Building a Miniature lighthouse from trash and clay

[@52Miniatures]

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[@imyselfish]

Was expecting that LED to light up during the final reveal.

[@52Miniatures]

It was, unfortunately not visible because of video production efforts - filming in slow-motion requires a lot of light, enough to wash out the low glow from the led.

[@abbazabba58]

Wiping away the unneeded mortar from your brickwork was incredibly satisfying. Another great video, thank you Alex.

[@Gokou3036]

Love the fantasy TV gimmick

[@52Miniatures]

Thanks G!

[@NewSquallor]

This looks great and not as brain breaking as Leif's (Dev&Dice) brick work that would surely damn a lesser soul. 😁

[@52Miniatures]

Thanks as always! And I know, I truly admire Leif for his patients with the foam bricks.

[@jamfjord]

Very lovely lighthouse, the architecture style reminds me of lighthouses around the Baltic Sea. Also, for anyone's future reference, there are lighthouse LED modules and kits that mimic the light flashes of many automatic lighthouses.

[@jamfjord]

Also, your music is always appreciated 👍

[@52Miniatures]

That’s cool, thank you the tip

[@Kolyarut]

A lighthouse like this, surrounded by marshland, with no coast in sight, would be a great little self-contained narrative piece for A War Transformed, the WW1 Doggerland game!

[@52Miniatures]

It’s going to go on my 6x4 foot table that I’m building for A War Transformed (there is a playlist)

[@MarcinEstkowski]

Fun and effective weathering.

[@martynjones3978]

That would fit nicely in “A War Transformed” 🤔 Excellent work there as always!! Amazing to watch you bring things to life 😊

[@52Miniatures]

Yes, it’s going on the table I’m building for A War Transformed (there is a playlist)

[@morridin8]

This is great. Also the weathering techniques, much appreciated.

[@52Miniatures]

Awesome, thank you!

[@JonSteitzer]

Go go Alex!

[@crush3095]

this is REALLY REALLY beautiful

[@52Miniatures]

Thank you C

[@myzri3557]

Looks great.

[@SweenyMarc]

Looks great. Low effort for high impact. A couple of barrels or crates, or an upturned row boat on one side of the privy might make it look less tacked on, by breaking up the boxy silhouette a bit. I'd be tempted to add a bird's nest or trailing plants in the cannon hole too!

[@52Miniatures]

All good tips! I appreciate it

[@jonnil1997]

Beautiful drone shots in that ad

[@SlainBlackguard]

Ok, so the flickering LED is actually brilliant. Maybe it went unnoticed or maybe it was a deliberate attempt to get engagement. Either way, it was pretty moody and I liked it!

[@jamfjord]

👆 this 👍

[@52Miniatures]

It’s a bit of misswired bunker electricity.. or at least the misswired bunker electricity setting on my led lamp

[@Barry-Sweaty]

Hey! Thanks for being awesome 😎 I appreciate you and all you do!

[@52Miniatures]

I appreciate that

[@alfaalle]

Loved the video and build! Had not thought about using airdrying clay in that way with white glue. 😁

[@klug5916]

Very good idea. Thank you for the tips about the crackling paste, I will probably try it for a future project.

[@jurriaandejongh8677]

Great work. Lots of little tips in here.

[@mevl4822]

Great video, your are a great artist. Please always cut away from yourself. Dont dip a baby in streaking grime is the only rule in my fight club.

[@carlosbeee9825]

Today I wore exactly the same saucer pan UFO tshirt that you are wearing in the video 😊

[@52Miniatures]

Oh nice 👍

[@Wijkert]

I have been away for personal reasons. Time to catch up on your wanderful channel Alex!

[@52Miniatures]

Good to have you back I hope everything is okay

[@Wijkert]

@@52Miniatures Thank you Alex, it's getting better.

[@isisnmagic1812]

Awesome vide, thanks for the journey and helpful tips .

[@ellesse3862]

Thats an attractive piece of terrain, I like the run down appearance, streaks of grime, flaking paint, and moss. Look forward to more mini builds of this nature, very enjoyable to watch and inspiring.

[@52Miniatures]

I appreciate it Ellesse

[@victorrivera022]

Beautifully done, Alex!! Thank you for the detailed steps. Simple yet very effective.

