FAQ No windows??? Correct. I intentionally made this house without windows. It was to prove a point that I never ended up actually touching on during the video as it became too long of a tangent. Essentially I left the windows out to prove that you can save some time and effort by excluding certain details because these are not historically accurate models, they are game aids. Especially with games like D&D where you are using your imagination to truly craft the world, and in this way the windows exist on any side of the building you are not currently looking at. I know, a bit of a strange concept and one that's hard to express well which is why it didn't make the video. Why not use coffee stir sticks for the timbers? Coffee stir sticks are a great budget crafting material. They can be found for free or cheap. The problem is that, ironically, real wood doesn't look much like wood when building miniatures. Foam with the wire brush wood grain looks more like wood after paint. You can get the wood grain effect into coffee sticks/popsicle sticks, as well as the chamfered edges, but it takes a lot of effort and is best done with a Dremel/rotary tool which is a somewhat expensive and special tool. This would not be in line with the theme of this project.
If I have not already, I wanted to thank you. Your series of videos, among other artist's videos as well, we're a major factor in me finding artistic inspiration once more. Keep up the great work. In my opinion, you all are in the same league as Bob Ross and Fred Rogers. Whether or not they were an inspiration to you, I think they would be proud to see people like you freely passing on your knowledge and experience, and inspiring people to create their own artwork.
The rationale for not bothering with windows is a decent one, even if I don't agree with it myself (were I to replicate this, I'd add simple shuttered ones to a few walls).
Approachability of the hobby is really important to me. It’s a bit tricky to balance content that is approachable for new people and content that is helpful for veterans, but I try!
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I have no clue why this video popped up for me, but I'm glad it did. I've never done anything like this before, but have always found it interesting. Your video has literally helped me realize how easy this can be, and has set fire to a brand new interest for me. I'm a hobbyist at heart and enjoy building robots and other electrical gadgets. I cant wait to see what my mined comes up with once I join these two crafts.
A lovely little model - and I see some comments about there not being windows. Some mediaeval buildings didn't have windows - they let heat out and cold in. As long as there was a flue or a hole in the roof to let smoke out, windows were a luxury. And having a smoky environment killed fleas, mites, and bedbugs. Another bonus. Of course, it might not be a house, but a storage building in a castle's outer bailey, perhaps, where no windows would be good for defence, and a deterrent to thieves. It doesn't strike me as unusual at all. Living in the UK, where there are literally thousands of buildings of the mediaeval period still standing, and lived in, and loved, it seems perfectly normal. We have lots of fortified farmhouses, with towers and defences, especially on the Scottish and Welsh borders. Some are like tiny fortresses. I love your buildings. Nice one.
Glass jam jar? A GLASS JAM JAR?!! Oh, look at mr. Millionaire ouva here! He has money to eat jam and has a nerve to use a jam jar as a rolling pin, just to stick it to us, common people!
@@stuartfarrell6729 here in UK chipboard is totally different from what you get at the back of a notepad. It’s a particle board filled with tiny mashed chips of glued compressed wood , though it does come in different thicknesses.
I'm not sure what I love the most about your videos: the fact that everything you buy is from Walmart, Home Depot, Dollarama, and Dollar Tree, the fact that all the prices you list are in CAD, or the fact you're clearly Canadian. I'm taking a crack at your longboat from episode #8 for my first build and man oh man, do I feel the "I wish I had a hot wire table" when it comes to the cuts, but honestly, I feel so rewarded having done this meticulously by hand. Thank you for your videos man!
Well, whaddaya know, youtube recommendations actually spat out something good for once. Subbed. Now all I need is room to store literally any terrain at all...
Hey man, I read your post from a couple weeks ago about mental health and your experience with it. You seem plenty happy in this video, but in case you're not, chin up brother. Hope you're doing well. Thank you for the video.
I didnt see your comments about mental health, but I know crafting, especially in the winter, helps my depression a whole lot! So thanks for the mention.
This build fits me to a tee. I live in a small home with limited space and a hotwire table isn't a practical option for me to purchase nor is storing sheets of foam insulation. Plus I don't really need more than tiles for game play however some family and friends have been seeing some of my projects that I've shared on Facebook and wanted to know if I could make them Christmas Village type buildings for the holidays. Been toying with the idea for trying foamcore which you've just settled. I thank you sir and my family will in a couple of months. Wow I got a jump on my Christmas gift ideas and it's not even June!!!👍👍👍
With the cutting the foamcore in half, it's something I've had to do a lot recently, and there's better ways to do it than just trying to do a long slice across the entire piece. I'm a pastry cook by trade, and the same principle applies to cutting foam in half as it does to cutting a cake in half. The short version is cut the entire way around the piece first, and then work your way into the middle. In woodworking terms, establish a kerf around the entire thing, doing a shallow cut to begin with, and then use that established kerf to keep your knife runnign true. Also, don't hold it up on edge, keep it flat side down, it'll go a lot easier on you. Probably means you need to move the piece right to the side of your table, and lean down to get your eye level with the knife. Rule of thumb with this method is you really need your knife to be 1/4 again as long as the piece is across. As always, shallow, repetitive slices, not trying to push through the entire thing. Let the knife do the work.
