Gaslands Hot Wheels Conversions (including a mid-project DISASTER!)

[@BPCustomCreations]

Wyloch!! You made it to the wastelands! Welcome brother!

[@cromcraft3494]

You CAN fix frosting! Small time custom painter here. I hate to tell you this after you fixed it, but maybe you can spread this info to the greater community. Aerosol sprays are solvent based. Meaning they can re activate the previous layer. Frosting is caused by improper curing (typically humidity above 50%) what you need to do is re varnish, in an environment conducive to proper curing. So here's what you do, take tge frosted model and just keep it safa and clean until you are certain that the humidity is below 50% (I've found you can wait up to 5 days and this will still work) check the weather on the net. Once you have arrived, take that same spray, and place it in a bowel of warm water. (Shower temper is fine.) Once the can stays warm after shaking, it's ready to go. Head out side and give the frosted model a good all around spray. If the sun is out, leave it in the sun. If not, bring it in abd put it under a heat lamp. I've yet to have this fail me

[@rauliglesias3210]

This deserves to be higher in the comments

[@adrians2190]

Boom

[@anonsenpai6533]

Came here to say the same thing. I've used that same spray plenty. The only time it has failed me was on especially humid days (I live in Louisiana, so we get plenty of those), and I've never had it fail when I reactivated it with a second spray on a less humid day.

[@pt1457]

I've also heard a gloss coat and a reapplication of the matte works to fix frosting. I have the UV protection version of the matte finish that Wyloch used and have had some frosting issues, but not as bad as in this video.

[@BullScrapPracEff]

And don't forget the magic of burning out the frost. Two seconds with a torch...

[@broadcastbard]

Finally! Somebody added orange to their rust! So much rust-effect is just shades of brown, but old iron rust is beautifully vivid orange. This looked pretty nice. My only suggestion on future cars would be to give them some more character like some car names and WWII fighter shark face. Of course a Mad Max hippie can would be excellent.

[@OneHotWolfie]

"Looks like it drove through Tony Montana's headquarters." Love it.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Since you have no reservations about using your airbrush I highly suggest the Vallejo Mecha clear coats for airbrush. Good out of the bottle, and they are acrylic. The matte is the most matte thing I've found that isn't the now impossible to find Testors Dull Coat.

[@scottywan82]

Second this. I also love AK Interactive Ultra Matte. That stuff is almost sorcery it's so smooth.

[@braucsdaddy]

God testors dull cote, I have two bottles one I’ll probly never use. Don’t know how much shipping is to Canada from us but I’d almost send it to you because I’ll have it for a long time and don’t know how long it lasts.

[@MrGWillickers]

My local hobby shop has a few bottles of Testors Dull Coat. If you really want some message me and we can figure it out.

[@BrianSurratt]

I use the Vallejo matte as well. Had someone at a hobby shop suggest and sell me some Testors dull coat and it frosted on me. Luckily, I tried it on a test model. Can went in the garbage.

[@baronx1000]

Wow, so much is going on in this video! A new hobby rabbit hole, a technical fail then determined recovery AND a STORAGE idea for the new models! Such value! This may be the push that I needed to start down this very rabbit hole. Also, I've found burnt sienna to work well for rust effects.

[@bobiojimbo]

Scratch build machine guns: q-tip sticks/tooth pick sticks/small dowels for barrels, sprue for the receiver assembly, bit of dowel for ammo can. Wrap the dowel in a cut plastic straw so it looks like it feeds into the receiver assembly. If the gun and is large enough, you can use a bit of small zip for the ammo feed: the ridges look like bullets. Add extra bits as desired. Welcome to Gaslands TV! Choose your sponsor and race to the death for your adoring fans on Mars!

[@kl1thedominion]

I recently stumbled across Gaslands and oh boy...looks like it's time to start yet another hobby.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

Nice to see another channel giving Apple Barrel some love. Not many people know that Apple Barrel Paint though cheap is made by Plaid who make Mod Podge and Folk Art Paints among other things. Apple Barrel is just their cheaper line but still good.

