I love this idea of using old toys, I used an old gi joe action force boat to look like a crashed sci-fi ship that could be added to a table when i was about 16....I'm now 41 and wish I still had all my old toys 🤣
During the building phase, I honestly thought this piece looked like crap. There were too many different textures, but when you black bombed it... WOW!!! And the industrial green paint was a stroke of genius.
It wasn't just the wild colors (although they were quite garish), it was all the different materials you used to make up the floors and such not. I had to go back and re-watch the first vud to see how it all came together.
The video transports us to a dystopian future where the uncertainty of survival immerses the viewer in an immersive experience accentuated by the chosen soundtrack. Good job.
Just genius!... the strength of your concepts with each of these successive pieces is incredible, there are so many pictures online where you can see someone has used a pipe elbow or a CD container or a coffee cup lid etc but your build and painting techniques really disguise the materials you use and make the finished piece so believable and authentic!... Inspired man.. truly inspired 👍👍👍
Thank you! I really try to hide the pieces. The human eye is great at seeing familiar patterns so i try to stay away from shapes that are too recognizable or find a way to alter and hide them.
That last shot was so dope - would love to see a full 'table' showcase with all your pieces, or even a bat rep :) Keep up the fantastic work mate - it's super inspiring!
If you want to improve the quality of your home made washes, add a drop of Jet Dry, the stuff you put in your dishwasher to keep your dishware from streaking.It's super cheap, can usually be found at the dollar store, and acts as a flow aid. I use it in all of mine and it does make a nice difference.
Beautiful work! It looks very realistic and the splash of green and the graffiti really bring it to life. I am looking forward to more of your tutorials as I think your work is incredible.
I’ve got to be honest, this is amazing, I just watched another channel where the guy (with a much larger channel) struggled to build something unbelievably basic, and basically showed the hardest way possible to build something fairly easy, not really helping the viewers, it was lazy. then I watch this, and the 1st segment, and I’m just blown away by how good this came out, you basically show how with imagination and some random parts you can take all sorts of things and make something frigging epic. Really nice job man, seriously
I’m not sure exactly who you are talking about, but generally speaking I think some of the larger channels commit to posting at regular intervals for algorithmic purposes and channel growth. I admire this consistency immensely, but also sympathize with them because for me, that would likely cause issues with burnout and quality control. I also struggle to do certain things that may seem simple to others at times. Not every video is going to be a home run, this is true of every content creator on TH-cam! I like to judge people by their best work, and the big channels are big for a reason...because they have put out tons of awesome content over the years. I appreciate your comment though and am really glad you have been enjoying my videos!
I don't know why youtube recomened your work to me since I don't know anything about Warhammer but you skill and craftsmanship rivals anything I've seen in the sculpture department at my university. Great work, keep it up man you are truly talented and thanks for sharing it with us.
I think we all have much to learn from you. Gonna give your standard metal approach a try this weekend, love it. Question - exactly what modular toy plates do you use for your catwalks?
Wyloch's Armory its called roominate. I think its kindof a dollhouse building toy aimed at little girls. I found a big box of the pieces at the thrift store
Been watching these videos in this series going back to the start and up to now, and getting better and better. Definitely agree with others about opening up eyes to using everyday household items and reusing things like old toys to make interesting shapes and constructs.
That chipping effect... genius. Will have to steal for my own projects. It honestly does look like legit natural paint chipping off. Got a cement porch that looks like that building
Fantastic centerpiece for your table. Looks great with catwalks going off in all directions to other pieces. Also, you gotta get yourself a can of burnt sienna spray paint. That's a lot to do with a brush! Cheers Mr. Eric!
Shane Flickinger the cheap paint i use is pretty thick with a rubbery sort of medium. This allows me to do some impasto-like texture and fill minor gaps if needed with the paint. The hard part about these builds are choices -each decision uses mental energy. Painting everything one colour is basically done on autopilot while watching tv with my wife or something, so it uses almost zero mental energy. On the flip side, I would need to take a rattlecan outside to spray. Long story short, I’m not likely to switch over in the near future! I appreciate the thought though.