That’s actually what I did but in the process shifted out of frame of the camera and only managed to capture my first instinct of doing what you see. It’s not something I ever have to do because of having a Hotwire so it wasn’t instantly intuitive.
@@IndigoWraithe I can get some bread slices, if you want? Seriously though, I take that as a compliment. Ramsay is one of the few TV chefs I really respect. Like Jamie Oliver, I know some guys who worked directly for him. Absolutely useless.
you can also get two flat pieces of whatever that are the thickness you want, lay the piece of foam in between them, and use them as a guide to make perfect cuts
"I don't have a rolling pin" Use the side of a glass bottle. Or a pint glass. Or anything else nice and rigid, hard, and round. Anyway, LOVE this build, very nice work and fun to watch. I do not have a hot wire cutter, so this is more the way I am building things. Plus, foam core from the dollar store is just a great price. I'm all about the reuse old stuff or things that are cheap for my builds.
I mentioned in another thread, if they arent smart enough to figure out what to use instead of a rolling pin, there's no way in h.ell they are capable of building this house.
Also like to point out (I may have missed it if you mentioned already) that for anyone who doesn't have Mod Podge (as it can get pricey depending on where you are, or if you are just in a rush/pinch and don't have any around you), you can also use a permanent PVA glue (Elmer's Glue-All is a good option if you have it on-hand) and water (about 3 parts glue to 1 part water) as a Mod Podge stand-in (I believe, though not tried it myself, you can use PVA wood glue as well to get a quicker set and one that is more weather resistant). When in doubt: Improvise! That's fun of scratch-building. Trying new things and seeing what does and doesn't work!
Just finished my first ever build! Used this video as a guide! I have been using the mold/plaster method a couple yrs ago but soon got tired of it Using foam for my house and game tiles is so much more rewarding! Thanks so much BMC! C
What really hit me hard was hearing It doesn't matter how fast or slow you build As someone who can go from wanting to do nothing but sculpt,to almost wanting to break what I've done,this was nice to hear
Cool to see another shaky crafter doing so many cool stuff! My tremor has gotten a bit worse lately and doing precision work has gotten harder, so it's good to see someone making it work :)
I liked this build, not only because you used readily available material, but because it showed that with skill, and yours is considerable, you can make things look a £1000, rather than just a $1. Fab house too, thanks for making it.
Hey just wanted you to know, I started building because of you and I used this exact video to do my 1st build. I think you're an inspiration to the craft. You make more people join and that's awesome. Thank you.
So I am new to this craft but have been playing since 1979, and just watched through your videos. Came up with my own dollar store build. Thanks for inspiration.
Been considering starting this hobby. I'm naturally artsy and I was a bit intimidated being limited on space and fancy tools. This video has encouraged and enlightened me. I'm 51 and have mobility issues. I feel like I need a stimulating hobby to keep my brain and hands busy. I think I've found it! Thanks from a fellow Canuck!
Just started crafting and only have room and tools to use foam board and knives (x-acto and box cutters, etc.) So this was super cool. Thanks for the video!
My rolling pin is a gift from my mother and one of the first things I received when I moved out. She collected nice ones from second hand stores. Absolutely necessary in the kitchen... Or workshop! 😊
Interesting idea with the rolling pin. I also use some kitchen tools like the meat tenderizer hammer to whack the foam to add texture instead of the tin foil ball
Thank you for this inspiration. I like the house. The single shingles look even better to me than foam stripe shingles, even though you cant do a wooden structure on the card board. Unmfortunately I cannot get foam in €uroshops in germany. But it isnt that expensive in hobbyist shops. So I could build this house for like 2€ material costs.
O.K., I’ve watched a few of your videos, but this one really impressed me. One is only limited by their imagination. I love that you go the extra inch to create the realism. Chamfering the timbers, texturing the walls, all make such a difference. When you were talking about making the foam core thinner for the timbers, I was thinking about pounding on it with a flat meat tenderizer, but the rolling pin worked beautifully. Thanks for the videos!
This is exactly how I build my dioramas. I'm slow but thats ok. It's about the creativity for me not the time. Thank you for sharing. Anything is possible with some imagination.
For thin boards, I use cheap foam picnic plates. I use these for stones, bricks, shingles and boards. They texture very well. I sand both sides for good paint and glue adhesion. This is very flexible. I use a hot glue gun (no glue) to dab at the stones for texturing. When I cut boards out of these, I use a steel ruler but I tilt my blade side to side as I cut. This makes a nice uneven edge, but with width control. Michael
thank you. i have never made a tiny building and I was not sure how the process worked. Your video was well done and helped take the mystery out of how the building process works. I think I might feel confident enough to try this. Thank you again.
Just before the paint went on, something felt wrong about the house. . . and then I realized it didn't have any windows D: Very cool build regardless, I don't personally craft, but I find even watching any builds, especially the painting sections, helps me with my art!
Black magic craft I love that you did a video to prove it can be done. I don't have a hot wire table. I admit it does make the process slower. I use a knife to make my cuts it works well. I've made a couple things that you've posted. A house and the tower ruin it can all be done and come out great. Keep up the awesomeness
BEAUTIFUL build buddy!!!!!!! I felt sorry for you doing the detail work. There is a plane in hell thats just brick work LOL:)!!! Again AMAING results XD!!!!!!!!!!!
