*I DIDN'T USE PARCHMENT OR WAX PAPER ON PURPOSE* Paper was chosen specifically BECAUSE the small pieces would stick to it during assembly, making the process much easier. Having the pieces slide around on parchment or glass or wax paper or whatever would be very annoying and make the process way more difficult. This is *especially* true if someone were using a slower drying glue like PVA. Assembly on parchment is great in many situations and I've done it many times in other videos, but it was not right for this. What elements are you struggling to find or afford that you would like to see how to hand craft? Let me know and I'll see if I can sort it out. This video was not sponsored by Shifting Lands by the way... The stained glass sheets I briefly show are a product being launched along with this kickstarter: kck.st/2M7Hx2L GEL SHEETS I USED (USA) amzn.to/2UO8VIV (Canada) amzn.to/3bKzyEO (UK) amzn.to/38tzLde (Germany) amzn.to/38soHNB (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases) Video where I make the little tavern diorama: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8bQHYCHZmjg.html
I posted the comment two weeks ago and just made the video public today...Videos don’t get uploaded and immediately go live. Videos are produced and uploaded weeks in advance.
Hey man I am looking at this and looking at the paper and seeing the problems. I have a question... why not use baking tray paper? its non-stick everything will jump off it no problems.
James Colman the whole point of the paper is that you want something to stick to when assembling the frame. You don’t want it sliding all over the place.
Last week: We are making an Eldritch horror, a reviled Goliath which shall taint the land in a shroud of darkness and insanity. This week: Windows are nice, you can put them in a cute lil’ cottage :) BMC has all my needs covered.
You're the man Jeremy! This past year I've been getting back into hobby after a 10 year hiatus, and you and a few other favorite crafting youtubers have absolutely super charged my efforts and techniques.
This is fantastic! This is exactly the thing I needed for my next project. I was going to use the plastic granny netting, but this looks so much better. Thanks!
Goddamnit Jeremy. I’ve been looking for a way to make this very thing! You beat me to it, but I’m glad you did. While I would LOVE to support GeBoom, it’s so much more cost effective to make my own. This is a great tutorial and I can’t wait to try it out! Thanks! 🤓
*Jeremy* Making small incidentals like this is just the type of video I enjoy - it's useful information and helps a load when you can't afford to get pre made stuff from all over the world via the internet. Please make more videos like this one. Perhaps you could show how to make any of the following : 1. Hinges - both working and for show, not only in metal, but also in clay, or rigid plastic. 2. Various types of roof tiles made in different materials such as clay, card, paper, plastic, foil, metal. Roof tiles such as grey Welsh slate, Italian terracotta, Chinese shingles, Flemish thatch, American Cedar shingles etc. 3. Make a mold so you can then make batches of roof tiles. Either individual tiles or a complete interlocked roofing sheet of tiles that you can later cut to size, and also be able to make it in plastic, plaster or clay. 4. Doors, doorways & door stoops, and all the associated accessories such as : various types of door handles doorframes doorsteps porch lights letterboxes door gargoyles windows in doors door porches door rain covers various types of hinges big double Church doors opening square hatches (to see who is on the outside - think 1960's films with a hidden underground drinking den, where the bouncer would open a small square hatch to see who wanted in, which he then shuts, and opens the big door fully to let them in). 5. Make a stencil in metal preferably, or rigid plastic, for brickwork, so you can put the stencil down on a piece of foam or thick mounting card, secure the stencil, cover the board and stencil with plaster, let it dry a little, remove the stencil, which then leaves a brickwork pattern to dry, which can then be painted, and you have a ready-made brick and indented mortar on a wall, which can account for curves, or be totally straight. 5. How to make a jig. Not everyone can understand how to make a jig (such as my young nephew who didn't know what you meant when you said to "make a jig to do this"). Explain how to work out what you need, and how to then go about making a jig. This would be useful for people who are not exactly Einstein, or have never seen one made. 6. Make a rolling pin like the ones you use from Green Stuff World. Not everyone can afford to buy these and showing how to make one or two with either a flagstone, brickwork, cobble or pavement pattern would make a great video as no-one else has done this in RU-vid & I have checked ! 