I enjoy your videos. A suggestion if I may. Regarding your wash, it may flow better if you add a surfactant, a chemical which reduces surface tension of water, you can buy these, but a drop or two of dish washing up liquid will do the trick. It improves flow and reduces wash clumping and collecting on flat surfaces Regards.
Adrian S ahh yes, surfactant is one of the cool words this hobby has taught me! i think i did add a drop of dish soap I just forgot to mention it. Anyways, I’m gonna cook up a better batch of wash to have on hand using some acrylic medium and stuff. Thanks Adrian!
Dear Eric. I fell into the miniature painting hobby recently and found your channel. Because of you, I am now awaiting the arrival of Necromunda Underhive( a game I know very little about), a squad of Pallatine Enforce+cards(~$100🤐) and Im now spending about 15% of my awake time looking for junk to turn into terrain. Thanks for the inspiration.
You might want to try using a cheap soft bristle toothbrush to remove the masking fluid. And to bend those thin plastic tubes without flames and hazardous fumes, thread a thin but strong wire through it and bend it with that. Love the build!
I see you upgraded your mic, nice. I love the concept of upcycling with trash. Hopefully one day you'll get a chance to work with larger scale pieces, it would be awesome to see something like this larger scale at an art gallery or museum!
Just discovered this channel and you are quickly becoming my favorite hobby terrain maker! Your eye for shapes and breaking up bland areas is immaculate, and seeing the progress on this build was incredibly inspiring! Have you ever considered doing a video on sourcing all these crazy bits? I'm sure it is partially an acquired skill browsing dollar stores and thrift shops, but a video on looking for certain shapes and items would be awesome I think. Keep up the great work! This was the fastest subscribe in a while and I've already shown my other wargaming friends this channel. Cheers 👍
Glad you liked the extra shots. I will have a video coming soon that is only shots like those with no tutorial element and I am curious to see how it is received by the audience.
This is the type of video I was looking for as I am currently working on a similar build. I was trying to find a good video with the paint scheme of a old rustic metal building.
You nailed it when it came to the end of the Vid. I love to paint Miniatures... but I don't play the games. Now you have given me a good reason to build something similar, and I do not have to worry about "Playability" of the terrain since it is for display only.
So detailed and amazing! I've been really wanting to play with styrene bits and bobs for a while now. Just found your channel and some of the stuff I've seen so far is really interesting and unique. Great job!
This one is another absolute homerun! I have to admit I was most excited for the build video last week, expecting the paint portion to be less exciting, but it was not the case at all! The masking fluid and paint job turned out amazing, and you really kicked it into high gear when you showed the screen glow effect, and the free-hand graffiti was excellent! Some ideas for patron content, set up a gallery or Pinterest of the reference photos you use, maybe a video on how to do the layered graffiti on a miniature scale, or pictures of the specific paints you use, I'd especially like to know that gray-green one! Oh and the new mic sounds great! You are improving so quickly, you'll be at 50k subs in no time.
saucercrabzero those are great ideas! Thank you. Im glad i made the choice to do a two part video for this project, there would have been too many cuts for just one video, or a really long video which I am trying to avoid
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop I bought 60ml silver and 60ml red-brown acrylic paint for a price of one 12ml citadel paint, I got inspired by your video to build my own cheap terrain.
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop I was going to recommend salt chipping as it it's way easier to see where you need to rub stuff off as well as cheaper and not smelly. If you haven't already, check out Danny's Diecast Disasters and Nick Weston on TH-cam
i can only speak for the UK but if you need scrap plastic go round your local market stalls the variety of plastic crates not recycled is horrific, blueberry crates have masses of hexagonal squares, mushroom crates are deeper with straight bars but all have tubular corners & all take primer easily great for larger model dioramas as the bases are 24 x 14 inches.
Hi, many thanks for all this inspiration! I really like the part on using masking fluid (not to mention all the tips on modelling!). However, wouldn't it be easier and perhaps more realistic to mask the underlying coloured paint before adding the rust effects, so when removing the masking, the colour would appear to be underneath the rust?