Love your setup and I really liked that you told us to not worry about time, I know stuff like that discourages people when they start crafting. Got yourself a new subscriber
I don't know how or why UA-cam finally has there act together and showing me individuals that offer some substance and effort but I'm glad. This will be enjoyable
IM GOING TO DO THIS NOW!! This is amazing! What do you think about doing a skyrim style blacksmiths forge or some sort of odds and ends shop where the players can spend their golds??
Hi, It's about a week that I have been watching your channel. I really really love your creativity and approach to solve problems. It's a great thing to apply in everything, even other than art. You're inspirational. Thank you!
Made my first destroyed tower watching your videos. I'm a pretty good painter when it comes to miniatures, but you have given me the tools to expand to crafting terrain. Trying this house now
Hey can you please make a tutorial for this without using a hot glue gun? Or one of these fancy knives? I also don't have access to cardboard. On second thought, could you just show me how to minecraft-punch these models out of belly button lint and spare pieces of string? Ty!
In my experience with any kind of art, expensive or specialized materials very rarely change what you're able to do, just how easily you're able to do it. And what he mentions about limitations forcing creativity is spot on. I couldn't tell you how many times I've come up with weird and interesting effects just by working with what I had on hand.
Psht, bet you pulled some Hollywood stuff and just "showed" us on camera you used nothing. We know you actually used your specialty tools!! 😂😂😋 Had to, man. Love your videos and learned some stuff I didn't think of previously! Love the fact that you done this video to show others you don't need to spend a ton of money just to make something look beautiful.
These are great, I have built 4 buildings based on you and the other channels for my wifes Christmas and Halloween village. This is way more fun and much less expensive then buying the village buildings. Thanks.
Boiled down to a simple fun method that everyone can enjoy quickly and easily with the freedom to add as much detail as desired. Kinda like those ICRPG books on the top shelf! Nice work BMC!
Thank you for this video. First off I don't normally comment on videos, but I had to for this one. I am one of the people that have a very limited crafting budget and little storage space for anything. 98% of my crafting supplies come from Dollar Tree. I've been racking my brain on how to build good looking buildings for my games. Right now I have none that aren't paper craft. I now have this video for guidance. Thank You so very much.
I made several buildings like this a few weeks ago. For the shingles I bailed on the individual cut out idea because it was taking so long. I went on google and found a picture of shingles and made a quick templet to print out. When I glues it on it was painfully paper looking. So I blackwashed strategic areas and it braught it to the next level. Food for thought.
i've been dming for about six or seven months with the 5th edition character sheets and my imagination, and i've been slowly adding new elements to make it seem less amateur. last time i drew a dyson-style arena map that greatly impressed my players, and i'm really excited to bust out a full model the next time we meet up. this makes me so much more confident that i can make something look great without investing a lot of money.
I don't have an x-acto knife or cutting mat or foam. How do I do build this? Seriously? "before people complain about not having a rolling pin and it's special tool...." BMC You are 100% responsible for my interest in RPG board games. I grew up in the 80's and knew about the stigma of D&D. Thank you for opening my eyes. BTW. I already had a proxon foam cutter table before I found this channel, now I have a new reason to use it.
foam board, metal ruler, xacto knife, cardboard, gluegun (with glue), aluminium foil, wire brush, construction paper, big can/box, rocks, tacky glue, chipboard, wire tool, filler and paint :P Very nice, that you did it without the special tools. still a "long" list of things you need (and have to buy). result is awesome
Dammit it, now I have run out of excuses. It really turned out awesome. Like you, I love the wooden beams and the more realistic look they have, and the roof is also way better than I imagined.
Very nice! Ok, it might "only" be a house and not a full scenery with vegetation, water and stuff, but this is the first build I've watched where I - as a complete beginner - feel I could probably make one myself with my non-existing skills and lack of proper tools.
I was looking up plaster molds earlier today (HirstArts, they have super neat molds that produce parts to make basic dungeon tiles to full on ruins), and I was hemming and hawing over the start-up cost of getting all the molds I'd need to make some varied scenery... Holy moly, I have the urge to make an entire village worth of houses now after watching your video, and it'd cost me less than to order one of those molds! Subbed to your channel, and now I'm off to view your previous uploads, haha!
Really this is simply a wonderful video for people starting into DND. I LOVE DnC but I've never got to play it and I've been trying to assemble enough stuff so when I DO start it isn't me showing up as the kid who "loves the game" but knows nothing, has no characters prepared, no dice and no clue how to play. I wanna be better than that and so I've been compiling a list of what I'll need and this is a great video on elarning to game game aids if I ever DM/GM
foam core is one of my favorite model making materials for warhammer i've made: an entire ruined city 2 land raiders 1 malcador defender 1 valdor tank hunter ruined sci fi skimmers thunderer ordinance tank squadron (that i traded away) numerous chimeras, leman russ new projects i will be using it for this year - gothic terrain - repulsor grav transport - rhinos, immolators, exorcists - ruined terrain foamcore is great as a structural support inside a model that is shelled with plastic card or card
Great video, I used to make houses out of cardboard and card stock and plain paper all the time. Even made all the furniture for them and used toilet paper for curtains and paper towels for fabric. You really don’t need a lot of fancy tools just a good sharp xacto knife and some good scissors, you can even use tooth paste to fill in gaps if you don’t have joint compound. We used to make a base coat out of flour and water and then paint on top of that. That was in the old school project days. If you limit your creativity to the tools you have available you can sometimes hinder your ability. Don’t be afraid to experiment with just the bits and odds and ends that you have laying around. You can do all kinds of things with pasta and spaghetti and broom bristles, whatever you have, go out in your yard and collect bits of sticks and branches, rocks and dried up leaves. I always found that I could make plenty of great things out of the trash, and could have just as good of a result as if I had expensive materials.
