40k Terrain Tutorial - Desert Wasteland fort for Orks, Diggas & Necromunda Ash Waste!!!

[@MurderHoboRPG]

Dude. Tell me you disinfected the bark before doing this? Black mold can cause lungdisease. Drench it in mouthwash. 30 minutes in the oven at 160° C next time aaight!!!!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

West Side I didn’t!!! I wear a respirator for any dusty stages and the bark was very dry and now is sealed, but I will do this next time! Thanks for the tip my dude

[@wookiejesusofnazarethkashy1940]

Skip the mouthwash though. The heat is enough to kill anything. Gonna take years for mold to get through Mod Podge, sand, more Mod Podge, paint, etc.

[@MurderHoboRPG]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop also bake your sand. You dont want micro critters laying eggs in your storage. purge them with fire.(i mean bake sand and grit for 2 hours at 160)

[@mattbecker4514]

I doubt that stuff would be dangerous after being sealed with modpoge and layers of paint.

[@dennishorror142]

@@MurderHoboRPG 60 degrees celsius is enough to harden any Protein in a life Form and killanything over 30 mins

[@OreoPriest]

In addition to being fascinating, there's something very relaxing about watching you build.

[@gustavoenzler5434]

Yeah, that's almost like yoga or meditation. Only topped by watching Juan Hidalgo painting his minis. :)

[@tobypin1693]

tru

[@fergusconnor7476]

This is the coolest terrain I've ever seen

[@torymiddlebrooks]

It's the attention to detail combined with the creativity, right?

[@fergusconnor7476]

@@torymiddlebrooks totally

[@glennt69lol]

This is dream terrain level

[@hyperbene7711]

Totally cool, agreed

[@michaelmarines4415]

"Using my bare hand like an absolute animal..." Your narrations are the best. Stay safe my dude. Thanks for the vids to pass the quarantine times! 🤘🏼

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

This was an incredible build. It looks killer! I really want to build something like that, but man, storing it. Even with a dedicated room I have no idea where I'd put it. It wouldn't fit on a bookshelf. Question for you my man....and I'm super sorry if you mentioned it and I missed it (watching with a kid running around), where are all those perfect little steps from? Or did you scratch build them? They are great!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Black Magic Craft Thank you! I am seriously considering mounting it on the wall like a taxidermied head. The stairs are O scale styrene stairs from Plastruct. They are absolutely awesome. They aren’t big enough for a mini’s base to slot in the steps but they look right to me and I just make little landings here and there to compensate.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Find a glass topped table you can mount this under if it fits, that way you will be looking down on all the details

[@batman9592]

@@tomtruesdale6901 That's a great idea!

[@X.davidWilliams]

@@tomtruesdale6901 - Huzzah

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Magnets on its bottom magnets in the ceiling see where I'm going with this 😃

[@kenlipson8686]

UNREAL!!! That is a masterpiece.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Thanks ken! Very kind

[@Denbot7]

I just love this piece! So incredible. I love how your terrain pieces tell their own stories. It’s a quality often missing in terrain, especially the GW stuff that just always looks cold and lifeless.

[@kirkgeier417]

All the shots of the models hiding in crevices is what makes this piece so gold

[@hyperjas5]

Holy crap those are construx at 13:56. Man I loved playing with those toys when I was younger.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Yes they are, i have a few bags of them from a thrift store but haven’t used any pieces til now. I never had them growing up but one of my friends who had older brothers did, and we used to make toy guns out of them and pretend we were action movie style mercenaries. Good times

[@EchoMirage72]

No-one: Eric at 21:03: Does his best Anakin impression.

[@WylochsArmory]

Caught that too :-D

[@Will_Forge]

It was perfectly timed and subtly executed, too. Made me crack up, rewind, and make my wife watch. lol

[@MrJuwarra]

i laughed so hard at that.. awesome 'easter egg'

[@rking1106]

Now with this build your minis can have the high ground!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Hahahaha always

[@grimdesaye6534]

Hey just for whoever wants to know Great way to make corrugated items is with Coffee cup sleves cardboard holders. 7/11 has them. Just FYI :)

[@DyslexicLemonz]

Am I the only one who caught the "I hate sand" quote from star wars!!! That was great!

