Thank you for another wonderful instalment of Undercrag City. It looks fantastic. I look forward to each episode, and while it's great to see it grow, I don't want it to end. I love the names of the streets!
Another stunningly beautiful build. I always love to watch your videos, seeing this amazing place come together! You can hear your passion for your craft in your voice, but at the same time you're voiceover is so calming that I have to listen to your videos before 7pm or be lulled to sleep. You're the Bob Ross of diorama building!
This has become one of my favorite crafting channels. Your unusual techniques and dedication to showing exactly what you're doing make every video a trove of inspiration and tips. But I question whether a pointy stick is a better tool for certain jobs than tweezers haha.
Thank you so much! That’s really nice to hear. I have tried tweezers, and we don’t play nicely at all. Conversely, you always know where you are with a pointy stick…
It's always fun to watch your videos and see what you're working on! I have a question about working with foam. Do the glue and paint coatings make it somewhat durable? I see many diorama artists using foam for building walls because stone texture or wood texture can be carved into it, but also it seems like the foam can be easily dented even by pressure from someone's fingernails.
Hi again - great question! You are correct about foam being easy to dent, and yes - paint and glue does help a little in this respect. Having said that, foam is more durable than some other materials such as cardboard, plaster of Paris and so on. I suppose when working in miniature, everything is quite fragile. Obviously, resin is becoming increasingly popular, especially with the advent of 3D printing, but the art and skills involved in that field are not the same at all as what I show here. Likewise sculpting and casting. So long as children, kittens and over-enthusiastic dice-rollers are kept in check, everything should be OK…
Excellent job, once more. A thought occurred to me this watching: I know you have stressed time and again how organic your process is, but I must assume that you have some broader scheme or plan being worked out? You even have names for these various city sections, so I’d love to learn more about what planning and plotting you allow yourself as you go. I’d be overwhelmed working this way without some organizing blueprint, but perhaps your brain works differently from my own!
Thanks! Actually, I have only the broadest, most general idea of what Undercrag is. This is deliberate, as each new addition pushes me in new directions and inspires new ideas. I like to work this way, as it keeps me interested in the work, and excited to get onto the next bit. I’m somewhat the opposite of you, I suppose, as I would be overwhelmed by a detailed grand plan, constantly aware of how much further there was to go, and having to figure out how everything has to fit together! Also, I hate to be predictable!
I tend to think static grass applicators produce something that looks like a scale lawn, where just pushing it into the glue produces meadows & looks more natural
This wall is looking good. Your small scale modelling skills are on point. Design wise, that triple window is a big security risk. I do not know if at this size you can add bars or similar?
Awesome! Tecnically the upper roadfence is mirrored, but it does't matter, i just thinking the person who built it did use a ladder or he just did run into some kind of tecnical difficulties or allready had frames/scaffolding put up for something else related to the house or something, which made it easier o do it this way when it was constructed. :-)
Haha! Great point - I hadn’t even thought of that! Never mind. Technically, there’s room for someone to balance on the cliff’s edge while wielding a hammer! Well spotted!
Very good. I've been getting visions looking at the three windows underneath west watch tower. What are they? Are they windows or they archways? Do they lead into a grand Hall? Or are they a part of an outer corridor? Would a defensive balcony look good? They are definitely boiling my head with creative juices. The whole city is coming together nicely. ❤️ Thank you for sharing your works.
Hi David - and thanks! Those windows are known as The Roost: part of Undercrag City’s defences. Within The Roost is a guardroom and the quarters of the Ravenmaster - a special officer designated to look after the city’s messenger ravens. These cunning birds fly out into the world from here, spying out the land and carrying communications far and wide. I admit, this bit may actually constitute a defensive weak point… but I like it! Thanks for asking! I hope you’ll continue to follow along as Undercrag grows.
Thanks! 6mm would be a bit more of a challenge, depending on how much detail you want, but it’s definitely possible. You’d need to use dense foam wherever possible - the foam from mounting board would be too fragile. Sounds like a great challenge!
Every video shows another impressive addition to this build. Well done!
Thank you!
This has turned out even more beautiful and amazing than I could ever dream!
Wow! Thank you!
Thank you for another wonderful instalment of Undercrag City. It looks fantastic. I look forward to each episode, and while it's great to see it grow, I don't want it to end. I love the names of the streets!
Thank you, Ellie! Always great to hear from you - and don’t worry: there’s a long way to go before Undercrag is done!