7. How to create a leaf cutting stamp. These are expensive for what they are and there must be a way to create your own - the terrain creation world is depending on you to come up with the solution. 8. Miniature woodworking tools - make some that are useful for crafting in miniature scales with a budget of no more than $10.00 per tool. Such as motorised bench saw, miniature jig saw, mini disc sander, mini flat sander, motorised paint stirrer, pillar drill stand to make perfectly vertical holes, mini drill, mini chisels for altering wood shapes, tiny hammer 🔨, make a bench board to hold work so it doesn't move, has moveable long, flat, metal holders with screw adjusters on the end, so you adjust the pressure, or allow for thicker or thinner pieces etc. As far as the motorised stuff, they don't have to be ultra powerful, but they do need to be solid, and run off either a rechargable battery, or mains via socket, and be enclosed and ultimately safe ! You can cheat and use the insides of a childs rechargeable toothbrush from a cheapy shop to make things easier for you, but the cost of this must be included in the $10 budget. 9. Storage systems for various items such : as all the tools you use, hand tools brushes components paper & card stocks plastic (rods & sheets) foam various rolls of differing sizes & thicknesses spray cans not shelf based (maybe moveable upright, slot system based & can accommodate various sized cans different flocks & ground cover, not left in the plastic bags they come in that leak everywhere This is so you don't waste half your build time looking for stuff you know you have, but just can't remember where you stored it ! Again, think minimal cost, or no money and see what you can create - raiding of dumpsters, unwanted offcuts from woodworking places, or scrounging from office supply companies, companies who are moving, refurbishment businesses, etc is totally allowed. 10. Metal work accessories - how to use a soldering iron to make stuff in miniature, without burning your fingers ! Including : the best wire to use making a mini brass bucket and chest how to bend hollow rods without buckling them how to solder them how to connect them in to right angles, circles & T-junctions how to create frames how to create cages how to create locks how to make girders how to make pylons how to make aerials and other telecoms how to create sonar discs how to create telegraph poles and sprigs etc. 11. How to make your own display cases. 12. How to find and put together a resources pack when your trying to think of a new idea, or theme to work on. For example, if you wanted to make an entirely new terrain board with structures using the idea of post apocalyptic snow bound world, where everything is frozen and tunnels are used to move between buildings, but there are topside buildings that need to be utilised and maintained which have various uses, such as a communication centre with tower, supplies store housing block machine shop energy center wind turbine security fence Show how you would search for, find, select, gather and collate the pictures and info, and then set about creating the buildings based on your research. 12. Create a useful guide for which glue to use with which material. This may seem like a no-brainer, but everyone, including me in the past has had a brainstorm and reached for something thinking "it will be fine", only to use the wrong glue and see it melt the thing I've just spent the past 3 hours working on ! Especially now when there are literally hundreds of different glues, under an array of different names, which all stick different things, but not others. Do a complete run down, including a downloadable chart, showing all the glues, including : brand names of what type they are what they will stick to what they won't stick to what they will destroy ! 14. Clamps ! How to make your own, how and where to buy them, about the different types for different uses, some with lots of pressure some with very little so they don't mark your terrain. 15. How to make snow, in all its forms, from loose powdery, to thick iceberg types, and everything in-between.There are many videos on how to make ground cover and tall bushes, but non on making snow. I hope all this gives you some ideas, as these are all things I have thought about when making terrain, or even if you read it and it sparks some other ideas for you, that's fine.
As an RC plane builder I have a really good tip on how stop your windows from sticking to the paper. Use waxed paper. The work will readily come off of it. You can find it at your grocery store. Put the waxed side up. Easy way to tell the waxed side is to rest your razor and slide it sideways. The wax will build up on the blade. That is the waxed side which is the side you want up to work on.
