7 liter resin pour inside a 50 year old TV - Diorama build

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We've spent about 6-8 weeks working on one of our most epic projects ever. Building a miniature diorama inside of a 50 year old TV. We've packed it with fantasy characters, magic glowing things, blue crystals.... and about 25 pounds of clear cast resin. Yes... its that much.
Thanks again Viktor for stepping up on short notice making awesome figures for us!
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Painting miniatures for your warhammer & d&d games. Age of sigmar and warhammer 40k. Blood angels, Slaanesh, Death Guard, Space Marines, Space Wolves, Stormcast Eternals, painting scale models, miniature busts! How to paint NMM. How to paint warhammer, how to paint d&D figures.

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

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[@RPRsChannel]

*_"Nice."_*

[@LalienX]

Lame.

[@footrot17]

Coming from someone named miles

[@owmycheek]

It's been really cool to see you guys try your hand at bigger building projects like this, and it's great to see when things don't go right too!

[@hyperenoughable]

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[@VictorAguilar-co7zf]

It´s been real fun to work with you Emil, hope we can repeat soon!

[@perrybailey5565]

When Lucas free handed that backdrop. Amazing.

[@moustholmes]

I actually think that the distortion from the resin looks really cool. It looks like the power of the strike is heating up the air.

[@Nerdforge]

This is amazing :D Love the creativity of using the TV as the set for the scene!

[@Spartan-Ben-204]

Im just imagineing a collaboration right now and now i realy want one

[@JonasHovde]

@@Spartan-Ben-204 same

[@johnalbers6153]

This was one of your best vids. The Highest highs and the lowest lows...all for a 25 minute ad. Seriously...you guys outdid yourselves

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

🥰🥰 is not all an ad though, we did love the project

[@johnalbers6153]

@@SquidmarMiniatures Oh I mean no disrespect by saying it's an ad. This was gorgeous work and ads can be art too!

[@Lezgrey]

Can't wait to visit the Squidmar museum one day

[@jansonvocmf]

Despite being cursed, that is an amazingly beautiful build. Wow! Well done.

[@wanderingsalad2715]

The only acceptable Raid ad.

[@SuperSaiyanPhysique]

Lukas is the MVP, hope you're paying him well!

[@MrLokhe]

I can't believe it. You made me sit through an entire ad for Raid Shadow Legends. Something I thought impossible! Well, ok, I skipped the actual ad :p

[@seankilawee8699]

Fierce, absolutely Fierce 💯

[@atveit89]

Watching these types of videos are so awesome! So far in my hobby career ive only painted models, but this type of content makes me want to branch out and make dioramas or similar things!

[@joshg2660]

Impressive build! Out of curiosity, how heavy is the TV with the many liters of resin you put in it? I imagine it would be heftier than the original TV itself now.

[@jessholland9007]

omg it is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MoonDoggie]

This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on this channel

[@timmyianni2309]

Awesome job! I would like to have seen more blue glow coming from the chest but it's phenomenal regardless. Just got my squidblaster 5000 airbrush in the mail last week and it did not disappoint. Thank you for putting together an airbrush the mini painter and more importantly, the mini painter on a budget. I'm moving shop now but once the new joint is setup I'll be painting more than ever. You made that happen and you have my sincere gratitude. Thanks brotha.

[@G.M.G.P.]

34 minutes and 3400 views already... Keep it up guys. You inspire me to keep perfecting my craft and one day be at your level.

[@cityonahillterrain]

Thats insane.

[@jetobserve87]

Crazy job dude!!! 🔥

[@carlstanford7607]

Amazing

[@shadowlingg7553]

that is soo fucking awesome !!!! skip the 25 min vid.. its cool but what you did there is just mindblowing !!!!

[@cyrusthevirus9878]

I had a dream i lived in a world where Raid Shadow Legends was never made.

[@cameron2428]

Yea

[@Narcomancer1943]

Emil out here making raid shadow legends dillys.

