Crafting Tutorial - Fast & Cheap Realistic Flame & Explosions for Warhammer 40k, Necromunda, D&D
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video I show you how to use cheap LED tea lights and cotton balls to make some really cool flame, explosion, smoke and spell effects for all your favourite wargames. These look great when displaying and photographing your models on some of your terrain, or for representing lasting spells or other things in your games. Great for Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer, 40k, Horus Heresy, Age of Sigmar, Mordheim, Necromunda, Frostgrave etc.
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These look awesome man, well done.😎
Thank you! Your channel is one of my all time favourites
using the gluestic for the light-pipe is a bit of lo-fi genius!
10/10 - will steal for my army display board :D
cmedalis glad you liked it! Can’t be stealing if I made a tutorial hahaha
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop it's mine now! Muahahahaha! I have a big box (30+) of flicker tea lights for doing effects in terrain. Adding directional effects easily just made this so much more useful
This video is waaaaay underviewed. Awesome idea amigo. One suggestion- before glueing the light to the base, cut out a hole in the base to access the battery when it needs to be changed.
Holly crap. Everyone needs to check this one out!!!
Thanks Franky! Your stuff is very cool too
I feel like smaller versions of these would work very well if placed on the hatches and cabins of "Knocked out" vehicles.
Or if you wanna make badass bases for Legion of the Damned space marines
@@afireinsidebrad Good for Characters and stuff.
Have seen that done quite a bit as Bolt Action KO vehicle markers
That's how it was done back in the day just didn't have a lighting source or you used a light grey/black and a few cotton balls for a vehicle popping smoke etc for a visual aid to remember.
@@cody180sx I've still got a couple of those myself. Glued to 2p pieces, and stained with a bit of ink.
I've been looking for LED fire and this is probably the bet tutorial i've found. I like the way you dye the cotton instead of just hitting it with a spray
I like 'em. I am going to try to add the smoke to a "built from scrap" factory.
That would work perfectly! There are so many ideas that can come from this
I made some of these at the beginning of last year just to add some extra effects to my games they work so well.
Based Viking and here i thought i had come up with this! Great minds think alike!...and so do we hahahaha ;)
I have never considered making and photographing Necromunda dioramas.
Until now.
Gloss Paneer do iiiiiiit
Awesome. Real lighting effects really add to the scenarios. The Salamanders Chapter needs that flame effect
I’m planning out a stormcloud suspended in a globe based on this video. Like a Weather Dominator device? Dude the thing that I find particularly exciting about your channel is I feel like I’m getting in early. I cannot wait to see what kinda crazy things you’re producing years from now. I’m 100% on board. \m/
Jelly Ranger Thanks Jelly! I am just getting started, so strap yourself in :D
Cloud in a globe sounds cool. What game is it for? AOs? 40k? Dnd? Something else? Just your imagination?
Eric's Hobby Workshop meh just for funsies, I mostly just paint minis.
Complimenti, cercavo un tutorial per creare del fumo e tu sei l'unico che ho trovato. Bravo e grazie
Be careful not to over boil. Al Dente in about 12 minutes. great video Eric! gonna try out this one.
This is important! Do not overboil!!!
Really nice! I am surely going to make some of these for my D&D game! Excellent job man! 👍
Devs & Dice great!! Glad you liked it
Great idea for those old templates really cool
Reuben Sullivan i dont like having to imagine stuff happening on the table, so i like physical representations of everything
Absolutely amazing bit of crafting here. I cannot wait to give this a go!
Making fire out of cotten balls is a cool thing I've been looking into...
Putting flickering tea lights into them is next level...
Where you won me is that you made a template out of it - just next level. Superb
I've watched so many tutorials for effects/techniques for miniatures/dioramas etc and although many a good, they all seem advanced (and dissuade me from even trying). This method feels so accessible (tea lights, glue-sticks for fiberoptics) that I'm finally encouraged to actually make an effort instead of simply watch -thanks so much for this video! Subbed!
That trick with the gluestick, very smart! Very cool end result!!!
This is excellent, I always wondered how go get the effect just right. Good video .
re-run thanks, glad you liked it
Hey, thank you for this video! This made my project about the Kuwait Oil fires look so epic and I can’t thank you enough!
That sounds awesome! Will you email me a picture?
holy crap! seriously, CONGRATULATIONS on this flame effect! It turn out insane!!!
I know it’s sounds silly but I actually really appreciate the chill music and not earrape stuff
Bro, this is fantastic work. They look amazing, never seem markers look so good! Love the ingenuity of the glue stick usage to channel the flow of light. This is why I subbed to your channel, such great content and learn something new almost every video you put out.
4:40 just a chunk o' balls, Eric. Just a chunk o' balls.
Haha, Guy, I came to comments to see if anyone mentioned this - of course you didn't disappoint (or this Penny???)!
