How long does it take to design and print wargaming bases using Blender?

I had a lot of fun trying something new in this video, its less of a tutorial and more exploring a challenge to answer a question. This means you get a better look at the overall process and I link back to past videos so if you want more detail you can look there.
Please do feed back on the format of this video and if you like it. It takes quite a bit longer to edit than my standard videos just because of the length of the video files, but if its helpful that's all good.
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[@orcd0rk]

I think both types of videos have value. It's nice to be reminded that you're just a dude on the other end and not some disembodied voice giving us technical processes and you have use/functions for the prints you are making. Great content, great quality! Thanks for helping me learn so much about blender.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😁👍🏻 Great feedback man and really appreciated. As you say I think this more holistic view of an endpoint is quite nice for exactly those reasons.

[@richardokeeffe8375]

5:03 that’s some experienced design for 3D printing coming in. Simple addition, so easily overlooked

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😁

[@bruuldor9947]

Epic face reveal. Thanks for showing us your process! Cheers

[@ArtisansofVaul]

🤣Cheers man. I feel like I should have done like Ozzy Man Reviews "alright all, here's mi face!"

[@Mile2112]

Did my job. Bought some add-ons through your referral links ;) Keep up the good work mate.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Thanks so much. Really appreciated and I hope you enjoy them 😁 I've got videos/playlists for them if that helps as well.

[@Viskovitz]

what a great video! I love the format, really. Not all videos need to be in-depth tutorials.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Thanks so much 👍🏻 Great people are enjoying the format and as you say not everything needs to be a tutorial that is covering every minor point when there are other videos to do that.

[@Viskovitz]

@@ArtisansofVaul keep them coming, master!

[@BrailleScale]

Super cool- I love all your videos. The traditional tutorials are well done and I think every time you sprinkle in something like this where you go through the full process and show us prints, it solidifies in my mind that this isn't just cool on the computer screen, but it actually does work well to make some beautiful prints. You've certainly sold me on the cracking/one-click damage add-ons for this kind of work. I also love how you varied the elevation of not only the pavers but also the cracked bits within a single paver. Well suited to make it all look as authentic and dynamic as possible.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Thanks so much, I always appreciate your comments as you nail what I was trying to achieve. Glad it's giving a good idea of how the whole process works together 😁👍🏻

[@thadnutting1032]

I too get that hunched forward twisted to the left pose. Less so now that I use an adjustable height desk with anti fatigue mat to stand on. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

What's an anti fatigue mat? I'm going to have to look into that!

[@darrennew8211]

Very cool. I like the format. I'm glad you explained the hole in the bottom at the end. :-)

[@ArtisansofVaul]

👍🏻 Awesome. People seem to have liked it so I'll have to have a look at some other ideas I have for content like this in the future

[@mattspawn1975]

This was a great video! I love this format as well. I feel like this format allows you to take a step back from the technical aspects of Blender that you normally cover, and discuss how to tackle a project with these tool. I honestly find ALL your videos incredibly valuable. You are one of my favorite Blender KZbinrs; and I mean in the top 3. I always learn something from you, even where I felt like I had a good grip on something already. Your teaching approach is on point for me. You aren't just "click this, then this, then this button over here...." You do a great job of explaining why, how, and what happens if you don't. I'm honestly shocked you don't have more subscribers. You're definitely a hidden YT gem, and you have to be on the cusp of breaking out. Keep up the great work and keep the vids coming!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

That's so much Matt. That's really kind words and I'm so glad my approach works for you and you like this method of explanation/discussion as well as my other videos. I'll definetly keep the format going for some larger projects and see how I can combine it with other ideas I have. Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to comment, it's always appreciated and especially when you give such clear (and nice) feedback. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@blitzgamingstudios]

WOW those bases turned out so well!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Thanks 😁 I'm really happy with them.

