Suggestion on how to ship it: Go to a specialized cake store, you know, the ones that make cake for weddings, and ask them how do they ship their crazy cakes. From what i've seen they hire special services that keep the cake untouched while moving it long distances. If they can do it with cake, they will do it with the tower.
Start a Nerdforge Art Museum for people to visit. I would definitely take my daughter to see your projects and art. Like Snake Discovery created a reptile zoo. They have staff to run it so you're not invaded by us crazy fans! Thank you guys so much for creating daddy and daughter time. We look forward to new projects and we're working on our first leather wrapped tome.
Just wanted to say, you're awesome, for me daddy daughter time meant fetching my dad a bottle of beer from the cellar when he was watching soccer, you're giving your daughter much better memories and attention.
That would be fun. Maybe break it into a 2 or 3 part series. I like watching her talented detail work. Of course that means we will have to wait to see the final epic tower.
I follow this. I WANT, sooo bad, to see Martina make the two towers ! But i guess, to do it, she must have someone to buy it. I don't think she has the space to store them. And it would be kind of sad to see it in a corner, stored... Some fan interested in buying this stuff should contact her !
Quick moment to appreciate Hansi cuz I feel like he isn't appreciated enough as he's not on camera much Also I'll never get over how u manage to create such magnificent pieces in the end despite how ambitious ur projects are Beautiful. Truly BEAUTIFUL
SHE'S WEARING HER GLOVE!!!! So sickkk. I love that you don't just build things for show. You actually use tools and things. That said, your builds are always BEAUTIFUL!! I'm such a huge fan
YEAH! And I noticed she's wearing a wrist brace on her other hand too. My occupational therapist has me trying wrist braces out too but I'm not sure if I'm getting on with them. I might to just stick to compression gloves...
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A crate isn't a bad idea. Keep it vertical and add anchors between each layer that secures to the central pipe and the inside of the crate. Then fill it with packing peanuts. Make sure to label it so they keep it orientated correctly and don't try to set it down on its side. As long as you have it attached to a pallet, it should be safe. It is going to be a fairly pricey way to ship it, but this would be the safest way to ship it internationally.
Good Idea Joe, and good idea Andy. I'd even say forming some styrofoam at the top and bottom as well as maybe a couple at the mid levels as reinforcement to anchor points would also help reduce crushing, and provide stabilization.
I would like to add that you should add a tip and tell indicator on each side. The fact is that shipping companies typically don't give a shit about something that says fragile this side up. The second you add an indicator that shows if it got tipped though it becomes a different story. Sadly I am not sure if you can buy them in small batches locally. They typically only get sold in packs of 100. That said you could always just print a fake tip n tell label and slap it on the outside of the box even if it doesn't have one inside.
Adding on to these ideas, you could use your laser cutter to cut pieces of PE foam to fit around the less detailed sections. It'll be more expensive but will offer more stability, and the person you ship to won't have to deal with an avalanche of packing peanuts. I think 6-7 pieces of 5cm thick foam would be enough. Two for each of your sections and maybe one for the base where the rock tapers in. You could even cut them into hexagons and build a hexagonal crate around them. Make sure to cut them a hair larger than your crate and a hair smaller than your tower so they hold onto it well.
To ship it, I'd recommend building the plywood box like you said, then put in a bunch of braces made of the foam you use in your projects. I think that would be more secure than packaging peanuts. Plus you can cut the foam to fit exactly where you want so you can avoid any delicate areas of the piece. Amazing work as always!
Martina's love for the "large and huge" makes me think that soon a video like "I built a real medieval castle instead of my house" will appear on the channel😅
"This video took 3 yrs to make, thank you to the Norwegian Oil fund for sponsoring this video and Norwegian Cement Limited for supplying 800,000 pounds of cement!"
An idea for the shipping dilemma: Mount the base in the transport-box and take off the upermost part of the tower if possible. Then you could have a "plug" in the top part of your box, so the pipe is fixed in place once the box is closed. Now the only hazzle left is the top part, which could be shipped in a separate box filled with those packaging thingies. Best of luck :)
I wish you could make painting classes or just recordings that explain how you learned your techniques and how you use them in the right, particular places. I think that a lot of young artists would find it very helpful to learn from someone who is not boring and teaches it in a very unique way. you never cease to amaze me, Martina!! Beautiful tower!!! Thank you for your videos!
Ship it in 4 parts, the base and all 3 parts you made, all filled with packaging stuffing. You can even make a box for the base and use a fancy box for the miniatures with foam with holes carved to their shapes and sizes. Also, carving a negative form of the towers in foam to give more support during transport.
The issue with that is that someone will have to put it all back together at the end destination. I don't think Martina is traveling to the same place to do it herself.
A new nerdforge video is like a straight up shot of dopamine. Watching you create awesome art with your boundless enthousiam always leaves me feeling significantly happier! :D
I Know exactly how you feel Brother. It may seem like months in between new vids, but they are All Excellent! Right? I can't Pronounce Her Name, but I 've been watching her and her Guy build a Ton of Awesome Works.... Its Amazing how She Focuses on even the Smallest Details! I like the LeatherWorking/Book Binding/Costume Making More though. She's got ia all so we can only wait, and see what she has next for us. 🙂
Great project as always tanks I've watching your back catalog since I've found your channel thank to your colab with LTT. Now I've rarely comment but I've have actual experience shipping large fragile things so here are my suggestion: Option 1: If you can still separate the tower there is no need for a crate you can use cardboard boxes but you'll need to made a "small mod" cut the support pipe so the base can fit in a box that is not too tall and mostly empty, you can add threaded coupler and a connector for the LED Wires so it's easy to put it back together at the destination, now about prepping boxes for the individual parts, you'll need two boxes for each part for the inner box put a layer of hi density foam or Styrofoam of about 2cm lining all the walls of the box then get some instapack bags of the appropriate size to form a perfect support for the part, and that's your inner box for a short trip by truck on paved roads this would be enough, but if it need to be shipped by air o a long multi mode route, you want to add an outer box, this is much easier you need a box about 10 cm bigger in every dimension than the inner box so there is a 5 cm gap between the inner and outer box, now you just bubble graph the inner box with two layers (the big bubble kind) and fill the rest of the gap with packing peanuts. Option 2: Let say you can't separate the tower any more for this case you need a shipping pallet and a crate, you'll need to add temporary a larger base to the tower (a piece of plywood a about 10cm smaller the pallet in each dimension) with two objectives lower the center of mass of the pallet making it more stable and be able to screw together the tower and the pallet, now instapack if your best friend again for valuable and fragile things put a layer around the hole tower you'll need 3 or 4 sections for this get a cardboard box and remove the top and bottom and and do one layer at a time until you have the whole tower protected (you'll need to cut out this boxes to unpack), because cargo shipped in pallets need to be move with fork lift some time is expose to the elements you need to add a layer of film wrap (like those kiosk that wrap your suitcase at the airport) now the final step is to made a crate around the hole pallet and strap at lest in 3 point the tower already pack to the wood crate. Hope to be helpful and good luck. Saludos desde Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Bolivia
After watching your house, tower, diorama, etc. builds slowly growing -- and seeing you create a new studio & paint murals and a vehicle -- I can't help but wonder when we're going to see "Nerdforge Builds A House" (as in, a real, full-size abode for humans...) :-)
An idea that actually will work to ship your Art ( useful for everything ). -A rectangular large box (must be made of something sturdy and solid ) -Tension belts (must be what the truck drivers use to secure the load ) How it does work : The idea is that the whole thing floats in the box. You then wrap the tension belts (must be 1 on each CORNER) around the tower (then it looks like an X and the charge is free and floating right in the middle). With this technique you can transport everything safely ( Next would be water tanks but that would be useless for your tower ) Edit : Tip, if you have problems with something, always orientate yourself to nature. They always have solutions ready. Great work, unique Women and have fun. Thanks for reading
For some reason 'hexagons are the bestagons' was really unexpected and made me laugh. Wasn't expecting Martina to be a CGP Grey fan :) Great build and interesting final problem!