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Awesome build mate !
Dark Matter Workshop thank you! I will send you that list later today. My apologies I’ve been busy this week
Eric's Hobby Workshop no prob. man 😉
I love this idea of using old toys, I used an old gi joe action force boat to look like a crashed sci-fi ship that could be added to a table when i was about 16....I'm now 41 and wish I still had all my old toys 🤣
I hope your channel blows up man, because your work is fantastic!!
Nicholas Norton Thanks ! I appreciate that
You're the Macgyver of terrain, building marvelous with only trash... and a lot of talent and patience painting
You read my mind.
Macgyver of terrain! I like that hahahaha
During the building phase, I honestly thought this piece looked like crap. There were too many different textures, but when you black bombed it... WOW!!! And the industrial green paint was a stroke of genius.
The Malgor my wife is the same... it can be hard to see past the crazy colours! She always thinks what I’m making is terrible until its painted
It wasn't just the wild colors (although they were quite garish), it was all the different materials you used to make up the floors and such not. I had to go back and re-watch the first vud to see how it all came together.
I just LOVE the way you reinvent toys and trash
Thanks Mattia! I enjoy it too
The video transports us to a dystopian future where the uncertainty of survival immerses the viewer in an immersive experience accentuated by the chosen soundtrack. Good job.
Seeing the whole complex together with guys on it looks great!
Thanks Kirkus decimus meridius
This looks cool but I think the ones you did later with more colour look better. Nothing wrong with having a bit of variety in colourfulness though.
Just genius!... the strength of your concepts with each of these successive pieces is incredible, there are so many pictures online where you can see someone has used a pipe elbow or a CD container or a coffee cup lid etc but your build and painting techniques really disguise the materials you use and make the finished piece so believable and authentic!... Inspired man.. truly inspired 👍👍👍
Thank you! I really try to hide the pieces. The human eye is great at seeing familiar patterns so i try to stay away from shapes that are too recognizable or find a way to alter and hide them.
Your use of various materials is such an inspiration! It's not easy to make good scratch built sci-fi terrain!
That last shot was so dope - would love to see a full 'table' showcase with all your pieces, or even a bat rep :) Keep up the fantastic work mate - it's super inspiring!
Trent Matthews lots of people have been asking for a bat-rep. I might just have to do one!
Soviet era source material is a solid idea for grimdark actually, good shout!
If these builds get much bigger, you're going to have to hire a realtor to sell them for you.
Midwinter Minis hahahaha just trying to keep up with GW size creep!
If you want to improve the quality of your home made washes, add a drop of Jet Dry, the stuff you put in your dishwasher to keep your dishware from streaking.It's super cheap, can usually be found at the dollar store, and acts as a flow aid. I use it in all of mine and it does make a nice difference.
Thanks howard, i have heard that but yet to try it. Im going to be making a batch of homemade black wash soon and will look into it
I use a very slightly modified version of black magic craft home made wash recipe. th-cam.com/video/IokSYHu58V8/w-d-xo.html
This is just awesome, you must be so patient working with all that masking fluid
Mi Shed actually I am terribly impatient and have a short attention span. Sometimes you get in the zone and things just flow though
Jesus Eric. This is just amazing. Your level of detail from scrap is on a whole new level. Great video (as usual)
Daniel Bode thanks! I try to make my pieces look interesting from every angle
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop i must say it's a succes
Beautiful work! It looks very realistic and the splash of green and the graffiti really bring it to life. I am looking forward to more of your tutorials as I think your work is incredible.
