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The wrought iron fences (I've seen some cool stuff done with black needlepoint plastic canvas (you can find it at Michaels) around the cemetery would help a lot. I'd also add some cherubic and/or gargoyle type statuary (which of course could also animate at a bad time). You might think about another mausoleum with an interchangeable door...one normal stone, one that appears to be broken open from the inside. Just some suggestions.
The copper roofs need rust colored wash streaking from the fixtures. Take a super soft round brush get it very wet with orange/brown mix and just touch the tip on each bolt on the roof, let it streak down like it would in the rain. Blow on it to keep it from beading up to much and to move it into the cracks and creases that you want it to.
I love when you do these building videos. I find myself watching them multiple times just so I can pick up all the details. As far as more pieces for your graveyard how about tomestones , open graves or some coffins. Maybe some dungeon tiles for an encounter in a large tome.
Very neat Jeremy! So you have a Dark Cathedral, tombstones, statues, a catacomb entrance and now a mausoleum! Great! What about fences or/and an old entrance gate? Just thinking to something like Garden of Morr by GW. Then in every cemetery you can find a very spooky spot... a very particular tree, a special grave, a maleficient statue... you ask me? A spooky-portal-tree ;)
I did a build and video that was in the exact same spirit like two weeks ago. Simple foam build for fantasy games. You only miss things if you aren't watching them.
I love it that you showed us the "human side" with mistakes and correction, improvisation and trial and error approach in this case :) I like the final production anyway!!
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Late to the party, but it really is. As someone just getting into crafting for my D&D games, showing the trial/error, mistakes, and general improvisation helps (at least for me personally) to alleviate some of that initial trepidation and fear.
Very cool set piece! Next time you're working with foamcore (other than the dollar store stuff) and you want to get the paper off, you can hit it with a hair dryer on high for a few minutes; the heat should soften up the glue enough for you to peel the paper off, though depending on the size of the piece and how fast you're working, you may need to apply heat multiple times.
Very cool build. I saw somebody painting that weathered copper look on a statue and they had base coated in the turquoise and then dry brushed a metallic copper over it - the result looked great, very similar to Citadel’s technical wash which simulates this effect.
To cut down on how many coats you need on something like your roof, you can do a heavy drybrush of white directly on the black before the green. In general, its a good way to work with the translucency of your colors to accent depth- I use white on black as a standard part of my priming. Because you're layering paints over it, you don't need to worry about going too heavy (for the most part) and it's a great way to bring out fine details in the early stages of painting minis.
A good trick for quickly making even borders (like on the doors and windows) is to take a compass, spaced to the desired border thickness, and follow along the inner edge with one side of the compass. Works great!
I've been on university campuses with copper roofing, and to be fair to your build, when it's been cleaned and maintained, it is exactly that shade of lucid green XD
Yea, I actually think I got it accurate, it just didn’t have the aesthetic I wanted for tabletop. I find that happens sometimes, and tend to prefer to go for things that look cool instead of things that look realistic.
oh yeah, I'm happy you made this for community. I have the little viking farmhouse, the medieval cottage and will make this one. Thanks a LOT really man. Your speed builds are special for me because they are easy to make (of course my crafts don't look good as yours). I see a lot of great crafts on TCG but I always feel I can't make anything like them. Your good explanation and simple buildings give me confidence to practice and eventually get into more elaborated things. Wish you could make some more vids like these speedbuilds, but I understand you have other priorities in your life and crafter life :) Thanks again.
Im so grateful for all the supply sites you recommend! Ive ordered some stuff from Green Stuff and cant wait for a bit of extra cash to invest in some detailed windows. I've been playing around using plastic sheet protectors to make stained glass effects but the little cut out frames would help out so much.
