Make sure to go check out Luke's video from Geek Gaming Scenics th-cam.com/video/hc391ZI_Wf8/w-d-xo.html Check out Mantic's modular terrain kits here: bit.ly/ManticTerrain Back the KICKSTARTER!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/real-terrain-hobbies/the-hillside-hamlet?ref=59ydt7
Absolutely love it! A little thing I think could make it even better would be like have a few figurines, maybe in hazmats trying to deal with the situation cuz ya know this is supposed to portray some kind of experiment gone wrong. Maybe some corpses and like guys trying to fight the kraken with flamethrowers or something, but that’s just my 2 cents, still absolutely love it tho, good work
I'm just amazed how accurate one can be with airbrush! Feels like it should go completely everywhere but it seems to hit exactly where you want most of the time.
Holy cow the reveal at the end. Huge kudos for how you've been adding LEDs recently in your builds, you're definitely right that it takes it to the next level and Neil I think you're one of the best on TH-cam at doing that, adding lots of wow without killing the immersion or scale effect.
Thanks Knarb! Yeah my heart totally sank when I saw that. There was a spot on the other side too. Made real sure the tape was tightly sealed everywhere after seeing that.🙄
Your work is just amazing. Love this. Anyone complaining about it not being scratch built is just silly. This is no different than finding odds and ends around the house and piecing it together.
That is absolutely stunning work man. I can always tell which of my terrain guys were in construction, it shows in their work and detail accuracy on modern and sci-fi projects.
OH WOW... What a FREAKING AMAZING piece of art. Your knowledge in both industrial design and modeling is in full view and enhanced by the modeling products you used. Thank you for sharing.
Hey Neil! This video shows everyone just how accomplished you truly are in creating real world dioramas! So glad that you were able to fund your kickstarter! I rather believed that it would. People know that you create quality environments and would be at the top of any project! I am looking forward to seeing others creating their own hobbit hole villages!
Hey thanks so much, really appreciate you cheering me on like that. I too can't wait to see what others out there do with the models. It'll be really surreal to see the first pictures coming out knowing that they're using my models heh. Thanks again and hope you have a really great day/evening/week. :)
I really like the look of all the panels put together in a big section like you did for the back wall, really gives a sense of industrial scale that's missing from most builds using these kits. I also like the knowledge about how an industrial setup would work, makes it easier to decide what different elements should be coloured and makes it more realistic.
Wow, what a cool terrain, even cooler when you get everything handed to you for FREE. Got to love how you add the little bit at the end telling people to go out and get this stuff to make some great terrains, but not adding if they could AFFORD it all.
Neil, you are a true artisan. Amazing work, as always. So many great builds happening throughout the You Tube community. Thanks for sharing. Congratulations on the successful Kickstarter. See ya.
Love how this turned out! So many great elements. I really wanna grow my sci-fi terrain and this is a very inspirational build. The mantic kits adds some great detail and saves time.
Wow. This is aome amazing stuff. Just getting into the terrain side of the hobby, and while I am a dud at crafting, all these modular sets are amazing!
Cool info that you used to work as a sprinkler fitter. I design sprinkler systems for our company. Love all of your stuff and the production value! Keep it up.
Terrain Crate makes some very nice stuff, but it is too pricey a road for a lot of people. Even so, the look of these pieces can still inspire for building from scratch with things like foam core and fiber board.
I've always liked Mantics Terrain, though the first incarnations for Deadzone were a little rough. But it has come a hell of a way since that first release and there are so many more options than before. Not bad at all for some cargo container buildings.
Congrats on the kickstarter! & fun to see u work on a "small" project again! Yay for Luke, right?! & good advice about glue fumes. Mask up for safety! 👻
@@RealTerrainHobbies I mean, you say that, but don't let anyone fool you: it's always a game of horseshoes no matter what. I've probably only had the "perfect" amount of resin for a pour about 5% of the time :P
@@ThatRobHuman I may be telling you something you already know but if you want to calculate the volume of an irregular shape (and dont want to get it wet) then dry rice works well, measure its volume (pour it from a measuring jug) as you fill up the space and then it is big enough to easily clear out before you pour your resin. Wont be perfect as it doesnt pack exactly identically every time but will get you closer than pure guess work!
@@chriswebb9375 I have used that trick and it is heckin handy, for sure. More often than not in doing a bunch of little pours, though, which sadly it doesn't do as well on. still good advice right there. :)
Yes! Today will be a good day, I get to wake up and have my coffee with a new video from my favorite content creator. As always, really appreciate the hard work you put into your platform and projects.
