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I think the craziest part about this isn't how absolutely incredible the finished product looks: but how approachable Martina makes these builds feel. with other build channels you feel like you would need an entire workshop just to make an attempt at something similar. with this, Martina literally just glued boxes together, added shit like flour and paper towels, cut some foam, and painted. It feels like something anybody could do with $400 in art store supplies, access to someone's garbage can, and a vision. it wouldn't look nearly as good; but it doesn't feel like i would need an entire workshop to try it myself
*other build channels you feel like you would need an entire workshop just to attempt to make something similar.” She literally built this in a fkn workshop tho🤷🏼♀️🤣
Exactly they maybe just don't want to show their house! I've literally seen one vid of thiers where Martina goes upstairs to a sitting room looking room... and I really think she just did that cos what she was doing was very involved and she wanted to be comfy!@ParaxonTV
My dad does model trains, HO scale, which means his people are about the same size as the ones in this diorama. His layout that he's been working on for years (as in, decades) covers two large rooms. For his trees, he goes out in the winter when stuff is bare and finds little plants that look like miniature trees, and then paints them up or adds the static grass to make them look the part. They all look SO real! I grew up watching him work on this or that model or excitedly show off how he made this or that landscape, so the nostalgia hit me hard when you started using static grass lol. Good job!
11:00 When Martina was hand-carving all the bricks and then face-desked into it, I giggled. But when she was (understandably) ranting about how she refused to do it and was holding the piece of foam, YOU CAN SEE THE INDENTATION OF HER FOREHEAD IN THE FOAM. AND I LAUGHED SO HARD🤣 Maybe harder than what was warranted, but that was just so funny to me lol.
The linothorax of ancient Greece was literally layers of linen glued together to form a padded breastplate & backplate to protect their warriors. Modern-day tests have shown it to be remarkably effective at stopping or slowing slashes and even stabs from swords and axes. This means your castle outcrop is beautifully armored together!
Thorakes Lineo please or alternative Lorica Lintea if you want to use a non babarian language of that time. Linothorax is modern Newbie and not really correct. Even the glue is more than questionable this reconstruction of Peter Conolly is based on an Byzantine description with the massiv Problem that glue isn´t mentioned in it with one single word. And by the way it couldn´t be so cool otherwise the Romans never adoptet the much heavier Lorica Segmentata and Lorica Hamata after they used it for a short time in history during the Republic Time.
The longer it takes for Martina to release a new video, the higher the quality that the video is going to be. This might be my new favorite vid of NerdForge.
What I really adore in these projects is Martina going nuts about it. I'm so happy to see you well , creative and full of life while creating these adorable masterpieces of ingenuity and beauty. Your strength gives us strength and lights our dull ordinary days. Its being a honor staying in this channel , I'm wishing you the very best for the year to come :) !
NerdForge is really roughing it these days; she has to make her own gravel now that she's successfully stolen all the gravel from her neighbors drive ways. I'll send her some cookies to show my care and support. 💕
It will never cease to amaze me how these videos start with some garbage and other random stuff found at home and ends with some of the most stunning works of art I’ve ever seen.
Martina and Hansi we love you. After a long, long, 4 months of teaching 2-5 year olds in a forest, I am finally starting my Christmas break. I am treating myself to a Nerdforge video and a whiskey. You are both so fabulously talented, creative, and entertaining, and this creation is astounding. Gobsmakingly great! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. And thank you.
Everything that you guys do, especially this past year, has been majorly inspirational and a joy to watch. I absolutely cherish escaping into your magical world. I hope someday you guys do an entire ((world)) with your imagination, creativity, and skill. You all are amazing, and ty for bringing out my own imagination thru all of your amazing videos. Love you all and Happy Yule 😊 Hugs!
While I am constantly amazed at the finished product, I must say what makes it more incredible is watching the process. Your energy is the main factor, but seeing the tedious and careful attention to the minute details is inspirational. But, in the end, what appeals the most to me is your vision for the final product, which you seem to consistently have in mind before the project even starts! The final (and rightfully so) surprise is your awesome ability to make all the different elements used to complete the diorama come together with those unbelievable painting and staining skills and techniques. How you can start with simple cardboard and foam, and end up with what genuinely looks like stone and wood and dirt, complete with grasses, bushes, flowers - and even people and animals - makes me wish the videos were longer. I love watching the entire process, coupled with your unbounded energy. Thank you for the minutes you provide us to actually escape our mundane lives and live inside your imagination and inspiration. You inspire creationism and imagination with what you do, and that is rare and much-needed.
What bothers me is the Norwegian adoption of american internet irony - This was a late 90's yank thing. She makes good stuff... why be purposefully self aware about it?
I'm not sure I get you, @@Rob-ik3fd, is your problem with Nerdforge being self aware on purpose, or that being part of a global scheme they lose their Norwegian identity? For both points, it's their channel and they get to 'adopt' what ever process makes them happy. If'n you've followed them for a while, the content has just gotten bigger, better and more creative. How they present it is how they get to be this. No need to be bothered about it at all. PS thought: late 90s is over 20 years ago; all things come around again, but there's no reason to believe that Nerdforge is emulating it, just because you think it's so.
What bothers me is the Norwegian adoption of american (mutt) internet irony - Which is a late 90's yank thing. She makes good stuff... why be purposefully self aware about it?