I've been looking for a way to make my "building on fire" in my ho scale diorama without using electronics or hooking everything into a switchboard. This is perfect! Thanks!
Nice! Liking the visual you have achieved with the templates and low light to help enhance the effects. Looks good combined with terrain and for situations as you described. Definitely inspirational.
David MacPhee thanks David
What a very snazzy bit of craft work there. I was looking for tutorials for a flamethrower effect so I could add it as a permanent fixture to a flamer.
Great idea and that flame thrower looks amazing, the glue stick idea was very well improvised.
Try stuffing instead of cotton wool, rip an old pillow apart for it.
Conan the Barbarian lots of people suggesting that, i will have to look into it
Thanks a lot for posting this, it’s exactly what I was looking for and was really well explained. I can’t wait to try this out!
That my friend is pretty cool!!! 9:01 took me back to the 90's Syndicate Wars!!!
You just gave me an answer for my fireball diorama using the court of the dead Queen, much love and good night.
Excellent I have been scouring the web looking for a decent tutorial on making clouds that don't look like cotton balls. I think you nailed it.
OMG. Brilliant idea! Fantastic outcome. Thank you for sharing!
Kelley aka Killimore you are welcome kelley, glad you like it
How have I never seen this channel before???
Insta-Subbed!
Awesome work man
theQiwiMan glad you liked it !
Right? Same!
the way he cut the circle perfectly tho 2:49
Just finished binge watching your entire video selection and I cant wait for more.
Cant get over how cool this is
Perfect not just for Necrumunda, but for 30k as well!! Awesome!
Really cool Eric! I gotta do this!
Wayne Humber thanks Wayne, go for it
Absolutely fantastic work dude. I am an avid necromunda hobbyists and ur videos are brilliant. Thanks for sharing. I cant wait to make some of these. Well done
Definitely going to use this to make small,medium, and large
Smoke and explosion markers !
as a fan of seeing other people do creative stuff and not really doing alot of it myself, I have to say, the talent in your videos is among the best I've seen out there, your creativity and the sheer amount of awesomeness from esentially household items you turn into all things tabletop is blowing my mind, May your channel grow infinetly and may you continue to amaze us with your raw talent. Bravo dude!
Thank you! Very kind words
Those look simply ridiculously good! Playing all boardgames in half-lit rooms now, hahahha.
Honestly a custom 3D board for some sort of fire-based game would be very cool, like a firefighting game.
lee perry that would be cool. There are so many possibilities. I am reminded of a boardgame for my childhood where you had to cross a river of lava on a rickety bridge to get to a treasure
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop what game?
OreoPriest i think I melded forbidden bridge and fireball island in my mind and embellished it with my own imagination
This is awesome. I never thought of doing this with green
Hey Eric. Glad I found this. Trying to make corona mass ejections on a sun for a solarsystem model
if thats not absolutely epic i dont know what is!!! brilliant :D
This is genius and looks amazing
Glue stick LED...brilliant idea (no pun intended)
Neat way to produce 1/35 scale battle displays. Thank you for sharing.
Such a Great idea to use just electronic candles for that, not some 15-bucks-kit with one led from a modeling shop!
That is so cool! It very realistic too. Thanks for sharing this neat idea.
John Kelley thanks john! Happy to share
My son and I watched this together and now we're both like we gotta try to do this
Awesome! Going to try to make for 1:72 scale cannons....
Dude, this effect is very cheap and spectacular. Than's for the tutorial.
Oh yeah, all day, baby. XoD
I've been thinking about the possibility of making an enormous cloud scene for my Lord of the Rings diorama, this confirms it'll look awesome. Thanks for the inspiration. ;o)
Wow! Fantastic job Eric! I absolutely have to make these for my Necromunda set-ups! I just love the old Delaque flame-thrower guy in the last pictures! Epic! Thanx for all the vids you're posting, they're really helpful!
I’m new to cosplay, and am going to try this for my Gene Simmons build that I’m doing for GalaxyCon in Raleigh, NC
I have some vintage Grenadier dragons that I've been sitting on for years. Now I know what to do with them.
Those are some reaaaally good templates man. That flamer template is epic level historic. Gas explosive has some massive feels. Thanks. I have abundant cotton wool so I will try this rather than the stuffing ones I've seen online.
This is fantastic, definitely going to try this out. Also I adore that glue stick fiber optic idea, incredible effect.
Awesome video mate. I bought a load of teddy bear stuffing and some tea lights a while back to make some. Just sat in storage at the moment until I get around to it.
One benefit of these is the'd be really useful for some artistic miniature photography :)
Meandering Shade yeah! Every army needs some glamour shots
Planning on making a massive diorama with a bunch of gundams and I’ll probably use this. Well done sir.
I need to do this later in the year - goals to make a few of these
Love your work, good to see hands on grab and go terrain building
This'll work wonders for my salamanders! Thanks dude!
