I can only imagine the catharsis that's come from this cleaning. It's so good to see so much of your work salvageable and back on the shelf ready for use.
Thank you so much again. It's a bitter sweet process, especially as I come to the end of cleaning what I could get out of the house. It really felt great to be able to just handle these pieces without all the soot again, and I had honestly forgotten some of the ideas I had for future projects until these pieces were back in front of me cleaned up. I had to throw out all the mdf terrain unfortunately, there was no way I was bringing that stuff back, but to have anything at this point is a win. Cheers and all the best!
Thanks mate. I had to let go of all the mdf terrain sadly, there was just no way to bring it back, but I'm just so glad to have been able to save these. Cheers.
Wow! Excellent way to nail the recovery from and working through of a horribly stressful situation! It's so great to see how much of your terrain was salvageable, even though the mdf didn't make it. Rock on!
Great work. Yes the cost of the weathering is not one I would be willing to pay. The terrain would have the scent of fire and ash too. Really immersive. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much. There was a bunch of stuff that just had to go to the rubbish, all the mdf terrain was too far gone and wouldn't have held up to cleaning, not in a way that would have been worth the effort. But overall I'm happy to have this back, and it makes for one less pile of soot covered stuff around me. Cheers.
Hey man i rarely even comment on youtube videos, but your content was honestly a game-changer when I got into 40K recently. It sucked to see your video about your fire and honestly, it's astounding how quick you got yourself back into the action. I'm happy to see you back and I hope life works out stays clear for you, thanks, man.
Thanks so much for your comment Branden, and I'm glad to hear you found some helpful content on my channel. It's been a bit of a rough patch for sure, but I'm still going. Take care and all the best mate.
Thanks so much. Seeing these back on a shelf was a big lift for me, and honestly reminded me of project ideas I had wanted to do before the fire, but completely forgetten about. Thanks for watching and commenting, take care and all the best.
Thanks for watching and commenting! Yeah, it was a bit risky, but the top surface was coated with glue before painting, and I just tried to keep the edges out of the water as best I could. They survived, although they'll likely warp as they dry, but I'll be ok with that.
Cheers John, I definetly have a couple of builds I need to redo, and there's always some room for improvement somewhere. There's a couple of projects I really miss having, Monster House was a favourite of mine, as well as the bunker, and a couple of things I didn't have any videos of. So yeah, I'll have to get back to a couple of the old projects soon. Thanks for the comment mate.
Cheers. It was definitely worth the effort and turned out to be a positive thing on a couple of levels. So many project ideas I had completely forgotten about until seeing these back on the shelf again.
Wow! Those look great. I'm so glad that you were able to save so much, and you can really see the difference in most of them. Good show! Also I can imagine how good it feels to finally see some progress and tackle this stuff that's just an ugly reminder of the fire.
Thanks. Yeah, it was surprisingly uplifting to have one less stack of soot covered stuff in here. There isn't much left to clean anymore, which is bitter/sweet I guess. Cheers mate.
Me too! Thanks for watching and commenting mate. It feels good to have some of my terrain back where I can move it around and put it back on display. I've also realised I'm getting close to having nothing left to clean from the old house, which is bitter sweet I guess, given that it will be a nice bit of closure, but it's also facing the reality that the sum of my possessions is some toys, some paints, and a few dioramas haha. Cheers Sam.
Dude, I went down a YT rabbit hole earlier today and ended up watching a video about how they make those India Ink sticks. Apparently they use soot for their pigment. Knowing that, I'm surprised you were able to get these as clean as you were, definitely a nod to Simple Green. Anyways, glad to see you plugging along and doing your thing.
Cheers mate. I had to get fairly heavy with the brush and cleaner to get to where they are now, and some pieces weren't going to survive that, but the ones that made it through look very reasonable I think. Thanks for watching and commenting.
The before and after shot of the base with the tree is a very good illustration of how much cleaning you had to do. It would have been interesting to see how filthy the washing water was at the end (unless you just kept changing it).
