20 Terrain & Model Making Tips You Might Need One Day

Today I share 20 tips for terrain and model making that took me ages to learn and it might help you, maybe not now, but maybe one day.
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[@Jazza]

My favourite part was when you sheepishly said "tippy-taps" - actually no it was the helpful tips. They were my favourite bits!

[@coolpranksfriends6202]

Hey jazza

[@BansheeSquadron]

My two favorite KZbinrs in the same place!

[@MidwinterMinis]

Got to admit, the whole concept of "giver" and "receiver" has confused me on more than one occasion. Also magnets.

[@TheImmersiveWorldCrafter]

Lol'd a lot at this comment

[@mattdeeley4302]

Groan! 😂

[@TheImmersiveWorldCrafter]

@@mattdeeley4302 he has to begin his dad jokes training

[@j.m.4508]

A lot of people throw around the title "the Bob Ross of miniature painting." I see you as the Macgyver of hobbying.

[@st4lsell123]

Gotta say, you popping in after the voice over was complete shot me straight back to "walls and barricades". You reignite my hobby fire with every video posted. Love you man.

[@Miscast]

hahahahahahahahahha, so long ago! I gotta bring that back

[@tabletoptrilobite9816]

A miscast video and Black Magic craft video in the same day? Truly a righteous time to be alive

[@1quackquack1]

excellent thankjs man black magic crafts vid didnt come up in my recommend, so i neatly missed

[@jherazob]

@@1quackquack1 he always posts on Thursday, keep an eye on that and there's less chance of missing it

[@elicollins3221]

For the record, my mom is a librarian and she heavily endorses audiobooks as a great form of reading

[@lcsteichen]

The science shows our brains process the information the same whether reading with our eyes, ears, or fingers (Braille). Audiobooks are valid, and for some with disabilities, an life-changing accommodation.

[@zedthefatone2864]

These videos must be magic cause I just feel so inspired to create every time I watch them.

[@RaqrexArt]

I learned more from this video than I did from 4 years of college 🙃

[@hyp3rk1ll_aoc39]

Facts

[@mikeverse634]

Trent's piercing green eyes in the part 20 segment convinced me to sculpt those bases. Bored into my soul.

[@Gauldame]

"it will stain everything you love" *Pans to wife and dog*

[@HallofCraftVids]

That Magic Stick tip at the end is going to be a total game-changer for me! HOLY

[@Miscast]

Yeah, it really helps especially with big projects! I wish I could remember where I learned about "magic sticks" but my google-fu has failed me, I love the name though.

[@krystofuhlir2441]

This is everything I ever needed to know in thirteen minutes. Trent i love the stuff you do so much.

[@GoobertownHobbies]

These are some Hot Tips!

[@TheImmersiveWorldCrafter]

These are Miscast Tips

[@Daealis]

A-ha! Found the source, I bet these will be sprinkled into the next few podcasts.

[@ZefugiLive]

Your tip about practical application of sculpting tools at 10:30 is pure gold. I can't find any tutorials that go into depth on that kind of stuff. Wish someone would make a tutorial on the application/usage of tools and not just the process of sculpting. 🙂

[@michaelodonnell6949]

In terms of wire cutter, there's the new army painter wire cutter that's like 20 bucks. What's interesting is it's entirely bare bones so you can reverse engineer that one and figure out how it works, or say combine 2 and you have a discount proxxon hot wire cutter for bigger pieces.

[@Ninjon]

Audio book hot takes from Trent!

[@mattdeeley4302]

I can't find white dwarf 1-99 in audio book format though 😭

[@ceromadera3233]

Its not just the tips, but the way you told them that make this video a very fun and practical video for all of us terrain makers! Thanks man!

[@ConjuredCraft]

All the sculpting stuff is so brilliant and I love anything that encourages more people in the hobby to sculpt! You're doing good work Trent!

[@nickpodehl6364]

King Killer Chronicles, great book series... Trent, your creativity knows no bounds

[@TheImmersiveWorldCrafter]

Lots of these I was nodding and shouting yes at the screen. I do a number of these. 50/50 greenstuff + miliput I am a disciple of and spread the good word to whoever will listen. I am going to watch your man who gave you hints about capturing textures. Great vid and tips, Trent. Take 't easy bro.