[@blitzgamingstudios]

Personally I really like this format as well as your usual format, so I'm happy with both formats as you see fit based on what you want to show us! Keep up the great work 👍

[@ArtisansofVaul]

That's blitz. Great to have the feedback 👍🏻 Really appreciated 😁😁

[@opaopa9152]

Both types of videos are really useful. The one like this one gives us a good overview of the general thinking behind your logic while the detailed ones show us how we can make such stuff ourselves. Both are extremely useful. Keep it up!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Great feedback and totally echoes my thoughts so it's great to have that confirmed. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment, it really does help a lot 😁👍🏻

[@oleww50]

I really liked this video, more engaging than just the blender screen view. Interesting to see the whole process too.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Goad you liked it and thanks so much for the feedback 😁

[@mspeir]

I like this format! It is often times beneficial to see a technique being applied to an actual project. Tutorials are a nice starting place, but sometimes it's difficult to translate the tutorial into a real world project. This video format provides both functions.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

That way my thought so it's great a lot of people are liking it. It's nice to be at a point I can refer back to other tutorials to give the detail while I cover the whole process 😁👍🏻

[@mspeir]

@@ArtisansofVaul Yes, exactly! This should supplement the tutorials, not replace them. That way you have a reference to point viewers towards.

[@euansmith3699]

Those bases look very cool and usable; not too fussy. The video works well to show the process.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Thanks a lot. Its nice to know the format seems to work.

[@AnthonyHortin]

Loved the commentary and really enjoyed watching you create these. Those final prints turned out fantastic! 👏👏👏

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Thanks so much. Really happy people are enjoying this sort of video. It takes longer to set up but its really nice to be able to show a whole process. 😁 Thanks for watching and I really appreciate you taking the time to feed back.

[@keithmathews4605]

Super awesome!!! As I have said a number of times now... your assistance with Blender has been VERY helpful. My miniature printing game has gone up to levels that I simply was not thinking that it could. Just the help you gave with figuring out simple, quick, and really nice chainmail on my miniatures, has changed everything. Please keep up the great work!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Awesome to hear Keith and glad it's going so well 😁 Do you have a gallery/Instagram I could check out?

[@keithmathews4605]

@@ArtisansofVaul Sadly, I am not on the level of those out there who put their work up for sale... so I have started "personalizing" some of the models I had purchased a while back. New clothing, new heads, different weapons, adding different shields and armor, as well as experimenting with making different "races" like Elves, Halflings, Orcs, Goblins and Demons. It has been a learning process, but I think the results have been pretty decent... at least for what I use them for. And now I have a boat load of miniatures to paint :( I sent you a link to a few pics.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@keithmathews4605 🤣 Ahh.... the curse of the ever increasing pile of shame. An issue I know all too well. Sounds like a similar start to most of the people selling models now 👍🏻

[@norm_olsen]

I like both styles of video formats! Both offer their own unique perspectives and values (the time could also determine which style.. short bite-sized ones could stick the standard ones and longer ones could be like this one)! These bases turned out great by the way (especially the 8k resolution ones). Makes me want to get a printer to do some manageable sized dioramas and paint them! Thanks for sharing!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

I mean it's black Friday.... if ever there is a time to it's now! 😈

[@Yamanoochi]

Great video, thankyou! For 3d printed minis you can boolean their footprint on the base))

[@ArtisansofVaul]

That's very true. In fact I have printed models on bases to save printer space and make them as solid as they can be. So that's definetly a solution if you have the files. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 It works less if you're using physical models. I just wanted to mention it so it covers both situations

[@Dannos3d]

Great vid again. Love the bases. Great idea on that extra piece. Did you just use a Stanley blade to cut it off?

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Yeah. It took a few seconds a base

[@JaredSvB]

oh my! A face to now match the voice! But aye, going to give this a go for my DnD figures I'm in the processing of sculpting!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

😅 I often get told my face doesn't match my voice so hopefully it wasn't too much of a surprise. Do give it a go, its so much fun to have things on the table that you made, especially when people notice/comment on them.

