*I DIDN'T USE PARCHMENT OR WAX PAPER ON PURPOSE* Paper was chosen specifically BECAUSE the small pieces would stick to it during assembly, making the process much easier. Having the pieces slide around on parchment or glass or wax paper or whatever would be very annoying and make the process way more difficult. This is *especially* true if someone were using a slower drying glue like PVA. Assembly on parchment is great in many situations and I've done it many times in other videos, but it was not right for this. What elements are you struggling to find or afford that you would like to see how to hand craft? Let me know and I'll see if I can sort it out. This video was not sponsored by Shifting Lands by the way... The stained glass sheets I briefly show are a product being launched along with this kickstarter: kck.st/2M7Hx2L GEL SHEETS I USED (USA) amzn.to/2UO8VIV (Canada) amzn.to/3bKzyEO (UK) amzn.to/38tzLde (Germany) amzn.to/38soHNB (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases) Video where I make the little tavern diorama: ua-cam.com/video/8bQHYCHZmjg/v-deo.html
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Hey man I am looking at this and looking at the paper and seeing the problems. I have a question... why not use baking tray paper? its non-stick everything will jump off it no problems.
James Colman the whole point of the paper is that you want something to stick to when assembling the frame. You don’t want it sliding all over the place.
Last week: We are making an Eldritch horror, a reviled Goliath which shall taint the land in a shroud of darkness and insanity. This week: Windows are nice, you can put them in a cute lil’ cottage :) BMC has all my needs covered.
As an RC plane builder I have a really good tip on how stop your windows from sticking to the paper. Use waxed paper. The work will readily come off of it. You can find it at your grocery store. Put the waxed side up. Easy way to tell the waxed side is to rest your razor and slide it sideways. The wax will build up on the blade. That is the waxed side which is the side you want up to work on.
Yea, I build stuff on parchment paper all the time for this reason. In this case though I intentionally didn't. The adhesion to the paper was an intentional property I wanted to utilize in this. Building tiny fiddly frames, it helps to have them stay in place. Especially if someone were to use a slower drying glue and were making a bunch.
You're the man Jeremy! This past year I've been getting back into hobby after a 10 year hiatus, and you and a few other favorite crafting youtubers have absolutely super charged my efforts and techniques.
*Jeremy* Making small incidentals like this is just the type of video I enjoy - it's useful information and helps a load when you can't afford to get pre made stuff from all over the world via the internet. Please make more videos like this one. Perhaps you could show how to make any of the following : 1. Hinges - both working and for show, not only in metal, but also in clay, or rigid plastic. 2. Various types of roof tiles made in different materials such as clay, card, paper, plastic, foil, metal. Roof tiles such as grey Welsh slate, Italian terracotta, Chinese shingles, Flemish thatch, American Cedar shingles etc. 3. Make a mold so you can then make batches of roof tiles. Either individual tiles or a complete interlocked roofing sheet of tiles that you can later cut to size, and also be able to make it in plastic, plaster or clay. 4. Doors, doorways & door stoops, and all the associated accessories such as : various types of door handles doorframes doorsteps porch lights letterboxes door gargoyles windows in doors door porches door rain covers various types of hinges big double Church doors opening square hatches (to see who is on the outside - think 1960's films with a hidden underground drinking den, where the bouncer would open a small square hatch to see who wanted in, which he then shuts, and opens the big door fully to let them in). 5. Make a stencil in metal preferably, or rigid plastic, for brickwork, so you can put the stencil down on a piece of foam or thick mounting card, secure the stencil, cover the board and stencil with plaster, let it dry a little, remove the stencil, which then leaves a brickwork pattern to dry, which can then be painted, and you have a ready-made brick and indented mortar on a wall, which can account for curves, or be totally straight. 5. How to make a jig. Not everyone can understand how to make a jig (such as my young nephew who didn't know what you meant when you said to "make a jig to do this"). Explain how to work out what you need, and how to then go about making a jig. This would be useful for people who are not exactly Einstein, or have never seen one made. 6. Make a rolling pin like the ones you use from Green Stuff World. Not everyone can afford to buy these and showing how to make one or two with either a flagstone, brickwork, cobble or pavement pattern would make a great video as no-one else has done this in UA-cam & I have checked ! 7. How to create a leaf cutting stamp. These are expensive for what they are and there must be a way to create your own - the terrain creation world is depending on you to come up with the solution. 8. Miniature woodworking tools - make some that are useful for crafting in miniature scales with a budget of no more than $10.00 per tool. Such as motorised bench saw, miniature jig saw, mini disc sander, mini flat sander, motorised paint stirrer, pillar drill stand to make perfectly vertical holes, mini drill, mini chisels for altering wood shapes, tiny hammer 🔨, make a bench board to hold work so it doesn't move, has moveable long, flat, metal holders with screw adjusters on the end, so you adjust the pressure, or allow for thicker or thinner pieces etc. As far as the motorised stuff, they don't have to be ultra powerful, but they do need to be solid, and run off either a rechargable battery, or mains via socket, and be enclosed and ultimately safe ! You can cheat and use the insides of a childs rechargeable toothbrush from a cheapy shop to make things easier for you, but the cost of this must be included in the $10 budget. 