The camera really didn't pick up how bad some of these were. Some of the pieces were just stained, others were covered with a thick layer of soot, so I had to constantly change the water out as I went. It was a good feeling to have them back on the shelf though, so it was worth the effort for sure. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Wow, it looks really good together. Really lively. I think I only have seen individual pieces on your channel so far or maybe I missed them together. Have you ever thought about making some battle reports or maybe just posting some game board setup pics once in a while? I hope you recovered from the fire somewhat.
Awsome Job. Great to see it worked. Such lovely Terrain and you brought it back! The three steps of weathering will be probably the new state of the art for real terrain builders :)
happy to see not everything was ruined. Have you thought of how you are going to try and blend in the stained soot with the paint circles from where the minis were?
super positive attitude mate, I love the mild sarcasm as to the cost which I am inclined to agree is the most expensive weathering technique. Keep up the great work and positive attitude, its a lesson for us all tbh
I can only imagine the catharsis that's come from this cleaning. It's so good to see so much of your work salvageable and back on the shelf ready for use.
Thank you so much again. It's a bitter sweet process, especially as I come to the end of cleaning what I could get out of the house. It really felt great to be able to just handle these pieces without all the soot again, and I had honestly forgotten some of the ideas I had for future projects until these pieces were back in front of me cleaned up.
I had to throw out all the mdf terrain unfortunately, there was no way I was bringing that stuff back, but to have anything at this point is a win. Cheers and all the best!
So glad to see you could save most of it.
Thank you!
Glad you managed to save these! I don't blame you for putting it off - not sure I'd even have thought to try. They came back awesome 💪
Thanks mate. I had to let go of all the mdf terrain sadly, there was just no way to bring it back, but I'm just so glad to have been able to save these. Cheers.
Wow! Excellent way to nail the recovery from and working through of a horribly stressful situation! It's so great to see how much of your terrain was salvageable, even though the mdf didn't make it. Rock on!
Great work. Yes the cost of the weathering is not one I would be willing to pay. The terrain would have the scent of fire and ash too. Really immersive. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much. There was a bunch of stuff that just had to go to the rubbish, all the mdf terrain was too far gone and wouldn't have held up to cleaning, not in a way that would have been worth the effort. But overall I'm happy to have this back, and it makes for one less pile of soot covered stuff around me. Cheers.
super authentic fire damaged ruins, I'm not sure I can afford to do that technique myself though
I don't recommend.
That worked far better than I would have guessed. Glad that it all came back to a usable state. Cheers!
Thanks mate.
Hey man i rarely even comment on youtube videos, but your content was honestly a game-changer when I got into 40K recently. It sucked to see your video about your fire and honestly, it's astounding how quick you got yourself back into the action. I'm happy to see you back and I hope life works out stays clear for you, thanks, man.
Thanks so much for your comment Branden, and I'm glad to hear you found some helpful content on my channel. It's been a bit of a rough patch for sure, but I'm still going. Take care and all the best mate.
There’s a definite difference in the pieces you cleaned 😊
I'm just glad to be able to handle them without gloves again :) . Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@RFDHobby you are welcome 🤗
So glad you're able to salvage and refresh some of the before-time pieces. It's good to hear the hopefulness and enthusiasm in your voice
Thanks so much. Seeing these back on a shelf was a big lift for me, and honestly reminded me of project ideas I had wanted to do before the fire, but completely forgetten about. Thanks for watching and commenting, take care and all the best.
Thanks for sharing this.
It is pretty risky using water on cardboard.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Yeah, it was a bit risky, but the top surface was coated with glue before painting, and I just tried to keep the edges out of the water as best I could. They survived, although they'll likely warp as they dry, but I'll be ok with that.
This is a perfect opportunity to improve on your previous build, making it better than before.
Cheers John, I definetly have a couple of builds I need to redo, and there's always some room for improvement somewhere. There's a couple of projects I really miss having, Monster House was a favourite of mine, as well as the bunker, and a couple of things I didn't have any videos of. So yeah, I'll have to get back to a couple of the old projects soon. Thanks for the comment mate.