I've been doing the same thing with my foamcore- when building base structures I'll leave the paper on because it seems to make the end result much more sturdy. Sometimes I'll just take off the paper from one side if I'm doing any texturing directly on the piece
For a few suggestions. First, if you went with the option of starting with a metallic for the patina look, the best option is to then thin out the patina color with rubbing alcohol and work it in directly over the metallic almost like a wash. It tends to help with leaving a more weathered look to it. Also it gives a slight overrun, which is something you can often see with copper roofs where as the patina is forming, some of it is washed off by rain and stains the stone around it, such as spouts and the like. For a second thing, while not exactly with this build, but if you use the laser cut windows for an actual window rather than the false windows like the mausoleum, the best way to do it is to go for the clear plastic from clam packs. Paint the window frame separately from the rest, same with the plastic (paint it on the back of it if you want it to be painted) then assemble everything together. You get some great glass work. As a major, simple thing that you can do for a graveyard, if you get some of the wide craft sticks, cut the ends off several for headstones and just use hot glue to mount them on complete ones 2-4 per full stick. Mix up some gloop (Paint, white glue/mod podge, and fine sand) and cover the stones, and just glue/sand the full sticks before painting them up and flocking them. They work great to fill up a graveyard without that much effort and can be mass produced with relative ease.
Tabletop Minions has a good tutorial on it with one of the early videos on that channel. Adam did it with statues rather than roofs, but I've used it with both myself since then.
I try not to spill a wall of text here, but after watching a few other videos of yours, I must say... The level of your creative work is just stunning. These speed build series are just awesome. It's always great and satisfying to watch others doing great job, especially when creating things. I caught myself watching your videos just for relaxing, have a great time. People like you, DM Scotty and DM G amaze us with your creativity and skillsets. This comment should really appear on all of your channels, but here's where it landed. I just couldn't resist to write this to you; thank you for these awesome content, I'm gradually getting the urge of buying some minis and stuff more and more, although I don't have the opportunity to play these games, I only watch these videos to please my eyes and smile with wonder. :)
I completely agree with your sentiment with the roof. As soon as I saw you do the door/windows I was like.... Damn he should have done that to the roof.
#hindsitght. But that’s what these videos are all about, take the good and the bad, and you guys can do what I should have done instead of what I did do.
This is a really nice build! I'd say switch to a brown wash (similar to agrax earthshade from GW). I used to use alot of black wash but iv found using brown works just as effectively of not better in a lot of instances
I have that disc of assorted gems and have also used it for rivets. Nice job, overall. I agree that your verdigris effect needs a bunch of work, though I think you managed to save it, somewhat.
For a piece you only spent 6 or 7 hours on, and not really fond of, you did some top quality work. The verdigris roof turned up exceptionally well I thought. You have a great deal of talent, I would probably spend twice as long on a project like that and come away with a product half as good
Thank you! Its not that I don’t like it or think its not good, I just think the paint job isn’t as good as it could be on the build. Often with speed builds its the painting that suffers since I can usually pull off detailed builds quickly, but really nice paint takes time.
How about a video on how you made the tombstones? I have a cemetery encounter coming up and I don't know if I'll do the mausoleum, but some stones are definitely in order.
Awesome vid bro!! Love the final result. And thanks for the Canadian links and consideration- much appreciated from a loyal Northern fan 😉. Keep up the awesome work 😈
That amount of detail I don't think is possible without the laser cut pieces, but I think you could do passable gates with toothpicks or very thin dowels.
Love your channel! it has helped me grow as a crafter so much! I'm working on building a three encounter campaign that is centered around necromancy so this is perfect. BTW what ever happened to Steve?
Possibly!.....I see so many builds on there daily that they all subconsciously influence what I do. I think though that the build that actively inpired me to do this what’s the winner of the last Guild Build that included a small mausoleum.
Black Magic Craft Oh yes that was awesome, I voted for that one. Definitely think you should build some fences. That'll finish your graveyard set nicely. I'm gonna have a go at a church/cathedral soon. Thanks for the videos, keep up the great content
How bout some accessories? I see some barrels, tables, furniture, etc. Did you make those too? I've seen mostly buildings builds... Do you duplicate your buildings.. by using molds and resins?
It looks great, but all the mosoleums i've seen are flat topped with pillars, though the only ones i've seen were either from the 1800s, or games like Daggerfall and Diablo
I consider something a speed build if I can build and film it in one session....so a few hours work. This is at the top end of what I consider a speed build, but still....if I could make it the day of the game and get it on my table that night, it’s speedy in my eyes.