9. Storage systems for various items such : as all the tools you use, hand tools brushes components paper & card stocks plastic (rods & sheets) foam various rolls of differing sizes & thicknesses spray cans not shelf based (maybe moveable upright, slot system based & can accommodate various sized cans different flocks & ground cover, not left in the plastic bags they come in that leak everywhere This is so you don't waste half your build time looking for stuff you know you have, but just can't remember where you stored it ! Again, think minimal cost, or no money and see what you can create - raiding of dumpsters, unwanted offcuts from woodworking places, or scrounging from office supply companies, companies who are moving, refurbishment businesses, etc is totally allowed. 10. Metal work accessories - how to use a soldering iron to make stuff in miniature, without burning your fingers ! Including : the best wire to use making a mini brass bucket and chest how to bend hollow rods without buckling them how to solder them how to connect them in to right angles, circles & T-junctions how to create frames how to create cages how to create locks how to make girders how to make pylons how to make aerials and other telecoms how to create sonar discs how to create telegraph poles and sprigs etc. 11. How to make your own display cases. 12. How to find and put together a resources pack when your trying to think of a new idea, or theme to work on. For example, if you wanted to make an entirely new terrain board with structures using the idea of post apocalyptic snow bound world, where everything is frozen and tunnels are used to move between buildings, but there are topside buildings that need to be utilised and maintained which have various uses, such as a communication centre with tower, supplies store housing block machine shop energy center wind turbine security fence Show how you would search for, find, select, gather and collate the pictures and info, and then set about creating the buildings based on your research. 12. Create a useful guide for which glue to use with which material. This may seem like a no-brainer, but everyone, including me in the past has had a brainstorm and reached for something thinking "it will be fine", only to use the wrong glue and see it melt the thing I've just spent the past 3 hours working on ! Especially now when there are literally hundreds of different glues, under an array of different names, which all stick different things, but not others. Do a complete run down, including a downloadable chart, showing all the glues, including : brand names of what type they are what they will stick to what they won't stick to what they will destroy ! 14. Clamps ! How to make your own, how and where to buy them, about the different types for different uses, some with lots of pressure some with very little so they don't mark your terrain. 15. How to make snow, in all its forms, from loose powdery, to thick iceberg types, and everything in-between.There are many videos on how to make ground cover and tall bushes, but non on making snow. I hope all this gives you some ideas, as these are all things I have thought about when making terrain, or even if you read it and it sparks some other ideas for you, that's fine.
*Bangs head on table for not having thought of all of this before* It's so bloody simple, and I've been faffing about trying to square up balsa dowels.
So Jeremy being the great DollarRama purchaser that you are here is a nice tip for you that I have been using for a while now. When using any kind of glue or doing any kind of glueing get your self a package of parchment paper. It comes in sqaure sheets and round sheets. I also use it for when I am hand painting models or miniature as it really helps to keep my cutting mat clean. So just a nice tip to pass on to your patreons. Blessing Pastor Randy Bourque Calgary
The timing of this video for me is like when facebook ads show up advertising things you've been looking for/have thought about. This is super useful and will save me so much money so thank you!
Awesome video, just a suggestion on a way to better that, try using 2" or 3" wide masking tape, sticky side up stuck to the back of the square and hanging out exposed where you put your window to hold the parts still and so it don't stick to the paper. but yours is a great idea and way to do it, keep up the great work, thanks for showing us.
I usually learn something from your videos. Today I learned the drywall tape leading. Great tip. One for you. Hot wire pen. I've constructed a hot wire pen out of a white out dispenser / roller / Micro switch / 2mm copper pipe / 2" long clip of guitar string. Assembled to resemble an airbrush. Would show photo but. Can't not here anyway.
This is fantastic! This is exactly the thing I needed for my next project. I was going to use the plastic granny netting, but this looks so much better. Thanks!
You can also color clear plastic with sharpies. You'd see the lines from the pen strokes, but not if you were to, say, color every tiny square different to make a patterned stained glass design. Also, you can quickly smear sharpie before it dries with your finger or a tissue to make it more smooth, or blot it with a paper towel or crumpled plastic wrap to give it a textured glass look. There are fun techniques to play with, and you can always wipe it off with rubbing alcohol if you just completely screw it up and need to start over.
Goddamnit Jeremy. I’ve been looking for a way to make this very thing! You beat me to it, but I’m glad you did. While I would LOVE to support GeBoom, it’s so much more cost effective to make my own. This is a great tutorial and I can’t wait to try it out! Thanks! 🤓
I love how you stress accessibility for the craft for everyone! Your videos honestly turned me into a crafting DM and brought my games to a whole new level! Thanks again for proving you don't need to be deep into the hobby to make stuff that looks awesome!!!
Wow, I never would have thought about drywall tape. Genius! Thanks, Jeremy! I haven't started crafting yet (busy with school) but I can't wait to start creating terrain for our campaign and your guides and tips are so entertaining and useful.
