It got bought out by people in business suits, who care only about stock prices. Although honestly, given they believe they can seriously pursue infinite growth, I think they're _more childish_ than the people playing with plastic army men.
@Snake Works Studio please do! I just found your channel and love these DIY terrain vids. I'm a newer player, but love retro gaming looks (D&D background before wargaming) Savings + retro aesthetics? Yes please!
Super fun old school terrain. Definitely looks better on the table than new plastic kits to my eyes. Great work, looking forward to more videos like this.
Love the old school look. I have a good mix of "shop brought" and homemade scenery that I mix and match according to environment. I have 2 pieces of vinyl flooring cut to 6' x '4 (Beige for desert and grey for urban) I also have a 6.5' x 4.5' piece of green felt for grasslands.
Adding some corrugated card from a craft store on the roof frames will also give it that Nissen hut look for WW2 games like Bolt Action. Using the wider things like coffee tubs will also let you maybe make them as vehicle hangars/garages too, assuming you find one big enough to fit an original Rhino :P
Awesome. Love the humor, too. I miss the old days of making your own terrain. Then lamenting when it gets crushed or thrown out by someone inconsiderate.
That trick with the sheet o'paper to divide the circumference is incredibly clever!... I had to solve problems of this category repeatedly in the past, and came up with a bunch of methods that werevas unwieldy as unprecise. Now I feel sooooo shtupid for never thinking of this! But that's the sign of true genius ideas: they are so simple and elegant that in hindsight they were obvious all the time...
Awesome! I'd love to see more Oldhammer vids (terrain or otherwise). Your videos are entertaining with all the side quips and comments about old nostalgic stuff.
I make up toy soldier sets to give away, the three most common requests are WW2, Knights and Knaves and Sci-Fi. WW2 is easy (in 1:72), knights were a colourful lot, very tedious, sci-fi isn't too bad but you have to make the space ships. As I'm giving them away cost is an issue so the terrain is all home made and the kids get a set of notes on how it was all done to make more, they seem to like that. So yes, more DIY terrain and maybe some simple drop-ships.
@Snake Works Studio Well lets see. A mix of the old tiered foam hills etc... Styrofoam/ Cardboard bunkers. And 2 flat topped chaos pyramids.. from old Cardboard packing inserts with wall spackle texture. Additionally I had modular city boards 2x4 for 4x8 table. Over the years I lost few to use and warp-age. 1 Mars section left of trench complex with command bunker at back. Lots of work but always rewarding to make your own and test an experiment with yer art skills.
The shortness of the building can easily be explained as the structure having been dug out before being built. No point in wasting materials on full walls, when you can just let the ground itself do some of the work. The soil will help protect against bombs. Plus, the troops always need more work to occupy their time, or so say the officers. I recently did a bunch of scaffolds and barricades, out of craft sticks and strips of balsa wood. Something to not only create barriers, but to give height. These were also accompanied by palisade walls, including corner pieces with platforms. Good for creating outposts. To top it off, I made a wooden watchtower. All of these pieces were given a chocolate brown wood strain, to give them a rich color. Useful for both fantasy and Sci Fi games.
One of the best Quonset Hut project videos I have watched; I have set aside metal cans with corrugated ribbing on them for just the same type of projects (I cut these the same way with Dremel hand grinder with cutoff wheels and face protection during the operation.)
Hmmm one point about making the shelter taller, you can cut the circle of the can off-center so that you get extra circumference in one of the pieces, this can be enough to give it extra height without making it look not round
Dont forget to buy a smaller ruler. When cutting the tube lengthways, if you offset the second line by an inch or so it would increase the height of the tube. Downside is only getting one length out of the tube. Otherwise a postage tube is also an option, but the sidewall is thicker and will need more than scissors to cut it
Saw this on my feed and got hit with a nostalgia wave. Nice job on the bunkers. I'd love it if you made some weird alien cacti, but that probably doesn't warrant a full video
Hi Snake Works Studio Home made is best as it matches the army builders view of their army the simplest terrain has to be the classic ball cacti. They are defiantly shelters, bunkers would be reinforced concrete and be fronted with razor wire. I made bits of terrain rather than a whole worlds. The last piece I made was from a plastic Lego lid that was made into a crater like greenish rock formation with a couple of bean bag beans to form tiny ball cacti in the crater. It hopefully has a Necron vibe to it that was a long time ago. IMHO terrain making is part of the hobby and a way to reduce the costs involved in putting armies on the battle field. I would like to see some of the pre - kit vehicles built. but I think that would be Ancient-Hammer rather than oldhammer and might even go back to Rouge Trader?? regards John
I have a 3D printer and Designer so i print a lot of terrain. however, i still love to build terrain the old way :) I find it now a hobby in the hobby. A "hobbyseption" if you will :D
Home made is most fun. The only thing I can add/suggest is a hot glue gun (cheap ones work fine) to shorten production time. PVA is awesome, but I get impatient.