9:22 Wal-Mart sells large "bricks"' of thin colored foam sheets for REALLY cheap in the kid's crafting section. They have almost no structural stability, but work extremely well for when I need to make thin items, such as grating . Also the foam sheets are very easy to cut with a razor blade ... foam core is far more tricky to get good edges on small or intricate pieces .
This video got me into the hobby. At this moment, after buying all the bare essentials, coming home, and crafting for about 5 hours now, I'm halfway into my first foam house.
Seeing other people be creative is always so inspiring. Even when I'm sick and look like death and decay... kinda want to make a diorama now. I really want to get into tabletop rpgs, but I don't know anybody where we moved to and my kiddo is just 5, so I'm anxiously waiting for him to be old enough to really get into this. I need a gaming bestie again 😫
This was super helpful! It makes me feel better knowing that I can very well make something eye catching without the use of expensive tools. I'd love to see some more dollar store builds!
Hearing the amount of time it took you to get your base done made me feel better about my own work. I’ve been thinking that I was taking way too long to build my little houses, which are about a fourth of the size of yours, and smaller.
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FAQ
No windows???
Correct. I intentionally made this house without windows. It was to prove a point that I never ended up actually touching on during the video as it became too long of a tangent. Essentially I left the windows out to prove that you can save some time and effort by excluding certain details because these are not historically accurate models, they are game aids. Especially with games like D&D where you are using your imagination to truly craft the world, and in this way the windows exist on any side of the building you are not currently looking at. I know, a bit of a strange concept and one that's hard to express well which is why it didn't make the video.
Why not use coffee stir sticks for the timbers?
Coffee stir sticks are a great budget crafting material. They can be found for free or cheap. The problem is that, ironically, real wood doesn't look much like wood when building miniatures. Foam with the wire brush wood grain looks more like wood after paint. You can get the wood grain effect into coffee sticks/popsicle sticks, as well as the chamfered edges, but it takes a lot of effort and is best done with a Dremel/rotary tool which is a somewhat expensive and special tool. This would not be in line with the theme of this project.
Thank you so much for reaching releasing these videos I am getting into doing and d so I want to make some props
do you get materials from princess auto?
I'd just have a blind character living there. Why would he go to the extra expense for windows when he can't use them anyway.
If I have not already, I wanted to thank you. Your series of videos, among other artist's videos as well, we're a major factor in me finding artistic inspiration once more. Keep up the great work. In my opinion, you all are in the same league as Bob Ross and Fred Rogers. Whether or not they were an inspiration to you, I think they would be proud to see people like you freely passing on your knowledge and experience, and inspiring people to create their own artwork.
The rationale for not bothering with windows is a decent one, even if I don't agree with it myself (were I to replicate this, I'd add simple shuttered ones to a few walls).
No idea why youtube wanted me here.
I had no desire in my life to build a miniature house.
But now, now I do.
I'm there now lol
YT recommends me this, and i enjoyed it
I bet we can make a living selling this stuff online...
Pujo Swasono To be honest, yeah, you totally could. There are a lot of D&D nerds out there who want immersive towns -like me, haha-
For real. Went and bought a proxxon and I'm building my first house right now. All because UA-cam said "Hey you might like this video". Crazy stuff!
This is the kind of tutorial that brings new crafters to the community!
You are absolutely right
Approachability of the hobby is really important to me. It’s a bit tricky to balance content that is approachable for new people and content that is helpful for veterans, but I try!
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I have no clue why this video popped up for me, but I'm glad it did. I've never done anything like this before, but have always found it interesting. Your video has literally helped me realize how easy this can be, and has set fire to a brand new interest for me. I'm a hobbyist at heart and enjoy building robots and other electrical gadgets. I cant wait to see what my mined comes up with once I join these two crafts.
I’ve just discovered a form of art that I’ll be exploring and sharing with my children for years to come. Thank you.
I take it you were brought here as soon as you knew he was using the oats?
I made it, but it didn't taste right. No flavor at all and very dry.
try watering down the plaster some more
You forgot to add lead powder to your paint
You forgot the lamb sauce
Same, I can't figure out why...
A lovely little model - and I see some comments about there not being windows. Some mediaeval buildings didn't have windows - they let heat out and cold in. As long as there was a flue or a hole in the roof to let smoke out, windows were a luxury. And having a smoky environment killed fleas, mites, and bedbugs. Another bonus. Of course, it might not be a house, but a storage building in a castle's outer bailey, perhaps, where no windows would be good for defence, and a deterrent to thieves. It doesn't strike me as unusual at all. Living in the UK, where there are literally thousands of buildings of the mediaeval period still standing, and lived in, and loved, it seems perfectly normal. We have lots of fortified farmhouses, with towers and defences, especially on the Scottish and Welsh borders. Some are like tiny fortresses. I love your buildings. Nice one.