[@bettsdn]

This really is incredible. The bark texture is great and the way you mimicked it with the carving technique is spot on. MILES better than the typical angled chip out technique. It legit looks like rock. I also love your philosophy of design.

[@cavemanworkshop]

This. Is. Amazing.... 😳. Absolutely incredible content! Modular; practical; accessible; sustainably attained materials. Nicely done! I hope everyone else recognizes a new contender in the “upper-middleweight class” of the proverbial hobby content community of KZbin!

[@RedCaio]

Anakin sand quote = thumbs up

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

Awesome as always. Great mix of technical skill and chaotic improvisation.

[@Norfolk250]

That titanium white sure did its job! Wowsers!!

[@666MABE]

Every single stroke of dry brushing that bark was so satisfying

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

This looks like an actual fortress!

[@chroniclesoftinybattles]

Love how you worked that foam to make it look like rock ! I was being unhappy about rock work on my current build, thanks !

[@davidsavedge9641]

If you are running out of storage space start listing these builds on Etsy. I bet they would sell quickly! Great Job!

[@TheRealRodent]

The treebark thing is cool. I make my own flock out of sawdust. Easy enough to get it too if you simply ask around . Find a local place that cuts wood, in my case it's a guy who fixes old furniture in a nearby marketplace... and simply ask if you can get hold of the scrap sawdust from under the machinery :D You'll need 2 grades of sieve. One with large holes, the other tiny holes. Sieve through the large one first which separates all of the actual chunks of wood, bits of paper, cigarette ends, rat turds and general crap that accumulated. Then, sieve again through the small-holed sieve, and you'll end up with 2 "grades" of sawdust. The rougher stuff is good for filler when making rocky scenery. Mix it with PVA and it acts like loose putty. The fine stuff, you can use for flock. Stick it in a microwaveable tub, and give it a whirl for about 15-25 seconds. This will kill any bacteria and disinfect the wood. Then, mix with acrylic paint and hot water from the kettle: 3 parts paint, 1 part water. I use acrylic paint from the cheapy £1 stores. Usually 3 or 4 bottles for £1. And then leave it in plastic tubs overnight, uncovered, somewhere warm like on top of a radiator, so it can dry out. Make 3 different colours of sawdust: Green, red and yellow. Then once dry, you can give it a stir with a spoon and any of the stuck-together lumps will break apart easily and it'll return to its powdery sawdust texture. Mix the 3 colours of sawdust together as follows: 3 parts green, 2 parts red, 1 part yellow. Perfect Autumn flock. The acrylic paint is cheap usually 3 or 4 large bottles for £1... and the sawdust is free... I make buckets of flock, literally, FULL buckets, for barely a few pence per bucket... when compared to the shop-bought flock that costs £10 for a spoonful.

[@ScratchBashing]

Ork vehicle conversion, you say? I'm sold.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I will definitely watch some of tour videos for inspiration before tackling it!!

[@ScratchBashing]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop Send me a picture of your bitz box ;)

[@terrainaholic]

That's an AMAZING build Buddy!!!!! Looks GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!

[@MaxDMCrafting]

This is a great piece! Love the bark technique and how it looks at the end. Happy Crafting and stay safe mate! Ciao from Italy 😉

[@raindog8684]

I love the bark chip story!

[@ozzybwild]

About the "random" fit: it's a good idea to use "reliable" household scrap for miniature hobbies, for example old CDs as bases, or years ago I used caps of a brand of lighter gas cans back when I used to smoke. Using those kind of things makes it easy to have "round shape a, b, c" in size. Also, when "unifying" parts of vehicles like old Mark 1 and newer kinds of 40k Predator tanks for example, it is always a good idea to use the "smallest opening" as the standard for weapons to be made fit using adapters sizing their bases down, or use the "biggest opening" vice versa if you want the smaller weapons to have adapters made making their bases larger. That way you can for example use the "ceiling door" plate from a modern Predator that is bigger than the older ones as your weapons base, then create same sized plasticard baseplates for the spare weapon options you have on sprue, and finally create an adapter plate that is shaped like an upside down "trapeze" in sideview to make your weapon assemblies fit the smaller roof opening of a mark one Predator. The same way and old, metal mark one whirlwind platform can have an adapter made that allows it to fit on modern Predator models etc.. Creating friction held "plug/stick" connections or magnetizations like that WILL pay off in the long term, if not now then at least once you reach the point of a rule change / new generation of ruleset..!