@@SnakeWorksStudio On a budget, just get one from the Dollar Store (or equivalent) The glue refills are cheap also. For a heavier, more durable model, one from a Crafting or Floral supply store. I was given a commercial packaging model that will last forever and it came with 40 lbs of glue (?!) a near lifetime supply.
I like to velieve everyone has a pair of fluffy scissors. No one knows what happened to the handle, but they are just useful enough to use when you need them most, then they are gone again, waiting for the hour ofnneed to return.
If you already measured one side, ehy not just use the ruler to mark the other side as well? You didnt need the whole paper thing. It was, indeed, convoluted as shit. Just mark it with the ruler and use the wood to cross the line along the tube as you did the first time.
My man you have out done yourself again. I will totally build this now! For sure..and that trick with the paper to get your marks spot on man! As a plumber/pipe fitter I use a tool called "Jackson Wrap-a-round tool" google it lol 😅... As well you should check out UA-camr " Commissar Gamza" Terrain made from Trash EP.20. he has a very unique way of cutting and measuring Pringle tubes in half.... YES YES YES! Please do more of these videos 🙏
@@SnakeWorksStudio I have made enough terrain out of foam board to cover (well not completely) a table that is 4" by 6". I generally use foam board and mod podge images i print out instead of adding actual texture.
Yes. Coffee can towers/storage tanks, popsicle stick bridges/matchsticks etc. I’m tinkering with foam core boards/ trying to build interior boards for a void craft scenario (cheap zone mortalis
Games Workshop in the past was honestly happy that their fans and buyers were being creative. What the hell changed in the past 20 years?
Public trading
things moved on I guess! I plan to do more of this though!
It got bought out by people in business suits, who care only about stock prices.
Although honestly, given they believe they can seriously pursue infinite growth, I think they're _more childish_ than the people playing with plastic army men.
@Snake Works Studio please do! I just found your channel and love these DIY terrain vids. I'm a newer player, but love retro gaming looks (D&D background before wargaming) Savings + retro aesthetics? Yes please!
Lots in the pipeline!
Super fun old school terrain. Definitely looks better on the table than new plastic kits to my eyes. Great work, looking forward to more videos like this.
thanks my man! I shall get around to it ASAP!
Fantastic tutorial! I made some for Titanicus, and they work great as large warehouses around smaller-scale models too.
A brilliant idea! What tubes did you use?
Love the old school look. I have a good mix of "shop brought" and homemade scenery that I mix and match according to environment. I have 2 pieces of vinyl flooring cut to 6' x '4 (Beige for desert and grey for urban) I also have a 6.5' x 4.5' piece of green felt for grasslands.
I need one of those flock sheets, are they good quality?
Adding some corrugated card from a craft store on the roof frames will also give it that Nissen hut look for WW2 games like Bolt Action. Using the wider things like coffee tubs will also let you maybe make them as vehicle hangars/garages too, assuming you find one big enough to fit an original Rhino :P
I want to make some of these they look lovely. ❤
thank you very much!
Awesome. Love the humor, too. I miss the old days of making your own terrain. Then lamenting when it gets crushed or thrown out by someone inconsiderate.
they crushed your terrain???
That trick with the sheet o'paper to divide the circumference is incredibly clever!... I had to solve problems of this category repeatedly in the past, and came up with a bunch of methods that werevas unwieldy as unprecise. Now I feel sooooo shtupid for never thinking of this! But that's the sign of true genius ideas: they are so simple and elegant that in hindsight they were obvious all the time...
Awesome! I'd love to see more Oldhammer vids (terrain or otherwise). Your videos are entertaining with all the side quips and comments about old nostalgic stuff.
I have so so much planned! just trying to get time to do it all. I'm glad you like the humour style, I wasn't sure if it would go down well!