John Kelley much appreciated! I often send WIP pics to my family members and they are always pushing me for more colour, so thank them!! Hahaha
I’ve got to be honest, this is amazing, I just watched another channel where the guy (with a much larger channel) struggled to build something unbelievably basic, and basically showed the hardest way possible to build something fairly easy, not really helping the viewers, it was lazy. then I watch this, and the 1st segment, and I’m just blown away by how good this came out, you basically show how with imagination and some random parts you can take all sorts of things and make something frigging epic. Really nice job man, seriously
Gabriel Strom Was it also a long vid. (+ 15 min.) ? 😏
Dark Matter Workshop yup, it certainly was
I’m not sure exactly who you are talking about, but generally speaking I think some of the larger channels commit to posting at regular intervals for algorithmic purposes and channel growth. I admire this consistency immensely, but also sympathize with them because for me, that would likely cause issues with burnout and quality control. I also struggle to do certain things that may seem simple to others at times. Not every video is going to be a home run, this is true of every content creator on TH-cam! I like to judge people by their best work, and the big channels are big for a reason...because they have put out tons of awesome content over the years. I appreciate your comment though and am really glad you have been enjoying my videos!
The construction and overall design is sweet. You did a top notch job. Well done sir.
Platypus Scotsman thank you! I like your username
I don't know why youtube recomened your work to me since I don't know anything about Warhammer but you skill and craftsmanship rivals anything I've seen in the sculpture department at my university. Great work, keep it up man you are truly talented and thanks for sharing it with us.
Yaseen Brown thats really nice to hear, thank you. The algorithm works in mysterious ways!
SUCH HIGH QUALITY STUFF YO 😩👌
Kirk Sabio thanks kirk! Those two emojis together made me laugh for some reason
Very nice and satisfying to watch!
Anthony Toronov ayyy thanks Tone. :D
*Saves to watch later....damn it, I'm stuck at work....*
Let me know what you think!!
I think we all have much to learn from you. Gonna give your standard metal approach a try this weekend, love it. Question - exactly what modular toy plates do you use for your catwalks?
Wyloch's Armory its called roominate. I think its kindof a dollhouse building toy aimed at little girls. I found a big box of the pieces at the thrift store
Been watching these videos in this series going back to the start and up to now, and getting better and better. Definitely agree with others about opening up eyes to using everyday household items and reusing things like old toys to make interesting shapes and constructs.
David MacPhee it feels pretty cool to think i can make others look at the world differently. Thanks for your comment!
Love the coherence of the grim look of all your terrains, really inspiring! Keep it up!
Coherence is really nice for modular setups. I’ve been trying to work some more colour in while still keeping the same look. Thanks for your comment!
Top notch, mate. Very inspirational. I'm going to drag out my box of bits, greebles, and empty containers to build one of these this weekend.
norcalonline1 alright! I always like to hear that my videos put people in the mood to craft
That chipping effect... genius. Will have to steal for my own projects.
It honestly does look like legit natural paint chipping off. Got a cement porch that looks like that building
SomeGuyCamping sounds like a pretty grimdark porch!!! Hahaha thanks some guy
Its really cool to see all the different gangs, marines etc at the end
I really like how much play space you put on things like this.
Fantastic centerpiece for your table. Looks great with catwalks going off in all directions to other pieces. Also, you gotta get yourself a can of burnt sienna spray paint. That's a lot to do with a brush! Cheers Mr. Eric!
Shane Flickinger the cheap paint i use is pretty thick with a rubbery sort of medium. This allows me to do some impasto-like texture and fill minor gaps if needed with the paint. The hard part about these builds are choices -each decision uses mental energy. Painting everything one colour is basically done on autopilot while watching tv with my wife or something, so it uses almost zero mental energy. On the flip side, I would need to take a rattlecan outside to spray. Long story short, I’m not likely to switch over in the near future! I appreciate the thought though.
Man, that's incredible
Ken Lipson thanks Ken!
I enjoy your videos.
A suggestion if I may. Regarding your wash, it may flow better if you add a surfactant, a chemical which reduces surface tension of water, you can buy these, but a drop or two of dish washing up liquid will do the trick. It improves flow and reduces wash clumping and collecting on flat surfaces
Regards.
Adrian S ahh yes, surfactant is one of the cool words this hobby has taught me! i think i did add a drop of dish soap I just forgot to mention it. Anyways, I’m gonna cook up a better batch of wash to have on hand using some acrylic medium and stuff. Thanks Adrian!
