Miniature Candles & Holders for Tabletop Gaming...and dollhouses maybe?
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"Where did you get those little candlesticks?"....if you were asking this question during last week's video, well this one is for you. The truth is those came from a set of random little terrain bits in the Mantic Terrain Crate sets, but it's a lot more fun and useful for me to show you how to build some. Isn't it?
So this week I improvise and experiment while trying to make some miniature candle sticks and holders for Dungeons & Dragons.
I've got some links to the Mantic Terrain Crate stuff on my Essential Equipment page if you just wanna take the easier route.
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A nice idea for making the bases look less flat would be to add a few candles - some whole, and a couple melted - next to the base like someone had left them on the floor.
It won't look out of place since it is basically the same theme, and it makes the piece look more interesting.
Cool!! During medieval times they used beeswax or tallow for their candles and they would be yellowish so your coloring of then candles was perfect. Have fun at your convention
Makes me want to make a big epic ancient arcane library filled with these
That feeling when you're on sick leave, binge BMC and start hearing his voice in your head...
"Just wrap it up a little, put a little PVA to it. That should do! And it looks pretty darn neat." xD
I really love your work!
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@@4321jojoba Dang, you got me ^^° But when else should I find the time to try out all these awesome techniques and ideas? It's his fault that he is so inspiring!
These are really neat and I like that you did it with stuff you had to show that you don't need expensive or hard to get things to make them.
These are so cool! I think it might look good to put some round tablecloths or doilies underneath the candlesticks to cover the base. Thatway the base doesn't look out of place when you put them in different rooms or on tables.
I really enjoyed this. I love how you share your problem solving and annoying bits with us too.
I'm considering the idea of clear discs for some terrain items, such as candlesticks, pillars and other narrow or tipsy items. Been collecting some clear packaging / blister packs to try out.
Great way to be green too. Best of luck with your projects dude. 👍
I totally had the same idea. I've been collecting plastic containers for this too!
I bought a package of the clear sheets teachers use for overhead projectors, for things like this. I also glued some bushes/I cut the tops of some premade trees onto the clear paper as well. the plastic from packages is great also :)
WizKids is releasing clear bases in the same sizes as their black plastic bases.
TT Combat makes clear round and square bases for their Rumbleslam game that would probably also work.
One could also use a tiny skull bead to stick the toothpick into...then attach that to a base...or the toothpick could be stuck into/onto a pile of different sizes skulls, then painted!! Just my two-cents!
Not wrong about that, lots of people notice the small stuff like that, even my tiny little books always makes people go, "WHAT!? COOL!" I did similar for my smalle flames, minus the candles, much larger flame, bead bases, qtip flame. Great ideas in here. You could maybe grab some square brass stock for railroads to do a twisted metal base. Although a quick look shows me only tubes, which might not work.
Good stuff as always!
I'm a dollhouse maker and love your videos! I really appreciate the use of household items! Most people don't have a 3D printer and an arsenal of tools. Subscribed!
Yes, I like these candles. For my taste the sepia wash is a bit to dark/intense, but I got the idea and agree that that even an off-white would be to bright. To be honest, for me it will be the hardest part to find a cool candle color.
Finally changing to gray for the bases was a good idea.
Cool tutorial, cool inspiration.
Thank you.
I think the sepia wash should have been thinned about %50 or actually use a very light yellow wash instead. Could always go for some red candles!
Apple Barrel Antique White is a good color for natural uncolored beeswax candles imo; you could try that.
Candles come in all kinds of colors so... You could do pretty much any color you want, right?
Candles for an evil temple? I'm thinkin' black or blood-red is entirely appropriate for those. Maybe with tiny little symbols painted on them, if you're really crazy.
I like these small builds. There pretty nice to see now and then.
A lot of your detailed stuff can be used for dollhouses, I love it!!
The back of an earring would make a good base for the candle similar to the one you were copying, though you would probably have to widen the hole to fit it on a tooth pick
Bottom of the wicks in cheap tea candles too... or they could work as shields.
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What a clever little build. The clump of three together looks especially good.👍
My favorite part is definitely how you used hot glue for the dripping candle wax! Also, you could probably tightly wind some paper around the toothpick, to fill in the gap to get the bead more centered. Q-tip sticks are made of papery stuff anyway, so it wouldn't be a vastly different material, and would still be super cheap and easy.