This comment wins the comments section
A glass jam jar makes a perfectly good rolling pin.
I think the building looks odd with no windows at all.
The window is not the side you’re not looking at 😉
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I'll move along.
Glass jam jar?
A GLASS JAM JAR?!!
Oh, look at mr. Millionaire ouva here!
He has money to eat jam and has a nerve to use a jam jar as a rolling pin, just to stick it to us, common people!
Viz Top Tip
As someone who builds RC planes with foam core
You can use sandpaper to make it thinner, works really well
Seconded. I used to make prototypes of styrofoam packaging for drop testing purposes. Sandpaper goes through foam in seconds.
"Chipboard can be found at the back of most notepads"
*Is now cannibalizing every notepad I own for more chipboard*
Dollar tree clipboards.. I use them for everything now
is chipboard different than cereal box material
@@stuartfarrell6729 here in UK chipboard is totally different from what you get at the back of a notepad. It’s a particle board filled with tiny mashed chips of glued compressed wood , though it does come in different thicknesses.
I did the same lol
@@stuartfarrell6729 I think it depends on where you are from. In Ontario, we call it card stock. Chipboard is a kind of coarse MDF to us.
I'm not sure what I love the most about your videos: the fact that everything you buy is from Walmart, Home Depot, Dollarama, and Dollar Tree, the fact that all the prices you list are in CAD, or the fact you're clearly Canadian. I'm taking a crack at your longboat from episode #8 for my first build and man oh man, do I feel the "I wish I had a hot wire table" when it comes to the cuts, but honestly, I feel so rewarded having done this meticulously by hand. Thank you for your videos man!
Well, whaddaya know, youtube recommendations actually spat out something good for once. Subbed.
Now all I need is room to store literally any terrain at all...
Hey man, I read your post from a couple weeks ago about mental health and your experience with it. You seem plenty happy in this video, but in case you're not, chin up brother. Hope you're doing well. Thank you for the video.
I didnt see your comments about mental health, but I know crafting, especially in the winter, helps my depression a whole lot! So thanks for the mention.
Have I ever told you… you ARE my spirit animal
Thank you for your advice.
This hobby has renewed my interest in hobbys
*your videos have renewed my interest in having a hobby
If that makes any more sense
This build fits me to a tee. I live in a small home with limited space and a hotwire table isn't a practical option for me to purchase nor is storing sheets of foam insulation. Plus I don't really need more than tiles for game play however some family and friends have been seeing some of my projects that I've shared on Facebook and wanted to know if I could make them Christmas Village type buildings for the holidays. Been toying with the idea for trying foamcore which you've just settled. I thank you sir and my family will in a couple of months. Wow I got a jump on my Christmas gift ideas and it's not even June!!!👍👍👍
I agree, these would make excellent Christmas Village houses!
This is exactly how I got my wife on board for letting me pick up another hobby.
Just seeing this, any updates? Did you do them/ did they turn out well?
Vacuum Cleaner! special tool alert! , I kid, love the vid
Shit. Busted.
Not just any vacuum cleaner - I think I smell a shop vac! ;)
@@FredBednarski Brand name vac... big sin.
@majooismajor heresy this man is a warlock!
1:50 in and I've never subbed to a channel quicker. I don't know how you ended up in my recommended vids my good man, but I'm glad you did.
Same! I didn't know I wanted to craft my own buildings for my Dickens Christmas Village set but now I really, really do.
With the cutting the foamcore in half, it's something I've had to do a lot recently, and there's better ways to do it than just trying to do a long slice across the entire piece. I'm a pastry cook by trade, and the same principle applies to cutting foam in half as it does to cutting a cake in half. The short version is cut the entire way around the piece first, and then work your way into the middle. In woodworking terms, establish a kerf around the entire thing, doing a shallow cut to begin with, and then use that established kerf to keep your knife runnign true. Also, don't hold it up on edge, keep it flat side down, it'll go a lot easier on you. Probably means you need to move the piece right to the side of your table, and lean down to get your eye level with the knife. Rule of thumb with this method is you really need your knife to be 1/4 again as long as the piece is across.
As always, shallow, repetitive slices, not trying to push through the entire thing. Let the knife do the work.
That’s actually what I did but in the process shifted out of frame of the camera and only managed to capture my first instinct of doing what you see. It’s not something I ever have to do because of having a Hotwire so it wasn’t instantly intuitive.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial You should probably pin his comment so others that try this can do it in a safer manner.
This is great advice. Probably safer, too. At the last part of your comment, I thought you were gonna go full Gordon Ramsay. XD
@@IndigoWraithe I can get some bread slices, if you want?
Seriously though, I take that as a compliment. Ramsay is one of the few TV chefs I really respect. Like Jamie Oliver, I know some guys who worked directly for him. Absolutely useless.
you can also get two flat pieces of whatever that are the thickness you want, lay the piece of foam in between them, and use them as a guide to make perfect cuts
"I don't have a rolling pin" Use the side of a glass bottle. Or a pint glass. Or anything else nice and rigid, hard, and round. Anyway, LOVE this build, very nice work and fun to watch. I do not have a hot wire cutter, so this is more the way I am building things. Plus, foam core from the dollar store is just a great price. I'm all about the reuse old stuff or things that are cheap for my builds.