I make up toy soldier sets to give away, the three most common requests are WW2, Knights and Knaves and Sci-Fi. WW2 is easy (in 1:72), knights were a colourful lot, very tedious, sci-fi isn't too bad but you have to make the space ships. As I'm giving them away cost is an issue so the terrain is all home made and the kids get a set of notes on how it was all done to make more, they seem to like that. So yes, more DIY terrain and maybe some simple drop-ships.
Nice job. Brings back memories of building terrain.
Which ones did you make?
@Snake Works Studio Well lets see.
A mix of the old tiered foam hills etc...
Styrofoam/ Cardboard bunkers.
And 2 flat topped chaos pyramids.. from old Cardboard packing inserts with wall spackle texture.
Additionally I had modular city boards 2x4 for 4x8 table. Over the years I lost few to use and warp-age.
1 Mars section left of trench complex with command bunker at back. Lots of work but always rewarding to make your own and test an experiment with yer art skills.
I quite like Marcel's Space Shelters. I enjoy scratch building terrain. I do have some purchased resin terrain too.
I've seen some of yours and I love it!
@@SnakeWorksStudio Hey, thanks Marcel!
The shortness of the building can easily be explained as the structure having been dug out before being built. No point in wasting materials on full walls, when you can just let the ground itself do some of the work. The soil will help protect against bombs. Plus, the troops always need more work to occupy their time, or so say the officers.
I recently did a bunch of scaffolds and barricades, out of craft sticks and strips of balsa wood. Something to not only create barriers, but to give height. These were also accompanied by palisade walls, including corner pieces with platforms. Good for creating outposts. To top it off, I made a wooden watchtower. All of these pieces were given a chocolate brown wood strain, to give them a rich color.
Useful for both fantasy and Sci Fi games.
Big, sharp scissors are a must for the modeller / print and play board gamer.
I use a lot of my store bought stuff as a centerpiece for larger scratch build projects
all built into one model? or on the table with other pieces?
I love this terrain project, I want to do a few of these myself, looks like it would be great for 15-20mm miniatures
These look really good!
thank you very much!
One of the best Quonset Hut project videos I have watched; I have set aside metal cans with corrugated ribbing on them for just the same type of projects (I cut these the same way with Dremel hand grinder with cutoff wheels and face protection during the operation.)
I like this hull video, from start to end
I’m glad you enjoyed it! Will you be making some?
Love it! Heavy "Art Attack" vibes 👍
Hmmm one point about making the shelter taller, you can cut the circle of the can off-center so that you get extra circumference in one of the pieces, this can be enough to give it extra height without making it look not round
That’s a good idea! We must try that next time. Are you making some ?
@SnakeWorksStudio I've got the pringles can on my hobby table right now. Tho it might be a few weeks before i make them heh.
Dont forget to buy a smaller ruler. When cutting the tube lengthways, if you offset the second line by an inch or so it would increase the height of the tube. Downside is only getting one length out of the tube. Otherwise a postage tube is also an option, but the sidewall is thicker and will need more than scissors to cut it
Love this Marcel! Please show how you did those lights! And yes please showcase more of your beautiful scenery building skills!
I shall add it to the list! everything's a bit behind with the move and a baby atm but things should speed up again soon! hope you're well?
Saw this on my feed and got hit with a nostalgia wave. Nice job on the bunkers. I'd love it if you made some weird alien cacti, but that probably doesn't warrant a full video
8:30 in... great, now i want pringles, AND a terrys chocolate orange :D
Yum! Choccy orange!!
The lights look great. Based on the thumbnail I thought they were led's.
aha! thank you very much! Would you like a tutorial on them?
@@SnakeWorksStudio Definitely! Yes please. 👍
Great job mate! These bunkers look really good! Will try to recreate them.
Hi Snake Works Studio
Home made is best as it matches the army builders view of their army the simplest terrain has to be the classic ball cacti.
They are defiantly shelters, bunkers would be reinforced concrete and be fronted with razor wire.
I made bits of terrain rather than a whole worlds. The last piece I made was from a plastic Lego lid that was made into a crater like greenish rock formation with a couple of bean bag beans to form tiny ball cacti in the crater. It hopefully has a Necron vibe to it that was a long time ago. IMHO terrain making is part of the hobby and a way to reduce the costs involved in putting armies on the battle field. I would like to see some of the pre - kit vehicles built. but I think that would be Ancient-Hammer rather than oldhammer and might even go back to Rouge Trader??
regards John
Pre kit vehicles as in the weird stuff you saw in very early 40k? like the deodorant tank?