Dear Eric. I fell into the miniature painting hobby recently and found your channel. Because of you, I am now awaiting the arrival of Necromunda Underhive( a game I know very little about), a squad of Pallatine Enforce+cards(~$100🤐) and Im now spending about 15% of my awake time looking for junk to turn into terrain. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for your comment Adam! Its a wonderful hobby and Necromunda is a great game system, you will love it! I have some enforcers I need to build too
You might want to try using a cheap soft bristle toothbrush to remove the masking fluid. And to bend those thin plastic tubes without flames and hazardous fumes, thread a thin but strong wire through it and bend it with that. Love the build!
In the end looks incredible... Truly inspiring!
Thank you! Is you name an alternate spelling of Viracocha the Incan deity? I did a cool school project on the Inca many years ago
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop Indeed! Well catched...
The paint chipping looks amazing!
I see you upgraded your mic, nice.
I love the concept of upcycling with trash. Hopefully one day you'll get a chance to work with larger scale pieces, it would be awesome to see something like this larger scale at an art gallery or museum!
Thanks Anna. Glad you noticed about the mic :D my pieces keep getting bigger and better I think, so who knows where this will go
Awesome build!
Sebastian Sjöberg thanks! Glad you liked it
Just discovered this channel and you are quickly becoming my favorite hobby terrain maker! Your eye for shapes and breaking up bland areas is immaculate, and seeing the progress on this build was incredibly inspiring! Have you ever considered doing a video on sourcing all these crazy bits? I'm sure it is partially an acquired skill browsing dollar stores and thrift shops, but a video on looking for certain shapes and items would be awesome I think. Keep up the great work! This was the fastest subscribe in a while and I've already shown my other wargaming friends this channel. Cheers 👍
Keep it up! I think you are gonna be huge. Everything you have done so far has been excellent and crafting at its finest. Excellent!
Mr Pylak thanks for the kind words, i really appreciate it
Great works of art. An inspiration to us all.
Genesis Maximus thank you! Very kind of you to say
Really awesome finished piece, Eric! Love it.
John Cobian thanks John!
Great job mate, another way on how to build/paint industrial pieces its really interesting. The extra shots were good to see also
Glad you liked the extra shots. I will have a video coming soon that is only shots like those with no tutorial element and I am curious to see how it is received by the audience.
That is so amazing 👍🏼 greetings from Germany, we love your channel
Se Bi great! Cool to know where all my viewers are from. Glad you liked it
really comes to life with those minis on em
Sooo cool! Looking forward to whatever you come up with next,
Yuan Mekong me too! Gears are turning lol
Awesome work!
Jesse Hammil thanks Jesse!
This is the type of video I was looking for as I am currently working on a similar build. I was trying to find a good video with the paint scheme of a old rustic metal building.
STUNNING!!! I really love your crafting skills Eric, please give us more tutorials like that one. Keep up the good work ;-)
SOLID STUFF! You already became a favorite channel of mine
Diego M awesome! Thanks diego
You nailed it when it came to the end of the Vid. I love to paint Miniatures... but I don't play the games. Now you have given me a good reason to build something similar, and I do not have to worry about "Playability" of the terrain since it is for display only.
Insane! Great techniques, Eric! Thanks for sharing :)
Max DM Crafting thanks max!
BRILLIANT!! WELL DONE. VERY INSPIRING. I LOVE THE OVERVIEW FLY OVER SHOTS WITH MINIS!!
Thank you Thomas! Miniatures can be hard to photograph and film well but i do my best
Omg, what a awesome terrain. Great Job.
Thanks Christian!
Very cool build. I find your vids to be very inspirational.
Cine Dave thanks Dave! Glad to hear it
Brilliant Work sir!!! Truly inspiring work!
Franklin G. Roberts III thanks Franklin!
So detailed and amazing! I've been really wanting to play with styrene bits and bobs for a while now. Just found your channel and some of the stuff I've seen so far is really interesting and unique. Great job!
amazing !!!!
best thing I've seen in a while !!
Joey Cool productions thanks Joey!
This is like WETA like caliber of work.. bravo!!!
I can't wait to see your vids, the terrain you build is so genius 👍
Thank you J! I will keep em coming for ya
Absolutely amazing work and keep the vids coming.