Anyone who plays the "don't have a rolling pin" card has serious issues
Or just place a large book or something flat on top of the foam board, and apply weight. Maybe stand on it to squash it down a little thinner.
"Or anything else nice and rigid, hard, and round"
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@@IsaacSchubert I was waiting for someone to make this comment, lmao.
I mentioned in another thread, if they arent smart enough to figure out what to use instead of a rolling pin, there's no way in h.ell they are capable of building this house.
Houuuu ! that might be the project that make me go back to minis !!!
We didn't had such nice video when i was young. Really happy I found BMC !
Also like to point out (I may have missed it if you mentioned already) that for anyone who doesn't have Mod Podge (as it can get pricey depending on where you are, or if you are just in a rush/pinch and don't have any around you), you can also use a permanent PVA glue (Elmer's Glue-All is a good option if you have it on-hand) and water (about 3 parts glue to 1 part water) as a Mod Podge stand-in (I believe, though not tried it myself, you can use PVA wood glue as well to get a quicker set and one that is more weather resistant). When in doubt: Improvise! That's fun of scratch-building. Trying new things and seeing what does and doesn't work!
This is so cool!!!! The urge to fill my house with tiny dnd buildings is great.
Just finished my first ever build! Used this video as a guide!
I have been using the mold/plaster method a couple yrs ago but soon got tired of it
Using foam for my house and game tiles is so much more rewarding!
Thanks so much BMC! C
Having an organized, dedicated workspace is a huge advantage
Thats my problem
Every time I watch you I am renewed with motivation to continue crafting. Key up the awesome videos.
What really hit me hard was hearing
It doesn't matter how fast or slow you build
As someone who can go from wanting to do nothing but sculpt,to almost wanting to break what I've done,this was nice to hear
Cool to see another shaky crafter doing so many cool stuff! My tremor has gotten a bit worse lately and doing precision work has gotten harder, so it's good to see someone making it work :)
Love the build and the simplicity of the materials used. Now off to the dollar store!!
I liked this build, not only because you used readily available material, but because it showed that with skill, and yours is considerable, you can make things look a £1000, rather than just a $1. Fab house too, thanks for making it.
7:15 switching out the rocks for metal is a good idea for cleanup too. just run a magnet over your surface. done.
Hey just wanted you to know, I started building because of you and I used this exact video to do my 1st build. I think you're an inspiration to the craft. You make more people join and that's awesome. Thank you.
This is such a fantastic video, I've been searching for a new hobby for some time now and after watching this I think I've struck gold!
I love that you cleaned your workspace, fresh workspace!!
I hope to see more easy builds like this (but a mix with the more detailed ones obviously). Fantastic show, watched every episode
So I am new to this craft but have been playing since 1979, and just watched through your videos. Came up with my own dollar store build. Thanks for inspiration.
I love every single thing about this. Finally a good UA-cam recommendation. Subscribed.
Been considering starting this hobby. I'm naturally artsy and I was a bit intimidated being limited on space and fancy tools. This video has encouraged and enlightened me. I'm 51 and have mobility issues. I feel like I need a stimulating hobby to keep my brain and hands busy. I think I've found it! Thanks from a fellow Canuck!
Great vid man. This should settle the debate. You can make terrain with anything and as cheap as possible. Looks fantastic.
One thing I’ve learned doing this channel....you will never settle a debate 😂
Black Magic Craft haha heard that man. Too true but you crushed it anyway.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial that in itself is debatable
Truly awesome build. The house looks great and fits right in on that impressive shelf of yours. Great video Jeremy!
Goobertown Hobbies come batch paint all my bones 4 minis Brent!
Just started crafting and only have room and tools to use foam board and knives (x-acto and box cutters, etc.) So this was super cool. Thanks for the video!
My rolling pin is a gift from my mother and one of the first things I received when I moved out. She collected nice ones from second hand stores. Absolutely necessary in the kitchen... Or workshop! 😊
Interesting idea with the rolling pin. I also use some kitchen tools like the meat tenderizer hammer to whack the foam to add texture instead of the tin foil ball
| Using a meat tenderizer hammer to build terrain
That's the most orkish thing I've seen all week.
I only use it to add wall texture on the foam houses
I think you make this much more approachable than people realize otherwise. Well done!
Thank you for this inspiration. I like the house. The single shingles look even better to me than foam stripe shingles, even though you cant do a wooden structure on the card board.
Unmfortunately I cannot get foam in €uroshops in germany. But it isnt that expensive in hobbyist shops. So I could build this house for like 2€ material costs.
I get mine in Idee, and you get a pretty large amount for a low price. The paper is a bit of a pain to remove but it is not the end of the world.
@@johnkennedy3403 Yes also saw it at Idee. Bought some at Ortloff, similar price.
O.K., I’ve watched a few of your videos, but this one really impressed me. One is only limited by their imagination. I love that you go the extra inch to create the realism. Chamfering the timbers, texturing the walls, all make such a difference. When you were talking about making the foam core thinner for the timbers, I was thinking about pounding on it with a flat meat tenderizer, but the rolling pin worked beautifully. Thanks for the videos!
And with métal we can use a magnet to separate the bricks from métal bits
Yea that’s another big reason to use metal rather than rocks.
It's great you demonstrated the "low" tech method on crafting. Thumbs up!
