Dollar Store Challenge - Post Apocalyptic BUNKERS!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Some unique items used in this build that are not on my Essential Equipment page (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases) CORRUGATED PAPER (USA) amzn.to/2J3WhxY (Canada) amzn.to/2X3MVw2 (UK) amzn.to/2NdNYFg (Germany) amzn.to/2IM7XGN VALLEJO MODEL AIR METALLICS SET (USA) amzn.to/2YbuiTi (Canada) amzn.to/2Yf29e0 (UK) amzn.to/2ZKQQdV (Germany) amzn.to/2FrNyET MISSION MODEL RUST (USA) amzn.to/2JY61wC (Canada) amzn.to/2MrzZLp (UK) amzn.to/2EKR3WD (Germany) Not Available

[@28mmRPG]

awesome stuff... BTW, my Greenstuffworld UV resin came in and its awesome. You know what I use it for? Attaching my minis to clear bases (no clouding like superglue!) It's freeking great for that, thanks for the discount code!

[@adamduncan7597]

Tim Horton's Coffee sleeve = sturdy corrugated Cardboard with no mechanical prep

[@dillonw3200]

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[@Born_Stellar]

haha the paper is cheaper in canada

[@heldaneurbanus5135]

just want to say thanks for the Olfa knife recommendation. I ended up buying the same model you use (although sadly not through your affiliate store since I'm in the EU...). I've only had it a couple of weeks and it it, by far, the best knife of this sort I've ever used. Not even my dad's ancient all steel Stanley one compares for comfort and ease of use (never mind the fantastic Olfa blades themselves).

[@MorseB]

Thanks for focusing on creativity instead of budget. Creative inspiration is more important to me than silly "don't use scissors" challenge.

[@Miniac]

The gun barrel smoke stack was b r i l l i a n t

[@zarlus8]

Bruh, wish my dollar store had those. Great way to make a stormlord or baneblade wrek terrain.

[@kartofun7672]

Friend of mine made a shadow sword from 1/35 merkava

[@Grubnar]

ALL RIGHT BOYZ! LOOKS LIKE WE GOT OURSELFZ A NEW BATTLEWAGON!

[@MrEvan312]

*Obligatory "IT IS THE BEENLBAAADE"* That's honestly the first thing that came to mind was figuring out how to turn these into Baneblade tanks. I mean, the scale's not even off with actual 40k minis :D

[@Karrot001]

Here's another way to add rust and paint stripping effects. It's called Salt painting, I see it a lot of post apoc' style build, mostly Gaslands cars.. Basically after your base coat, and rust color coat, you wet the object your going to paint and pinch Salt right onto the object, let dry and then paint another colors your want over top. Then peel off the bumps(the salt) and the rust color is show through.

[@brucelammers6649]

Great tip!

[@ew1258]

use sea salt for a nice variation in size

[@pebblesthecat3625]

Never heard of this effect before. Will try it out, thanks.

[@danicusrex]

Only heard about this recently but havent tried it yet. Was going to use shiny silver as the undercoat to make the paint look freshly stripped... but i like this rusty idea too. ill try both.

[@randomguy2518]

I mix flour into acrylic paint for heavey rust/thick mud, also get some neat paints by mixing soot into water soluble clear-coat, or graphite dust makes a nice textured black/Dark gunmetal

[@fuegomylego6279]

Dude I especially love the first 3 minutes of this because you standing there you see so much of your personality and expression that we don't always get to see from the work bench perspective.

[@dextra9753]

yeah, the bit about not owning scissors was too funny

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I'm not joking one guy wrote a few paragraphs long rant about how "a metal ruler is a specialty tool and most people don't just have one"......fuck me.......I can't even......

[@lewisharris3400]

​@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Can you per chance recommend me a speciality store in which I may purchase one of these exotic "metal-rulers".. if indeed they even exist!

[@johnkennedy3403]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial That is the internet unfortunately. Jeez I wonder what it is like to be inside someones head who thinks like that.

[@romanatorx3949]

@@johnkennedy3403 I do not think you want to be inside that person head... People can be weird - the extremes of normal distribution list :)

[@mikezunter2011]

Master level build and ingenious use of dollar tanks... your use of super glue and baking soda came in handy from previous builds - I broke my glasses last week (metal frame) and used the "crafting technique" to repair them, my wife was amazed as the skill paid off bonding them like I had welded them. I explained that I learned it on Black Magic Craft and she laughed, but they have held up now for over a week and she is now a believer - thanks Jeremy.

[@devonproffitt10]

I really love these Dollar Store builds. They definitely deflate any excuse of "I can't afford this hobby." Thank you for doing these!