Black Magic Craft it still looks cool af, just small details like that stand out to me lol I'd keep that in mind just for future arches, given they're meant to be "functional" stonework compared to modern building where its all just decorative... still, love watching your vids for inspiration for my gaming
Nah, I get it. Certain things even on a fantasy piece bug me if they don't make sense (like when cracks in tiles dont go from edge to edge). In the end it doesn't matter as it's just a prop for a d&d game, but adding more realistic constraints is always helpful.
I have this one old Ral Partha 1990s kit of a dragon flying with dwarves riding it in storage for several yrs now Ive been wanting to do but the armature sucks. They have these very thin wires to hold up the weight of the dragon but once its all put together there is no way in hell the wires will support the weight of both the dragon and dwarves. And itll break the wires plus trying to find a way to hide the wires so they dont look like wires has been difficult. I thought maybe if i cover them in a bunch of cotton so it looks like its flying thru the clouds or something. Or they are being shot at with cannon balls from below the cloud cover and have the cannonballs attached to the wire supports and cotton to cover the wires to show the air stream from the cannon fire. But Im definitely need to do something other than a wire hanger wire holding it up. here is the kit and its in storage right now www.ironwindmetals.com/images/com_hikashop/upload/fantasy/10-462%20RtCWtV.jpg Ive been wanting to finally make this diorama for some time now. You can see that 2 of the 3wires in the picture are already bending and eventually they break under the weight. Ive been thinking of replacing the thin wire with maybe some solid aluminum round stock thats just a lil bit thicker that might support its weight better, but then if its to thick then it might take away from it and make it look like crap. Any suggestions everyone?
Have you checked out www.stockade.ca/ ? They have some interesting craft supplies. I like getting different sized wooden circles and squares for mini bases and other bits that I cant find on amazon
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How about some gothic wrought iron fences?
Gothic fences would be great. Maybe a raised embankment with a spooky tree and some freshly dug graves carved in it?
The wrought iron fences (I've seen some cool stuff done with black needlepoint plastic canvas (you can find it at Michaels) around the cemetery would help a lot. I'd also add some cherubic and/or gargoyle type statuary (which of course could also animate at a bad time). You might think about another mausoleum with an interchangeable door...one normal stone, one that appears to be broken open from the inside. Just some suggestions.
You have tombstones, what about adding some graves? Make several of them look like they've been disturbed or dug up.
Mausoleum and maybe a grounds keepers shed. Lots of little grave stones. Maybe a statue or a giant cross(or other symbol of a religion)
The copper roofs need rust colored wash streaking from the fixtures. Take a super soft round brush get it very wet with orange/brown mix and just touch the tip on each bolt on the roof, let it streak down like it would in the rain. Blow on it to keep it from beading up to much and to move it into the cracks and creases that you want it to.
Pls consider making a series of video in which you build a castle.
Maybe one day.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial It's been 2 years. Does today count as "one day?"
Does plague city count?
I love when you do these building videos. I find myself watching them multiple times just so I can pick up all the details. As far as more pieces for your graveyard how about tomestones , open graves or some coffins. Maybe some dungeon tiles for an encounter in a large tome.
Very neat Jeremy! So you have a Dark Cathedral, tombstones, statues, a catacomb entrance and now a mausoleum! Great! What about fences or/and an old entrance gate? Just thinking to something like Garden of Morr by GW. Then in every cemetery you can find a very spooky spot... a very particular tree, a special grave, a maleficient statue... you ask me? A spooky-portal-tree ;)
Those window and door pieces really took that piece up a level! Great work on the stone too.
Nice build man. Thanks!
Incredible! You make the most insanely beautiful houses and D&D props 😀
Found this channel a week ago, already one of my favourites!
I miss these kind of videos. This was such an awesome build.
I did a build and video that was in the exact same spirit like two weeks ago. Simple foam build for fantasy games. You only miss things if you aren't watching them.
I love it that you showed us the "human side" with mistakes and correction, improvisation and trial and error approach in this case :)
I like the final production anyway!!
