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Just so you know, if your book falls apart again reach out to wizards support! Send them some pictures of the damage and give them the info they ask for and they'll send you a replacement! My old players handbook fell apart awhile ago with the same issue of pages just falling out and they sent me a brand new one! Didn't even ask for the old one back. So I have a nice one and one that I try to not loose any pages of!
@Knight Oezaxs Yea, I've actually already done that for both my PH and MM. They will replace any first printing because of a known glue binding issue. They never made me send them in, just photos, so I still have my damaged copies as backups that I let get beaten up in backpacks and whatnot. I've already repaired them a few times with contact cement, and those repairs have all held well. This is a new chunk that had fallen out and I figured why not try hot glue while I was doing this.
@@DragonsBane78 I'm not sure if the link will post or not, but if it doesn't: Google "replacing 5e players handbook" and look for the webpage where Wizards explains the process. It'll basically boil down to you taking pictures and e-mailing them with an explanation of what's happening and your shipping info. When they've got everything confirmed, they'll send you a confirmation e-mail with shipping information for a new players handbook. Link (if it posts) dnd-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000973626-Dungeons-Dragons-5th-Edition-Product-Replacement
Hey man, I don't know if you'd have any interest at all but I could rebind the PHB for you into something a bit more sturdy, and custom, free of cost. I'm also in Manitoba too. Just putting it out there; book binding is a hobby of mine.
That photo of DM Scotty kissing his hot glue gun really made me flinch; burnt lips and glued hair :O The spell effects are really great. The Fireball effect got me thinking that you could use ascertone to melt out the foam ball, leaving the hot glue as a dome. You could then place the flame effect over an electric tealight.
Use Goo Gone to remove labels. My husband was an army mechanic, and that stuff will safely remove ANYTHING stuck on, including mechanic's grease and anything else off of a car finish. Is this going to be a series? I loved this.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I'd love to see you use some of the other tips that they have, I Watched this and then did a dive through their product pages. There's a tip that releases five fine threads - might have been useful for making those clusters of icicles someone mentioned. These tips: surebonder.com/collections/industrial-nozzles/products/100set-specialty-nozzle-assortment-for-pro-series-hot-glue-guns-6-total-nozzles Also - not sure if adding a surfactant like dishwashing liquid to your cold water would help the glue get through the surface tension instead of curling up on top.
I learned the hard way: The reason he uses parchment paper and not wax paper for the first two spell effects is that hot glue binds VERY well to wax paper. You can pull the wax paper off the back, but you'll be picking it out from between the edges. This technique worked REALLY well for me, except for where I failed to follow instructions. Great video.
Love the flaming sphere, and could have really used one last week, definitely will be looking into getting some surebonder hot glue guns soon as I currently hate mine.
I dont know if you would use this tip very often but I figured I would share when I saw you having trouble getting the label off the coke bottle. I home brew beer and hate buying bottles so I repurpose ones whenever I can. Getting the label off can be a pain and I found that using a brewing cleanser called B-Brite is great for removing labels. The best method I have come across is to put the bottles in the dishwasher and use the B-Brite instead of your usual detergent. The hot water along with the cleanser dissolves most glues and the labels fall off with little to no scraping. You probably wouldnt use it on bottles very often for your craft but it may come in handy for removing decals off plastic toys that you want to repurpose.
Lighter fluid (like Zippo) is also amazing at getting glue residue and labels off. It dissolves the glue no problem. And after you're done cleaning, it will evaporate, leaving no smell or extra flammability.
Acetone also works, though is fumey. You can get it very very cheap from a hardware store, or a bit more expensive/lower quality as nail polish remover. Acetone-free nail polish remover exists because the acetone would dissolve the adhesive of false nails. Isopropyl alcohol works too, but it's a lot milder and takes longer.
What I learned in effects school to make "quick and easy" icicles was to hang a length of fishing line from the ceiling and then carefully drizzle hot glue down it. Once it cools you can peel it off the fishing line
My first PHB was falling apart at the seams as well. I initially brought it to Office Depot to have them spiral bind it which looked pretty awesome, but after a while I decided I wanted to put the pages in individual sleeves and in a big binder with tabs and all that. I’m fond.
It is, and it was a ton of work, but it also allows a caster to pull the necessary pages for their spells out of the binder and have the entire spell in front of them :)
My favorite is the flaming sphere. The flames look so good that I couldn't believe they were made with hot glue. Perfect 3D effect. My second favorite is the effect for Entangle. It is a quite common effect so it is always useful to have it represented on the board.
