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For those in the USA, those ball tools are also available at Michaels and Hobby Lobby, probably for cheaper than Greenstuff World and without international shipping.
I'm so happy I found this. Thank you for the simple way to make chains. I didn't want to use real metal ones unless I had to. Looking forward to supporting another artist.
Great video! That’s exactly what I was looking for. The flat chains would be great for Black Templars. How would you get those chains from the base? I mean without destroying them. Would a completely flat surface work better?
I would personally sculpt them over the surface I wanted them to be. But they can be lifted off super easily once fully cured, they will just pop off and yes a flat surface is better, I use bases because they look great on camera
Great tutorial as always. Will look neat on WE/BT wrists if you can make them small enough. BTW, really hoping for a contrast tutorial/tips on large flat surface (like on dreadnought or something; I doubt it can be done on larger vehicle) if possible
Fantastic video (as always)! Super excited to see more sculpting tutorials. What brand of green stuff are you using for these? I like that it's in two separate containers, as opposed to the strips that most manufacturers seem to use.
All Greenstuff is manufactured by the same company, Sylmasta. The commercial name is Kneadatite Blue-Yellow and its then re-branded for all the different re-sellers. Buy the cheapest you can find in separate sticks. I get mine from Greenstuff World but again, they are all the same product. Just avoid anything that looks suspiciously Asian as I'm sure somewhere in China, someone is making bootleg Greenstuff for sure
Yeah, there is a reason why sculpting putties exist. You can use the cheap stuff to bulk out the main shapes but I highly recommend getting some good quality sculpting putty, it doesn't have to be GS, there are a lot of good putties like Apoxie, Milliput, etc. Each have their own properties and way to work with of course.
Buenas Juan, un video genialpara poder adornar las armaduras de los Black Templars. Donde has comprado los pinceles de punta de silicona de modelar? En Element games? Gracias y animo con los videos. Son geniales y ayudan un monton.
You have to take the middle bit away, where both colours touch. That part is already cured and unusable. My recommendation is to buy Greenstuff that comes with both colours separated
Note to anyone making this: if your chain is for a medieval use then dont worry if each link on the chain isnt uniform becuase in medieval times, someone would have actually made each link by hand so real medieval chains wouldn't have been perfect.👍🏻
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For those in the USA, those ball tools are also available at Michaels and Hobby Lobby, probably for cheaper than Greenstuff World and without international shipping.
That's a great advice mate!
I'm so happy I found this. Thank you for the simple way to make chains. I didn't want to use real metal ones unless I had to. Looking forward to supporting another artist.
Thanks! I really appreciate it
Thank you , Juan .
I normally just use jewellery Chains, so thank you for giving me a option .
Yeah real chains are very nice but this is great for a middlehammer look
Great video! Wish I had references like this when I had first started converting models in the hobby many years ago!
Me too! Kites these days don't know how easy things are with TH-cam
Ok so if you’re not that good at sculpting chains well you sure fooled me. This look so amazing and just great
Thanks! I guess it's a matter of expectations. I just wished I was more consistent and precise
Looks pretty easy if you follow the steps. Great video.
It's really not difficult. It's just a matter of being methodical and patient
This was a fantastic tutorial, thank you for making what I thought would be incredibly complicated palatable.
My pleasure! Sculpting can seem like a very complicated craft when you don't understand the steps involved
Very nice tutorial !
I guess my next sculpted minis will have chains now !
YEAH
Superb video! Thank you....time for Nurgle to get some rusty chains.
Nice!
Good job, thanks for sharing your knoledge.
Happy to help!
Awesome lesson again! Now I can feel my old Khorne projects calling me ( definitely no blue there!) Thanks for the amazing Vid Juan.
Thank you for watching mate
That's amazing! It looks just like the ones on models. I have been using real 1mm chains on mine.
Those work too, I just prefer the middlehammer look of sculpted chain
Freaking amazing.... speechless!
Thanks
you make it look so easy.
