The most fun I've ever had with miniatures! (Stargrave 28mm Minis) 

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Production quality is getting out of control around here.

Those macro shots! The angle, the lighting, the frame, the motion!! Top Notch, genuine cinematography.

I believe that Isaac Newton wanted to call his new theories about gravity "Crazy Math," however the board of directors and the publicity department decided that Newtonian Physics was catchier. Poor Isaac went to his grave feeling that people were going to get his mathematical theories confused with cookies. And that's exactly what happened. I, like you, prefer the term "Crazy Math." Look at those sliders shots and amazing lighting! I love the X-acto knife control - no cut fingers, why? Because you're a pro! I have never seen a 3.5 inch GI Joe look so GINORMOUS! Great video, Crafsman! p.s. I'm reminding you to talk about macro. : /

this is by far one of the best RU-vid channels ever made.

Oh yeah, that's some good fun right there!

"Somebody could sit under a tree, get hit on the head by a apple... and we all have to do crazy math." Just the giggle I needed at the end of this day. Thank you Crafsman! Your Crafsfan, Paula

Model kits are fun in general Whether they be Gundam and Bandai kits,Kotobukiya,Warhammer miniatures, and more, they’re easy to have fun with and relax with,just like this video

Holy wow that building the monkey sequence with the background music and overlays and ending to majesticallly on the completed figure was so satisfying 🔥🤙🏼💪🏼

I know it's outside of TheCrafsMan's prefered toy era, but I would love to see what he can do with some Gundam/Gunpla models.

Now you need to get a stargrave crew together!

I really enjoy the music that you make for these Crafsman. It gives it it's own unique feel and I quite enjoy it. It would be awesome to have a playlist of your music. And I liked the video a lot. I hope we get to see you paint some of these or maybe make a diorama. I can't wait to see how you build their character.

CrafsMan... you never fail to put a smile on my face. Lately, I haven't had many reasons to smile; but I can always count on you. Doesn't matter what you are doing, your gentle voice and easy approach to everything just gives me hope for better days. Hugs

I can’t make it through a Steady Craftin video without smiling. This one especially. I like the editing and camera work in this one!

I've always been interested in minis like these, but still haven't brought myself to do it yet. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video & sharing what you've done with them. Just out of curiosity, did you consider making any molds of the bodies or parts to be able to use all the heads?

Its my birthday, thanks for the video

Just a reminder... Talk about macro shots.

I remember seeing your very first videos. Wow, you have come a long way

Somehow someway your video production just gets better and better. To infinity, and beyond!

Stargrave! I've been wanting to play around in a mini sci-fi world but with cyborgs and robits. I have to check it out now.

I love the bloopers so much it makes my day

I love minis, and I NEED these. They’re epic.

I hope you let these troopers watch TV with your GI Joes!

Here's an idea, each family member has a sprue from different sets, you each pull off a piece, then pass the sprues. Seems like a fun way to make some interesting choices.

Stargrave is epic, thanks for showing these! Space Dude with bazooka would be an excellent character for most any crew.

My favorite RU-vid channel. Why can't I stop watching this silly-looking puppet with a voice from down in the Bayou!? I am an adult, after all, for goodness sakes! Now, I find myself shelling out my hard-earned allowance on this thing called Patreon, so you will keep making more videos. But I told my wife, "It's MY allowance, I can spend it how I WANT!". She just rolled her eyes and said..."Awww Rite!" In an authentic Crafsman accent. I do love that woman. Keep up the great work making quality content, Crafsman. Mister Gulsby

I get people into these games by asking them if they played with army men or action figures as kids. I get them talking about those memories then I plant the seed.."you know there is a way for you to have that joy again as an adult" Going the other way explaining wargaming, they will be confused until they say, "oh, it's dungeons and Dragons". Then you need 20 minutes explaining why they are wrong...obviously this is a bad tactic... Hint crafman: tiny magnets make the arms replaceable and posable..