The first thing I thought of when I read the title of this video was DM Scotty. I think I am going to combine two of your techniques to make my own Cloud of Daggers, but I am going to make some translucent tentacles like you did for Evard's Black Tentacles to hold them. I may have to also steal the technique you showed us in a previous video and use some UV resign to cast a bunch of daggers. Thanks! I've got my work cut out for me.
Amazing ideas and builds! One thing I think might give the Black Tentacles an even better look would be a little dark purple dry brush or wash to give it a bit of variation and shading. Also if you want to remove labels from bottles, try submerging the bottle in a tub of water and letting it soak for a few hours to overnight. I've done this many times with glass bottles, and I believe it should work for plastic as well. Keep being awesome!
This tutorial has a lot of content in it: it is a perfect example of creativity linked to the rules of D&D, it is a perfect example of how, with very little effort, you can get excellent results! Also we can see how Jeremy has fun like a child with small guns ... lol
man, your work is awesome! We used to play dnd with dices as miniatures, on a sheet of paper with the map drawn on it XD. The experience must be soooo much better playing with that kind of stuff!
For the flaming sphere: you could try to stick parchment paper round the glass jar to keep the shape, but use tape to stick it. That way, you can just remove it and peel the paper off.
I love all your ideas that give me ideas as well, enjoy watching your videos. The Cloud of Daggers is actually a 2 inch square. It creates a 5 ft cube from each side from center of origin so that would make it a 2 inch square, and not just a 1 inch cube. And your Magic Circle to prevent the soda bottle from warping to much just do it in small sections at a time and allowing it to cool before doing the next section, working 2 or 3 inches at a time. That way it prevents it from warping as much or use the smaller of the two since the smaller one doesnt get as hot as the bigger hot glue gun does. Especially if you dont have these special temperature control type of guns.
The old hot glue to repair your book trick works quite well. I have an old Bible that was falling apart on me and I used a very basic Dollar Store glue gun to fix it and it worked a treat. Your glue and gun are far superior to mine, so I would think your results should be even better than mine.
The ONLY downside to hot-glue repairing a book is if it is an old and rare book, you have chopped its value to a tiny fraction of what it was when falling apart.
Would really like to see you get back to more cost effective, lower tech crafting (like this). I love your newer stuff, too, but this seems more accessible to my skill level, supplies and cost. I am actually going to try making some of these. I ordered some cheap aquarium plastic plants to make the grasping vine spell effect. Can't wait to give it a shot!
I dunno if anyone else has said this yet but the sphere of fire one could be upgraded using a ping pong ball and battery powered tea light as the base, if u don't put the paint on super thick it would light up for a little more immersion. But I love this video! Lost of great, easy, usable ideas! Thanks!
nice ideas, but you should look into transparent/clear/ghost tint paints. they work pretty well for these kind of effects. fire especially looks really well using these.
The side comment about how to do flames was the MOST helpful thing for me. I've messed up a lot of small torches and lanterns because I couldn't figure it out. Could you do another video on fire and lighting? That would be A++
I did make something similar to the Magic circle on the base of an ork shaman for warhammer. As I also wanted it green I used green shade which gave it the cool translucent look i was hoping for.
My mom taught me that peanut butter works wonders on getting labels off! She often trades glass jars for fruit with her neighbors, more of a side-quest adventurer rather than a plot obsessed player.
Good tip that i use for removing labels: most glue is nonpolar, and will dissolve in oil. scrub with oil, scratch off the label, then scrub with oil soap and rinse. works like a charm
From Michigan here, and was excited that you said pop, instead of soda. It's all the same, but you'd be surprised with how many people get butt hurt over it! LMAO
Nice tips! For "Create Bonfire" I made a circle out of a clear plastic, mixed PVA glue and acrylic paint. Then whenever I use this cantrip i simply put my circle on terrane or under the bad guy. The circle end up looking like salami tho
What are your thoughts on encapsulating your painted miniatures in clear resin to preserve their paint jobs and shapes? I tend to make characters that can fly so it's kinda been a thought in my mind to suspend them in a 1x1x*insert height*inch dome or rectangular cube (like a beauty and the beast rose). From there I imagined that I could then just carry my painted pieces in a dice bag and not have to worry about their paint being dinged up from actually playing with them. We tend to knock the pieces over as they become unconscious or swipe everything off the board to clear it and rewdraw the map....
Tamiya makes some really nice translucent paints. I learned about them when using Sororaster's mixture for blood (the red mixed with a black and brown acrylic) I think these paints might help you achieve some results normal acrylics can't do
It's smart putting the spell effects on the the perimeters so the figs can stand up. i had an idea for similar effects and thorns, but it would be a nightmare for the minis.
