I bet that could be used throughout the build. Instead of cutting male tabs into the middle pieces cut everything with female slots and glue the tongue depressor sections where you want male tabs.
@@Monkeyshaman what I've found with using tongue depressors is they're not as consistent in their thickness as the chipboard. So they don't always hold as tight as the built in tabs. You're totally right that the only reason to build tabs into the structure instead of just making all female slots and using double sided tabs is stability.
You can/should also color your male adapter so you don't accidentally rip out a real tab because you forgot which was which. Also, you can color the female adapter black for it to fit in a little better.
I've been working on making a set of terrain based on this system. I'm going to be incorporating these updates and using tongue depressors instead of adding male tabs from here on out. This has been so inspiring for me. I can't wait to finish so I can play some games with it. Looking forward to the next videos in the series!
Great job as always, dude. New tip I discovered, if you're looking for quality gimble to add variation/textures to your sci-fi/modern terrain then the best thing I've found is to keep medicine capsule/caplet/pill blisters (plastic on one side & foil on the other). The middle parts (of the blister) usually have a great little design with extra little diamond markings that look great once primed & painted. Just superglue them on to add a little bit extra to an otherwise bare wall/barricade. Also, using strapping tape (used to externally package large boxes) is great for trimming as it looks like reinforced steel once primed & painted
You and Black Magic Crafts have really given me some inspiration for displaying my Transformers collection. I do have to scale these modular items up quite a bit to accommodate the leader and voyager sized figures.
We need more! I’d love to see another one of these videos with the ideas to expand this set. I am currently using this set for Legion. Haven’t used in game yet but it looks great so far.
I'm making a set of this as 3 inch wide towers, and 2.25 inch wide bridges, stairs, etc. Trying to give it a more 'just big enough for two soldiers to walk side by side' feel. Y'know, regular human standards because cant get away from my imperial guard 'you get what you get' supply mentality. Great vids, keep it up!
Awesome ladders! And the hex deck with the expansion is epic! After I finish making your card lock set. I want to tackle this project next. Thanks for the upload as always brother!
The fuses at 12:25 in the video, drill a hole into the bottom of the fuse place a LED in and shade the glass any colour for warning lights, lighting up areas and so on...love your work keep them coming...
CONTAINERS PLZ!!! Shipping crates, Ammo boxes, Weapons Lockers, Barrels, Drums, Pressurized Tanks, MEDKITS!! Containers, especially SCI-FI style containers, seem to be the hardest thing to find in all of DIY. Im not sure why o.o I dont think there is one single tutorial online whatsoever for ANY container from the HALO franchise, even though there is a massive amount of weapon, vehicle, and armor tutorials. O.o Just WHAT are you supposed to put all those weapons and armor IN exactly? O.O
I'm building my own set of these and as you said, it certainly is a test of patience. I have completed all my towers and straight walkways (I did 20 cm and 30 cm ones, as the dimensions of my soup can equivalent were a bit different) now and started work on the corners but still lots to do! Very much looking forward to when I can put it all on the table.
Hey Wyloch I just wanted to share a principle of my personal design philosophy, a point which you seem to be ignoring. (You're free to do what you like of course, but I wanted to suggest maybe some new point of view). The principle is as follows: looking good is not enough. The terrain should FEEL GOOD when you touch it with a mini or with your hand. If it's janky or wobbly, it's bad, even if it looks beautiful. Everything should feel sturdy and safe. If you hit it by mistake when moving your hand, it should be unharmed and unmoved. This is why I did away with a lot of terrain pieces that were too light, too dishomogeneous. No paper flags, no scatter terrain, and I never put terrain on top of other terrain without a perfect snug fit or a magnet, and no smooth surface where models can slide. The ideal terrain should be a solid castle, that feels completely united to the touch, and can withstand clumsy hits from my elbow without moving an inch. It feels so nice to move models around/in/on a piece safely. It feels so nice to have nothing that wobbles when you kick the table's leg and I can't live without that feeling now. May look worse in pictures, but that solidity is what I live for. My five cents on something that matters and is overlooked by many terrain crafters.