Crafsman... my friend is special, and he thinks you went on vacation, and have someone else standing in for this video! He thinks your voice sounds different, and I told him it's because you recently stepped up your video quality techniques aka your mic might be different or maybe your editing sofware was augmenting the sound, or maybe you had a cold or something but I promised him that's your voice. Can you please settle this dispute? Crafsman, I got a dollar riding on this one don't let me down!

Hey, if you're going to to be working with small stuff like this in the future, a set of precision tweezers will be extremely useful. A set of tweezers for electronics use is really inexpensive on Amazon.

Crafsman, You need to release some music. Also Love you to death bro. Would be fun to Table top game with you.

“A couple things I like…uh three things…uh first…” that had me chuckling.

I loved the variety of animal heads in these kits!! Ive been reading some older sci fi books- lots of aliens that are just animal people in them! Hehe.

Paging Guy from Midwinter Minis, CrafsMan is assembling miniatures. This is not a drill.

Hello, Crafsman!! Here's a video idea: Making dioramas for these neat little guys. Maybe you could make a forest, maybe you got a damaged bit of alien equipment or something. I think it would be cool to see how you could do a diorama out of some foam pieces with that lil fake grass and whatnot. I would also love to see them painted, but... you know.

Would love to see you paint some of these up! Maybe even a diorama... a man can dream.

I love these videos!!!!!! They are such a joy to watch!

Cool look at these! Reminds me of the OLD, Rogue Trader, 40k Space Marine boxed set.

get you some Tamiya thin Cement! it works wonders for styrene.

I built a model tank with my nephews over Thanksgiving that was interesting, but just another tank. However the kit had a few soldier with similar tiny components and separate limbs to glue together and they loved it. Spent hours gluing all the tiny accessories on and getting things positioned just right. I just ordered some of these so we can build them at Christmas. Thanks for the the inspiration!

i use gel super glue and was a big loctite fan until i noticed it was only 1.5 oz compared to gorilla gel was 5 oz

Yoooo, that music you used near the beginning, around :40, was so good! I'd love to hear an extended version of it. Or, even better - a Crafsman album!

😷🙂👍 love that you know spanner.

That intro actually got me thinking, is Crafsman actually a math nerd? That's something else we'd have in common.

Northstar/Osprey kits are fantastic. The Stargrave kits have been staring at me every time I walk into my local shop. Might be a good time to pick them up.

Hey crafman! I'd so so so soooo love to give give you a painting lesson for these lil fellas!

I also love the Frostgrave mini line up! They're just as cheap and just as customizable! Plus the ruleset for both these games is incredibly easy to learn and can be played with any existing minis you might already have.

Cool ! Id love to see a video of the western gunfighter figures also..would be cool to see what you can make from those...

I've kitbashed about 40 minis using Strargrave and Frostgrave kits

EMBEDDING TINY MAGNETS WOULD MAKE THEM SUPER COMPATIBLE! :o

I'm excited about a Macro video. The figures are cool and the music in this is wonderful.

Love it! Keep up the great work Crafsman - you planning on painting these up?

You should do a collab with Studson Studio now that you've got the mini-figs, and he has the scenery.

These would be great to design and 3D print your own accessories.

Oooo another craftsman video!

Honestly, I prefer Warhammer 40k; But it’s always great to see more people getting into the Miniature hobby!

I thought Warhammer were expensive and then I found out how they cost outside of the UK! I'd love to see you paint these minis crafsman, it would be a dream to sit down and chat while painting together.

Miniatures are my jam so it makes me happy to see people who aren't normally a part of the hobby enjoying themselves. Thanks for the vid.

I love the squid face guy

I may have just found my next Christmas present to myself.

You said “crazy math” and then showed three different diagrams that where just common parts of my college math classes. I had this weird moment where I realized not everyone will take math that requires them to commit to memory the trig ratios and special angles circle.