I use hot glue all the time for water effects, especially crashing water features, like miniature bases, or especially my Spiritual Weapon for my Tempest Cleric, who's Spiritual Weapon is a constantly sloshing, and crashing ball of water!
Good stuff! You're better at using hot glue than I am. I'll just leave this here though: if you need more control and have a lot more time, hard gel medium is your friend. Hot glue is great, but it dries really quickly, and sometimes can flow when you don't want it to. I wouldn't have made any of these out of gel medium, except for the flames on the sphere.
Really liked this vid very different then the usual builds was a nice change of pace. Could see using that soda bottle in a lot of different paint jobs and looks. Nicely done Jerome.
Generic dish soap removes label glue from bottles or jars. It can take some soaking and it still has to be scraped off, but it makes it way easier and gives a cleaner result.
Ah yes! I love the druid spell "Circle of Lettuce" XD, all jokes aside tho they are pretty cool, I think if you didn't do green the circle would have come out a bit cooler
I've never tried this, but I've heard that you can easily remove labels like the one on the plastic bottle with rubbing alcohol. This also works for getting old unerased marks off of a dry erase board (I have tried that one).
When my PHB fell apart I three hole punched it. Super useful I could keep all the relevant pages for my character in a duotang saved a lot of flipping through pages and alot of space in my bag if I was traveling to my game. Just something to think about.
Great video and what a coincidence! I actually made myself an entangle recently in almost the same fashion, though I only painted mine. I really like the flocking though, I'll have to try that on the next one. Hotglue spell effects are the jam, lol. My groups most used spell seems to be moonbeam, so I also made a 1" diameter hot glue circle and teased the edges while it was still hot to give it texture. I then painted the bottom white and the top with a semi-translucent irridecent pearl paint. It's been a hit with our Druids and having a guide on the table can really help a DM judge just who is within range. ;)
top tip for removing sticky labels use a little olive oil or veg oil. it acts a solvent for the adhesive then just remove the oil with some soap and water :)
The cylinder or magical energy could have been painted fairly easy using acrylic ink and an airbrush which would have given you a nice translucent effect. The runes you might want to print on a piece of paper and then cut them out and tape it to the piece and spray paint the runes. Just my two cents on otherwise another great video. Thank you for sharing!
Here is a tip I discovered by accident. Test out Gorilla Glue White Pen. When you spread it out it foams up and drys hard with a oozing appearance. It actually acts like "expanding foam", just in miniature scale. Then paint it to whatever colored effect you want.
If you use some translucent glass paint for the flames it makes them look much better ......And then you can put an LED in them for a better fire effect.....I made a fire breathing dragon mini like that :-)
Those Spell Effects are great ! The flaming sphere is absolutely amazing and i think i´m gonna give it a shot for the games we play. Have you considered making more spell effects for other popular spells ? I would really like to see how darkness, fog cloud, a wall of fire, a wall of force, a wall of light or a force cage would be made with these techniques. Thank you again for this video and maybe your consideration for doing another video (and perhaps with the suggested spells ^^ ).
Tip for removing labels: mix some baking soda and cooking oil together and slather it all over whatever you're trying to remove. Let sit for a few minutes then attack it with an abrasive brush.
Awesome work, sir! Great to see techniques like this. I've found from painting hot glue created stuff you need to thin the shit out of the paint. Best results are from washes and inks - I think Citadel Hexwraith Flame would have looked great on your green wall thingie.
Great to also see the one that went bad (and looks more like the lvl 1.41 spell "EldritchMegaCabbage") --- the aim of showing what happens works regardless, and we had a glimpse of how great it would look if kept transparent (after removing the label goo with heavy duty wipes). Overusing hot glue here for didactic/thematic purpose is fine; your viewers are smart enough to use CA where useful.
A soak in hot water or some Goo Gone would help the label issue. I find small bottles of Goo Gone at the dollar store. It worked out though. Very cool stuff to try out.
This was pretty awesome, love showing the struggles and positive spins! hope to see more like this as it is super helpful for anyone but extra for us Newbs!
Hi I don't know what country you're in but in the UK we use petrol lighter fluid or "Zippo" lighter fluid, buy the fluid and rub it on any surface to remove sticky labels works perfect every time and will not damage any surface including fabric
Dude....Love the vid. Didn't know there was black hot glue sticks....WHAAAAAAAT!!!?? Was hoping I'd see you do one of my crafty tricks with hot glue. Whenever someone does a detect magic, I bust out my black light and shine it on my scene and hidden bits of glue are illuminated to reveal paths, messages, incantations, etc. Regular hot glue glows rather well under black light....just can't paint it or the light won't effect it.