[@GermanNightmare1976]

I celebrate your addition of that quote coming up after 20:40 if only for the reason that I said it out aloud shortly before you did. Amazing build, mate!

[@austingraham4107]

Love the bark and love the passion in your craft

[@johnkelley9877]

Simply incredible! There are so many interesting things going on in this diorama even without figures. Thanks for sharing this great work.

[@FamineStudios]

Very cool build! I like the bonus playability with the extra add ons!

[@euansmith3699]

This is a really inspirational video. The approach to modelling and painting is cool and unfussy.

[@thealgorerhythm9379]

I love the chip-bark landlord story. More please.

[@dannyshannon]

This has a real Boarderlands feel to it. Absolutely epic result. 🤘

[@FacilityD20]

It really does.

[@glennt69lol]

Bro... This is seriously the greatest KZbin terrain video ever, I'm old skool 2nd edition generation and scenery like this was in our dreams and fantasies back in the day, you've made a 40k Boomer happy

[@JOSEsanchez-bw6ox]

Ok boomer

[@glennt69lol]

Thankyou Josie

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I am heavily influenced by that old stuff, I’m glad you can pick up that vibe

[@anselmoffrisia2930]

I love these videos. Your builds are always so inspiring. I was recently reminded of my first game of Warhammer Fantasy Battles ever. I was defending a castle against some Greenskins, and unfortunately it was the highpoint of all my Warhammer games. But still, this video reminded me of those good times. Thanks!

[@pinkyysk]

I have a let's say interesting conversation with a guy who lives over the road from my mum. He's got a huge oak tree and I wanted to Rob some of the dried leaves for my millipedes. He was creepes out and fascinated. Great vid Stay safe

[@Aurica34]

Always love your terrain videos, exceptional terrain and the music... I don't know...the music just works for me

[@mrpylak7103]

Excellent build. I dig the Anakin Skywalker quote on the sand. I moved away from sand a long time ago. I use Ballast from the train store. Various sizes and no dust. It’s more expensive but the trade-off is well worth it. Also I like the rivets look. I stole the idea from you on your earlier builds. I don’t know why you don’t have a million subs. The excellence in simplicity is awesome!

[@warhounds]

This is not how you create terrain, this is how you create art

[@patrickbateman69420]

"We don't have mistakes, just happy little accidents" 🥰

[@waynehumber8906]

SUPER WOW! Awesome job Eric! I love this!

[@ZX-ou5op]

Saw the notification for your channel and my week immediately got better! I play orks and love everything about this - absolutely incredible, man. Glad you're doing well in these strange times.

[@TECsta76]

Modular measurements have common place in design.. Wicked fort!

[@Charlykan]

Amazing Job ! From all Terrain creators, you are clearly my fav ! I love the fact that you use "not-over-the-top" color scheme, you keep it simple, realistic and as result very immersive. And the amount of work and creativity is impressive ! keep up the good work.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I appreciate that you like my basic colour scheme! My wife always tells me tk add more colour. The colour can come from the models, right? Haha

[@ZX-ou5op]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop Gotta agree with you there - muted colors on terrain really lets the models shine. You seem to have a good eye for knowing how much color is enough.

[@jerrywhoomst1116]

Eric getting supported by the big dogs! Congrats on the support from MW minis.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

MW minis has been very supportive since the early days of my channel and even featured me on their channel. Very nice!

[@goberserk5917]

I used to use bark all the time, it's so awesome for texture. The weight can be a bit much though, and finding it in the city can be hard. Then I came up with a solution. Using plasticean/playdough, I push the bark into it to make a mold copy of it, then I pour plaster into it and let it dry. Now I have as many pieces as I need. Playdough is cheap, and reuseable, and doesn't seem to stick to the plaster.

[@jamesayrer466]

I love the bark idea

[@nickn4127]

Amazing work as always! I will send this to all my 40k pals who like building terrain because you're stuff is so inspiring!!

[@PlatypusScotsman]

Nice work Eric. Looks sweet. I really like how you put a lot of thought in how your transitions would work for miniature play.

