Building an EARTH ELEMENTAL Miniature for Dungeons & Dragons - EASY BUILD!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

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[@Blandco]

I always end up getting a bunch of stuff from the clearance section there so I will use that link the next time. So great they are supporting your channel!

[@Damnationization]

Cool build. I would have left the eye holes open and placed some cheap stones/gems in them.

[@gideonventura1745]

You should try war machine minis there cool looking and fun to paint (use super glue to assemble)

[@alamb245]

Add crystals on the back and it'll look even cooler

[@ninetails6218]

crystals + large gold glitter + various magic items = An enchanted Treasure golem, laid as a last bastion of defense for the treasure. comes in copper, silver, electrum, gold, platinum and gemstone variants.

[@Thatdudeoverthere]

@@ninetails6218 If able add a small LED light to the crystals so they glow and give off a magical aura, maybe a flicker light in its chest with some red to give off a heartbeat...

[@WylochsArmory]

One can get so much mileage out of your "slice, twist" technique with the knife to get incredible looking stone. I can't imagine ever bothering with wet work like clay or casting when you can do this and get instant results.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Mostly I just hate waiting for things like clay to dry

[@dubbydapanda7189]

I could so see this thing hugging up against a cliff blending in. As soon as the characters get close by and revealing this thing will make their jaws drop in amazement and terror. Awesome build man!👍🔥

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

So many alternates could be made like this Rock,Lava, Water, Fire,Ice and Earth spring to mind I'm sure there's even more you could think up. Came out looking like a high dollar large boss monster.

[@robc9417]

This is a great way to incorporate Miniatures into your terrain channel. I'm really digging this episode. He rocks.

[@Saslen1337]

Ha

[@somedummyonyoutube3362]

badum tsss

[@CthulhusDream]

That would be cool as hell as a lava monster. base it in bright yellow and dry brush red orange and black over it all

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

You could get away with doing the build exactly the same, just need a different paintjob

[@juliehamel8330]

Cthulhus Dream Funny I was thinking the exact opposite, the raw foam looked like some snow/ice monster and I kept thinking how it's been a wile since my players have been stuck in a blizzard :) hmmm...

[@Fizzlefuse]

Hell yes! You could make all sorts of versions of this. Imagine a earth elemental with crystals, or a ice elemental.. There are even glow-in-the-dark paints you could use for some kind of magical construct. So many possibilities!

[@juliehamel8330]

Fizzlefuse ouuuu little glow in the dark mishrooms!! ♡.♡ why am I so excited by this? I imagine a show called pimp my golem and the host is his little bad ass gnome... okayyy time for dodo.

[@jackmartin4657]

I would base it in black

[@enchantedlimestone373]

12:32 most epic fight scene I've ever seen

[@photogfrank2146]

This is one of my favorite builds and one of my favorite videos! I've watched it numerous times and finally built a Golem of my own! (I wish I could give it more than just one like) Now I'm just waiting for the Mod Podge/black paint to dry so I can add sand and start painting! My son-in-law is the DM and I think he'll flip over this! Thanks, Jeremy!

[@DanieleMazzoni]

the touch of the final scene with the elemental in action is the best! :D

[@marjohnbuncio2782]

I am new to crafting minis. This was the first boss monster I have made. Me, my wife and my 6 year old girl had so much fun with this creature in our last game. Thank you man!

[@user-vo7zw3vz3n]

The bit about covering gaps with moss and glue reminds me of Bob Ross - Same sort of wholesome helpfulness in these videos. Love it.

[@Arkie80]

A wild thought hit me: that think would look really awesome with some heavy rings embedded in its arms and broken chains hanging from them. I think anyway.

[@Beebosloth]

MY NEW FAVORITE CHANNEL

[@AgeofTheNorth]

If you want it to have even more balance, make it have on huge arm that rests on the ground.

[@m.a.packer5450]

We were at the keep, everybody had matching cowls; somebody climbed up to the clock, and there they saw a rock. But it wasn't a rock... it was a Rock Monster!

[@TheMonkeOfficial]

For some reason in my head I read that as "But it wasn't a rock... It was a Iraq Lobster!"