Very cool. And I like that most of the spell effects are easily translated or altered for other game systems. what about status markers of some kind that have a base that sits under the fig but has an effect coming out one side like fire or poison cloud or whatever? Just a thought. Love the Surebonder. Is absolutely the pinnacle of Hot Glue guns. Got mine when Scotty recommended them.
I've thought a lot about condition makers over the years and have never been able to come up with a craftable solution. It's really one of those things better suited to design digitally and 3d print.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I have made some rings using shrinky dink plastic for status markers but I think they could be done neater than that. You are likely right about the 3d printing, but I do not honestly know when/if I will ever have one of those to play around with. Thanks again for the vid and the ideas.
There are some companies selling them I believe if you wanna get your hands on something clean and well executed. Just simple rings with the text embossed on them. I can't think of companies off hand because it's just independant people printing them for sale. Etsy sort of thing.
I stole an idea from Matt Mercer and use different colored plastic rings that fit around the characters to represent different (visible to others) effects like bleeding, stunned, on fire, etc. The rings are from things like milk and sports drinks (Gatorade is great for the color variety). The larger ones from jars of peanuts work for 5' radius effects, and now I know that 2-liter bottles will make 10' radius effects, I will sacrifice a few nickel deposits for game markers.
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Use alcohol or IPA to remove hot glue from the glass. As soon as it flows between the glass and the glue, it almost falls down by itself. Works with almost all surfaces as long as it does not melt the surface
for anyone interested there is a Warhammer spell mini that could work great for the fire spell if painted right but its the only one I was able to find
This was great! I've attempted some hot glue molding, but it always has sketchy results. these look like stellar ideas. I'm going to be making multiple of those fireballs. those would be useful in multiple miniatures games and, of course, DnD. Edit: This would be a great way to make oil slicks and such for Gaslands as well!
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More vids please. I already watched all your first cringe worthy old vids up to your current awesomeness. I need more!! 😲🥺🙃😁
Just so you know, if your book falls apart again reach out to wizards support! Send them some pictures of the damage and give them the info they ask for and they'll send you a replacement! My old players handbook fell apart awhile ago with the same issue of pages just falling out and they sent me a brand new one! Didn't even ask for the old one back. So I have a nice one and one that I try to not loose any pages of!
@Knight Oezaxs Yea, I've actually already done that for both my PH and MM. They will replace any first printing because of a known glue binding issue. They never made me send them in, just photos, so I still have my damaged copies as backups that I let get beaten up in backpacks and whatnot. I've already repaired them a few times with contact cement, and those repairs have all held well. This is a new chunk that had fallen out and I figured why not try hot glue while I was doing this.
@@oezaxs How does one go about this process? my player handbook is one of the first batch, and entire chapters are coming out in chunks
@@DragonsBane78 I'm not sure if the link will post or not, but if it doesn't: Google "replacing 5e players handbook" and look for the webpage where Wizards explains the process. It'll basically boil down to you taking pictures and e-mailing them with an explanation of what's happening and your shipping info. When they've got everything confirmed, they'll send you a confirmation e-mail with shipping information for a new players handbook.
Link (if it posts)
dnd-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000973626-Dungeons-Dragons-5th-Edition-Product-Replacement
I didn't even hear what he said for the first minute. I was too busy looking at how freaking organized his shop is!
Icabod337 you and me both
Oh yeah, his set-up is ocd porn
The trick with the cold water seems to be obvious but somewhat I never thought about it. Thank you very much for the video!
Hey man, I don't know if you'd have any interest at all but I could rebind the PHB for you into something a bit more sturdy, and custom, free of cost. I'm also in Manitoba too. Just putting it out there; book binding is a hobby of mine.
That's an awesome idea! How much would you charge me? You can message me on facebook if you want. facebook.com/daniel.pierce.5095110
That photo of DM Scotty kissing his hot glue gun really made me flinch; burnt lips and glued hair :O
The spell effects are really great. The Fireball effect got me thinking that you could use ascertone to melt out the foam ball, leaving the hot glue as a dome. You could then place the flame effect over an electric tealight.
Use Goo Gone to remove labels. My husband was an army mechanic, and that stuff will safely remove ANYTHING stuck on, including mechanic's grease and anything else off of a car finish.
Is this going to be a series? I loved this.