@@RealTerrainHobbies very excited to have signed up to be a patron. Hopefully can move up a tier sometime soon but I felt like starting where I could! I hope it helps! I fully support your dream!
Ahh Dude Every time I watch one of your vids, you just blow me away with how amazing it always looks and this is no different. Just an incredible piece, and the lighting just took it to a whole new place.
Well hand on heart, I'd say yours is the better project with its lighting effects, something Luke has yet to Master or delve into to any degree but he is a busy lad so we'll say no more.
Hi Neil, I love your videos! This project looks great. I see you're using the airbrush, that's an awesome tool. I did a lot of airbrushing. Just a little tip, to prevent the airhose from pulling on the airbrush, just wrap it around your forearm once (hose goes from inside the wrist over the forearm to your elbow.) this will also prevent the airbrush from falling when you accidentally step in the hose.
I was gonna make a comment, saying all the piping is too colorful, but then you explained WHY it's colorful and it blew my mind. I had no idea pipes were color coded in such a way. I think maybe a little more weathering and grime could've been good, regardless, awesome model and everything.
Great work! Really enjoying all your projects and ideas. In my imagination the little "creatures" are the offspring of the big monster and she has come back for them. I like the color coding of the piping as well. A good friend of mine is a professional pipe fitter/fabricator and spot on with the color coding. Bring a dose of reality to the project.
Wow the lighting turned out so absolutely beautiful on this! Love how all the different colors interact with each other. And that kraken section looks amazing- another stunning project!
Looks great! One detail I think would have been really cool is a ripple effect around the tentacle monster. I've seen people do that by putting mod podge on top of resin and blowing through a straw to create the ripples. But still, the diorama looks absolutely phenomenal.
Great video as always. I'd love to see a video explaining your LED and the whole wiring process including materials. Looking to expand into them but not knowing where to start.
Probably one of my favorite videos to date. I think the sense of menace and threat would be enhanced if there were a couple of scientists and soldiers reacting to the intrusion of this eldritch horror.
Cool project!! Can't wait for those hobbit holes. Just backed up the project, I hope that the Kickstarter reaches it's goal. With time I will get to print them even if I don't have a printer (hopefully).
A tip for future I-beam construction: joints are usually braced by gusset plates. For beams where you can keep the flanges in the same plane, the plates are thick sheets of metal bolted to the outer surface of the flanges. When the flanges have to be perpendicular, the plates are basically heavy chunks of angle iron. In both cases, they make construction easier and give you a strong frame.
Only one thing I would have done different. I would have placed the LED in the Hollow in the Tank for the Aliens. Would have made the wires easily hidden, though I did like the Top Down appearance of the tank lighting.
Absolutely incredible! I find it funny (if not necessarily surprising) how many people in this hobby have construction backgrounds, I'm a carpenter myself, lol
Looks great! Tip if anyone wants to start airbrush; Don't start with the 20$ ones. Their quality is so hit or miss that you never know if problems when spraying are from your inexperience or just shoddy machining. One 20$ airbrush might work fine while another will constantly splatter and clog or leak etc no matter how well you mix paint. That makes it harder to troubleshoot what goes wrong as a beginner.
Looks so good! The lighting reminds me of the older lego games like lego batman! But the walls and structures give me personally vibes of some older anime. Maybe gundam? Or cowboy beebop? And of course, the monster is giving off exact feelings like bosses from Half Life.
I'm dented! I mean, impressed! you made somethign great out of those pieces, and the idea and execution is great, too. :D as well as the lighting, it adds so much atmosphere! too bad the bay's water is too opaque to see all of the behemoth, but there. :)
Fabulous work Neil! Those LED's look really interesting - I've dabbled with many SMD LED's in my time, but not so many that are pre-wired! I think they'd be driven by my Conwy Castle LED drivers REALLY well, and give you a global brightness control pretty easily! (or one of my other boards for wireless control, but that's another story!). Let me know if you're looking for an electronics collaborator - I live for this stuff! :) Excellent video once again, thank you! (my Patreon money is always well spent with you!)
Make sure to go check out Luke's video from Geek Gaming Scenics th-cam.com/video/hc391ZI_Wf8/w-d-xo.html
Check out Mantic's modular terrain kits here: bit.ly/ManticTerrain
Back the KICKSTARTER!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/real-terrain-hobbies/the-hillside-hamlet?ref=59ydt7
Awesome work Neil.
A great use of the modular system to make your own amazing diarama.
Absolutely love it! A little thing I think could make it even better would be like have a few figurines, maybe in hazmats trying to deal with the situation cuz ya know this is supposed to portray some kind of experiment gone wrong. Maybe some corpses and like guys trying to fight the kraken with flamethrowers or something, but that’s just my 2 cents, still absolutely love it tho, good work
This is awesome. Great use of those tiles! End result is absolutely brilliant.