[@PraetorGix]

Yeah sure 'cause you can buy miniatures and high pigment acrylics on a dollar store...

[@devonproffitt10]

@@PraetorGix You realize that there are literally kickstarters for miniatures where you can get insane amounts of them for relatively cheap, right? I backed the Reaper Bones 4 Core, Dreadmere, and Darkreach sets. Spent about $200 for HUNDREDS of models. I'm going to be painting for a while. And as for the paints, let me direct you to kzbin.info/www/bejne/gV6ZfYZ9r9SNia8. Here, BMC explains where you can get paints that will get the job done for relatively inexpensive.

[@x.a.2758]

@@PraetorGix I use mostly paper miniatures that I got for free from all around the internet. A single printer cartridge and one roll of clear tape gets you a long way. It's not the gold standard of the hobby but it's something.

[@DaleyKreations]

1) The acrylics he uses the most ARE from the dollar store. I'm a professional artist and I use dollar store quality acrylics for the vast majority of my painting projects. 2) With enough effort you COULD make miniatures from dollar store stuff (or at least materials under $10). Creatives, uh... find a way 3) I don't even play D&D - I just love the creativity of the builds. These are tips I can incorporate into other projects elsewhere.

[@brendonmoore3505]

Devon Proffitt spending $200 on any amount of models is too expensive even if it’s 200 1$ models. War gaming is bloody expensive. It wouldn’t be war gaming if it wasn’t. It would just be arts and craft.

[@seanborgstrom4689]

If you are looking to step up the paint chipping technique, try adding some salt when the hair spray is mostly dry but still tacky. When you go back with the wet brush it will add a rusty chipped look. Great job on the build!

[@jezeski2011]

May not always be my type of builds, but you always make such cool stuff that gives me neat ideas. Thank you.

[@d.l.shanahan1220]

I usually work on dollhouses. My great grandson want me to build a house for his ninga turtles and I don't know where to begin!All I know is that they live in a sewer!Anyone have any ideas?Love watching all these creative ideas!

[@Blandco]

But Jeremy you used your car to drive to get this stuff from the store! That is anywhere from $5,000 - $20,000 spent on this craft! How can you call this affordable with a straight face?

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

People make comments on this level of absurdity....not as a joke. They mean it. One guy made a few paragraphs rant about how most people don’t own a metal ruler.

[@Blandco]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial A very small minority of people on the internet are bizarrely vocal sometimes. This was a fantastic video and it's going to be incredibly helpful to thousands of people! Keep your head held high!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Yup, people already bitching on THIS video too. It blows my mind how some think the video should be exactly what THEY want instead of actually being for over 130,000 viewers each with unique situations and interests.

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial On this level of a comment no metal ruler no scissors no utility knife ect. How in the hell are you even watching this on some kind of device thats able to get online?

[@bunny7741]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I just bought a metal "L" ruler from Dollar Tree last night. I know I'm 7 months late but I thought you would find it funny that they carry those. :) Amazing build using affordable materials btw! I'm very happy KZbin recommended you to me!

[@Blandco]

On a serious note I have used those balloon lights in the past. They would have been perfect for something like this. A small capsule with a stick of piece of plastic secured to it. Fit the capsule with the light at the top of the barrel and twist the stick to turn it on and off. The paint job on this looked Amazing. I have always avoided sci fi / future stuff to manage my collection but this really make me interested in trying something similar.

[@hensonstudios1282]

Necessity is the Mother of all inventions, use what you have and have fun.

[@bn-auric79]

I love watching these dollar store builds. Thanks for doing another one.

[@arolahn]

These look totally awesome! A fun variation of the dollar store challenge. All those industrial details without the effort to sculpt or construct it, let’s you focus on trying paint techniques etc. Sometimes the dollar store lets you save time (and money) for other things.

[@ValkGame]

I love Dollarama, all kinds of useful things. Tools glue, boxes tea lights and cheap chocolate.

[@StarshipsSteel]

Corrugated cardboard that is easy to find...well for me...Starbucks coffee cup sleeves. Cool build!

[@canuckotter]

Doesn't count because you didn't factor in the cost of the oxygen you're breathing! 🙄

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

When my family immigrated to Canada in the 1800s the cost of their steam liner ticked MUST be considered in the cost of this build.

[@cwlogan13]

You have to pay to breathe?

[@dragonsarrow163]

Excuse me wut

[@artfan101]

I still can't get over the fact that he was wearing pants. Pants! What am I a millionaire?

[@martyndragar7910]

😂😂😂

[@Blandco]

Heck yeah Dollar Store stuff!