They make a packing material that is basically expanding foam in a sealed bag. You break the vial inside to activate it, put it in the bottom of box and then quickly put the piece on top of it. The foam expands and contours perfectly around the item. You can then do another bag on top. Then it's just "rinse and repeat" for each section. Probably a good option for shipping such a delicate and fragile item.
When I bought a computer last year, they put one of those inside the case to keep things from working loose. Not a bad idea. As for if it'll damage the project. I think if it has room to move up inside the box, it might not put to much pressure on the project.
I know everything on here is literally perfection and this might not be anyone else’s favorite part about this build!?! But my favorite part is definitely the windows!!! All of them are (for a lack of a better word) perfect! So much details and they all don’t look exactly like the rest and just so much detail in such a small space!!! And the lighting coming through them just take them to that next level!!! I love it!!!
I just noticed it, but thank you for crediting your editor. I see some other channels that don't, yet you can tell they have one. It takes a team to make these cool projects and I like that you credit everyone including your minature painter.
Shipping thoughts: Build the base into a box. Since the center is held in place by a pole, as long as you brace one of the sturdier parts of the upper section, it should keep the fiddley bits from getting damaged. Good luck!
For shipping you could cut a piece of plywood to fit exactly on top of a shipping pallet. Place the ply wood on sawhorses of whatever, just support it from the sides. Then run screws from underneath the plywood into that block of wood at the base of the tower. Then bolt plywood onto the pallet. Then build a box around the pallet. Mark it "Fragile, do not tip, do not stack, this way up" and all that.
Shipping ideas: Instapacks sort of inflate around the shape of the object being packaged. Another option would be to use packaging peanuts or vermiculite to provide stability and cushioning around the object. Plenty of options.
I was thinking instapacks as well. The only problem is sometimes they form in a way that they grab onto things you dont want them to grab onto. Also they can be expensive for something that size. Personally I would try to use bio-degradable packing peanuts. Dirt cheap, super easy to dispose of ( they disintegrate when exposed to water like "magic" ), anti-static, and entirely plant based so 100% earth safe.
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Spellforce is my childhood and current adult childhood and this is AMAZING! I love it, the tower is amazing and Martina, you did INCREDIBLE as always. See you next video.
Truly epic. I love that it is fully 3D and you can walk around it and admire new things from each side. The design is really clever using the game mechanic and tile space built in. It shows how much care and attention you show every project, even sponsored ones. Brilliant work, like usual!
Martina I would watch a 5-episode series on something like this. It both awes me and terrifies me that you build this all for one episode. I know it's your nature to like to make giant gorgeous projects and to push yourself!! But don't burn out! Protect your health! ❤️
Martina!!! That's fantastic! I've been a subscriber for a few years now, maybe 5. This is one of my favorite projects you've made. You're so enthusiastic, creative, and a really genuine person. I love your work!!❤
for a few seconds there on the final results .. my brain thought I was looking at a illustration , and not an actual structure !! girl!! I been watching you for a few yeas now , and you level up with every video !! you should be proud of yourself ! much love from Minnesota US
Packing idea: First decide on a box for the tower, then make a rectangular, hollow-centered, reinforced insert whose edges fit just inside the box to hold the tower, which can slide into the box after the tower is placed inside it... but the goal will be to have the insert only touch the tower in maybe 3 key places. To do that, I'm thinking wrap a foam ring gently around 3 places in the middle of the tower which are smoother / less pokey. Then, suspend those rings in the center of the insert using something slightly stretchy. Maybe secure the very bottom and top of the tower somehow too, but in a way that can absorb shocks. I'm thinking this would be better than packing peanut foam because that might scrape the static grass etc. off it. And leave extra space between the pokey parts of the tower and the box, so that the tower can move around suspended in the middle, without hitting the sides of the box.
WOW! Words cannot express my wonder at this latest project. Martina, you have outdone yourself again. I've said it before, thank you so much for sharing your artistry, creativity, and brilliance with us. I so look forward to seeing each of your videos. I'm a huge fan and I wish you and yours all happiness and success.
Sooo Awesome! The purple lights definitely add the magical touch. Another fun build that my son and I watched together, we love your channel. He's almost 3 and says "She's coool, and the castle is biig" so there's a win for you haha Can't wait to see what you build next
Concerning the shipping: when we ship fragile stuff at work (i.e. motors for machines) we build a frame inside a box and screw the thing to that frame so it is free hanging. As your base is wood, you could screw it to a base panel to secure it. I don't know how fragile the miniatures and pointy bits are. If you are afraid they might break when the box is vibrating in a truck, probably wrap the details in something soft (cotton balls, newspaper shreds, kitchenroll?) And then wrap the whole thing in cling film and build a box around that. Fill the box with packing peanuts. Write " this side up!" on every side and speak a quick prayer. Maybe, you can even remove the top third (if still possible) to access the pipe and secure that from the top down as well. Good luck with that. I'm holding all available thumbs for you.