Should it be a series?.......🤔
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I'd watch the hell out of it.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I'd love to see you use some of the other tips that they have, I Watched this and then did a dive through their product pages. There's a tip that releases five fine threads - might have been useful for making those clusters of icicles someone mentioned. These tips:
surebonder.com/collections/industrial-nozzles/products/100set-specialty-nozzle-assortment-for-pro-series-hot-glue-guns-6-total-nozzles
Also - not sure if adding a surfactant like dishwashing liquid to your cold water would help the glue get through the surface tension instead of curling up on top.
Black Magic Craft hell ya
I didn't see this comment before I also mentioned Goo Gone. That stuff is awesome.
I learned the hard way: The reason he uses parchment paper and not wax paper for the first two spell effects is that hot glue binds VERY well to wax paper. You can pull the wax paper off the back, but you'll be picking it out from between the edges. This technique worked REALLY well for me, except for where I failed to follow instructions. Great video.
I saw this and clicked it thinking I could use this technique to make a cloud of daggers and then you ACTUALLY made it! Very cool, as always.
Cloud of Daggers FTW
Love the flaming sphere, and could have really used one last week, definitely will be looking into getting some surebonder hot glue guns soon as I currently hate mine.
Love, love, love, love, LOVE!
I would KILL to see more of these as well 😍
Please don’t kill me.
I dont know if you would use this tip very often but I figured I would share when I saw you having trouble getting the label off the coke bottle. I home brew beer and hate buying bottles so I repurpose ones whenever I can. Getting the label off can be a pain and I found that using a brewing cleanser called B-Brite is great for removing labels. The best method I have come across is to put the bottles in the dishwasher and use the B-Brite instead of your usual detergent. The hot water along with the cleanser dissolves most glues and the labels fall off with little to no scraping.
You probably wouldnt use it on bottles very often for your craft but it may come in handy for removing decals off plastic toys that you want to repurpose.
Lighter fluid (like Zippo) is also amazing at getting glue residue and labels off. It dissolves the glue no problem. And after you're done cleaning, it will evaporate, leaving no smell or extra flammability.
Petrol/gasoline works great too
Acetone also works, though is fumey. You can get it very very cheap from a hardware store, or a bit more expensive/lower quality as nail polish remover. Acetone-free nail polish remover exists because the acetone would dissolve the adhesive of false nails. Isopropyl alcohol works too, but it's a lot milder and takes longer.
What I learned in effects school to make "quick and easy" icicles was to hang a length of fishing line from the ceiling and then carefully drizzle hot glue down it. Once it cools you can peel it off the fishing line
Like the flaming sphere the best
I ended up using a ping pong ball as the form. It's a little larger than 1", but it's what I had on hand. Thanks for the inspiration!
Dude, between You, Wylock, and DM Scotty, y'all have upped my DM game by miles! My players thank you and I thank you beyond words!
My first PHB was falling apart at the seams as well. I initially brought it to Office Depot to have them spiral bind it which looked pretty awesome, but after a while I decided I wanted to put the pages in individual sleeves and in a big binder with tabs and all that. I’m fond.
Man......that's a lot of sleeves.
It is, and it was a ton of work, but it also allows a caster to pull the necessary pages for their spells out of the binder and have the entire spell in front of them :)
@@dservez You can buy the spell cards the size of baseball cards and stick them in the pages that hold 9 of them :)
This is true, I just like the look of it in the binder tbh
“This is an absurd amount of glue sticks.”
Never have truer words been spoken. From one crafter to another. 🤓
When he held them up and said that, my thoughts were 'What? I could use that up in like 3 days!" :P
Your username is amazing
My favorite is the flaming sphere. The flames look so good that I couldn't believe they were made with hot glue. Perfect 3D effect.
My second favorite is the effect for Entangle. It is a quite common effect so it is always useful to have it represented on the board.
The first thing I thought of when I read the title of this video was DM Scotty.
I think I am going to combine two of your techniques to make my own Cloud of Daggers, but I am going to make some translucent tentacles like you did for Evard's Black Tentacles to hold them. I may have to also steal the technique you showed us in a previous video and use some UV resign to cast a bunch of daggers.
Thanks! I've got my work cut out for me.
Amazing ideas and builds! One thing I think might give the Black Tentacles an even better look would be a little dark purple dry brush or wash to give it a bit of variation and shading.
Also if you want to remove labels from bottles, try submerging the bottle in a tub of water and letting it soak for a few hours to overnight. I've done this many times with glass bottles, and I believe it should work for plastic as well.
Keep being awesome!
