Crafting the ULTIMATE Desert Terrain - FULL BATTLEFIELD Tutorial for 40k, Necromunda, Age of Sigmar
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- In this video I show you how to build your own desert mat, rocky outcroppings and dunes to make a realistic modular desert battlefield.
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Thanks for showing and discussing your mistakes instead of just editing them out. It's important to let new and even veteran people what DIDN'T work as much as what does work.
I 100% agree when I first started in the hobby I almost got turned off because I made so many mistakes compared to the videos I had seen the edited all of them out
Man, repainting was a good call. Totally worth it!
Right? Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and go back a step
I agreee
looked much better after
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop happy ORkToBer
As a former supervisor once told me "Don't get bloody, cut towards your buddy."
Love the shout out to Mel. He's has had a rough year. He's still recovering from being really sick
Röda nördar! 👍
I love the pacing in your videos, most people would spend 20 minutes on a single rock, and you fit an entire battlefield into a 17 minute video!
I'm finding them great for ideas. There's always specific videos for any techniques that need more detail.
I’ve spent years playing miniature games but never really spent a ton of time on terrain; you’ve definitely inspired me to crank my game in that department and add to the realism of my games. Love your work brother.
Terrain makes every mini in your collection look better! Its great fun too
I think it's a sad state of affairs that people paint insanely beautiful models nowadays, but play on a generic battlemat with a few pieces of generic terrain that does nothing but block line of sight.
Which is ironic, since the paintjob on your models may look cool, but the models are only a small percentage of the table. Most of what you see is terrain. So it has a much bigger impact on immersion and the visuals. And more importantly: The terrain is what shapes and defines the gameplay too! The game is so much more fun if you have multiple levels to fight on, makes you use all the movement rules, gives varying cover, has interesting lines of fire, forces or restricts movement..
Imagine a video game where the player models are beautifully textured, but the levels are just a big empty room with a few boxes or walls. Nobody would play that. The levels are what makes or breaks gameplay. I never understood why terrain isn't the #1 focus of the warhammer hobby.
This terrain is great, so many track options for a tabletop Boonta Eve Classic. I love that arch especially, little Annie needs to watch out passing Sebulba through there.
yippee!!
OOWWWWWEEEEE aaaaahhhh ahahhhhhhhh
monkey noises
are you okay?
8:19 Ripping and tearing you say?
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Well damn, that rocked
Doom eternal is definitely the miniature maniacs favourite game
**loads shotgun with malicious intent**
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YES
Wow. That part where you cut hundreds of slices horizontally into the XPS and then chipped off the pieces was brilliant. I had not seen that technique for making rock face before, I'm so stealing that, man, hahah. Usually it's just the "cut a v shape and pull a chunk out" bit with the XPS rocks but this one's a real eye-opener with the low-effort and great results.
Great terrain, too. I hope you're getting some Gorkamorka action on that, too
Thanks! Im pretty proud of that technique. It really hides the layers between the foam too
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop 100% agree! Those are some of the best foam rock formations I've seen on UA-cam (or even from manufacturers like Gamemat.eu or Gale Force 9). Thanks for showing that great technique for making them (excluding the tribute to Khorne). I was thinking of trying to make some myself instead of buying some and now, after finding this video, I'm convinced DYI is the way to go. :)
You're the man Eric. And thanks for shouting out Mel, he deserves all the love. Keep killing it.
The image of troops and tanks struggling through loose sand is so nice
Great build - I particularly like the way you did the deep cuts for the sedimentary layers. Most people seem to shape first, and then basically scratch the surface, so they don't get that layered shape. Really nice.
Cornelius Perkins thanks! Thats an innovation i am pretty proud of :)
I loved that you talked about real world lighting versus miniature lighting and how it affects the way we see color. Well put!
9:04 Me audibly hissing and empathetically clutching my hand. XD I swear I am thinking about getting a chainmail glove for the hobby.