Love it. I’d love to see books or maybe gold pile tutorials too. Scrolls perhaps small scatter stuff
I have used gold glitter fingernail polish to paint gold treasure piles. Some nail polish is thick with glitter, but some is just sparse bits of glitter suspended in clear polish. The sparse kind works great if you want to depict a few coins strewn across a floor or table, especially if the glitter flakes are circles instead of squares.
Love the little candle idea.....mini seance incoming!
I find it so funny that a lot of the minis you have there are the same as I mine, and seeing the different paint job that you did on it. Definitely gets my inspiration gears goin.
That saw through of the base beads reminded me of that time I built an ox wagon and used a hard plastic toy bull as the foundation for my ox. I had to tilt its head straight, which meant sawing off part of its neck with a cheapo utility knife.
So satisfying to watch you persevere through that finicky cut.
Excellent video as always. Definitely given me some different ideas on how to make candle sticks.
I use a 1" hole punch and make clear bases out of that thin rigid plastic packaging. Love em for things like this 💜
Always nice to see a build of something small like a candlestick. Not a lot of people put effort into little things like these, it's a breath of fresh air!
The washes on the candles really made it look like bees wax or tallow. Awesime stuff
For details on the stem of the candle holder you can glue thread around the stem. After paint they look great. Also thin pieces of paper woks great too. Just my 2 coppers.Paper over thread for more detail.
I love these... I am currently putting together a black magic ritual to magical compell you to continue making awesome dungeon scatter like this...
The guy who taught me to play DnD, had these tiny as all get out FUNCTIONAL candles for his lay outs. I think they were butane fueled, and would burn for hours, throughout the campaign, and for those without dark vision, our characters could only see things within the light the candles made.
no idea how he did it, but he made his layouts with plaster of paris, so they wouldnt burn.
I swear you are always in tuned to some kind of cosmic plane Jeremy. I won a used gaming auction this week and picked up a bunch of little bits and pieces of terrain. While I do always love winning a good auction, this time around it kind of hit me that I could craft a lot of these items and spend the money on something else (like more tools to craft more awesomeness). You really nailed this one. What a great build!
Great project, cheap and fairly easy. That sandy base is indeed sort of bizarre in any other setting. I would make the props first, use temporary mounting to paint them and then use sturdyer transparent plastic of some sort to glue them to at the end, so where ever you place them, the terrain shows through.
Nice idea! I like these small details for terrain. They really bring the scene to life
As a person who enjoys making jewelry, I might suggest looking into metal filigree beads for use in your designs. Some of them can be rather easily cut apart to create interesting detail work. For candle plates in particular, metal spacer beads (often flat--they metal plastic versions too) might work very well. As for cheap base pieces--old game tokens or simple wooden disks might also work. In the US, some dollar tree stores are now putting in crafter's sections with an array of things that folks might find useful. Something that looks like a tattered rug under your candelabra would work, I think--I would suggest looking at the fancy napkin section of the dollar store for inspiration.
While I hadn't done the candleabras, I did a bunch of candles, with a slightly simpler method, for basing some minis.
I went to the hardware store and found insulated wire of the right diameter for the candles, cut them to length, and stripped a tiny bit off the top to make the wick (With some types of wire, you could also take a pin and just push the wire up a bit for that) and then used the hot glue similar to how you did.
If you want an easier option for painting the candles, skip the lit candles and go with ones that are burnt out, just use some black or a dark grey for that part. I've found it hard to consistently get the flame looking right with that little of it.
watching you struggle to cut a bead in half.. made me remember how I do it.
CA glue (the waste end) to a wood/plastic shaft, and cut away, works wonderful.
Tiny, sculpted skulls placed just under the candle area would look awesome, but it's the kind of thing that you wouldn't want to place everywhere in your diorama. One of those would be plenty. Old snap buttons might prove interesting to use as a candle holder. The round bases could have been turned into round tables or a raised cylindrical dais as well. Fun video!
Great tips as always.. will use your previous tea flickering candles for future military dioramas and as a possible house on fire in HO models and a blacksmith or camping fire.