Yea, I build stuff on parchment paper all the time for this reason. In this case though I intentionally didn't. The adhesion to the paper was an intentional property I wanted to utilize in this. Building tiny fiddly frames, it helps to have them stay in place. Especially if someone were to use a slower drying glue and were making a bunch.
Awesome video, just a suggestion on a way to better that, try using 2" or 3" wide masking tape, sticky side up stuck to the back of the square and hanging out exposed where you put your window to hold the parts still and so it don't stick to the paper. but yours is a great idea and way to do it, keep up the great work, thanks for showing us.
This was amazing gonna do these!!! Wanna know whats kinda sad, maybe,,,,,, the fact that I didn't know you could get square tooth picks lol, all my life all ive ever seen and used is the rounded pointy ended ones. BRB.. Edit- back... thought I was gonna be revolutionary ( you can tell im knew to all this ) and say can you make tree tutorials..... quick search on your page only to find you have many tree videos.... gonna get watching them. @=)
Wow, I never would have thought about drywall tape. Genius! Thanks, Jeremy! I haven't started crafting yet (busy with school) but I can't wait to start creating terrain for our campaign and your guides and tips are so entertaining and useful.
I love how you stress accessibility for the craft for everyone! Your videos honestly turned me into a crafting DM and brought my games to a whole new level! Thanks again for proving you don't need to be deep into the hobby to make stuff that looks awesome!!!
I know Ace has the black stuff.. not sure if Ace is in Canada.. www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/patch-and-repair/drywall-tape/1821834?x429=true&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAiA7t3yBRADEiwA4GFlI-Y5_-s_Srnl_WnUDa1yIY-eMiLn8t56lwabXXbAMaod9cOi4oXsSRoCROYQAvD_BwE
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial www.amazon.co.uk/mciskin-Fiberglass-Covering-Waterproof-Mosquitoes/dp/B07K476XSL/ref=sr_1_28?keywords=drywall+tape&qid=1582898920&s=industrial&sr=1-28 - Not exactly the same thing, but black. No clue who sells that in Canada, of course.
*Bangs head on table for not having thought of all of this before* It's so bloody simple, and I've been faffing about trying to square up balsa dowels.
Ah duh! I have some of that 'dry wall tape', but it never occurred to me to use it like this!! Why do I have some? When I was more into RC cars, I used to to reinforce the polycarbonate bodies (after paint). lol
Hot damn!! Perfect timing for this tutorial! Recently re-watched your episode on the tavern build and am getting ready to do one myself...windows were a stumbling block. Thank you for all of the tips!!
I've been struggling to try and work out how to hand make arched and rounded windows like this, miniature windows don't seem to be easy to come by in New Zealand and things cos a ton to import >
You could always cut then stack and glue paperboard (think cereal or snack package boxes) together in a donut/arch shape you're going for, then sand the edges to make it uniform. Not sure if it's something you've already tried though. x.x;
Thank you! At times one gets boggled down not immediately thinking of a great solution to a problem. This shows just how easy it can be if you just think a little outside the box
For stained glass, you can use color laser printer friendly transparency film and the mosaic tool in photoshop. For small scale, you should get a decent result
Love the use of the dry wall tape. Have used it in costume builds before. As for tinted 'glass' I have used plastic from packaging as you did and the permeant marker in whatever colour I liked. As a former teacher I often used the permanent over head projector markers.
The timing of this video for me is like when facebook ads show up advertising things you've been looking for/have thought about. This is super useful and will save me so much money so thank you!
It's amazing what a few square centimeters of DRYWALL TAPE can do!!!!!! Duct tape may be the handyman's secret weapon, but drywall tape is the GEEKS SECRET WEAPON!!!!! If the ladies don't findy you handsome, they should at least find you artistic!!!!