It might be better to carefully use foam beads and garbage bags to pack it in sort of a christmass tree form, then use spray foam to fill the outside of that. That way, even if the spray foam expands a bit during the shipping, the foam beads still give it the extra wiggle room to expand without damaging the important pieces. You could even jokingly package it as a gigantic dill-does-thingy (read the first two words aloud without a pause between them), but put that packaging INSIDE the packaging in which you're shipping it, so only when they open the box in their office, will they see the dill-does' box, which they have to open to get to the tower inside. :)) =]]
for Packing what you can do is wrap the tower in painter plastic- get the size box you need and fill the box with expanding foam you can go light on it so when it expands it wont blow out the box or crush the model- When they recieve it they can just utilty knife it down the middle then lift off the bag- with out any expandy foam on it. treat it just like a mold
It's so freaking tall and beautiful. I'm honestly amazed by it and by the fact you keep creating more new unique creations. Fantastic job! If I built smth like this I would need a year break from everything and I would just go around it everyday and look at it. Keep us posted about its final destination
I see a video of nerdforge in notifications, and here i go. I just cant wait to see it. This is my fav channel, keep going with that incredible work 👍 Also that rock-texture tutorial cracked me up.
Another perfect video as always. Loved how simple it was to stream the lights up the pole for the buildings. Great work!!! Next thing I'm excited with all I've seen is for her to ever more medieval in the workshop using her existing shelf/storage stuff, but that's an idea, it's cool like it is too....
I really enjoy your videos, not only because of what your are making, but mainly because your presentation, mood, way to talk, etc. I really enjoyed your outside canvas painting on outside, showing Norway. Its one of the places i want to visit someday. You could also make some crafting videos like this one in outside. I know it will be hardz but with some planning you can bring "all stuff you need for that day".
This is amazing :) There is so much detail in this that I think you can't pack it in anything that is going to touch it. I would suggest that you contruct a shipping crate and a support structure that interfaces into the ends of plastic pipe in the core of the tower and to the crate. I think the top comes off so use that to access the top of the tower's plastic core. Pack the top seperately. How closely is that pipe connecting to the other parts of the tower? Maybe in internal skeleton that holds the tower's parts to the core tubing. You need this to not come loose in shipping. I'd go with spokes connecting with something like a jubilee clip round the internal tubing. For the external support structure maybe think about how you see airfix parts in a plastic surround before you pop them out. (I know this is the low structure for the injection moulding process) It might be cheaper to rent a van and go on a road trip. It would make an awesome video too.
personally i recommend wrapping bubble wrap around the figurines and any of the delicate parts and around the base where it tapers in, then putting it in a box with lots of labels that say "this way up" and "fragile" and such (in multiple languages if necessary) and then filling the rest of the empty space with packing peanuts.
Epic, the size was perfect, the work in every detail from the roots to the lights made it amazing, like all the builds you have made its the attention to the detail that gives it life 😊.
Create a frame that supports the tower in key places that will not damage the paint, yet gives it adequate space to not squash the details and miniatures, wrap the frame in paper or cardboard, then spray foam around the frame and then cut the outside of the spray foam to fit into a box.
Shipping suggestions: first thing which comes to my mind is to use foam rubber and packaging film or/with packing tape. So the idea is to wrap little intricate details such as figures and trees into foam rubber separatly, and then pack the whole structer into lightly adjusted sheets of foam rubber. If you can not really separate little details, you can just use thinner foam rubber to wrap them, and then you use thicker layers of foam rubber above which you use to wrap the whole structer; you can also use cotton wool or wadding to wrap little details. So then you wrap the tower structer tightly with several layers of plastic packaging film, and you can reinforce it with packing tape above. Then place it in a plywood box filled with more foam rubber, so you have two layers of foam rubber protecting your tower - one inner for little details and structer in general, and one eternal to reinforce the inner layer and give additional protection. You can also use paper or newspapers to wrap little details or to create second layer of protection in ply wood box. This what comes to my mind if I were to do it, hope that helps GL =)
I don’t know why but “rock smash” really caught me by surprise and let’s just say I cackled loud enough my neighbor yelled through the wall asking if I was ok or if I was summoning something! 😂
Fist of all: epic build. Very impressive. It's not often I'm saying "oh my god" out loud when I'm watching yt vids alone, but your work often compels me to. Secondly, if you're still interested in how to transport something like this: go modular. The base + three sections you started with were perfectly sized to pack and ship. pvc pipe can be coupled with a smaller diameter pvc pipe. LEDs can be coupled with plugs. Creases can be (and are, from the looks of it) covered by overhanging architectural details.
I really don't know how you flew under my radar. So far all of the videos I've watched are of things I love. I love how you're talented in multi mediums. 🖤
I just saw a life hack video were they filled a box with expanding insulating foqm, put down a layer of plastic wrap, then pressed the item into the foam. It created an indent perfect for the package, then they added a layer on top of the item and added more foam to create a top layer. I think you could do something like that, but you will probably need several cans of foam. Amazing build!
My suggestion is that you start by disassembling it into the previous quadrants and then pack each by securing them to a foam base in a box. Use small bags of expanding foam strategically around the sides of the inside of that box. place that box with the foam base glued to the bottom in a slightly larger box with packing peanuts in between ship the pole and the smaller boxes separately. It's one of the manages to take damage. You will at least only have to recreate one section
I love how this turned out. A recommendation for shipping would be to use expanding foam packaging. This would help suspend the tower and protect it from damage during transport, it would even keep everything in place. Good luck with the next project and I can't wait to see it.
You're crazy, I love it... It's so cool how you're able to make stuff based on the fact that people love watching you make stuff... All the equipment and the fact that you get to make cooler better stuff, is because of your followers, etc. And that's so cool
Woooooow!!! The whole work and final result got my jaw dropping, like almost all of your vdieos! 🙂 Keep up the awesome work! 😉 As for "how to deliver it" to the THQ Nordic - their office is in Europe, so if you don't like the idea of someone or something messing up this awesome tower - get someone to load it on a van and bring it to them 😉
I absolutely LOVE watching someone with so much love for a craft, doing their thing. I have a love for video games and art on general so it really touches my heart seeing this. Fantastic job.... As always
I just have to admire that imagination that comes out of her, from brain to actual material construction. Plus how to make it happen, the technical part of the process... Just amazing 🤩🤩🤩
I was before paying 10€/month for your content. I would cladly do that, but I got unemployed, so I stopped paying. That doesn't mean I don't like what you do ❤❤❤
To pack it, make a negative mold in styrofoam (so combined it fills out a rectangle) make a cardboard box that fits it precisely, wrap that box in bubble wrap (3 layers) and get a larger cardboard box, put the bubble wrapped box in the center, fill the rest of the air with packing peanuts.