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

Every time I think I know stuff, I see something like this and it reminds me that, no, I dont really know much stuff. Great tips. Cheers!

[@galan8115]

When i saw that toy crocodile i just pictured the Hook's "crocodile Statue". What a great movie.

[@turnipslop3822]

Awesome to see you talking to the camera at the end man, I just realised how rare it is in your videos but it's a really nice touch when it happens :]

[@Berserkerworks]

Many great tips. That magic stick would have saved me from glueing magnets to my fingers so many times.

[@thehobbygit281]

That plastic terrain base tip is a game changer. Brill idea!

[@KnarbMakes]

Damn.... so much good info. I need to organize my junk. :D

[@Miscast]

Good luck!

[@squitof_doom2830]

you are a better teacher then every teacher I ever had in school

[@aishthetic5043]

I've literally been looking for a channel like this for DECADES !!! 💓📈😭

[@AoSCoach]

Learning 50/50 milliput to green stuff was a cracking hot tip

[@iW1nterMute]

The magnet tool is sheer genius- after magnetizing a 3D printed modular rocket model and mixing up the polarity on a few of the pieces, I wish I had thought of that.

[@UncleFrogface]

Holey moley Trent. That's a lot of tips. Love the greenstuff/milliput 50/50 mix. Will deffo be getting some greenstuff and trying that out.

[@Miscast]

Good luck! Looking forward to the results

[@jamesbruce1975]

Weights! That's a genius solution especially for detail flock! That stuff always wonders if you're not keeping pressure, why didnt I think of this? Also anyone else clock the blurred spider during the focus shots of the bases? 😄

[@CronosVids]

Great list! Especially nice that you imply that you /might/ need them, not a list of things one /should/ do.

[@pancakeboi4244]

Thank you so much for the green stuff and the milliput mix i was trying so hard to make minis and now im makeing complet ones every week!!

[@RPArchiveOfficial]

Damn, solid box of tips man! Definitely agree with the magnet stick, I do something similar but having a little tool for it is very useful - I just use a magnetised dungeon tile...because there's always one lying around somewhere on my desk😅

[@NerdCraftHQ]

Between the little downward tippy taps and the words of encouragement, I feel like I can conquer my hobby after watching this.

[@Thebritishhistorian]

I need to watch all your videos twice, the first time I can't help but enjoy it and have fun with the edits: the second to actually listen to what you said and take in the information.

[@KiwiTheIguana]

That is the Orkiest hot wire foam cutter I've ever seen, it's perfect.

[@davidbrown4849]

I got the green stuff + milliput tip from a pro sculptor many moons ago, and it helped me several thousands of percent.

[@GMAtank]

The greenstuff sculpting tool is a wicked idea!

[@Miscast]

I hope you give it a go!

[@jherazob]

That one I WILL try

[@Nosculptor]

Thanks for Ian Miller! I don't how could it be that I didn't know him until now! I love Ralph Bakshi's Wizards. By the way Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo are also great inspirations to me.

[@FallenSailor]

Great clip, friend! I love your organization system and custom tools.

[@JennellJaquays]

I like your "things" sorting system. I think I can adopt.

[@blackboardplans]

10:50 suprise appearance of a spider in the background

[@ZombodyDead]

This is why I came to the comments. Glad someone else noticed. 😆

[@KnightsOfDice]

lots of great tips there mate, very well worth watching! love the texture sampling!

[@chrispowell2947]

the 50/50 mix of green stuff and milliput has blown my mind. it's better than either and frankly i'm annoyed that i didn't think of it first.

[@paulhalforc1889]

The material you are using for bases, if you cut it into strips it makes great I beams

[@Getz-Da-Chompy]

Great tips! I've actually needed to sort out all of my spare bits and bobs and leftover materials, so the tips on organsation really helped too. Thanks for the vid!

[@LylaMev]

I love your into: "these tips might help you one day, or they might not." No matter what you're right!