Steven Westfall will do! Thanks
Awesome!
Keith Stewart thanks Keith!!
I like it very much. It remainds me Rafinery from ALIENS movie, your music in background reminds me science programs from TV from early 90'. Cheers!
Tomasz Hebel both good associations! Thanks Tomasz!
Tremendous effort and excellent outcome.
This one is another absolute homerun! I have to admit I was most excited for the build video last week, expecting the paint portion to be less exciting, but it was not the case at all! The masking fluid and paint job turned out amazing, and you really kicked it into high gear when you showed the screen glow effect, and the free-hand graffiti was excellent! Some ideas for patron content, set up a gallery or Pinterest of the reference photos you use, maybe a video on how to do the layered graffiti on a miniature scale, or pictures of the specific paints you use, I'd especially like to know that gray-green one!
Oh and the new mic sounds great! You are improving so quickly, you'll be at 50k subs in no time.
saucercrabzero those are great ideas! Thank you. Im glad i made the choice to do a two part video for this project, there would have been too many cuts for just one video, or a really long video which I am trying to avoid
This turned out absolutely AMAZING!
Thanks, I’m happy with how it turned out too!
incredibly cool! I loved the computer screens and the graffiti. I love it! :-)
pgabrieli thanks! Little details add so much character
More videos!!
J.K Mauling well...if you insist. :D
Damn - thats good. You re ACE !
Fantastico lavoro!!!mi piace. Davvero interessante e realistico mi ispira moltissimo. Nice video
This looks amazing! Absolutely love those consoles
Looks amazing! Nice greebling.
Amazing work! I’d love to play on your terrain!
Mark Mras Are you anywhere near New York? You might be able to!
What a coincidence! I was on my way to a paintshop for a cheap acrylic paint for my terrain and now this video just pop-up.
Nice! What are you getting?
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop I bought 60ml silver and 60ml red-brown acrylic paint for a price of one 12ml citadel paint, I got inspired by your video to build my own cheap terrain.
Dude, that's fantastic!!
Thanks phil!
Looks very cool 😎 of how you can build something like that using some simple elements from your daily life! Nice skills man!
Great work, Eric.
Bravo! Amazing terrain piece!
Thanks Michael!
Beautiful work!
Very cool indeed! Great use of the chipping medium! Have you used salt weathering at all?
I used some table salt on a beastman’s blade once in 2007 or somewhere around there. It was a cool result! I will have to play around more with that
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop I was going to recommend salt chipping as it it's way easier to see where you need to rub stuff off as well as cheaper and not smelly. If you haven't already, check out Danny's Diecast Disasters and Nick Weston on TH-cam
Very good job there!
Excellent look!
I'm going to try and copy that computer console painting scheme: I've been failing to get that exact look!
Incredible Job
Super cool!
Looks great as usual !
you could make a gang alleyway in a urban industrial city that might be cool
i can only speak for the UK but if you need scrap plastic go round your local market stalls the variety of plastic crates not recycled is horrific, blueberry crates have masses of hexagonal squares, mushroom crates are deeper with straight bars but all have tubular corners & all take primer easily great for larger model dioramas as the bases are 24 x 14 inches.
Wow it looks good!
Beautiful project sir! Thanks for the inspiration! You have another subscriber!
hmm.... new camera?
New mic! The footage is better quality just due to production errors on my part in previous videos I think. I'm still learning.
Hi, many thanks for all this inspiration! I really like the part on using masking fluid (not to mention all the tips on modelling!). However, wouldn't it be easier and perhaps more realistic to mask the underlying coloured paint before adding the rust effects, so when removing the masking, the colour would appear to be underneath the rust?
Ok, understood, the rust eats away the paint, not the opposite. This video delves on the topic: th-cam.com/video/baRI3VYyDT4/w-d-xo.html
This is awesome!
Thanks Andre!
Glad I stayed for the final money shot!
What's the name of that Hive? 😍
Damn fine work mate!
Dude, your work is inspiring!! Love the videos, subbed.
Total Awesomeness
Man youve got such an eye for this!!