Making a Miniature Wild West Town

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
  • In this video we are making the quintessential setting of the Old West - the main street of a frontier town!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 279

  • @Boylei
    @Boylei Рік тому +107

    Wow! This is incredible, Eric. I love the Western genre and you definitely nailed it. Although, I would have liked to see more antennas and wires and maybe a bigfoot or two.

  • @piotrpalacz4811
    @piotrpalacz4811 Рік тому +6

    The wooden planks massage made me giggle hahah great montage!

  • @Le_Petomane
    @Le_Petomane Рік тому +95

    Eric as a benevolent sky deity looking to the camera at the end, creeped me out and made me smile all at once. Just take the town but please let the women and children go!

    • @Le_Petomane
      @Le_Petomane Рік тому +2

      @13:27 you can hear him blink. Just let us go Eric!

  • @Finding_Arcadia
    @Finding_Arcadia Рік тому +4

    Boylei when he sees this: "There aint room in this town fer the both of us"
    Jokes aside, this is great! Really lovd how you did everything!

  • @peasupplyco
    @peasupplyco Рік тому +10

    Great looking table! Cool to see Dead By Lead featured too, great game

  • @MountainsideTabletop
    @MountainsideTabletop Рік тому +56

    I really dig the way you mix 3d printed elements with your from-scratch stuff. Also, as a Western fan I really need to check this game out!

  • @PaulXerxen
    @PaulXerxen Рік тому +2

    Amazing terrain pieces mate. Would love to see you post a video playing Dead by Lead. Its a great game with amazing mechanics, but it doesn't see to be getting a lot of love. We think its great.

  • @charlescunningham3695
    @charlescunningham3695 Рік тому +26

    I like how an old West town resembles a Necromunda settlement. Similarities: built from scratch, crowded, everyone carries what the own and a gun, same industries: trading posts, slop houses, bank, saloon, brothels, drug dens. Differences: no wall around the town, shanties buildings above the shops.

    • @monkeybuizznes1
      @monkeybuizznes1 Рік тому

      Now I want to see a Wild Munda board BAD

    • @AzraelThanatos
      @AzraelThanatos Рік тому

      Legends of the Old West is still an awesome game and one of the best that GW created

    • @tethys17
      @tethys17 Рік тому

      ​@@AzraelThanatoswait, GW made a cowboy game? I just started collecting Dead mans hand alongside collecting warhammer

    • @AzraelThanatos
      @AzraelThanatos Рік тому

      @@tethys17 Yep, Legends of the Old West, which is based on the original version of their Lord of the Rings game except even more customizable.
      There's 4 books in total, though I only have three of them that I managed to get, the last one was barely out when GW terminated their historical games division and then their original Specialist Games stuff and unlike the Specialist Games stuff, they didn't put it up for free on their site like they did with most of the rest for years.

  • @NelsonVlog66
    @NelsonVlog66 Рік тому +2

    Now you need a miniature Delorean with Doc, Marty, and Claire. Maybe throw in Marshal Dillon, Festus, and Miss Kitty. Ben Cartwright, his sons, and Seth MacFarlane. Oh yeah, Clint Eastwood, too.

  • @thetraitorguardsmen.5321
    @thetraitorguardsmen.5321 Рік тому +10

    This is really good. A stagecoach office and a us cavalry fort would be a great addition to the wild west board.

  • @geronimo8159
    @geronimo8159 Рік тому +18

    This wide range of projects is part of why I love this channel ❤. At some point the need to watch just another painting tutorial isn't really there anymore, but your stuff manages to surprise me again and again 😊

  • @thetbird69
    @thetbird69 Рік тому +7

    I love your videos man every time you make a set piece like this it reminds me of when I was younger looking through model catalogues in awe at the scenes they'd make to show off their models.

  • @Christian_from_Copenhagen
    @Christian_from_Copenhagen Рік тому +17

    I envy the amount of storage you must have to pump out these amazing projects 😄 Well done, particularly with this theme that's not seen very often ✌

  • @Beaut_Beau
    @Beaut_Beau Рік тому +4

    I know it's not a competition, but Eric, you are easily my favourite hobby person on youtube.
    I love the way you put together your videos and the narration, it shows that you clearly have a love of lore and the art of storytelling, that you pay attention to details and that most of what you build is from scratch or using repurposed stuff. I feel more inspired seeing what you are up to and it gets me really excited to work on my own projects!