[@JaredSvB]

A total match ( ; ! And yeah totally agree. I'm super picky about customizing my models and figures, so this is really a cherry-on-top kind of thing

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@JaredSvB 😁😅

[@CJ-ur3fx]

15:00 just print them flat on the build plate! Then use UVtools morph to remove the elephants foot. You'll get perfectly flat base every time. Only do this if you have a magnetic flex build plate though.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

I have to say that with a magnetic plate I agree that this is totally the way. The only issue is if you want holes for magnets at the bottom of the base that will create a suction issue.

[@danesdogma4322]

Great Video, The speed was a bit fast and i had to pause a couple times to stop from spewing all over my keyboard. Pehaps try slow down some sections then cut to the end, ie, This is me using OCD addon on a few bricks then bam bricks done and heres the final result.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

The reason I didn't is the two previous videos were focused videos on OCD and cracker so it would be a lot of repetition. You can find those videos here: One Click Damage Tips and Tricks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mILSmISJhbV7mNE Cracker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WqgH5ojd94maM

[@danesdogma4322]

​@@ArtisansofVaul Already watched them ;) I just used the OCD section as an example. I think i just trying too hard to read and figure out what you were doing and made myself nauseous in the process XD

[@onwardsumo5189]

I like this, my admech tend to be in a sandy old city so making some stuff like this would be useful but coming up with designs itself is a issue, do you have any suggestion to help with that?

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Thanks so much 😁So as mentioned sand can be a pain as you don't want it too "rubbley". I have a few techniques to pick from here that could work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3LEf5V6p7FlnJY

[@worst411]

Thank you again for this great video! Really gave some amazing insights. I was wondering however, if you would be able to do a video on boolean cleanup. Like a complete video on how you remove all issues and what issues are not a problem for 3d printing. I have followed many of your tutorials, including the 5 part video on creating titan bases. However, there it seemed as if you simply triangulate and that gets rid of all issues. Sadly this has not been the case for me, and many projects got shelved because cleanup has taken me more than a week. I for sure must be doing some things very wrong(maybe going to high poly when not necessary, or booleaning wrong). But I would love to know if you are planning to do a video on this subject, or if you already have and I have just missed it. Kind regards and love your work.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

I have quite a lot in this video which covers what I find are the major issues (and which to ignore): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKGzdYt4f86kr6Msi=PrSzquZ8uypNX487 I should do another at some point though. I'll see if a model comes up I'm making needs some serious cleanup.

[@worst411]

@@ArtisansofVaul Thanks so much! This video is of great help. I was continuously trying to get rid of all errors, now I know this is not necessary. I had one question in regard to your tutorial on cracker and Ocd. I make sure that everything has 0 issues, however, when I subsequently use OCD this gives enormous amounts of issues. Is this also your experience? am I doing something wrong?

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@worst411 what errors is it giving out of interest? I haven't found the ones that are concerning happening.

[@worst411]

@@ArtisansofVaul I was wrong! Thank you for your nice tutorials, I am finally getting some work done. Hope to print my dnd tiles in the next weeks :)

[@gothmaniow]

im a total noob/beginner/amateur or whatever you decide to call me to the joys of blender but not 3d design ,3d modelling as i used to use a German program called C4D Cinema4D for all my design work i also use meshmixer /fusion 360 and sculpt GL i just wondered do you have any step by step beginner tutorials which are not speeded up .as i learn all my 3d programs by repettitve watching step by step tuts thank you btw great vids and content my man subbed !!

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Oh, lots with explanation of what I am doing and why. For example I have a series for people relatively new to Blender making a base here: kzbin.info/aero/PLnqmLZKRm5CYlRZ6rjHT_eUKcJVC9FFhv&si=3pAuKaXP57qGYWBs I just saw you already found that playlist 😅 I also have this playlist on using addons to make shapes, though some of this is a bit faster and more complex modelling techniques: kzbin.info/aero/PLnqmLZKRm5CYzo7fF5jIzvTSxZwIHPr Thanks so much for the sub.

[@alexischavez9794]

Could you make a tarkov injector? They look easy but I don't understand how to do it, at the base it is circular while the lid is square, every time I try it it turns out something strange, ty.