Really awesome. I would leave an opening to change to batteries too.
joe hayward i thought about it and then decided not to. I have never changed a battery in a tea light because they last a long time and are never on for very long at a time
it´s perfect! i think the final touch could be making those leds inside the gluestick work in a LED chaser circuit
This is awesome! I need to do some of these asap.
Szandor its fun and easy give it a go!
Followed this to make my own flame effect. Thank you and good stuff 🙂
This is awesome. I’ve always seen those cloud lamps and never considered doing this for fire
Probably going to be what I end up doing for a craft here pretty soon for a larger fake flame 🔥
wtf I was looking at my battle sister immolator thinking how I could make some nice flame when I equip them with flame throwers.. open youtube.. your video is in my recomanded O.o you got yourself a new sub!
use sintetic cotton! that one for a aquarium filters. find it in pet shops. you can spray it wit acrilycs without washing and drying. also it is not in little balls but in bigger compact package. try to find glowing neon sprays.
For the drying process, drill a hole in the center of the waste basket, and a piece of plywood or aluminum the same size as the top, then use a long piece of allthread, to put into the drill chuck, then feed through the waste basket and the plywood or whatever, and with the cotton balls in the basket secure everything with the appropriate sized nut then turn on drill and secure the blow dryer so it flows through the waste basket. Mini dryer.
Great looking effects. I am building a diorama and these will be very useful.
Thank you sir. 👍
Trying to make a mini lightning-storm and this was very helpful. A+
I think you need to name the glue stick truck. How about "Ghetto Fiber Optics". Since glue sticks are bendable with a little heat, maybe sculpt a Fire Naga, Balorog, or a huge hand, the cotton ball it. Great work as always.
edwin outlaw all cool ideas! I think im gonna play around with this fire idea a bunch more in future
Ooh, the effects I could have for action figure photography!
this is great! I'm going to try this in purples for some gas clouds for battlefleet gothic
Brilliant idea! Battle fleet gothic is really cool i hope to do some stuff for it one day
This is very cool!! 🔥 keen for D&D 🐉
my ww1 model is going to look so cool now
These things pop, excellent work! Can’t wait to try some of these techniques, thanks!
Cool! Nice trick using a glue stick as a light pipe.
Nice work Eric!
Paul Ellwood thanks Paul
Holy shit! Coolest thing I've watched the whole month! Thank you for sharing pal.
Dude, your work in just on point! Bravo! This is too cool! Might have to do the same thing for my games of Necromunda :D
Commander CheapSkate go for it! It would be cool for filmed battle reports
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop Indeed, so cinematic!
Damn fine work. These are some of the best flame effects I’ve seen.
I''m gonna try making these as 1/12 scale action figure effects. For stuff like Marvel Legends, etc. Thanks for the idea!
Those look really cool Eric, especially for a diorama or display piece.
That glue stick trick is awesome!
In hysterics
Amazed by the creativity
Great way to achieve explosion and flame~~ and cheap as well! Would look great on a Stalingrad diorama down in the sewers with flame throwers! Nice calm narration, well done.
The smoke bomb probably doesn't need the t-light or the black paint honestly.
Oh but that flamethrower, that was magnificent 👍
J the smoke bomb looks better with the black, but yeah for gameplay it doesn’t need a light
This video made me subscribe! The flame thrower is just freaking awesome 👍🤟
Love this. Awesome effect and will definitely give it a try
Thank you! Well done. Gonna try this out!
Right on, that really looks good. I like using a glue stick to transfer the light.
I use the little candle lights and some small fiber optic cable to light the stern lanterns on old square rigged sailing ship models. Works great for several reasons. The optic cable can be as long as you want. I can hide the candle under the model pedestal and glue the ends of the cables straight to the bulb. Once the ship goes in its glass case, I dont ever have to touch the model to change a burnt out bulb or a dead battery.
That sounds really cool. Do you have any pics you can send me?
@@EricsHobbyWorkshop Hoy, I would be happy to. What email should I use?
Outstanding! I was looking for a way to add some realism to an A-10 model I built-specifically the muzzle flash and plume coming off the 30mm nose cannon that creates the signature “brrrrrrt brrrrrt” sound the Warthog is famous for. I was able to find a recordable chip like the ones they use on greeting cards that’s just long enough to capture that sound that I will just pull off some footage I have. This technique should work great for the flash. I might have to go with some thin plexi to support the cotton, but because of the airspeed, I don’t think the flash and smoke extends too far past the muzzle. I was originally considering using something like Great Stuff because I thought it would be stiff enough to support itself midair, but it’s pretty opaque if you want that brightness you’ve got going. Great job. Thanks for the inspiration!
Let's get to it!
David Gleeson no u
Using the glue stick that way is a great idea. I'm surprised the glue stick is light enough to stay up on the led like that. These look very cool.
dirtybirdsf i was kinda suprised too. Thats why we try things