[@markgnepper5636]

I love all 52 Miniture videos. Thanks for sharing your journey 👏👍🤙

[@52Miniatures]

Thank you Mark 🙏

[@jamesb.7859]

Thank you

[@PeachyPixel28]

oh wow that moss is amazing. im definitely trying that out!

[@Biscbob]

Brilliant video!!

[@52Miniatures]

Thank you!🙏

[@stelstorm5157]

You did it again. Presented your imagination in an informative entertaining manner with some humor. Another “Hobby Home Run” and the crowd goes wild!

[@52Miniatures]

Thank you Stel

[@rolandbazz5949]

You are amazing and a real inspiration, thank you very much for your video !!!

[@52Miniatures]

You are so welcome!

[@saltfreegamer]

Cool idea using the clay's drying properties to your advantage. Great project too, definitely has that weird war vibe.

[@nguy0699]

Beautiful video, Alex! One of my favorites of recent note. Joy, thoughtfulness, gorgeous cinematography. You at your best. Would love to see a whole film made by you some day!

[@52Miniatures]

Thank you dearly!

[@G_Threepwood]

Looks great, very atmospheric

[@jamiem9490]

Ironically the real world learning I was doing (and happy to be distracted from) when I saw the notification for this pop up related to mortar types for lighthouses...(Add some crushed blue lias limestone to the mix for added hydraulic properties -I'm v much in demand at parties) Nice to see a variety of hobby scenery making techniques on display. I found das clay can warp a bit while drying but it looks like you got this variant to work for you. Into the AM do plaid, you say? Well if there's one person whose opinion I trust re tasteful tones of plaid it's yours

[@52Miniatures]

I was surprised myself. They have shirts now? Great stuff

[@michaelstrange2285]

Pretty sweet approach, especially using the clay's natural cracking properties!

[@52Miniatures]

Thanks Michael. Building beat up things is a great.

[@markfrommontana]

What a welcome trip after a long day in the car. So well done. Really appreciate your wit. Still smiling. 😊

[@52Miniatures]

I’m glad to hear you’ve been out and about!

[@Nooneslama]

Still enjoy the basement ambience

[@TheSmugglersRoom]

So love your content sir. I've been watching since you started and I'm so thrilled to see your channel grow. Thanks for sharing all your work!

[@52Miniatures]

I appreciate that! Thank you S

[@negotiableaffections]

Alex, I really love how simplicity led to complexity on this built. An easy guide to the intimidated to inspire the maker in them. BTW I did tell my mom about the build and she hated it, but, she's been dead 30 odd years now, so i suppose you're alright . . .

[@52Miniatures]

Hah! I’d been a bit worried if she told you she liked it

[@WulvenKraft]

I do like the Filler mortar trick, I recently figured that out myself too & now I can't stop using it 🤣

[@52Miniatures]

Works real well! Thanks W

[@erikbraun473]

Very cool terrain build! Can't wait to see it in all its glory on the board!

[@52Miniatures]

You and me both!

[@garyjenson1326]

Thank you Alex.

[@robertoumpierrez1565]

This is perfect for reusing a bottle that I was saving for something like this, thank you Alex

[@52Miniatures]

Perfect!

[@jaggedflo]

The painting really elevated the build, nice job ! (and as always top tier editing/narrating ! )

[@52Miniatures]

Thank you very much!

[@stewartmcdonnell1576]

love your terrain videos fab work👍

[@52Miniatures]

Glad you like them!

[@hagdig4591]

I love this so much, bringing in the vibes from the bot bash. It's good to see you challenge yourself by doing something less challenging.

[@52Miniatures]

It is indeed a bit of my new focus. Challenging myself to simpler things. Thanks H

[@MonkeyNinja99]

This looks incredible for such a simple process! I love these videos with common materials that everyone in the hobby can use.

[@52Miniatures]

Thanks Bill!

[@thejesusaurus6573]

Hey Alex! something about this video just really spoke my language! Thanks.

[@52Miniatures]

Great to hear it, hope you are well J

[@cerisekappes580]

Looks awesome 😊 Love the accessibility of this project 😊😊😊

[@52Miniatures]

Thank you! 😊

[@cerisekappes580]

@@52Miniatures you are welcome ☺️

[@Grabacr]

Well done, Alex!