I think that’s the best/most important part of these videos :)
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Late to the party, but it really is. As someone just getting into crafting for my D&D games, showing the trial/error, mistakes, and general improvisation helps (at least for me personally) to alleviate some of that initial trepidation and fear.
Very cool set piece! Next time you're working with foamcore (other than the dollar store stuff) and you want to get the paper off, you can hit it with a hair dryer on high for a few minutes; the heat should soften up the glue enough for you to peel the paper off, though depending on the size of the piece and how fast you're working, you may need to apply heat multiple times.
Going to attempt the aged roof... Tyvm for your inspiration and insight
Looks great!
Very cool build. I saw somebody painting that weathered copper look on a statue and they had base coated in the turquoise and then dry brushed a metallic copper over it - the result looked great, very similar to Citadel’s technical wash which simulates this effect.
That sounds like a good idea, I’ll have to try it.
To cut down on how many coats you need on something like your roof, you can do a heavy drybrush of white directly on the black before the green. In general, its a good way to work with the translucency of your colors to accent depth- I use white on black as a standard part of my priming. Because you're layering paints over it, you don't need to worry about going too heavy (for the most part) and it's a great way to bring out fine details in the early stages of painting minis.
Tom Marren
AWESOME! Nice! Will try this once I finish my current project!
A good trick for quickly making even borders (like on the doors and windows) is to take a compass, spaced to the desired border thickness, and follow along the inner edge with one side of the compass. Works great!
I've been on university campuses with copper roofing, and to be fair to your build, when it's been cleaned and maintained, it is exactly that shade of lucid green XD
Yea, I actually think I got it accurate, it just didn’t have the aesthetic I wanted for tabletop. I find that happens sometimes, and tend to prefer to go for things that look cool instead of things that look realistic.
oh yeah, I'm happy you made this for community.
I have the little viking farmhouse, the medieval cottage and will make this one.
Thanks a LOT really man. Your speed builds are special for me because they are easy to make (of course my crafts don't look good as yours).
I see a lot of great crafts on TCG but I always feel I can't make anything like them.
Your good explanation and simple buildings give me confidence to practice and eventually get into more elaborated things.
Wish you could make some more vids like these speedbuilds, but I understand you have other priorities in your life and crafter life :)
Thanks again.
Im so grateful for all the supply sites you recommend! Ive ordered some stuff from Green Stuff and cant wait for a bit of extra cash to invest in some detailed windows. I've been playing around using plastic sheet protectors to make stained glass effects but the little cut out frames would help out so much.
I've been doing the same thing with my foamcore- when building base structures I'll leave the paper on because it seems to make the end result much more sturdy. Sometimes I'll just take off the paper from one side if I'm doing any texturing directly on the piece
I’ve done that in the past but still had issues with the rediboard variety peeling off later if any wash gets on it.
Those figs you got from Nathan look super good there.
Looks great man! Some metallic medium would have helped on the roof but it's really beautiful!
I would love to tour all the minis in the background!!!
For a few suggestions.
First, if you went with the option of starting with a metallic for the patina look, the best option is to then thin out the patina color with rubbing alcohol and work it in directly over the metallic almost like a wash. It tends to help with leaving a more weathered look to it. Also it gives a slight overrun, which is something you can often see with copper roofs where as the patina is forming, some of it is washed off by rain and stains the stone around it, such as spouts and the like.
For a second thing, while not exactly with this build, but if you use the laser cut windows for an actual window rather than the false windows like the mausoleum, the best way to do it is to go for the clear plastic from clam packs. Paint the window frame separately from the rest, same with the plastic (paint it on the back of it if you want it to be painted) then assemble everything together. You get some great glass work.
As a major, simple thing that you can do for a graveyard, if you get some of the wide craft sticks, cut the ends off several for headstones and just use hot glue to mount them on complete ones 2-4 per full stick. Mix up some gloop (Paint, white glue/mod podge, and fine sand) and cover the stones, and just glue/sand the full sticks before painting them up and flocking them. They work great to fill up a graveyard without that much effort and can be mass produced with relative ease.