Love the use of the dry wall tape. Have used it in costume builds before. As for tinted 'glass' I have used plastic from packaging as you did and the permeant marker in whatever colour I liked. As a former teacher I often used the permanent over head projector markers.
I know Ace has the black stuff.. not sure if Ace is in Canada.. www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/patch-and-repair/drywall-tape/1821834?x429=true&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAiA7t3yBRADEiwA4GFlI-Y5_-s_Srnl_WnUDa1yIY-eMiLn8t56lwabXXbAMaod9cOi4oXsSRoCROYQAvD_BwE
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial www.amazon.co.uk/mciskin-Fiberglass-Covering-Waterproof-Mosquitoes/dp/B07K476XSL/ref=sr_1_28?keywords=drywall+tape&qid=1582898920&s=industrial&sr=1-28 - Not exactly the same thing, but black. No clue who sells that in Canada, of course.
If you are making a lot of this kind of thing you need a "Chop-it". its like a razor blade miter table. great for many repeatable cuts! Great video as always.
This is a clever idea ,I would never of thought of the webbing but it makes sense ..I don’t do models but very interested in all forms of art..You can also using some clear package material if you do not have any coloured sheeting ..You can colour it in using an alcohol marker ,it will give you the same tinted glass look ,or if you just want to colour around the edges of the faux glass to give the dirty lived in effect too..Simple but looks really great 😀
Thank you! At times one gets boggled down not immediately thinking of a great solution to a problem. This shows just how easy it can be if you just think a little outside the box
I tried coming up with some fancy way of saying this, but realized that keeping it simple is best. Thank you - for this video and for all the instruction you have provided.
You sir are my, tabletop crafts, guru. I don't have pictures but your tiles and ideas have inspired me to improve my knowledge of thinking outside the box. I'm still learning how to be a DGM but have been loving making campaign plots and battles. Trying to learn the game details I have a struggle without my notes. God Bless your creativity! Without you, I'd still be in a art depression.
When I saw the thumbnail I thought you might have used Plastic cross stitch canvas. But I love the drywall tape. I have used drywall tape for a million things it wasn't intended for, like adding structural strength to epoxy repairs, so it is great to see yet another use for that giant roll of drywall tape sitting in the workshop.
Thanks! It looks way better than my preferred method, which is to use transparent plastic with cut self adhesive paper labels. I'm sure this come in useful.
For stained glass, you can use color laser printer friendly transparency film and the mosaic tool in photoshop. For small scale, you should get a decent result
I did some stained glass windows for a building I made many years ago. I used wire mesh that's right about the same if not maybe a little bigger, in the square, then drywall tape. For the "glass" I used transparent gel paint, used in crafts such as shirt painting, or those translucent picture things that you can stick to glass over and over again. If you're good at wire bending you can make really nice looking and realistic looking stained glass pictures like seen in churches. Just use copper wire and then use a soldering iron and solder the wire together as well as coat the wire in solder and it will look as real as can be to real lead stained glass. Though doing this is not a fast process in any way shape or form but in the end it is the most realistic looking stained glass I have done and seen for miniatures and the like.
This is great. I'm from NZ and sometimes postage is an issue. We also generally have less variety when we go to the store. Thanks for your work and for thinking so carefully about your audience.
Thank you, I am a trash crafter myself. I spend more money on my miniatures then my dioramas. I am building atm a two story modular Inn. I hadn’t worked out how to create windows, your technic has solved my problem. I intend to light the interiors w/ tiny battery op. LEDs. Even the fireplace will have a lit fire.
That was awesome. I imagine you could cut smaller pieces of the colored gel sheets and glue them to a clear plastic if you wanted a fancy stained glass look for a church.
Would be a lot of work, but you could do it. Personally I'd take the clear plastic, add the mesh, then colour in as desired with sharpie markers on the back ;)
As an alternative way to tint the "glass", take the transparent plastic from packaging as mentioned in the video, but apply colored Sharpie. If it works on Wyloch's fuse objective markers, it will work for a window.
One of the most used bits on my RPG gaming table are some free standing windows - just the window and the wall below it. I have discovered that if you have a 3D element for where the windows are, the players are a LOT more likely to use then tactically than if you just draw them on the battle map. By 'tactically' I include throwing people out the windows, then jumping out after them.
These materials and methods could be used, with a lot of extra steps and a clear plastic base sheet, to make a stained-glass window for a cathedral or church type building. Alternately, apply the mesh tape to a clear plastic and use droppers to deposit dye or wash into the squares to make the pattern for the stained glass window. - - I'll have to do some experimenting.
Hot damn!! Perfect timing for this tutorial! Recently re-watched your episode on the tavern build and am getting ready to do one myself...windows were a stumbling block. Thank you for all of the tips!!
I feel like alot of the problem folks have is creativity. Like trying to find out the materials that would mimic the look they are going for. Btw, love your videos and I made the dungeon tiles from one of your first videos you made.
I like how the windows are greenish. Like really old glass windows had a green tint before they learned to make them clear in big sheets like our modern windows.