Can we all just agree that Martina has the most awesome career ever? Building cool stuff and getting paid to do it would be my DREAM. The Wizard Tower is just incredible! So huge and imposing, yet so carefully detailed! Absolutely amazing! Every time we get to "let's have a look at the final result!" I'm completely blown away! Such talent with such a huge amount of enthusiasm is wonderful!
She is very talented, in art, crafting, videos on TH-cam are also like a piece of art. Full of enthusiasm❤ But I honestly think anyone could start this kind of journey. And if you are really good, you will be noticed for sure. So if it's your dream, you should chase it!
This is amazing! and you've gotten so much faster at building and painting these amazing structures over the years. As for shipping, the box idea is good. Maybe try to separate the tower into pieces and lightly wrap them with bubble wrap? Some jostling is unavoidable in shipping, unfortunately... But that in addition to packing peanuts could reduce the chances of things breaking. Add an instruction sheet on how to reassemble the tower with pictures of how it looks completely put together? Whatever you end up doing, I hope it goes well! Let us know, and thank you for showing us how you made this!
Your tower has to be the greatest build I’ve ever seen on the ‘Net! I can’t imagine how your mind works and the vision you had as you built this amazing construct. There must be some amount of madness in every true artist and you are truly an artist, young woman. Congratulations on your amazing achievement.
Cardboard box with internal cardboard bracing, packing to fill in the empty spaces. That should suffice. Also slap a few fragile stickers on there too. Find a cardboard box that’s tall yet thin and ship it in modules. Ultimately you’ll have 5 boxes. 3 for the body, one for the base, and one for the central support structure (pipe). This would probably be the cheapest solution, yet affective.
I appreciate the sheer amount of discipline and time it took to make this and plan out making this. Like holy crap. I was exhausted for you. Damn good job!!!
What an absolutely incredible build! A suggestion for shipping, built a crate around the castle but instead of using rigid supports, use a network of elastic bands going from one side of the crate to the other so that they apply tension to opposite sides of the tower at multiple levels. It's easier to construct and much easier to pad to protect the tower's finish.
Every new post seems to top the last. You guys are amazing and your projects all speak for themselves with all the time effort and love you put into each one.
Suggestion on how to ship it: Go to a specialized cake store, you know, the ones that make cake for weddings, and ask them how do they ship their crazy cakes. From what i've seen they hire special services that keep the cake untouched while moving it long distances. If they can do it with cake, they will do it with the tower.
Or go to NASA and ask how they transport rockets to the launch pad. 😃
This is actually a really good idea!!!!
@K ask cake boss
They transport with trucks and tie the cake with rope
Big brain
The fact that she actually uses the cyber glove she made is really really cool to me
Well she did spend a long time making sure it was usable lol but I get what u mean
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Start a Nerdforge Art Museum for people to visit. I would definitely take my daughter to see your projects and art. Like Snake Discovery created a reptile zoo. They have staff to run it so you're not invaded by us crazy fans! Thank you guys so much for creating daddy and daughter time. We look forward to new projects and we're working on our first leather wrapped tome.
Just wanted to say, you're awesome, for me daddy daughter time meant fetching my dad a bottle of beer from the cellar when he was watching soccer, you're giving your daughter much better memories and attention.
"Like Snake Discovery created a reptile zoo" Ahhhh a man of culture I see
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A man of culture who watches SD
@@toriayres5431 yes love SD
Can you imagine if she did one of the two towers from Lord of the Rings????? Holy moly
Which towers though, the two from the books or the two from the movies? Jackson changed them.
That would be fun. Maybe break it into a 2 or 3 part series. I like watching her talented detail work. Of course that means we will have to wait to see the final epic tower.
I follow this. I WANT, sooo bad, to see Martina make the two towers ! But i guess, to do it, she must have someone to buy it. I don't think she has the space to store them. And it would be kind of sad to see it in a corner, stored...
Some fan interested in buying this stuff should contact her !
@@jujufanti4788 you’re right and I agree. I would hate to see it stowed away.
@@Facetiously.Esoteric The funny thing is, most people who only watched the movies have no idea what the tower at Isengard is even called.
Quick moment to appreciate Hansi cuz I feel like he isn't appreciated enough as he's not on camera much
Also I'll never get over how u manage to create such magnificent pieces in the end despite how ambitious ur projects are
Beautiful. Truly BEAUTIFUL
I was thinking we need more of Hansi love Martinas energy but miss Hansi
And he's got a hair cut. Idk if someone noticed
@@Huawei_360 you're not alone, I noticed as well
@@andrescruz9295 nice
@@Huawei_360 I tought it was someone else who helped her because the hair looked different lol
SHE'S WEARING HER GLOVE!!!! So sickkk. I love that you don't just build things for show. You actually use tools and things. That said, your builds are always BEAUTIFUL!! I'm such a huge fan
That's exactly what I thought, finally someone that is not here just for the show !
That was the 1st thing I noticed as well! If Martina sees this I'd ask her how much it actually helps.
YEAH! And I noticed she's wearing a wrist brace on her other hand too. My occupational therapist has me trying wrist braces out too but I'm not sure if I'm getting on with them. I might to just stick to compression gloves...
Glad I'm not the only one curious as to how functional it is for her. She seems to be using it as an every day item.
@@jeradw7420yes I think ur unaware that she lost a finger...
It’s so inspiring to see someone with so much passion and enthusiasm. I always love the builds and paintings that you make!
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It inspires me to want to make things with that level of enthusiasm
I used to, but that was before TH-cam came around. including a cat tree that took over my whole living room in a ewok village theme.
It’s the female version of Adam Savage 😂😊
Same
Two things: The videos are always worth the wait and it's pretty damn cool that you're really utilizing that glove/prosthetic that you made.
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@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 Flock off.
I was thinking the same thing!
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Ikr! It's so cool that she actually made it something useful and fun to wear
You should make a huge diorama inside your studio for all the smaller dioramas you've created as one massive cohesive diorama.
I like the idea of a diorama megasort.
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I don’t think she keeps a lot of them :(
The puppers deserves spotlight and he knows it
It is a wondefull community .
