love this build, it's always nice to see things that not everyone is building. you always seem to come up with fresh ideas these are 2 I'll definitely be nicking at some point. I'm not crafting now until I return back to work in march. ( as it's my job) recently built a huge Castle in my tiny Kitchen in just short of a week and I finished another project off at the same time. it was exhausting, I had no space to work no space to cook my meals it was a real pain so no more working from home unless the projects are small.
I believe it's time to show us everything you've done on the channel set up! You've made some great pieces and I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to see them all together! Igryss agrees! Merry Happy Christmas!
Ah, finally we learn your name, well met, Allan! Tim here... That multi-layering of foam for the the fountain build is looking really good, creating a nice depth. Water effects are top notch - and of course the king of moss is back! :- )
ooo production value, very nice sir, very nice :D loving these builds. the fire pit i can see myself building very soon for my tavern/long house build set :D
Another way to make a water spout in your fountains n such which is more sturdy than your hot glue. Is to use some fishing line coming from the spout down into your water and pour a little bit of epoxy over it.
@@irongryphon I've been doing dioramas since the 80s. I stopped making them 15 yrs ago, but after watching your videos and others on youtube for dnd. I've finally got back into doing it again, and I also found an old notebook I had kept notes of all my old builds. One was an old technique to make water. In the 80s bar top epoxy wasnt available where we lived unless you were a cabinet maker, etc. So we used to use what we had available to us in the 80s early 90s. We made our water features like streams, rivers or lakes using modeling clay, sculpted to look like waves. Once dry, we covered the clay with plaster we brushed on and after it dried then we'd paint it with gloss acrylic paint and then coat it with gloss varnish to achieve our water effect before having access to epoxy in any hardware store. We made up our own methods back then to achieve the look for our dioramas we needed. I might go back and reuse some of my old methods for new dioramas so not to forget how to do them.
These last few videos with the "accent" terrain have been great. I've now got a very long list of terrain pieces to make thanks to you! Thanks for showing us how you created them and for sharing your creativity.
Thanks for the video, love your work! Any chance you could extended the amount of time you show the finished product at the end of each video? 10 seconds is just not enough to fully appreciate the awesome stuff you make! Give us a good 20 seconds at least to appreciate your art! :)
I forget to texture before gluing all the time 😝 so i ended up gluing a small ball of foil to the end of an old paint brush to get in all the small areas my foil ball wont reach
Yeah I do have a tiny angular rock somewhere I use for occasions like that 😅 but just goes to show how much I "wing it" when building things. Always making adjustments or changing my mind 😅
Yay! Another video :3 So i wondered where do you get this grey-ish 5mm foam, did you order it from the web or your "crafting" store sells it? Because i've not find in my country in our "crafting store" any foam that look like it: ones i find always seems tougher than the one you use (just with the aluminium foil ball texturing. The closest i have is 1cm foam that i need to force a bit my alu-ball into to print some textures :( Anyway, that's not really relevant as infos ^^ What's interresting me more the this paste (@6.28) name "acrylic paste" -> What's your exp with that component? A fire pit is a nice idea to populate any interior. Just the wash (@9.00) make the fire in the pit alive by diffrencing what'll burn and what's burning of what's burned ^^ Nice painting job. (@11.15) yep, as you push this tiny cylinder into that grey foam, i realise that i've not seen this kind of foam around me, insert sadface Btw, I really love this cylinder texturing, kinda rare to see it, and i love to see you using it here, that's out of the box clever :3 Oh god, so many layers, this fountain is awesome (@15.40) Water streams from hot glue, it make this thing so alive (@17.10) Ok x) Awesome video. And I begin to feel frustrated to not see all the builds all together, it has to give such authentics vibes :D
I'll try to send you a link for the foam if you like 🙂 it comes as a 1cm thick sheet, which I slice in half to 5mm. The Vallejo acrylic texture (dark earth) paste I use is fairly useful for quick and easy builds. Half the time you wouldn't even need to paint it. Its safe to use on foam, and takes paint and glues perfectly fine. I've gotten alot of use from my fairly small tub of it 👍🏻🙂 always a pleasure reading your comments mate 👍🏻😀
Hi, Alan (hope I spelled that right), I was wondering about the dark grey XPS foam you use. Is that a UK-only brand or is there some way to get it in Canada?