I agree with your sentiment, however I think Wylock's vids are aimed at much younger and amateurish audiences who are just getting started either in crafting or in the game itself. Making something more solid is something that comes with time, money, and experience. These pieces (assuming you dont plan on transporting them much) could be fixed to MDF bases, filled with sand or plaster, or even made entirely of MDF or even completely from metal. Anything is possible, that is just not the purview of these tutorials.
when u liked a video already during the intro just because u know it will be a good one but then u realise u need a second like button because one like isn't enough!
Currently looking into building a set of these for myself. I'm hoping to do it in a way that they can be modular with other building types (mainly gothic ruins and industrial mines) since I like the idea of a building opening up to a walkway. I think the main thing is to adjust the gothic ruins enough that they fit the height of the cans.
Lights. The rails need some little lamps or something, just to have that extra layer. The whole set up is looking really cool, I think it might benefit from some more substantial bits. Some sort of building that has an obvious significance
Come to think of it, those fuse clip-ons could make for perfectly serviceable objective markers in their own right, to match the ones on bases. Just vary the number of fuses to denote which number it is. They could be used in combination with the base mounted ones, or you could build a simple scatter terrain frame to mount the clip-ons to, if they need to be uniform and/or you want to stick them on the ground or the middle of something instead.
Just binge watched all your videos this weekend. You have some amazing videos! I can't wait to start crafting! I love playing Pathfinder and such but drawing a map just doesnt cut it for me. Thank you! Looking forward to the notice that you uploaded a new video!
Hi, thanks for this I think it’s a really simple, but effective and practical system. I was looking your fuses, you could buy one of those little finger lights, and build a box at the back, then with them being glass, they would act as cool little lights.
Late to the party, but for the wood ladders use the wider side of the popsickle or whatever stick you use as a rung. Make height slightly taller than the figure base and you can have a figure actually on the ladder.
Considering he's more concerned with showing off his diorama skills than with actual terrain crafting these days, I'm guessing he just forgot about this, with no intention of coming back to it.
Really cool to continue to see more ideas for these walkways. Now I'm inspired to try to make wooden walkways again, possibly something like in an elven or treetop village. I mostly play in a fantasy setting so futuristic Warhammer doesn't fit nearly as well, but I can really see a lot of the same concepts being applied to that different theme/genre. Looking forward to seeing what other ideas the community and you have come up with. :D
I'm in the process of building your fuel depot setup and I think I'm going to combine that with the modular connectors so it can become a part of the walk way system or be stand alone.
Just thought of this, but sticking to this formula, you just have to change the way you decorate it, and you can make lightweight, modular medieval fantasy Castle/Fortress/City walls.
Your videos are so inspiring. Thank you for sharing your excellent work. Did you build the roads shown at the end? I'd love to see how (and can't find them in your video backlog).
One small suggestion, you might try painting the silver ends of those fuses black then dry brush with a metallic color. The shininess kinda stands out from the rest of the terrain. I remembered that from an ancient White Dwarf article for making Epic scale razor wire. They had recommended using some kind of thin aluminum wire and advised the prime and dry brush because if you didn't, it would just look like some aluminum wire on the table and not terrain.
Kinda curious for my own uses, wondering how hard this would be to adapt to more of an interior design, making active rooms to operate in and such. For a while I've had dreams of doing something related to like a Space Hulk or similar construct, and I feel like for that sort of terrain something modular may be a better idea.
if you want to add lighting take a clear plastic tube sand the outside lightly to frost it and insert a color changing LED. wired to a control circuit and you have the beginning of an alarm system (yellow to red or green to yellow then red). great video.
Again, thank you for posting this continuation on your modular system of terrain. Excellent ideas. A thought ... an old used wet teabag for weathering your banner? Also, the hair curler ladders are great, but ... and while I understand the mechanical why ... I have to ask, why did you keep the "wide" ends to connect the two segments? Cosmetically, this looks off and physically, would make the ladder unusable for a climber. Couldn't these two pieces be fastenened alternatively to give a more seamless series of naturally spaced rungs?