These castle builds are just practice runs for when Martina & Hans actually build her full-size, liveable dream castle utilizing all the foam, cardboard boxes, and pva glue in Norway 😊
awesome video!, for the bricks you coul do a 3d plate with the bricks in the oposite direction per say to pushit in to the foam and make a lot a one push
Damn, I can't say just how much respect I have for you guys, the amount of care and work that went into this project is astounding and it's a bit of a shame that the people seeing it in the store won't be able to get very close to see the very fine details that are there (but if they all did they'd be touching it and ruining it). I also like the miniature figures which have an incredible level of detail to themselves, they really add a sense of scale helping the observer picture themselves in the scene. Very well done.
The spark of joy that lits up my whole being every time I get a Nerdforge notification is honestly unreal. So proud of you guys for basically reaching 3 mil 💜💜
I've been subbed since the Natural Nerd days and seeing your progression with dioramas and projects over the years is amazing. This is huge and beautiful. It's also really cool that the store has 2 of your projects on display. Not many people can say that
I absolutely love how this video is so Explain-y. I LOVE doing crafts! but i've always just thought "mm.. i live in norway, we dont have the fancy tools for that". BUT WE DOO!!! And these videos are inspiring me SO MUCH to just simply create! And seeing what material is being used, or having a little tutorial on how its made, really boosts that feeling through the roof! Thank you Martina and Hansi for everything you do! Nerdforge inspires me more than you know
I found your channel by accident this year (thank you YT algorithm), and it has been a pleasure to watch your amazing creativity grow with every new project! Can’t wait for next year!
Fabric and glue is actually used in theater set construction guide often. As a scenic builder here, I often use Muslin fabric and a paint called Gripper to make rocks and trees for stage productions. Great work Nerdforge!
I get the impression that you should just ask the recycling company to regularly send a loaded truck by your place and let you pick the stuff you want off it. 😄 Looks amazing of course.
The other diorama in Outland was one of the first Nerdforge videos I watched! Wow! This was so cool. If you do another castle soon, there’s a little thing that is often overlooked but absolutely essential to running a building that big - the Kitchen Gardens. I would love, love, LOVE to see kitchen gardens included in a castle build!
Martina is probably the coolest most creative & intelligent person in the world!! So good on camera too, I love her personality soo much. You guys are so inspiring because you never do anything halfway. It's always 110%. Watching your videos always helps me go the extra mile with my own art. Thanks for the great content & all the hard work you do!
The whole mountain part chef's kiss. Learned a lot. Love it. And the paper towels for the texture, OMG I've watch so many tutorials and never seen that before.
It looks amazing. Few weeks ago I happen to be in Oslo for road trip to Sweden, and I just had to visit the store, because why not. There I found the diorama shown in the final part of the video. It looks even better IRL. Or better said, I was greeted by it. And it was huge.
I love your work, and what you have done with this. I noticed you were using several products from Woodland scenics. They are a great company. I would suggest you pick up a copy of their “scenery manual”. In it you’ll find a number of suggestions that would have made the base scenery, easier, less expensive, and even more realistic. PVA glue in the quantities being used starts to get expensive. That is why few model railroad people use Glue Shell for anything other than small patches. I’m looking forward to your next project.
Dear Martina, maybe it is a bit of a weird comment, but thank you for being here on TH-cam. I'm always excited to see a video popping up. But most of all I get so happy after a bad day, or even more happy days, because of your personality and energy. And it is all so beautiful what you create on this channel!
Oh, I’ve never been this early to a Nerdforge video. Can I just say that your (and Hansi’s) wholesome and hardworking creativity is really inspiring. This channel is actually one of my comfort watches when I’m winding down and want to relax. And it makes me want to make more art (gets harder and harder to find the time). I’m kind of cynical about social media in general, but you’re an example of how it can be a lucrative stream for creatives while also putting something good and positive into the world. So cheers and keep up the good work!
For anyone who cares, a common tip I've heard about making textured paste is to use mod podge and baking soda! Baking soda is a little grittier than flour, and mod podge is cheaper than super glue (at least in some areas). It works to fill in gaps (so you may not even need to use linen lol), and it also can be shaped easily. You can even add paint (like grey or brown) to give it a nice undercoat. It's great for sealing foam too. If anyone thinks that method would be easier I highly recommend it! :)
I am always so excited to see every idea you bring to life! You start from literally simple ideas or sketches and then you go above and beyond to truly bring life to them! The process is always chaotic, but you can't make something great without making a mess first! Or rather, it'll look like a mess first before looking better. Ugh, I can't go to Oslo, but I have half a mind to ask my cousins who do live there to actually see the pieces for me so I can live vicariously through them!
8:41 Omg, that's such a cool looking dragon I love it and I love how it looks with that sorta stained glass look too. . . 😍 I just love dragons, dragons are my fav animal forever and ever. And I just love stained glass, ok? Plus, the color schemes look so good with the dragon being a cooler color like blue and the background behind it being shades of yellow, orange, and pink (and yes, I know some purple and purple is a cool color but it looks so good with the other colors and makes it feel warm).❤
y’all are so dedicated and i love how you combine different mediums and techniques, experimenting along the way. you’re an inspiration to all artists and avid dnd players (of which i am both😂) hope y’all are doing well!
This build is soooo freaking amazing. I absolutely adore everything about it. All the little details are crazy cool. I would love to see it in person. Keep up the incredible work!