I’m pretty intrigued by the idea of the patina wash. I will definitely have to expirement with that.
Tabletop Minions has a good tutorial on it with one of the early videos on that channel. Adam did it with statues rather than roofs, but I've used it with both myself since then.
I didn’t know he had actual tutorial vids, everything I’ve seen has just been talking head. I’ll check it out.
It looks fantastic to me buddy!
I try not to spill a wall of text here, but after watching a few other videos of yours, I must say...
The level of your creative work is just stunning. These speed build series are just awesome. It's always great and satisfying to watch others doing great job, especially when creating things. I caught myself watching your videos just for relaxing, have a great time. People like you, DM Scotty and DM G amaze us with your creativity and skillsets. This comment should really appear on all of your channels, but here's where it landed.
I just couldn't resist to write this to you; thank you for these awesome content, I'm gradually getting the urge of buying some minis and stuff more and more, although I don't have the opportunity to play these games, I only watch these videos to please my eyes and smile with wonder. :)
Thanks for watching!
Yayyyy some terrain again!
I completely agree with your sentiment with the roof. As soon as I saw you do the door/windows I was like.... Damn he should have done that to the roof.
#hindsitght. But that’s what these videos are all about, take the good and the bad, and you guys can do what I should have done instead of what I did do.
i would LOVE to see what you could do with lots of time/planning, like a whole village or big citadel :O
This is a really nice build!
I'd say switch to a brown wash (similar to agrax earthshade from GW). I used to use alot of black wash but iv found using brown works just as effectively of not better in a lot of instances
I have that disc of assorted gems and have also used it for rivets. Nice job, overall. I agree that your verdigris effect needs a bunch of work, though I think you managed to save it, somewhat.
Actually working on a grave while this is in the background!
For a piece you only spent 6 or 7 hours on, and not really fond of, you did some top quality work. The verdigris roof turned up exceptionally well I thought. You have a great deal of talent, I would probably spend twice as long on a project like that and come away with a product half as good
Thank you! Its not that I don’t like it or think its not good, I just think the paint job isn’t as good as it could be on the build. Often with speed builds its the painting that suffers since I can usually pull off detailed builds quickly, but really nice paint takes time.
How about a video on how you made the tombstones? I have a cemetery encounter coming up and I don't know if I'll do the mausoleum, but some stones are definitely in order.
Step one: Go to store
Step two: Buy tombstones
Sorry, I didn't make them
have you thought of making any stone caskets for your mausoleum or for a cataclysms
Clever way for bricks to meet the roof!
came out good
Awesome vid bro!! Love the final result. And thanks for the Canadian links and consideration- much appreciated from a loyal Northern fan 😉. Keep up the awesome work 😈
Yea, man, the struggle is real. Those of us north of the wall always get screwed!
I do like that roof colour :D
Beautiful piece. Roof didn’t turn out bad at all imo.
Great video!
I like the speed build videos and would love to see more of those. =)
Keep up the good work!
Don’t worry they are a staple of the channel :)
very nice build..i would like to see one building with 2 floors or a rooftop and outside stair!! Can i ask which microphone and camera do you use ?
Would you ever do anything Steampunk or less fantasy , for Iron Kingdoms? Like an observatory maybe?
Looks great - any suggestions on how to achieve the doors and windows without buying laser cut pieces?
That amount of detail I don't think is possible without the laser cut pieces, but I think you could do passable gates with toothpicks or very thin dowels.
Thanks for the help. I love your stuff
Whoa, had no idea dollarama and dollartree sold different foam board. Thanks!
Love your channel! it has helped me grow as a crafter so much! I'm working on building a three encounter campaign that is centered around necromancy so this is perfect. BTW what ever happened to Steve?
Steve got fired for eating all the craft supplies.
Where do you get your doors and windows?
I would love to see you make benches and a big creepy tree
Check my archives of videos ;)
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I will search for it!
What would you recommend for windows and doors if one doesn’t have those pieces you have.
Thx for metric System 👌🏻
A large(ish) stone coffin with broken lid, as grave robbers looted it or a zombie arose!
