How to make 3D Battle Effects for Miniatures. Gun blast FX and Dust trails.

[@jacksona4919]

You guys should do more of these. This is a great video with really high production value.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Awesome! Its our first one, so we didn't know how people would respond to it!

[@VideoQualityControl]

@@PlayOnTabletop Absolutely excellent. Please do more.

[@fedediazmarmol2631]

It's really cool! More 3D effects for miniatures please!

[@snaithiusproductions8445]

Nailed it! Would love a video about your filming process too. How you make videos of still miniatures feel so dramatic and dynamic.

[@bluewave11020]

the table shaking is giving me anxiety about that barracuda lol

[@PlayOnTabletop]

He's fine! Only crashed once. :D

[@JackindaSack]

@@PlayOnTabletop "how often do the barracudas crash, Shas'el?" "only once"

[@BojaglesBagels]

Nicholas adds such life to your videos. Just having him host something like this brings the whole video up. You're all great and thanks for the great videos.

[@nickfroese]

That is incredibly kind! Thank you!

[@devonwilson8306]

The odds of me ever doing something like this are slim, but I really enjoyed this video. You can just feel the joy and passion behind it.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Awesome. We were hoping people would enjoy it regardless if they planned on doing it.

[@zachsmith8967]

The Tau shield effect looks so good!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

It really adds a storytelling element to the tabletop!

[@ty_thebigbug4791]

Please do more of these and show us how to paint the awesome death guard and ultramarines from the how to play video!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We’re planning on that!

[@vaughanb1963]

Anvil Industries have some good muzzle flash and fire effects

[@artboiartypants9171]

This is awesome. Please do a series.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We are looking into it!!

[@nathanieleck1023]

This was incredible and super informative. I’d always wondered how you made your tau look so incredible. I think you guys are doing some incredible work, keep it up!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thank you! We’ll try to keep it up!

[@Black_Blow_Fly]

Excellent tutorial !!!!!!!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thank you!!!

[@mrheisenberg83]

Yes! I was not able to figure out how to do that shield effect on the Tau HQ since I noticed it in the battle report against Chaos. I wonder if one could make something similar without spending money or having a 3D printer. I mean, I WILL get one one day, but that is a long way ahead. Anyways, thank you for making this video, it inspired quite a few ideas in me which I might even take into my newly found hobby of making Gaslands cars. As always, great work! This channel never disappoints. Keep 'em coming, please. :)

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We've seen similar effects done with green stuff or other sculpting materials. We love this hobby because it really gets people to be creative. We've all found an object randomly and imagined it as something else and moments later you have a cog on your base or a stray wire hanging off a marine. Happy hobbying!

[@Endero]

I had the opportunity to see those effects in the stand they had in the Talavera´s 9th GT in Spain. An incredible job! They make the minis really shine

[@WeKnowTony]

I remember seeing a store that was all about warhammer and the tabletop game when I was younger. Always looked cool but couldn't get something that expensive as a kid lol. Now I'm seeing this again thanks to coming up on your channel and damn I really wanna get Into It. Looks so much fun when you guys play.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We were all there and some of us took 15 years before starting up the hobby and we are all glad we did!

[@DarthSheol]

What an amazing video! 3D printing is adding a lot to wargaming and I’d love to see more videos about it!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thank you! We will see what we can do! There are a lot of great things that 3D printing can do! I use it to print extra weapons (storm bolters and such)

[@AuspexGaming]

Great video again guys, glad to see fellow Canadian producers killing it!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thank you!! We really appreciate that!!

[@AuspexGaming]

@@PlayOnTabletop You guys are very welcome!

[@Wickedzoo]

I do enjoy seeing these effects and you are right about using them sparingly. Also, that poor Tiger Shark just wants to wobble at the slightest bump. Mine also suffers from that issue.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Haha. It wobbles even more now. Nick put it on a taller stand!

[@JasonMeyer]

What effect do you recommend for an army that always rolls 1s? Great video, I love the production value of your videos and glad to see you guys branching out into more content.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Well instead of minis you could always just model a bunch of explosions and dead guys?

