Turning a Plank into a Crystal WAND (First Time Woodcarving!)
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Thanks for the mention in the video! I dig the design. very cool to see that you combined the woodcarving with the epoxy crystal and the silver paint.
PS: i would hate to meet the wizard wielding that wand, looks way to powerful to deal with!
Kult Norsk du også :D flotte figurer du lager :D
Wand's OP, please nerf!
@@talscorner3696 Don't forget, their library of books can be used as melee weapons too.
@@thatHARVguy books are the best weapons there are.
@@ThatElfTorunn indeed! They do a lot of damage when thrown...
"I've never carved wood before." Proceeds to make two epic wands.
I Know Right
The second wand I didnt like just felt it was a little smaller in length but the detail was definitely great with power tools its so fun and easy... now try with just chisels files clamps rasps handsaw and it like damn it take so long and so easy to scratch it... Edit:I added long because I forgot to type long
She does that a lot 😂 that’s pretty much how I roll too. I’ve literally never made a diorama or done much art at all, and the other day I got it in my head I would make the a scene from The Silence of the Lambs. I’ve crushed it so far! Thanks to peeps like Nerdforge.
YES! It is so much easier to work on things we have never done before when we have experts available just a click away! I sometimes forget how much harder everything was do to back before the internet and TH-cam experts available 24 - 7 !
Honestly 👌👌
"I'm gonna start with a very basic wand"
*makes one that could be in the harry potter movies*
It’s too cool for Harry Potter
Harry Potter is cool, but maybe for a totally new magic series it would win from Harry Potter wands
Ikr
@@wreathsoflaurels movies maybe but the books are fantastic.
yas
Why am I imagining this wand with glow in the dark epoxy? Also it might be an idea to paint some of the carvings near the crystal, to create a sort of effect that suggests the crystal is infecting the wood with power if you know what I mean?
Ruben 🌸 that’s a brilliant idea 👍🏼
I hope she does 😊
I was thinking that too, but with LED light in the top like it shines up when a spell is casted 🤔
@@teuscftpyou could try to make the battery part accessible via the hole for the gemstone
@@Ruben-rr3dt and a tiny button to activate the top
@@teuscftp You might want to look into some of the official wands, they seem to use some sort of tilt switch, when you wave them, they light up for a few seconds or some sort of really tiny wifi/bt connection with an rgb led, to effectively have multiple spells with different colors and effects
From an amateur woodworker and longtime fan of Nerdforge:
Trust me. ALL of the mediums/materials you have worked with until now are WAY harder than working with wood. Woodworking is easy and fun. You will fall in love. Don't let the tools intimidate you. Just be careful and practice. Get some chisels and gouges and practice on scrap wood. Your artistry will kick in and you will make some amazing things you never thought you could.
Ok, I will go watch the rest of the video now.
Also, you can make sanding drums in different grits using regular sandpaper. There are videos on how to do it. Rotary tools are great.
Yep, the only part that made me cringe a little was using a utility blade to carve. Inexpensive carving knifes will increase control a lot and be a little safer too.
Yes! Trying new things is always fun. Wand looks great! And I freaking love the colors of your videos. This is as good as youtube production can be goddamn
Made a wand this week for my girlfriend's birthday after inspiration from your video. Had an absolute blast making it and was probably one of the most rewarding projects I've done. TY for the video and keep them coming!
0:30
"I'm not familiar with the tools"
4:13
Me: You serious?
If you're planning on more dremel work, I'd recommend getting a dremel flex shaft. It allows you to hold the top more like a pen and give you better control
Miiiight be I already bought one after this video :D
@@Nerdforge nice! Looking forward to more of your projects
Very very impressive wands. I really like the second wand. Just a small suggestion, try and make them thinner. From my experience thin wands attract more attention, because it’s a bit difficult to make a thin wand. But other than that, your wands are absolutely FANTASTIC. The crystals are a really nice touch to them. Keep up the fantastic work.
Agree
Hi Martina, the wand looks fantastic, especially for a first time carve. Much better than anything I could do with wood, that's for sure. Wood is not my material. It doesn't like me! For the wood bark texture and colouring, maybe try adding some dark green, yellow ochre, umbers etc to give it a more "living" wood feel. When you look at tree bark in a forest, there's a fair few colours that make it "alive". A wand is a magical instrument, surely it should have some life. :) Well done again and I look forward to more videos from you guys!
How to start making a wand:
1. Walk to the woods
2. Find a Stick
3. ???