Less expenses is always great.. thanks
Love This, I make this SAME type of Candles for my Fairy Houses! PURFECT! Thanks, Another Best Video!!
If you want to make a decorative rod like for those candles, you can put a toothpick or a thin dowel into your dremel and use it like some sort of a mini lathe... Just carefully use some sanding paper or files to give it some nice round forms. I turned some nice handles for some scrolls... And a rod with nice ends to hang up a banner.
That's worth trying!
These sorts of details really spice up the scenery you got going on in your game. Would love to see more of these handy small crafts!
I just needed a candle for the base. Incredible on time
Jeromy, I know you did this video a while ago, but a small comment I'd like to toss out there. When you put the sepia wash on the candles, it made them look a little more authentic and period. Most candles used in the ancient times were made of bees wax, and that has a yellowish, almost light brown in color. I have a couple real bees wax candles to compare them too. Your candles look pretty good. I got to checking in my bead collection and I have quite a few that I can use for making candle sticks. Thanks for your video.
This was genius! Thank you so much for making a tutorial for those who aren't able to cast molds or 3d print! Also a hack I've learnt over the years is that a big button that has been sanded and painted is a good quick fix for a base if you need one
I like the button idea but... I've seen the prices of buttons at the fabric store... Using a quarter might be cheaper. :-)
I'm a personal fan of metal washers for bases as it can help keep light miniatures more steady
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Love the smaller items that add detail and variety to a larger layout. Keep it up.
nice touch great little idea perfect to fill in
Excellent techniques. Especially interesting for me having heard a sermon yesterday that mentioned candles (when you are lit, that is the time to shine, do our jobs as candles and worry less about making a mess). Anyhow; new subscriber here and want to share a technique to consider. It has some extreme pros and cons. Adding a textured base cheaply... cut clear HDPE (resin code 2) in a shape slightly wider than what you want based. Good plastic is easy from clear water jugs. Outside, use soldering iron to melt plastic from beneath the figure onto the "feet"/foot of the figure. Once you have this preliminary base, you can attach it to other bases in a similar way or by other means, but you can also melt textures into the top of the base. I added a camel to a double-spaced base yesterday and was able to texture a sand-duninsh pattern into the base. Not sure about painting or flocking the melted plastic yet, but something easy enough should work.
Its a great build, and adds a big cool factor to your dungeon tiles!
Great build as always. Food for thought: aluminum can budget build. What can you do with a can. Enjoy MACE.
I misread this as "aluminium can budget build" as in "aluminium is able to budget build" and got very confused 😂
Always looking forward to Friday for your videos! Nice work!
One of my favorite things about Jeremy's vids, is that he doesn't gloss over/edit out mistakes. It is very much a trial and error process. Man, I really wanted to meet you at MACE this weekend. I left work early to try and beat traffic, but got caught anyway. Two hours to get to my hotel, which was another 45 mins to get back to the con. I just gave up and went back to my hotel. Grr.
For basing little things like this I went on eBay and got a set of little plastic chips for a few bucks. Given they come in packs of a hundred and I've used maybe ten, I think I better start cranking out some candles.
Wire insulation is awesome for candles. Because with a heat gun you can melt them and make them look like burning for a long time
Love prop item ideas like this. Please make even more! Great work
For a very fine, but still interesting texture, you can put down a little super glue and sprinkle baking soda on top. Cheap hack instead of Vallejo paste.
As always, inspired and simple yet absolutely brilliant ideas. Love your videos mate.
Love this! The little details are my favorite!
Ideas for base of candelabra:
-Books
-Enchanting Phials
-Potions
-Skulls
-Scrolls
-Small chunks of rubble
-Ripped or torn banner
-smaller candles placed in clusters on the floors, perhaps different lengths for fun.
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Fantastic!! I'm gonna try these for sure. Thanks for the video!
Even though I'm a military diorama modeler, in 1/35 scale, I really appreciate your videos and the techniques you teach. Please keep it up.
Have you ever considered moving up in scale, and just making display (only) pieces?
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Fantastic tutorial! You have inspired me to make some for my own Rpg campaigns. Thank you.
A nice color palette for the candle stick bottoms could the green bronze patina finish you did on some of the statue minis you made.
I love how you made the little tip of the toothpick look like the candle's flame.