[@LFTerrain]

for some, they could be useful and for some, essential for starting, and for some never used and for some required but have not viewed this video cos they are watching Among Us videos XD

[@LFTerrain]

for me, always gonna remember hands down

[@leftwingdragon6235]

Thanks for these amazing tips Brent some of these tips are really cool and I didn't know about.

[@Dovieandi]

These are all great advice! And obscure enough that I think most people will learn something new. Nice work.

[@BillMakingStuff]

love tip videos! and this is no exception.

[@lukehartje]

So I have watched lots of your videos, and I'm pretty sure they are the best. Love the content 100%.

[@Atmoseeker]

Game changing stuff here. Thanks a bunch for sharing!

[@iron_buddha]

great video as always!

[@duskworkerdron5901]

Definitely been using the half and half milliput/green stuff for a while. It works wonders! Gonna have to remember the rest of these for future reference.

[@shrook6174]

I need to try some of these out thanks a lot :)

[@otheblade]

Thank you for all the great tips!

[@anthonyspall]

This is brilliant, thank you!

[@theobessiris9681]

Great video, it has some tips I didn't know.

[@RavensMinis]

Very inspiring, thank you!

[@jacobboer7985]

Brilliant as always

[@FredPaul0222]

Tip 20 omg epic!! Why did I never think of this

[@robertwebb9008]

great tips love the magnet one

[@jasonmangelsen7136]

Very useful tips and such, thanks.

[@svartann]

You are such an inspiration!

[@PresTigeMomO]

Dude! I love you and your tutorials so much! Thank you so much q-q

[@mooseworks_soldiers]

Awesome video. Thank you!

[@skevoid]

I hadn't seen anything from your channel before, great video! *mashes subscribe button*

[@thenintendobros9918]

Better tip than hand sanitizer: fast orange. It's meant to remove oil from mechanics hands, it's like a lotion with small bits of pumice, works wonders. You will need to rinse your hands after though

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

These are awesome, thank you for sharing =)

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@krzysztofmathews738]

Quite helpful. Thanks!

Amazing video. And glad to see the Herohammer wood elves somewhat returning

[@moonmint8047]

I have shamelessly copied one of your sculpting tools for adding textures. (The Greenstuff one with the holes) and it has seen massive use whenever I did something as simple as a muddy/swampy floor and also the good old Nurgle corruption on literally everything. I highly recommend it for anyone reading this. Make two tho. One as a stick and one in a semi-hemisphere like Shape.

[@PainClerk]

Another resin tip, opaque resin prints better detail you can buy dyes for resin. to know how much you need, put some of your resin on a sheet of wax paper let it cure if you can see light through it still add more dye. Opaque dies print better detail because of less light bleeding

[@MFewwy]

Amazing tips!

[@martintaylor570]

Great video, I'm a veteran hobbyist but there was a lot of useful stuff here - thanks :)

[@shevaettle894]

Any modeller ows it to themselves to watch this video! You won't regret it. 🤩

[@corvusboreus2072]

Nice one bruvvah! Oxides also go well as the pigment additive for acrylic sealant mixes (eg battlemat surfacing)

[@orthoff123]

I m in the hobby since 1984.... your tips are really great!

[@Miscast]

Nice! That's great to hear

[@lukemcdonladson6648]

Miscast Wampum .. Knowledge is Gold 👌🙂💚

[@GREASELICKER]

Thanks for the tips :)

[@Miscast]

No worries!

[@geoffreynelson6413]

This is great. You can get core flute from some printers or sign makers. Just ask for their cast-offs.

[@dirkgaffron5456]

The magic stick is an awesome idea. Thanks for that. The other are also cool, but that one will be done by me very soon.

[@pivotmaster4394]

thanks for the tips ill be sure to use them in the future

[@Miscast]

I hope you do!

[@charleyedwards2121]

protip: you can use liquid pigment (not alcohols) to dye that clear resin (anycubics clear is the best)

[@paulletexier_kalshyr]

Very cool one, lots of useful tips. I'm about to do my first try at magnets, your magic stick arrives on spot. (also, the gentlemen bastard has really been one of my favourite readings in the past 5 years!)

[@kurogiza]

Awesome tips. The plastic corflute basing idea is brilliant. BTW Missed opportunity for Giver and Taker :D

[@GhoblinCrafts]

Lot of good tips here

[@donblack1571]

Awesome thank you sir.