I used to go down learning video rabbit holes for hours all the time but haven’t for many years now. I think I’ve finally found a channel I can sit and watch for hours upon hours again and be intrigued the whole time. Thank you, great videos, and your energy is awesome! I’m ADHD af so I appreciate this kind of energy and creativity. And the attention to detail 🤌 Awesone work, definitely subbed!
people who are good with paint make my life so much better, just seeing the stuff yall make. The fact you managed to create such a realistic landscape and mountains out of cardboard and foam, blows my mind every time I see stuff like this.
oh, using linen for landscaping. that is a throwback. when we made a mountain with a tunnel for my brother's railway miniature we scrunched newspaper to make the shape and then used an old bedsheet with glue. and directly painted on that.
lol I think Martina is just making castles bigger and bigger in preparation for her taking on the project of building herself a full sized castle to live in which means she'll eventually move on to wood and then brick
There's actually an old man who lives in Colorado who built a giant castle 🏰 little by little for years. For very cheap using free stones collected. I can't remember the name or town....Just search for Colorado Castle & it'll come up.
@@cassiecase3301 Yeah, yeah, 👍 That's the one...The guy said, "Screw you guys, I don't need no stinkin money to build a big ass cool castle. I'm just gonna gather up rocks from the riverbed for free."
@@michaelbrinks8089 sounds cool. LIke I said though Martina is practicing till she feels ready to build her own castle eventually she's gonna move on to using stone to build a mini castle and if that works out she'll move on and build a real one lol
@@TheJeracudaHow cool would that be? 👍 Buy a couple acres of land in the country that was selling for cheap because much of the land is a "unusable" rocky hilly area...Then use all the rocks on the land/rocky hillside. To build cool ass stone hobbit style house into the hillside or stone small castle tiny house.... Which reminds me of a defunct TH-cam channel called pure living for life.....The couple found land for sale in idaho for cheaper than average prices because much of the land was a rocky hillside....But instead of using it to their advantage. They built a boring conventional style on grid home.
The magnificence of the finished diorama belies its' cardboard, foamboard, glue & paint (and a few other bits) beginning. Your painting is spot on, as always and ads such realism. The foliage looks organic and helps ground everything. The figures and especially the dragon are the cherry on the top. Last, and most important, I would like to put on my sorceress outfit, shrink...a bit ...and move into a tower.
Maybe one day you can build a victorian folly in a park somewhere! I bet you could create an awesome little ruined tower or something that would make the place more mysterious :D
Y'all ALWAYS go so far above and beyond! It's crazy and I LOVE it! The castle details, the paint, the tiniest additions, the lights. It feels like I could step through a portal and live there, happily ever after! You are all so very talented and imaginative! Great job!
I cannot even begin to describe how envious I am of you guys that you get to do this for a living I love making stuff like that with my grandkids just having fun and playing, but I could never spend the time to make something on that grand of scale But you guys have such talent is absolutely amazing amazing and beautiful. Thank you for putting it on TH-cam so that we can all watch and enjoy your artistry.
Oh God, this is INCREDIBLE Martina and Hansi! ❤❤❤ Seriously! It’s the best one yet! And I absolutely LOVED how the rock formations turned out SO REALISTIC AAAH❤🎉
Cannot wait until the new year to see what comes from this great studio. Have a happy holiday guys. Oh and Martina, it is not just the work you guys accomplish there that makes these vids great. Your anguish and masochist tendencies sustains us as well.
I, personally, would like to see you guys tackle castles like Winterfell, Casterly Rock, and/or Dragonstone as possible builds. The book versions not the show's, please. They were a little underwhelming. Other than that, this castle is fantastic and I love that you guys used everyday objects for the foundation of this castle and just build on it with some supplies within reach in the studio. Thank you guys so much for creating content like this! As always, I really did enjoy watching this :D!
I had an easier idea for the brick texture. Because you still had to use a pencil for more detail. You could make a 3d print of something of the sort to indent onto the foam by pressing the pattern into the foam. I hope this helps in your future castles. :)
I believe she has done that before. But she said she is not a fan of it, because it does not look as good to her. I imagine its because pattern rollers have a similar problem to old games, the texture scale works fine on small things, but on larger scales that repeating pattern starts to become way more obvious and distracts rather then adds to the piece. Those imperfections from hand marking give a more 'natural' look.
That's a good point with the repeating! she used real rocks last time I think. I suppose if you used different rocks and alternated a lot it might solve it a bit
I swear every diorama I watch y'all make just gets more and more badass overtime!! This one's definitely one of my favorites from you guys (if not my new top favorite)! A job well done, now get some well deserved rest!!!
Wow, Martina, this castle diorama is an absolute masterpiece! 😍 The level of detail and creativity you've poured into this project is truly priceless. 🏰💖 It's evident that so much time, strength, and energy went into bringing this magical creation to life, and the result is simply unbelievable! 👏 Your dedication shines through every tiny detail, and the end result is nothing short of amazing. 🌟 This castle is not just a diorama; it's a work of art that captures the imagination. Bravo! 🎨✨
Martina , i really wanna see you making a fairy castle with rocks used for mountains , moss and other small plants for vegetation and a working waterfall
@@harleyvenenga9528it would be, but will probably not happen since she wouldn’t be allowed to make money off of it… Warner Brothers is very strict in that sadly. A lot of Fan made stuff has sadly been demolished by them and their strict rules.