[@dangschwind5232]

I use this stores files. I love them. I agree makes the battle feel more real

[@PlayOnTabletop]

It really does!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We had loved the way they make our models look and they play great on camera!

[@dangschwind5232]

It sets you guys apart as well. Just on more thing that makes you guys amazing!

[@dangschwind5232]

Also really looking forward to more of these “tips and tricks” type videos. Hope it becomes a usual thing.

[@DeadlyPrintStudio]

Thanks for your support mate!

[@Cyberpansy]

Love it!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We love that you love it!

[@Cyberpansy]

Play On Tabletop I love that you love that I love it. ❤️

[@itsjustj6205]

Love the Bob Ross energy

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Nick was channeling his inner bob ross.

[@Raientai]

Great video! I need another battle report with Nicholas’ up-close-and-personal T’au list though! Such a sick army

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Perhaps we just recorded one such video last night...

[@LegendEternal]

If you have that much smoke from your ATV, you need a ring job. Lol. J/K. Great vid. Would love to see more of these modeling/painting tutorials.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

I guess there are no techmarines in the GSC...

[@holyhandgrenade3]

Literally just added a dust cloud to my mini after three days of experimenting. Wish this came sooner 😂. But thisll help future projects hopefully. For the smoke, the material youre using is probably polyfoam which is the same material used to stuff teddy bears or pillows with and can be found in any craft store. You could theoretically use cotton balls also, but I found those clumped up waaay too much when they had paint on them(compared to polyfoam which can still be springy and stretched easily after paint is put on it and dried), and would be more appropriate for big dense clouds/explosions then dust trails.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

It is indeed. I found the same. You’ve obviously had some experience with it!

[@Hatguy23]

Great video! I'd like to see some Tyranid biocannon effects some time...

[@DeadlyPrintStudio]

Really soon my friend! We have something big for tyranids

[@BlackMethos]

First time commenter here, stumbled onto your channel a while ago and binge watched your stuff. First off: You're doing a real bang-up job. The battle reports are very entertaining and very well done and it's just a joy to watch them even for someone like me who tried to get into the tabletop, but never quite managed to. Second: I really like that you're doing both those "state of the channel" vlogs and stuff like this. Damn, I wish you guys had been around 17 years ago with content like this :D Maybe then I'd actually play today lol In any case: Keep up the awesome work and keep that fun and joy you have doing this. It really helps when one can see/feel the enthusiasm and fun people have in doing their videos. Greetings from Germany and Play On! :)

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thank you so much for commenting and we are so glad that you like it!! We have been working hard to make content that we love and that we think our audiences will love. There will be more to come! Huge thanks all the way from Canada!

[@juliodiaz1097]

I have done effects for my forgefiend and it was just simple cotton and paint. Got great reviews on it. What you showed just validated a lot of what I had thought. Please do more examples of these for other effects.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Fantastic! Yeah you don't have to go to complicated with it. Rule of cool wins always. We will see about doing more examples!

[@its-sacred-mate7762]

Thanks for all the tips guys I recently converted some work nobz into tankbustas and they look really good

[@PlayOnTabletop]

That's awesome!! Maybe mention us in an Instragram story and show us the conversion?

[@alexdoe3163]

I love all the effects, but it upsets me that only one bullet is coming out of the middle of the railguns 2 barrels

[@PlayOnTabletop]

I imagine he shoots one at a time.

[@alexdoe3163]

@@PlayOnTabletop I'll try :)

[@PlayOnTabletop]

@@alexdoe3163 Deadly print studios has a version that has double blasts coming out. It was tempting to use.

[@johncrampton3946]

Love this video! As always the production value is A+, thanks for churning out the great videos guys :)

[@PlayOnTabletop]

That will always be our aim!

[@its-sacred-mate7762]

Being 12 im often scared to try and paint things and do things like this as i feel that i will make a mess of the model but this way you show its easier tban i think it is

[@PlayOnTabletop]

I love hearing that! Go for it. I started this hobby when I was 12.

[@JasonMeyer]

Being 34 and starting the hobby at 31, that feeling is normal for anyone just starting out. You can't get better until you try different stuff. Enjoy the hobby and have fun man! My only recommendation is to always keep one of your earlier models so you can look back and see your improvements.