[@DiningTablePrintPlay]

For what it's worth, as I understand it it's actually moderately hard to get a hot-wire cutter wrong! ;-) If you can find it I'd suggest foamed PVC sheet instead of the corrugated stuff for bases. It's still pretty light and being entirely plastic still won't absorb moisture, but it's a closed-cell foam so you can carve or sand it if need be, it burnishes decently if you want to round an edge and it doesn't have a grain so it won't accidentally get folded and creased or split in a certain direction. Here in the UK the corrugated stuff is sold under the name "Correx" and the foamed one is sold as "Foamex".

[@Miscast]

Cheers, have you made a hot wire cutter? Any resources you've used would be great! I use EPVC is just about every other video, we've had price rise here recently so its hard to justify for bases now sadly. The same size sheet of EPVC is about 6 times the price now, pretty wild! Covid probably.

[@DiningTablePrintPlay]

@@Miscast only a temporary one ages ago - literally just a U of wood with lighting wire running up to machine screws at the end, nichrome wire stretched between the machine screws, and a lantern battery for power. I disassembled it to use the lantern battery for copper plating (which also worked fine, just fairly slowly) and ended up getting a GW one for about £6 that ran off two D-cells in series. All the calculation I did beforehand was to eyeball the gauge of nichrome wire I thought I probably needed in the shop with the notion at the back of my head that I could throw a resistor inline or add a second lantern battery if I got it too badly wrong. But mostly the worst you're going to do is either not get the wire hot enough to cut or burn it out, and you can adjust from there. ;-) (Fair enough on the PVC sheet - shame about the price. The corrugated stuff has always been cheaper here, but I don't think 6 times cheaper!)

[@paralipsis]

I have a different magnet trick that I use because I otherwise do not trust myself to propagate errors. I have some long and thin cylinder magnets (10mm x 2mm⌀) that I use as direct reference. One or two of these is usually enough to go between the already glued in magnet, and the eventual partner(s). I do it this way, because I can usually use the magnet as the insertion guide on anything ≥2mm⌀ ensuring I can keep track of the polarity of all but my smallest magnets all the way through the process. Just yesterday I was using them to work on my infinitely tessalate-able Necromunda floor tiles. There are no "giver" or "receiver" ends of the pairings, as I have to use one polarity on one side of the tile-edge, and the opposite polarity on the other. That way, any tile lines up and sticks to any other tile out into infinity.

[@vthunder4238]

Yayyy you’re back!!!! I needed this after the cursed city debacle

[@Miscast]

Cursed City will be back, mark my words.

[@vthunder4238]

@@Miscast I hope so I shelled out 50 bucks for it

[@jherazob]

@@Miscast I too feel the same, sunk cost and everything

[@MrScrawnjuan]

Looks like I'll maybe start The Gentlemen Bastards on Audible finally. Had it for a while now. I whole heartedly recommend listening to the Malazan: Book of the Fallen series! Thanks for the tips! Wish I'd known about the magnet trick before magnetizing my Daemon Prince as my first ever model..

[@jherazob]

Very nice tips, will copy a couple very soon, but I gotta give a safety warning on one: as someone who's had to deal with the horrible, very Nurgle aftermath of it, DO NOT use old batteries in crafting. They eventually leak horrible, corrosive, noxious and probably poisonous stuff that WILL destroy any craft, container, electronics or possibly even furniture it touches. Not quickly, not immediatly, but when you have forgotten of it which is worse. In fact find out how to properly dispose of those because they shouldn't even be on the normal garbage (here there's battery disposal bins on supermarkets which is good, but I imagine it's different elsewhere).

[@claydevotion]

I wish I had the storage! I’m consigned to a table in the dining room and tend to use trays to hold wet painted stuff and I put those on any available surface. Needless to say, the dining room is no longer for dining 😂😂😂

[@VoxFelis]

Here for the Tippy-Taps! x

[@s.l.5147]

*red green colourblind looking at the wood flock* mhhh, yes, such difference! much quality! o-o xD

[@pytle]

This is the day!