[@TobiasAasvang]

Thank you for that Alex. That was more or less all I could wish for in a new video. Hope for more like this - or something else - in the future.

[@52Miniatures]

Glad you enjoyed it Tobias

[@thatotherguy7596]

It looks great Alex. I hope to see more of your game board soon. 👍

[@52Miniatures]

More to come! Thanks as always

[@micklangan7544]

Excellent Video Alex, full of inspiration. Thank you

[@52Miniatures]

Glad you enjoyed it Mick

[@batjutsu]

Wonderful. I have been thinking about making a lighthouse. Thanks for the video 🤩

[@52Miniatures]

You’re welcome 😊

[@marsgarage8217]

Beautiful work Alex.

[@ricardosimoes2507]

Amazing build and amazing video!

[@bluefangs867]

My like was nr. 69, and I am pleased : ) (also pleased with a new 52 miniature video ofc! )

[@allison_silverhair]

🤣

[@jamiem9490]

(solemnly): naice.

[@52Miniatures]

Hah! It's all in details :)

[@iain.sm.c]

12:19 Well, there goes this weeks baptism plans.

[@Starstrykerx]

Another great video as always Alex!

[@52Miniatures]

Thank you Sean!

[@Griffonbait]

@4:55 My lawnmower is currently being held in contempt, in my shed. For years now, the lawnmower has refused to apologise for its blatant disregard of being a petrol-based model. I know it wants to come out and play. I remember fondly of the clean lines I violently provoked in the grass. Oh bummer, now I am reminiscing of the smell of carbon monoxide, wafting from beneath me as I shred yet another over-population of daisies 🌼within the local quarter acre community. Maybe the lawnmower has learned its lesson. Maybe, just maybe, even though it hasn't said sorry, patient silence is its way of apologising, showing it understands its error of judgement. I really liked your info on cracking vs drying time. Great video, thanks! 👍

[@thorikstoneshield3716]

Hi Alex, finally Nice Alex is back, making us all happy with a new project, very interesting job, sometimes I think that when we, mini painters and diorama makers, look at things, we see something that people around us can't. I'm thinking of doing something like a sewer, do you think that the GSW rolls would work as well?

[@52Miniatures]

Nice Alex is back! Let’s hope he stays around. A long time back I did some houses (there is a video somewhere) I rolled GSW pins in Das clay and used that for exterior walls. I remember it being a bit more messy with rollers, having to use a lot of water to not get them to stick. Some other lubricant might be better.

[@MrRoyalfalconer]

Bonza mate, great vid. Have been thinking on a build inspired by a horror film with a lighthouse being attacked each night by creatures from the deep. Also keep the jokes coming, you’ve got a good sense of humour… even if it’s only a sense of it😂

[@Veqtor]

This made me think of the lighthouse in Annihilation, the book is great, the movie to but it's a bit different, also you should try newsh from pro acryl, would love to see what you can come up with using it

[@52Miniatures]

I’ll see whenever it shows up at my game store. ProAcryl is not really readily available here in Sweden.

[@Veqtor]

@@52Miniatures alphaspel har den i lager just nu, i butiken till och med!

[@Wijkert]

11:35 I have noticed that spray booths can't really handle the amount of air coming out from spray cans. When I airbrush at a higher PSI I have the same problem as well. Can't hurt to replace/clean the filter like you said of course.

[@52Miniatures]

Yeah, they don’t really handle rattle cans well.. probably not made for that much paint flow

[@joek600]

Ajax is our standard window cleaner in Greece to the point where we call them all ‘Ajax’’ even if they are other brands 😂

[@kasparbaktat964]

Amazing terrain piece 😀

[@52Miniatures]

Thanks 😀

[@AlexanderEmpyre]

Your videos are now my "stop everything and grab a snack when the come out" videos

[@52Miniatures]

Awesome!