[@shadowmere541]

There should be a movement to call oversized monster minis “Biggies”

[@Diortelon]

Biggiatures

[@yamagawa9830]

Mini chungies (chungus)? 😂

[@Dannyboyyay]

2 years later and I cannot accept that this comment has not become a parole

[@BronyNumber4096]

@@Diortelon I was GOING to say this!

[@VerbenaComfrey]

Maxis.

[@paulthatcher563]

That looks absolutely fantastic. Truly inspired piece

[@josemhernandez1974]

Just what I needed, my players will love seeing it but their characters will not. 😈

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Ha! Good way to put it

[@RylanStorm]

I plan to make one of these that looks just like a rock feature and have the players battle around it. Then, near the end of the battle, when they think they're done, I'll stand it up and the fight will continue.

[@fishruins4639]

That sounds really cool

[@wsco2486]

This is an amazing build. Beats anything i can do on my 3d printer! Please make more of these amazing large scale creatures!

[@Sylan-ms9kj]

Dude i play 40k so my models are already basically built but my god this is one of the coolest things ive ever seen and i wanna build one just for a diorama. Fantastic job man

[@richardlogue9770]

Love it! Also make a stand-alone boulder that looks, more or less, like the top of the elemental. When the PCs get close to it, replace the boulder with the elemental!

[@Jackofhearts17]

Having trained multiple people on how to use a kitchen knife, seeing you cut towards yourself with the utility knife brought back some old school stress.

[@lukedorrington7455]

This is awesome! I love buying miniatures but there’s nothing better than making things myself especially when they look as cool as this!

[@randykowal3397]

After watching your channel for almost two years I’m finally gonna make something lol. I’m going back to this video and it will be my order build ever. I’m excited

[@MrCrystalwarrior1]

THANK YOU so much for such a fantastic, easy to follow and build-yourself tutorial video. I have wanted to make something like this for a long time, just for fun, but didn't think to use foam, thinking wire and milliput would have to do instead. This is something I can do all day now, making a "small" army of these creatures, from all the pieces of foam I have left after building terrain. I already have ideas for both "male" & "female" figures, which are making me laugh before I even get started. I've subscribed to your channel now, as you are so inspiring, and I'm learning some great new tips after over 40 years of model making :-) Again, thank you for such a fun and easy to build-yourself tutorial. Paul

[@Davidiculous]

I would love to see more build like this too. Your houses and stuff are amazing, but I never would of thought of doing this.

[@kurtismoore5501]

Looks amazing as always! Just recently got into miniatures and everything D&D. Love your channel and everything you’ve done, thank you for all your hard work making and filming everything!

[@Blandco]

That turned out really nice! Excellent project for a boss guardian. I will have to take a look at that minwax spray and try it out.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Yea I like it on most stuff, but I wouldn't recommend on on actual minis as it can slightly yellow over time. With terrain (or rock monster) that's not really a huge issue.

[@Blandco]

Good to know!

[@Andy203504]

He looks awesome, reminds me of the rock monster from 'Galaxy Quest'...👾😎😊

[@joehaywardii6726]

I agree lava or even an ice golem. Totally cool. Now how would you do a chain golem?

[@willowmcintire21]

Watching you play with your minis like action figures is so damn wholesome. ☺️💜

[@totaltrek553]

I love this build. I've got to do this one in multiples.

[@CanadianSurvivalHub]

Great idea thank you for the inspiration! I just finished my earth elemental I think first time is a success

[@M1ABRIMSvsPANZER]

Cool I was in a game and our GM did domething similar using expanding foam chunks. Made an earth titan than wrecked like two cities before we managed to wish it away lol.

[@SteveSwannJr]

Very cool! Looks like it is bigger than a 2"x2" base for the large creature.

[@garybuettner7920]

Cool. Love the greenery.

[@alrethianscraftsbattles]

How did i mis this video? It dropped 2 day's after my birthday?! damn, wel i have a lot of scraps so i got to work today on building this one, and thank you cthuhlus dream for the inspiration of turning this into a lava beast. I'm painting mine to be a fire elemental :-). Thanks to you both!!

[@jamesback8024]

THAT Is a good idea! Thanks! I always need a Ton of Elementals in different sizes, so... HELPFUL!

[@stephenrenwick8781]

This is so awesome I found some XP’s foam and made my own version. Still got to add the sand and smaller rocks, but I am dead chuffed. You inspired me to build one. Cheers 👏👏👏👏👏

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Nice

[@quassisbelltower9408]

OMG this is a freaking awesome build. Going to have to make one for my future God of War series.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Thanks man!