[@joshuaglenn6605]

Gotta fail to learn...

[@MrTrenttness]

Take those risk. If you start now, in 4 years you'll look back on your progress and skill and thank yourself. Painting miniatures is a trivial challenge in grand scheme of things, but teaching yourself to take risk and believe in your skill and hard work will be applicable to most everything in life. We've all painted ugly mini's. But we keep painting so we better our skills.

[@mrheisenberg83]

Always remember that there is no such thing as failure in painting minis, just progress. Do not strip old models, keep them as a reminder how far you have come and how far you can still go. It helps tremendously. Painted models, even badly painted ones, always look good when put on the table in a squad. And a painted one is always superior to an unpainted one. So keep at it, make mistakes, learn from them and improve. You will love every second of it! Tip: Paint your troops first and save the characters for when you have that practice from your troops. And never try to be perfect, it won't happen for a long time. Comparing yourself to pros CAN be helpful but can also demotivate you. One step at a time and you will get there.

[@moorpain]

I love how you keep it nice and simple. Could you do ones for the different Tau shields?

[@atlas6355]

Tau Nick is the Bob Ross of 40K

[@AnythingButOnes]

These are amazing. Now I want a printer. Haha

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We all want printers!

[@j453]

Those bits can be sculpted with greenstuff too you know.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Indeed! I prefer 3d printing it because I'm not much of a sculptor but I've seen some amazing stuff done with greenstuff.

[@Akiles19]

I loved this video, but... phisical/energy = Plasma... XD Didnt you know that??? XD Thank you for the tips man!!!!! Im going straight foward for the gun fire effects!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Haha. Your welcome. Hope it turns out great!

[@embarkingolive]

I decided to go with a Boba Fett inspired colour theme for my Tau army. It's a great fit for FSE detachments IMO and it's looking great so far. I really liked the blast effect for the rail gun, might get some of those. I also have a Y'varha on the way, and would like to get an effect for the Ionic discharge cannon, since every one I see has the flamer effect on it. hahaha

[@rustytanks9425]

What blasts do you suggest for getting shot? Like a ricocheting shell?

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Interesting thought. Like mid shot? so you see the bullet, maybe some blood spray?

[@dafrenchork615]

Very Nice!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thank you!!

[@pooiebumsmell]

I actually wanted to see the ion shields more than anything. Ahh well

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Future video?

[@Tibruk64]

@@PlayOnTabletop yes please!

[@Rothgar59]

If you want to effectively and quickly remove the stringing from the prints just quickly pass a lighter flame over them.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Great tip! An old school technique for a new school application.

[@MegaChiki7]

I love the videos and how much you care about the subject. Also wanted to say, easily the best channel, regarding answering the viewers/fans. It provides such a close relationship with the viewers that it's amazing.! Amazing videos, cool tips, and great battles. Congrats. (Song name opening?)

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Having conversations and hearing from this community is the best part about all this. Song is Ctrl Alt Del by The Seige

[@alexsubotich6436]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the effort of putting citadel paints into dropper bottles....

[@PlayOnTabletop]

It was totally worth it! I use so much less paint.

[@alexsubotich6436]

Play On Tabletop did you just use a funnel and an old brush ? Or is there some secret technique I’m not aware of 😂

[@PlayOnTabletop]

@@alexsubotich6436 Cheap funnel from amazon and time. So much time.

[@Black_Blow_Fly]

YEAH !!!!!!!!!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

YEAH!!

[@tategilmore3665]

Love Nick. Plz show MORE TAU played by Nick.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thank you! Your in luck our next game is a Tau one!

[@tategilmore3665]

FOR THE GREATER GOOD

[@TheRendar]

awesome video !! was wondering how you did it from the very first video. thank you for sharing and continue the great content.

[@jasonmangelsen7136]

Awesome video

[@commissaryarrick9939]

Cool this will be useful

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Let me know if it is!

