Dude I found your channel by pure luck and it's sad to see how few subs you have for the quality of videos you produce! But then again it's a pretty niche hobby I guess haha Anyways I subbed and am hyped for more videos :)
Thank you very much! That's very kind of you to say, I enjoy making the videos and the items. I think at the start I thought maybe I could make this into a "thing" but then I realised I didn't like the pressure of churning it out and as you say, its pretty niche. With my work I get pockets of time where things are a little quieter but I am often working on a video in the background, they will be coming sporadically. Thanks again.
@@thehermitworkshop2913 Often times (not always) when people make their Hobbys to their jobs they lose the love for that hobby because they are always pressured to do it even if they don't want right now so I know exactly what you're saying. Also I have a question about this method - is it possible to "brighten" it up a bit If you overdo the darkening a bit? I want to use this to make my armour pieces a bit "dirty/gritty" as my character is traveling a lot. Shiny armour just doesn't work for that :) But I am scared that I just make it too dark. Or do you have other ideas instead for what I plan to do?
@@markus4732 100%! If you want to give it a bit more of an aged look then this is ideal as it's a very superficial way of colouring the steel. The chemicals only really affect the top layer of the metal and easily come off if not properly protected or if you want to dial it back. Just in the rinse stage, you can rub it a little harder with the scouring pad or steel wool. I have removed the etching effect on the shoulders as I felt they were a little OTT and not quite right for my character. I just went through the same cleaning process as when removing rust. I then reapplied the blackening chemicals to make them just plain black, softened them a little with a light scouring, and then oiled and done. It's a great method to experiment as you can always reverse it with a little polishing.
Can confirm, looks great in-person, its nice to see how you did it and given me some idea's of what to do for mine.
Yes!!! This is what I want!! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with and thank you. X
Nice work, appreciate the effort
Thank you.!
Dude I found your channel by pure luck and it's sad to see how few subs you have for the quality of videos you produce!
But then again it's a pretty niche hobby I guess haha
Anyways I subbed and am hyped for more videos :)
Thank you very much! That's very kind of you to say, I enjoy making the videos and the items.
I think at the start I thought maybe I could make this into a "thing" but then I realised I didn't like the pressure of churning it out and as you say, its pretty niche. With my work I get pockets of time where things are a little quieter but I am often working on a video in the background, they will be coming sporadically. Thanks again.
@@thehermitworkshop2913 Often times (not always) when people make their Hobbys to their jobs they lose the love for that hobby because they are always pressured to do it even if they don't want right now so I know exactly what you're saying.
Also I have a question about this method - is it possible to "brighten" it up a bit If you overdo the darkening a bit?
I want to use this to make my armour pieces a bit "dirty/gritty" as my character is traveling a lot. Shiny armour just doesn't work for that :)
But I am scared that I just make it too dark.
Or do you have other ideas instead for what I plan to do?
@@markus4732 100%! If you want to give it a bit more of an aged look then this is ideal as it's a very superficial way of colouring the steel. The chemicals only really affect the top layer of the metal and easily come off if not properly protected or if you want to dial it back. Just in the rinse stage, you can rub it a little harder with the scouring pad or steel wool. I have removed the etching effect on the shoulders as I felt they were a little OTT and not quite right for my character. I just went through the same cleaning process as when removing rust. I then reapplied the blackening chemicals to make them just plain black, softened them a little with a light scouring, and then oiled and done. It's a great method to experiment as you can always reverse it with a little polishing.
@@thehermitworkshop2913 perfect - thank you so much for taking the time to reply so detailed 🤗
@@markus4732 No Problem at all! I hope you can have some fun with the tinkering!
Would u ever do pieces for commission and ship it to people for sale i am curious ?
Steel not steal! 😂
oops! Dyslexia strikes again! Should have corrected that now. Thank you