Cardboard bases don't melt or crack under heat; I think people who give you crap for them can rightly shut up now! :)
haha, thanks James. Even after being forced to clean these with water, I stand my cardboard bases!
Wow, good effort! Respect for putting yourself through that, but happy you got a good result.
Cheers. It was definitely worth the effort and turned out to be a positive thing on a couple of levels. So many project ideas I had completely forgotten about until seeing these back on the shelf again.
Wow! Those look great. I'm so glad that you were able to save so much, and you can really see the difference in most of them. Good show! Also I can imagine how good it feels to finally see some progress and tackle this stuff that's just an ugly reminder of the fire.
Thanks. Yeah, it was surprisingly uplifting to have one less stack of soot covered stuff in here. There isn't much left to clean anymore, which is bitter/sweet I guess. Cheers mate.
This makes me so happy
Me too! Thanks for watching and commenting mate. It feels good to have some of my terrain back where I can move it around and put it back on display. I've also realised I'm getting close to having nothing left to clean from the old house, which is bitter sweet I guess, given that it will be a nice bit of closure, but it's also facing the reality that the sum of my possessions is some toys, some paints, and a few dioramas haha. Cheers Sam.
Made up for you that so much of that is salvageable!
I'm very happy with how it turned out. Thanks.
Good job and good looking terrain!
Thank you so much mate!
Very cool
Cheers!
So happy for you mate! Keep up!
Thanks John. Great to hear from you and I hope you're doing well. Take care and all the best mate.
Even with your expensive weathering technique cleaned up, your terrain pieces still look great!
Thank you mate!
Dude, I went down a YT rabbit hole earlier today and ended up watching a video about how they make those India Ink sticks. Apparently they use soot for their pigment. Knowing that, I'm surprised you were able to get these as clean as you were, definitely a nod to Simple Green. Anyways, glad to see you plugging along and doing your thing.
Cheers mate. I had to get fairly heavy with the brush and cleaner to get to where they are now, and some pieces weren't going to survive that, but the ones that made it through look very reasonable I think. Thanks for watching and commenting.
The before and after shot of the base with the tree is a very good illustration of how much cleaning you had to do. It would have been interesting to see how filthy the washing water was at the end (unless you just kept changing it).
The camera really didn't pick up how bad some of these were. Some of the pieces were just stained, others were covered with a thick layer of soot, so I had to constantly change the water out as I went. It was a good feeling to have them back on the shelf though, so it was worth the effort for sure. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Well done!
Thank you!
[Loving that the recent events seem like distant memory! Channel's going strong! Excellent builds!🤟🏼😎]
Amazing job.
I had to clean concrete alurry off a tables worth of terrain and wish I'd seen this first.
I'm glad you can salvage more of it than it originally looked.
It's a very long and expensive process, but that final result mate! Wow! More ppl should give this weathering a go hahaha
Wow, it looks really good together. Really lively. I think I only have seen individual pieces on your channel so far or maybe I missed them together. Have you ever thought about making some battle reports or maybe just posting some game board setup pics once in a while?
I hope you recovered from the fire somewhat.
Awsome Job. Great to see it worked. Such lovely Terrain and you brought it back! The three steps of weathering will be probably the new state of the art for real terrain builders :)
Stoked to see you could save those three storie buildings. Those were also a few of my favourite terrain builds on your channel!
happy to see not everything was ruined. Have you thought of how you are going to try and blend in the stained soot with the paint circles from where the minis were?
Happy 4th
I'll grab a stubby and throw a banger on the barbie for you guys. Happy 4th.
@@RFDHobby “down the British up the rebels” ty:)
Glad to see you saved the terrain and managed to get up and running again!
Nice!!
Thank you!
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super positive attitude mate, I love the mild sarcasm as to the cost which I am inclined to agree is the most expensive weathering technique. Keep up the great work and positive attitude, its a lesson for us all tbh
Thank you mate. It's a long road, but I'm still going