Build the ELDAR CRAFTWORLDS! - Scratch Build Terrain for Warhammer 40k!

In this video I will show you how to build some ELDAR TERRAIN out of easily available items from a local dollar store! Perfect for games of Warhammer 40,000. I guess they are called the Craftworld Aeldari now.
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[@josephmahar8809]

40k terrain that's not gothic ruins or a decaying industrial complex? Nice.

[@sweeety969]

It really is a sight for sore eyes.

[@Flourikum]

I think the main issue is most home terrain is made with their main miniatures in mind and 9/10 it's imperium related.

[@kevinbray3724]

@@Flourikum actually only 5/10 is Imperium, the other 4/10 is Orkish.

[@Flourikum]

@@kevinbray3724 tbf ruins are fun and easy to scratch build.

[@ArtJeremiah]

Very nice!

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Yes, dollar store Eldar. The old ones would be proud.

[@WylochsArmory]

My god. The vision. The execution. The creativity. YES.

[@drewadams6667]

Wow , Michaelangelo likes your art , l would print and frame that ! Well if it were me .

[@miniwargaming]

The eye of terrain terror sees all the terrain goodness!!!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

You can never have enough raiders pouring forth from the eye of terror! I Love it! Thanks again

[@mattmccaff1]

So nice to see someone make so this that isn’t Imperial or Ork scenery

[@janroodbol5055]

This exactly

[@thomasboynton1]

Sharing the early planning stages with us is so helpful. Reviewing source artwork, identifying key points, and incorporating them into a design; we don't see that side of the hobby as much as builds themselves. There's a wealth of great info available on how to build, but less available on the process of figuring out what to build. I really appreciate you sharing that creative planning phase.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Glad you liked that! Im always unsure which parts people really gravitate to unless i get comments like these. I will refine and expand on this in future videos

[@tabletoptrilobite9816]

YES! FINALLY SOMEONE MAKES ELDAR TERRAIN. BLESSED IS CRAFT FATHER ERIC AND HIS HOLY WORKSHOP

[@Agamemnon2]

This has such a great oldschool 40k vibe. Back in the day GW expected gamers to do this sort of thing a lot more, since plastic terrain kits weren't yet feasible.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

They never told us to stop!

[@justonsvoid]

The unpainted glyph with the googly eye freaking killed me!!!

[@nekrataali]

Easy way to make this Ork-i-fied is to leave the googly eyes unpainted.

[@Antient_Order]

This is an inspired build. I've never seen Eldar buildings done so well. That command center could be used for a lot of pulp scifi or some villain's lair.

[@benweinberg3819]

You've been BLASTING out the vids lately, and they're all killer! Glad to see some of the more 'verboten' xenos terrain with organic shapes in 2021

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

You think this is blasting? JUST GETTING WARMED UP BEN!!!

[@benweinberg3819]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop LOCK N LOAD

[@jherazob]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop I see myself shiver with antici

[@jherazob]

Pation!

[@nickharvey7233]

Beautiful work. I've always been an Eldar boy, since seeing Jes' concept sketches in 1990 (something I've tried to pass on to my son - we were painting Swooping Hawks and Harlequins this weekend - we now have a new project to aspire to!). Thanks, as always.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I still have PTSD from painting alternate blue and white feathers on a swooping hawk exarch when I was 12 before I knew about thinning paints lol. Happy crafting with your son! Sounds like a blast

[@nickharvey7233]

@@EricsHobbyWorkshop cheers! He's also 12; he painted an Exarch on Sunday in exactly the same scheme...though thankfully has my years' worth of chalky-white-paint-scar-tissue to insist he dilute and dilute again!

[@dartmart9263]

And they didn’t come up with those styles on their own. This didn’t come from a vacuum. As often happens, they stand on the shoulders of giants. They learned them from Les Edwards and Michael Whelan who were essentially putting into art Ray Bradbury’s detailed descriptions of white towers, spires, etc. in Martian Chronicles. Before that, look at the white towers, domes and minarets sketched and painted by Frazetta for Burrough’s Barsoom novels (the film John Carter did them justice). Before Frazetta’s depictions of alien white towers, domes and other organic spires, there were even earlier German depictions of Martian life, with ancient cities that could have passed for Eldar architecture today.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

I just spent a long while going through some of the artists you mentioned in your posts. I had forgotten how much i enjoy les edwards, and i havent seen that much of frazettas barsoom stuff. Very cool!

[@MidwinterMinis]

FIRST

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

NICE!!

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

haha ya big kid =)

[@MidwinterMinis]

I'm your number 1 fan

[@Genesee.Billiam]

Some kind of hobbyist collusion going on in here... You’re guys channels are great! Thanks for all the content.

[@nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526]

I'm not even into Warhammer, but watching these terrain building videos is just so satisfying.

[@dartmart9263]

I’m also not a fan of WH, but I’m really enjoying this terrain. Very Barsoom-like.