Thanks man! Appreciate it. It was a really fun light project to put together this time around.🙂
My girlfriend and I love your videos!
I'm just amazed how accurate one can be with airbrush! Feels like it should go completely everywhere but it seems to hit exactly where you want most of the time.
Holy cow the reveal at the end. Huge kudos for how you've been adding LEDs recently in your builds, you're definitely right that it takes it to the next level and Neil I think you're one of the best on TH-cam at doing that, adding lots of wow without killing the immersion or scale effect.
Ahhh thanks my friend. That was a really great comment and glad you feel that way about the LEDs.🙂
That's so good Niel! I held my breath when I saw you had a leak in the resin, never a fun time, but you pulled it through!
Thanks Knarb! Yeah my heart totally sank when I saw that. There was a spot on the other side too. Made real sure the tape was tightly sealed everywhere after seeing that.🙄
Unreal diorama. And man ... when you turned that Woodland Scenics LED on for the first time... *chefs kiss*. Perfect vibe.
Great project and a great video. That weathering worked out beautifully. The pacing of your videos is always perfect.
Hey thanks Merrick. Appreciate you saying that man. 🙂
Your work is just amazing. Love this. Anyone complaining about it not being scratch built is just silly. This is no different than finding odds and ends around the house and piecing it together.
Its like yours is the epic BOSS fight AREA!!! Dope!!!
Absolutely stunning. We love how you used your industrial knowledge to add accurate details that might otherwise go unnoticed.
That is absolutely stunning work man. I can always tell which of my terrain guys were in construction, it shows in their work and detail accuracy on modern and sci-fi projects.
The light effects realy do the job on setting the atmosphere of this piece. Great to see it all come together so effectively.
I really liked this diorama. The ability to put things together quickly is definitely a plus
Yeah it really was quite satisfying how it all came together so quickly. :) Glad you liked the diorama!
Wow. That come out unbelievably good!! Fantastic job!!!
OH WOW... What a FREAKING AMAZING piece of art. Your knowledge in both industrial design and modeling is in full view and enhanced by the modeling products you used. Thank you for sharing.
I love what your doing with LEDs on your projects. It adds an awesome touch of realism.
4:45 Catch of the Day! 😆
Seriously though, that thing is wicked cool.
Absolutely right about the lighting like i can't even imagine what it would look like without it, the lights makes it all look like its actually real
Hey Neil! This video shows everyone just how accomplished you truly are in creating real world dioramas! So glad that you were able to fund your kickstarter! I rather believed that it would. People know that you create quality environments and would be at the top of any project! I am looking forward to seeing others creating their own hobbit hole villages!
Hey thanks so much, really appreciate you cheering me on like that. I too can't wait to see what others out there do with the models. It'll be really surreal to see the first pictures coming out knowing that they're using my models heh. Thanks again and hope you have a really great day/evening/week. :)
I really like the look of all the panels put together in a big section like you did for the back wall, really gives a sense of industrial scale that's missing from most builds using these kits. I also like the knowledge about how an industrial setup would work, makes it easier to decide what different elements should be coloured and makes it more realistic.
Wow, what a cool terrain, even cooler when you get everything handed to you for FREE.
Got to love how you add the little bit at the end telling people to go out and get this stuff to make some great terrains, but not adding if they could AFFORD it all.
Neil, you are a true artisan. Amazing work, as always. So many great builds happening throughout the You Tube community. Thanks for sharing. Congratulations on the successful Kickstarter. See ya.
Hey thanks Norman!! Always appreciate your comments.🙂
That is
One
Epic
Diorama!
Man, your builds are awesome, regardless if they’re 100% scratch built or not.
What an epic build! That final color palette from the lighting really sends it over the top into the sci-fi vibe. Well done!
Love how this turned out! So many great elements. I really wanna grow my sci-fi terrain and this is a very inspirational build. The mantic kits adds some great detail and saves time.
Another spectacular build Neil! The water feature took it to the next level. Fantastic!
The colors! The composition! The story! You crushed it!
Fabulous !!!! You're awesome
I really liked what you do! Excellent
Wow. This is aome amazing stuff. Just getting into the terrain side of the hobby, and while I am a dud at crafting, all these modular sets are amazing!
Kraken is amazing - very enjoyalbe diorama build - keep going!
Wishing you and your family good health❤️
Cool info that you used to work as a sprinkler fitter. I design sprinkler systems for our company. Love all of your stuff and the production value! Keep it up.
Terrain Crate makes some very nice stuff, but it is too pricey a road for a lot of people.
