How to Make a Toxic Waste Pool // Warhammer 40K and Necromunda Terrain

In this video I'll show you how how to make a toxic waste pool out of an Ikea picture frame. It's a cool piece of terrain that'll fit your gaming table for Warhammer 40K and Necromunda as well as Kill Team and similar scifi tabletop wargames.
This is probably the easiest project, I’ve started, but somehow I still managed to mess it up. Still, I kinda managed to salvage it and I ended quite liking the results, even though I thought “this is gonna be 💩" throughout the process. Happy little accidents. :-)
/Michael

[@Woodenblastdoor]

I would love to see your take on how to make miniature scale sandbags.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Cool, noted. :-)

[@Smilomaniac]

Great idea for portals too especially if you can get smaller ones that you can have standing upright (on some piece of terrain).

[@thecultofcrafting]

Oh, I didn't think of that. Great idea. :-)

[@Weapon_X_Wolverine]

I really like how you had an accident, but then went and reworked it to be a part of your scene. Really fun to watch how to get out of an artistic hole like that.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I weren't sure if I should keep it in the video, but I thought that it's part of the process, so I might as well show it as it is. :-)

[@Bluecho4]

You could use this same technique to create a sort of swimming pool/fountain piece. Just with the center colored blue or maybe a more muted green. The edges could be painted more like gray concrete, or you could go really fancy by adding mosaic patterns (though any way you do it, it'll take a lot more work).

[@thecultofcrafting]

Yeah, there are a lot of possibilities for sure. I like your ideas. :-)

[@michaelstarcher3104]

I find using gel filters for photography can be used to produce interesting effects.

[@Slydeish]

Great video. Perfect demonstration of why I cover everything, everything in a thin layer of Mod Podge. You can literally spray paint foam after a coat of Mod Podge and adds a strength to every project I make that I can't get any other way. Enjoy my friends!

[@matthewwhitby5368]

I've searched about 10 different little projects tonight and I don't even have to search different channels because this one has everything die-cast/scale...keep up the good work very informative videos

[@thecultofcrafting]

Thanks! Glad I could help! 😊

[@SuperGameFan77]

Great simple idea! With a red it could even be a lava pit for a refinery.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Thanks! That's a pretty good idea, actually. :-)

[@torlaurens7372]

And now you got me thinking about all the different shapped picture frames, in different scenes :o)

[@Smilomaniac]

I just thought of something, for people who don't like the shiny glass, you can always spray it with some varnish to tone it down. It'll stay just as transparent. There are probably other things you can do as well for fun, like adding various clear resin or acrylic effects like Green Stuff World 'Splash Gel' to add some transparent texture. AK interactive also has a bunch of acrylic water effects that you can either just add on top or add to make ripples and small waves.

[@thecultofcrafting]

A bunch of good ideas there. My initial intention actually was to make a comparison video of different ways of faking water effects, but then I found the picture frame, had a light bulb moment and then this thing kinda took over. :-D

[@Sage-Thyme]

Apart from being a great build video, the rust effect tutorial is superb.

[@Bluecho4]

Two weeks later, and I made my own toxic waste pool following your example. (I made sure to give the frame a good sanding first, so there was no trouble with peeling paint). Thank you for inspiring this project.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Cool! If you're posting pictures on Instagram or something, I'd love to see it. :-)

[@gutterkrawl153]

Every project I've ever done! Brilliant idea. Haphazard execution. Cheers.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Ha ha. Yeah, seems to go that way for me too. :-)

[@fredericthalheimer3811]

such a great Idea to visulise a pool and I love the two side effect of the pool colour.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Thanks! Yeah, I really liked this idea. I was going to make something like this from foam, when I spotted a picture frame and it hit me, that it was near perfect for the project. 😀

[@MauroCarvalhoMota]