  • @marshtiger1
    @marshtiger1 Рік тому +6

    Excellent to see you branching out even more. I love the content.

  • @graefx
    @graefx Рік тому +2

    Boylei hobby time has really made me love western builds. These look great. DEAD BY LEAD is an exceptional name. The flaws system reminds me a little of Necromunda but really makes me think of Shadowrun. I gave my character a chip habit for some extra stay points but the trade off was I'd have to indulge sometimes in the middle of a mission or risk a negative effect from withdrawal.

  • @glengoodwin3369
    @glengoodwin3369 Рік тому +2

    You got me with that wooden planking 😂

  • @tTheAnimator
    @tTheAnimator Рік тому +6

    Wow thats amazing! Looking forward to see a western fort! :D

  • @Bobdd0
    @Bobdd0 Рік тому +1

    I've been playing a LOT of HUNT: SHOWDOWN and this episode makes me REALLY want to build a board for a game of that on the table top!
    I'll try Dead by lead for the rules ;)
    Additionally, as i said ion another of your videos im making a wildwesty orlock gang and town! This is perfect for it!!

  • @mikkel6938
    @mikkel6938 Рік тому +20

    How come your videos are always so well timed in accordance with my interest sprees? I have just recently been diving into a bunch of western films, and when your ww1 inspired trench board video came out I had just been researching that very thing! It's getting eerie hahaha, but I really appriciate the history you fit into these projects. Great work!

    • @EricsHobbyWorkshop
      @EricsHobbyWorkshop  Рік тому +15

      Cause you don’t cover your webcam dude 😉

    • @mikkel6938
      @mikkel6938 Рік тому +3

      @@EricsHobbyWorkshop Must be the best possible thing to ever come out of that😂👌 thank you for watching hahaha

    • @MarkelBeverley
      @MarkelBeverley 7 місяців тому +1

      @@mikkel6938 Hell even I can see you lol

  • @kylemccormick8311
    @kylemccormick8311 Рік тому +5

    Epic build! I really like the creative use of some printed parts on the buildings but keeping the buildings themselves very easy to make with basic parts!

  • @SwiftRelish
    @SwiftRelish Рік тому +6

    You are so inspiring!!! Keep doing what you do, Eric!

  • @billdefranza4927
    @billdefranza4927 Рік тому +4

    Super excellent builds, Eric!

  • @McFordWilliam
    @McFordWilliam Рік тому +1

    Great western town, I love your Ideas and your creativity.

  • @BionicPerry1970
    @BionicPerry1970 Рік тому +9

    Dammit man! This is why I support you on Patreon. You just kill it in every video build. The variety of builds is fantastic, and I honestly think you're the first UA-camr terrain builder (that I follow, at least) that has done any Western themed terrain. So SWEEEEET! I'll definitely be taking some of these tips to my own table! I've got a few buildings already partly built, but struggled with the paint schemes. Love how you've done yours, and it has once again inspired me. Keep it up!

  • @Riven.illhook
    @Riven.illhook Рік тому +9

    Dead by Lead is awesome, and this is sweet looking terrain! Great video!

  • @bocktordaytona5656
    @bocktordaytona5656 Рік тому +4

    All your crafting videos make made my day Eric you are doing a nice job. Not just for the creativity crafting stuff but literally the channel itself its almost therapeutic for the viewer also!
    Thanks man!

  • @TheRendar
    @TheRendar Рік тому +1

    Awesome video ! Excellent tutorial . Can’t wait to try these out for my own games of Dead by lead. Keep up the great content .

  • @Wildonion1
    @Wildonion1 Рік тому +1

    In a video full of excellent building ideas and great details, I found the trick of gluing the barrels to the fences to be such an "ah hah!" moment. What a clever way to give them modularity and stability!

  • @Zorpazorp
    @Zorpazorp Рік тому

    I love a good Eric light touch.

  • @Mallsoleum
    @Mallsoleum Рік тому +1

    The editing for that porch joke was SO CLEAN 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 10/10

  • @hyperbene7711
    @hyperbene7711 Рік тому +1

    Dude, I can't stop marveling at your creativity, both in the build and in the highly entertaining way you put together your videos. I wish I could have looked longer at the finished town... and wandered through it, with my guns and horse.