[@quixoticjedi942]

Gotta say, the end result looked way better than I thought it would. The painting and weathering really made these pop.

[@johnarmenta2199]

At 10:54 - AMAZING!! That chipped rust is as authentic as it can be! Excellent work!

[@AzraelThanatos]

One thing you might consider with this kind of thing is to start with the rusty red primer rather than painting it on later on. It tends to make things go a bit better and faster with later painting.

[@rayanderson5797]

That paint work is absolutely incredible!

[@timothyyoung2962]

This was the first DIY terrain video I ever watched when I got back into Miniature gaming after a near 20 year hiatus. Inspired me to start building my own terrain and really made me look at everyday things like cheap toys, junk containers, and bits and pieces in a new way. Now terrain building is as much a part of the hobby for me as painting the minis. Been watching your videos ever since.

[@adriannaranjo4397]

*BMC uploads a new video* "War. War never changes"

[@harlandmountain7998]

You know who makes Fallout References? A Synth, that's who.

[@BIGG-BALGRUF]

@@harlandmountain7998 another settlement needs YOUR help.

[@SwankeyMonkey]

*_"Ideals are peaceful. History is violent."_*

[@woozleboy]

For built up crusty rust with real texture on a plastic model, apply liquid styrene cement in a puddle over the area you want, then apply rusty chalks atop it. Once dried, it will have that really good texture bonded to the plastic. Need more? Do it again right on top of the existing patch. You can pile it on heavily and it will be scabbed up quite nicely. Model railroaders have been doing this for decades- we know all about weathering for effects.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

That chipping method looks fantastic!

[@lisaboudreau5390]

I'm also Canadian and have a Dollarama so I love your dollar store builds. Another solid video. (also I'm a patreon after I watched and built your ship. AMAZING video, easy to follow) thanks keep it up

[@Algebrodadio]

Tea light hack is genius. Well done.

[@hadynmcloughlin4661]

Thanks for sharing I have a new found appreciation for the dollar store being new to the hobby. I bought all my supplies from the 'cheap shop' here in AUS for my first project and had a heap of fun doing it. Buying a mix of materials learnt what goes well with what paint and how different boards wood or foam board work for what dioramas. Don't know until you try and start gluing!

[@celestianbrightmoon9135]

That is the cleanest, neatest dollar-store I have ever seen!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Welcome to Canada

[@SomeMadStuff]

I'm loving these dollar store challenges. Even though you have the desk and scissors.

[@patrykpilas2697]

Man! Amazing work! Your videos not only teaching something but give the inspiation to create and think in very different way.

[@meganwhite9090]

I love these dollar store builds. It's so much fun watching people take something and convert it into something completely different.

[@MarkusMaximus2000]

Brilliant vision and resourcefulness. Love it.

[@GDaddyChina]

Trez cool. You really must have a crafter's eyes to see post-apocalyptic buildings when looking at Dollar Store tanks! I'm impressed that these toys had lots of gribbly bits that looked great in your build.

[@dkbibi]

Fantastic build! Don't restrain yourself too much on fantasy builds! These are very cool! Here's another challenge for you : Alien (as in the movies Alien and Aliens) themed builds!

[@MrRemorseless]

Love the new riff on the dollar store challenge!

[@paulmacdonald5135]

Very nice way to do things new that you have never done before!

[@RADimation]

Whoa, the chipped paint technique adds a lot of depth!

[@wjgraham63]

Awesome build. Loved how you described the old rustic look. Brilliant!! Thank you.

[@Sephvion]

Awesome. Now please do the other one. Us who wanted the other build wanted to see something even more amazing.

[@TheGrimxcore]

These look amazing for a dollar store build. The hair spray paint idea looks sooo good.

[@leeperry7068]

For what it's worth, the actual thin plastic card that's designed to look like corrugated metal is pretty cheap still, and if you want more durability, it's a good upgrade to the old paper or stripped off cardboard fake tin metal techniques. Great vid as always!!!

[@patrickkeller2193]

That is one amazing dollar store. The ones around here only have small knick knacks, nothing like those big ass toys.

[@volatilesky]

Doesn't count because the beard imparts an unfair skill advantage. But really when scratch building, things like that tank that have dense detail really help bulk out detail. Another option (and would stretch your scavenged bits even further) is to cut out smaller panels and add to stuff for all manner of surface details. I'm still hoping to thrift another 1:32 scale model train kit, that thing is still supplying parts 5 years later.

[@ritualcrafter2414]

How have I only just seen this?! Awesome as always. If you still need any help with your electronics side, feel free to drop me a message! It’s something I’ve done quite a bit of in the past!

