How Miniatures Are Made | Factory Tour - Molding, Casting, Laser Cutting and More!

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00:00 Intro
01:05 How Miniatures Are Made
05:25 Mobile Arms
07:48 How Laser Cut Terrain is Made

[@RandomHeroScog]

I never thought I'd want a Miniac on tour series but here I am hoping this is the start of something!

[@veneficusvex914]

Could not agree more! I love all of Scott's content but this was kinda special. You could, like, take Jon around as your stooge/test subject

[@MrSpeklz]

Came to write the exact sentiment!

[@jorgealarcon2704]

YES PLEASE.

[@milehighzone149]

Was anybody else getting a Samantha Brown vibe?

[@charlesballard5251]

Miniac at the San Diego Comic-con.

[@jonnettleton9536]

This is so damn awesome. Don't get me wrong, I love your painting videos, but this little behind the scenes look is a fantastic pallet cleanser so to speak.

[@Dk10K]

You can definitely tell Miniac was having fun with no concerns to deadlines or sponsors. It's like watching a kid get released at a candy factory. Love seeing the passion behind something like this!

[@---we1ok]

I love these professional manufacturing facilities that still use the same cobbled-together solutions as home DIY makers, like a hardware store heat gun strapped to a plywood box and Harbor Freight paint sprayers converted into pressure pots.

[@seanmorris5237]

As someone who has worked in castings manufacturing before, I have to say that facility is *CLEAN*. Those guys operate on another level. I would absolutely love to spend my life working in the tabletop war gaming production world. Thanks for the inside look Scott! I’ll be checking these guys out and most likely handing over a good amount of cash for that Mech game.

[@rogerbrownreacts8528]

I worked for Ral Partha. You would have not.

[@jamescarnes9227]

Thank you for the kind words!(I'm the miniature caster)

[@seanmorris5237]

@@jamescarnes9227 absolutely my friend. Seriously good stuff. I wish I could work in the miniature manufacturing world. Maybe when my kids are out of the house.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Is this the history channel?

[@krishIyer23]

You definitely did a great job capturing the vibe of those classic 'how it's made' shows on tv. Definitely a video worth the wait

[@StarkSkies]

Absolutely loved this for all the reasons other people have mentioned in the comments, but it's also a reminder of just how small a lot of these studios actually are!

[@williamklaess9319]

Dedication to the craft: coming to central Texas during our truly hellish summers. Also props to Black Site. I bought Demonship and they shipped/replaced a part that had been left out of the original shipment without me even noticing.

[@tracicundall4488]

We noticed almost right away, but I was too organized with shipping and had already sent out the entire batch. 😅 I'm glad we got the replacement part out to you quickly! ❤

[@wittlegoblin]

This video feels like a super fun TV show- love it, Scott! 10/10 would watch a series of you travelling to showcase other companies. Black Site and Miniac, what a great combo!

[@SebastianMiniatures27]

so many wittle goblins in this video!

[@ovan2190]

As someone who grew up watching unwrapped and how it's made, you nailed the tone and feel of one of those episodes PERFECTLY. Down to the "even in this large place it's super loud so I have to shout so you can hear me" segments 😂 this was so much fun to watch

[@AdairCorbin]

This is so much more small scale and hands on the. I was expecting. Super insightful videos. We need more Miniac vs. How it's made.

[@olloplays]

Never would have thought it was SO HUGE 👏👏

[@nogatsira]

Awesome of you to make every employee feel equally important. Great tour!

[@SerWinter]

This was so dope to see the inner workings of it all

[@UncleJessy]

I have never seen a mold spin caster before. That is just wild and makes perfect sense

[@Miniac]

I know! Such a clever design

[@GoobertownHobbies]

Loved it! Oh yeah, this is the good stuff! Hey BSS pals! :-)

[@neo21122012]

Mate your elocution is professional. No hesitations in any of the description. Super interesting to learn about the different processes, hope we can see more.

[@ThomasGallinari]

I'm always amazed how this big industrial machinery produces our little tiny delicate models

[@blarbinski7034]

Pretty cool to see the support on people following their own passions for the hobby and seeing how the sausage is made behind the scenes.

[@johnp1806]

That spin casting thing really helps explain a lot about how large scale molds get made, and it was really cool to see. Thanks to BSS for letting you show of their methods!

[@ImpendingDuff]

Scott transitions format to an Unwrapped version but for game and hobby stuff... I give him all of my money imidiately. I grew up obsessed with shows like how its made and unwrapped as well, dude. great video.

[@SirValiantIII]

This was the first I've ever heard of spin casting. Super cool!

[@SPACENOMADMALEV]

Oh man, I am so hyped to see this. Great video! Thanks so much for featuring the Black Site team and showing what goes into it! ❤❤❤

[@cakalafatides]

Wow, this video was awesome. The production quality, editing and feel of it was like a miniature-making documentary. Absolutely love this format. Keep up the great work!