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A crate isn't a bad idea. Keep it vertical and add anchors between each layer that secures to the central pipe and the inside of the crate. Then fill it with packing peanuts. Make sure to label it so they keep it orientated correctly and don't try to set it down on its side. As long as you have it attached to a pallet, it should be safe. It is going to be a fairly pricey way to ship it, but this would be the safest way to ship it internationally.
I'd put packing peanuts inside the structures as well to minimise any crushing
Good Idea Joe, and good idea Andy. I'd even say forming some styrofoam at the top and bottom as well as maybe a couple at the mid levels as reinforcement to anchor points would also help reduce crushing, and provide stabilization.
need lots of bubblewrap
I would like to add that you should add a tip and tell indicator on each side. The fact is that shipping companies typically don't give a shit about something that says fragile this side up. The second you add an indicator that shows if it got tipped though it becomes a different story.
Sadly I am not sure if you can buy them in small batches locally. They typically only get sold in packs of 100. That said you could always just print a fake tip n tell label and slap it on the outside of the box even if it doesn't have one inside.
Adding on to these ideas, you could use your laser cutter to cut pieces of PE foam to fit around the less detailed sections. It'll be more expensive but will offer more stability, and the person you ship to won't have to deal with an avalanche of packing peanuts.
I think 6-7 pieces of 5cm thick foam would be enough. Two for each of your sections and maybe one for the base where the rock tapers in. You could even cut them into hexagons and build a hexagonal crate around them. Make sure to cut them a hair larger than your crate and a hair smaller than your tower so they hold onto it well.
To ship it, I'd recommend building the plywood box like you said, then put in a bunch of braces made of the foam you use in your projects. I think that would be more secure than packaging peanuts. Plus you can cut the foam to fit exactly where you want so you can avoid any delicate areas of the piece.
Amazing work as always!
Martina's love for the "large and huge" makes me think that soon a video like "I built a real medieval castle instead of my house" will appear on the channel😅
That'd be the day 😂😂
"This video took 3 yrs to make, thank you to the Norwegian Oil fund for sponsoring this video and Norwegian Cement Limited for supplying 800,000 pounds of cement!"
Large and huge… go on…
If this happens, then she deserves a price like no other
I thought this comment was going somewhere else..
An idea for the shipping dilemma:
Mount the base in the transport-box and take off the upermost part of the tower if possible. Then you could have a "plug" in the top part of your box, so the pipe is fixed in place once the box is closed. Now the only hazzle left is the top part, which could be shipped in a separate box filled with those packaging thingies.
Best of luck :)
I wish you could make painting classes or just recordings that explain how you learned your techniques and how you use them in the right, particular places. I think that a lot of young artists would find it very helpful to learn from someone who is not boring and teaches it in a very unique way. you never cease to amaze me, Martina!! Beautiful tower!!! Thank you for your videos!
Ship it in 4 parts, the base and all 3 parts you made, all filled with packaging stuffing. You can even make a box for the base and use a fancy box for the miniatures with foam with holes carved to their shapes and sizes. Also, carving a negative form of the towers in foam to give more support during transport.
The issue with that is that someone will have to put it all back together at the end destination. I don't think Martina is traveling to the same place to do it herself.
pretty sure the parts are kinda stuck together with glue, clay, paint etc. taking it apart would mean you'd see seams after reassembly
@@xime1899 im pretty sure they got facetime or sthg like that, so martina could tell them exactly how to build it back up
The parts are not in sections anymore. So it has to be shipped as 1 unit.
It's one part now
I like how she had a clock just sitting there in some of the Timelapse’s, is shows how much time and work is really put into this..
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Yeah I love when she does that too!
The fact it only took you 20 days to make something this huge is incredible. It looks amazing
Martina, I would love to see you build something for the outdoors. Like an epic towering birdhouse!
or a froghouse like this guy: th-cam.com/video/2a4Z3Mj2R8k/w-d-xo.html
A dragons roost bird house!
A new nerdforge video is like a straight up shot of dopamine. Watching you create awesome art with your boundless enthousiam always leaves me feeling significantly happier! :D
I Know exactly how you feel Brother. It may seem like months in between new vids, but they are All Excellent! Right? I can't Pronounce Her Name, but I 've been watching her and her Guy build a Ton of Awesome Works.... Its Amazing how She Focuses on even the Smallest Details! I like the LeatherWorking/Book Binding/Costume Making More though. She's got ia all so we can only wait, and see what she has next for us. 🙂
Great project as always tanks I've watching your back catalog since I've found your channel thank to your colab with LTT.
Now I've rarely comment but I've have actual experience shipping large fragile things so here are my suggestion:
Option 1: If you can still separate the tower there is no need for a crate you can use cardboard boxes but you'll need to made a "small mod" cut the support pipe so the base can fit in a box that is not too tall and mostly empty, you can add threaded coupler and a connector for the LED Wires so it's easy to put it back together at the destination, now about prepping boxes for the individual parts, you'll need two boxes for each part for the inner box put a layer of hi density foam or Styrofoam of about 2cm lining all the walls of the box then get some instapack bags of the appropriate size to form a perfect support for the part, and that's your inner box for a short trip by truck on paved roads this would be enough, but if it need to be shipped by air o a long multi mode route, you want to add an outer box, this is much easier you need a box about 10 cm bigger in every dimension than the inner box so there is a 5 cm gap between the inner and outer box, now you just bubble graph the inner box with two layers (the big bubble kind) and fill the rest of the gap with packing peanuts.
Option 2: Let say you can't separate the tower any more for this case you need a shipping pallet and a crate, you'll need to add temporary a larger base to the tower (a piece of plywood a about 10cm smaller the pallet in each dimension) with two objectives lower the center of mass of the pallet making it more stable and be able to screw together the tower and the pallet, now instapack if your best friend again for valuable and fragile things put a layer around the hole tower you'll need 3 or 4 sections for this get a cardboard box and remove the top and bottom and and do one layer at a time until you have the whole tower protected (you'll need to cut out this boxes to unpack), because cargo shipped in pallets need to be move with fork lift some time is expose to the elements you need to add a layer of film wrap (like those kiosk that wrap your suitcase at the airport) now the final step is to made a crate around the hole pallet and strap at lest in 3 point the tower already pack to the wood crate.
Hope to be helpful and good luck.
Saludos desde Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Bolivia
How you turn bits of cardboard into the finished product is truly amazing. The paint and texture, wow.