[@dirtymick01us]

I have had that frosting happen on minis to me as well. Seeing some competent fixes for this in the comments, I'll skip repeating them. What I have done to avoid it completely is I bought some Vallejo Mecha Varnish, thinned, through the airbrush. They make both matte and gloss, so I keep a tiny bottle of each thinned with some airbrush thinner and airbrush medium and just varnish my finished models indoors. Granted, I am avoiding the root cause of the issue (humidity/temp) by airbrushing them indoors, but this is the solution that has worked for me. Living in the Midwest means i can see some long stretches of high humidity days in the summer. Great video. Thanks!

[@Hnlamqe]

Glad to see you expand your craft. Can't wait for the battle reports.

[@MorseB]

I kinda liked the frosted look. It looked like desert dust but I can totally understand why it was frustrating. I would have been so mad. It always happens at the last step too.

[@sirguy6678]

Fun video! A great use for old cars, spare model parts, and the piles of stuff around your crafting table

[@SgtMaj22]

All hail the You Tube algorithm gods. And here I thought you were doing a special Canadian Edition of Gaslands! I thought those looked awesome frosted! Real Alberta Rockies edition...

[@comicfan92]

This was a blast to watch! Makes me want to play Junk'd. Can't wait for the next!

[@masteroffate2692]

Junk'd is a good one too. Nice and easy to learn game but still super fun.

[@comicfan92]

@@masteroffate2692 yep 👍 I love Runehammer

[@shauku77]

Yes please! I bought the rulebook many moons ago, but never really got started. Now I'm really looking forward to try converting my Hotwheels.

[@sylvainvanduyl6143]

After a matt varnish the car 'Frosted' over... The effect looked epic! Like a dessert waist landscape with Arctic klimate... I think I like them more with the frost

[@blahblahpocalyspe8323]

EXACTLY!!

[@ASUSfreak]

Colour wise: R, B, Y, G Weapon layout wise: G, R, Y, B Very cool paint job!

[@xgD3molition]

Never seen your channel or this game before (I’m a 40K player) really glad this popped up on my feed. Awesome video, loved the content, looking forward to binging the rest of your channel this weekend.

[@bobiojimbo]

Gaslands is super fun.

[@jherazob]

Oh boy do you have a freaking treat of a backlog of great videos to watch in this channel! Enjoy! :D

[@ericmills7371]

Had this "frost" happen before. Matte varnish tends to be me more finicky. Usually humidity is to blame, being more likely to cause issues with matte. Best solution I've found is to hit it with gloss varnish over the frosted matte. Then come back when conditions are best and apply matte over gloss.

[@thecraftydm]

Exactly what I was going to say. This works.

[@kendric2000-q3d]

I had the same thing happen to 6 minis I hit with matte varnish, I hit them with gloss coat and it corrected the issue. They are shiny, but look fine.

[@olovskiPL]

OMG! Wyloch doing Gaslands! Best day ever! Love that more and more youtubers start to dabble in Gaslands. Would love to see some terrain in 1:64 scale - Wyloch style

[@terribuchanan6641]

Awesome concepts. Great use of your old toy cars.

[@jacobroberts1434]

My fave is also the red one. The only thing I'd change is drilling out the barrel of the gun, adding some carbon scoring around the front of the gun and some on the hood. Thanks for doing this video, I have 5 or so Hot Wheels waiting for me to have time to make a terrain piece. The paint part will help me! Great job Bill!

[@creatingmike9164]

Wow... I would not have been able to redo the whole bunch, that's some great perseverance! I just started into Gaslands myself so this is great!

[@OmegaLittleBob]

Awesome!!! I've got about 50 old Hotwheels collecting dust in my closet. Might be time to give Gaslands a try :)

[@PaintKillerStudio]

Wyloch got into Gaslands, my life is complete now.

[@Paintedfigs]

This video is fantastic, sir. We use Vallejo matte varnish. Thin it down with water and do 2-3 coats. Takes a little longer but no chance of any frosting dramas.

[@jasonterry9343]

You, are the best. This is not just the best gaslands tutorial / guide / video, but I think one of the best hobby guides on youtube. Thank you for sharing this. ESPECIALLY the speed-paint segment, it's all just very inspiring.

[@UnkleKlumsy1353]

They turned out excellent (eventually, frosting be damned!) Hooray for another Gaslands crafter!

[@BadgerRobot]

Awesome, glad to see you hanging out in the wasteland!