Great video, very inspirational. Over the years as a builder and doing lots of studded walls using dry wall tape and skimming I never would of thought of using this tape for windows. I've always just kept with simple frames, but as I have some tape in my shed I know what I'll be making soon. Cheers, Rick the Bulldog
I wonder if you could enhance the diagnol effect with the drywall tape by pulling the ends a bit and stretching it for more pronounced diamonds instead of squares on their ends. It might even need to be framed or anchored by the edges of sorts to keep the tape from pulling back in it's natural state while painting or at least until you affix it to a clear window like surface. Maybe the frame will also stabilize.
The easiest window hack, if you’re doing medieval fantasy, is to realize that in the middle ages glass was actually really rare, and most windows were just empty frames with wood blinds for the cold.
I recently decided to make the leap from player to dm (well, adding dm to my resume, I'll still be playing!) And as a looooooong time crafter, started investigating terrain building as it seemed like the logical thing! (I already have this drywall tape, for instance, and not from construction, lol...and own most of the things I'll need for terrain building.) Just want to say I'm loving your channel for learning how to go about starting my future stockpile of terrain pieces. And you're a fellow Canuck to boot. There were some older videos I've watched where you were doing something where I thought a product/process I knew of from other crafting areas could help, but being older videos, didn't comment on. You usually found your way to them eventually in newer videos (guess maybe there are other multi-disciplinary crafters out there sharing knowledge, lol!) But I hope I may have some little knowledge to share going forward to make up for all the knowledge you're sharing with me (us). Thanks!
could also double for bulletproof/reinforced glass if placed into a modern/scifi type of structure, although a blue tint might be better than the green tint
Awesome! I recently needed windows and just ended up using parchment paper I had on-hand on the inside so you couldn't see in but some light could get out. Your videos have been super helpful in getting started creating buildings for games. I never realized how easy it could be until seeing your videos and actually trying it. My 7 year old daughter had been enjoying learning how to paint miniatures and build these sorts of crafts with me. She just finished her fist house the other day all by herself (well, I did the cutting but she did everything else), turned out really well!
That sir was one of the best videos I have seen for usefulness ty - btw - one of the best tools I came up with for crafting when I first started is a we R memory keepers 13 x 13 square glass cutting board. It covers my larger cutting board with a small work surface that is nicely measured for cutting and it is glass which is awesome with glues especially hot glue, and you can paint on it and it cleans up nicely with your exacto removing the paint.
Thanks for this fantastically helpful video. Windows have always been my #1 speed-bump in crafting buildings. This is much better than granny grate frames.
Thanks for Doing this one. I was just working on a Gnome Tree House / Hut that needs some Windows and I ALWAYS DREAD doing them. So much so I was looking online for like you use from Shifting lands. Keep on Crafting!
This is a very helpful tutorial. The idea with the colored sheets is pretty good. And the tape again. I need that tape. Have to think of when I am at the hardware store next time. Thank you. Suggestions .. well .. you have a series of scatter terrain videos already. I would like to see more of these. Barricades made of scrap (fantasy scrap, SciFi Scrap, End of days Scrap).
*I DIDN'T USE PARCHMENT OR WAX PAPER ON PURPOSE*
Paper was chosen specifically BECAUSE the small pieces would stick to it during assembly, making the process much easier. Having the pieces slide around on parchment or glass or wax paper or whatever would be very annoying and make the process way more difficult. This is *especially* true if someone were using a slower drying glue like PVA.
Assembly on parchment is great in many situations and I've done it many times in other videos, but it was not right for this.
What elements are you struggling to find or afford that you would like to see how to hand craft? Let me know and I'll see if I can sort it out.
This video was not sponsored by Shifting Lands by the way...
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Hey man I am looking at this and looking at the paper and seeing the problems. I have a question... why not use baking tray paper? its non-stick everything will jump off it no problems.
James Colman the whole point of the paper is that you want something to stick to when assembling the frame. You don’t want it sliding all over the place.
Last week: We are making an Eldritch horror, a reviled Goliath which shall taint the land in a shroud of darkness and insanity.
This week: Windows are nice, you can put them in a cute lil’ cottage :)
BMC has all my needs covered.
Some days, you're Hardcore. Some days, you're Cottage-Core.
As an RC plane builder I have a really good tip on how stop your windows from sticking to the paper. Use waxed paper. The work will readily come off of it. You can find it at your grocery store. Put the waxed side up. Easy way to tell the waxed side is to rest your razor and slide it sideways. The wax will build up on the blade. That is the waxed side which is the side you want up to work on.
Yea, I build stuff on parchment paper all the time for this reason. In this case though I intentionally didn't. The adhesion to the paper was an intentional property I wanted to utilize in this. Building tiny fiddly frames, it helps to have them stay in place. Especially if someone were to use a slower drying glue and were making a bunch.
You're the man Jeremy! This past year I've been getting back into hobby after a 10 year hiatus, and you and a few other favorite crafting youtubers have absolutely super charged my efforts and techniques.
The leaded window effect really sells and elevates this one, and I love the green tint giving it all a nice antique glass vibe.
*Jeremy*
Making small incidentals like this is just the type of video I enjoy - it's useful information and helps a load when you can't afford to get pre made stuff from all over the world via the internet.