That is just absolutely incredible. You are truly amazing . Just so you know I'm a 63 yr old grandmother watching your videos. I have been crafting most of my life . But what you do is amazing
This is not just a simple model or diorama. it's an art. You are also an artist. Some people may throw some paints on a canvas and call the result art. But in the end, they cannot know from the beginning what will happen on the canvas. You can create exactly the idea in your mind. This is art and you are the artist. Congratulations.
So one thing i found thst works surprisingly well with making sheet foam bricks is a texture roller from green works! They have differnt kinds and one is a cobblestone. I love it when I dont want to do individually bricks or drawe them on foam!
I'm glad it is displayed somewhere! Now a lot of people can enjoy it :) I wish I could visit that store, it looks so cool! Hogwarts vibes, mainly because of that bridge
That is amazing, and as much as id hate to see it change I would really love if at christmas time you made it look snowy and added christmas lights, christmas trees, wreaths etc. A fantasy christmas castle would look so good
You gotta love artists like Martina, refusing to be replaced by 3D printing. I could never do something like this with or without computers and machines.
You should make something like this but only using trash/scraps from other large projects you've done :) I think it would be a fun little challenge whilst also, of course, being good for the environment!
I saw the thumbnail and my first reaction was "Martina... did you use individual bricks again..." and I have no idea why I thought that because clearly this project is way too ginormous for something like that!
love to see one of those traditional diorama videos with lots of nice hints and techniques. Somehow I got the idea from this that it would be cool do make like a diorama but its encased in something, for example this could be a rather plain mountain that is hollow with a magical gemstone cave full of details on the inside, only visible through the many cracks and caves in the mountain
This makes me so excited for my own model project. I have to do an architecture project for school (year 13 art major) over the holidays so I have like 3 weeks to do a full model of a house in 1:100 scale with a crap ton of glass (inspired by case study houses unfortunately, I would’ve preferred fantasy stuff) and I want to add a mountain that is doubling as a wall for the house. We need to use a 40x40 cm carton as the “property” and my house seems a bit small even tho it’s a normal house size so yea we’ll see how that goes but at least now I know how to build a mountain :)
I am so jealous of your skills. I cannot get enough of your artistic talent. Thank you for sharing. A thought occurred to me about the texturing of the rocks process which was to add some dry rice or beans to give the mixture some coarseness.
there some low grammature linen cloth in market, the less grammature more layers you can apply and that will knock off most the patern texture, then you can apply paster of paris (1 part pva glue+ 1/2 calcium carbonate+ 1/10 glycerin) to avoid mold you can add baking soda in the last layer. 2 or 3 layers is enought to smooth out any undesired pattern from linen and it is very thin
This channel and these videos inspire me to sit down and try to be creative. Every time I am astonished by what can be achieved with an incredible amount of creativity and knowledge. Merry Christmas in advance and keep going! You deserve all the support and love! ❤
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This is amazing, I could never, but it is pretty to imagine.
Martina is just going to build bigger and bigger castles and then she’ll end up building an actual castle brick by styrofoam brick 😂
Thats impossible
@@helmutdergroe9457 1900: in the future we can fly in airplanes! dumbdumd: that's impossible!
@@helmutdergroe9457nothing… is… IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!
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I mean there are actual volunteer castle projects around Europe....
I got an Idea, why not making the schmolest castle that you've ever made ? A tiny castle with absurd amount of details ? I think that's a good idea
world record: smallest castle made out of dna strands
@@Murphy5-5 Creator duo says: We hadn't hit our quota for castle-building this year... So why not?
That is actually an amazing idea!!! 😍😍😍
Snow globe?
@@tobymarol7329great idea
I think the craziest part about this isn't how absolutely incredible the finished product looks: but how approachable Martina makes these builds feel. with other build channels you feel like you would need an entire workshop just to make an attempt at something similar. with this, Martina literally just glued boxes together, added shit like flour and paper towels, cut some foam, and painted. It feels like something anybody could do with $400 in art store supplies, access to someone's garbage can, and a vision. it wouldn't look nearly as good; but it doesn't feel like i would need an entire workshop to try it myself
Thanks for noticing! we really try to make it as approachable as possible and to offer alternatives to the laser cutter when we use it:)
*other build channels you feel like you would need an entire workshop just to attempt to make something similar.”
She literally built this in a fkn workshop tho🤷🏼♀️🤣
@@sleepingxbooty yeah but she could've done it on a dining table lol
@@ParaxonTV but she didn’t
Exactly they maybe just don't want to show their house! I've literally seen one vid of thiers where Martina goes upstairs to a sitting room looking room... and I really think she just did that cos what she was doing was very involved and she wanted to be comfy!@ParaxonTV
My dad does model trains, HO scale, which means his people are about the same size as the ones in this diorama. His layout that he's been working on for years (as in, decades) covers two large rooms. For his trees, he goes out in the winter when stuff is bare and finds little plants that look like miniature trees, and then paints them up or adds the static grass to make them look the part. They all look SO real! I grew up watching him work on this or that model or excitedly show off how he made this or that landscape, so the nostalgia hit me hard when you started using static grass lol. Good job!
11:00 When Martina was hand-carving all the bricks and then face-desked into it, I giggled. But when she was (understandably) ranting about how she refused to do it and was holding the piece of foam, YOU CAN SEE THE INDENTATION OF HER FOREHEAD IN THE FOAM. AND I LAUGHED SO HARD🤣 Maybe harder than what was warranted, but that was just so funny to me lol.