I'm going to get some of those for the kids....and me lol 😎👍

Your macro shots really blew me away! I'm in the process of building a lot of Warhammer 40,000 minis, and what I've found easiest to put them together is super glue with a brush.

Crafsman why would you get all those Stargrave minis when you can get almost an entire WH40k space marine mini for the same money??

This video right thuh was very INSTRASTIN !!! LOL !!! I LOVE YOU CRAFSMAN !!!

hey glad you gotten into the Stargrave series. been wanting to hear your thoughts on it

Stargrave gives you so many bits. I have bits comin out my ears. It's great for kitbashing little peeps or most any variety. Helps when the crazy math starts trying to manifest around my head OH LAWD THERE THEY IS AGAIN! Oh uh, thanks for the video. I gotta eat an apple or somethin to get the maths to go away.

Thank you for making this

Hopefully you have seen the Wargames Atlantic figures.... 24 figures for $34USD... Probably would work with these Stargrave miniatueres as well... Mix and match!

The fact that a box of platic spue minis is considered cheap at 9 dollars is a sign of how obnoxious the pricing is by games workshop. My only concern with these minis is all these flat joints to connect pieces, that's not a good way to do it. You could use the fusey stuff, also can get a little pin drill and a small piece of paper clip too. Also the bases are a little small and plain but oh well.

great video as always my guy, you da mang

There’s 2 sets of the MERCS and the Crew in lady form! They add more bits for the steady craftin’!

Crafsman you should do a follow up with this video and paint the monkey! So fun. thanks for all your videos and invaluable information

Don’t know how I missed this video. I laughed so much brother. I will go with you two miles for sure!

You can always put a smile on my face! Cinematography Genius! BRAVO BRAVO!

I whispered to myself "ALLRIGHT" just before crafsman said it

I just think you're the best ASMRist on RU-vid...PFFFT! NAH! I'm kidding. I would not insult you like that, Crafs Man. Seriously though, you're one of my heroes, and I hope one day I could CRAFS as good as you and with as much enthusiasm and passion. Спасибо, Crafs Man for puttin' always puttin' a smile on my face.

CRAFSMAN... Have you looked at the Star Wars LEGION Miniatures??? You're welcome ;-)

Didn't expect Crafsman to start off by throwing shade at old Sir Isaac. smh, but with a grin. Nice macro work, BTW. Especially the juxtaposition with a shot for scale. Hah! made that comment before the outro. LMAO

Crafman making minis! Yes please! Amazing video quality as always sir! Wonderful work

20 multipose models for $10? Screw everything you do, Games Workshop. I'm getting tired of paying more for less and less. Also, I didn't know Stargrave had a dedicated model line. Pretty cool.

Wonder if these small tiny parts could be replicated with silicon molding?

Just found from Stargrave Reddit... what a wonderful gift for Xmas! Subscribed good sirs! This and Townsends, this year is getting better before, is, ovah!

@TheCrafsman, as a videographer/animation maker and also fighting against depression myself I cannot stress enough how much I have been inspired by your channel ever since I discovered it a mere 3 days ago. I have been gorging on your vids every free moment these last few days. The persona, the voice, the production value, the openness, working together with Crafson, and evidently the expertise that obviously came from experimenting... I am hooked! ... But I hope I can probe your knowledge and creativity with a question... I took some time off work and am currently studying mixed media in art school. I would love to create some enlarged plastic fruit (scale 3:1 or 4:1) for a project but I have no idea how to do this. Is it possible to create a mould in 2 halves, "paint in" the plastic and glue the halves together? Is there a way to create a hollow mould somehow? Am I overlooking an obvious solution? I am willing to experiment (and to fail and try again) but I would love some input from the wisest sock-puppet I know... Thanks in advance! Best wishes to the whole Crafsfamily and happy holidays PS, for anyone else in the comments, feel free to offer your ideas on how to create hollow plastic fruits as well, thanks!

oh SNAP! You done made the Reese's Peanut Butter cup of videos! I love miniatures and I love crafsman videos. Crafman talkin my language now. edit: also, editing and music skills off the chart! This is eye and ear candy of the highest order.