@@SnakeWorksStudio Yes that's the kind of thing
Thanks! Please show us how you did the lights! :)
its on my list!
Damn it, I should actually be working on my next releases, but your content is just too good :D
Im glad you're enjoying it! is there any particular you would like to see more of?
I have a 3D printer and Designer so i print a lot of terrain. however, i still love to build terrain the old way :) I find it now a hobby in the hobby. A "hobbyseption" if you will :D
It has a certain charm I think. Does that make sense?
Nothing wrong with off the shelf stuff. However homemade stuff is somehow always more pleasing to play with.
I really like these
Thanks my man, are you going to make some?
Home made is most fun. The only thing I can add/suggest is a hot glue gun (cheap ones work fine) to shorten production time. PVA is awesome, but I get impatient.
A good idea. Can you reccomend a good brand?
@@SnakeWorksStudio On a budget, just get one from the Dollar Store (or equivalent) The glue refills are cheap also. For a heavier, more durable model, one from a Crafting or Floral supply store. I was given a commercial packaging model that will last forever and it came with 40 lbs of glue (?!) a near lifetime supply.
I like both scratch built and off the shelf terrain. But yes, trees please
the alien trees? I think I fancy having a go at the green balls with spikes!
Definitely prefer homemade scenery over purchasable terrain
agreed! do you make your own?
@@SnakeWorksStudio Yep! Primarily mid '90s GW style jungle scenery and rocky crags
I've used a fine pen and a straight edge to mark of my hazard stripes before.
I like to velieve everyone has a pair of fluffy scissors. No one knows what happened to the handle, but they are just useful enough to use when you need them most, then they are gone again, waiting for the hour ofnneed to return.
It looks like a dog chewed them? But I don’t have a dog?
I recognise that Devil May Cry 1 music at the beginning.
Is it?? What part of the game?
@@SnakeWorksStudio Sounds like part of the castle theme from the beginning of the game - ua-cam.com/video/R4RvEmSRVbo/v-deo.html
I prefer homemade terrain feature. It is easier on the budget and you can make it like you want.
Do you make your own?
@@SnakeWorksStudio Yes, I made homemade terrains. Mostly industrial terrain type as I like my iron warriors to fight for something worthwhile.
Sick Aquila hat bruh.
If you already measured one side, ehy not just use the ruler to mark the other side as well? You didnt need the whole paper thing. It was, indeed, convoluted as shit. Just mark it with the ruler and use the wood to cross the line along the tube as you did the first time.
My man you have out done yourself again. I will totally build this now! For sure..and that trick with the paper to get your marks spot on man! As a plumber/pipe fitter I use a tool called "Jackson Wrap-a-round tool" google it lol 😅... As well you should check out UA-camr " Commissar Gamza" Terrain made from Trash EP.20. he has a very unique way of cutting and measuring Pringle tubes in half.... YES YES YES! Please do more of these videos 🙏
Those look fine for regular military or maybe dwarves. Or did the warhammer 40k ditch them.
they are still around! do you still play?
@@SnakeWorksStudio No I don't play I just heard that they ditched dwarves and call them squats or something crazy like that.
homemade is best made
Have you made one yet?
@@SnakeWorksStudio I have made enough terrain out of foam board to cover (well not completely) a table that is 4" by 6". I generally use foam board and mod podge images i print out instead of adding actual texture.
show us yer trick
its on the list!
Either kind is fine.
This is fun. Have a subscribe.
Thanks! you are very kind!
i prefer homemade for the most part.
Homemade, more variation
You might have something there with that UA-cam idea... just saying
If you do* say so yourself.
did I say it wrong?
Always enjoy these Great as always
Thanks my man! did you ever make this sort of thing?
Yes. Coffee can towers/storage tanks, popsicle stick bridges/matchsticks etc. I’m tinkering with foam core boards/ trying to build interior boards for a void craft scenario (cheap zone mortalis
Waga-waga-waga: Pacman
Wakka-wakka: Fozzie Bear
they are quite close! are you making one of these?
@@SnakeWorksStudio I don't have any Pringles cans on hand, but I do watch a lot of these to pick up more broadly applicable tips and tricks.
scratch building by definition is making from waste products and junk, so - minimum shelf products...