Hi there 🙂👍🏻 it seems to be the easiest foam to get my hands on. I wouldn't say it's UK only, but I get it on eBay, but it's only 1cm thick and I would like to get my hands on some thicker stuff. I know Canada has much thicker sheets due to the climate and the need for thicker insulation board 👍🏻
2 lovely looking builds there. Always need a fire pit for your heroes to jump over for their dramatic entrace. :)
Or throw enemies into, or even just rest near by, cook some food and tell stories 🙂👌🏻
@@irongryphon "sit traveller. Let us have a drink and a song...ua-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/v-deo.html"
The fountain looks particulary good. Though, the fire pit will probably see more use. Great work!
Thanks buddy 👍🏻🙂 both have been very useful just for simple dungeon decor
love this build, it's always nice to see things that not everyone is building. you always seem to come up with fresh ideas these are 2 I'll definitely be nicking at some point. I'm not crafting now until I return back to work in march. ( as it's my job) recently built a huge Castle in my tiny Kitchen in just short of a week and I finished another project off at the same time. it was exhausting, I had no space to work no space to cook my meals it was a real pain so no more working from home unless the projects are small.
Having a decent sized workspace is something I'm very grateful for 😅
Thanks for watching mate 👍🏻
I believe it's time to show us everything you've done on the channel set up! You've made some great pieces and I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to see them all together! Igryss agrees! Merry Happy Christmas!
I think you might be right 😀👍🏻
Excellently done! Very nice build and great water!
Cheers dude 👍🏻🙂 thank you for watching
Ah, finally we learn your name, well met, Allan! Tim here...
That multi-layering of foam for the the fountain build is looking really good, creating a nice depth.
Water effects are top notch - and of course the king of moss is back! :- )
Haha cheers Tim 👍🏻😅 that liquitex natural sand paste is excellent water effects stuff
ooo production value, very nice sir, very nice :D loving these builds. the fire pit i can see myself building very soon for my tavern/long house build set :D
Haha thank you Drew, glad you liked it 😅👍🏻 I'd love to see that longhouse
These both look fantastic!! Great job!!
Thanks dude 👍🏻🙂 I do love decorating those dungeons
Wow! Those look great!
Thanks very much mate 👍🏻 😬
That looks great mate!! Planing to watch every video from your chanel. Subscribed
Thanks very much 👍🏻😀 hope you enjoy them all
Another way to make a water spout in your fountains n such which is more sturdy than your hot glue. Is to use some fishing line coming from the spout down into your water and pour a little bit of epoxy over it.
That's an excellent idea, I'll see if anyone I know has spare fishing line 👍🏻🙂
@@irongryphon I used to do that whenever I built model train and dnd dioramas in the 90s for water falls n such.
I'll have to pick some up👍🏻 great tip
@@irongryphon I've been doing dioramas since the 80s. I stopped making them 15 yrs ago, but after watching your videos and others on youtube for dnd. I've finally got back into doing it again, and I also found an old notebook I had kept notes of all my old builds.
One was an old technique to make water. In the 80s bar top epoxy wasnt available where we lived unless you were a cabinet maker, etc. So we used to use what we had available to us in the 80s early 90s. We made our water features like streams, rivers or lakes using modeling clay, sculpted to look like waves. Once dry, we covered the clay with plaster we brushed on and after it dried then we'd paint it with gloss acrylic paint and then coat it with gloss varnish to achieve our water effect before having access to epoxy in any hardware store. We made up our own methods back then to achieve the look for our dioramas we needed.
I might go back and reuse some of my old methods for new dioramas so not to forget how to do them.
Love these. The firepit came out really nice and the water effects in the fountain are excellent. I always look forward to your videos.
Thanks very much 👍🏻 I really appreciate you watching 🙂
GRAPHICS! TEESHIRTS! Love the fountain, looks great.