[@TifCip_Chungking2399]

I love you videos , but it would be cool if you would do your battle report and show the animation to match the turn breakdown

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Now, that would be really amazing but man oh man a lot of work too... Something we will think about

[@nathanvarley542]

Nic, your tau army looks amazing. I love your battle vs chaos. Both armys look really cinematic! I've been waiting to see more of your army and love the tutorial. You need to get those tau onto the field again :D

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Very soon it will be so! Thanks for the kind words!

[@matthewsly8691]

What a great video, really liked the tau shield drone, more like this would be great, keep up the great videos guys, mind you a new subscriber here, for "the greater good"

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Always for the greater good!

[@user-qn3if7ww9l]

beautiful!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thank you!!

[@yagsipcc287]

They have a new one out if anyone missed it, it is for star wars legion but of course can be used for anything and you can get access to this one through the KS. I got on it to get the new one and this :-)

[@justinhoy7711]

Are these legal for play? What's the tolerance level for sticking over the bases? They look amazing.

[@jagermeister_1754]

Can you guy's please do the mortar and tank fire effect please? Would love a painting tutorial

[@jimeronimo]

I'm looking for ideas on modeling streaks of laser blasts. Going to hang star wars x wings and tie fighters from the ceiling and hoping to get some direction on ideas for that? Have you ever done something like that or know of someone? I'd like to show the blasts in mid air between the ships.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Perhaps fishing lines and 3D printed laser blasts?

[@jimeronimo]

@@PlayOnTabletop I wondered about fishing line but wondering about getting that neon blast look.

[@matthewburke4895]

Love this video. Just a little something extra to make the models pop on the table. Any suggestions for a smoking gun barrel?

[@PlayOnTabletop]

That would be a fun build... hmmm...

[@TheSmell-m9w]

A railgun shoots a solid slug. Thats like the whole point of a rail gun

[@stefanb6539]

I really want to be able to 3-D print the minis, that I keep imagining, but I guess the logical first step is to decide upon which CAD or 3d-graphics program to use for making the designs, and then really dig through all the necessary tutorials to learn to make the software sing. What is a good program to invest my time in, and do you know about good tutorials? Is Blender decent for that job? (It's free and it does have a good collection of tutorials) Or should I be rather looking for CAD than for graphics programs for "modeling"?

[@PlayOnTabletop]

I know someone that is currently using blender to do some really neat things. I heard that once you have a good understanding of one, while the tools and interface are different between the programs, the core understanding you can take from one program to the other.

[@matthewchu4371]

So I bought the files for the shields. Apparently it doesn’t come with the thing to attach the shield to an actual unit. Is there a place I could actually find that?

[@user-jc9kt5ig3x]

Good day, what you use aerograph ?

[@miscrits6438]

Funny I was printing some of these on my Elegoo Mars as this video popped up

[@troyw5832]

Need magnetic attached and led light up you could do that on the buggy ??????????? And pos in ground unit??????????

[@fishtoduface]

How does this printer perform printing miniatures? Ive been looking at 3D printers for miniatures and things like these effects. Any suggestions?

[@PlayOnTabletop]

You’ll get a better print for miniatures with a resin printer but I do a lot of terrain as well and it is excellent for that.

[@DrPotatoPerson]

I'd love to do something like this but it looks like storing and handling them would be a nightmare with some of these effects on them.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

A lot of the time I will add magnets to them so it’s an easy matter to take off for storing.

[@ct-782hevy4]

Any tips for necron effects?

[@DeadlyPrintStudio]

We have tons of FX for necrons, check our website!

[@bootlegcrusader1773]

This is basically Bob Ross but 40k

[@zachsmith8967]

For someone just getting into the hobby would you recommend the "know no fear" if I wanted to get into Death Guard?

[@PlayOnTabletop]

It’s a great place to start! Giving you some forces on either side to try and get a friend to join you as well!

[@GamingMagicMark]

It's a great starting set with huge value. If you look at the cost of the Lord of Contagion and Foetid Blight Drone, you're getting much of the cost of the set taken care of with just those two, especially if you get it from an independent store at discount!

[@GamingMagicMark]

Also if you have a BIT more cash, consider picking up the Dark Imperium set instead right now which is on the way out, so should be at serious discount at independents. Keep the Death Guard side and sell the Space Marines to a friend who needs those. The value is intense on that one!