4. Profit
*For extra profit: Engrave a limited edition number on it.
I have 8 acres of woods that could a branch clean out!
At which point do we start stealing underpants?
@Dekatrea th-cam.com/video/3zc4bGkU05o/w-d-xo.html
Is that from "The Big Bang Theory "?
@@oxymoron296 Yes.
Next time it'll be with led lights
woods for wands traditionally; Rowan, ash, oak, heartwood, sometimes ivy or holly. but should always be a hardwood
Great tip
Pine is also really good wood to use, same with fir
so you're saying I should make it out of birch?
that "basic" wand made me make a surpsised pikachu face :-O also, this could be a lovely new series to break up the book vids :-)
Pikachu je gay.
My brother used to make black diamond willow wands. He sold them on line. Both of your wands were beautiful designs!
Immediately threw me five years back to my little wilde self making staffs in the woods with my little whittling knife and strings and rocks and feathers 💛
That sounds like so much fun! I live in the city and there's no forest near me:(
we used to make “bow n arrows” with bendy sticks and these long leaves like reeds and they actually worked a little like id would send the arrow a few metres which is impressive for a kids creation and the swords would be two sticks tied together in a swird shape
I love the "barking" of the last wand, but it really needs some slow pulsing LEDs under the crystal to look really cool. Besides it may be time to think about a turning lathe to broaden your wood and metalforming skills!
I have a suggestion, as far as dremels go, and that is that you might want to take a look at a dremel stylo. It uses a wall adapter for power, only goes to 22,000 RPMs but is smaller and easter to handle. It does use all of the fremel accessories that you have there.
I was watching another woodworking video earlier and saw another way to get the grooves to be darker. That person used a dark stain on the whole project and then sanded the wood a bit to lighten the higher areas.
hhhh the entire time during this video I could just hear the voice of the witch in Brave yelling "WOODCARVER!!" I need help-
WOODCARVER!!!!!!
That is the opposite of a problem
You could soo many awesome things with even a small lathe. It's worth it for so many projects and it doesnt have to be a big fancy one.
Your happiness and excitement makes me gitty. Before you finished the video I was thinking I wonder if she will use gold leaf and you did. Keep up the amazing work xo
I've been woodworking and carving for many years. Probably more than you've been alive. Lol. I have to say you did a wonderful job on these. Absolutely love your projects!
You tickle me how you love your gold leaf....lol. It was perfect before the gold was added. It still came out amazing!!! 🥰
Wow, thank you!
Please do full illustrations of those wands. Sell as a poster or something. They were all so cool.
I love it! Hi can you makes a magical Staff? You know like one on Gandalf or something? It'll be awesome!!
Hi, I saw your comment in her staff video
@@0dumbduckie053 yeah Ikr haha
Hey, you should really consider wearing protection glasses when using those resin pumps. My brother once used exactly such a pump and it was clogged a little. The resin came out in an explosion and he got something in the eye. It burned like hell and the doctor said he can be glad that he was wearing contact lenses which protected most of his eye, especially the iris. Especially the hardener part can be extremely aggressive to the eye
The best thing in my opinion in this video is just the pure joy she had when she was proud of herself, that us the sweetest thing i think 😁
You need a "snake" attatchment for your dremmel. It will make working with it much easier. Love the video
For your first attempt it turned out really beautiful , you are an amazing designer and artist 🤗🤗
And here I am...just going out in my grandmother's backyard which is technically part of the local forest...to get my small scale DIY materials... I can get Oak, Maple, Birch, several varieties of Pine and Spruce...Walnut, and others...if I get a winter kill branch, all the better as those are usually nice and dry, but also dense...and because they're winter kills, they tend to stay in the tree until some sort of weather event a few years later exceeds the remaining integrity of the connection point...which means these are well cured branches more often than not...so long as they're not left too long after said event...
Hi! I make wands too and I don’t have tools except for a cutter and paint. I usually just pick up a nice stick and make wands.
My cat use to do that when she was younger. I love your wands.
@10:23 BEST REACTION EVER! 🧡 🧡 🧡 🧡 🧡
If you ever want to switch away from power tools, a decent set of rasps will be your best friend. You don't have to jump straight to chisels; I've been working pretty effectively on wand projects for years now using a set of wood rasps and files in various sizes. Also: the tools will teach you if you let them. You don't necessarily need to be trained in it to get good.
All that time and effort into creating such a beautiful wand, it would look and feel so much better with a real crystal in it.