  • @leeseiberg2408
    @leeseiberg2408 Рік тому +18

    I play Warhammer 40K, but now I have a need to make a Wild West town for my Space Marines XD

    • @EricsHobbyWorkshop
      @EricsHobbyWorkshop  Рік тому +9

      Do iiiit

    • @01MrCapricorn
      @01MrCapricorn Рік тому +3

      Frontier outpost on an imperial death world. That's actually really cool!

    • @tethys17
      @tethys17 Рік тому +3

      Buy a box of Dead mans hand cowboys for $15 you get 12 cowboy heads and loads of accessories. You can kitbash a cowboy chapter of space marines.
      As far as I can remember theres no official cowboy chapter. There seems to be every thing else though from vampires to pirates.

  • @fintobeanish
    @fintobeanish Рік тому +5

    I love the Wild West, it’s nice to see this

  • @rickluque6429
    @rickluque6429 11 місяців тому

    Nicely done my friend. 👍👍 it’s like looking into a western town. Loved it. Thanks for sharing your video.

  • @victoryspath4116
    @victoryspath4116 Рік тому +1

    Amazing and inspiring as usual Eric!

  • @lordvord2535
    @lordvord2535 Рік тому

    Great job👍😲
    My favorite western movie is Rio Bravo with Dean Martin 😊

  • @veronica5896
    @veronica5896 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @Miniatur_Steve
    @Miniatur_Steve Рік тому

    really inspring video of how to deal with the topic of "old and modern ways" of hobbying!
    I feel like you made a real good choice with implementing the 3D printing in your builds and still kept your signature of handcraftet terrain.
    Good to see that there is not always the fight going on about staying true to the "right ways of hobbying and crafting" and just using the best of both worlds to create even better stuff!

  • @georgesg2010
    @georgesg2010 Рік тому +1

    I check everyday for a new video, I was binge watching 1883 and 1923 and I am about to start Yellowstone and then Eric decided to do this! Happy days!

  • @teacheraprilrogers
    @teacheraprilrogers 5 днів тому

    I just came across your channel and this video in particular while looking for wild west and frontier minitures. I am a history teacher and my favorite time period is the wild west and colonial. I want to create a city for my classroom. I love to craft, so this is perfect. I am excited to give it a try

  • @adriannabcustomfurniture
    @adriannabcustomfurniture Рік тому

    I love Boylei's WWW town so much... probably because his was the first I ever saw and I've been following his from the beginning...but yours is a super close second 😍 I just love the theme. There are unlimited ways you can make it look, but no matter how you do it, everyone will recognize the Wild Wild West immediately.

  • @ThePitofSidLord
    @ThePitofSidLord Рік тому +1

    Hey Eric have you ever heard of LOTOW? It was one of Warhammer Historical's last project, Legends of the Old West. It used the original Lord of The Rings rules as a foundation so you could play with both historical shootists in historical/ahistorical match-ups as well as the standard /yourguy/ gang of outlaws, lawmen, cavalry, natives, etc, like Necromunda or Mordheim but with more yeehaws and beans. The pdf's are up floating around, and it has an archive list on BattleScribe for list building too.

  • @BlackMagicCraftOfficial
    @BlackMagicCraftOfficial Рік тому +1

    This is super fun, I'd love to play on it.

  • @josepablolunasanchez1283
    @josepablolunasanchez1283 Рік тому +1

    When I was a kid, there were cowboy miniatures in cereal boxes and the reverse of the box had the front of town buildings.

  • @paulofreire7520
    @paulofreire7520 Рік тому +2

    Great job, my man. Very cool! 👍🏻

  • @esba802
    @esba802 4 місяці тому

    Love the work and details you put in, especially the bit on how the old architecture was like. I’ve been doing some western town design in a sandbox game I play so this was definitely a great help with what typa architecture would fit the western vibe :>

  • @josray2557
    @josray2557 Рік тому

    Veru, very cool you and old timey buildings man... That is what makes this channel what it is.