After watching your house, tower, diorama, etc. builds slowly growing -- and seeing you create a new studio & paint murals and a vehicle -- I can't help but wonder when we're going to see "Nerdforge Builds A House" (as in, a real, full-size abode for humans...) :-)
An idea that actually will work to ship your Art ( useful for everything ).
-A rectangular large box (must be made of something sturdy and solid )
-Tension belts (must be what the truck drivers use to secure the load )
How it does work :
The idea is that the whole thing floats in the box.
You then wrap the tension belts (must be 1 on each CORNER) around the tower (then it looks like an X and the charge is free and floating right in the middle).
With this technique you can transport everything safely ( Next would be water tanks but that would be useless for your tower )
Edit : Tip, if you have problems with something, always orientate yourself to nature. They always have solutions ready.
Great work, unique Women and have fun.
Thanks for reading
For some reason 'hexagons are the bestagons' was really unexpected and made me laugh. Wasn't expecting Martina to be a CGP Grey fan :) Great build and interesting final problem!
Yes!! Love to hear that
Literally gasped, was amazing
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Hexagon IS the bestagon. So it is spoken, so it shall be
It is known.
when somebody looks slightly deranged but also excited during whatever it is they're doing, you know it's going to be a good time.
I love how Martina is not intimidated by details, and go beyond just doing a basic thing [in here for example doing the tour 'afloat']
They make a packing material that is basically expanding foam in a sealed bag. You break the vial inside to activate it, put it in the bottom of box and then quickly put the piece on top of it. The foam expands and contours perfectly around the item. You can then do another bag on top. Then it's just "rinse and repeat" for each section. Probably a good option for shipping such a delicate and fragile item.
I did not know that existed!
This is exactly what came to mind when she mentioned wanting help for packing it.
When I bought a computer last year, they put one of those inside the case to keep things from working loose. Not a bad idea. As for if it'll damage the project. I think if it has room to move up inside the box, it might not put to much pressure on the project.
Pearl's time lapse music always accompanies beautiful, artistic builds, and this is just one more example. Incredible, as always
Now I want to build this to player scale in Minecraft
@@riuphane do it!! That sounds awesome
@@suzysheep149 I gotta finish my Sharn encounter map first, but then for sure... In fact, they could tie together well
It's so weird hearing someone's timelapse music in another TH-camrs video but this mash, I can agree on ☺️
That's just Jules Gaia, an electro swing artist, I think he's on epidemic sounds so thats why his music is used almost everywhere on TH-cam
I know everything on here is literally perfection and this might not be anyone else’s favorite part about this build!?! But my favorite part is definitely the windows!!! All of them are (for a lack of a better word) perfect! So much details and they all don’t look exactly like the rest and just so much detail in such a small space!!! And the lighting coming through them just take them to that next level!!! I love it!!!
That CGP Grey reference at 3:10 had me rolling.
Also, I hope the person who designed the original drawing sees this. It looks pretty amazing
the hexagon is the bestagon. I instantly jumped to the comments when I heard it lol.
Yeah, that got the like from me. :)
Damm I love hexagons
Every body hail to Hexagons, the Bestagons. May I have an Amen?
Same
I just noticed it, but thank you for crediting your editor. I see some other channels that don't, yet you can tell they have one. It takes a team to make these cool projects and I like that you credit everyone including your minature painter.
Shipping thoughts: Build the base into a box. Since the center is held in place by a pole, as long as you brace one of the sturdier parts of the upper section, it should keep the fiddley bits from getting damaged. Good luck!
This channel gives me so much good vibes. Its a little wholesome world I can flee into, when the world outside is just... too heavy. Thanks a lot!
For shipping you could cut a piece of plywood to fit exactly on top of a shipping pallet. Place the ply wood on sawhorses of whatever, just support it from the sides. Then run screws from underneath the plywood into that block of wood at the base of the tower. Then bolt plywood onto the pallet. Then build a box around the pallet. Mark it "Fragile, do not tip, do not stack, this way up" and all that.
Little Sidenote:
Love it that you actually wear that glove from time to time 😁
I'm expecting yearly revision/upgrade videos at least.
Shipping ideas: Instapacks sort of inflate around the shape of the object being packaged. Another option would be to use packaging peanuts or vermiculite to provide stability and cushioning around the object. Plenty of options.
Came here to say the instapack idea. I would test it first to ensure that its not going to crush anything. The trees on the base will be problematic.
Vermiculite is expensive.
I was thinking instapacks as well. The only problem is sometimes they form in a way that they grab onto things you dont want them to grab onto. Also they can be expensive for something that size. Personally I would try to use bio-degradable packing peanuts. Dirt cheap, super easy to dispose of ( they disintegrate when exposed to water like "magic" ), anti-static, and entirely plant based so 100% earth safe.
Repent to Jesus Christ “You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”
1 John 4:4 NIV
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 I'm struggling to understand the point of commenting this? This is a creative channel that makes cool stuff...
Spellforce is my childhood and current adult childhood and this is AMAZING! I love it, the tower is amazing and Martina, you did INCREDIBLE as always. See you next video.
#11 on trending. You rock Martina and Hanzi 🎉🎉🎉
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Truly epic. I love that it is fully 3D and you can walk around it and admire new things from each side. The design is really clever using the game mechanic and tile space built in. It shows how much care and attention you show every project, even sponsored ones. Brilliant work, like usual!
Martina I would watch a 5-episode series on something like this. It both awes me and terrifies me that you build this all for one episode. I know it's your nature to like to make giant gorgeous projects and to push yourself!! But don't burn out! Protect your health! ❤️
that is absolutely gorgeous, as always!!!
thank you so much for making all these amazing builds, you've inspired me to make so many projects of my own
Martina!!! That's fantastic! I've been a subscriber for a few years now, maybe 5. This is one of my favorite projects you've made. You're so enthusiastic, creative, and a really genuine person. I love your work!!❤
for a few seconds there on the final results .. my brain thought I was looking at a illustration , and not an actual structure !! girl!! I been watching you for a few yeas now , and you level up with every video !! you should be proud of yourself ! much love from Minnesota US
Packing idea: First decide on a box for the tower, then make a rectangular, hollow-centered, reinforced insert whose edges fit just inside the box to hold the tower, which can slide into the box after the tower is placed inside it... but the goal will be to have the insert only touch the tower in maybe 3 key places. To do that, I'm thinking wrap a foam ring gently around 3 places in the middle of the tower which are smoother / less pokey. Then, suspend those rings in the center of the insert using something slightly stretchy. Maybe secure the very bottom and top of the tower somehow too, but in a way that can absorb shocks. I'm thinking this would be better than packing peanut foam because that might scrape the static grass etc. off it. And leave extra space between the pokey parts of the tower and the box, so that the tower can move around suspended in the middle, without hitting the sides of the box.
