How To Make A TONK

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EPISODE 66 - Today, our hero Bill decides to try his hand at scratch building a couple of Tonks... they're exactly like tanks... but for the game TONKS!
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[@marks6928]

30 seconds in and I've already laughed at the reaction to Cat's suggestion of Deep Frame Diorama. This is going to be great

[@agi2711]

Same here! :D

[@marshawargo7238]

I HAD to Replay it Several Times‼️ cAt saId No🐈he's not right in his head😮

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Definitely want to see more tonks! Suggest you weight down the hulls with stones, bits of metal or old coins - they’ll sit so much better on the table and won’t blow away when you breathe on them too heavily.

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

Fil Tonks kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Tcp3ePjrmAh6csi=xWP2sriOxUpURwH9

[@eggrobox]

These would look great in a diorama, perhaps set in a deep frame?

[@encouragingthings]

The “medical supplies” are from Plasmapheresis kits. They’re all sterilized when they’re made and the bits you got are the end caps for the “harness” and needles. All get pulled off and tossed before any blood or anything happens so they’re clean. I use them a bunch in my own builds! Nice to see some in your collection, Bill! Can’t wait to see what else you make with them!

[@Valkitty99]

They're also the exact same caps used on the disposable needles for some insulin pens! The round almost clear things with texture I mean

[@АртемПименов-л2о]

I like that rusters managed to make something closely resembling real renault r35

[@Jasmine-wn9ek]

I love the world you’re building here, it’s developing into such a fascinating place full of colourful characters and strange events

[@BillMakingStuff]

Thanks Jasmine

[@halfcrafted]

Love the amazing lore that you come up with for this setting, I find the image of these two tanks roaming around the wasteland not being able to destroy each other absolutely hilarious. All of your tanks and/or tonks give me an itch to get my bitsbox out and make one myself 👍

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Just one?

[@halfcrafted]

@@AlexBabcock-hw9iz well he'd need a friend of course...

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

@@halfcrafted and by friend you mean bitter enemy bent on each other's destruction. The very best kind of friends. You never have to guess what they are thinking.

[@halfcrafted]

@@AlexBabcock-hw9iz haha

[@jesussawthat4613]

One must imagine the tonks happy

[@michasowik2438]

Idea of safety mechanism on airplane turrets is so simple, funny and ingenious. Both tonks have strong Bill vibe as the rest of your stuff. I love it. And I'd love to see more moving parts in the future if it is possible of course. Cheers!

[@jakelevinson7802]

The Ruster tank is the most Bill thing I’ve ever seen

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Who's Bill?

[@hearse_boy_8620]

I like these little guys. The sizing seems like it could also scale well with Gaslands.

[@FullMetalHamster666]

Gaslands vs Tonks, the ultimate pub game

[@KristovMars]

I love the Metal Slug styling, and though I haven't tried Tonks, I did buy the rules for "What a Tanker" from Too Fat Lardies. To be fair I haven't played that either, but I'd be much more likely to play it with fun scratch-built tanks and terrain, rather than scale models of French villages and bocages (the Lardies are all about the historical). Edit: These tonks from Bill remind me strongly of the Grot Tank models that Forgeworld released a decade back. So much character, and for less than a kidney per squadron by building it yourself! Takes me back really, when I started wargaming we were using rules from magazines (or modified, or totally our own design), and we'd be using books for hills and soda cans for buildings etc. P.S. Gaslands is freaking great!

[@christyrogers7707]

They look great! Kinda like 40k grot tanks where you can really have a bit of fun building something! The safety feature idea is brilliant! Would love to see what else you can come up with. Have fun 🛠️

[@CajunCraftastrophe]

I love the way that the human's green tank came out. Excellent paint job. Also, nice shout out to Theo. Excellent vid, Bill!