I tried to not laugh cause my dad was sleeping in the room. But it was near impossible😂😂😂😂😂😂
The linothorax of ancient Greece was literally layers of linen glued together to form a padded breastplate & backplate to protect their warriors. Modern-day tests have shown it to be remarkably effective at stopping or slowing slashes and even stabs from swords and axes. This means your castle outcrop is beautifully armored together!
Linen Mache armour? Cool idea, damn!
Thorakes Lineo please or alternative Lorica Lintea if you want to use a non babarian language of that time. Linothorax is modern Newbie and not really correct. Even the glue is more than questionable this reconstruction of Peter Conolly is based on an Byzantine description with the massiv Problem that glue isn´t mentioned in it with one single word. And by the way it couldn´t be so cool otherwise the Romans never adoptet the much heavier Lorica Segmentata and Lorica Hamata after they used it for a short time in history during the Republic Time.
and so are pointe shoes ballerinas wear. it's amazing how hard a little linen and glue can get.
Fabric glued on foam is often used for larp shields. It's surprisingly durable!
The longer it takes for Martina to release a new video, the higher the quality that the video is going to be. This might be my new favorite vid of NerdForge.
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It's nearly Christmas and Martina is waiting to open all the presents, so she can make castles out of all the packaging 😂😂
What I really adore in these projects is Martina going nuts about it. I'm so happy to see you well , creative and full of life while creating these adorable masterpieces of ingenuity and beauty. Your strength gives us strength and lights our dull ordinary days. Its being a honor staying in this channel , I'm wishing you the very best for the year to come :) !
NerdForge is really roughing it these days; she has to make her own gravel now that she's successfully stolen all the gravel from her neighbors drive ways. I'll send her some cookies to show my care and support. 💕
So true!
It will never cease to amaze me how these videos start with some garbage and other random stuff found at home and ends with some of the most stunning works of art I’ve ever seen.
Ive been watching for so long now and just realized you guys are almost at 3M!!! 🎉 you guys deserve every bit of support your projects are INCREDIBLE!
they make amazing content, their videos are so creative!
Let’s get them there!
@@elliotoliverrthey make such high quality videos
Martina and Hansi we love you.
After a long, long, 4 months of teaching 2-5 year olds in a forest, I am finally starting my Christmas break. I am treating myself to a Nerdforge video and a whiskey. You are both so fabulously talented, creative, and entertaining, and this creation is astounding. Gobsmakingly great! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. And thank you.
Everything that you guys do, especially this past year, has been majorly inspirational and a joy to watch. I absolutely cherish escaping into your magical world. I hope someday you guys do an entire ((world)) with your imagination, creativity, and skill. You all are amazing, and ty for bringing out my own imagination thru all of your amazing videos.
Love you all and Happy Yule 😊
Hugs!
While I am constantly amazed at the finished product, I must say what makes it more incredible is watching the process. Your energy is the main factor, but seeing the tedious and careful attention to the minute details is inspirational. But, in the end, what appeals the most to me is your vision for the final product, which you seem to consistently have in mind before the project even starts! The final (and rightfully so) surprise is your awesome ability to make all the different elements used to complete the diorama come together with those unbelievable painting and staining skills and techniques. How you can start with simple cardboard and foam, and end up with what genuinely looks like stone and wood and dirt, complete with grasses, bushes, flowers - and even people and animals - makes me wish the videos were longer. I love watching the entire process, coupled with your unbounded energy. Thank you for the minutes you provide us to actually escape our mundane lives and live inside your imagination and inspiration. You inspire creationism and imagination with what you do, and that is rare and much-needed.
Wonderfully said! I completely agree 🙌
What bothers me is the Norwegian adoption of american internet irony - This was a late 90's yank thing. She makes good stuff... why be purposefully self aware about it?
I'm not sure I get you, @@Rob-ik3fd, is your problem with Nerdforge being self aware on purpose, or that being part of a global scheme they lose their Norwegian identity?
For both points, it's their channel and they get to 'adopt' what ever process makes them happy. If'n you've followed them for a while, the content has just gotten bigger, better and more creative. How they present it is how they get to be this. No need to be bothered about it at all.
PS thought: late 90s is over 20 years ago; all things come around again, but there's no reason to believe that Nerdforge is emulating it, just because you think it's so.
i'm not reading allat
@@savriakrikorian3584 okay LoL
These dioramas are reaching increasingly WTF levels of detail and scale. Not to mention Martina grows in mad wizard energy every time 😂
She even works in a wizard study now.😅
What bothers me is the Norwegian adoption of american (mutt) internet irony - Which is a late 90's yank thing. She makes good stuff... why be purposefully self aware about it?
These castle builds are just practice runs for when Martina & Hans actually build her full-size, liveable dream castle utilizing all the foam, cardboard boxes, and pva glue in Norway 😊
awesome video!, for the bricks you coul do a 3d plate with the bricks in the oposite direction per say to pushit in to the foam and make a lot a one push
Damn, I can't say just how much respect I have for you guys, the amount of care and work that went into this project is astounding and it's a bit of a shame that the people seeing it in the store won't be able to get very close to see the very fine details that are there (but if they all did they'd be touching it and ruining it). I also like the miniature figures which have an incredible level of detail to themselves, they really add a sense of scale helping the observer picture themselves in the scene. Very well done.