[@Matt-tb5un]

Really like the discussion before the modeling. A+ content!

[@dacedebeer2697]

Me too! The build is awesome, but the talking through the process is pure gold.

[@StudsonStudio]

Totally thought this was 3d printed in the thumbnail. Looks like a very intimidating scratch build, but your nailed it, sir. You must have been using pringling to help get those organic holes and curves just right.

[@dylaren]

Oh damn it's Studson. Two of my fav creators in one spot. If you guys did a collab I think I'd explode.

[@thoughtfulwatcher]

Using googly eyes was BRILLIANT. I love the fact that so much of this was from bits and pieces from the Dollar Store. I'm new here so maybe that's what you always do, but I'm really impressed.

[@MKempICI]

I leave a comment to please the machine spirit. May the algorithm shine upon thee, sir.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Happy noises in binaric

[@larheodd6218]

Thank you Eric! Such a fun suprise to see a notification pop up of a terrain video for my favourite faction!

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

You're welcome! The xenos need more love!!

[@michaelmakemore633]

What a great way to use all those 'I dont know what that could be' pieces I have laying around. compound curves hmmm...

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Right? All of these pieces are unsuitable for any project I have done yet on this channel. Gotta use the whole buffalo though!

[@MarinStipkovic]

I love how you know it's not perfect and you're fine with it. We need more of that attitude, because despite the imperfections, the final piece looks great. Creative use of seemingly random plastic shapes, and an enjoyable organic process. Keep it up, Eric.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Yes! Thank you!

[@FalcoII]

Kinda sad that you painted over the googly eyes! just imagine googly eyes all over eldar stuff! Great project!

[@motorbikekultofspeed1094]

Excellent use of imagination and random bit to make a very convincing Eldar structure. If you don’t already have one, I’d recommend you get a jig saw. You’ll be able to cut through mdf and wood with ease.

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Maybe in my new place! I will have much more room for tools. I'm excited.

[@darthcraw7192]

I wonder if I can take this and do some fantasy elf terrain in similar fashion... going to rummage through my bits-wardrobe. Super original, never seen similar thing so far! :)

[@RavenMinis]

Dude there is hardly any Eldar terrain out there, thank you so much!

[@EternalQuestion]

I love how unsubtle 40k is. Even the eldar, who on the surface appear to be a highly sophisticated and very subtle race indeed, actually live in LITERAL IVORY TOWERS 🤣

[@oldschoolfrp2326]

Amazing transformation of these bits - Those toy jai-alai ball scoops look like they were custom sculpted just to be Eldar balconies

[@stormcrowstudio3344]

Mate this turned out so well! Awesome work

[@davinci3259]

so smooth and clean.

[@alexneal9534]

Always a pleasure seeing your finished pieces.

[@raddragonxd3600]

This is absolutely beautiful!!

[@cruzrice1610]

I have been waiting for this for so long. Looks fantastic! I hope there are more eldar terrain to come.

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Very nice, clean and simple =)

[@smoothgarak9537]

been waiting for some eldar terrain vids for years thanks!

[@scottbeale1825]

Been waiting for this for a while! Glad you got it done man. Impressive as always.

[@mstarot2793]

Eldar terrain is an idea I've been kicking around for a few years now. This is one of the best I've seen. I was considering dish detergent bottles, laundry detergent as well. All the odd shapes. I love the google eyes, that's brilliant. I was going in the direction of caulk- wiped off with a bit of wet sponge ª to fill any gaps.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Pretty cool use of all the different stuff. Looks great!

[@flumpet38]

Incredible! Fantastic looking build

[@eldraque4556]

well done, been looking for this for ages..

[@SunBearerofEl]

Holy cow, that looks amazing! inspired!

[@owmycheek]

Wow really is awesome to see a project like this love seeing some eldar terrain!

[@vernonjennings5921]

So awesome to see some Eldar love. Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@DanielSwindlehurst]

That terrain looks gorgeous, I'm really impressed. You make it look so easy too!

[@paullittle835]

Amazing in concept & execution!

[@bleedingflesh224]

Your channel calms me! Good works.

[@-MrFozzy-]

Really, really beautiful work and piece!

[@markfriesen1435]

Brilliant use of the toy Jai alai scoops as curving walls! (PS, I only know about Jai Alai because I saw it on the original Miami Vice)

[@NerdCraftHQ]

So good, Eric! I love how you got to the final piece. Impressive for sure!

[@thra-x1855]

sick. this is getting me so hyped to make my own terrain! i really needed the encouragement after this last year. so many projects shelved...

[@drewbakka5265]

Dude this is exactly what I needed

[@LurksNoMore]

Excellent Eldar terrain there! Great work, man. :)

[@msterrainlab]

Looks really cool!!🔥🔥🔥 Love the usage of dollar store stuff👏👏

[@valecraftworks]

That's fantastic! Love the journey getting to the finished product. Those gems look amazing!

[@dextra9753]

this is amazing! it looks like it'd be a setting from a movie!