Idea for the bases. Leave them black, then some slight drybrushing/fading with grey towards the edges (so the darkest part is topwards the middle). So they look like shadows, giving a nice contrast for the candelabers.
Nice work, gonna use that inspiration for my own frostgrave table!
And it is videos like this that will ensure you always have a special place in my crafting heart hahaha
For flat surfaces i like to use metalics with airbrush or dry brushing,airbrush for full cover and dry to make a mre weathering look
Love the idea of adding a rug or carpet under these candles. Let's you use different shape and size bases.
Was going to suggest this! Turn the round base into like a cloth (or doily lol) or something beneath the candlestick.
Fantastic project!
Nice work on the candles. They are a very cool addition to a terrain piece for sure.
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John...
I really miss these small builds
Awesome job!!! And I’ll be Seeing you tomorrow or today since it’s after midnight!!! MACE should be fun!
I like your strategy; gonna give it a try for some really ornate light fixtures. I use this recipe for simpler designs and if I want a bunch all at once. Start off with plastic model spru saved over from Gundam, terrain kits and mini fig models. Also, fantasy polearms, spears and mace/hammer handles are great. I heat the ends then press them onto my metal straight edge to create a flange. I then add a 5mm piece cut from a paper q-tip for the candle. For the flame and melted wax, cotten sewing thread dipped in thinned pva to create a little bulb of wax running down the stick. cut and glue as desired. for the flame, again a pva dip then twist as many threads together as to get the size of flame you want. Glue it all together and seal with thinned Modge Podge or PVA or CA+Accelerator (be mindful of fumes). Paint up using whatever technique suits the scene. Enjoy.
I tried this and used epoxy for the holder and it worked pretty well.
I love them. I'm going to steal that idea.
Re: Dremel Melting Plastics: grab one of the actual metal saw blades for the dremel, use super low speed when starting it, trace all of your cut surfaces, turn the speed up some then it’ll cut nicely
This was so handy, cheers dude!
I was looking to craft some candles soon and this answered my questions.
these are fabulous!!!
Thanks mate. You just made my favorite tutorial!
Simple and very effective!
Not that I would even attempt to pretend that I know what I'm talking about, but as a suggestion as to what to do with the bases, I could see some OSL colouring being used to blend the bases into the candles. And maybe with a see through base it might kinda look like it's illuminating that square of the board/dungeon tile. Great video as always, seeing then is always a highlight of my week. Heh, candles, highlights XD
I love these!
That was cool
Good job
Enjoyed this a lot makes me really want to make something your videos always inspire me
For the bases I would recommend to flock some baking soda around on the ce glue, just to rough it up a little bit. :)
You could even use this technique to add a bunch of candles on top of a table or cabinet. Adding a tiny bit of character to an otherwise simple piece of furniture. I'll definitely remember your cotton swab and tooth pick combo.
If your hot glue game is on point and it fit your setting, could make and paint a lace doily on the base for table candles.
There is one kind of beads, that is like bell-shaped - a hollowed out half-sphere or something like that. You normaly put those around round beads. They would work well for the feet here (without the sawing-hassle). Sorry that I don't know the actual name of theme, I just have some lying around in my stash.
Don't knock that superglue! It's pretty much what I use exclusively and works the best out of every expensive brand I've tried! (it tends to grab a hold within a few seconds, compared to others I've tried where I'm holding a single piece in place for minutes at a time)
Edit: And now to add candles to my 40k tanks, along with tiny, tiny books.
Thinking on the fly here, could you base them with a transparent plastic base and stain it with yellow/orange from the centre out? This would create a sort of glow effect applied to whatever terrain the candles are placed on?
As always find these videos so chill to watch.
Thanks man, my wife made some badass ones. Watching your videos, we started making a lot of our own stuff
Something about that triple one satisfies me on a very primal level.
Was awesome seeing and gaming with you! Even bigger fan than I was before. :)
Absolutely brother! I’ll never forget the evil teddy bear army!!!
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Oh thank you I want to make 1/18th scale candles and this looks to be the right video. Ahh cotton swabs, my memory is totally shot, I thought I knew how to make mini candles only to have a mental block lol!
Please more vídeos like this one. Loved it =D so awesome
Clear disks, like acetate or acrylic would be a good way to base these.