The spark of joy that lits up my whole being every time I get a Nerdforge notification is honestly unreal. So proud of you guys for basically reaching 3 mil 💜💜
I've been subbed since the Natural Nerd days and seeing your progression with dioramas and projects over the years is amazing. This is huge and beautiful. It's also really cool that the store has 2 of your projects on display. Not many people can say that
I absolutely love how this video is so Explain-y. I LOVE doing crafts! but i've always just thought "mm.. i live in norway, we dont have the fancy tools for that". BUT WE DOO!!! And these videos are inspiring me SO MUCH to just simply create! And seeing what material is being used, or having a little tutorial on how its made, really boosts that feeling through the roof!
Thank you Martina and Hansi for everything you do! Nerdforge inspires me more than you know
I found your channel by accident this year (thank you YT algorithm), and it has been a pleasure to watch your amazing creativity grow with every new project! Can’t wait for next year!
I’ve been watching for some time now and the energy and passion that’s gone into each build is amazing ! Very relaxing to watch !
Fabric and glue is actually used in theater set construction guide often. As a scenic builder here, I often use Muslin fabric and a paint called Gripper to make rocks and trees for stage productions. Great work Nerdforge!
I get the impression that you should just ask the recycling company to regularly send a loaded truck by your place and let you pick the stuff you want off it. 😄 Looks amazing of course.
The other diorama in Outland was one of the first Nerdforge videos I watched! Wow! This was so cool.
If you do another castle soon, there’s a little thing that is often overlooked but absolutely essential to running a building that big - the Kitchen Gardens. I would love, love, LOVE to see kitchen gardens included in a castle build!
Martina is probably the coolest most creative & intelligent person in the world!! So good on camera too, I love her personality soo much. You guys are so inspiring because you never do anything halfway. It's always 110%. Watching your videos always helps me go the extra mile with my own art. Thanks for the great content & all the hard work you do!
The whole mountain part chef's kiss. Learned a lot. Love it. And the paper towels for the texture, OMG I've watch so many tutorials and never seen that before.
I swear if I were a maker like her my hoarding would be out of control. She can find a use for everything in her creations!❤
Just an idea. For next year maybe you should build the castle of Winterfell as described in the books. It would be EPIC!!!
She could consult the video Shadiversity made about this as a reference, too, which would be very epic.
@@TrayusStudios yeah, I saw that. It was amazing.
Where is she gonna find a geothermal fissure to build it on? Lol
I would like to see a model of the unseen University
It looks amazing.
Few weeks ago I happen to be in Oslo for road trip to Sweden, and I just had to visit the store, because why not.
There I found the diorama shown in the final part of the video. It looks even better IRL.
Or better said, I was greeted by it. And it was huge.
I love your work, and what you have done with this.
I noticed you were using several products from Woodland scenics. They are a great company.
I would suggest you pick up a copy of their “scenery manual”.
In it you’ll find a number of suggestions that would have made the base scenery, easier, less expensive, and even more realistic.
PVA glue in the quantities being used starts to get expensive. That is why few model railroad people use Glue Shell for anything other than small patches.
I’m looking forward to your next project.
Your personality is so adorable and is perfect for this channel and your content.
Dear Martina, maybe it is a bit of a weird comment, but thank you for being here on TH-cam. I'm always excited to see a video popping up. But most of all I get so happy after a bad day, or even more happy days, because of your personality and energy. And it is all so beautiful what you create on this channel!
Oh, I’ve never been this early to a Nerdforge video. Can I just say that your (and Hansi’s) wholesome and hardworking creativity is really inspiring. This channel is actually one of my comfort watches when I’m winding down and want to relax. And it makes me want to make more art (gets harder and harder to find the time). I’m kind of cynical about social media in general, but you’re an example of how it can be a lucrative stream for creatives while also putting something good and positive into the world. So cheers and keep up the good work!
For anyone who cares, a common tip I've heard about making textured paste is to use mod podge and baking soda! Baking soda is a little grittier than flour, and mod podge is cheaper than super glue (at least in some areas). It works to fill in gaps (so you may not even need to use linen lol), and it also can be shaped easily. You can even add paint (like grey or brown) to give it a nice undercoat. It's great for sealing foam too.
If anyone thinks that method would be easier I highly recommend it! :)
I am always so excited to see every idea you bring to life! You start from literally simple ideas or sketches and then you go above and beyond to truly bring life to them! The process is always chaotic, but you can't make something great without making a mess first! Or rather, it'll look like a mess first before looking better. Ugh, I can't go to Oslo, but I have half a mind to ask my cousins who do live there to actually see the pieces for me so I can live vicariously through them!
Merry Christmas to you and good luck in all your future projects, health and happiness and whatever else you wish for
8:41 Omg, that's such a cool looking dragon I love it and I love how it looks with that sorta stained glass look too. . . 😍
I just love dragons, dragons are my fav animal forever and ever. And I just love stained glass, ok? Plus, the color schemes look so good with the dragon being a cooler color like blue and the background behind it being shades of yellow, orange, and pink (and yes, I know some purple and purple is a cool color but it looks so good with the other colors and makes it feel warm).❤
y’all are so dedicated and i love how you combine different mediums and techniques, experimenting along the way. you’re an inspiration to all artists and avid dnd players (of which i am both😂) hope y’all are doing well!
Are you kidding me 😂 I was just thinking about you and your amazing projects, and you’ve arrived again. It’s so refreshing to see you every time.