[@deanm375]

Excellent!! Back in the 90's during that decade's Hot Wheel craze, modders were using easter egg die to tint the bodies of their cars. Made for some very day-glow effects. There was a modder near LAX who used to hand paint hood murals on Hot Wheel 49 Mercury cars.

[@josray2557]

I enjoyed that more than I thought I would.. I cannot believe you doubled down on them.. insanity. The end result was worth the cost in time though. I will be stoked to see the mesh windows and printed parts on round 2 :)

[@samb2052]

Excellent job and great inspiration. I’m doing something similar but for ‘Black Ops,’ using vehicles for scenery. I’ve had frosting issues occasionally too. I’ve been able to rescue/reverse it in a couple of ways. The simplest method is to use Agrax or Nuln over the whole model. Works fine if it’s just terrain. Otherwise you can try a coat of gloss varnish. Once it’s fully set you can retry the matt. Look forward to seeing more, particularly scratch built weapons.

[@ScatteredTerrain]

I had the exact same thing happen to my candelabra! I decided to embrace mine as natural weathering, but it was a bit heartbreaking to watch happen.

[@DorisS75]

I like the blue beetle the best. Gotta love the OG metal hot wheels!

[@CrazyCrafterLivestream]

I recently rewatched Fury Road…ever since then I’ve been eyeballing my sons hot wheels…the urge is strong and this video didn’t help. 😂 Love the rust effects using the craft paints. The blue roadster is definitely my favorite, reminds me of the vehicle Nux drives in which he hitched Mad to the front of. Fun video Bill. 🤘

[@WylochsArmory]

Dude that movie is tied with Terminator 2 for best action movie all time, right??

[@CrazyCrafterLivestream]

@@WylochsArmory agreed, T2 and Top Gun have always at the top of my list. When Fury Road came out, it quickly moved to the top of my list.

[@jherazob]

@@WylochsArmory Heh, funny you mention Terminator, these days somebody rekindled my interest on the wargame and have been eyeing the pieces of my Pile of Shame relevant to it

[@pjsines4705]

Best 2 hour car chase movie ever made!!!

[@CrazyCrafterLivestream]

@@pjsines4705 right?!? 😂

[@Scubasgamecorner]

I appreciate you and this video...I can't wait to see more Gaslands content

[@zanalchemy2nd]

You picked up gaslands?? Wow, this has come full circle for me now. I watch your stuff to get inspiration for building gaslands projects. Hope you enjoy the game!

[@SpringfieldFatts]

For the panel lining a trick is to wet the area with water, then capillary action will pull the ink/wash for you doing all the work.

[@garysmith3037]

Yeah, I've had that frosting thing happen to a few minis...some Space Marine leaders and a space station. Was really proud of the work done on them, all the little details, then just crushed afterward when it dried with the frosting effect. Oof.

[@TheDrewjameson]

I like the blue one best but they all look pretty darn cool

[@egarvue]

Love Gaslands! Can't wait to see your battle reports. BTW, the red one is best. Red wunz go fasta :)

[@rhikdavis]

Fantastic. Hell they looked good before you re-did them.....But the re-do's are awesome too.

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

Awesome. I've been collecting 1930s Fords for this very reason. Soon they will be prepared for the Wasteland. Cheers!

[@TheLichsLaboratory]

Late to the party but I love Gaslands conversions. Glad to see you respecting the laws of the obligatory van 😎👍

[@michaelriley2245]

Hot tip when that happens hit it with gloss coat that will clear it up must be the same medium (enamel on enamel etc.). It really works. Then flat with the opposite acrylic in this example.

[@WalterCrumbcake]

I had the same thing happen to me with the krylon, except in my case I sprayed about 40 terrain tiles at once. Although risky as hell I just did a quick brush over with paint thinner and it mostly killed the frost. A friend recommended army painter anti-shine and despite living in a swamp I have yet to have that problem again.

[@SH-qs7ee]

Awesome car conversions. And a sheriffs car to come, I hope you can keep it as close to the original as you can; a post apoc cop car would look awesome.

[@ryanredfern1272]

Wow I literally just bought this game rulebook yesterday and now you've blessed me with content, super coincidence

[@mikehawkins346]

Yes, ive been waiting for you to do this!!

[@MiniatureGameMontage]

These look awesome! That's the kind of varnish I started using as well due to the supply issue with dullcote. Now I'm nervous, lol.