This tutorial has a lot of content in it: it is a perfect example of creativity linked to the rules of D&D, it is a perfect example of how, with very little effort, you can get excellent results! Also we can see how Jeremy has fun like a child with small guns ... lol
I have a warlock character coming up in a friends campaign and I'm for sure going to make the tentacle grid! these are so great!
Thank you! I made a Flaming Sphere! This was a nice change from foam and this has to be in my top ten for useful crafted items.
man, your work is awesome! We used to play dnd with dices as miniatures, on a sheet of paper with the map drawn on it XD. The experience must be soooo much better playing with that kind of stuff!
Nice ball of flame! I have characters who fire flame spells all the time, this is a great inspiration for that!
Dude, me too. I'm not sure a session has gone by yet that our sorcerer hasn't set something on fire.
For the flaming sphere: you could try to stick parchment paper round the glass jar to keep the shape, but use tape to stick it. That way, you can just remove it and peel the paper off.
I love how you do not hide that you make mistakes or ideas do not turn out as planned.
Dude, I straight up thought that fireball had an LED or something in it. Looks GREAT.
Love the moment when you are glueing together your handbook ...
I appreciated how simple and low cost these were! I love miniatures but they are definitely expensive! More low cost mini ideas please! :D
This video has so much utility. The spell choices were A+ it’s gunna be so easy to apply these techniques to other spells
I love all your ideas that give me ideas as well, enjoy watching your videos.
The Cloud of Daggers is actually a 2 inch square. It creates a 5 ft cube from each side from center of origin so that would make it a 2 inch square, and not just a 1 inch cube.
And your Magic Circle to prevent the soda bottle from warping to much just do it in small sections at a time and allowing it to cool before doing the next section, working 2 or 3 inches at a time. That way it prevents it from warping as much or use the smaller of the two since the smaller one doesnt get as hot as the bigger hot glue gun does. Especially if you dont have these special temperature control type of guns.
And the world has a meaning again and again.... your presence makes the world a better place.
Next time want to sculpt hot glue and remove it easily, use rubbing alcohol. It breaks the adhesive bond and your glue will just come right off!
The old hot glue to repair your book trick works quite well. I have an old Bible that was falling apart on me and I used a very basic Dollar Store glue gun to fix it and it worked a treat. Your glue and gun are far superior to mine, so I would think your results should be even better than mine.
The ONLY downside to hot-glue repairing a book is if it is an old and rare book, you have chopped its value to a tiny fraction of what it was when falling apart.
Would really like to see you get back to more cost effective, lower tech crafting (like this). I love your newer stuff, too, but this seems more accessible to my skill level, supplies and cost. I am actually going to try making some of these. I ordered some cheap aquarium plastic plants to make the grasping vine spell effect. Can't wait to give it a shot!
I use E6000 spray just as you did the mod podge spray. HOLDS LIKE A DREAM... even SAND!!
I dunno if anyone else has said this yet but the sphere of fire one could be upgraded using a ping pong ball and battery powered tea light as the base, if u don't put the paint on super thick it would light up for a little more immersion. But I love this video! Lost of great, easy, usable ideas! Thanks!
nice ideas, but you should look into transparent/clear/ghost tint paints. they work pretty well for these kind of effects. fire especially looks really well using these.
The side comment about how to do flames was the MOST helpful thing for me. I've messed up a lot of small torches and lanterns because I couldn't figure it out. Could you do another video on fire and lighting? That would be A++
I did make something similar to the Magic circle on the base of an ork shaman for warhammer. As I also wanted it green I used green shade which gave it the cool translucent look i was hoping for.
My mom taught me that peanut butter works wonders on getting labels off! She often trades glass jars for fruit with her neighbors, more of a side-quest adventurer rather than a plot obsessed player.
This is amazing, I really hope for part 2 though!
I've made a pit trap with spikes, using toothpicks, and a fireball using hot glue. Turned out pretty well
Good tip that i use for removing labels: most glue is nonpolar, and will dissolve in oil. scrub with oil, scratch off the label, then scrub with oil soap and rinse. works like a charm
I love my Surebonder and for the same reasons, dual temp. and auto off.
Never heard of that spell. How does it work?
Nerd Musk lol
From Michigan here, and was excited that you said pop, instead of soda. It's all the same, but you'd be surprised with how many people get butt hurt over it! LMAO
I just bought a Surebonder dual temp! My first hot glue gun. I'm glad I didn't waste my money.