[@simplesmile6984]

man loving all your videos , and you did great that you came and asked if you could take those, i think thats awesome ) very brave too, i think to do what's right you need Courage,Faith and Love

[@ydoIhavetohaveachann]

Alone in my workshop painting, but when you put those model kit towers on I audibly said “niiiiice” lol

[@Shnubuts]

this is seriously the best video of a warhammer diorama i've seen so far !! Great work and looking forward for more !!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Wow, high praise! Thanks man

[@SalMi106]

Nice Priject, the bark looks really really good !

[@gustavoenzler5434]

Dude, love watching your vids. Happy with you when you attached the refinery part on the tower and it fitted so well. Made me grin all the time, because I exactly know what you mean... :)

[@smelvinhamilton9792]

You're refreshingly possessive! Also the fort looks fucking amazing!

[@vegassims7]

Eric's pretty cool and his work is very good.

[@dinkitoyare2485]

Holy crap dude! It looks like something made in a factory!

[@darrelld.paveyjr.1477]

Eric the salvaged wood pieces the sedimentary rock formation is made from. Is actually "Pine Bark Mulch" sold at nursery landscape stores and garden center at Lo____. Very cool "rock formations" keep up the great builds.

[@inkywells]

Awesome build. It's a big piece, true, but surprisingly versatile and would be so cool to play on. You made a great point about using fewer crazy angles on the patches for a more realistic look, too. Thanks for sharing.

[@Kirk.t.g]

Love the tire tracks and gate hinges Can't wait to see a battle report on this beauty

[@torymiddlebrooks]

Incredi-butts! It absolutely looks like a space pirate hide out too

[@torymiddlebrooks]

Two things. taylortheatrics.com/2018/08/01/foam-adhesives-that-wont-dissolve-your-foam/ And Add a little salt between layers to keep them from slipping around.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Very useful! Thanks man

[@Will_Forge]

@@torymiddlebrooks I wonder if that helps with potential moisture damage in the long term as well (I live in Louisiana).

[@torymiddlebrooks]

Unfortunately I don't know, I'm on the opposite end in Arizona. Moisture is not that kind of issue here.

[@Will_Forge]

@@torymiddlebrooks it's not as bad as I probably implied, but if your power goes out for a few days to weeks after a hurricane, you might suffer a bit of warping, or paints and glue failing.

[@RFDHobby]

Awesome build. Very creative use of those materials. It looks incredible, and what a stroke of luck with those modular bits fitting so well. I hope you do a video of modding that truck too.

[@wolfiefenderbender]

I found your channel right now, and as the minutes went by, I became a fan, keep up the good work, it's amazing.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Thank you and welcome!!

[@AsylumAudioDNB]

Only recently discovered this channel and I'm loving it! I think this is the best build yet, it looks awesome

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

AsylumAudioDNB thank you!

[@arcanuke3294]

Every single video you post is brilliant!

[@itcamefromthenerdcave1669]

Dude this is awesome. Inspiring me to do this for my Star Wars Legion game. Love the bark story BTW. When my son played flag football, I noticed that the parking lot had patches of reddish, coarse sand that reminded me of Mars. The next time I was there, I brought a little whisk broom and scoop to collect some for basing minis. Got some really strange looks!

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

the biggest feature of Ork construction, and watelander construction too tbh, is the sight of patched metal, on top of patched metal. like the metal you used to patch the last shell or weather wear hole has now worn through too xD

[@olivermanley24]

Super underrated channel just found it yesterday

[@jeromeferrez4115]

... Well... when I see this, there is one and only word that comes to me....... Outstanding!!!! This build is just incredible! 'wish I'll be able to do as well someday! I've just discovered your channel with this video, and I'm subscribing right now to see more!! Keep it up! And stay safe so you can marvel us again!!

[@RumorsofWAAAGH]

Always cool to see more terrain tutorials on YT. Try Bear Gripper paint on flat styrofoam sheets. You can use the paint as glue.

[@ProfessorCharlesPorterfield]

Absolutely incredible! Excellent work!