[@crystalclearchaos5387]

Awesome seams like all my favorite table top KZbinrs are getting into gaslands now we need to get black magic craft miscast and miniac to make some gaslands builds and maybe a few others like jazza

[@WilhelmvonBosch]

I've had frosting on an entire 28mm ECW army. I blame the humidity, and had to do some touch up and then matte coat by brush....

[@DagrrMouse]

Really hope this gets more interest in Gaslands for people. Due to the beverage bug ive only really been able to play it once but I had a ton of fun. I still enjoy making new cars for the future.

[@laylance]

I am interested in what car designs you will come up with :) Great stuff!

[@nekrataali]

Other people have already commented on ways to get rid of frosting. I just want to mention some issues I've had with Vallejo weathering. Don't get me wrong: these are absolutely fantastic products. However, they seem to have a weird interaction with varnishes that I think comes from whatever is used as a binder for the pigment. In my experience, it seems like varnishing mediums can reactivate the product and make it turn into a mess as it mixes all together. To get around this, you have to use gel medium mixed in with the Vallejo product as you're applying it. Then, go back over and use thin layers of pure medium to seal the surface after you've finished painting the model. Once you have a nice, clear layer acting as a barrier, you can then go back in with varnish. I'm not sure if that's what was specifically going on here, but I wanted to point it out just in case anyone was having this issue and found none of the other methods here solved anything.

[@brenttterry8259]

So stoked for this video I'm taking a 21 min long poop break at work to watch it.

[@DonkeyDoormatDrive]

I just got into Gaslands!! So excited to see more!!

[@RupertFoulmouth]

Gaslands is an amazing game. Fairly low of the crunchy scale and fun regardless of win or lose. As long as something explodes in an epic crash, everyone wins! Would also love for you to do some Gaslands Terrain. I am always looking for new and better ideas.

[@kingsnogaryen6292]

Gotta try this.. And the storage is brilliant

[@destructorque]

Holy craft! I have been waiting for this for so long! Gaslands is truly the best for scratch bashing!

[@uriance88]

Given the size, scale model ship kits would probably be a source of all sorts of weapons (says the guy who may or may not have done this way back in the day when playing the original Steve Jackson's Car Wars)

[@danieldemonte]

I love Gaslands! Thanks for the video!

[@looselycollected7505]

Cool. Can't wait to see what you put together for the play field.

[@AzraelThanatos]

A lot of the time with the frosting, you can go with a thin coat of a brush on varnish to get rid of it. Same thing as with some issues with frosting due to superglue with things or small scratches.

[@MrWhite5150Duke]

Excellent result!

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

Gaslands was always something I saw thrown around as a potential game around here, and I certainly had debated it over time. The shop's been working on getting even more tabletops in so hopefully this is something I'll put to use in future -b

[@ColonelSandersLite]

@1:32 You're a very brave man getting your fingers that close to the fresh super glue!

[@samsowden]

I like the Beetle. FWIW I thought the frosting could have been worked with, I thought it was an interesting effect. And it can be fixed, also.

[@russellgadoury5634]

Appreciate you leaving the mistake in there, learn from those as much as builds that go off without a hitch.

[@fredflea4038]

‘Another addicting hobby is just what I need’ 😅 That quote hit me…

[@Musuzima]

Thank you so much for this vid! Am totally looking forward to the follow up battle reports and more conversions.

[@cams.2083]

Awesome. Would like to see maybe a door or body panel a different color as if it were hobbled together. 👍👍

[@WylochsArmory]

YES.

[@ian84]

I'd love seeing more of these conversion vids

[@CarlosGarcia-co9wc]

Really cool stuff! You make me wanna try something like that :)

[@johnkelley9877]

They look great but the VW and the green truck are my favorites. I have had the same issue you had with clear coats too. Weather and temperature can cause that effect and sometime it may just be a bad can of paint. Vallejo makes a great Matt coat and the Rust-oleum 2X Paints are very good. Thanks for sharing this and I am looking forward to more Gaslands tutorials.

[@_myst_4267]

Sometimes applying another coat of varnish over the frosted coat will fix the issue. I've also heard olive oil can fix frosted varnish, but I've never tested it myself.