This would be awesome just as a playset for my brother, scaled up a bit for his action figures. But I want my own Fallout Vault version for Wastelands :P
I'm assuming that as with normal sized MDF, priming and painting actually stiffens the fibres of the wood and adds some surface hardness and durability?? So we can assume the life span of these modules and walkways to actually be fairly long with care
Another great video! Now I got to get to crafting asap :) The only thing I am still not sure is the actual thickness of the chipboard you use. I have some which is 2mm thick, but also one which is about 1mm - not sure which to use. What thickness is that graphic chipboard you using?
@@WylochsArmory Thank you man! If only amazon shipping outside of US would be cheaper (sometimes it's even more than price of the product itself). Gotta find better chipboard source inside EU. Thanks anyway!
@@jacknoron1 check with your local comic book store. The boxes comics are shipped to the store in often have a 2mm chip board in the bottom and/of on the ends. Most stores recycle them or toss them out. They get a shipment every week, too. Offer the owner or employees a few bucks to save them for you and become a loyal customer, if you aren't already.
That's what I've been using. I think it might benefit from a coat of spray primer to help with paint adhesion. It takes several layers of dry brushing to get a decent effect.
I have started to use tongue depressors for the male connectors. They are stronger and don't fray on the edges.
GREAT idea.
I bet that could be used throughout the build. Instead of cutting male tabs into the middle pieces cut everything with female slots and glue the tongue depressor sections where you want male tabs.
@@ubermoose5694 other than for stability I don't see why you would want to glue them down at all.
@@Monkeyshaman what I've found with using tongue depressors is they're not as consistent in their thickness as the chipboard. So they don't always hold as tight as the built in tabs. You're totally right that the only reason to build tabs into the structure instead of just making all female slots and using double sided tabs is stability.
Are they like lollipop sticks?
Amazing. suggestions to add to the scenario:
- Place of landing of ships (style a heliport)
- Boxes and barrels
- Pipes
You can/should also color your male adapter so you don't accidentally rip out a real tab because you forgot which was which. Also, you can color the female adapter black for it to fit in a little better.
I've been working on making a set of terrain based on this system. I'm going to be incorporating these updates and using tongue depressors instead of adding male tabs from here on out. This has been so inspiring for me. I can't wait to finish so I can play some games with it. Looking forward to the next videos in the series!
Can not wait until part 2
Great job as always, dude.
New tip I discovered, if you're looking for quality gimble to add variation/textures to your sci-fi/modern terrain then the best thing I've found is to keep medicine capsule/caplet/pill blisters (plastic on one side & foil on the other).
The middle parts (of the blister) usually have a great little design with extra little diamond markings that look great once primed & painted. Just superglue them on to add a little bit extra to an otherwise bare wall/barricade.
Also, using strapping tape (used to externally package large boxes) is great for trimming as it looks like reinforced steel once primed & painted
Rockin, thank you
Great tips! I love the strapping tape one best!
You and Black Magic Crafts have really given me some inspiration for displaying my Transformers collection. I do have to scale these modular items up quite a bit to accommodate the leader and voyager sized figures.
We need more! I’d love to see another one of these videos with the ideas to expand this set. I am currently using this set for Legion. Haven’t used in game yet but it looks great so far.
This is an outstanding set up. I've made only nine of the soup can pieces and there is so much more to make! Thank you for the inspiration.
I'm making a set of this as 3 inch wide towers, and 2.25 inch wide bridges, stairs, etc. Trying to give it a more 'just big enough for two soldiers to walk side by side' feel. Y'know, regular human standards because cant get away from my imperial guard 'you get what you get' supply mentality. Great vids, keep it up!
Thank you for this. I will have to remember this when I need sci-fi terrain.
The hair curler ladder is genius. “How - to- make - a - hexagon” is a great tip too.
Awesome ladders! And the hex deck with the expansion is epic! After I finish making your card lock set. I want to tackle this project next. Thanks for the upload as always brother!
Thx!!
I'm thinking just using tab adapters is best, rather than baking any permanently into a piece. More flexibility without needing the female adapter.