[@TheDanbulance]

I may have to try this out. I made a Roper the other week that I was quite pleased with

[@kaidela1013]

Wouldn't it be kinda awesome to see something like this incorporate broken bits of statues, still kinda random, but an arm here, torso there, etc.

[@javagoblin1585]

ah, the classic 360 dagger dive DDT at the end. Gotta love those Fighter Maneuvers. lmao!!

[@R3nagadeL3roy]

You should male some custom treefolk! That would be intense!

[@paultaylor107]

That is awesome! Next project selected 👍🏿

[@minisarefuntopaint]

I really like this. Looks great.

[@NellyInTheSky]

Amazing build as always!

[@nerdfatha]

this is a great base idea for a lot of chunky bad guys. Lava monster, giant snow monster a la Frozen, and of course a Rock Monstaaaaaa

[@WylochsArmory]

Really cool

[@christophermitchell8351]

I had an idea today to make something like this, but then cut it in half in such a way that you can put part of it in the terrain as a piece of scatter terrain. Then when it rises from the ground you pull out the other piece and reconnect them.

[@villetapio6012]

You're stuff is helpful and good. Superlike

[@jesternario]

For a stone golem, you could go with a more statue look, and then add moss to it in order to give the idea that it has been sitting there a while as a statue before attacking the players

[@Beerman79]

Cant wait to try building this one.

[@mobiggun]

This is bad ass!... another inspired piece for me to do!

[@garronjohnson483]

Imagine how cool this would be if you made a negative space inside of a cliff face for this thing. Have it completely surprise players while it's sitting there right in front of them. Blow their minds. There'd definitely be some issues making that work but nothing impossible I suspect.

[@snowman9631]

This is sick, I have so many ideas

[@zanderroe1708]

You should try kiwi black and brown shoe polish. It’s makes a great wash and really gives stone good color.

[@TheRunesmythe]

"They looks like such big, good, strong hands don't they?" Sorry, I tried to resist but in the end I couldn't help it; I had to add one appropriate quote. In all seriousness though, I've seen a lot of homemade miniatures and this is hands down one of the coolest. You could really go crazy with the paint job and the kinds of things you could add on as extras; given the diversity of environments/terrain and greenery, you could make a whole bunch of these and none of them would have to look the same color-wise (I think we all know already that its unlikely they'd look the same in shape and form, and that's part of what makes them cool).

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Why sorry? rock bitter is awesome! I take it as a compliment. But yea, if someone were to recreate this build and really take their time with it it could be pretty impressive.

[@vesuviusfrancescodeangelo8615]

Hey, I just watched the video. Great build, you actually inspired me to build 2 golems, one made the way you made it, the other one made by picking the shape apart with my fingers, and re-glueing the little cuttings back on, making him look like a mound of tiny boulders. But one thing at the end of the video caught my eye: you have an amazing set of trees, which seems to be the only craft I can't figure out how to make. can you show us how you made your trees?

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Sorry to say those big nice trees were purchased from woodland scenics.....BUT next episode I'm actually making some pine trees.

[@MedievalMary]

Totally making and ice elemental with Crystal shards!

[@devileanblack]

Mary Weaver I was thinking the same but thinking about how to paint. Whatever colour I choose, it will not have that icy transparent look. Any ideas?

[@MedievalMary]

omer yolal so I am doing some ice terrain, and found that if you base your terrain in white, then do a wash of a very light blue but not cover everything. Then I add pearlecent white and a thin coat of hologram paint ( glue and iridescent glitter can substitute for hologram paint) I find it gives a nice ice effect. Then I just add hot glue icesicles. I have some pictures on my Instagram account @damselsindungeons

[@devileanblack]

Great idea actually, I'm following you on Instagram now. devilean_blackheart, you can see my lazy work there. :)

[@Sethoshini95]

gonna use the black primer and a bit of higlight for an obsidian golem.

[@בןניומן]

Have you thought about the idea of using the foam stone bricks to create a stone brick golem or something?

[@Jan_Tabletop]

Realy cool build! Thanks for inspiring me.

[@miaelizabeth3244]

Beautifully badass!

[@jasonazevedo]

Well done buddy. Great build!

