Crafting Tutorial - Fast & Cheap Realistic Flame & Explosions for Warhammer 40k, Necromunda, D&D

In this video I show you how to use cheap LED tea lights and cotton balls to make some really cool flame, explosion, smoke and spell effects for all your favourite wargames. These look great when displaying and photographing your models on some of your terrain, or for representing lasting spells or other things in your games. Great for Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer, 40k, Horus Heresy, Age of Sigmar, Mordheim, Necromunda, Frostgrave etc.
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[@RealTerrainHobbies]

These look awesome man, well done.😎

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Thank you! Your channel is one of my all time favourites

[@cmedalis]

using the gluestic for the light-pipe is a bit of lo-fi genius! 10/10 - will steal for my army display board :D

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

cmedalis glad you liked it! Can’t be stealing if I made a tutorial hahaha

[@cmedalis]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop it's mine now! Muahahahaha! I have a big box (30+) of flicker tea lights for doing effects in terrain. Adding directional effects easily just made this so much more useful

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Holly crap. Everyone needs to check this one out!!!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Thanks Franky! Your stuff is very cool too

[@Tinblitz]

I feel like smaller versions of these would work very well if placed on the hatches and cabins of "Knocked out" vehicles.

[@afireinsidebrad]

Or if you wanna make badass bases for Legion of the Damned space marines

[@Tinblitz]

@@afireinsidebrad Good for Characters and stuff.

[@themartianmantis2694]

Have seen that done quite a bit as Bolt Action KO vehicle markers

[@cody180sx]

That's how it was done back in the day just didn't have a lighting source or you used a light grey/black and a few cotton balls for a vehicle popping smoke etc for a visual aid to remember.

[@Tinblitz]

@@cody180sx I've still got a couple of those myself. Glued to 2p pieces, and stained with a bit of ink.

[@dagoelius]

This video is waaaaay underviewed. Awesome idea amigo. One suggestion- before glueing the light to the base, cut out a hole in the base to access the battery when it needs to be changed.

[@AoSCoach]

I've been looking for LED fire and this is probably the bet tutorial i've found. I like the way you dye the cotton instead of just hitting it with a spray

[@glease3144]

I have never considered making and photographing Necromunda dioramas. Until now.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Gloss Paneer do iiiiiiit

[@MidwinterMinis]

4:40 just a chunk o' balls, Eric. Just a chunk o' balls.

[@craigstephenson1050]

Haha, Guy, I came to comments to see if anyone mentioned this - of course you didn't disappoint (or this Penny???)!

[@anthonytoronov407]

the way he cut the circle perfectly tho 2:49

[@Nevalith]

*Eric's shows technology from the future* *Machine Priests got BRRRRrrrrrrrrrr*

[@Miniocalypse]

Absolutely amazing bit of crafting here. I cannot wait to give this a go!

[@jeffreycorbello277]

I like 'em. I am going to try to add the smoke to a "built from scrap" factory.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

That would work perfectly! There are so many ideas that can come from this

[@Anthony-bs5ov]

This is fantastic, definitely going to try this out. Also I adore that glue stick fiber optic idea, incredible effect.

[@hyp3rk1ll_aoc39]

Bro, this is fantastic work. They look amazing, never seem markers look so good! Love the ingenuity of the glue stick usage to channel the flow of light. This is why I subbed to your channel, such great content and learn something new almost every video you put out.

[@polo7155]

Wow! Fantastic job Eric! I absolutely have to make these for my Necromunda set-ups! I just love the old Delaque flame-thrower guy in the last pictures! Epic! Thanx for all the vids you're posting, they're really helpful!

[@Khether0001]

holy crap! seriously, CONGRATULATIONS on this flame effect! It turn out insane!!!

[@beeezlebub]

Just finished binge watching your entire video selection and I cant wait for more.

[@dominickeefe2454]

Awesome. Real lighting effects really add to the scenarios. The Salamanders Chapter needs that flame effect

[@dougedwards1055]

Love your work, good to see hands on grab and go terrain building

[@conn8958]

Absolutely fantastic work dude. I am an avid necromunda hobbyists and ur videos are brilliant. Thanks for sharing. I cant wait to make some of these. Well done

[@justinnoelalcantara5546]

Followed this to make my own flame effect. Thank you and good stuff 🙂

[@racspartan1]

Damn fine work. These are some of the best flame effects I’ve seen.

[@seanmeadows129]

Very impressive Eric, great ideas, think I will have to try this. Thank you for all the information and keep up the good work.