Hi, great video, congratulations! I'm an amateur woodworker and watching your video I was thinking.... Have you ever thought about using a (micro) circular saw to cut this material? With your skill I'm sure you wouldn't have any difficulty. There are kits of circular saw blades to Dremel of about 5 cm in diameter, with a 775 motor the cut would be very easy, fast and practical. The big difference would be the side guide(fence), on which you support and slide the part you want to cut against the saw blade, for a precise cut. This gives repeatability to the cuts. You would have a very useful tool for subsequent projects and it would still earn you another great video for the channel. Hope I helped, all the best.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Thanks! :-) No, I hadn't thought of that, but that might be useful. Thanks for the suggestion. I've seen that there are mini table saws out there - Proxxon makes one. But I haven't even bought a rotary tool yet. :-D

[@NicolasBN]

Thank you, another good tutorial ! Others small dioramas and bases would be nice in video !

[@thecultofcrafting]

Thanks. Noted! :-)

[@countryfriedminis]

Super simple, and oh so effective. Thanks for this content!

[@thecultofcrafting]

Thanks! You're very welcome. :-)

[@blazingonboard2254]

Not only cool video how to make really nice piece of terrain, but also fantastic way to save the project :D

[@thecultofcrafting]

Thank you very much! :-)

[@lordwolkenstein9339]

good to see some mistakes that can happen! So you understand why you should varnish before using masking tape etc

[@IrishmanErrant]

I would also love to see you do some shipping containers! I've seen some really interesting ones with corrugated cardboard sides, but so many of them have 3d printed fronts, which is a bit boring IMO

[@thecultofcrafting]

Noted. :-) It's been a while since I've done shipping containers for myself.

[@-Benedict]

Fantastic result considering the difficulties. I might make something similar myself. I'll probably just make the frame out of wood as I have woodworking tools.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Yeah, I'd love to have a proper workshop, but so far I'm confined to my desk. :-)

[@KimHarderFog]

Great stuff - I'm really keen on trying this

[@thecultofcrafting]

Cool, go for it! :-)

[@carlosfigueroa9708]

eres un dios te sigo desde Chile un saludo excelentes tutoriales

[@thecultofcrafting]

Gracias! :-)

[@spyrosvoytsinas697]

I never thought of a picture frame🤦.sanding would have been a great idea. Well back to my dornian heresy blood angels i go

[@thecultofcrafting]

Me neither, until I randomly spotted one when I was about to make something out of foam and realised it had the right shape. :-)

[@spyrosvoytsinas697]

@@thecultofcrafting well thats the daily life of a crafter

[@Lawec]

Happy little accident - it just looks more worn now.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Yeah, it turned out alright. :-)

[@nicolaisrensen6395]

sej video knejt, godt skuldret

[@thecultofcrafting]

Jeg takker! :-)

[@ulcbattlereports7388]

Dansk? Anyway great content👍

[@thecultofcrafting]

Jeps! Thanks! 😊

[@SFTaYZa]

"problematic"

[@andreazaltron6850]

the background music Is too loud. Pls lower It on future project

[@thecultofcrafting]

What device are you watching it on? It's quite low on my PC and laptop.

[@-Benedict]

Nonsense. I didn't notice the background music at all.

[@andreazaltron6850]

​@@thecultofcrafting I tried both from pc and mobile to confirm it. In this specific case the ideal volume is when the music is barely audible (it changes from one track to another) . this setting is correct if you make montage without speaking. sorry man, it's a pain to learn this kind of stuff. editing suck :)

[@andreazaltron6850]

@@-Benedict well things change from one device to another and listening to the video in a quiet room is different than listening to it in the middle of a highway. To be clear I'm not saying it's horrible, but it can be done better. My main language is not english so i need to translate on the fly, and that is hard to to if the music distracts me. Having more opinion is always good

[@thecultofcrafting]

@@andreazaltron6850 Thanks, I'll work on it. :-)

[@stefanb6539]

Pff, noob. I turned my whole room into a toxic waste pool just by doing nothing at all!

[@thecultofcrafting]

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