[@richardsongames8508]

So awesome. You rule, Eric! Such a great build.

[@Kirk.t.g]

Wow you molded that thing with masterful psychic sculpting abilities

[@paladinwiggles7896]

hot damn glad to see some Eldar terrain in a crafting video!

[@rubendominguez81]

This looks absolutely bomb!

[@NeoNaiche]

Absolutely fantastic build! Really appreciate seeing your process, and progress. Glad to have found this channel!

[@johnkelley9877]

That is an impressive piece of terrain! Thanks for sharing this, I always look forward to your tutorials.

[@wargamesgeek1334]

That’s a great piece of terrain, love the work 👍👍

[@DIYordie756]

this is rilly cool , i think it is awesome the way you analyze your references .

[@jasonshirrillmusic]

Really nice build and I learnd about the gem painting, thanks.

[@DavidMonks718]

This is amazing, such next level creativity and really appreciated seeing the stick-to-it-ness shine through for the win. Awesome stuff Eric! I'm inspired.

[@Gamarishi]

That was a good build! And those jewels turned out amazing!

[@silversteampunk]

This was a GREAT video!!! That turned out so good!

[@martinpaquette5836]

Very nice building with a bit of a retro look 👌🏻

[@newbluedisk]

This is beautiful! I always love seeing Eldar terrain as it's always a different feel. Awesome work my friend, I do hope we get to see more!

[@moosemooserton324]

This is amazing I love it! I think ya just inspired me to paint the 4 Eldar I have! Thank you for the awesome content

[@comradezero]

Eric, man. This is amazing. Beautiful work.

[@kallisto9166]

Nice work! That's a really unusual and distinctive build.

[@SJGvP]

This is a really challenging build and you made it look great.

[@OreoPriest]

Not sure what I love more, the fascinating discussion or the epic build!

[@ThaBenMan]

Awesome job! It's a real creative challenge to make such odd shapes, and you did really well

[@mxkinist]

this is one of your most ambitious works yet, the fact that it came out looking so crisp is nothing short of amazing!

[@zackcook5123]

This is genuinely really cool looking I'd be Hella proud. Also those minis are nice as well

[@toadpope2522]

Nice dude!!! This turned out to be really cool. I think you did a dope job of creating those smooth sweeping lines

[@DarkDioStudio]

I love it! I actually would love to see more retro sci-fi dioramas. Thank you for sharing Eric

[@collinborsheim]

This is my favorite piece you’ve made, would love a monthly Eldar series :)

[@egomane3]

What a great terrain peace! Such a fantastic, classic, eldar structure, I love it!

[@richardlucas-white8136]

Really enjoyed this video/build !! Something different! Really cool Keep it up my friend ! Cut looks good !

[@ausj3w3ls]

wow mate!.. great use of materials and very nice to see some eldar terrain

[@massdestruction5356]

Looks fantastic the balcony you added closer to the end really adds alot to the over all esthetic

[@showland1999]

This is awesome. Love the contrast between this and the grimdark. I also like how you keep moving forward with the project. Not obsessing over every minor detail, just getting it done. This is something I need to work on so I find this video very encouraging.

[@joshuamoore4560]

Wow! Your creativity out shines any imperfections. A top notch build! Nicely done!

[@bfenix]

This is such a welcoming departure from the typical wartorn/grimdark terrain, reminds me of the scenery you'd use to see on White Dwarf bat reps with Eldar. Possibly one of my favorite videos from you dude!

[@drewadams6667]

Really cool. Good to see you back... I am going to do my best to build this for my Star Wars legion terrain. Thanks again

[@billrn98]

You did a great job bringing your Aeldari scenery to life. Kudos to you. It is very inspiring!

[@martinoppermann9868]

Wow - this is amazing. The build from scratch to finish, really a impressive result. Thank You!

[@jackwhorton6826]

This is really great, rarely see cool eldar stuff. I will take inspiration from this but twist it round for some dark eldar!

[@sword-brother7366]

This is amazing! great work!

[@larivari7819]

Amazing Job! I love the work you've done with this. Doing Eldar terrain is very calling because of all the curves.

[@sociallysupreme7101]

This eric- this is actually the coolest stuff I have seen in a while. It is amazing. It reminds me of the 'what civilisation would look like if' meme. Awesome.

[@ArtJeremiah]

Very awesome large piece of elder terrain. I respect your effort and patience cutting that MDF.

[@amoryburgess]

Amazing, well done. Thanks for advancing the state of the art.

[@Expendabrah1000]

Now that's a nice piece of terrain

[@bcoyne12345]

The explanation of where you got your inspiration and sourced your materials was super helpful. Putting the Craft into Craftworlds, great video!

[@mattyg303]

Thanks Eric, I have been wanting to make some Eldar terrain but have been struggling to visualise it. This video is great inspiration. Keep up the good work.

[@richardfortier]

You're a madman. What a triumph.