It’s amazing what you can do with so little!
Who needs a hot wire table??? I use a 9v battery guitar string and a cheese cutter... In the front yard....
Hi! That's very interesting. Do you have a video on how to do it? 😊
This is exactly how I build my dioramas. I'm slow but thats ok. It's about the creativity for me not the time.
Thank you for sharing.
Anything is possible with some imagination.
Another great one. Thanks for the video. Build looks awesome, going to have to try that.
Nice seeing you go back to your crafting roots, Pillipow.
This is what I subscribed for! Great video.
For thin boards, I use cheap foam picnic plates. I use these for stones, bricks, shingles and boards. They texture very well. I sand both sides for good paint and glue adhesion. This is very flexible. I use a hot glue gun (no glue) to dab at the stones for texturing. When I cut boards out of these, I use a steel ruler but I tilt my blade side to side as I cut. This makes a nice uneven edge, but with width control. Michael
kool , thanx...very nice , scale model genius...And re-purposed materials...looks great
thank you. i have never made a tiny building and I was not sure how the process worked. Your video was well done and helped take the mystery out of how the building process works. I think I might feel confident enough to try this. Thank you again.
Love how it turned out, have you thought to build any semi-ruined buildings for frostgrave yet? You do great work, I am always impressed!
Yup. Think about it all the time! Eventually.
Black Magic Craft also Mordheim might be getting a reboot from GW so ruins will be a good topic.
He has an awesome ruin tower video, if you haven't watched it yet go search now. But more would be great.
The paint job at the end was amazing!
Just before the paint went on, something felt wrong about the house. . . and then I realized it didn't have any windows D:
Very cool build regardless, I don't personally craft, but I find even watching any builds, especially the painting sections, helps me with my art!
The window is on the side of the house you are not looking at.
Black magic craft I love that you did a video to prove it can be done. I don't have a hot wire table. I admit it does make the process slower. I use a knife to make my cuts it works well. I've made a couple things that you've posted. A house and the tower ruin it can all be done and come out great. Keep up the awesomeness
BEAUTIFUL build buddy!!!!!!! I felt sorry for you doing the detail work. There is a plane in hell thats just brick work LOL:)!!! Again AMAING results XD!!!!!!!!!!!
I actually love doing brick work, it’s the shingles I loathe!
Love your setup and I really liked that you told us to not worry about time, I know stuff like that discourages people when they start crafting. Got yourself a new subscriber
I already have a massive crush on this handsome dude
I don't know how or why UA-cam finally has there act together and showing me individuals that offer some substance and effort but I'm glad. This will be enjoyable
IM GOING TO DO THIS NOW!! This is amazing! What do you think about doing a skyrim style blacksmiths forge or some sort of odds and ends shop where the players can spend their golds??
Hi, It's about a week that I have been watching your channel. I really really love your creativity and approach to solve problems. It's a great thing to apply in everything, even other than art. You're inspirational. Thank you!
Finally i found Arts and crafts for dudes, im home now, and it feels great. :)
Made my first destroyed tower watching your videos. I'm a pretty good painter when it comes to miniatures, but you have given me the tools to expand to crafting terrain. Trying this house now
Hey can you please make a tutorial for this without using a hot glue gun? Or one of these fancy knives? I also don't have access to cardboard.
On second thought, could you just show me how to minecraft-punch these models out of belly button lint and spare pieces of string? Ty!
In my experience with any kind of art, expensive or specialized materials very rarely change what you're able to do, just how easily you're able to do it. And what he mentions about limitations forcing creativity is spot on. I couldn't tell you how many times I've come up with weird and interesting effects just by working with what I had on hand.
Psht, bet you pulled some Hollywood stuff and just "showed" us on camera you used nothing. We know you actually used your specialty tools!!
😂😂😋
Had to, man. Love your videos and learned some stuff I didn't think of previously! Love the fact that you done this video to show others you don't need to spend a ton of money just to make something look beautiful.
Thanks for your videos im a beginner and I learn alot
Such a cool tutorial and the finished house looks great.
Subscribed! Thanks dude!
These are great, I have built 4 buildings based on you and the other channels for my wifes Christmas and Halloween village. This is way more fun and much less expensive then buying the village buildings. Thanks.
Looks very nice. Again you show us that there is no need for fancy gadgets, just bit of courage and creative lunacy to try new things.
Boiled down to a simple fun method that everyone can enjoy quickly and easily with the freedom to add as much detail as desired. Kinda like those ICRPG books on the top shelf! Nice work BMC!
While not limited - got inspired to give it a try without having to buy all the stuff. Like a trial run. Thanks BMC!
Thank you for this video. First off I don't normally comment on videos, but I had to for this one. I am one of the people that have a very limited crafting budget and little storage space for anything. 98% of my crafting supplies come from Dollar Tree. I've been racking my brain on how to build good looking buildings for my games. Right now I have none that aren't paper craft. I now have this video for guidance. Thank You so very much.
I made several buildings like this a few weeks ago.
For the shingles I bailed on the individual cut out idea because it was taking so long. I went on google and found a picture of shingles and made a quick templet to print out.
When I glues it on it was painfully paper looking. So I blackwashed strategic areas and it braught it to the next level.
Food for thought.
Thank you so much for thinking about us on a budget, BMC! :D
I try!