[@daxfromdracas]

I think this is my favorite project yet! I hope you stick to your mentality of just going with what you have access to! It’s so fun to watch someone who can follow any creative whim and not be held back by trying to simplify the available tools. Great work!!

[@MisterNiuf]

"Just chill and try to enjoy things in life." Pretty much my life motto.

[@TreetopCanopy]

That peeling paint over rust looks so good!

[@samdurfee6093]

You have inspired me to make my own terrain set for games at home I love your videos.

[@lanasmith4795]

You never forget the first tiny house you make. There's a certain joy in creating something from a pile of foam and cereal boxes and popsicle sticks or whatever

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Dollar store tealights ❤️

[@MB-st7be]

Dollar store challenges make the best videos!

[@kelleyakakillimore]

The chipped paint came out amazing!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Thanks :)

[@JamesWilson-sg7im]

Well done. Love seeing craft people seeing more than what is presented. Keep it up.

[@Alowne00]

Wow i really like your work place! pretty nice, clean and elegant

[@adamofblastworks1517]

That chipped and rusted metal looks great!

[@sarahmajesie5070]

Whoa! That chipped paint effect is so cool! I’m super inspired to try that on some of my terrain. Lookout players!

[@scootscoot2k]

Honestly this really inspired me and you can really tell that you are enjoying it, all I'm saying is that if this becomes a full series I'm not going to complain :)

[@TXtriple6]

I like videos like these. More dollar store challenges please. Its about the idea, not about rebuildung the exact same thing.

[@QuiniansBudgetCrafts]

looks great man! I have a suggested set of lights, battery cases, switches and wires on my webpage. about $25USD for all of it, it's 100 lights of the size and color of your choice. Down side is no batteries but they're pretty cheap and those cases will take any in the CR#### line

[@quantummowser]

Another very beautiful build.

[@TheGrungy1]

I do dioramas. Gi. Joe starwars ect. I also love yard sale/ flea market toys. I love this. You might have just sparked a few more recycled broken toy builds.

[@NavVet89]

A tool I recently found is Ribbon and Metal Corregations Tube-Wringer Tubewringer Tube Wringer on Ebay. found that adding this to my toolbox has helped save me some money. It can be used on paper and thin metal.

[@Varadiio]

Amazing! I hadn't thought of finding bits from cheap toy sections. More Apocalypse/Future builds!

[@harlandmountain7998]

You've clearly never played 40k with someone who plays Orks. Take away the obviously Orky bits and that terrain works perfectly for Post-Apoc

[@hamyncheese]

I like your intro explanation - focus on being inspired to creatively use things you discover at the dollar store rather than a strict "dollar store only" materials approach! Thanks for a great video!

[@SuperFriendBFG]

This is neat. Those tanks look great too. Those turrets (and whatever Barrel you have left) could be used to make a kickass looking static turret emplacement.

[@tsundre]

Should do a thrift store challenge too

[@LegendEternal]

The tank barrel smokestack... F'ing brilliant!

[@GoobertownHobbies]

I really like this project dude, it looks like a lot of fun! That chipping effect turned out awesome, I'm glad you gave it a try! PS I want to see you go to the dollar store with a leather sack full of loonies tied to your belt.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

That would be pretty hilarious

[@Wallach_a]

Great build. Love how you went through the thinking process. Ignore the haters, like Trevor they don’t exist.

[@artisanscraft9884]

That looks awesome! I love improv builds!

[@Lohtex]

Man I know this is an old video but its pretty sweet to see another Canadian doing great things in the Hobby.

[@MarkHyde]

Amazing work. The lighting was an epic idea even if a pain to execute - I love the re-focus onto creativity rather than just 'budget'.

[@danforthlaertes]

You've probably already used that third tank for something, but if you haven't, I would love to see you doctor it up to be something else. Actually, I'd love to see you grab a couple more and then doctor them up in different ways - for example; a "looted" vehicle all 40K Ork or Mad Max, a "high tech" vehicle suitable for 40K Space Marines or some future-faction, and a "gritty poor bloody infantry" vehicle which was very practically militarily, but not messy / ramshackle and not all hyper-future.

[@GunNutproductionsOG]

This is an absolutely awesome video and I honestly love seeing kitbashing and Dollar store junk builds. What I would give for every person who watched this video to get a surge of creative energy shot straight into their brain and inspire them to make something right now cause that so happens with me and it's such a beautiful feeling to get inspired. Thank you for bringing such creativity to life and opening up some eyes to the possibilities right in front of them

[@palmerzero]

I agree those T lights are a pain in the arse to work with . I used it on a few star wars builds to light and switch on my y-wing leds

[@alleyviper01]

Love your craft space. Mine is my wife’s desk in our bedroom and an old dresser in my garage that I salvaged from the trash. #envy #TheHouseWeCouldAfford

[@Bluematchhead]

Imaginative is what comes to mind. Stellar craftsmanship, bud!