Nice tips! For "Create Bonfire" I made a circle out of a clear plastic, mixed PVA glue and acrylic paint. Then whenever I use this cantrip i simply put my circle on terrane or under the bad guy. The circle end up looking like salami tho
What are your thoughts on encapsulating your painted miniatures in clear resin to preserve their paint jobs and shapes? I tend to make characters that can fly so it's kinda been a thought in my mind to suspend them in a 1x1x*insert height*inch dome or rectangular cube (like a beauty and the beast rose). From there I imagined that I could then just carry my painted pieces in a dice bag and not have to worry about their paint being dinged up from actually playing with them. We tend to knock the pieces over as they become unconscious or swipe everything off the board to clear it and rewdraw the map....
isn't that what varnish is for?
You are my main man for d&d crafts (also Rybonator did a similar thing with fire+ice spells and I think you did a good job doing something different)
Wyloch and DM Scotty would be so proud! These are super cool and so useful. Thank you!
The tip on using hot glue in water was great. Gotta try that!
Tamiya makes some really nice translucent paints. I learned about them when using Sororaster's mixture for blood (the red mixed with a black and brown acrylic) I think these paints might help you achieve some results normal acrylics can't do
Great builds, quick and easy. Like the flock on the green one. Nice depth to it.
It's smart putting the spell effects on the the perimeters so the figs can stand up. i had an idea for similar effects and thorns, but it would be a nightmare for the minis.
ive been doing most of this with a 3d printed pen , but its always to see other things , love your work
Man i love these but the one you made for magic circle reminds me of lettuce and i cant stop seeing it lol
You can remove labels/glue wtih nail polish remover! If you're worried about it biting at the plastic, you culd try a non-acetone option
I use hot glue all the time for water effects, especially crashing water features, like miniature bases, or especially my Spiritual Weapon for my Tempest Cleric, who's Spiritual Weapon is a constantly sloshing, and crashing ball of water!
Good stuff! You're better at using hot glue than I am. I'll just leave this here though: if you need more control and have a lot more time, hard gel medium is your friend. Hot glue is great, but it dries really quickly, and sometimes can flow when you don't want it to. I wouldn't have made any of these out of gel medium, except for the flames on the sphere.
Really liked this vid very different then the usual builds was a nice change of pace. Could see using that soda bottle in a lot of different paint jobs and looks. Nicely done Jerome.
That flaming sphere is pretty awesome!
These turned out really cool, the flaming sphere is my favourite!
Generic dish soap removes label glue from bottles or jars. It can take some soaking and it still has to be scraped off, but it makes it way easier and gives a cleaner result.
Ah yes! I love the druid spell "Circle of Lettuce" XD, all jokes aside tho they are pretty cool, I think if you didn't do green the circle would have come out a bit cooler
I've never tried this, but I've heard that you can easily remove labels like the one on the plastic bottle with rubbing alcohol. This also works for getting old unerased marks off of a dry erase board (I have tried that one).
Loved the flaming sphere. Great idea.
When my PHB fell apart I three hole punched it. Super useful I could keep all the relevant pages for my character in a duotang saved a lot of flipping through pages and alot of space in my bag if I was traveling to my game. Just something to think about.
Great video and what a coincidence! I actually made myself an entangle recently in almost the same fashion, though I only painted mine. I really like the flocking though, I'll have to try that on the next one. Hotglue spell effects are the jam, lol. My groups most used spell seems to be moonbeam, so I also made a 1" diameter hot glue circle and teased the edges while it was still hot to give it texture. I then painted the bottom white and the top with a semi-translucent irridecent pearl paint. It's been a hit with our Druids and having a guide on the table can really help a DM judge just who is within range. ;)
Shedding green bits on the table is a pet peeve of mine.
top tip for removing sticky labels use a little olive oil or veg oil. it acts a solvent for the adhesive then just remove the oil with some soap and water :)
I've made sooooo much terrain my wife is losing her mind!! Learned everything from this guy, and Scotty.
The cylinder or magical energy could have been painted fairly easy using acrylic ink and an airbrush which would have given you a nice translucent effect. The runes you might want to print on a piece of paper and then cut them out and tape it to the piece and spray paint the runes. Just my two cents on otherwise another great video. Thank you for sharing!
I wouldn't mind seeing you work on a more detailed version of these! This is a really neat tutorial.
Here is a tip I discovered by accident.
Test out Gorilla Glue White Pen. When you spread it out it foams up and drys hard with a oozing appearance.
It actually acts like "expanding foam", just in miniature scale. Then paint it to whatever colored effect you want.