Another stunningly beautiful build. I always love to watch your videos, seeing this amazing place come together!
You can hear your passion for your craft in your voice, but at the same time you're voiceover is so calming that I have to listen to your videos before 7pm or be lulled to sleep.
You're the Bob Ross of diorama building!
Haha! What a compliment!
So glad you like these videos. I’ll endeavour to keep releasing them before your bedtime!
I love your organic way of building ❤
It’s making such a beautiful city ❤😊❤
Thank you! It’s fun to work this way too!
@@ColonelOTruthMiniatureIssues you are welcome 🤗
This has become one of my favorite crafting channels. Your unusual techniques and dedication to showing exactly what you're doing make every video a trove of inspiration and tips. But I question whether a pointy stick is a better tool for certain jobs than tweezers haha.
Thank you so much! That’s really nice to hear.
I have tried tweezers, and we don’t play nicely at all. Conversely, you always know where you are with a pointy stick…
Looking good!
Thank you!
So cool as always, thank you
Thanks Dan! Great to hear from you!
It's always fun to watch your videos and see what you're working on! I have a question about working with foam. Do the glue and paint coatings make it somewhat durable? I see many diorama artists using foam for building walls because stone texture or wood texture can be carved into it, but also it seems like the foam can be easily dented even by pressure from someone's fingernails.
Hi again - great question!
You are correct about foam being easy to dent, and yes - paint and glue does help a little in this respect.
Having said that, foam is more durable than some other materials such as cardboard, plaster of Paris and so on. I suppose when working in miniature, everything is quite fragile.
Obviously, resin is becoming increasingly popular, especially with the advent of 3D printing, but the art and skills involved in that field are not the same at all as what I show here. Likewise sculpting and casting.
So long as children, kittens and over-enthusiastic dice-rollers are kept in check, everything should be OK…
Excellent job, once more. A thought occurred to me this watching: I know you have stressed time and again how organic your process is, but I must assume that you have some broader scheme or plan being worked out? You even have names for these various city sections, so I’d love to learn more about what planning and plotting you allow yourself as you go. I’d be overwhelmed working this way without some organizing blueprint, but perhaps your brain works differently from my own!
Thanks!
Actually, I have only the broadest, most general idea of what Undercrag is. This is deliberate, as each new addition pushes me in new directions and inspires new ideas.
I like to work this way, as it keeps me interested in the work, and excited to get onto the next bit.
I’m somewhat the opposite of you, I suppose, as I would be overwhelmed by a detailed grand plan, constantly aware of how much further there was to go, and having to figure out how everything has to fit together!
Also, I hate to be predictable!
I tend to think static grass applicators produce something that looks like a scale lawn, where just pushing it into the glue produces meadows & looks more natural
I agree completely!
This wall is looking good. Your small scale modelling skills are on point.
Design wise, that triple window is a big security risk. I do not know if at this size you can add bars or similar?
Thanks! And yes - you’re right about the windows. But I like them!
I may bolster security at some point…
Awesome!
Tecnically the upper roadfence is mirrored, but it does't matter, i just thinking the person who built it did use a ladder or he just did run into some kind of tecnical difficulties or allready had frames/scaffolding put up for something else related to the house or something, which made it easier o do it this way when it was constructed. :-)
Haha!
Great point - I hadn’t even thought of that!
Never mind. Technically, there’s room for someone to balance on the cliff’s edge while wielding a hammer!
Well spotted!
Very good. I've been getting visions looking at the three windows underneath west watch tower. What are they? Are they windows or they archways? Do they lead into a grand Hall? Or are they a part of an outer corridor? Would a defensive balcony look good? They are definitely boiling my head with creative juices. The whole city is coming together nicely. ❤️ Thank you for sharing your works.
Hi David - and thanks!
Those windows are known as The Roost: part of Undercrag City’s defences.
Within The Roost is a guardroom and the quarters of the Ravenmaster - a special officer designated to look after the city’s messenger ravens. These cunning birds fly out into the world from here, spying out the land and carrying communications far and wide.
I admit, this bit may actually constitute a defensive weak point… but I like it!
Thanks for asking! I hope you’ll continue to follow along as Undercrag grows.
Great stuff, do you think it would be hard to do the same in 6mm?
Thanks!
6mm would be a bit more of a challenge, depending on how much detail you want, but it’s definitely possible.
You’d need to use dense foam wherever possible - the foam from mounting board would be too fragile.
Sounds like a great challenge!