Please make more videos like this one. Perhaps you could show how to make any of the following :
1. Hinges - both working and for show, not only in metal, but also in clay, or rigid plastic.
2. Various types of roof tiles made in different materials such as clay, card, paper, plastic, foil, metal. Roof tiles such as grey Welsh slate, Italian terracotta, Chinese shingles, Flemish thatch, American Cedar shingles etc.
3. Make a mold so you can then make batches of roof tiles. Either individual tiles or a complete interlocked roofing sheet of tiles that you can later cut to size, and also be able to make it in plastic, plaster or clay.
4. Doors, doorways & door stoops, and all the associated accessories such as :
various types of door handles
doorframes
doorsteps
porch lights
letterboxes
door gargoyles
windows in doors
door porches
door rain covers
various types of hinges
big double Church doors
opening square hatches (to see who is on the outside - think 1960's films with a hidden underground drinking den, where the bouncer would open a small square hatch to see who wanted in, which he then shuts, and opens the big door fully to let them in).
5. Make a stencil in metal preferably, or rigid plastic, for brickwork, so you can put the stencil down on a piece of foam or thick mounting card, secure the stencil, cover the board and stencil with plaster, let it dry a little, remove the stencil, which then leaves a brickwork pattern to dry, which can then be painted, and you have a ready-made brick and indented mortar on a wall, which can account for curves, or be totally straight.
5. How to make a jig. Not everyone can understand how to make a jig (such as my young nephew who didn't know what you meant when you said to "make a jig to do this"). Explain how to work out what you need, and how to then go about making a jig. This would be useful for people who are not exactly Einstein, or have never seen one made.
6. Make a rolling pin like the ones you use from Green Stuff World. Not everyone can afford to buy these and showing how to make one or two with either a flagstone, brickwork, cobble or pavement pattern would make a great video as no-one else has done this in UA-cam & I have checked !
7. How to create a leaf cutting stamp. These are expensive for what they are and there must be a way to create your own - the terrain creation world is depending on you to come up with the solution.
8. Miniature woodworking tools - make some that are useful for crafting in miniature scales with a budget of no more than $10.00 per tool. Such as motorised
bench saw,
miniature jig saw,
mini disc sander,
mini flat sander,
motorised paint stirrer,
pillar drill stand to make perfectly vertical holes,
mini drill,
mini chisels for altering wood shapes,
tiny hammer 🔨,
make a bench board to hold work so it doesn't move, has moveable long, flat, metal holders with screw adjusters on the end, so you adjust the pressure, or allow for thicker or thinner pieces etc.
As far as the motorised stuff, they don't have to be ultra powerful, but they do need to be solid, and run off either a rechargable battery, or mains via socket, and be enclosed and ultimately safe ! You can cheat and use the insides of a childs rechargeable toothbrush from a cheapy shop to make things easier for you, but the cost of this must be included in the $10 budget.
9. Storage systems for various items such :
as all the tools you use, hand tools
brushes
components
paper & card stocks
plastic (rods & sheets)
foam
various rolls of differing sizes & thicknesses
spray cans not shelf based (maybe moveable upright, slot system based & can accommodate various sized cans
different flocks & ground cover, not left in the plastic bags they come in that leak everywhere
This is so you don't waste half your build time looking for stuff you know you have, but just can't remember where you stored it ! Again, think minimal cost, or no money and see what you can create - raiding of dumpsters, unwanted offcuts from woodworking places, or scrounging from office supply companies, companies who are moving, refurbishment businesses, etc is totally allowed.
10. Metal work accessories - how to use a soldering iron to make stuff in miniature, without burning your fingers ! Including :
the best wire to use
making a mini brass bucket and chest
how to bend hollow rods without buckling them
how to solder them
how to connect them in to right angles, circles & T-junctions
how to create frames how to create cages
how to create locks
how to make girders
how to make pylons how to make aerials and other telecoms
how to create sonar discs
how to create telegraph poles and sprigs etc.
11. How to make your own display cases.
12. How to find and put together a resources pack when your trying to think of a new idea, or theme to work on. For example, if you wanted to make an entirely new terrain board with structures using the idea of post apocalyptic snow bound world, where everything is frozen and tunnels are used to move between buildings, but there are topside buildings that need to be utilised and maintained which have various uses, such as
a communication centre with tower,
supplies store
housing block
machine shop
energy center
wind turbine
security fence
Show how you would search for, find, select, gather and collate the pictures and info, and then set about creating the buildings based on your research.
12. Create a useful guide for which glue to use with which material. This may seem like a no-brainer, but everyone, including me in the past has had a brainstorm and reached for something thinking "it will be fine", only to use the wrong glue and see it melt the thing I've just spent the past 3 hours working on ! Especially now when there are literally hundreds of different glues, under an array of different names, which all stick different things, but not others. Do a complete run down, including a downloadable chart, showing all the glues, including :
brand names
of what type they are
what they will stick to what they won't stick to
what they will destroy !
14. Clamps ! How to make your own, how and where to buy them, about the different types for different uses, some with lots of pressure some with very little so they don't mark your terrain.