[@zramirez5471]

Omg Alex, you're starting to transition from "inspiration" to "reason I have 3 ongoing army projects, a half-finished plane, and a space ship with wires hanging out of it"... XD

[@52Miniatures]

And maybe a lightouse? 😅

[@AndersRamm]

10:35 for a sec I thought it was a PlayStation 1😄

[@Reformedhillbilly369]

This was brilliant. My wife likes to make little dioramas and faery gardens. So when I show her this, she is going to flip.

[@52Miniatures]

Great to hear Ref

[@GirlPainting]

Greetings from your German viewer o/

[@52Miniatures]

Hello there German viewer 👋

[@stompie51]

Great stuff. Thanks. Can’t remember what game you were going to use this for?

[@52Miniatures]

It’s for “A War Transformed”

[@SgtMaj22]

All hail the You Tube algorithm gods. And the lighthouse keepers.

[@52Miniatures]

All hail!

[@anders103]

Also, what spray primer did you use? Great video as always!

[@52Miniatures]

This was a Citadel primer, unnecessary expensive but I already had it

[@patinapot]

Yey, new video! I never clicked so fast 🤓

[@52Miniatures]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@patinapot]

@@52Miniatures Sure, I always do! 😊

[@_oidaki_]

Very cool, need to buy some clay. Cutting brick texture into foam is a bit of a nightmare

[@anders103]

Where do you get a hold of foamcore in Sweden? All the terrain builders on YT uses it but I have never figured out what it's called in Swedish and if it is available somewhere like Byggmax or if you have to import it

[@jonnil1997]

Det brukar kallas kapaskiva, kapaplattor, polostyrenskum, eller cellplastkartong, många namn. Min lokala Lyreco säljer det i stora sheets, min lokala Panduro brukade sälja dem men slutade, men det hitta online annars.

[@52Miniatures]

Yes 👍 like jonnil said, look for kapaskiva. If you have a local “advertising” / signmaker they probably have some and you can ask if they want to sell you a sheet

[@reddogterrain]

The lawnmower comment seems like it was aimed directly at me. Great build.

[@52Miniatures]

Yes it was 😂

[@reddogterrain]

@@52Miniatures well I will get right on that, boss.

[@Geistermoor]

The poor cat... I hope it didn't need one of its 9 or 7 lifes (germans are cheap, I guess) to get to the end of this project. I really enjoy the look of the lighthouse and I will use some of those techniques for sure... as soon as I have the courage or time to work on some terrain.

[@52Miniatures]

Terrain is great fun when one needs a bit of a break from miniatures!

[@thom-novi]

AlexMakingStuff

[@wanna877]

Please tell me you werent actually soldering holding the electronics in your hands.... I recommend one of those magnifiying glasses with helping hands, to minimize the risk of burning yourself. Those burns are INCREADIBLY painful.

[@52Miniatures]

Very painful! I can confirm

[@Icharus18]

Man why did you have to bring the lawnmower into this?😢

[@52Miniatures]

😅

[@Lazaride]

This is so sub par from what you can do. The before and after are almost the same minus brand letters. Do better... oh yeah this and the next vid.. you are not a good terrrain guy!

[@52Miniatures]

Just as a personal remark. Content on KZbin is free and hobby content on our scale is very much created not for monetary gain. Creators put a lot of work and effort into creating free content for people like you. There is a lot of it out there too. When you put a lot of work into something, it feels rather crap when someone says, “you suck”. You are definitely entitled to your opinion opinion but instead of crapping on a hard working creators day - go somewhere else if you don’t like it. Find a creator you like instead and support them. I think most creators would appreciate this approach

[@Lazaride]

@@52Miniatures no one mentioned money, and it was not meant to be personal. It was constructive criticism to help your channel. Which I enjoy quite a bit. Thank you for all of your content even if peeps like me complain sometimes.

[@52Miniatures]

@@Lazaride I have a hard time interpreting "you are not a good terrain guy!" as something other than personal. And saying that the before and after is almost the same minus the brand letters is not very constructive. I'm glad to hear you like the channel. A great way to help the channel is letting me know what you would like to see. Sometimes I really like doing videos that might inspire folk new to the hobby, like showing how simple it can be to build a lighthouse. If you would like to instead see something more complex on the other hand then I'm sure something will appear along the road ahead.

[@Venerablewolf]

eh. kinda disappointing in the end

[@52Miniatures]

Life is disappointing some times