[@bolicob]

MORE TONKS! also, fantasic paint jobs, I really like the respite tonk in particular

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

Fil Tonks kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Tcp3ePjrmAh6csi=xWP2sriOxUpURwH9

[@kayleyschmidt9450]

Bill’s story about the never ending tank-brother battle reminds of this short film called “Cannon Fodder” which is part of a larger film called “Memories”. I highly recommend Bill (or anyone!) check it out if you want to see a short film about the futility of war with great world building, music, and art. The color palette also reminds me of Respite and Bill’s art in general!

[@thetiredcraftsman]

The tonks look great! And I always enjoy your story times.

[@RhathMusic]

This is maybe my favorite build so far! The respite tank is so awesome. The character and jank of your builds is so inspiring.

[@euansmith3699]

Using the wheel arches from the toy car to form the transmission on the inside of tracks on Tonk #1 is a great idea. I love Bill's crazy running gear on his tracked builds. I find Bill's passion infectious. The Turrets' IFF fluff is a cracking bit of lore.

[@rjlatham999]

more tonks please. love your enthusiasm for building these

[@jakemxmillan5864]

Bills painting skills are getting better and better each video I love seeing the progress!!! B E a utiful

[@garybuettner7920]

The tonks look like a blast to build. Great video.

[@Yashu1105]

Great looking little tonks. Please make more of them

[@pinstripeowl]

The tonks turned out really nice, love the storybuilding too. Shame they're not in a deep frame diorama though

[@slimehousetv]

Woahh thanks for the shout out! Also TONKS looked amazing, gonna have to build myself one now... 👀💥

[@BillMakingStuff]

you should!

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

Fil Tonks kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Tcp3ePjrmAh6csi=xWP2sriOxUpURwH9

[@PKTCrafts]

Looks very cool! I want to see more Tonks to be honest

[@buddhajim]

Bill I loved your Tonks. Please make more.

[@Mr101editz]

Don’t worry, he made moar

[@TinyRobotED-tm9rs]

Your wish was granted

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

Fil Tonks kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Tcp3ePjrmAh6csi=xWP2sriOxUpURwH9

[@jameslivingstone8267]

The Ruster tank looks like it could have been built by Orcs and perhaps just like Orcs, if enough Rusters believe that it will work then it does! Fantastic video as always Bill. Hope you have a great time in the land of corn walls......

[@therustmonster]

The animation on the TONKS looks great! Hard to say which is my favourite, but I think the exhaust pipes on Ruster Tonk just look too cool

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

Fil Tonks kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Tcp3ePjrmAh6csi=xWP2sriOxUpURwH9

[@manofredearth]

Would be lovely to see two more Tonks, these look great!

[@MarkusMakes]

This video popping up is almost too perfect. I've been working on scratch bashing a grot tank or two for warhammer. So not only was the video great inspiration I also found a new game to try out!

[@NickAndWolf]

Excellent sketchbook talk. I agree 100% and I love that you show the mistakes, that it isn't perfect, and it's okay to water color your pages and make it all bleed around and look wonky.

[@MrQuickLine]

Did Cat say a deep-frame diorama?? I think that's an amazing idea. I'd love to see you try something like that.

[@marcoherreras6536]

Splendid build and lore!! Very impressed by the improvement in your painting skills!

[@cymrodave]

Those turned out great, the game looks like a lot of fun too. A bill vs Dan Tonks battle would be cool😂

[@WarChimp]

Love the turret lore for these Tonks. Brilliant builds too. Cat would look good in a deep frame (if you need to keep him in line).

[@gurntsaltta7421]

i've been watching your videos since a bit of time now and i just wanna say, i'm loving each new one of them, absolutely adore your humor, your builds, your style as well as the lore you're writing and adding on which each vids!!!

[@StudsonStudio]

Thonks for the tonks

[@BillMakingStuff]

Tonks for the thonks

[@Sharauni]

Awesome build Bill! I love the backstory for the turrets!

[@Nanobit84]

Oooooooh snap!!! Getting some Metal Slug vibes and I love it!!!