15. How to make snow, in all its forms, from loose powdery, to thick iceberg types, and everything in-between.There are many videos on how to make ground cover and tall bushes, but non on making snow.
I hope all this gives you some ideas, as these are all things I have thought about when making terrain, or even if you read it and it sparks some other ideas for you, that's fine.
*Bangs head on table for not having thought of all of this before*
It's so bloody simple, and I've been faffing about trying to square up balsa dowels.
So Jeremy being the great DollarRama purchaser that you are here is a nice tip for you that I have been using for a while now.
When using any kind of glue or doing any kind of glueing get your self a package of parchment paper. It comes in sqaure sheets and round sheets.
I also use it for when I am hand painting models or miniature as it really helps to keep my cutting mat clean.
So just a nice tip to pass on to your patreons.
Blessing
Pastor Randy Bourque
Calgary
The timing of this video for me is like when facebook ads show up advertising things you've been looking for/have thought about. This is super useful and will save me so much money so thank you!
Awesome video, just a suggestion on a way to better that, try using 2" or 3" wide masking tape, sticky side up stuck to the back of the square and hanging out exposed where you put your window to hold the parts still and so it don't stick to the paper. but yours is a great idea and way to do it, keep up the great work, thanks for showing us.
I usually learn something from your videos. Today I learned the drywall tape leading. Great tip. One for you. Hot wire pen. I've constructed a hot wire pen out of a white out dispenser / roller / Micro switch / 2mm copper pipe / 2" long clip of guitar string. Assembled to resemble an airbrush. Would show photo but. Can't not here anyway.
This is fantastic! This is exactly the thing I needed for my next project. I was going to use the plastic granny netting, but this looks so much better. Thanks!
Yea, the granny grating is ok, but the scale is way off. Better suited for big iron bars than small leading.
I use a non-slip mesh that's intended to be put underneath rugs. "STOPP" from Ikea works well and is just about in scale.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Have you ever painted the granny grating? Any recommendations?
Eric Burdo in several videos (two recent ones actually)......spray primer.
You can also color clear plastic with sharpies. You'd see the lines from the pen strokes, but not if you were to, say, color every tiny square different to make a patterned stained glass design. Also, you can quickly smear sharpie before it dries with your finger or a tissue to make it more smooth, or blot it with a paper towel or crumpled plastic wrap to give it a textured glass look. There are fun techniques to play with, and you can always wipe it off with rubbing alcohol if you just completely screw it up and need to start over.
Goddamnit Jeremy. I’ve been looking for a way to make this very thing! You beat me to it, but I’m glad you did. While I would LOVE to support GeBoom, it’s so much more cost effective to make my own. This is a great tutorial and I can’t wait to try it out! Thanks! 🤓
Dry wall tape... BRILLANT. TY
I love how you stress accessibility for the craft for everyone! Your videos honestly turned me into a crafting DM and brought my games to a whole new level! Thanks again for proving you don't need to be deep into the hobby to make stuff that looks awesome!!!
Wow, I never would have thought about drywall tape. Genius! Thanks, Jeremy! I haven't started crafting yet (busy with school) but I can't wait to start creating terrain for our campaign and your guides and tips are so entertaining and useful.
The drywall tape idea is absolutely brilliant!
Love the use of the dry wall tape. Have used it in costume builds before. As for tinted 'glass' I have used plastic from packaging as you did and the permeant marker in whatever colour I liked. As a former teacher I often used the permanent over head projector markers.
Ha! I've been doing this one for a while. Finally one step ahead. Drywall tape comes in black too.
Really? Never seen it in black. That would save a lot of hassle!
I know Ace has the black stuff.. not sure if Ace is in Canada..
www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/patch-and-repair/drywall-tape/1821834?x429=true&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAiA7t3yBRADEiwA4GFlI-Y5_-s_Srnl_WnUDa1yIY-eMiLn8t56lwabXXbAMaod9cOi4oXsSRoCROYQAvD_BwE
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial www.amazon.co.uk/mciskin-Fiberglass-Covering-Waterproof-Mosquitoes/dp/B07K476XSL/ref=sr_1_28?keywords=drywall+tape&qid=1582898920&s=industrial&sr=1-28 - Not exactly the same thing, but black. No clue who sells that in Canada, of course.
If you are making a lot of this kind of thing you need a "Chop-it". its like a razor blade miter table. great for many repeatable cuts! Great video as always.
Yes, that tool would be a huge help making many of these!
This is a clever idea ,I would never of thought of the webbing but it makes sense ..I don’t do models but very interested in all forms of art..You can also using some clear package material if you do not have any coloured sheeting ..You can colour it in using an alcohol marker ,it will give you the same tinted glass look ,or if you just want to colour around the edges of the faux glass to give the dirty lived in effect too..Simple but looks really great 😀
I'd never have thought of drywall tape, Cheers!
Thanks. Great info. Handy for my 1/35 military modeling dioramas.