The worst part is that i have a cut resistant glove somewhere, i just don’t know where it is
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop Isn't that always the case? XD
This is exactly how I imagined the board I've always dreamt of making would look! I'm jello of your determination and accomplishments. Just a few years though and my kids will be old enough for me to direct in making all of my dream tables become realities.
Fantastic video.
Awesome work Eric. Glad you found the battlemat video somewhat helpful, and thank you for the mention mate. I'm looking at doing a 40k mat myself soon so it was great to see how you went about it. Those rocks you did are just awesome, I will have to try some of those for my SW Legions battle mat when I get there. Thanks again.
Thank you! Your tutorial was a big help. Glad to do it
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop I couldn't help but let out a 'Noooo!' when I saw you ended up having half as much caulking mix as you needed, when I had twice as much as I needed when I did mine, between the two of us hopefully someone gets it right eventually.
RFDHobby haha I saw how much excess you scraped off and was like “oh this should be plenty”. Didn’t take into account how large the mat was.
You are one of the greatest youtubers (i don't even play GW games anymore, but I love your content)
Absolutely epic low level photography at the end. It makes it look so real. I could not help thinking this would make a great Geonosis board for Starwars Legion. All the best.
It sure would! Thanks rhino
I had watched the videos you mentioned in the last few weeks & have been wanting to try this technique myself. I like the way you did the terrain. The raised sections to represent difficult terrain is a great idea.
Finally got to watch the video! So not totally "fresh" but still new, lol. I continue to be amazed at your builds. Love watching you put them together and their transformation into awesome terrain is so cool. Man, those rocky outcrops turned out EPIC! I just happen to have watched that RFD Hobbies video the other day as well. Man, I need to make me a battle mat!
Love the funny commentary as usual. The slasher bleating sheep part made me laugh out loud, lol!
Keep up the great work! Love watching these videos, and very inspiring for me to make some stuff for myself!
Like for Diggas in the intro :D
Ive also done a caulking mat, spread on caulk one tube at a time then sand before it dried, i think i used 4 tubes for my 6x4.
Painted with a watered down mix of a dark brown acrylic crafts paint and PVA.
Then drybrushed with a reddish brown, yellow ochre and a lighter gray.
Applied a "wash" of black/brown and PVA.
Then applied multiple layers of watered down PVA to make absolutely sure no sand will come off and to protect the paint.
Mixing it all in like you did is probably more durable and with paint inside the caulk i think any cracks would be near invisible, i test bent a corner on mine and while it did get a bright crack it isnt visible when the mat is laying flat.
Also did some stone arches and standing stones but i built a hot wire cutter for shaping them, in the end i think the surface texture you got using a knife looks better than the ones i did.
Amazing work!
Absolutely amazing - great tutorial and outcome
Looks so good!
2:40 after you were done mixing, my first thought?
Me: Dang... I haven’t had a Peanut butter sandwich in a year... I need one.
Yeah it does look that way on video! Was a bit pinker in person
My first thought was "Why is that bowl so small?".
Thanks for the reminder. I'm gonna go make one
Is it bad that I thought it looked tasty?
That is a very impressive battlemat and terrain! You give a lot of good advice on building and painting and you tell about the things you would have done differently which helps everyone. Thanks for sharing this very helpful tutorial as I learned a lot from it.
So awesome looking!
Well done. This looked great.
Really cool stuff. I remember the first time I went into a game store in middle school and they had a desert table with similar dune styled terrain. Thanks for your tutorial, it was nostalgic (for me) and very well done. I'm excited to have a shot at this for myself!
Looks awesome!
Really well done. The cutting of the rocks looks so great after its painted up.
Sorting out a Dathomir Board for Legion- this video has been vital!
Dry brushing still seems like magic to me. Those repainted mountains/cliffs look absolutely fantastic!
Really good video, I would not have thought about making my own game mats from canvas drop cloths and caulk "paint". Brilliant! so many ideas for my table.
Great piece! Again!