[@adiebland9220]

Not surprised at yet another of your skills “presenting” could this be the start of myth busting minis? Behind the scenes with Scott………..brilliant mate

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Absolutely Adorable Especially The Employee Cards I Can’t Get Enough of How Wholesome This Small Business Is

[@KevinoftheCosmos]

I LOVE THIS COMPANY. I'm hyped on their post-apocalypse mdf terrain line 'THE HAVEN." Getting a look at how a company like Black Site Studios operates is very inspirational. Awesome vid.

[@wwoolofl8056]

How it’s made is zen like. I love it

[@UltraMarcus28]

Love the video. I grew up loving shows like How it’s Made, Modern Marvels, and Myth Busters, so this was such a cool setting to get to explore. Awesome of Black Site Studios to facilitate the video. I pray this blows up and you can really command this niche; your enthusiasm and eagerness really showed with this. When you mentioned this upcoming video in TUP I was so excited, and I think you’ve made something really cool. Keep up the awesome work, Scott.

[@PabloAlbornoz]

I loved this, this is awesome! Scott has excellent in-place narration skills, I love that you get to go to these places and show us these processes. Also, Scott, your bag will be safe, just take it off!

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

This looks amazing. Almost a nuts and bolts effort that still outstrips FW by miles.

[@daemonofdecay]

Spent 6 years living in Waco. Glad you got to see it, happier you got to leave in one piece.

[@raf74hawk12]

the banning bit at 0:16 was honestly hillarious

[@2MeatyOwlLegs]

With the backpack on all the time you kind of remind me of a middle schooler on a school excursion^^ cool video

[@CronosVids]

The planets really aligned. I stumbled upon Blacksite Studios’ game Mobile Arms by youtube suggested video. It triggered my attention. If they figured out international shipping, then I’m definitely picking that one up as a pre-order.

[@OkieDokieCreations]

As someone who has a laser and 3d printers it’s really cool seeing a company making some really cool stuff. Makes me want to call into work today and make something cool instead

[@TheModelerChronicles]

I totally understand that lol!

[@bombboy575]

I wanna forget about the actual subject matter of this video for now to compliment your video work and editing here. This is an insane level of quality. Excellent work.

[@bluenine85]

Dude this is awesome. Just got home after a 5-alarm fire at my apartment building on Sunday and this was just what I needed lol

[@Pyrathius]

This is so cool! I’d love to see you do more tours of other hobby related manufacturers if/when you get a chance!

[@FrankieRogersArt]

I really enjoyed this video. I like that it allowed you to show off your video directing in a different way, I know you will have had fun filming something different. Now we need a mini-series of Miniac tours, please.

[@lavvgiver]

Great content. Black Site is kicking up and taking names like no one else on the market in their short lifespan.

[@zamiyaFlow]

1) He really is the living avatar of Nester from nintendo power 2) this whole texas operation is better run than FW, to no one's surprise

[@ElNick09]

This was a blast man, I'd love to see more content like this mixed in with your painting vids, if you enjoyed making it.

[@Caladors]

I honestly loved this it seemed too short always a good sign of a good video, please keep supporting your people at home. Hopefully one day us Ozzies will have something comparable

[@DarkRavenhaft]

Fun seeing a non-toxic spin caster. My late uncle had an ancient spin caster + vulcanizer setup, he would replicate OOP miniatures in lead.

[@machinist7230]

Iron winds still does metal miniatures this way - they were posting short clips of their process both here and on the Battletech subreddit. 👍

[@JustinPivinski-cm2rh]

I have a ton of black site terrain and don't look back. Cool to see this.

[@PraetorGix]

Amazing tour! I never thought the old pewter and vulcanization method would work with resin, so cool.

[@Telmach]

Playing Traveller 2e right now, and this feels like a Tech Level 8 manufacturing facility. Really cool tour.

[@RoseKindred]

Thank you for this. I already knew about the tech and how spin casting worked, more so for metal miniatures, but it is always nice to see newer videos showing off the process, again.

[@souleater232]

I’ve never commented before, but wanted to say I absolutely love this video! Seeing behind the scenes of my favorite terrain company was awesome!

[@jellysandjamz250]

All hail Travis, Lord of the Laser!

[@justindonie]

Way back in the way-back times (mid to late 80's), I took a tour of the Ral Partha plant in Cincinnati, Ohio, before they got bought / absorbed into Iron Wind Metals. Amazing to watch the hand sculpting of figures, the mechanical scaling down from the originals, and the molding all before digital sculpting of minis was a thing. Seeing how it's done today was very cool. Thanks for this!