[@ryanofottawa]

Can't wait for the day Bill attempts his second deep frame diorama. Maybe episode 100?

[@chumboxx3103]

I love the tonks, please do the other two

[@Matt-md5yt]

Tanks. Sweet the green one. I could see a Grot/goblin drive in Warhammer 40k . Happy you did some more tanks for your story

[@dregbash]

Every time I watch one of your videos I get ideas, either builds or editing. Great stuff.

[@hyperball01]

The creativity and comedy in this video is through the roof! Definitely subscribing to see more!

[@jamesflames6987]

I love the tonks you made. Please go even sillier with the next two.

[@BrundleJ]

Wow! Seeing those hopeful sketches for the Frame Diorama at 5:34 sure makes you think about what could have been...

[@ErikDavisHeim]

Really cool builds and a fun backstory! I’d definitely be interested in seeing more tonks

[@leestephens-mrhypno]

"...Get yer Tonks out for the boys" Love these, so inspirational. I've not crafted for ages but I think this is just what I needed to watch to get back into it, thank you.

[@Mees.History]

I just came back from Fuertevantura for vacation, after a 6 hour flight this is the way to relax :D

[@juicyjams8522]

I want to make one of those now. Beautiful master pieces.

[@capnskustomworks]

I love the Tonks!!! They turned out so adorable!

[@olympus10001]

lovely. scouring my local thrift shops for beads because of you.

[@shortguy42]

Would love to see two more TONKS Bill, nice vid :)

[@IzABub]

Love the tone and style of these videos!

[@JayFolipurba]

very ghibli, I love it! I used to spend time drawing on graphing paper during free periods in school. Me and my friends sometimes would use the grid to draw out military bases and vehicles, planning on playing wargames, but never quite getting to playing because planning and drawing was so much fun. Maybe if he had tonks, we could have actually played

[@juliebradley]

They're wonderful! So glad to see you enjoy this process 😊

[@BillMakingStuff]

Thanks

[@ByTheSlice]

i have been checking on here every day for this video since you posted the TONK photos

[@tiswasthe1]

Loved this episode. It has inspired me to start making my own. I would like to see more

[@MeleeTiger]

I for one am very proud of you Bill, all jokes aside, very few crafts channels I watch make me want to pick stuff up and build something as often as you do.

[@lucid1578]

nice, love the little lore segments, this one was quite creative and entertaining

[@henryc4209]

I've never seen this channel before, 30 seconds in i was recommending it to someone else, 25 minutes in and my whole day has improved drastically. I will probably watch this again later, this is amazing

[@BillMakingStuff]

welcome

[@MrPhuselton]

been watching you for some years now.......silly HA with memory loss.....sigh.....you enable me to have building goals and very enjoyable.....thank you Sir.....

[@TinyRobotED-tm9rs]

I only learnt about tonks like, a couple days ago and now i love it

[@RobotRoundupArt]

Great story! I’d love to see you build some more.

[@ariannamolinari1473]

Love the different styles for the tonks!

[@Shrek40K]

Have I already said I love your videos? I love your videos. This is great. ❤

[@Dizzruptor]

I love the lore behind the tonks...forever locked in an unwinnable battle due to safety systems they can't comprehend, brilliant!

[@iain.sm.c]

Bill Making Stuff and tanks, my favourite combo.

[@David-qs7yv]

I haven't watched all your videos yet, so maybe you've done some of these, but your Canon is inspiring and I have a couple ideas for builds: 1. A Sand Skiff, like on Tattoine 2. A Ornithopter, like on Dune 3. A junk trawler-- a tracked vehicle with a big open container filled with junk, maybe an arm reaching out to grab things 4. A sand sled build with a team of creatures pulling it, like a team of sled dogs, but for sand. Maybe bigger creatures, bigger sled, and some sort of team running it. 5. A billboard for the Town of Respite welcoming ships to land or travellers to shop at the town. Lots of lights and bold lettering.