Just wanted to say thanks for all the inspiration. Love the channel and stumbled across it while doing research for a terrain build for Adepticon this year. The horizontal cut and chip method is brilliant. Just missed you on Sunday, saw you by the bar and meant to thank you in person but before I could you had headed out. Hope you had a good Adepticon!
Awesome awesome awesome result!!
Awesome work again!
Amazing set! you are honestly one of my biggest inspirations for starting to build my own terrain
Awesome stuff Eric. Keep the builds coming.
I love those canyon views. Just incredible!
Looks great. love it.
Nice!!! Looks fantastic - great build!
This user friendly tutorial insprireded me to finally build my own long procrastinated project of a desert battlemat, and I have started work on some rocky outcrops and dunal drifts.
Nice one bruvvah!
Looks amazing! Thank you for this tutorial.
Awesome build
I think this is the best video you've ever done! Great job! I love that you started with the battlemat and carried the theme through all the terrain you made for it. Maybe do a forest set, then a snow, plains, etc... You are quickly becoming my favorite channel sir.
Stunning!
Looks absolutely amazing!
Incredible detail well done
Good video, great work. stoked to see what you'll upload next
As always, awesome work.
Great terrain. Thanks for explaining it and your process of putting it together.
Awesome finish on these pieces, I'd love to get making some of these myself for my own desert planet regiment
amazing work! Thanks for sharing! Keep the great work!
I have to say only just found your channel the other week, I have watched loads of terrain tutorials these are the best rock formations I have seen ever. Great work
awesome as always
good stuff Eric, love it!
That sir is beautiful! I hope you enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed watching the build.
Awesome! It looks great since you repainted it!
Excellent design and concept! Loved watching it come together.
simple. effordable. great looking. awsome.
beautiful work
Nicely done.
amazing work!
This truned out great! I love your videos, you give me so many ideas. Thinks for sharing your ideas, an talent with us all.. stay safe
really nice - great shots at the end of your video showing your models in all glory
Turned out fantastic, that'd be a joy to play on for sure.
This is inspired build! I can't wait to try some of these techniques.
Looks great
Nice work! A really great innovative build with a ton of play potential. It looks especially impressive with the desert fort.
Quite an inspiration for my planned NW Frontier set up! Thank you.
Damn good job. Inspiring as always Eric!
Excellent rocks and dry brushing!
This looks so epic! Love all the boulders and standing stones! The battle mat is superb as well!
Also, I nominate you for the "I am a Wargamer" challenge!
Looking good!
That was fantastic Eric, very informative.
Thank you for a great video.
Amazing stuff. The mat came out so good. Hope it's durable enough to last a while.
The rocks were great too. the colours were a great choice at the end and those photos look fantastic.
just watched a bunch of your videos. you are killin it! keep it up!
Thanks Max!
You've outdone yourself. The build, the paint job. Excellent work!
Love how those rock formations turned out. Great work sir!
Alright, Im now convinced. Im trying this out
Grand job, very nice!
Looks dope!
Excellent video, have to agree the repaint was spot on great stuff keep em coming!
What a build, my man!
Nice job, love it
amazing work
Brilliant, all the best Garry
caulk and dropcloth.... GENIUS!!!
I love this build! Probably the best sedimentary rock texture I've seen anyone achieve using foam.
This is awesome. I don't have any terrain as I play at venues that provide it but I really want to make my own and remembered your channel and low and behold desert terrain is exactly what I wanted to do! Thanks
This is a great build mate, I enjoyed the real talk and how you over came the issues you had. Keep moving forward is key!
That is really bad ass, I'm glad there are are people like u to inspire me to try this kind of stuff
Dude this is sooo sick well done
21 seconds after upload and i can tell it's going to be good!
Looks awesome man.
At first I was like repainting won't make that much of a change.
Damn I was wrong, soo wrong.
I might try my hand at this, always loved the desert and dry arid places in games/movies, last year I got to go into the middle of Australia, might use those photos for a guide.
Shows just how big the fort is! Awesome as always