[@ScratchBashing]

That pink DAP can be watered down to a certain extent (something like 2 parts spackle to 1 water). Longer drying time but same final cure hardness. Doesn't reduce adhesion either.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Good advice, thanks dude. I tried to keep the moisture low because i wasn’t sure if the bark would expand or puff up something

[@stoneylrobertson]

This is an awesome construct! And the bark!! That has me thinking so many possibilities! Even standing them vertically instead of horizontally for a standing stones or circles or dolmens look! Everything is building material!!

[@iamgrays]

Great work again. I really like this and the simplicity of what you did. Keep it up!

[@liomii781]

Great gravel effect, is bicarbonate of soda. Really fine. Just sprinkle it over pva and you are good to go.

[@kallisto9166]

Great build Eric, it looks fantastic! Measuring every bit of a build against the models you're intending to use it with is a really important tip. Always check as you go to see where you can stand a mini folks! It will make your builds so much more playable and be really immersive for your players. The more that players can interact with a model, the more fun they will have. You could build the most detailed historically accurate building ever, but if there's nowhere to stand a mini, it's just a big brick.

[@Robert-bm2jr]

Great Star Wars quote.

[@clearfudge]

Just found you tonight, and you're awesome dude! You're like the Bob Ross of Warhammer builds

[@derek9820]

As an alternative to your tennis racket grid, go to a hardware store and buy egg crate light diffusers. 2' x 4' grid with the same dimensions grid wise. Cheap and not much waste for a lot of material

[@BrushQuill]

This has made me think/inspired me to make some of the mine/bandit encampments from Skyrim in 10mm for Warmaster.

[@boboshobby]

This is a very cool Pieces of terrain! Very nice work

[@alexdeville1248]

Really appreciated this, going to try apply some of your bark tekkers on a project i am doing.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Lemme know how it goes!

[@salvation7362]

The only problem I see is how on earth you'll ever top this build! This is epic Games Workshop level stuff here imo. Very inspirational!

[@revolvergimp4397]

Great video, I love the modularity of the build and I noticed you have the Right models on it in the end, Blood Angels, lol!

[@grimdesaye6534]

Fort looks Super Well done sir:) 👏

[@wouterw.2945]

A masterclass build fort, very impressive.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Second video I watched today that used bark for stone, looks very real after painting. Really like how you used everyday items and turned them into the fort.

[@RotGolem]

Stunning use of bark and a really awesome terrain piece! It has a Borderlands feel that really goes well with 40K and a lot of sci-fi/apolyptic settings. Stay safe from Italy.

[@hyp3rk1ll_aoc39]

Happy to hear you and yours are staying safe in NY. Great build this time, wonderful scale! Love how big it is. Loved the idea of using the wheel in the wet spackle for the tracks! Ork player myself so, WAAAGH!

[@nigromarte7017]

WHO THE HELL COULD DISLIKE THIS??? BRUTAL!

[@ster6222]

I have to stop the video to comment because I am so square with lack of arts and craft creativity. This is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING and I will subscribe with the hopes one day of being able to create, at least, the door knob to this fort. 😁 In the mean time, I will start small and begin the process of collecting scraps and materials. 🤓

[@Pelaeztv]

SIREN of NYC!!!...🤣🤣🤣 I usted to live at 168th & Morris Ave.(Bronx), right next to the fire station... When you mentilned the sirens, you took me back...👍🏼👍🏼😁😁😁

[@erc1971erc1971]

My god, that thing looks beautiful. I don't even want to know how many hours you put into that thing. Hats off to you sir.

[@joelhicks5162]

3M Foam Fast 74 is a great product for bonding large pieces of board foam together.

[@ScratchBashing]

I still come back here from time to time.

[@jellyranger1706]

Sick. Gonna incorporate those into my newfound love for CAV. Thanks Eric!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Hmmm... what is CAV? I probably know this but i am drawing a blank right now

[@jellyranger1706]

So it’s sort of a Robotech vibe with battle suits...Reaper/Talon makes it so the price is right. Looked like fun and I wanna use some of your paint schemes on my mechs. And your terrain builds will go well with my vision for a battlefield. First up is a weathered one using your burnt umber scheme. 👍 I figure my first car was a beater so my first mech should be too.

[@Da40kOrks]

Incredible build! So much attention to detail and looks so good for such a simple paint scheme. Outstanding! Waggghhh!

[@thesylvan]

A-MAZE-ZING! Quite impressed and humbled. Fantastic.