Too complex just using ample amount of 500-1000ml air pockets would suffice for stabilisation.
8:43 Nori following you in the background is just perfection. The puppers deserves spotlight and he knows it 😂💖
This is probably the only video I've seen where the advert feels like it fits seamlessly into the video and I was invested in learning about it
WOW! Words cannot express my wonder at this latest project. Martina, you have outdone yourself again. I've said it before, thank you so much for sharing your artistry, creativity, and brilliance with us. I so look forward to seeing each of your videos. I'm a huge fan and I wish you and yours all happiness and success.
Sooo Awesome! The purple lights definitely add the magical touch. Another fun build that my son and I watched together, we love your channel. He's almost 3 and says "She's coool, and the castle is biig" so there's a win for you haha Can't wait to see what you build next
Concerning the shipping: when we ship fragile stuff at work (i.e. motors for machines) we build a frame inside a box and screw the thing to that frame so it is free hanging. As your base is wood, you could screw it to a base panel to secure it. I don't know how fragile the miniatures and pointy bits are. If you are afraid they might break when the box is vibrating in a truck, probably wrap the details in something soft (cotton balls, newspaper shreds, kitchenroll?) And then wrap the whole thing in cling film and build a box around that. Fill the box with packing peanuts. Write " this side up!" on every side and speak a quick prayer. Maybe, you can even remove the top third (if still possible) to access the pipe and secure that from the top down as well. Good luck with that. I'm holding all available thumbs for you.
It might be better to carefully use foam beads and garbage bags to pack it in sort of a christmass tree form, then use spray foam to fill the outside of that. That way, even if the spray foam expands a bit during the shipping, the foam beads still give it the extra wiggle room to expand without damaging the important pieces. You could even jokingly package it as a gigantic dill-does-thingy (read the first two words aloud without a pause between them), but put that packaging INSIDE the packaging in which you're shipping it, so only when they open the box in their office, will they see the dill-does' box, which they have to open to get to the tower inside. :)) =]]
I love this idea! 😂
Foam beads are awfull. There are air pockets sold as about 500ml -1liters in size. They are lightweight and not messy.
spray foam would work amazing!
if you use a more squishy type then even if the box gets pressed on a bit it wont damage the structure!
This is absolutely mindblowing! They pulled out a golden ticket by contacting you. The tower is *Majestic* !
for Packing what you can do is wrap the tower in painter plastic- get the size box you need and fill the box with expanding foam you can go light on it so when it expands it wont blow out the box or crush the model- When they recieve it they can just utilty knife it down the middle then lift off the bag- with out any expandy foam on it. treat it just like a mold
It's so freaking tall and beautiful. I'm honestly amazed by it and by the fact you keep creating more new unique creations. Fantastic job! If I built smth like this I would need a year break from everything and I would just go around it everyday and look at it. Keep us posted about its final destination
I see a video of nerdforge in notifications, and here i go. I just cant wait to see it. This is my fav channel, keep going with that incredible work 👍
Also that rock-texture tutorial cracked me up.
From a standpoint of art, I really enjoyed the extended assembly sequence with accelerated video and the musical background.
Another perfect video as always. Loved how simple it was to stream the lights up the pole for the buildings. Great work!!! Next thing I'm excited with all I've seen is for her to ever more medieval in the workshop using her existing shelf/storage stuff, but that's an idea, it's cool like it is too....
I just ADORE that tiny cat on the balcony! Such insane details!
She's done more work in this one project than I've worked in my whole life 💀
This is absolutely incredible. Again another brilliant build amazing every time. Truly amazing
I really enjoy your videos, not only because of what your are making, but mainly because your presentation, mood, way to talk, etc.
I really enjoyed your outside canvas painting on outside, showing Norway. Its one of the places i want to visit someday.
You could also make some crafting videos like this one in outside. I know it will be hardz but with some planning you can bring "all stuff you need for that day".
Hexagon IS the Bestagon - CGP Grey would approve
Imagine them working together on something involving magic the gathering or maybe bees. 🐝
It's insane that you built this in only 20 days. It looks so good
This is amazing :) There is so much detail in this that I think you can't pack it in anything that is going to touch it.
I would suggest that you contruct a shipping crate and a support structure that interfaces into the ends of plastic pipe in the core of the tower and to the crate. I think the top comes off so use that to access the top of the tower's plastic core. Pack the top seperately. How closely is that pipe connecting to the other parts of the tower? Maybe in internal skeleton that holds the tower's parts to the core tubing. You need this to not come loose in shipping. I'd go with spokes connecting with something like a jubilee clip round the internal tubing. For the external support structure maybe think about how you see airfix parts in a plastic surround before you pop them out. (I know this is the low structure for the injection moulding process) It might be cheaper to rent a van and go on a road trip. It would make an awesome video too.
Always a treat. If I ever find myself with the means to do so, I want to commission a piece with Martina and Hans. Great work as always. 👍
Love watching you create. Your painting, shading, blending, and attention to detail breathes life into your art.
personally i recommend wrapping bubble wrap around the figurines and any of the delicate parts and around the base where it tapers in, then putting it in a box with lots of labels that say "this way up" and "fragile" and such (in multiple languages if necessary) and then filling the rest of the empty space with packing peanuts.
Epic, the size was perfect, the work in every detail from the roots to the lights made it amazing, like all the builds you have made its the attention to the detail that gives it life 😊.
Great work! The tiny window pattern really is amazing.
It's also cool to see you're getting use out of your cyborg prosthetic.
Create a frame that supports the tower in key places that will not damage the paint, yet gives it adequate space to not squash the details and miniatures, wrap the frame in paper or cardboard, then spray foam around the frame and then cut the outside of the spray foam to fit into a box.
I'm actually at a loss for words at how talented and amazing you are. This is absolutely stunning ❤
Love how she's still using the finger she made a few videos back. Love the content!
I can imagine there's yearly revision/upgrade videos coming.