Neat, could combine the magic circle soda bottle thing with the fire effects you used for burning sphere for to make a sweet template for fireball
If you use some translucent glass paint for the flames it makes them look much better ......And then you can put an LED in them for a better fire effect.....I made a fire breathing dragon mini like that :-)
Those Spell Effects are great ! The flaming sphere is absolutely amazing and i think i´m gonna give it a shot for the games we play.
Have you considered making more spell effects for other popular spells ?
I would really like to see how darkness, fog cloud, a wall of fire, a wall of force, a wall of light or a force cage would be made with these techniques.
Thank you again for this video and maybe your consideration for doing another video (and perhaps with the suggested spells ^^ ).
Tip for removing labels: mix some baking soda and cooking oil together and slather it all over whatever you're trying to remove. Let sit for a few minutes then attack it with an abrasive brush.
Awesome work, sir! Great to see techniques like this. I've found from painting hot glue created stuff you need to thin the shit out of the paint. Best results are from washes and inks - I think Citadel Hexwraith Flame would have looked great on your green wall thingie.
Man, I love green & black too.
That fireball looks amazing.
Very cool, those glue guns look awesome. I bet you could do some cool stuff with Ice Storm as well!
Great to also see the one that went bad (and looks more like the lvl 1.41 spell "EldritchMegaCabbage") --- the aim of showing what happens works regardless, and we had a glimpse of how great it would look if kept transparent (after removing the label goo with heavy duty wipes). Overusing hot glue here for didactic/thematic purpose is fine; your viewers are smart enough to use CA where useful.
If you had some 4 inch bases you could've used them to keep the Magic Circle more circular while applying the hot glue.
You could totally make a black pudding with that black glue gun. I never had a D&D book fall apart like yours.
cold water. Brilliant!
A soak in hot water or some Goo Gone would help the label issue. I find small bottles of Goo Gone at the dollar store. It worked out though. Very cool stuff to try out.
This was pretty awesome, love showing the struggles and positive spins! hope to see more like this as it is super helpful for anyone but extra for us Newbs!
Totally stealing the flaming sphere method for frostgrave elementalist' wall
If you have an issue separating hot glue from anything, use rubbing alcohol it will release it without any ripping.
Thank You, I have so many ideas for my groups dnd craft night!!! Definitely doing the flaming sphere. You are the best!
Hi I don't know what country you're in but in the UK we use petrol lighter fluid or "Zippo" lighter fluid, buy the fluid and rub it on any surface to remove sticky labels works perfect every time and will not damage any surface including fabric
Dude....Love the vid. Didn't know there was black hot glue sticks....WHAAAAAAAT!!!??
Was hoping I'd see you do one of my crafty tricks with hot glue. Whenever someone does a detect magic, I bust out my black light and shine it on my scene and hidden bits of glue are illuminated to reveal paths, messages, incantations, etc.
Regular hot glue glows rather well under black light....just can't paint it or the light won't effect it.
Very cool. And I like that most of the spell effects are easily translated or altered for other game systems. what about status markers of some kind that have a base that sits under the fig but has an effect coming out one side like fire or poison cloud or whatever? Just a thought. Love the Surebonder. Is absolutely the pinnacle of Hot Glue guns. Got mine when Scotty recommended them.
I've thought a lot about condition makers over the years and have never been able to come up with a craftable solution. It's really one of those things better suited to design digitally and 3d print.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I have made some rings using shrinky dink plastic for status markers but I think they could be done neater than that. You are likely right about the 3d printing, but I do not honestly know when/if I will ever have one of those to play around with. Thanks again for the vid and the ideas.
There are some companies selling them I believe if you wanna get your hands on something clean and well executed. Just simple rings with the text embossed on them. I can't think of companies off hand because it's just independant people printing them for sale. Etsy sort of thing.
I stole an idea from Matt Mercer and use different colored plastic rings that fit around the characters to represent different (visible to others) effects like bleeding, stunned, on fire, etc. The rings are from things like milk and sports drinks (Gatorade is great for the color variety). The larger ones from jars of peanuts work for 5' radius effects, and now I know that 2-liter bottles will make 10' radius effects, I will sacrifice a few nickel deposits for game markers.
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Use alcohol or IPA to remove hot glue from the glass.
As soon as it flows between the glass and the glue, it almost falls down by itself.
Works with almost all surfaces as long as it does not melt the surface
for anyone interested there is a Warhammer spell mini that could work great for the fire spell if painted right but its the only one I was able to find
This was great! I've attempted some hot glue molding, but it always has sketchy results. these look like stellar ideas. I'm going to be making multiple of those fireballs. those would be useful in multiple miniatures games and, of course, DnD.
Edit: This would be a great way to make oil slicks and such for Gaslands as well!