[@zachsmith8967]

@@GamingMagicMark awesome thanks Mark! I did pick it up!

[@5punkybob]

I need to get some clear pla for my ender 3!!!

[@mioszkoenig5980]

guys, how much I like every hobby and passion sharing, I can't understand the meaning of the film where half of the tutorial was to pull a piece straight from the box bought directly from the creator which exactly had the purpose for. Create an effect.. Where is how to make here? Yeah, I know, then there's the matter of painting but You can do just like every figurine from GW.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

I do understand. I tried to include some other tips as well like making the dust clouds and how to paint them. But we kept getting comments asking for how we did them so it made sense to answer all those in a video.

[@pablobro5944]

Do they ship to Poland?

[@DeadlyPrintStudio]

Yes!

[@snakeinspace4494]

Big brain time

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Little brains are welcome too!

[@Fl00xX]

Would like to see the Tau gun shoot green or orange

[@pablobro5944]

HERESY!

[@theinfinitejourney904]

What paints do you use?

[@thecalbinator7233]

i just use cotton, for basically everything

[@MonstrousHandbook]

use a lighter to take off the stringing of the 3D print.

[@randomusernameCallin]

Now if only we can magnetize them.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

All it would take is a drill and time :)

[@altdorfkalle6227]

I’m a big fan of this production and how things were explained but I personally hate these effects. I think it takes away from the model and especially if placed on almost every miniature. Doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate it and if you enjoy it that’s great. Personally just not a fan.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Thanks for your honesty, it is a personal preference thing for sure!

[@BlasphemousActs]

The rail gun one doesn’t really make any sense at all, rail guns don’t have recoil and don’t use an explosion to fire the payload

[@pablobro5944]

Warhammer generally doesn't make sense. What matters is that it looks cool

[@thephonfoundation4920]

2 thin coats of paint.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

When not using contrast paints, yup! Two thin coats!

[@thephonfoundation4920]

@@PlayOnTabletop I honestly believe you guys can do quite well by diversifying your content in regards to the hobby. I am positive you can do painting and modeling tutorials like Duncan, as this video demonstrates that there is an interest in what you guys do. Nicholas' is very good in front of the camera, and has a great demeanor for these kinds of hobby tutorials. This is just my opinion. Keep up the awesome work!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

@@thephonfoundation4920 thank you so much for that. We are fans of all aspects of the hobby and we would love to bring that passion for all of it more to the forefront. Glad you feel Nicholas is good in front of camera, we think so too!

[@SiggyCloud]

"How to make 3D Battle Effects for Miniatures. Gun blast FX and Dust trails." TLDW: Buy or have a 3D printer or know someone who does.

[@coolbeensify]

More of a "How to use 3d printed effects for miniatures" video.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

It’s true. Which is why we tried to be upfront at the start.

[@theinfinitejourney904]

Anyone wanna make these and I’ll buy them?

[@DeadlyPrintStudio]

Send us an email! We can 3d print it for you!

[@pablobro5944]

@@DeadlyPrintStudio do you ship to Poland? I don't see any information about this on your website, and it would really help.

[@DeadlyPrintStudio]

@@pablobro5944 we ship worldwide! We are from Spain!

[@abr0kenman504]

Its not that hard, you just need a 3D printer and an airbrush...

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Haha. It’s true. It does require some advanced tools. But the actual work is fairly simple.

[@sebulller]

FUNGAI FOR THE EMPEROR!!! Right muzzle flashes ahahhahaaahahahaa not gonna happend. sorry but in real life if you fire and theres a muzzle flash your fireing blank bullets. if it doesnt have a muzzle flash ohh hell im out :P buut eavrything to make look cool :)

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Sometimes the rule of cool takes over, know what I mean!?

[@sebulller]

@@PlayOnTabletop i get it :) if it looks cool its cool :)

[@nomore2226]

When you said 3d printer.... I left.

[@WoofyMcDoodle]

"How to make 3D Effects" "So first get your 3D printer..." yeah nah mate bye

[@kettkett8273]

hahaha.... how to make cool gun effects .. 3D print them. so you didnt make them