I’ll be honest here. I think with me skill set I would be better off if I financed the creation of a shrink ray and zapped a real city block into miniature because Sorastro’s work is beyond the pale. I’m looking at card stock, then effortlessly boom the Maestro’s hand turns it into a city block.
The Golden mile is in Blackpool uk. It's the stretch from north pier to south pier. Although it isnt exactly golden. 🤣 (I'm aware this was 10months ago. Just saw comment to do with my home town and just had to reply 🤭)
I thought the scenery looked pretty cool from the intro, but seeing the whole process and all the little details through out the video just blew me away. what a fantastic job!
I’m using many techniques used here for my own modular urban boards. First of all thanks Sorastro for the tips on where to get stuff and the inspiration! I was having a hard time with warping of the foamcore. Either applying the wall structure paper or texturing with filler (my go to way of creating concrete) the boards would warp a lot, up to the point of no longer fitting. However, I found a solution I thought I would share here. After letting the “good” side dry (and usually warp) completely, just turn the board around and wet the entire surface with a brush. That’s it! So simple, but it will even straighten out dried boards covered with filler on one side. I was so happy this worked and had been searching for a solution for a LONG time, so I thought I would share. Again, thank you Sorastro for being an inspiration!!!
In stories they have a fairy godmother who grants their wishes or helps when needed. We have Sorastro....we win! So much about this video is amazing. If there is such a thing as too much awesome...well we have Greatness Overload and couldn't be happoer. Thank you for this video (and everything else you do for the community.)
Thank you for this outstanding tutorial! This is a masterpiece that will make Mel very happy to see. I love it! Thank you for taking your time and sharing it with us.
My daughter introduced me to MCP, and your videos are a painting inspiration. Now I find that you are local to me with your World's end and Dice saloon inspiration. I hope to see you at Dice saloon at some point when my MCP team is ready to face the world, and I will shake your hand.
Measure twice, cut once, swear thrice seems to be my method of construction. I can never seems to cut a perpendicular cut. This is a great looking layout, and the visuals and sound in the video are top notch too. The World Atlas of Wine, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz... nice.
Dear Sorastro, Absolute genius collaborating with Mel! Outstanding results! Looking forward to more tutorials like these with baited breath. Kind Regards Johnny
Thanks a lot Johnny! It wasn't actually a formal collaboration as such; I just wanted to acknowledge how helpful his videos have been (and save me from shooting the building of the boards!) :D
This has just blown me away with inspiration for my self-created zombie/urban downfall games :-D Utterly unbelievable how so easy you make things for people to follow. I love terrain making for my own needs as well as for others, and this has me yearning to get started on some street scenery, but right now I'm busy making a gaming table containing fields with crop circles for a scenario someone came up with at the club. Word of advice for fellow model makers - DON'T volunteer when someone comes up with a crazy idea to try LOL. I'm having so much fun trying to make static grass crop circles, much to the amusement of my club-mates, when I could be making amazing street scenery like this. Love your videos more every time I watch them, and each new one just adds to the magic and wonder of the whole hobby experience for me. Thank you so much for being so inspiring every time :-)
I can tell that a shit ton of research went into this. Well done my man. I love the Terrain Tutor too :) I've never made ANYTHING from his channel, but I've watched nearly all his videos - mostly because I just like to watch people make things haha. This is a fantastic resource - a lot of skills and tips distilled down into 1 video. Bravo sir.
Mark, this is unbelievable. I you effing rock. Thanks for inspiring us all! Now I've decided to make 8 40x45cm tiles for my dinner table, to play SW Legion on! Love the ideas you shared here. Great work, as usual.
Hey man, this is probably the best video and end result i've seen from you. Not that any of the other are poor at all. This was just something fresh and interesting! Loved it :)
Brother, i swear you can read minds...i was just thinking of building some urban terrain for some walking dead games and here you go, you bring out this awsome video :). I've done many like these before but i love seeing different approaches to it. Love the video mate.