  • @JvdBos
    @JvdBos Рік тому

    Perfect combo of new tech and scratchbuilding, if you ask me 🙂

  • @4hedgesfamily
    @4hedgesfamily Рік тому +1

    Great video, and awesome buildings! If I remember right, the first movie ever made was a western called "The Great Train Robbery." Lacking western actors, they simply went out and found real cowboys to fill the roles. I'm a 40K player, but I grew up as a Buckaroo in Nevada and Idaho. Maybe I should branch out/get back to my roots!

  • @samanthalacroix2687
    @samanthalacroix2687 Рік тому

    That reminds me of a time I spent the summer with my dad and we went all over the south west going to real ghost towns. Now I have to go dig threw all the old pictures for inspiration.

  • @Is_This_Really_Necessary
    @Is_This_Really_Necessary Рік тому

    My elder brother and one his staff members made a Wild West table for his gaming store over a decade ago. Though they used balsa wood instead of chipboard and bass wood for the wood framing, and paper pins for the railings.

  • @barbarusbloodshed6347
    @barbarusbloodshed6347 Рік тому +1

    My man is at it again! Going against the stream, presenting something interesting instead of the billionth painting tutorial for Space Marines.

  • @Naglareffe
    @Naglareffe Рік тому +1

    Love that rich piana is living through your board

  • @christiancrane2750
    @christiancrane2750 Рік тому

    Great Build! While you are 3D printing you could print up some water troughs and some hitching posts for the street sides. It would fill out the street and they can be moved around to block line of sight for gameplay if thats something that the rules allows.

  • @SpleenStabber44
    @SpleenStabber44 Рік тому

    Looks absolutely stunning. Well done!

  • @donollerton4809
    @donollerton4809 11 місяців тому

    Ok I wasn’t sold immediately by the intro. However you really made it worth my time. You didn’t go overboard with signs. Old west towns occasionally did, at least from the surviving pictures available. At the same time this has become a feature of Knotts berry farm Calico ghost town several I visited in Arizona and every amusement park old western town out there
    You have very steady hands . And a good sense for colors keep up the good work

  • @echodelta2426
    @echodelta2426 8 місяців тому

    Great video. Love how you adapted to not having a color printer by painting over the B/W signs.

  • @brionl4741
    @brionl4741 Рік тому +1

    You could use it for WH40K/Kill Team too. One of the original settings in the Rogue Trader book was Wild West in Space planet. Just need to add a bit of grim dark scatter terrain.

  • @Dudzuwpe
    @Dudzuwpe Рік тому

    You can also smooth out caulking paste with soapy water.
    less expensive than rubbing alcohol, but takes longer to dry again

  • @chuth2768
    @chuth2768 Рік тому

    If you have a larger art store nearby you might be able to get balsa or basswood bits with the siding already cut into it

  • @sockpuppetentvideogameplay3215

    Awesome!! Something different. I love it. I am looking to find a Yuotube video of a modular star ship for stargrave and i think it would be cool to see someone as skilled as you making one.

  • @TheDarthMushroom
    @TheDarthMushroom Рік тому

    In a few week loads of good sticks Will Fall from the sky. They are brilliant for modelbuilding and other crafts. :) just get out early on 1/1-24 and start picking Them up.

  • @JunkandCraft
    @JunkandCraft Рік тому +7

    Love the vid dude. I learned a lot from watching you. I'm working on a Arabic themed 3d printed town with some scratch building right now!

  • @TheIzaya100
    @TheIzaya100 Рік тому +4

    I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!! I like that you show your process of how you go about making and thinking up different ways to use particular objects. There are not enough videos that show miniatures! Do you have any recommendations of books that might also be good for someone wanting to get into making miniatures?

  • @zargonfuture4046
    @zargonfuture4046 Рік тому +2

    This was exactly what I wanted to do. You made an excellent job. 💣💥🏦💰

  • @conorkelly947
    @conorkelly947 Рік тому +2

    your talent and personality are admirable keep on keeping on man

  • @rmcdudmk212
    @rmcdudmk212 Рік тому +1

    Excellent work on the town. Hope your game of Dead By Lead goes great. 👍

  • @arkprice79
    @arkprice79 Рік тому +2

    This is one impressive wild west town. I almost thought it was real

  • @MustangCollectibles
    @MustangCollectibles Рік тому

    Amazing work, you make it seems easy to do! Thanks for sharing and congratulations!