[@thomasduran325]

That was sweet! Great build!!!!

[@richardorta8960]

I suggest investing in slice proof gloves Slice proof not stab proof So some care is still needed For a stone golem Could you use your baking soda super glue combo but with sand mixed in to hide the seams between the pieces? I get ideas from videos like these.

[@kevinhammond9445]

Awesome build! I love it!!!!

[@JeffDrennen]

Put a black mineral deposit off its back and See if anyone in your group get the reference to breath of the Wild.

[@PaladinMthe13th]

That is awesome!

[@DurpleisasweetpeaOwO]

I always appreciate your videos, but this is extra marvellous! And, I'll probably copy the idea :P

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Do it!

[@modelstopia4206]

That looks cool 😎

[@sologamer8518]

That rocks!!

[@darkjaggered]

Not sure if I missed this in a pervious video but anyone know what/where he got those paint bottle racks/holders at?

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

www.shiftinglands.com

[@Tonz_of_Fun]

This makes me wanna try some different materials for elementals/golem.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Even this same sculpt could be painted differently to work for things like ice.

[@johnlanger7852]

I have found grass tufts from Wish that were good but super cheap even with shipping They were ok I know they aren't as nice as army painter or some of the others because they need to be glued by you but if we are on a budget

[@Fnordathoth]

Awesome, simply awesome!

[@MrWhite5150Duke]

Great result!

[@mustangrbaty]

awesome idea for scraps

[@MacroAggressor]

I know you don't like magnets, but this would be a perfect use case for them. Hide magnets in the hips, shoulders, and neck (elbows and knees if you wanted to), then you can hide the pieces close together in your terrain where they won't assemble until the PCs trigger it.

[@rejeanrioux]

Thks for all the good tips

[@Mailed-Knight]

Really cool.

[@evelienpeereboom4602]

can you make a rock lava like this 2 will be cool to see you do it started on a map for a fraind and got lots of info from what you make

[@huntertrumpjr.750]

Lol. Love how you have it stomping on the PCs.

[@GeneCavalcante]

Gret build! I'm getting 2 of those!

[@Kaminskip]

Awesome build!

[@lilitulee]

I feel like I'll probably try it out before I get an answer, but was curious about the difference between Elmer's glue and superglue for putting together the insulation for the model

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Superglue can melt foam and would be a really expensive option on something this big.

[@lilitulee]

Thanks for such a quick reply! Well then looks like I'll be taking a shirt car ride to pick some up before I start up. Thanks so much!

[@itzpopinov2578]

Whats your black wash consist of? Looks amazing with the spray application..

[@HQBunker]

Because of this video now I can't stop thinking how to make all 4 elementals... Earth done, fire should be easy, I'm building water one in my head for a whole day, but no idea about air... And dear Sir, you are too be blamed! :-D great idea, I'm going to try build something like that tomorrow.

[@BuckFu]

I would love to see you try and make a tree Ent out of this foam. Plz plz

[@newtybot]

Listen I'm just saying If you made one of those toys that's like an action figure being held together by string and they stand up when you pull on it, you could make a really cool "Summon" effect with a stone golem that way Imagine the shock of the players face when they see the pile of rocks stand up

[@adriaanstruwig7921]

Love your channel

[@arnolfostandolfi9730]

Cool build, but i used 1cm thin sheets of cork when i created mine, to better simulate the sedimented rocks, i thnk they give a better and more natural look to the earth golem, instead of boulders, and sice mine was an orc construct for the head i put a plastic bit of a orc standard bearer cow head wirh horns, to simulate a ritual mask for the golem

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

pics or it didn't happen

[@MrUmakemelaff]

Black Magic Craft lmao

[@beestlee9150]

I really want to make a translucent slime miniature for a player charachter I believe there called slimefolk any ideas how to go about building this. Thanks and these videos are awesome

[@Tanymsun]

It's Gerignec from Galaxy Quest!

[@hobbi_mix]

Спасибо за видео. Отличная работа. Привет из России 😉🤝

[@creepyshadow]

So at 12:56 how many d6 or d8 or d10 damage did that poor fighter take?

[@Deakonavory2002]

Makes me laugh that you are being sponsored by a company that sells minis... then you go ahead and just made your own! LOL No but really, great build and great instructions, as usual!