Thanks
Great video! That’s exactly what I was looking for. The flat chains would be great for Black Templars. How would you get those chains from the base? I mean without destroying them. Would a completely flat surface work better?
I would personally sculpt them over the surface I wanted them to be.
But they can be lifted off super easily once fully cured, they will just pop off and yes a flat surface is better, I use bases because they look great on camera
Great work like always !
Thanks mate 😘
I use bead landing thin chain, it looks good on the model, but I'll have to try this, too.
That's the sensible thing to do. This is for masochists 😂
At first I wasn't too certain what you were doing but these look minted. Cant make my mind up which ones look better
Yeah sculpting chain is weird
One more question: how would you glue this on a model? Plastic glue or super glue? Thanks!
If you want to glue them, superglue. Plastics glue won't do anything on Greenstuff
Great tutorial as always. Will look neat on WE/BT wrists if you can make them small enough.
BTW, really hoping for a contrast tutorial/tips on large flat surface (like on dreadnought or something; I doubt it can be done on larger vehicle) if possible
Thanks! As for contrast on vehicles the answer is use an airbrush, sorry
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Thought as much. Unfortunate that it will look my infantry and vehicles look slightly different...
Very thanks... Good work
Thanks
Fantastic video (as always)! Super excited to see more sculpting tutorials. What brand of green stuff are you using for these? I like that it's in two separate containers, as opposed to the strips that most manufacturers seem to use.
All Greenstuff is manufactured by the same company, Sylmasta. The commercial name is Kneadatite Blue-Yellow and its then re-branded for all the different re-sellers.
Buy the cheapest you can find in separate sticks. I get mine from Greenstuff World but again, they are all the same product.
Just avoid anything that looks suspiciously Asian as I'm sure somewhere in China, someone is making bootleg Greenstuff for sure
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Wow. I had no idea it was all made by the same company. You learn something new every day 😅 Thanks for the reply!
Happy to help!!
Very useful Juan, thanks alot for explaining, will give it a try at some point :)
Nice! 😘
Great video! I've been using jb weld instead of green stuff since it's so cheap in comparison, but super difficult to do anything with any details.
Yeah, there is a reason why sculpting putties exist. You can use the cheap stuff to bulk out the main shapes but I highly recommend getting some good quality sculpting putty, it doesn't have to be GS, there are a lot of good putties like Apoxie, Milliput, etc. Each have their own properties and way to work with of course.
Great vid!
This is a fantastic guide, thank you.
I have a question though....how do you transfer the completed chain to the model if it's dried ?
You don't, you do this over the model
¿Y cómo se hace un freehand de cadenas? No he encontrado ningún video sobre ello.
Buenas Juan, un video genialpara poder adornar las armaduras de los Black Templars. Donde has comprado los pinceles de punta de silicona de modelar? En Element games?
Gracias y animo con los videos. Son geniales y ayudan un monton.
No, son de Jackson's Arts. Tienes un link en la descripción. Busca por colour shapers.
Gracias ☺️
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures OK. Pillaré algunos. Gracias.
Gracias a ti guapo 😘
Thnx, good work
Thank you for watching
That is far less complicated than I’d imagined. Now to find some minis that need chains.
Yes, once you understand the steps sculpting can be very simple
Awesome!
Thanks
Realized my custom emperors champion didn't have his sword chained to him . Have to fix that
Awesome!
Very cool : )
Thanks!
when i mix greenstuff, i always end up with small hard bits in the mix, how do i get rid off it?
You have to take the middle bit away, where both colours touch. That part is already cured and unusable.
My recommendation is to buy Greenstuff that comes with both colours separated
@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures that makes a lot of sense, thank you so much!
Happy to help!
Entiendo que la cadena hay que esculpirla en la miniatura, No?
Un saludo
F.
Claro, esto es solo una forma de mostrarlo cómodamente
Note to anyone making this: if your chain is for a medieval use then dont worry if each link on the chain isnt uniform becuase in medieval times, someone would have actually made each link by hand so real medieval chains wouldn't have been perfect.👍🏻
That's very true indeed
🙏🏻😘