[@MrBrooli]

Epic, but I seriously think you would benefit from having more "realistic" rocks and outcrops. Yeah, that's fantasy, but the shapes of some outcrops seem too gentile. Although you are still top of the line!

[@promodelscapes]

This makes me look at my tiny TV and feel great but anyway that was awesome BTW how's is the manta project going

[@sjoerdtollenaar4089]

So where are the leds in the figurines?

[@feelluckypunk1312]

nice

[@rodrigodiniz13]

Why you guys opened the back the TV and sealed from the back?

[@TheCotzi]

If it wasnt broken i hate you!!!! I would love to have one working from this era

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Go on ebay mah dude, there's thousands

[@TheCotzi]

@@SquidmarMiniatures Thanks you but i want specific ones but onbe like that isnt really common where i live but sorry for getting you in a maybe angry mood the video and the result are fantastic

[@Scott112508]

This is REALLY fucking cool.

[@Amdor]

Uninstall Raid for free! :P

[@jamesmorss9940]

so many ideas that just have to come together. Painting in layers in resin with miniatures has such a wide landscape to be explored. Get out there guys!

[@fatherdex8174]

It's so interesting that Emil has slowly but surely become more of a "Miniature artist" who does videos about his and his team's artwork, rather than a "mini painting youtuber".

[@bettsdn]

That's why his channel is so good!

[@advcat]

This is by far one of the most impressive projects I have seen in hobby painting, maybe even KZbin. Even if it was absolute pain, I and many more enjoyed it!

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

😵🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@forgefartherloki6585]

as a mini painter i really don't give a hoot about mobile games but the idea of being able to print and paint some of the characters from raid does sound super cool!

[@Rabarbarzynca]

Huh, making Raid content that is actually interesting? Well done Emil. Last time I’ve seen something like that, it was Internet Historian.

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Thanks for the kind words🥰

[@Robenbuilds]

This is such a cool project. I really like the concept of layered resin pours, it's such a clever method for some nice looking 3d effects. Well done!

[@KnarbMakes]

My god, so much resin. Well worth it in the end, looks phenomenal Emil!

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Thx knarbius 🥰🥰

[@Daetrax]

@@SquidmarMiniatures How much did it weigh?

[@h34d5h0tz666]

When cutting the mould you should cut it in a rough pattern instead of a straight line. This will make the two halves of the mould match up better much easier and avoid mould slippage if you ever reuse moulds.

[@julianmay5754]

I'm sure Bob Ross would be in complete approval of every bit of your happy background, Lucas. Fantastic work!

[@masterhedgemon5381]

The fact you almost took a month to make an add shows How fucking strong and focused you guys work. It was amazing to see and I hope we can enjoy more Dioramas in the future.

[@atelier_AG]

Amazing! I really enjoyed this video, thank you! For everyone who wants to do something similar though, CRT tubes in televisions can be very dangerous! The tube can hold very high voltage (even when it has been turned off), and it is under a very strong vacuum. This means it can implode when it breaks, with glass going everywhere. Just felt like someone should point this out.

[@peterlavelle3261]

this should be pinned by Squidmar so everyone sees it before embarking on their own CRT-diorama ...the result of which is both stunning and highly original - so darn good it could tempt a younger generation unfamiliar with TVs from 20yr ago!

[@nickharvey7233]

Exactly what I was thinking (from someone old enough to grow up with only a 16 inch black and white TV, with a dial to tune!)

[@rekakristo1002]

I was going to comment the very same thing! Do not attempt to dismantle a tv by yourself, get the help of a professional to remove the CRT tubes!

[@karanash8025]

This was my first thought as well.

[@harrymcgill9393]

This curse is brought to you by RAID SHADOW LEGIONS!

[@Jazzistandersful]

Kinda dissapointed that it is a Shadowraid sponsored Video as Shadowraid is really scumbaggy, the Video is good non the less :D

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Not any different from any other game company from what i can tell? And they do help us make a living from making the videos.