Shipping suggestions: first thing which comes to my mind is to use foam rubber and packaging film or/with packing tape. So the idea is to wrap little intricate details such as figures and trees into foam rubber separatly, and then pack the whole structer into lightly adjusted sheets of foam rubber. If you can not really separate little details, you can just use thinner foam rubber to wrap them, and then you use thicker layers of foam rubber above which you use to wrap the whole structer; you can also use cotton wool or wadding to wrap little details. So then you wrap the tower structer tightly with several layers of plastic packaging film, and you can reinforce it with packing tape above. Then place it in a plywood box filled with more foam rubber, so you have two layers of foam rubber protecting your tower - one inner for little details and structer in general, and one eternal to reinforce the inner layer and give additional protection. You can also use paper or newspapers to wrap little details or to create second layer of protection in ply wood box. This what comes to my mind if I were to do it, hope that helps GL =)
I don’t know why but “rock smash” really caught me by surprise and let’s just say I cackled loud enough my neighbor yelled through the wall asking if I was ok or if I was summoning something! 😂
that did not happen, at all. you do not need to make things up in order to be funny.
I love how she really enjoys her building so much! It makes it way better seeing that she loved to craft that instead of: here's my finished thing
Fist of all: epic build. Very impressive. It's not often I'm saying "oh my god" out loud when I'm watching yt vids alone, but your work often compels me to.
Secondly, if you're still interested in how to transport something like this: go modular. The base + three sections you started with were perfectly sized to pack and ship. pvc pipe can be coupled with a smaller diameter pvc pipe. LEDs can be coupled with plugs. Creases can be (and are, from the looks of it) covered by overhanging architectural details.
Never ceases to amaze me. Also fan of the pastel hair ❤
I really don't know how you flew under my radar. So far all of the videos I've watched are of things I love. I love how you're talented in multi mediums. 🖤
I just saw a life hack video were they filled a box with expanding insulating foqm, put down a layer of plastic wrap, then pressed the item into the foam. It created an indent perfect for the package, then they added a layer on top of the item and added more foam to create a top layer. I think you could do something like that, but you will probably need several cans of foam.
Amazing build!
I love how Martina can get so creative with her projects
I love how we can see the genuine excitement and love on your face when you do these. It's inspiring to see you so passionate. Keep creating ❤❤
My suggestion is that you start by disassembling it into the previous quadrants and then pack each by securing them to a foam base in a box. Use small bags of expanding foam strategically around the sides of the inside of that box. place that box with the foam base glued to the bottom in a slightly larger box with packing peanuts in between ship the pole and the smaller boxes separately. It's one of the manages to take damage. You will at least only have to recreate one section
I love how this turned out. A recommendation for shipping would be to use expanding foam packaging. This would help suspend the tower and protect it from damage during transport, it would even keep everything in place. Good luck with the next project and I can't wait to see it.
It would also break off any small pieces like the trees and miniatures. It would also pull up the grass.
You're crazy, I love it... It's so cool how you're able to make stuff based on the fact that people love watching you make stuff... All the equipment and the fact that you get to make cooler better stuff, is because of your followers, etc. And that's so cool
Woooooow!!! The whole work and final result got my jaw dropping, like almost all of your vdieos! 🙂
Keep up the awesome work! 😉
As for "how to deliver it" to the THQ Nordic - their office is in Europe, so if you don't like the idea of someone or something messing up this awesome tower - get someone to load it on a van and bring it to them 😉
I absolutely LOVE watching someone with so much love for a craft, doing their thing. I have a love for video games and art on general so it really touches my heart seeing this. Fantastic job.... As always
Parabéns!! acho interessante seu esforço e força de vontade para realizar várias tarefas👏🏽👏🏽
Looks so amazing! The details you always put brings so much life to your projects! Also Hansi hair cut looks great!
I just have to admire that imagination that comes out of her, from brain to actual material construction. Plus how to make it happen, the technical part of the process... Just amazing 🤩🤩🤩
Hopefully Hollywood doesn't get her....
I was before paying 10€/month for your content. I would cladly do that, but I got unemployed, so I stopped paying. That doesn't mean I don't like what you do ❤❤❤
To pack it, make a negative mold in styrofoam (so combined it fills out a rectangle) make a cardboard box that fits it precisely, wrap that box in bubble wrap (3 layers) and get a larger cardboard box, put the bubble wrapped box in the center, fill the rest of the air with packing peanuts.
Can we all just agree that Martina has the most awesome career ever? Building cool stuff and getting paid to do it would be my DREAM.
The Wizard Tower is just incredible! So huge and imposing, yet so carefully detailed! Absolutely amazing!
Every time we get to "let's have a look at the final result!" I'm completely blown away! Such talent with such a huge amount of enthusiasm is wonderful!
She is very talented, in art, crafting, videos on TH-cam are also like a piece of art. Full of enthusiasm❤
But I honestly think anyone could start this kind of journey. And if you are really good, you will be noticed for sure. So if it's your dream, you should chase it!
Female adam Savage with less experience
Already bought this game and I really enjoy it.
So it was super cool to see the mage tower made in real life 😍🤩
This is amazing! and you've gotten so much faster at building and painting these amazing structures over the years.
As for shipping, the box idea is good. Maybe try to separate the tower into pieces and lightly wrap them with bubble wrap? Some jostling is unavoidable in shipping, unfortunately... But that in addition to packing peanuts could reduce the chances of things breaking. Add an instruction sheet on how to reassemble the tower with pictures of how it looks completely put together?
Whatever you end up doing, I hope it goes well! Let us know, and thank you for showing us how you made this!
I was making mystical magic scrolls while watching this because it wad so inspiring watching you, keep up the good work
Your tower has to be the greatest build I’ve ever seen on the ‘Net! I can’t imagine how your mind works and the vision you had as you built this amazing construct. There must be some amount of madness in every true artist and you are truly an artist, young woman. Congratulations on your amazing achievement.
Cardboard box with internal cardboard bracing, packing to fill in the empty spaces. That should suffice. Also slap a few fragile stickers on there too. Find a cardboard box that’s tall yet thin and ship it in modules. Ultimately you’ll have 5 boxes. 3 for the body, one for the base, and one for the central support structure (pipe). This would probably be the cheapest solution, yet affective.
I appreciate the sheer amount of discipline and time it took to make this and plan out making this. Like holy crap. I was exhausted for you. Damn good job!!!
These are the exact kind of collaborations you and your channel are perfect at.
What an absolutely incredible build! A suggestion for shipping, built a crate around the castle but instead of using rigid supports, use a network of elastic bands going from one side of the crate to the other so that they apply tension to opposite sides of the tower at multiple levels. It's easier to construct and much easier to pad to protect the tower's finish.
Every new post seems to top the last. You guys are amazing and your projects all speak for themselves with all the time effort and love you put into each one.