Love that little turn to offset the pattern into diamond. Very cool. 👍🏻
Thank you! At times one gets boggled down not immediately thinking of a great solution to a problem. This shows just how easy it can be if you just think a little outside the box
I tried coming up with some fancy way of saying this, but realized that keeping it simple is best. Thank you - for this video and for all the instruction you have provided.
The "leading" also works well in more modern settings for the wires in security glass often seen in asylums, schools,. and hospitals
Yea, in that situation I'd just not rotate it the 45d and give it more of that square grid look. Would work well.
You sir are my, tabletop crafts, guru. I don't have pictures but your tiles and ideas have inspired me to improve my knowledge of thinking outside the box. I'm still learning how to be a DGM but have been loving making campaign plots and battles. Trying to learn the game details I have a struggle without my notes. God Bless your creativity! Without you, I'd still be in a art depression.
I never would have thought to use gels. Fantastic improvisation
Major coolness. Your tutorials are awesome & helpful.
You asked for a challenge. How would you make a playable flying carpet?
The sheetrock tape is frackin genius! You rock!
Your methods really show that you've done some construction. Maybe siding or finish carpentry. Same method I would use on fascia and trim.
I was a residential carpenter doing renovations for about 10 years, then was in construction management. So, yup. You are correct.
Pretty slick, man. Now to research and create stained glass windows (shrines, ruins, etc for Brets or knightly factions in general).
The drywall tape idea is brilliant.
One more thing to buy next time I go to the hardware store.
You sir, are a wizard.
When I saw the thumbnail I thought you might have used Plastic cross stitch canvas. But I love the drywall tape. I have used drywall tape for a million things it wasn't intended for, like adding structural strength to epoxy repairs, so it is great to see yet another use for that giant roll of drywall tape sitting in the workshop.
Thanks! It looks way better than my preferred method, which is to use transparent plastic with cut self adhesive paper labels. I'm sure this come in useful.
Mate. This is gold.
Excellently showcasing all the tiny steps into making it look like a highquality windows.
For the light gels, you can get dividers at the dollar store sometimes that are clear plastic.
Yay drywall tape! That’s was a sweet idea with the gels too...I wonder if I have the patience for a stain glass motif with it🤔😂
For stained glass, you can use color laser printer friendly transparency film and the mosaic tool in photoshop. For small scale, you should get a decent result
Oh yea! I'm totally ripping this idea off!
Jk, love the windows Jeremy. ❤️😊
Love your videos :) Most relaxing part of my week! Keep up the great work.
I did some stained glass windows for a building I made many years ago. I used wire mesh that's right about the same if not maybe a little bigger, in the square, then drywall tape. For the "glass" I used transparent gel paint, used in crafts such as shirt painting, or those translucent picture things that you can stick to glass over and over again. If you're good at wire bending you can make really nice looking and realistic looking stained glass pictures like seen in churches. Just use copper wire and then use a soldering iron and solder the wire together as well as coat the wire in solder and it will look as real as can be to real lead stained glass. Though doing this is not a fast process in any way shape or form but in the end it is the most realistic looking stained glass I have done and seen for miniatures and the like.
Total Awesomeness////
Best looking windows I’ve seen!
This is great. I'm from NZ and sometimes postage is an issue. We also generally have less variety when we go to the store. Thanks for your work and for thinking so carefully about your audience.
Thank you, I am a trash crafter myself. I spend more money on my miniatures then my dioramas. I am building atm a two story modular Inn. I hadn’t worked out how to create windows, your technic has solved my problem. I intend to light the interiors w/ tiny battery op. LEDs. Even the fireplace will have a lit fire.
That was awesome. I imagine you could cut smaller pieces of the colored gel sheets and glue them to a clear plastic if you wanted a fancy stained glass look for a church.
Would be a lot of work, but you could do it. Personally I'd take the clear plastic, add the mesh, then colour in as desired with sharpie markers on the back ;)
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial that sounds a lot easier.
You can pull the tape gently to stretch the holes into a longer diamond shape.
Absolutely love what you do, excellent.
As an alternative way to tint the "glass", take the transparent plastic from packaging as mentioned in the video, but apply colored Sharpie. If it works on Wyloch's fuse objective markers, it will work for a window.
One of the most used bits on my RPG gaming table are some free standing windows - just the window and the wall below it.
I have discovered that if you have a 3D element for where the windows are, the players are a LOT more likely to use then tactically than if you just draw them on the battle map.
By 'tactically' I include throwing people out the windows, then jumping out after them.
I love it, I'm new to the craft but was actually walking down this same path to create windows. Nice implementation.
These materials and methods could be used, with a lot of extra steps and a clear plastic base sheet, to make a stained-glass window for a cathedral or church type building. Alternately, apply the mesh tape to a clear plastic and use droppers to deposit dye or wash into the squares to make the pattern for the stained glass window. - - I'll have to do some experimenting.
If you have a clear piece of plastic from packaging or whatever and can’t get gels, you could sharpie it and make it any color you want!
Hot damn!! Perfect timing for this tutorial! Recently re-watched your episode on the tavern build and am getting ready to do one myself...windows were a stumbling block. Thank you for all of the tips!!