[@panykfelidae9018]

@@SquidmarMiniatures I know you kinda have to say this - but do be aware that RAID has been specifically named by researchers as being one of the most predatory, most pay to win games ever made in terms of how it tries to egg you on towards spending money to keep up

[@panykfelidae9018]

Their sponsorships have helped a ton of youtubers keep things running and do awesome projects, so I have really mixed feelings on them. The game is evil, what they've done with sponsorships has created a lot of good. I can't judge you too much for taking the sponsorship to make something awesome - just want to make sure everyone involved knows what's what.

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

@@panykfelidae9018 do you have any sources for this research? I'd love to read :)

[@DaneInTheUS]

It's cursed because you're doing Raid Shadow Legends ... should have known better lol ... but damn it looks amazing

[@Martdogg3000]

It never even occurred to me that there are people who have the capability to look at basically anything and then create a 3d model, that skill might as well be magic to me because it's so far beyond what I can do.

[@russellspencer3214]

I think what I like best about your projects is that they're easily achievable for anybody at home...with an unlimited hobby budget and no job so the time to do this 😂 Great video as always! 👍

[@jugglervr]

I've read that resin shouldn't be degassed with a vacuum, as the resin can evaporate and never stop boiling until it's set. And the fumes can wreck your vacuum pump. Better to paint the surface of the mold with resin (to eliminate surface bubbles) and then do a high pour and stick in a pressure pot. Vacuum for the silicone bubbles > Pressure for the silicone to set at the pressure you plan to use it. Vacuum never for resin > Pressure for the resin to set with no bubbles

[@tanterouge]

What I was going to write. Pressure pot for hard resins, vacuum chamber for rubber.

[@facenameple4604]

As I understand it, from watching a LOT of resin-prep stuff, that's wrong. Resin just holds a lot of bubbles and because it typically sets faster than silicone it's recommended to give it a pressure pot instead of a vacuum degassing.

[@facenameple4604]

Pressure pot is good for resins when you're doing small batches, vacuum degassing when you're doing large batches.

[@lumare]

It was cursed because you shilled raid (nice diorama tho)

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

True story lol 😂

[@billjohnson1111]

Wow I’ve been spelling “empty” wrong my whole life apparently 😲

[@christeferrussell3295]

You & your team are amazing, I hope one day I can purchase some of your art.

[@tedasaurusrex4402]

It's the fact that you accepted a raid shadow legends sponsor. That's what cursed it.

[@BooooClips]

brand intergration done right!

[@Gh0st713]

I can relate to the panic of trying to find a dropped piece 11:15. Holy F##k

[@Gundumb_guy]

I personally really like these longer videos and especially diorama production because you guys kill it every time! Keep it up Emil and the gang

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

I like them too, but this took soooo much time to make 😅

[@Gundumb_guy]

@@SquidmarMiniatures yea, I made the comment half way through the video! I had no idea what was in the second half! Lol

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

@@Gundumb_guy but who knows what the future holds:)

[@YST_Verse]

Amazing !!

[@leonpeters-malone3054]

That was one hell of a build. Yes, it was cursed. Very cursed. Great result though. Seriously, wish I could pay you guys to do some work for my studio, help me prototype, demo out some ideas. Or just plain some advice. Got one particular model I want to paint up and diorama. It's the New York 2up model from Dropfleet Commander. Want to paint the terminator line on it. Then do the diorama so it's half in shadow and half in the sun. Definitely fine tuning a few ideas from this.

[@dualwieldsoftware]

Phenomenal job, and extremely imaginative too! Wonder what a collab between you and Nerdforge would look like. She's no stranger to minis, and her diorama/resin game is off the charts.

[@bear_brush]

I dropped a mini I really wanted to paint... 3 times. Nr. 1 was completely shattered, the second dropped 2 times during painting. Snow effect fixed it :)

[@SultanPlays40k]

Amazing job! I may be blind but I didn't even see the crack... The freehand is absolutely incredible!

[@forbiddenfigurines2536]

Amazing project!!! Why didn't you guys 3D printed crystals from transparent blue resin? Probably would have saved you so much money and time.

