and make it look this good!
Brilliant. You have an amazing sense of creativity-not only with the individual pieces themselves which unfailingly stand alone perfectly but also with inspired new ideas.
Amazing work. The flames really pop.
🙀🙀with all wires hidden it's just AWESOME! WOW!
That flame looks so realistic, what an awesome project.
The fire is just soo real looking!! Another beautiful project!
Once again, like Bob Ross, you calmly turned your accidents into beautiful art. Great job, BHT!
I love the detail of the fire curving as the dragon follows the path of the knight trying to get him.
Very nice!
Excellent diorama - From the paint to the flames.. Spot on!
Every time you say "I called it good" it gives me some confidence in my own hobbying. I think it's because I have trouble knowing when something is "finished" and the way you phrase it reminds me that it's finished when I decide it is, and I really appreciate that.
Pretty awesome! I love the scorched ground around the battle area devoid of plants. This is the dragon's home turf and he means to defend it! Have you ever tried placing micro LEDs in the eyes from the inside of the creature's head? Also on your base you have a good thick wood to mount the toggle switch from behind. This helps protect the long toggle from getting bent accidentally and helps give the base a cleaner, smoother look. Drill a hole for the toggle and elongate it on the up/down axis. Dremel tool an inset box for the switch body to be glued into from inside the base. Enough of the toggle should stick out to switch it on and off. You do really nice work 👏
Some of your dioramas, like this one, look like stills from a movie. Such amazing work that you make look like easy.
Could be your best project. The flame is absolutely amazing
I’m amazed at how that cotton ball flame looks!
The fire is incredible; I've been a fantasy painter for decades and I'm yet to see a knight-vs-dragon painting that quite captures the intensity of the flame quite like you have here. Those dark shots in particular are *chef's kiss*
And you do it with cotton wool? Ingenious!
absolutely beautiful piece. you have an amazing talent here. please keep sharing!
Ooph! The knight is going right for the groin 😳
The lighting effect, and the sense of motion from the curving flame is super cool.
We can go even further with this painting idea.
Start with your black primer, then shoot your zenithal highlight from above and at the angle were your light source would be coming from. IE: The Sun or whatever.
This creates a light top side for brighter highlights, and a dark underside for more volume in your shadows.
Love your work. It's honestly fantastic and more creative than a lot of other miniature and diorama artists that I watch as well. Thank you so much for the work you do!
Very impressive! The flame is at another level. Great job.
Wow! So simple but so effective. Thank you.
Every video I watch I am more and more impressed with the craftsmanship
You blow me away with how these turn out. I love how you did the curve with the fire. It looks like the dragon was moving its head while breathing fire to follow the knight. Such a nice touch. Can't wait to see what else you put together.
Amazing! Your skills grow by leaps and bounds thanks for sharing the link to help us improve as well!
The flame thing was the most impressive part. Very cool diorama
Absolutely amazing work! What an artist. Thank you for sharing.
Fantastic little diorama, the dragon and knight look awesome!
Que hermoso diorama y que realista queda, felicitaciones!
Angel is amazing and maybe one of the best mini painters out there
One of your best dioramas so far. Keep up the good work.
Oddlly, even though it's so simple, it's one of your most dramatic scenes. Love it.