[@gomezzara_art]

Aw man, my dream is to have a company like this! Amazing vid papa!

[@valentinjakob1686]

You can see the enthusiasm curve going down from left to right (12:55) :-*

[@terrencemiltner1005]

Thanks for sharing a look behind the curtain.

[@squintsyadams8463]

The sudden "this place is a hot box bro" made me LOL

[@Miniac]

dude I was SWEATIN'

[@USALibertarian]

Spin-casting trips me out so much.

[@SliverCreations]

Seeing their quality resin, please teach those Forgeworld guys! You guys a way ahead in quality!

[@jasontrinque]

Awesome video! You can tell that you had a fun time learning about their processes and that came across while you were spotlighting their company. Great showcase and explanations, would definitely love to see more of this type of content thrown into the mix!

[@dlomb343]

Nice Vulfpeck shirt, my dude!

[@YourKrazyKing]

Always fun to see the behind the scenes

[@MikeGeney]

I love BSS, everything they work on is so good, and it's so cool to see my favorite Hobby Tuber partner with them.

[@markbauby7442]

that backroom program looks cool. The Hametsu looks like it could be pretty fun.

[@andacious_reed]

Scott's growl hits different at Black Site Studios 🤘lol. Awesome video!

[@MyraHodgkiss]

Hell yeah, educational and entertaining. Cool to see a company who is doing it all in house like that

[@vincentgregory1470]

Awesome video. Thanks Scotty!

[@erikbraun473]

This is super cool. I had no idea the company even existed. Happy I do now!

[@albinofreak620]

Love Black Site Studios. Their minis are such a joy to paint, and their games are a lot of fun. Y’all turned me onto them after talking about Don’t Look Back in an old episode of TUP, and been into them since.

[@markfrommontana]

A video I’ve been waiting for. Fascinating and informative. Thanks Scott! 👍👍

[@squintsyadams8463]

goobertown does a cool one too

[@Miniac]

You're welcome!

[@benjaminzaugg1127]

Awesome tour!

[@patrickbohm9525]

This was great! Thanks for the peek behind the curtain! 😁

[@skyhymitch]

Awesome to your tour of Black Site! They were at Reapercon this year as a vendor! So hyped to start Mobile Arms. You should also tour the Reaper facility in Denton!

[@jaydenwalker904]

Very insightful tour Scott, good hustle

[@martialdoug]

Thanks for coming out!

[@spicycaco2061]

I appreciate they made the logo for Endless Destiny an Evangelion reference. Almost makes me wanna back it I'll be honest

[@BocageTiger]

Outstanding!

[@FrozenThrog]

Did not know that spincasting was used for resin. Thought it was more of a metal thing. Neat.

[@Miniac]

I had a similar realization sometime recently!

[@stephenx2857]

it's interesting to explore the back end of this hobby. pretty interesting how diverse a small company is dabbling in lots of different facets of the hobby.

[@samd5466]

Great vid Scott

[@Vuig]

Great production Scott!

[@dwpowell]

Great edit!

[@krzysztofmathews738]

This is very cool! Thank you for putting this together!

[@talonjansen8926]

Duuude, this is so useful and interesting; really helps to understand how they're made to better know how to hobby with them. 😊

[@germakenjuju]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video

[@deadguy6879]

Fantastic video! I always love seeing behind the scenes!

[@HobbyDad_dy]

“I’m Scott this Miniature Maniac and welcome to this episode of MDF, Minis, and Mayhem!” Real talk, great video. Marc Summers would be proud!

[@fallingfreelyart]

So cool, love some behind the scenes! Thanks for making this video!

[@iBIONICLE]

This was super fun!

[@servietsky67]

Vulfpeck shirt ! Nice.

[@flanjuan]

Nice job! Insightful, fun and informative.

[@khaiman_]

"This place is a hotbox bro" Welcome to Texas summer! We welcome the shared suffering 😅

[@the13th]

Huge fan of BSS ever since I discoverred Don't Look Back during the pandemic and theyre a huge part of what inspired me to finally begin work on my own game (which im about 13 months into)

[@eastoforion]

extremely cool studio system! cheering for them

[@ReadyToRole]

Loved this! Love all the descriptions and getting into the reasons of *why* things works the way they do. Would also have loved a few segments where we heard from the employees themselves intermingled with your own commentary, maybe where you've explained something but ask them a follow up questions that allows them to show their passion and expertise for what they do. Hope there's more to come!

[@tylerwelch1754]

Super fun episode!

[@Nilly-tube]

Awesome video, Scott! Would definitely love to see more like this!

[@FauxHammer]

0:18 Oooof - Too soon bro, too soon. it still hurts.

[@trapperuse537]

Love this. Really interesting.

[@saml6798]

Really enjoyed this, thanks 🎉