Yup.
The fuses at 12:25 in the video, drill a hole into the bottom of the fuse place a LED in and shade the glass any colour for warning lights, lighting up areas and so on...love your work keep them coming...
If someone told me this was a laser cut MDF terrain kit, I'd believe them
CONTAINERS PLZ!!! Shipping crates, Ammo boxes, Weapons Lockers, Barrels, Drums, Pressurized Tanks, MEDKITS!! Containers, especially SCI-FI style containers, seem to be the hardest thing to find in all of DIY. Im not sure why o.o
I dont think there is one single tutorial online whatsoever for ANY container from the HALO franchise, even though there is a massive amount of weapon, vehicle, and armor tutorials. O.o Just WHAT are you supposed to put all those weapons and armor IN exactly? O.O
I'm building my own set of these and as you said, it certainly is a test of patience. I have completed all my towers and straight walkways (I did 20 cm and 30 cm ones, as the dimensions of my soup can equivalent were a bit different) now and started work on the corners but still lots to do! Very much looking forward to when I can put it all on the table.
Hey Wyloch
I just wanted to share a principle of my personal design philosophy, a point which you seem to be ignoring.
(You're free to do what you like of course, but I wanted to suggest maybe some new point of view).
The principle is as follows: looking good is not enough. The terrain should FEEL GOOD when you touch it with a mini or with your hand. If it's janky or wobbly, it's bad, even if it looks beautiful. Everything should feel sturdy and safe. If you hit it by mistake when moving your hand, it should be unharmed and unmoved.
This is why I did away with a lot of terrain pieces that were too light, too dishomogeneous. No paper flags, no scatter terrain, and I never put terrain on top of other terrain without a perfect snug fit or a magnet, and no smooth surface where models can slide.
The ideal terrain should be a solid castle, that feels completely united to the touch, and can withstand clumsy hits from my elbow without moving an inch.
It feels so nice to move models around/in/on a piece safely. It feels so nice to have nothing that wobbles when you kick the table's leg and I can't live without that feeling now.
May look worse in pictures, but that solidity is what I live for. My five cents on something that matters and is overlooked by many terrain crafters.
I agree with your sentiment, however I think Wylock's vids are aimed at much younger and amateurish audiences who are just getting started either in crafting or in the game itself.
Making something more solid is something that comes with time, money, and experience. These pieces (assuming you dont plan on transporting them much) could be fixed to MDF bases, filled with sand or plaster, or even made entirely of MDF or even completely from metal. Anything is possible, that is just not the purview of these tutorials.
when u liked a video already during the intro just because u know it will be a good one but then u realise u need a second like button because one like isn't enough!
This is FANTASTIC! You've really outdone yourself Wyloch
I bet AdMech were like "Ultrasmurfs AND necrons? Eff that, we are out of here!"
Currently looking into building a set of these for myself. I'm hoping to do it in a way that they can be modular with other building types (mainly gothic ruins and industrial mines) since I like the idea of a building opening up to a walkway. I think the main thing is to adjust the gothic ruins enough that they fit the height of the cans.
Lights. The rails need some little lamps or something, just to have that extra layer. The whole set up is looking really cool, I think it might benefit from some more substantial bits. Some sort of building that has an obvious significance
Hmm been thinking this since episode 1. Maybe paint some of the soup can to look like plasma generators? Just adds some more ad mech feel to it all
Come to think of it, those fuse clip-ons could make for perfectly serviceable objective markers in their own right, to match the ones on bases. Just vary the number of fuses to denote which number it is. They could be used in combination with the base mounted ones, or you could build a simple scatter terrain frame to mount the clip-ons to, if they need to be uniform and/or you want to stick them on the ground or the middle of something instead.
Shazam. th-cam.com/video/nC-mnYUSyMs/w-d-xo.html
Just binge watched all your videos this weekend. You have some amazing videos! I can't wait to start crafting! I love playing Pathfinder and such but drawing a map just doesnt cut it for me. Thank you! Looking forward to the notice that you uploaded a new video!
Thanks!