  • @Cosmicgarlic41
    @Cosmicgarlic41 Рік тому

    Incredible, fantastic job!

  • @Raildig
    @Raildig 9 місяців тому

    I work in Z scale model trains and always on the lookout for inspiration, regardless of the size or scale. Your town has a truly great feel to it.

  • @Kirk.t.g
    @Kirk.t.g Рік тому +2

    Damn a whole new world just like that

  • @andersand6576
    @andersand6576 Рік тому

    So great to see something other then the classic scifi/fantasy. Every wargamer should do some historical atæeast once in a lifetime

  • @Hippy-l1e
    @Hippy-l1e Рік тому

    Takes patience! Awesome creations!

  • @hmgirlpopuri5819
    @hmgirlpopuri5819 Рік тому +2

    Only thing it's missing are some tumbleweeds and water troughs for cowboys to get thrown off their horses into!

  • @pauljakeman
    @pauljakeman Рік тому

    First video of yours I’ve seen. This was amazing buddy, some real nice work!

  • @Darkwolf-94
    @Darkwolf-94 Рік тому +2

    Love this! As I am looking to make my own buildings, I am curious as to wear you got the files for the 3d print stuff? Would love to try and utilize those as well.
    Awesome job and a great inspiration!!!

  • @cerisekappes580
    @cerisekappes580 Рік тому +1

    Looks incredible!!! Have fun!!!

  • @motorTranz
    @motorTranz Рік тому

    Good job ! Thanks for sharing !

  • @MrFredstt
    @MrFredstt Рік тому +1

    Lmfao I did not expect a Rich Piana cameo. Very nice touch 😂

  • @DavidUrban-y3c
    @DavidUrban-y3c Рік тому

    Loved the video add some ambient lighting from the insides of the buildings and some furnishings and then some customers in the saloon the hotel etc. Like some people are doing some business in there. Very interesting. How much does that printer cost? Thanks for posting it. Have a great day everyone

  • @caitlynwarrington8690
    @caitlynwarrington8690 Рік тому

    Fantastic Job sir! great video and really nice buildings!

  • @cam2designs
    @cam2designs Рік тому

    Favorite terrain builder now.

  • @footrot17
    @footrot17 Рік тому +1

    Skin that smoke wagon and get to work! I said throw down boy! Haha nice work Eric

    • @EricsHobbyWorkshop
      @EricsHobbyWorkshop  Рік тому

      You gonna do something? Or just stand there and bleed

    • @footrot17
      @footrot17 Рік тому

      One of the finest moving pictures imo. Tombstone for those that don't know

  • @jonbauml225
    @jonbauml225 Рік тому

    They ended up so good

  • @DiverDays
    @DiverDays Рік тому +2

    Boylei would be proud

  • @ernestorodriguez3637
    @ernestorodriguez3637 18 днів тому

    You put a lot of effort into this project! I would love to do something similar someday!

  • @beaushaver3779
    @beaushaver3779 Рік тому

    My group just started playing what a cowboy and this is perfect

  • @DrOmegaBattleSphere
    @DrOmegaBattleSphere Рік тому +1

    Please do a video of you playing a game with this!!

  • @Chudders1982
    @Chudders1982 Рік тому

    Great video, they look absolutely awesome!

  • @benjaminjack867
    @benjaminjack867 Рік тому +1

    This board is SICK! RIP big Rich

  • @robanderson473
    @robanderson473 Рік тому

    "Dammit Walter, everything's a fukken travesty with you!" Great town by the way! Nice figs too.

  • @thejaxter6993
    @thejaxter6993 Рік тому +1

    It’s always a good day whenever you post

  • @williamford3605
    @williamford3605 Рік тому +1

    Can't wait to play Dead by Lead!

  • @archchase__3881
    @archchase__3881 Рік тому +1

    OMG YES this is my favorite genre

  • @Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr
    @Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr Рік тому

    Exceptional! And a great tutorial.

  • @joesturn7740
    @joesturn7740 Рік тому +1

    Eric only wants one thing and it's making various deserts 😂
    Please never stop

  • @NinetaleHobbies
    @NinetaleHobbies Рік тому +1

    I was hoping that this video was for Dead by Lead.

  • @6omega2
    @6omega2 Рік тому

    This is pretty amazing. My hat is off to you.