Love the channel. Don't forget to wear your respirator when handling the epoxy, it can cause serious lung issues :(
Your first wand looks great! I really like the epoxy crystal in the handle. Little tip for wands try making the handle more thin, not to much but just a little bit because most people dont have big hands and smaller things sit more comfortably in your hand.
Nevertheless you did an awesome job just keep at it woodworking is fun and easy. As your next project try making a kuksa youll like the proces and youll be able to use it.
I've watched you paint your van ala Bob Ross, and draw wonderful imaginings in a few videos (wow is that even a word lol) I love your imagination. It inspired me to go in my garage that was about 38 degrees Fahrenheit this morning and build a 1/6 scale table for a diorama I am creating for a musical puppet video. It came out pretty good. Just need to age it for a spy episode ( yes all the puppets are really me. that's why I am putting it all in a video Can't express how hard it is to complete but I'm retired so it's fun and I have all the time in the world.)
You are very magical. Love the gold leaf and the darkness you added in the carvings looks great. Thanks for sharing You are so much fun...
Personally, for a "carved" wood wand, it tends to be a far better option to go to the hardware store and look for the larger diameter dowels from the carpentry section than working from a plank. It's a lot easier to get it into the final shape and there are several varieties of wood for it.
Also, you really ought to give your cast crystal a thin coat of a gloss varnish in the end, you get a better shine from it and it helps prevent scratches if you want to mess around with it.
she means shes been thinking a lot
Question : do you use the books you made ??
That´s the question! xDxD
Razzle Dazzle. It's me, the Raz-Dazzler. This is what my life has become
"Wow, you have some many cool leather- bound books! What are they about? Can i read one?"
"Ehhh..."
some of the older books i saw she was selling, the ones she didn't finish the "collection" i guess she will maintain to show it all together?
@@carolinineves2495 oooo ook
You should try painting the carves lighter than the surface (surface darker) and see what it looks like, that makes more sense to me in the case of wood things. ~
The Four Elements but Wands... I said it. No really it could be so cooooool! But really anything you do is so amazing, and you're so creative, i just love what you do!
Always got a kick out of being in Scandinavia and seeing a store called Bauhaus. I think I first saw them in Iceland. Good times.
2:46 always good when making something! great work!
Don’t forget you can also burn the wood, with hot irons
This is so cool! I want to carve out a wand for myself now!
You should add an LED light in the Crystal with a tiny button in the handle so it can light up!
Those are awesome!!! If we been in search of a video that uses real wood carving and crystals. My first wand is not impressive now I know how to redo it. !!!! Thanks for your videos!!!
The wands look amazing
whoaa your creations are always so impressive!
Time to step it up a notch!! make one with an LED lit crystal!
i personally would have gone with design 6, the wand with the raised twirl. i know you have added the twist onto the wand in gold leaf, but if you had done this in a rough string like sizzle and then added silver, blue and gold glitter, it would have looked so much powerful. just a thought, but it does look good.
In the words of the great Wizard Harry Dresden: Fuego
Absolutely love everything you do
Man oh man this girl. Every time I watch a new video of her she just completely casually unpacks a new freakin' amazing skill. What's next? I imagine her next video being like: " skjera bagera, it's me Martina. Today we're going to make a flying machine like da Vinci that will actually take me higher than my own house....." (With all the calmness in the world builds a flying machine and flies with it higher than her own house). Comes down again and says: " Hmm, to me this looks a bit flat and boring, let's see if we can do something there." (Easily transforms the da Vinci flying machine in an proper airplane and says: OMG I'm so happy I did that, it's so much better now!") 😁
Respect to what you do Martina, you have an amazing set of skills, and you handle that with such a coolness and kindness, whilst creating stunningly creative art.
Best Regards 🤗
Omg the wand looks soo good. You did a fantastic job
Whoa u are amazing like you went from novice to PRO in one Video Craazy love your work keep it up
Whenever people will tell me "There is no such thing as talent" I will show them this video.
You can't make a wand that's waaay more epic than those in Harry Potter as a first time woodcarver WITHOUT set talent.
Hands down, you're amazing! Loved this vid.
Decent result for a first time go with wood. Keep up your amazing nerdy work!
Amazing! I love your job
Turned out so good 😍 what about making a Gandalf the Grey kinda staff next? That would be awesome🤩
Nice job on the wands.