[@WeAreNotHomeToday]

Love this. Awesome effect and will definitely give it a try

[@jellyranger1706]

I’m planning out a stormcloud suspended in a globe based on this video. Like a Weather Dominator device? Dude the thing that I find particularly exciting about your channel is I feel like I’m getting in early. I cannot wait to see what kinda crazy things you’re producing years from now. I’m 100% on board. \m/

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Jelly Ranger Thanks Jelly! I am just getting started, so strap yourself in :D

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Cloud in a globe sounds cool. What game is it for? AOs? 40k? Dnd? Something else? Just your imagination?

[@jellyranger1706]

Eric's Hobby Workshop meh just for funsies, I mostly just paint minis.

[@irakhlin]

Excellent I have been scouring the web looking for a decent tutorial on making clouds that don't look like cotton balls. I think you nailed it.

[@Edwoodb3]

What a very snazzy bit of craft work there. I was looking for tutorials for a flamethrower effect so I could add it as a permanent fixture to a flamer.

[@mattfanofcats3262]

These things pop, excellent work! Can’t wait to try some of these techniques, thanks!

[@yugtac]

Thank you! Well done. Gonna try this out!

[@nazteeb]

This is fantastic! What a brilliant idea!

[@maddnd9721]

Making fire out of cotten balls is a cool thing I've been looking into... Putting flickering tea lights into them is next level... Where you won me is that you made a template out of it - just next level. Superb

[@maddnd9721]

Those are some reaaaally good templates man. That flamer template is epic level historic. Gas explosive has some massive feels. Thanks. I have abundant cotton wool so I will try this rather than the stuffing ones I've seen online.

[@kelleyakakillimore]

OMG. Brilliant idea! Fantastic outcome. Thank you for sharing!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Kelley aka Killimore you are welcome kelley, glad you like it

[@JaredLeeMars]

This is awesome. I’ve always seen those cloud lamps and never considered doing this for fire Probably going to be what I end up doing for a craft here pretty soon for a larger fake flame 🔥

[@apathtrampledbydeer8446]

That trick with the gluestick, very smart! Very cool end result!!!

[@uneakbreed]

I've watched so many tutorials for effects/techniques for miniatures/dioramas etc and although many a good, they all seem advanced (and dissuade me from even trying). This method feels so accessible (tea lights, glue-sticks for fiberoptics) that I'm finally encouraged to actually make an effort instead of simply watch -thanks so much for this video! Subbed!

[@davidmacphee5449]

Nice! Liking the visual you have achieved with the templates and low light to help enhance the effects. Looks good combined with terrain and for situations as you described. Definitely inspirational.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

David MacPhee thanks David

[@lightseeker4155]

Definitely going to use this to make small,medium, and large Smoke and explosion markers !

[@NarcJ]

7:55 you just did flying nimbus

[@mgtowchampion7961]

You just gave me an answer for my fireball diorama using the court of the dead Queen, much love and good night.

[@kirkgeier417]

Cant get over how cool this is

[@Dockernan1977]

This is genius and looks amazing

[@bernatGLu]

Dude, this effect is very cheap and spectacular. Than's for the tutorial.

[@chi-nobi6768]

Thank you for the video! This was really helpful!! You explained it very well.

[@paigeherrmann6332]

This is awesome. I never thought of doing this with green

[@shaneflickinger]

Those look really cool Eric, especially for a diorama or display piece.

[@Cptbaron]

This is very cool!! 🔥 keen for D&D 🐉

[@DevsDice]

Really nice! I am surely going to make some of these for my D&D game! Excellent job man! 👍

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Devs & Dice great!! Glad you liked it

[@burnerjack01]

Subbed immediately. Great artwork. Thanks for sharing.

[@projectman-thor229]

That my friend is pretty cool!!! 9:01 took me back to the 90's Syndicate Wars!!!

[@14dcook]

Perfect not just for Necrumunda, but for 30k as well!! Awesome!

[@TheDickDeck]

Was looking for a very different technique... ended up watching the whole thing anyways since it was so cool and easy looking!

[@iamian7226]

This is excellent, I always wondered how go get the effect just right. Good video .

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

re-run thanks, glad you liked it

[@jcengdahl668]

Nice job, I learned a lot, thanks!

[@AdamViklund]

Really great ideas, Eric! I'm just trying to get into the world of the Underhive for the first time, so I'll have to give these a go!

[@TippyClub]

Great work! I've been toying with the idea of making templates like these after having made a few burning smoke markers previously. I'd suggest giving them a couple hits of hair spray just to give the cotton a bit more strength. Very handy for when storing them

[@tronosneoauror]

Holy shit! Coolest thing I've watched the whole month! Thank you for sharing pal.

[@mauri211256]

Complimenti, cercavo un tutorial per creare del fumo e tu sei l'unico che ho trovato. Bravo e grazie

[@danmclean7375]

Thank you sir. 👍 Trying to make a mini lightning-storm and this was very helpful. A+

[@SinNerds]

Be careful not to over boil. Al Dente in about 12 minutes. great video Eric! gonna try out this one.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

This is important! Do not overboil!!!