[@ArtisansofVaul]

Oh nice issue. I think I've found the right image, it kind of looks like a pen? So what you're looking for is a technique called lofting, except for some reason they don't give it a clear title in Blender. I've got a video on what to do here that should help you out- Lofting with Bridge Edge Loops: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWGVhaN4j9Wpi6M Let me know if that helps 😁👍🏻

[@alexischavez9794]

@@ArtisansofVaul THANK YOU SO MUCH :D

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@alexischavez9794 My pleasure 😁👍🏻

[@TravellerNEWS1]

hello. can you make a video on how to use alpha brushes correct ? and in the final the model not to be very big ? i have a problem with that because i cannot find a good way to make some small stls......they are very big ...600mb, 1 gb.... thank you and keep up the good work

[@ArtisansofVaul]

When you say big I assume you mean in file size?

[@TravellerNEWS1]

@@ArtisansofVaul yes.....i've made a fence 350 mb......i did an orc tent....almost 1gb.....so i need a solution to work as clean as possible and get same quality at the end

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@pasatoiu hmm.... using alpha textures is going to make that very challenging... maybe impossible. The issue is you have to add so much geometry to make the alpha textures work that it is naturally going to add to the file size. The only way would be to only texture one part separately and then add it in. For example, this is why in this video I use modelled the paving slabs, I don't just use an alpha texture of some paving because the file size would have been unmanageable. Can you give me an idea what you want to use the alpha texture for? Maybe there is an alternative?

[@TravellerNEWS1]

@@ArtisansofVaul hy again....i've sent you an emailwith a pic of what i've done :D

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@pasatoiu Cool, I'll have a look when I get home 👍🏻

[@NightVisionOfficial]

Oh no... you ruined everything, I can't unseen it 😢. You use a Blue Yeti! 😂

[@ArtisansofVaul]

🤣🤣🤣 I'm sure there's better ones out there but at the time I had no clue.... to be honest I still don't. I really wish I know more in the audio/videoing department

[@NightVisionOfficial]

The problem with the blue yeti is the noise

[@ArtisansofVaul]

@@NightVisionOfficial like background noise?

[@NightVisionOfficial]

​@@ArtisansofVaul Yeah, like echo or environment noises (can even be your shirt or chair, anything else if you hear without gates). I own a Blue Yeti X, and that thing is really bad in a normal house environment. Without treatment that is garbage if you want to use it for any voice over stuff. I'm currently using a Samson Q2U (I don't do voice overs, should make the setup for it) and using Equalizer APO with a plugin called ReaPlugins (I think) to make adjustments like the gate (I still have the noise from the PC or the keyboard when I game) or the eq. You also got the mic in the streaming position, that is kinda bad if you don't have treatment in the room, as it adds the echo more than having a lower input gain with a digital amplifier (using Equalizer APO or any other app that does that) and the microphone in front of you, closer (not too much, as you get plosives, even if you put a pop filter). Can find a lot of stuff about this on Podcastage (for the mics choice, if you want to upgrade in future or try other options), or the mic position/eq in channels for Voice Overs, usually they have treated rooms, so, check for the untreated stuff. I'm not by any means an expert in audio, but I know (I hope I do) a thing or two about how it should be. Hope you find this interesting as I do, because if you think about it, Audio should be first, and since you got a nice voice and you make "the" best KZbin videos about the useful features from add-ons or vanilla Blender, that is for better. I know many will see your videos on the phone, and the quality doesn't matter that much in that case, but I, at least, watch your videos on PC many times 😄. I think you're fine using the Blue Yeti, as long as you use it correctly, for the setup you have 👍. Edit: Ofc, since you do voiceover and not streaming, maybe a gate and a compressor would help a little? You should try 😮

[@NightVisionOfficial]

I was mainly referring to the start of the video, but it can be heard on the voice over too. If you can get your hands on a cheap lavalier mic, that should work for the intro type of situation.