I tried coming up with some fancy way of saying this, but realized that keeping it simple is best. Thank you - for this video and for all the instruction you have provided.
I usually learn something from your videos. Today I learned the drywall tape leading. Great tip. One for you. Hot wire pen. I've constructed a hot wire pen out of a white out dispenser / roller / Micro switch / 2mm copper pipe / 2" long clip of guitar string. Assembled to resemble an airbrush. Would show photo but. Can't not here anyway.
So Jeremy being the great DollarRama purchaser that you are here is a nice tip for you that I have been using for a while now. When using any kind of glue or doing any kind of glueing get your self a package of parchment paper. It comes in sqaure sheets and round sheets. I also use it for when I am hand painting models or miniature as it really helps to keep my cutting mat clean. So just a nice tip to pass on to your patreons. Blessing Pastor Randy Bourque Calgary
The easiest window hack, if you’re doing medieval fantasy, is to realize that in the middle ages glass was actually really rare, and most windows were just empty frames with wood blinds for the cold.
This is a clever idea ,I would never of thought of the webbing but it makes sense ..I don’t do models but very interested in all forms of art..You can also using some clear package material if you do not have any coloured sheeting ..You can colour it in using an alcohol marker ,it will give you the same tinted glass look ,or if you just want to colour around the edges of the faux glass to give the dirty lived in effect too..Simple but looks really great 😀
Thanks! It looks way better than my preferred method, which is to use transparent plastic with cut self adhesive paper labels. I'm sure this come in useful.
The difficult part was missed out in this video. If you divide the window up more it's tough to keep the internal pieces square. You can't use a square at that point. Does anyone know how to do that?
Material suggestion. I noticed you used that colored plastic stuff, I bet report covers that kids use in school or dividers would work as well. Sometimes dollar tree has packs of them. Just an idea
These materials and methods could be used, with a lot of extra steps and a clear plastic base sheet, to make a stained-glass window for a cathedral or church type building. Alternately, apply the mesh tape to a clear plastic and use droppers to deposit dye or wash into the squares to make the pattern for the stained glass window. - - I'll have to do some experimenting.
I wonder if you could enhance the diagnol effect with the drywall tape by pulling the ends a bit and stretching it for more pronounced diamonds instead of squares on their ends. It might even need to be framed or anchored by the edges of sorts to keep the tape from pulling back in it's natural state while painting or at least until you affix it to a clear window like surface. Maybe the frame will also stabilize.
could also double for bulletproof/reinforced glass if placed into a modern/scifi type of structure, although a blue tint might be better than the green tint
I like how the windows are greenish. Like really old glass windows had a green tint before they learned to make them clear in big sheets like our modern windows.
as the old saying goes one man's trash is another's treasure, as far as crafting goes it is a matter of seeing what something is and what it can become, classic case of old timers using pennies or beer cans, as shim stock
If you are making a lot of this kind of thing you need a "Chop-it". its like a razor blade miter table. great for many repeatable cuts! Great video as always.
@@add2ndedition663 There's a great guy named Kramer Ammons who's a bowyer online. He made a broad bow out of a home depot board and drywall tape. An actual bow, despite how dumb it sounds. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iVCMsbF_OD0.html
Could you use Super77 or another spray adhesive, on parchment or the like, to hold the tiny window frames in place while the superglue/pva glue dries? The low-tack adhesive would keep stuff from rolling around and becoming "fiddly". Also, it would be the cat's pajamas if you could download a template sheet to print out, which you could slide under the semi-transparent parchment.... Just saying :)
Maybe. I'm not sure how you'd best approach that though. Super 77 is something you only want on surfaces you will join, it's very very messy and sticky and having it on exposed areas while working is really problematic. But it also stops being sticky very quickly. I don't think it would work out too well. A lot of people are looking to solve the paper problem, but it's really not a problem. It's works very well. And you don't need a template under something clear. Just make your template, print it, and assemble right ON the template. I did this before when making prison bar walls. Works great.
