Neat, looks like that "instant texture" might work well for vertical ice surfaces too, if you paint it the right way. Maybe something to try later on...
Ooh, if you shell out $30 for a hot wire hand tool, you can cut out ice walls from XPS foam in seconds! Paint it bluish white, cover the top with white glue, white paint, baking soda mixed together, and it looks great in moments.
Excellent! I'm sure people will say that the foam will get in your lungs... Regardless, this really is a quick and excellent way to get stone texture. I use a hack saw (and respirator of course).
Cool video! Yes, the inner structure of XPS has a "direction" as part of the extruding process - think like fibres - thats why one direction usually works better for any kind of structuring then the other direction. Its often a pain in builds when cutting wrong and then realizing with the wire brush that you only produce flakes but no wood grain :-D
I think the number one thing I get from this channel is not to get too stuck in the planning phase. Just start your idea and don't worry about messing up. Foam is cheap and you can always start anew. Also, mistakes are the best way to find new techniques.
This reminds me of the Deep Roads in Dragon Age. Can easily see this becoming the scene of a Thaig or perhaps an ancient dwarven fortress meant to hold back the Dark Spawn.
There might be smaller thin saws with large teeth like that for easier curved cuts, and perhaps if you get a cheap one you could even bend its teeth more and randomly to maybe get even better results! Also, if you are building higher stone walls maybe would be interesting to try to glue first all the layers then sawing to see if you get an uniform automatic stone texture all the way through! Loved the video!!!
In the video you mentioned that the XPS likes to be cut a specific way, but I noticed that on the one you didn’t like you were using the saw improperly. You were pushing the saw forward (muscling) through the cut. I think you have a different result or a least a similar result if you cut the XPS with the same style of cut regardless of the direction you start in (horizontal vs vertical).
Simple challenge for you. I want you to make a grass monster but here's the catch you have to make the grass on it out of flocking and put plants on it also.
I really love the stone textures, but, i think that if i do it in the futur, i avoid the base, for better modularity, or i will make them square and sandless, 🤔
Haven't seen all the videos but I love your channel anyway. Did you tried to craft something with owl's pellets? You know, this stuff they regurgitate full of bones they can't digest. Could be a sick build. It's esay to find them at a cheap price, and it's also findable in your local forest.
Thank you for the video! The forest around your home is so beautiful down to the tiny little blue flowers and grasses. I live in a desert. I hate it. I hope your move went/is going fairly smoothly? If you are still in the process, I hear Dwarven moving companies are great for the heavy stuff. A word of advise however, don't let them cart your fine silks and delicate terrain pieces. They will destroy them.
Great stone, and the best tarnished copper I've seen. Applause from the UK (listen very hard). What's the Bad Thing with the claws at the end? If it's an umber hulk, which company made the model?
I just made a reversible dungeon/tavern tile. My 1st ever miniature anything. I used popsicle sticks for the tavern side. Any suggestions on how to paint? I was going to use the black mod podge and then dry brush, or should I just use a watered down wash type paint? Thank you.
Paint the sticks black, drybrush with dark brown, light brown, and finish off with a tan drybrush. Try using an orange-brown if you want some more color.
Some years ago, before having bought a Proxxon, I've tried to cut XPS with a fretsaw... DON'T DO THIS AT HOME! I still find some pieces in the corners;) Do it in some garage or so.
Digging it but is not the gravel you used too large for simple ground texture for miniatures? They would be roughly a foot or two in size, or 30.48 cm or 60 cm in size.