Sharing on Pinoy Wargamer Terrain Builders! Great work!
Awesome build Jeremy, the roof still turned out great. Inspired by my mausoleum I posted on the TCG facebook page last week perhaps? ;)
Possibly!.....I see so many builds on there daily that they all subconsciously influence what I do. I think though that the build that actively inpired me to do this what’s the winner of the last Guild Build that included a small mausoleum.
Black Magic Craft
Oh yes that was awesome, I voted for that one. Definitely think you should build some fences. That'll finish your graveyard set nicely. I'm gonna have a go at a church/cathedral soon. Thanks for the videos, keep up the great content
very nice building...i waiting for to next video good look
You are the diorama king.🙂
god i missed them so much
Very nice!
Did you craft the statue and grave yard pieces as well?
The tombstones and statue are not hand made. I think they are GW. Someone gave them to me.
Think that a tiny bit of cobber color on that roof would do alot
Just got the Proxxon through your site. I hope it gives you much deserved $
I find it impossible to cut straight lines with a knife so I am hoping this solves that
How bout some accessories? I see some barrels, tables, furniture, etc. Did you make those too? I've seen mostly buildings builds...
Do you duplicate your buildings.. by using molds and resins?
Awesome
Great Video but who has that evil tombs?
It looks great, but all the mosoleums i've seen are flat topped with pillars, though the only ones i've seen were either from the 1800s, or games like Daggerfall and Diablo
You need to get out more.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial i get around, but the closest thing to a city nearby is sudbarry which isn't even a city
muito bom, parabens!!!
Nice build, looks great! However, I'm thrown off by speed build --> speed build for whom? Seems time intensive on both your side and our side.
I consider something a speed build if I can build and film it in one session....so a few hours work. This is at the top end of what I consider a speed build, but still....if I could make it the day of the game and get it on my table that night, it’s speedy in my eyes.
Fair enough! =)
You messed up the cap stones on the side windows... they'd fall apart irl if done like that...
Cool. This place is inhabited by a necromancer and zombies.
Black Magic Craft it still looks cool af, just small details like that stand out to me lol I'd keep that in mind just for future arches, given they're meant to be "functional" stonework compared to modern building where its all just decorative... still, love watching your vids for inspiration for my gaming
Nah, I get it. Certain things even on a fantasy piece bug me if they don't make sense (like when cracks in tiles dont go from edge to edge). In the end it doesn't matter as it's just a prop for a d&d game, but adding more realistic constraints is always helpful.
I made my version of this not as amazing lol but good enough for me
I have this one old Ral Partha 1990s kit of a dragon flying with dwarves riding it in storage for several yrs now Ive been wanting to do but the armature sucks. They have these very thin wires to hold up the weight of the dragon but once its all put together there is no way in hell the wires will support the weight of both the dragon and dwarves. And itll break the wires plus trying to find a way to hide the wires so they dont look like wires has been difficult. I thought maybe if i cover them in a bunch of cotton so it looks like its flying thru the clouds or something. Or they are being shot at with cannon balls from below the cloud cover and have the cannonballs attached to the wire supports and cotton to cover the wires to show the air stream from the cannon fire. But Im definitely need to do something other than a wire hanger wire holding it up.
here is the kit and its in storage right now www.ironwindmetals.com/images/com_hikashop/upload/fantasy/10-462%20RtCWtV.jpg
Ive been wanting to finally make this diorama for some time now. You can see that 2 of the 3wires in the picture are already bending and eventually they break under the weight. Ive been thinking of replacing the thin wire with maybe some solid aluminum round stock thats just a lil bit thicker that might support its weight better, but then if its to thick then it might take away from it and make it look like crap.
Any suggestions everyone?
"Not that long build" just doesn't have the same ring as "speed build" :-)
Notification Squaaad!!!
Have you checked out www.stockade.ca/ ? They have some interesting craft supplies. I like getting different sized wooden circles and squares for mini bases and other bits that I cant find on amazon
A little bit to much talking, but overall, great videos!
who the fuck builds his windows on the same height as his door wtf???
Those aren't windows. Never seen a gothic crypt/mausoleum before.