I feel like alot of the problem folks have is creativity. Like trying to find out the materials that would mimic the look they are going for. Btw, love your videos and I made the dungeon tiles from one of your first videos you made.
I like how the windows are greenish. Like really old glass windows had a green tint before they learned to make them clear in big sheets like our modern windows.
Great video, very inspirational. Over the years as a builder and doing lots of studded walls using dry wall tape and skimming I never would of thought of using this tape for windows. I've always just kept with simple frames, but as I have some tape in my shed I know what I'll be making soon. Cheers, Rick the Bulldog
I wonder if you could enhance the diagnol effect with the drywall tape by pulling the ends a bit and stretching it for more pronounced diamonds instead of squares on their ends. It might even need to be framed or anchored by the edges of sorts to keep the tape from pulling back in it's natural state while painting or at least until you affix it to a clear window like surface. Maybe the frame will also stabilize.
The easiest window hack, if you’re doing medieval fantasy, is to realize that in the middle ages glass was actually really rare, and most windows were just empty frames with wood blinds for the cold.
A mother good thing to use as the stained glass is binder dividers which u can get at the dollar store for cheap
Jeremy, I LOVED this edition! Those windows look amazing!
Drywall tape=brilliant!
Hell yeah! Thanks for figuring this out
I'd love to see your ideas for scratch building trees!
I have a few videos...
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Sorry, dude. I needed to scroll back through your catalog a bit more. 😖
The lighting gels are such an awesome idea!
Can't believe 5 thumbs down...competitors? Great vid Jeremy
I recently decided to make the leap from player to dm (well, adding dm to my resume, I'll still be playing!) And as a looooooong time crafter, started investigating terrain building as it seemed like the logical thing! (I already have this drywall tape, for instance, and not from construction, lol...and own most of the things I'll need for terrain building.) Just want to say I'm loving your channel for learning how to go about starting my future stockpile of terrain pieces. And you're a fellow Canuck to boot.
There were some older videos I've watched where you were doing something where I thought a product/process I knew of from other crafting areas could help, but being older videos, didn't comment on. You usually found your way to them eventually in newer videos (guess maybe there are other multi-disciplinary crafters out there sharing knowledge, lol!) But I hope I may have some little knowledge to share going forward to make up for all the knowledge you're sharing with me (us). Thanks!
Excellent lesson
I love this! So clever!
Keep up the good work BMC! Suggestions? Modern doors... please.
could also double for bulletproof/reinforced glass if placed into a modern/scifi type of structure, although a blue tint might be better than the green tint
Thank you for this video, You continue to motivate us to keep crafting
Awesome! I recently needed windows and just ended up using parchment paper I had on-hand on the inside so you couldn't see in but some light could get out. Your videos have been super helpful in getting started creating buildings for games. I never realized how easy it could be until seeing your videos and actually trying it. My 7 year old daughter had been enjoying learning how to paint miniatures and build these sorts of crafts with me. She just finished her fist house the other day all by herself (well, I did the cutting but she did everything else), turned out really well!
Nice video. You just convinced to just buy the ones from shifting lands...lol. Thanks for all the great content.
Love this idea!
That sir was one of the best videos I have seen for usefulness ty - btw - one of the best tools I came up with for crafting when I first started is a we R memory keepers 13 x 13 square glass cutting board. It covers my larger cutting board with a small work surface that is nicely measured for cutting and it is glass which is awesome with glues especially hot glue, and you can paint on it and it cleans up nicely with your exacto removing the paint.
Drywall tape is genius!
Just looking at the thumbnail I immediately thought "I wish I thought of that"
Every time I see BMC upload I always get the spider tingle in me!
Thanks for this fantastically helpful video. Windows have always been my #1 speed-bump in crafting buildings. This is much better than granny grate frames.
Great craft idea
Yooo snap dude these are dope!! Windows and pieces like that really complete a build and this is a really awesome way to DIY it
Very nice Jeremy, you are a inspiration to everybody who is starter in this hobby.
Thank you for your good work helpin us
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Hugs from Brazil!
Super nice build man!
One of your most creative videos. Great piece of advice. Thanks !
Thanks for Doing this one. I was just working on a Gnome Tree House / Hut that needs some Windows and I ALWAYS DREAD doing them. So much so I was looking online for like you use from Shifting lands. Keep on Crafting!
Very cool! Thanks!
This is a very helpful tutorial. The idea with the colored sheets is pretty good. And the tape again. I need that tape. Have to think of when I am at the hardware store next time.
Thank you.
Suggestions .. well .. you have a series of scatter terrain videos already. I would like to see more of these. Barricades made of scrap (fantasy scrap, SciFi Scrap, End of days Scrap).
Nice looking window. Thanks for the tutorial Jeremy.
Honestly, I think for the making of the frame a jig would be a phenomenal help.
From the thumbnail I thought you were using steel mesh, but the drywall tape seems an even better idea!
This is a legit great video. So useful.
Awesome job.
Awesome video! Thanks 😊
Try waxing the card or paper with a candle, thus your superglue wont stick to it, you could also use waxed oven paper to.
Getting into this type of crafting today
This is cool.