Wow, that is just AWESOME!!! Well done man! I am a big fan of D&D and Descent and i am looking for some ideas or tutorials for terrain and maybe some walls with hidden doors in dungeons! Or if it is a forest terrain, some trees or big bushes for cosmetic purposes! Really awesome video! Big fan of your work since i saw Descent figures painting! Have done this my hobby and i have to say your videos made me better! Keep up man! Wonderful job!
Really enjoyed this video Sorastro. Great descriptions of everything you are doing and good that you give props to other RU-vidrs who helped you as well. Hope to see some more scenery related videos in among your future ones.
Absolutely superb. Always good to watch a master at work. It's taken me four years to find this but it's now on terrain saved list. So many good ideas for inspiration. Thank you )O( Subscribed
First couple shots I was sure this was from real life cities (the first shot I thought was Sorastro's building and I was "wow cool mural, he's got a very artsy building to live in" :) )! Great work mate!
Thanks for your work over the years. You've helped me become a far better painter. Question. You mentioned the terrain should be suited for Marvel Crisis protocol or a zombie game. Do you find mini's from one Marvel require a different scale of scenery? They are notable bigger than standard 28mm and I'm dreading having to make scenery only usable for that scale.
Thanks a lot! That's a good question; when building the terrain I used an undead archer from Dark Souls who measures 39mm in height (not including the base) to the check that I'm happy with the scale, plus I also used some smaller "28mm" scale figures to see how they looked too. I think that a lot of 28mm-scale minis these days are generally larger than 28mm (the zombie/tramp you can see in some of the shots is from Zombicide, and he actually measures 33mm in height). Now that I have MCP I can see they look OK - Redskull for example measures 41mm (sans base) although I think he'd have to watch his head when entering the pub! :)
This is just amazing. I have to admit, I'm a little depressed that you are using similar materials and methods but coming up with such superior results compared to what I'm making at home. I will have to keep practicing...
@@Sorastro That's likely true. I haven't been able to consistently cut right angles across long distances of foam board - despite a lot of measuring and line drawing. I also don't have window or door frames, so that doesn't help - although I'm hoping to try for some in the future. I'm also never going to be able to hand paint a kraken on the side of a building. But I don't want to sound too mopey. My buildings are getting better and they should still make for a fun backdrop to the game for me and my family. It's pretty impressive to see what you have done and it gives the rest of us mortals something to aspire to. Keep up the great work! (and Happy Halloween)
Awesome! I have watched Mel before and really wanted to get into doing more scenery to take our D&D campaign to the next level, but now I really want to dig into some Urban Terrain! We just purchased a new RPG set in a future cyberpunk world. So, I will be breaking out the foam core and magnets to start crafting some buildings soon. Fantastic tutorial as always!
Thanks for this video. I have a feeling I will be referencing it this time next year. 😃. I am really happy that you listed the source of the material. Just keep doing what you do.
This was simply awesome. Sooooo many things to learn and a great reference tool for building scenery. Your attention to detail is inspiring. REALLY appreciate the product listing and some of those sites were fantastic. But it can be an expensive business, buying all these little scenery extras. Many thanks and happy new year to you.
@@Sorastro I mean not only is it beautiful, but it shows how intelligent you are to craft such an precise environment. The relaxing tone of your voice does not convey how difficult this was to imagine, build, and present to the world. TY for all your hard work! PS Mel is AWESOME
This is gorgeous! I had been following your progress on Instagram, but watching your process is even better. I’ll be trying to create something similar for the Batman miniature game
Did you find the 28mm scale of the antenocits workshop items out of place with the rest of the 40mm (O scale / 1:48 scale) minis and buildings that you designed?
Picked up a copy of Marvel Crisis Protocol to play with my Son and found a perfect project for us (me), amazing work as always if I can produce anything half as good I will be so happy. Keep up the good work, my black plague minis will get the love they deserve shortly... I promise!
YES. I'm copying this for sure! Ordered my MDF, sandpaper and foamboard. Quick question: is there anywhere to have a good look at the other 3 tiles? Would love to have a butchers... Thanks Sorastro. Great job.
Thanks! It's very hard to say as I bought various items over a few weeks. I was also quite slow at first as I was trying different products and ideas out, but by the end I managed to film that last tile over a long weekend. :)