Hi, thanks for this I think it’s a really simple, but effective and practical system. I was looking your fuses, you could buy one of those little finger lights, and build a box at the back, then with them being glass, they would act as cool little lights.
I’d waited ages for this vid and you didn’t dissapoint😃 how about an industrial backing board to go behind the scenery?
Late to the party, but for the wood ladders use the wider side of the popsickle or whatever stick you use as a rung. Make height slightly taller than the figure base and you can have a figure actually on the ladder.
Epic! That banner and the ladders came out awesome imo... real cool
Those ladder pieces look great! Awesome system as a whole.
For the hexagonal platform, you can get circular cross stitch mesh. Would give an awesome concentric ring effect here!
When is part two coming?
Considering he's more concerned with showing off his diorama skills than with actual terrain crafting these days, I'm guessing he just forgot about this, with no intention of coming back to it.
Really cool to continue to see more ideas for these walkways. Now I'm inspired to try to make wooden walkways again, possibly something like in an elven or treetop village. I mostly play in a fantasy setting so futuristic Warhammer doesn't fit nearly as well, but I can really see a lot of the same concepts being applied to that different theme/genre.
Looking forward to seeing what other ideas the community and you have come up with. :D
When can we see more Catwalk Expansion Videos?
These are great.
Your look just as good as the 4Ground Jerrico Catwalks. And they are amazing.
that showcase at the end was seriously awesome
You sir, are an artist and an engineer. Cheers. :)
Me: "Alright, just built Wyloch's gothic building, I should probably paint my actual mini's and not just build terrain (see this video) well dang"
Same here. Got 2000 points of Tau from an ebay rescue been collecting dust...
I'm in the process of building your fuel depot setup and I think I'm going to combine that with the modular connectors so it can become a part of the walk way system or be stand alone.
@@andrewkreinbrink7023 Nice!!
they sell already black mesh at micheal's
Great ideas! I really like the hair curler ladders. Thanks for sharing this.
Just thought of this, but sticking to this formula, you just have to change the way you decorate it, and you can make lightweight, modular medieval fantasy Castle/Fortress/City walls.
Your videos are so inspiring. Thank you for sharing your excellent work.
Did you build the roads shown at the end? I'd love to see how (and can't find them in your video backlog).
Check the video description. ;-) And thanks so much for watching and your kind words.
This is amazing. im gonna have to get to work.
If you do revisit this, I'd love to see some form of collapsed walkway, I'm going to have a go myself but would love to see your take on it!
Set fire to it! I've done a test worth a single time, and it looks excellent
One small suggestion, you might try painting the silver ends of those fuses black then dry brush with a metallic color. The shininess kinda stands out from the rest of the terrain. I remembered that from an ancient White Dwarf article for making Epic scale razor wire. They had recommended using some kind of thin aluminum wire and advised the prime and dry brush because if you didn't, it would just look like some aluminum wire on the table and not terrain.
How about a connection point to connect the GW mechanicus tubes to the catwalks.
Your system would be ideal for Deadzone, if you know the game.
It's been a few years, but will you be doing any more follow ups? I'm working my way through this whole system. love it, great work!
Thanks! To be honest - no, I probably will not revisit this. Not anytime soon. I'm on a real RPG kick right now.
Kinda curious for my own uses, wondering how hard this would be to adapt to more of an interior design, making active rooms to operate in and such. For a while I've had dreams of doing something related to like a Space Hulk or similar construct, and I feel like for that sort of terrain something modular may be a better idea.
th-cam.com/video/6PEPI3ENTl4/w-d-xo.html
Upscale this and it would make a great diorama builder for displaying Star Wars black series and the like...
Love this. Fun with basic geometry!
Simply Excellant!!👍☯️👍
if you want to add lighting take a clear plastic tube sand the outside lightly to frost it and insert a color changing LED. wired to a control circuit and you have the beginning of an alarm system (yellow to red or green to yellow then red). great video.
I've been playing with 3V batteries and christmas light bulbs. Big stuff coming. ;-) Thanks!