Thanks for this video! I'm pretty sure I learned more new tricks from this than any other single video I've found yet.
i've been dming for about six or seven months with the 5th edition character sheets and my imagination, and i've been slowly adding new elements to make it seem less amateur. last time i drew a dyson-style arena map that greatly impressed my players, and i'm really excited to bust out a full model the next time we meet up. this makes me so much more confident that i can make something look great without investing a lot of money.
I don't have an x-acto knife or cutting mat or foam. How do I do build this?
Seriously? "before people complain about not having a rolling pin and it's special tool...."
BMC You are 100% responsible for my interest in RPG board games. I grew up in the 80's and knew about the stigma of D&D. Thank you for opening my eyes.
BTW. I already had a proxon foam cutter table before I found this channel, now I have a new reason to use it.
foam board, metal ruler, xacto knife, cardboard, gluegun (with glue), aluminium foil, wire brush, construction paper, big can/box, rocks, tacky glue, chipboard, wire tool, filler and paint :P
Very nice, that you did it without the special tools. still a "long" list of things you need (and have to buy).
result is awesome
Thank you so much for this! I can't wait to create my father's childhood home for Father's Day using these techniques!! :D
Absolutely blows me away. Awesome. I'm like, I could actually do this!
Dammit it, now I have run out of excuses.
It really turned out awesome. Like you, I love the wooden beams and the more realistic look they have, and the roof is also way better than I imagined.
All hail the UA-cam algorithm that suggested this excellent video. I've subscribed.
I want to say you have been inspiration on me I'm not really creative myself I follow directions very good so I appreciate the info on your video
Very nice! Ok, it might "only" be a house and not a full scenery with vegetation, water and stuff, but this is the first build I've watched where I - as a complete beginner - feel I could probably make one myself with my non-existing skills and lack of proper tools.
I was looking up plaster molds earlier today (HirstArts, they have super neat molds that produce parts to make basic dungeon tiles to full on ruins), and I was hemming and hawing over the start-up cost of getting all the molds I'd need to make some varied scenery... Holy moly, I have the urge to make an entire village worth of houses now after watching your video, and it'd cost me less than to order one of those molds! Subbed to your channel, and now I'm off to view your previous uploads, haha!
Really this is simply a wonderful video for people starting into DND. I LOVE DnC but I've never got to play it and I've been trying to assemble enough stuff so when I DO start it isn't me showing up as the kid who "loves the game" but knows nothing, has no characters prepared, no dice and no clue how to play. I wanna be better than that and so I've been compiling a list of what I'll need and this is a great video on elarning to game game aids if I ever DM/GM
this has not only taught me to build a miniature house but it actually motivated me thank you
Now that, is one FINE rolling pin. Well played sir, well played. Rock on!
foam core is one of my favorite model making materials
for warhammer i've made:
an entire ruined city
2 land raiders
1 malcador defender
1 valdor tank hunter
ruined sci fi skimmers
thunderer ordinance tank squadron (that i traded away)
numerous chimeras, leman russ
new projects i will be using it for this year
- gothic terrain
- repulsor grav transport
- rhinos, immolators, exorcists
- ruined terrain
foamcore is great as a structural support inside a model that is shelled with plastic card or card
This new rotating table gives an awesome 360 look!
I’m glad......because it was expensive 😂
Great video, I used to make houses out of cardboard and card stock and plain paper all the time. Even made all the furniture for them and used toilet paper for curtains and paper towels for fabric. You really don’t need a lot of fancy tools just a good sharp xacto knife and some good scissors, you can even use tooth paste to fill in gaps if you don’t have joint compound. We used to make a base coat out of flour and water and then paint on top of that. That was in the old school project days. If you limit your creativity to the tools you have available you can sometimes hinder your ability. Don’t be afraid to experiment with just the bits and odds and ends that you have laying around. You can do all kinds of things with pasta and spaghetti and broom bristles, whatever you have, go out in your yard and collect bits of sticks and branches, rocks and dried up leaves. I always found that I could make plenty of great things out of the trash, and could have just as good of a result as if I had expensive materials.
9:22 Wal-Mart sells large "bricks"' of thin colored foam sheets for REALLY cheap in the kid's crafting section. They have almost no structural stability, but work extremely well for when I need to make thin items, such as grating .
Also the foam sheets are very easy to cut with a razor blade ... foam core is far more tricky to get good edges on small or intricate pieces .
This video got me into the hobby. At this moment, after buying all the bare essentials, coming home, and crafting for about 5 hours now, I'm halfway into my first foam house.
Tin foil to make the texture! :O ! That is DEF creative, and cheap, and I'm for it...For ALL of this!
Seeing other people be creative is always so inspiring. Even when I'm sick and look like death and decay... kinda want to make a diorama now. I really want to get into tabletop rpgs, but I don't know anybody where we moved to and my kiddo is just 5, so I'm anxiously waiting for him to be old enough to really get into this. I need a gaming bestie again 😫
This was super helpful! It makes me feel better knowing that I can very well make something eye catching without the use of expensive tools. I'd love to see some more dollar store builds!
I have several, including one that went up today.
Hearing the amount of time it took you to get your base done made me feel better about my own work. I’ve been thinking that I was taking way too long to build my little houses, which are about a fourth of the size of yours, and smaller.