[@CaptnLoken]

Raid Shadow Legends is an awful game

[@PiatekMichal]

As a games VFX artist I can tell you that we often use "heat distortion" aka refraction that warps the image, intentionally. These resin imperfections look exactly like something a VFX artist would add in! You guys could even take it a step further and intentionally make more distortions around the weapon or where weapon trail would be. Anyhow, great job. It looks awesome. These UI health bars were a genius idea.

[@Weusten1]

OMG Tyrel is a super good epic champion! He can set up your damage Dealers! AoE Decrease 60% defence Debuff! He is awesome! I have him on my account and still using him for endgame dungeons! (Fireknight Lvl25)

[@QuantumlyILL]

I know the algorithm may not agree, but take you're time man. We true fans understand. I wish somehow our opinions mattered more than the algorithm on youtube... But, I get it... content... and right now! It's a must if we're to beat Warhammers channel, right? I'll do my part to spread the word, but dangit it if you don't already have my circle covered. Fuck the algorithm and it's needs! I want paced out quality content! Not mandatory habitual feeding! Old school T.V. is not what youtube should be about! As a 36 year old man I shall attest! I Love you Squid Squad... and Miniac'ers, And My Midwininter Mini'iests, and Hobbie Town Goobererers, and Dana Howlests, and Ninjonists, and 52 miniaturests, and all the others trying to ascend to Zumikito & Angel GiraldeZ type shit one day. We should have a better platform for these guys.

[@PainterIdeas]

Fantastic!! Next up a 15mm/28mm sized old school Street Fighter arcade with printed minis of Ryu and Ken doing opposite hadoukens!!! :D :D :D

[@rekakristo1002]

Dismantling a TV is very dangerous! Please, anyone who wishes to do such thing, involve a profesional to remove the CRT tubes (must be discharged first)!!!! Great project, though!

[@BWWolves1337]

First of all. I love all the work and videos you guys produce! BUT I am so glad, that I'm not the only one who has problems with how the resin cures, leaks and so on :,D This was really reassuring and refreshing because it halted my productivity when I faced the dread called "Clear Cast Resin." Thanks a lot guys

[@LouisBidmead]

Next level. I would have liked an additional 5 mins focussed on painting the two minis (as they’re cool sculpts, and mini painting in the channel’s bread and butter), but the video/project was still a 10/10.

[@TheLoopyTiger]

I'm so conflicted. Usually, I automatically dislike videos sponsored by Raid, but judging by all the trouble you fought through to put this together, I think you've already suffered enough. Great video despite the sponsor.

[@alexdumitras7586]

Just stumbled over this video😅 and was wondering if these 2 minis are available somewhere 😁 playing Raid and love it 😂 and love painting figurines hence why I’m a subscriber 😁so was wondering if any place we can get them 😁

[@overlookedundead8711]

Im not saying ohh dont work with them, that’s obviously your decision but to me Raid is definetly a little iffy honestly, all these kinds of Gacha games are. There is some real addiction potential because of the Lootbox mechanics and the way the whole game is structured around them. The addiction works basically just like a „traditional“ gambling addiction. I really believe games like this need to be regulated a lot better/harsher. They should all be 18+ and there needs to be some prevention efforts like with actual gambling. But of course this is just my opinion.

[@hitscanner]

Just watched this 6 months late! What an amazing effort to commitment and completion of the vision. Brilliantly original idea. What a grinding effort, but what a result. Stunning work guys 👍

[@tomasdedic163]

This is such a great build! I Love it. The only thing that triggers me are the visible leds all around. Next time try to hide them somehow. Use difussor or perhaps cob led strip.