This build is soooo freaking amazing. I absolutely adore everything about it. All the little details are crazy cool. I would love to see it in person. Keep up the incredible work!
I used to go down learning video rabbit holes for hours all the time but haven’t for many years now. I think I’ve finally found a channel I can sit and watch for hours upon hours again and be intrigued the whole time. Thank you, great videos, and your energy is awesome! I’m ADHD af so I appreciate this kind of energy and creativity. And the attention to detail 🤌 Awesone work, definitely subbed!
people who are good with paint make my life so much better, just seeing the stuff yall make. The fact you managed to create such a realistic landscape and mountains out of cardboard and foam, blows my mind every time I see stuff like this.
oh, using linen for landscaping. that is a throwback. when we made a mountain with a tunnel for my brother's railway miniature we scrunched newspaper to make the shape and then used an old bedsheet with glue. and directly painted on that.
lol I think Martina is just making castles bigger and bigger in preparation for her taking on the project of building herself a full sized castle to live in which means she'll eventually move on to wood and then brick
There's actually an old man who lives in Colorado who built a giant castle 🏰 little by little for years. For very cheap using free stones collected. I can't remember the name or town....Just search for Colorado Castle & it'll come up.
@@michaelbrinks8089 It’s Bishop Castle in Rye, CO. Super cool experience!
@@cassiecase3301 Yeah, yeah, 👍 That's the one...The guy said, "Screw you guys, I don't need no stinkin money to build a big ass cool castle. I'm just gonna gather up rocks from the riverbed for free."
@@michaelbrinks8089 sounds cool. LIke I said though Martina is practicing till she feels ready to build her own castle eventually she's gonna move on to using stone to build a mini castle and if that works out she'll move on and build a real one lol
@@TheJeracudaHow cool would that be? 👍 Buy a couple acres of land in the country that was selling for cheap because much of the land is a "unusable" rocky hilly area...Then use all the rocks on the land/rocky hillside. To build cool ass stone hobbit style house into the hillside or stone small castle tiny house....
Which reminds me of a defunct TH-cam channel called pure living for life.....The couple found land for sale in idaho for cheaper than average prices because much of the land was a rocky hillside....But instead of using it to their advantage. They built a boring conventional style on grid home.
The magnificence of the finished diorama belies its' cardboard, foamboard, glue & paint (and a few other bits) beginning. Your painting is spot on, as always and ads such realism. The foliage looks organic and helps ground everything. The figures and especially the dragon are the cherry on the top. Last, and most important, I would like to put on my sorceress outfit, shrink...a bit ...and move into a tower.
its so interesting to see how different craftspeople do things.
Maybe one day you can build a victorian folly in a park somewhere! I bet you could create an awesome little ruined tower or something that would make the place more mysterious :D
Y'all ALWAYS go so far above and beyond! It's crazy and I LOVE it! The castle details, the paint, the tiniest additions, the lights. It feels like I could step through a portal and live there, happily ever after! You are all so very talented and imaginative! Great job!
LOVE castle builds!!!! I’ve definitely missed them this year
I cannot even begin to describe how envious I am of you guys that you get to do this for a living I love making stuff like that with my grandkids just having fun and playing, but I could never spend the time to make something on that grand of scale But you guys have such talent is absolutely amazing amazing and beautiful. Thank you for putting it on TH-cam so that we can all watch and enjoy your artistry.
Oh God, this is INCREDIBLE Martina and Hansi! ❤❤❤ Seriously! It’s the best one yet! And I absolutely LOVED how the rock formations turned out SO REALISTIC AAAH❤🎉
All your videos are the pure definition of “trust the process” and I love every single creation!
Martina hamming up the Norwegian accent will never get old ❤
Cannot wait until the new year to see what comes from this great studio. Have a happy holiday guys.
Oh and Martina, it is not just the work you guys accomplish there that makes these vids great. Your anguish and masochist tendencies sustains us as well.
WOW! that castle is so beautiful and unique, grate job Martina. your so talented.
I, personally, would like to see you guys tackle castles like Winterfell, Casterly Rock, and/or Dragonstone as possible builds. The book versions not the show's, please. They were a little underwhelming.
Other than that, this castle is fantastic and I love that you guys used everyday objects for the foundation of this castle and just build on it with some supplies within reach in the studio.
Thank you guys so much for creating content like this! As always, I really did enjoy watching this :D!
I had an easier idea for the brick texture. Because you still had to use a pencil for more detail. You could make a 3d print of something of the sort to indent onto the foam by pressing the pattern into the foam. I hope this helps in your future castles. :)
I believe she has done that before. But she said she is not a fan of it, because it does not look as good to her.
I imagine its because pattern rollers have a similar problem to old games, the texture scale works fine on small things, but on larger scales that repeating pattern starts to become way more obvious and distracts rather then adds to the piece. Those imperfections from hand marking give a more 'natural' look.
That's a good point with the repeating! she used real rocks last time I think. I suppose if you used different rocks and alternated a lot it might solve it a bit
Martina doing professional stuff. also Martina: puring water from her drinking bottle to mix up with glue and flour^^ Such a great project
I swear every diorama I watch y'all make just gets more and more badass overtime!! This one's definitely one of my favorites from you guys (if not my new top favorite)! A job well done, now get some well deserved rest!!!