[@seandevine3695]

Those look great! My favorite is the red one, although I question the practicality of a forward-mounted flamethrower…

[@D1gital-ZER0]

I believe you can fix frosting with olive oil, a hairdryer, and matte medium? I'd have to do more research but I think that's right. However: Super awesome video Wyloch! Great techniques and intro to conversions!

[@VampiricDryad]

FREAK'N LOVE THIS.. nice to see this technique in action. THANK YOU.

[@VampiricDryad]

The Blue Roadster! FTW

[@BrianSurratt]

Excited to see you pick up Gaslands. I like making the cars almost as much as playing. That's a lie. I enjoy the fabrication more, channeling my creativity.

[@robertkendzie3]

Love the blue bug! And really interested to see more Gaslands stuff.

[@Wulferic1]

As I said on Reddit! Really glad to see you joined the Gaslands Train!!! I NEED more Videos from this Game from you!!! Terrain like Gates and Barriers, and MOAR! :D Also wanna see you tackle some of the "Sponsor" Vehicles...

[@KimHarderFog]

the blue bug is for shure my favourite, but the flamer + wire is awesome as well

[@Intro2Love]

This games fun😎👍 99cents store hair rollers make great greebles😁

[@thatrandomguy9867]

Just found your channel and I have to say, great job with the ad spot. Short and to the point good job

[@jeremiahbachmann3901]

I can't f*kn believe it!!! Hot Wheels mods!!! YES!!!

[@reconreview9353]

Really cool video. Been thinking about Gaslands for some time now. Haven't played it, but can't help but be reminded of the old Steve Jackson game Car Wars. I've had the frosting issue myself. As I see others commented, it is fixable. Still very aggravating after hours of work though. I tried to make my own version of multicam on one of my sniper rifles. After days of work I hit it with matte varnish. Almost lost my mind when it frosted. Some on line research and I learned weather conditions were the likely culprit. Varnished it again inside for better temperature control the next day. The second and third coats of varnish removed the frosting in the first coat.

[@RottenJeeves]

Thanks for the video. Sorry you didnt have any luck with air paints. I will say I do love the air ready paints that I have tried. Especially Metal Color from Vallejo. I like the army painter air and the Vallejo model air also.

[@signaltome]

Favorite? The blue one for sure, by a mile. Don't get me wrong, all your conversions are good, I just like the shape of the model itself. ;-)

[@arnargunnarsson7542]

Pro tip: you can fix varnish frosting by applying glossy varnish over it(either by brush or sprey) and then just go over that with clear acryllic paint medium to matte it back down

[@tonymontenigro9107]

😜 All of them are awesome! Great job! Thank you for sharing the video ! Keep up the good work sir!

[@DonkeyDoormatDrive]

I love the Green one! I almost have the opposite opinions. Warning I LOVE goofy cars. I’d rank; Green, Blue, Yellow, Red

[@cams.2083]

My local Goodwill's have bags of hot wheels for a couple bucks for 20 or so cars. Get buying!

[@bobiojimbo]

Not to mention the other toys you can harvest from.

[@TheManInRoomFive]

Have you tried lining the panels with a good pen? I find it much easier to do that way.

[@neilcummings9939]

just went back and watched the like. insane bud. definitely might try that one day. very professional looking finjsh

[@dzilla2099]

Not going to lie but I really kind of like the frosted look I mean it’s one of the things I love the most about Gaslands conversions it the apocalypse it gets to look ruff LOL 😂 also would have liked to have seen what it would have looked like with another light wash Layer over the frost 🤔kind of looked like acid rain damage

[@ulysescolon2183]

Yellow Van Needs to have "SWEET TOOTH" painted on the side

[@LeviathanNightDragon]

YES! New Wyloch Video!

[@DarkHorse902]

It's a little too late for this advice now, but you might not have had to redo the clear coat. I have also had clear coat go cloudy on me. Once I laid down a second (lighter) coat of clear, and it made things perfect again. What I have found to work the best though, is I just give a whole car a good rubbing with my thumb. I work in the trades, and my hands are almost always rough, so the results may vary for others. Giving it a good rub down seems to leave behind a nice matte finish. There is still some cloudiness left in really deep crevices, but that just adds a really nice dusty effect. Great builds, and I look forward to seeing some more from your channel.