[@Matt-md5yt]

Cool another Dollar Store Challenge. Dollarama sounds like what we in the States have called "Dollar General".

[@MurderHoboRPG]

Looks stunning man. Waterguns also make beautiful scenery

[@pixel2plastic832]

Didn't realize hairspray was chipping material good find!!

[@Alphacheesehunter]

Speaking of Vallejo metallics, you should SINCERLY try the Vallejo metal colors. They are the best metallics I've found. They're thin, have a smaller and higher quality pigment than other metallics, have amazing flow, and go through an airbrush like butter. Freaking awesome paint. They come in big pots, too. 32 ml.

[@unrakustudios7000]

Those Dollarama toy tanks are fantastic for kit bashing. We keep a box of them in the shop. Great video!

[@ChiseledDiamond]

That is fantastic! I'll definitely consider this the next time I complain I can't find anything to use for terrain!

[@ScratchBashing]

Really creative use of those tanks! I see them every time I go in and they were already on my future to-buy list. Maybe it's time to make some sci fi terrain!

[@dogmeat7486]

Good job man, i really enjoyed the hairspray thing for the chipped paint. Learned alot.

[@nekrataali]

One thing I always like to do with rusted metal pieces is to take an X-Acto knife and drill to the thing to make cuts, bullet holes, blast marks, and so on. This looks even more authentic when you partially cover it with additional plasticard plating or corrugated cardboard to make it look like it's been hastily repaired. Looks like this was done @ 12:06, but wasn't mentioned.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Yea that’s exactly what I did, and patched them from the inside with the corrugated pieces.

[@gimli3370]

Just a suggestion when soldering, it looked like you were trying to sort of scoop solder from the spool onto your iron then use that to sort of apply it to the wire. It can be difficult to hold the wire steady, but normally it works much better if you hold the solder in one hand, iron in the other and slowly heat up the wires with the iron, then once hot, keep holding the iron there and push the solder onto the joint. Getting the soldering iron covered in solder really isn't good for it and won't really spread onto the joint you're soldering very well. Hope this was helpful.

[@msmalice]

Thanks for the tip, I will totally try that. I've been putting off some projects bcuz I suck at soldering, but maybe now with this new technique it won't be so bad.

[@ronaldfarber589]

EXACTLY what I was looking for on KZbin! Just discovered ur channel and ive been super interested in post apocalyptic dioramas, thx coz for all the tips and ideas!

[@hyaground]

Perfect proxies for Baneblades right there! 😮

[@brentknoll125]

I like your dollar store challenge it inspire me to build something that I purchase there.

[@matthewlove2473]

There's a modeling trick that I've seen where you simply put a little metallic paint onto a paper towel, rub the painted towel on your model, then hurriedly remove most of it with another paper towel. It SHOULD create tiny silver nicks and scratches (like Iron Man's armor when its badly damaged), but I've never got around to trying it myself.

[@dylanmiller9266]

To your intro: Yes, yes, and a million times yes! I just wanted to say there are people who are on the opposite side of the spectrum that you described. While yes there a people with limited budgets and whatnot; equally are those of us who dont care about cost and just want to see creativity be creative! I come here to see your skills and imagination, limiting you tools is like limiting your abilities. Where is the fun in that?? Great work man, thanks for the videos, inspiration for me!

[@lsb2623]

I dont have scissors. Just TWIN BLADES !!! And then I sching them together in a cuttey motion.

[@VAB0L0]

Oh boy, the amount of fun we've had with the 4$ BANEBLADE at my LGS... I think it now has a tiny plastic palm tree growing out of it after a couple of crashes off of makeshift ramps between games of 40k

[@Fnordathoth]

I don't play post apoc anything but I still like watching the terrain being made. This project is awesome and I thoroughly enjoyed watching you make it. Great video!

[@quassisbelltower9408]

Good to see you getting into working with the LED lights. I still hate working with them too. Once you get them to work for you it’s all worth it. I hope to get to a video that I want to make with LEDS

[@jameszell1285]

I just found you today and decided I'm gona try making tiles tonight and took a trip to the dollar store .. spend about 21 bucks on different stuffs and I'm gona give it a shot .. I'll let you know how it comes out and I just saw this vid n was wowed ... I wanted to say thank you for the vids n insperation.. so thank you .. lol

[@jklew9486]

Haha your tests were a huge success dude!!! The chipped paint tech looks sick