Even so, the look of these pieces can still inspire for building from scratch with things like foam core and fiber board.
Wow!!!! Incredible results!!!
I've always liked Mantics Terrain, though the first incarnations for Deadzone were a little rough. But it has come a hell of a way since that first release and there are so many more options than before. Not bad at all for some cargo container buildings.
Super build! Love the colors, they really add to that industrial alien feeling!
You are so cool and I love you this is unreal
Eyyy thanks my dude! Much appreciated :)
Congrats on the kickstarter! & fun to see u work on a "small" project again! Yay for Luke, right?! & good advice about glue fumes. Mask up for safety! 👻
Wow man, this thing came out so great! Amazing detail and wonderfully executed!
Yo - glad the resin worked out for you.
Looks amazing.
Hey thanks Rob! Appreciate the tip on tinting. Too bad I didn't have the brain power to properly calculate the amount I needed though lmao
@@RealTerrainHobbies I mean, you say that, but don't let anyone fool you: it's always a game of horseshoes no matter what. I've probably only had the "perfect" amount of resin for a pour about 5% of the time :P
@@ThatRobHuman I may be telling you something you already know but if you want to calculate the volume of an irregular shape (and dont want to get it wet) then dry rice works well, measure its volume (pour it from a measuring jug) as you fill up the space and then it is big enough to easily clear out before you pour your resin. Wont be perfect as it doesnt pack exactly identically every time but will get you closer than pure guess work!
@@chriswebb9375 I have used that trick and it is heckin handy, for sure. More often than not in doing a bunch of little pours, though, which sadly it doesn't do as well on. still good advice right there. :)
Fantastic. The only thing I would say is that the water could use some ripples and splashes to add movement to the monster.
Rewatching this video. I thought I'd already commented, but it seems not. I love the pacing - and of course the model.
Hey thanks man, appreciate it. I was a bit rushed on this one with the edit so glad to hear your thought the pacing was good.🙂🍻
Oh and the model too of course lol
This is awesome. I love how you approach these. I’m always so hesitant, but you just plow through and make it look possible.
Yes! Today will be a good day, I get to wake up and have my coffee with a new video from my favorite content creator. As always, really appreciate the hard work you put into your platform and projects.
Ahh, thanks so much Cody. Hope you had a great coffee and start to your day and the same can be said for the rest of the day. :)
@@RealTerrainHobbies very excited to have signed up to be a patron. Hopefully can move up a tier sometime soon but I felt like starting where I could! I hope it helps! I fully support your dream!
Ahh Dude Every time I watch one of your vids, you just blow me away with how amazing it always looks and this is no different. Just an incredible piece, and the lighting just took it to a whole new place.
Well hand on heart, I'd say yours is the better project with its lighting effects, something Luke has yet to Master or delve into to any degree but he is a busy lad so we'll say no more.
Looking great, love the diorama, the bubble give the the tanks just right look too.
Hi Neil, I love your videos! This project looks great. I see you're using the airbrush, that's an awesome tool. I did a lot of airbrushing. Just a little tip, to prevent the airhose from pulling on the airbrush, just wrap it around your forearm once (hose goes from inside the wrist over the forearm to your elbow.) this will also prevent the airbrush from falling when you accidentally step in the hose.
Absolutely stunning! I love the colours in the final result.
I was gonna make a comment, saying all the piping is too colorful, but then you explained WHY it's colorful and it blew my mind. I had no idea pipes were color coded in such a way. I think maybe a little more weathering and grime could've been good, regardless, awesome model and everything.
The LIGHTNING!! It gives this incredible build such an intense atmosphere... I immediatly felt scared and searched for a hiding spot 💜
Killer build, Neil! Such an awesome story being told, and some cool info about color coding at industrial sites. Thanks for sharing that!
Great work! Really enjoying all your projects and ideas. In my imagination the little "creatures" are the offspring of the big monster and she has come back for them. I like the color coding of the piping as well. A good friend of mine is a professional pipe fitter/fabricator and spot on with the color coding. Bring a dose of reality to the project.
This is just simply fantasric! Great job.
Absolutely looks great. I think that I would have maybe hidden the wires for the tank LEDs inside of the pipe work, but that's just me.
Badassery Neil! Bravo good sir! I tip my hat to you
Wow the lighting turned out so absolutely beautiful on this! Love how all the different colors interact with each other. And that kraken section looks amazing- another stunning project!
Oooof, sorry just going through old comments and can't believe I missed this. Thanks so much Devon!!!
Dude! This is just incredible. I would definetly love to play a narrative kill team match in there
Awesome build. That was a real surprise to see a sci-fi terrain piece. So great.