Amazing as always!! 💜💜💜
Nerd forge and Jonas Olsen together, oh hell yeah
Me: *Watches Martina create the most epic of wands*
Also Me: Man... I can never create anything that amazing... 😞
Me Again: *iNveStS iN a DrEmEl ToOl AnD sTaRtS eNgRaViNg*
You go girl! Awesome outcome especially for the fact that you did it for the first time! Keep up the great work & your positive attitude. Love that!
Those wands look just amazing, and it was a pleasure to watch you working on it. Love your content so much 🙈
Hey girl, I'm just starting to watch, but a tip: balsa wood. Search for it... You're going to LOVE it!
Bass wood is also a good starting point for carving. Harder than balsa (which is like carving foam with a grain), but hard enough to hold its shape through years of your average bumping-around on a shelf.
@@Dosbomber Very well thought! 😊
It's what my mother used to use. She did a TON of wood carving when I was a kid.
Great work, Martina! I like the first one the best (although the second one is really great, too 😁).
Will you be making more of these? You had a lot of interesting design sketches that would look really good with different accents, crystal colors, etc. I would like to see a playlist of wand-making videos. 🙂
Keep up the great work!
Always a pleasure watching a fellow nerd making things
Keep up the good work!!
Great job!! I just started to carve wood too, so know how hard to carve for beginners, and you done really nice! :)
Bobby Duke Arts is a great place to go to learn to carve! He works with wood all the time and explains is processes in his videos!
That "Bye Guys" at the end made my day
The second crystal at 4:47 😭 love it
"I want a wand. Don't know how to carve." Makes one of the most EPIC wands I've ever seen. WOW.
Your handmade Wands looks so Beautiful, I especially love your concept art of the wands maybe each one of them will represent your Tombs, Sry Tome of Water your gonna have to wait your turn, once all the books are done will there be writings (magical spell writings) in your books pages that way to give them like they were all written by sorcery?
keep up the great work Nerdforge. :)
Your cat is the cutest thing I’ve seen this month
As someone who LOVES the fantasy look as well, I am always deeply impressed by your work. As someone who LOVES wands, I was wondering if you sold any of your creations. (If the answer is no, I don't blame you one bit)
I'd love to see the crystal and the tip of the wand light up :D
You know what's next...... led lit up one..... glowing stone and tip.... well done love your work
Awesome especially for the first time, great job young lady
At least you can draw very well. I can't even do that, so I'd first need to ask someone tips on how to draw. :)
Beautiful first (and second) try. Personally, I like the first one you made more. When you try again, I suggest having a more clear image in your head about the thicker part and don't be afraid to remove more material. I think this is why you thought it looked a little flat.
Martina, i love all your projects! Thank you!!!
please make more tech stuff. like a super cool wireless charger or spy drives ...and love you're vids
I *love* that the TH-cam captions start the videos off
"Shut up or get out, as we say in Norway."
Absolutely gorgeous!!!! Everything a mage could want and more.
I wish I have a crystal wand like that.
ohhh! nice! what if you would put the gold leaf into the cracks? who knows, just throwing around ideas
how i know i'm awake. 0:35 was not followed by a massive rush of offers to help you practice with wood.
Might try real branches and thicker sticks. Especially those with knots and oddities.
Now I want a Dremel too !!! I have carved by hadn or makse them out of chopsticks and polymer clay or hotglue or whatever. but a dremel seem so much easier and I can use all the wood I have around me in the forrest.
Yeah, it's really easy to use! Also, it's a very versatile tool, as you can use it on acrylic, wood, metal, Epoxy etc.. One of my favorite tools I think!
@@Nerdforge I just have to find the money to get one. I am already looking on different sites to find the cheapest and see if i can somehow afford it. Might be making some awesome wooden stuff soon too :D Love your videos and already waiting for your next :)
Epoxy would make some cool ear rims
Do you live in germany? Because of the Bauhaus😅i've never saw a Bauhaus not in germany😂❤love your videos
I see the finished design of the second one as something a Court Sorcerer would use, whereas the first one is more aligned towards a Field Mage, or, a spellcaster who is working primarily in the field rather than at the court of some nobleman. The inclusion of a blue crystal in the grip of the second wand is reminiscent of a sapphire, which is a decent enough binding crystal to channel magic through, but crystals are better used at the tip.
Man even your first attempts look amazing. I never get that lucky on my projects lol.
It's things like this that make me wish you guys had a shop lol
This looks heckin amazing!
Очень круто!!!
Ты молодец! Работы очень вдохновляющие!
The jack-a-lop looks nice
You could do some wood burning to make it darker. Also, try woodturning when making a wand.
your art is amazing!