@@WylochsArmory I was thinking of single LED's placed behind each of those fuses would look great. Steady or flashing slowly, even a single color.
Holy balls, your videos and their comment sections have my mind exploding with ideas!
Again, thank you for posting this continuation on your modular system of terrain. Excellent ideas. A thought ... an old used wet teabag for weathering your banner? Also, the hair curler ladders are great, but ... and while I understand the mechanical why ... I have to ask, why did you keep the "wide" ends to connect the two segments? Cosmetically, this looks off and physically, would make the ladder unusable for a climber. Couldn't these two pieces be fastenened alternatively to give a more seamless series of naturally spaced rungs?
Very impressive!
Like #3500... another great video Wyloch! (making a scene for the Alien RPG, this definitely helps!)
This would be awesome just as a playset for my brother, scaled up a bit for his action figures. But I want my own Fallout Vault version for Wastelands :P
Very cool. Look forward to seeing more.
A magnificent fortress, and most importantly also a constructor. The fire! What material (cardboard) do you make and what kind of glue do you use?
Awesome, can’t wait to try and make my own
here's a question I don't think has been asked: how do you store this awesome terrain set?
Yay! Hopefully mine is in this one or in the series.
Always a joy
Amazing as always Wyloch!
Termies vs Lychguard... Giving me Deadliest Warrior Flashbacks.
WHO IS DEADLIEST!?
A real good idea! Very creative!! Sehr gute Idee! Greetings from Germany!
I'm assuming that as with normal sized MDF, priming and painting actually stiffens the fibres of the wood and adds some surface hardness and durability??
So we can assume the life span of these modules and walkways to actually be fairly long with care
that was beautiful
I may have missed this as I haven't watched everyone of your videos, but why have we gone from 2" to 3" lengths??
You got anything on tiny folgers coffee plastic containers terrain wise?
Not yet, got some larger ones in my stockpile though.
I love it
Good, but needs a slot car track.
Great video! Keep it up. Working on my own set currently
When will we have the additional add-ons?
Thanks for the interest. I really have no idea. Work and travel lately have left no time for hobby.,,
So cool
Would it be ok if I use your idea for the modules and make them for Ork s hope to hear from you soon .
The wall pieces at 5:20, how did you make those? Any previous videos that cover it? Thanks in advance!
UMAR KHAN , the wall is about halfway through the first video.
How do you make a mech bay for your mechs ?
Another great video! Now I got to get to crafting asap :) The only thing I am still not sure is the actual thickness of the chipboard you use. I have some which is 2mm thick, but also one which is about 1mm - not sure which to use. What thickness is that graphic chipboard you using?
Thanks - it's 2mm thick. Grafix Medium Chipboard
@@WylochsArmory Thank you man! If only amazon shipping outside of US would be cheaper (sometimes it's even more than price of the product itself). Gotta find better chipboard source inside EU. Thanks anyway!
@@jacknoron1 check with your local comic book store. The boxes comics are shipped to the store in often have a 2mm chip board in the bottom and/of on the ends. Most stores recycle them or toss them out. They get a shipment every week, too. Offer the owner or employees a few bucks to save them for you and become a loyal customer, if you aren't already.
Mutagon for fuses.
When's our next update wyloch?
Sorry I dont have a solid answer. Its kinda just whenever the inspiration strikes me.
More sugestions:
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part 2 please T_T
Are you planning on doing any more?
Eventually. :-)
What happened to part 2???
Anyone else came here from the Imperial Knight vid?
I’m not even playing 40k at the moment, but I want to make some of this terrain!
Play Grimdark Future instead. Its free, its easier, and it's more fun. And it uses 40k models.
Why no tau units :'(
Soon. I'm painting my Tau army literally right now.
part 2 when?
Where's part 2?!?
Soon enough bud
@@WylochsArmory Can't wait!
they sell already black mesh at micheal's
That's what I've been using. I think it might benefit from a coat of spray primer to help with paint adhesion. It takes several layers of dry brushing to get a decent effect.
@@ubermoose5694 i hit mine with matte clear coat same effect really, but the matte spray i use is cheaper than my matte black