Thanks Julian! I was wondering what you would think about this one.🙂
@@RealTerrainHobbies I love it. It's so inspiring I want to create sth like this, too. And then do a camera run through it.
That base is alientastically done great
Looks great! One detail I think would have been really cool is a ripple effect around the tentacle monster. I've seen people do that by putting mod podge on top of resin and blowing through a straw to create the ripples. But still, the diorama looks absolutely phenomenal.
Absolutely amazing.
Stunning!! Well done.
That's a great build. Good job.
Always amazing end result!
Great video as always.
I'd love to see a video explaining your LED and the whole wiring process including materials. Looking to expand into them but not knowing where to start.
great videos. if you polish and buff those vat molds they should end up nice and shiny and transparent
Probably one of my favorite videos to date. I think the sense of menace and threat would be enhanced if there were a couple of scientists and soldiers reacting to the intrusion of this eldritch horror.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I’m going to have to find some minis to prin and post some pics on Instagram maybe.
Turned out frikin' amazing! Love it!
Having just watched you finished the mighty tavern - you moved onto this masterpiece. Outstanding, GG!
From kickstarter learned you are sask I had ideas from the hoody…bunny hug if you will. Cool to see a TH-camr from my province!
Cool project!! Can't wait for those hobbit holes. Just backed up the project, I hope that the Kickstarter reaches it's goal. With time I will get to print them even if I don't have a printer (hopefully).
Great job man by far my favorite of your builds
Love your lighting.
Outstanding build!
A tip for future I-beam construction: joints are usually braced by gusset plates. For beams where you can keep the flanges in the same plane, the plates are thick sheets of metal bolted to the outer surface of the flanges. When the flanges have to be perpendicular, the plates are basically heavy chunks of angle iron. In both cases, they make construction easier and give you a strong frame.
Only one thing I would have done different. I would have placed the LED in the Hollow in the Tank for the Aliens. Would have made the wires easily hidden, though I did like the Top Down appearance of the tank lighting.
oooo wow, this is great, ive just bought a load of terrain crates and at the weekend i'll be painting up my first set
Absolutely incredible! I find it funny (if not necessarily surprising) how many people in this hobby have construction backgrounds, I'm a carpenter myself, lol
WOW...thats cool Neil....😍
Holy crap. That is awesome.
I loved your model kits special Hi- fictions .
Nice, I did some fire sprinkler work as well!
Great vibe! Also, almost forgot District 9, watched the hell out of it once upon a time.
Amazing. Nothing else to say! All the best.
nothing wrong with scratch building what you need, years ago i was into D&D and Warhammer and i would build all my terrain
Looks great! Tip if anyone wants to start airbrush; Don't start with the 20$ ones. Their quality is so hit or miss that you never know if problems when spraying are from your inexperience or just shoddy machining. One 20$ airbrush might work fine while another will constantly splatter and clog or leak etc no matter how well you mix paint. That makes it harder to troubleshoot what goes wrong as a beginner.
Looks so good!
The lighting reminds me of the older lego games like lego batman!
But the walls and structures give me personally vibes of some older anime. Maybe gundam? Or cowboy beebop?
And of course, the monster is giving off exact feelings like bosses from Half Life.
That is what art looks like.
Beautiful work. Spectacular results in every way. Those aliens in the tanks remind me of the video game Metroid.
Those amber lightings are prefect, as amber lighting like that is common emergency lighting.
Wow, this is amazing.
Extraordinary and magnificent work friend I congratulate you, you are really great, 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎🥇👌👌
Great project!
Cool details :)
The scale of this work is impressive :) 🤜
Awesome ..... AWESOMENESSSSSSSSSS .
Thanks man :)
I'm dented! I mean, impressed! you made somethign great out of those pieces, and the idea and execution is great, too. :D as well as the lighting, it adds so much atmosphere!
too bad the bay's water is too opaque to see all of the behemoth, but there. :)
Yeah I botched the water. Live and learn :)
But thank you for the kind comments :)
Thats the stuff nightmares are made from. Great job on the piece.
Incredible! Love it!
Fabulous work Neil! Those LED's look really interesting - I've dabbled with many SMD LED's in my time, but not so many that are pre-wired! I think they'd be driven by my Conwy Castle LED drivers REALLY well, and give you a global brightness control pretty easily! (or one of my other boards for wireless control, but that's another story!). Let me know if you're looking for an electronics collaborator - I live for this stuff! :) Excellent video once again, thank you! (my Patreon money is always well spent with you!)
Nothing wrong with building scenery from model kits. That's what miniature builders for movies do. It's not all scratch built.