Thought I'd spice it up abit 😅👌🏻
These last few videos with the "accent" terrain have been great. I've now got a very long list of terrain pieces to make thanks to you! Thanks for showing us how you created them and for sharing your creativity.
You're very welcome Sir 👍🏻😀 glad I could inspire a few people. Thank you for watching
Thanks for the video, love your work! Any chance you could extended the amount of time you show the finished product at the end of each video? 10 seconds is just not enough to fully appreciate the awesome stuff you make! Give us a good 20 seconds at least to appreciate your art! :)
Thanks dude. And yes I shall do, from now on, more photos and more rotating finished piece. Good feedback, thank you very much 🙂👍🏻
Great looking builds! love this kind of scatter.
Thanks dude, I do too. For me everything has to be modular 😅
I forget to texture before gluing all the time 😝 so i ended up gluing a small ball of foil to the end of an old paint brush to get in all the small areas my foil ball wont reach
Yeah I do have a tiny angular rock somewhere I use for occasions like that 😅 but just goes to show how much I "wing it" when building things. Always making adjustments or changing my mind 😅
@@irongryphon same lol! I find it more fun and enjoyable to wing it, makes for som interesting projects 😁
I agree, I only very rarely plan my builds. Usually I just have a vague idea of how I want the finished product to look 😅👍🏻
Hi, how do you get the moss effect, im new to this channel and I thought that was brilliant!
I show it in a few videos, but I mix woodlands scenics fine turf with PVA glue and smear it onto the surface 👍🏻🙂
HOW do we get one of those fabulous t-shirts (v-neck, ideally...)????
Well I had this one made, the only one in existence. But I'm thinking about doing merch in the future if enough people want to sign up for it 😅
@@irongryphon I would buy a shirt for $20 or less to the US (including shipping!) if you can find one at that cost. Probably hard to do though :)
I'll see what can be done 😅👍🏻 thank you for the feedback
Yay! Another video :3
So i wondered where do you get this grey-ish 5mm foam, did you order it from the web or your "crafting" store sells it? Because i've not find in my country in our "crafting store" any foam that look like it: ones i find always seems tougher than the one you use (just with the aluminium foil ball texturing. The closest i have is 1cm foam that i need to force a bit my alu-ball into to print some textures :( Anyway, that's not really relevant as infos ^^
What's interresting me more the this paste (@6.28) name "acrylic paste" -> What's your exp with that component?
A fire pit is a nice idea to populate any interior. Just the wash (@9.00) make the fire in the pit alive by diffrencing what'll burn and what's burning of what's burned ^^ Nice painting job.
(@11.15) yep, as you push this tiny cylinder into that grey foam, i realise that i've not seen this kind of foam around me, insert sadface
Btw, I really love this cylinder texturing, kinda rare to see it, and i love to see you using it here, that's out of the box clever :3
Oh god, so many layers, this fountain is awesome
(@15.40) Water streams from hot glue, it make this thing so alive
(@17.10) Ok x)
Awesome video. And I begin to feel frustrated to not see all the builds all together, it has to give such authentics vibes :D
For the foam i'm seeing your response in another coms :p
I'll try to send you a link for the foam if you like 🙂 it comes as a 1cm thick sheet, which I slice in half to 5mm.
The Vallejo acrylic texture (dark earth) paste I use is fairly useful for quick and easy builds. Half the time you wouldn't even need to paint it. Its safe to use on foam, and takes paint and glues perfectly fine. I've gotten alot of use from my fairly small tub of it 👍🏻🙂 always a pleasure reading your comments mate 👍🏻😀
@@irongryphon awesome ty :3
Hi, Alan (hope I spelled that right), I was wondering about the dark grey XPS foam you use. Is that a UK-only brand or is there some way to get it in Canada?
Hi there 🙂👍🏻 it seems to be the easiest foam to get my hands on. I wouldn't say it's UK only, but I get it on eBay, but it's only 1cm thick and I would like to get my hands on some thicker stuff. I know Canada has much thicker sheets due to the climate and the need for thicker insulation board 👍🏻