[@lidia1407]

This is really cool. I love it ♥️

[@joakimfong]

Great job! looks fantastic!

[@dannybracken6982]

Great idea. Lots of uses.

[@s0_siick964]

This is badass man!!

[@spudgunjim]

Neat way to produce 1/35 scale battle displays. Thank you for sharing.

[@johnkelley9877]

That is so cool! It very realistic too. Thanks for sharing this neat idea.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

John Kelley thanks john! Happy to share

[@Dragonflyte1]

I've been looking for a way to make my "building on fire" in my ho scale diorama without using electronics or hooking everything into a switchboard. This is perfect! Thanks!

[@bobp5356]

Great looking effects. I am building a diorama and these will be very useful.

[@reubensullivan8849]

Great idea for those old templates really cool

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Reuben Sullivan i dont like having to imagine stuff happening on the table, so i like physical representations of everything

[@paulgertsch7105]

Looks awesome

[@NeilDohertyMusic]

Oh yeah, all day, baby. XoD I've been thinking about the possibility of making an enormous cloud scene for my Lord of the Rings diorama, this confirms it'll look awesome. Thanks for the inspiration. ;o)

[@brandonwright7950]

Your builds are amazing... Thank you for sharing!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Thanks Brandon!

[@SteveFamine]

I need to do this later in the year - goals to make a few of these

[@Kirk.t.g]

In hysterics Amazed by the creativity

[@theQiwiMan]

How have I never seen this channel before??? Insta-Subbed! Awesome work man

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

theQiwiMan glad you liked it !

[@hyperbene7711]

Right? Same!

[@harlemw651]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!! 👍

[@johnharvath2522]

This video made me subscribe! The flame thrower is just freaking awesome 👍🤟

[@HeyItzJD]

I''m gonna try making these as 1/12 scale action figure effects. For stuff like Marvel Legends, etc. Thanks for the idea!

[@shiroumxm2052]

it´s perfect! i think the final touch could be making those leds inside the gluestick work in a LED chaser circuit

[@troybrunette9979]

These look awesome!!

[@basedViking]

I made some of these at the beginning of last year just to add some extra effects to my games they work so well.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Based Viking and here i thought i had come up with this! Great minds think alike!...and so do we hahahaha ;)

[@AsgardStudios]

Well done! Funny and entertaining - winner!

[@estebanuno4103]

This is dope!

[@waynehumber8906]

Really cool Eric! I gotta do this!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Wayne Humber thanks Wayne, go for it

[@TheSzybas]

That glue stick trick is awesome!

[@beckymurphy4714]

Ooh, the effects I could have for action figure photography!

[@iamgrays]

Nice work Eric!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Paul Ellwood thanks Paul

[@hadleymanmusic]

Hey Eric. Glad I found this. Trying to make corona mass ejections on a sun for a solarsystem model

[@CovidOrphan]

Planning on making a massive diorama with a bunch of gundams and I’ll probably use this. Well done sir.

[@toki_-_wartooth]

if thats not absolutely epic i dont know what is!!! brilliant :D

[@BREDATOR1]

Great way to achieve explosion and flame~~ and cheap as well! Would look great on a Stalingrad diorama down in the sewers with flame throwers! Nice calm narration, well done.

[@kennethmay5624]

Awesome! Going to try to make for 1:72 scale cannons....

[@MrGWillickers]

A quick tip, next time, put the cotton balls inside a pillowcase and tie it shut, then put them in a laundry dryer. Works like a charm

[@matthayward7889]

09:04 that is *such* an incredibly cool shot 👌

[@jessejamez707]

This is so awesome

[@mattygee37]

Great idea and that flame thrower looks amazing, the glue stick idea was very well improvised. Try stuffing instead of cotton wool, rip an old pillow apart for it.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Conan the Barbarian lots of people suggesting that, i will have to look into it

[@madpuppet82]

Great job!!

[@j453]

The smoke bomb probably doesn't need the t-light or the black paint honestly. Oh but that flamethrower, that was magnificent 👍

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

J the smoke bomb looks better with the black, but yeah for gameplay it doesn’t need a light

[@anthonyhargis6855]

Awesome!

[@BorgsveskeN]

as a fan of seeing other people do creative stuff and not really doing alot of it myself, I have to say, the talent in your videos is among the best I've seen out there, your creativity and the sheer amount of awesomeness from esentially household items you turn into all things tabletop is blowing my mind, May your channel grow infinetly and may you continue to amaze us with your raw talent. Bravo dude!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Thank you! Very kind words