[@olabandola9577]

Wouldn't it make more sense to use the tracing wheel thingy on the sheet of foam instead of the small pieces? Great work!

[@davidnandrin8825]

Beautiful tonks, congratulations ! (happy holidays !)

[@CatUser167]

This is truly the best TONK videos ever!! It gives me to motivate me to tonk every pedestrians i see!!

[@finelineguy8733]

There’s more TONK videos!!?? 🤩

[@timbomb374]

Tonks are a great idea. Great for creativity and using stuff from my junk box

[@Thirikalee]

I love your sketchbook, Bill!

[@Pacier]

this was a video for Tonks! but I REALLY loved getting to see your sketchbook

[@captaindookey]

I really enjoy seeing fantasy tank designs from people who may not know about tanks. It's a breath of fresh air

[@calebhurst2529]

Lovely video, and I laughed aloud at the turret safety feature lore.

[@kaeldavidson6898]

I love the lore there, it's super fun and clever, but also hilarious!

[@dryadseeker]

Tonks are fun, more please! And enjoy your holiday!

[@ShockandAwe18]

Love this episode, please build more tonks!!

[@chrishawkins4917]

This is the first video of yours I've seen. I loved it. Please make more tonks.

[@MachineMindDesigns]

Bill: "Straight lines and perspectives are my nemesis" Me, who ironically does robots and cyborgs: "Oh so I'm not the only one?"

[@from_no_where]

ooh I love TONKS! I think i might actually play Tonks it looks really fun and simple to get into, and I'm just starting out with all this kitbashing and the like so building a simple lil tonk will be the perfect start! Thanks Bill! :3

[@matt12th]

"... and friends." You need friends, that a deep cut man, deep cut.

[@cormacfitzgeoffrey2734]

This was a lot of fun to watch and I enjoyed your dry sense of wit! Tonks looks like a lot of fun - we can all do with another new project....so I'm in! Thanks Bill!!!

[@emmamarx9284]

I really really really loved this video!! I love when you scratch-build in 28mm. Really I just love when you scratch-build anything. Excellent video!! Very inspiring, my partner and I are gonna have a tonk building date now and then we’re gonna play!!

[@carrie4910]

More Tonks!!! These are awesome Bill. Oohh enjoy your holiday!

[@AndieArbeit]

Lovely, I also enjoy creating small tanks, however not with that amount of lore, definitively it brings the desings into a narrative. A very common solution used in many toy tanks to rotate the turret, is having the base with a hole, and the turret with a centered plastic stick of same diameter than the hole, so the turret stick in place but also can be rotated :D

[@adammclaughlin457]

Would love another Tonk video my friend. Great work as always.

[@fleshfit3288]

Another great one and I freakin' love your sketchbook. So jealous. ;]

[@matthewg1946]

Just discovered your channel and I already feel inspired to make my own, love the added lore as well.

[@wingnutbert9685]

The opening w/ Cat..... LOL! 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@guleri]

Great Tonks, hope you make more in a future video.

[@chicen_nuggie5463]

Working on mine right now! It’s turning out way better then i expected!

[@lucaslautaromartinez7939]

The lore behind those turrets is amazing

[@Evil_Tileman]

Thank you for helping me find my newest game to enjoy. My friends and I love it! Scratch building some tanks this week to probably start campaigns. Thanks again, and keep up the great content! 👏👏

[@Nathanm7977]

great back story and good work. stay safe and enjoy your holiday. Don't forget to leave Cat food this time lol

[@Skaramine]

53 years old and love modifying toys, and am inspired by you and Crafsman. ❤

[@CCMinis]

These look amazing Bill! Thanks for putting the word out about this game, it sounds incredible

[@BillMakingStuff]

Thanks nick

[@sh36]

The ruster's tank is like if crust pants were a tank 🖤