[@giggabyte6413]

Such amazing work, shame its wasted on the garbage that is Raid Shadow legends :( , i know you gotta pay the bills guys, but really, Raid Shadow legends? just setting your fans up to have their wallets fleeced :(

[@wingflare]

¡A esto se le llama perseverancia jajaja, que gran diorama!, me recuerda tanto a "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" donde toda la tecnología falla en más de algo XD

[@kriswelsh3844]

Guys, you literally spent 4 weeks making that and the result was awesome 👏. But I’m guessing by the length of the reveal that you were completely pissed off with it 😂 It may have taken you 4 weeks but think about the amount that experience has taught you. You are now at level 11 💪

[@josephbartmanovich2923]

I have to say, there is something about Emil's videos where he makes everyone new to the team look really competent and charismatic and I feel like other KZbinrs who have just expanded do the opposite. I don't know if it's because Emil hired really good people and the other guy hired worse, but I feel like Emil went from being slightly cringe to really hitting each video out of the park where as the other guy went from slightly awkward and goofy to just having not enough time for anyone while somehow having lower quality videos

[@Joe-km5ou]

Tomorrow I get to paint my first ever miniatures, Chaos Space Marines. Wish me luck!

[@just73319]

Just a quick word of caution for anyone considering using an old TV for a project like this: CRT televisions contain some pretty dangerous voltages! Make sure everything is de energized before you go poking around too much in old electronics, capacitors can store energy even if the television is unplugged, learn what they look like and be safe.

[@klug5916]

And who is holding this big heavy baby? Because resin weights a ton ^^ I very like the idea of putting the HP and magical effects into the resin, it's bright!

[@theherrdark4834]

You should have done what dice makers do, they use a pressure pot to shrink the bubbles. Plus the bare foam is porous, you should have painted them to get them glossy smooth. Your casting foam worked perfectly, it will pick up any small details. You should try machinist wax, after you are done casting you can melt down and reuse it.

[@winfriedbauer2280]

Awesome guys! Looked like so much fun to build (even with all the issues)... And Victor did an amazing job!

[@Weusten1]

I play Raid over a year now! I realy like the game. You can beat the hole game with epic champions, you dont realy need to spend money on it ;) Best starting Chmpion is the poison darkelf mage "Kael"

[@stelioscheiridis6815]

Thank you for showing us your talent. Its amazing and very inspired. !

[@m.s.3121]

I dont like Raid Shadowlegends but man you guys did an amazing job, wish other games would sponsor projects like that.

[@dl_zion4567]

Anycubic tough resin would prevent falling prints from braking.

[@roosesjooces2104]

I don't much care for RAID, partially for the social stigma, but I enjoyed this a lot.

[@quentinriottot8607]

Hey ! Amazing job as Always ! But to simplify tour life in the future when you cut your mold donc cut in straight line, more in a round Saw pattern it will help for durability of the cast, good seal and nevers put the part in a wrong order ( might have happend to me once ahah )

[@MrTrenttness]

If you had a big enough smart screen/monitor you could set it inside a home built frame with a transparent cover. Pull up google maps....and have a game that takes place right in your neighborhood.

[@level1slime]

I saw a simple levitating magnet statue glued into an eldar vehicle to make it really float instead of having the clear stands you should try to make something like that with your paint job it'll look amazing

[@fridaemmamadeleine]

You absolute madman! Hey, we dont have a miniature for this. Let's comission a sculpter to make, not one but two models for us! Awesome job!

[@thanniss]

I can't tell if you did special effects editing for your diorama and made it cartoony when showing your idea. Or if you took basic pictures of some of the models and did editing effects. Made me laugh though. Love your videos hope you keep it up.

[@Eener1000]

For big pours like this, get deep cast resin. It hardens slower and produces less heat when hardening. The cracks and bubbles come from the heat when hardening, especially when using xps foam which can cause gasses to escape when heated which get released into the resin etc. If you get nasty cracks you can try to drill into them to make cavity and fill that with the next cast and hopefully the cracks become invisible.

[@necropolisarts1524]

Such an awesome idea. Please never stop with this, its such an inspiration and i learned so much from this channel because of you! Thank you very much!!!

[@braucsdaddy]

When pouring urethane type resin you need to use platinum cure silicone instead of tin cure, that’s where the bubbles came from.

[@Bushcraftranger]

Wow! What a great project. That was super nice and super interesting. How heavy is the TV now, filled with all that resin?

[@vincenzokoopman7492]

Would be cool if one could just print the 3D models that they use for RAID as STL's..