Crafsman what can I say about this video?........... I can say I loved it and the work you put into this video and every video you make is outstanding! Thank you for making these fantastic entertaining, informative videos and thank you for being you! You ALWAYS warm my heart and have helped me through some very tough times. I have watched your videos over and over again and when I have had severe anxiety your videos have helped me so much, they provide me with a comforting feeling and a distraction from my anxiety. Thank you, you truly are a wonderful person ❤️

Wow! These figures look 'WAY more sturdy by nature than the Stickfas figures...Wonder what kind of plastic they used??

Crafsman I picture you taking one or several of them and making them bigger. Like make mold, and do the whole process of making the mold bigger and casting the figurines bigger.

Oh wow, when I clicked the video I wasn’t expecting it to be one of yours as you don’t generally do minis. I’ve been aware of the SG minis for a while now but never pulled the trigger and I think this has decided me, I wasn’t aware of the sheer number of figures you actually get out of the box, that’s incredible for the cost.

Stargrave/Frostgrave and Wargames Atlantic are fantastic producers of affordable plastic soldiers Now can those leftover sprues be used in your plastic injection machine?

CrafsMan! I just bought the crew and mercenaries pack at my local game store. I'm out of my element too, so as soon as I got home I looked up stargrave miniatures on RU-vid-and there you were! Steady craftin! Looking forward to putting these together for a solo game call Five Parsecs from Home.

8.90!!! Tell me you know about the neodymium magnets and installing them in the connect points between all the arms and gear?!!? Then you don't have to commit to what a soldier has, you can pop them off and change out infinitely!! Alright love you hope all is well.

I watch a LOT of wargaming videos and that is the sexiest I've ever seen sprues look. If you like kit bashing checkout Perry Miniatures and a little ruleset/ style called Sludge :)

I just ordered the new females' sprues from NorthStar, these minis are a real blessing for converting or outright scratchbuild your customized figure, my only complaint is the lack of separate weapons from the arms, I hope that they'll do a support weapons sprue.

Man crafsman is looking old in this one. 😂😂sorry wrinkled gloves just playin baby, dat right there is a joke. Crafs on crafsman

Miniatures! Now you're talikn'... and I'm listening my brother.

Huh, I had no idea that you were interested in minis. Even intend to cover Warhammer 40K stuff? P.S. Those kits really remind me of the old stuff GW made.

Glad you found these models, Stargrave has great models especially for the cost and is a fun system to play as well. One tip though, you can also uses small neodymium magnets on the heads, arms, weapons, and/or torsos, to swap them around. This is a great way to get more value out of your figures, keep having fun coming up with fun combinations, and if/when you play Stargrave or other game systems, your not stuck with a model that doesn't adhere to the WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) issue with points or the rules. Good stuff as always!

Hey crafsman I hope you see this if you do I just want you to know i just enrolled into a very intense education academy(I’m 14, almost 15) and I’ve just been studying all day. Even on Saturday I have school and on Sunday I’m so exhausted I can’t do any hobby related thing, but seeing this video you helped me realize I not only have to make time but also keep these creative things in mind(maybe write them down) so when I finish this year(it’s a one year program) I won’t forget all about my hobbies and I’ll be a creative, chill, and all around nice person just like you rather than forgetting them and continuing to be depressed. in your youth, your field of work was different than your passion but you remembered and kept it in your heart and today you can follow your dreams. Thank you. I really look up to you.

Crafsman, I love you. But...you gotta paints them minis. (Please.)

Mr. Crafsman, bring me a dream 🙏 I would love to see you create The Marvelous Toy. You know, the one from the song. "It went zip when it moved, bop when it stopped, and whirr when it stood still. I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will." 🎶