Wow, Martina, this castle diorama is an absolute masterpiece! 😍 The level of detail and creativity you've poured into this project is truly priceless. 🏰💖 It's evident that so much time, strength, and energy went into bringing this magical creation to life, and the result is simply unbelievable! 👏 Your dedication shines through every tiny detail, and the end result is nothing short of amazing. 🌟 This castle is not just a diorama; it's a work of art that captures the imagination. Bravo! 🎨✨
Martina , i really wanna see you making a fairy castle with rocks used for mountains , moss and other small plants for vegetation and a working waterfall
I have a lot of Hogwarts vibe with this one. Truly amazing
It would be cool if she made a Hogwarts castle!!❤
@@harleyvenenga9528it would be, but will probably not happen since she wouldn’t be allowed to make money off of it… Warner Brothers is very strict in that sadly.
A lot of Fan made stuff has sadly been demolished by them and their strict rules.
TMW a creator puts out a vlog so amazing you have to watch it twice, in a row, to enjoy every intricacy of the artwork. Just incredible, as always.
Just fantastic! The amount of details, the absolut fabulous paintjob and the level of creativity...just so much wow 😍😍😍
That is just absolutely incredible. You are truly amazing . Just so you know I'm a 63 yr old grandmother watching your videos. I have been crafting most of my life . But what you do is amazing
Martina, you should do a winter snowy castle diorama, with a bunch of snow, frost, and try to incorporate falling snowflakes. That would be amazing!
Idk how you guys manage to outdo yourselves every single project, it's insane 💙💜
This is not just a simple model or diorama. it's an art. You are also an artist. Some people may throw some paints on a canvas and call the result art. But in the end, they cannot know from the beginning what will happen on the canvas. You can create exactly the idea in your mind. This is art and you are the artist. Congratulations.
That one tower in the beginning was giving me back of the mansion vibes lol, fantastic work as always, truly inspiring!
So one thing i found thst works surprisingly well with making sheet foam bricks is a texture roller from green works! They have differnt kinds and one is a cobblestone. I love it when I dont want to do individually bricks or drawe them on foam!
This landscape is probably my favorite of all the landscapes you've made. I think the big defined shapes look super cool!
I'm glad it is displayed somewhere! Now a lot of people can enjoy it :) I wish I could visit that store, it looks so cool! Hogwarts vibes, mainly because of that bridge
Omg this is awesome! I love fantasy vibes and your channel is the best!✨
I love everything about the creativity that Martina has continue
That is amazing, and as much as id hate to see it change I would really love if at christmas time you made it look snowy and added christmas lights, christmas trees, wreaths etc. A fantasy christmas castle would look so good
You gotta love artists like Martina, refusing to be replaced by 3D printing. I could never do something like this with or without computers and machines.
Every video is more georgeous than the previous one. It's amazing
You should make something like this but only using trash/scraps from other large projects you've done :) I think it would be a fun little challenge whilst also, of course, being good for the environment!
Magnificent design. It should be used in a movie. ❤
Oooo so close to 3 million subscribers. Should have WAY more considering how talented you are
just the sheer detail on this thing is amazing, the more you soom in the more detail you see. almost looks like a bob ross painting
I saw the thumbnail and my first reaction was "Martina... did you use individual bricks again..." and I have no idea why I thought that because clearly this project is way too ginormous for something like that!
I think the brick turned out super great! Very nice!
love to see one of those traditional diorama videos with lots of nice hints and techniques. Somehow I got the idea from this that it would be cool do make like a diorama but its encased in something, for example this could be a rather plain mountain that is hollow with a magical gemstone cave full of details on the inside, only visible through the many cracks and caves in the mountain
INSANE!!! Love this project has to be a fav now. Your dog is so cute.
This looks amazing, as always!
I don't know why I thought of this, but what if you made a crystal or ice castle out of resin??
Merry Christmas!!
Fantastic work, as ever. You two always make me smile.
If I only were as talented and creative as NerdForge… the castle looks amazing!
Happy Holidays, everyone!
This makes me so excited for my own model project. I have to do an architecture project for school (year 13 art major) over the holidays so I have like 3 weeks to do a full model of a house in 1:100 scale with a crap ton of glass (inspired by case study houses unfortunately, I would’ve preferred fantasy stuff) and I want to add a mountain that is doubling as a wall for the house. We need to use a 40x40 cm carton as the “property” and my house seems a bit small even tho it’s a normal house size so yea we’ll see how that goes but at least now I know how to build a mountain :)
I am so jealous of your skills. I cannot get enough of your artistic talent. Thank you for sharing. A thought occurred to me about the texturing of the rocks process which was to add some dry rice or beans to give the mixture some coarseness.
SO looking forward to this! What you do is always amazing!
Congrats on 3 MILLION! You Deserve It!
Wish I could live inside the castle. It is so beautiful.
You are the brightest & bubblest model maker on TH-cam & I loved it. Brought a smile to my face from start to finish. Great job. ❤️👍
there some low grammature linen cloth in market, the less grammature more layers you can apply and that will knock off most the patern texture, then you can apply paster of paris (1 part pva glue+ 1/2 calcium carbonate+ 1/10 glycerin) to avoid mold you can add baking soda in the last layer. 2 or 3 layers is enought to smooth out any undesired pattern from linen and it is very thin
This channel and these videos inspire me to sit down and try to be creative. Every time I am astonished by what can be achieved with an incredible amount of creativity and knowledge.
Merry Christmas in advance and keep going! You deserve all the support and love! ❤