How to Make Objective Markers

[@maximusspqr]

I often do objective markers to get myself modelling again after a dry spell. Since objective markers are never the same unlike painting men, they are very entertaining and never monotonous. They can also be fun little things to make as little gifts to gaming buddies especially if they are personalized and help describe a previous battle between the two of you. :) Sorry, been commenting a lot on your channel lately. Work as been slow. haha

[@tabletopminions]

+Brian Hayne Wow, objective markers as gifts is a great idea! And they are great little breaks in your painting queue. Thanks for watching!

[@patgray5402]

This is pretty cool. But show us how to make SUBJECTIVE markers. *Ba DUM

[@tabletopminions]

+Luke William That joke is OBJECTIVELY bad. Thanks for watching!

[@marcwittkowski5146]

I love the hint of excitement and passion in your eyes at about 11:40 It's nice to see people being so passionate.

[@tabletopminions]

Well, I'm a self-proclaimed 'dork' about this stuff, so I do love it. Thanks for watching!

[@DominicFawver]

Great video. One of the things I used to make my objective markers is pieces of crystal. On a couple of the bases I use a small spear of amethyst, on another it is a polished agate. I got these at some tourist store for pretty cheap (I think it was $5 for a couple of pieces). The purple color made it look like some magic shard - all I did was add a little grass and some small rocks around it.

[@madman19931612]

a friend of mine used to do warhammer fantasy, where he played undead he always made sure he took his gravestones with his army and scattered them across his part of the field so that it looked like the zombies literaly just climbed out of the graves its the little touches that do it

[@meyogy2414]

gewoon Gijs that is awesome

[@greq20]

I found your channel yesterday and I must say I love it! Lots of very useful advice and I really like your approach to films. I hate all this fast and quick "minute" style that most youtubers present and that makes your materials so much more enjoyable.

[@tabletopminions]

+MacGregor I have gotten responses from viewers in the past saying that my videos "should be shorter" but I like to explain things and talk with my viewers too much, so these videos aren't usually too short. I try to make my 'Uncle Atom's Pro Tips' videos a bit shorter, but they're usually very specific. Thanks for watching!

[@Bacxaber]

I agree with MacGregor, Atom. These "longer" types of videos seem to work in your style.

[@rabardy2992]

Your ingenuity and game-related ideas are always a breath of fresh air... Awesome!

[@stairwayunicorn4861]

step one: make a vault stage step two: cut up empty (sprees?) and paint them into bricks of gold

[@WarBoy87]

If anyone needs cheap bases you can just use cheap poker chips. They're the same size as terminator bases and you can paint/base them and nobody will ever have to know your dirty secret!

[@tabletopminions]

That'll probably work for most people, but I'm very fussy about my bases. Not sure if it'll work for me. Thanks for watching!

[@Its_A_Gundam]

You can also get 25mm size poker chips

[@goblinking2012]

"So, like many people I used to play 40k, a lot...like many people I don't play 40k anymore." Ha, great quote! Couldn't agree more Atom. Great vid by the way. Objectives for the win!

[@UglytruthG]

+Vitruvian Goblin From a very new 40k wargamer, I am trying to understand why and where people are going when their done with 40k? sorry but I am new to table top games. Trying to understand.

[@goblinking2012]

I guess lots of us older gamers have been playing 40k for years and are getting frustrated with GW for various reasons (lack of transparency, codex-creep, increasing prices, lack of support). As for where we go, I feel we're living in a golden age of games at the moment. Thanks to kickstarter, e-commerce, KZbin and a renewal of smaller games companies, we have the chance to experience new games with innovative rules and great minis. Also, 40k has one of the highest buy-ins of all games. There's a move to smaller model counts and table sizes which make it easier to get into something new. Take GuildBall which is soccer-meets-axes. The rules are free to download and you only need 6 minis. Why NOT give it a go? Don't let anyone turn you off 40k if that's what you like though. It's a hugely popular game with great fluff, and if that's what your mates are playing then fill your boots! (sorry for the long answer UglytruthG, keep on gaming)

[@UglytruthG]

Vitruvian Goblin I like your answer. It explains a lot. I can see what you're saying by the way Citadel paint get shuffed in your face while there's much cheaper and better stuff out there. I have no friends playing 40k, but the fluff won me over eventually. I am gonna do 40k, even thou there's people holding a monopoly over here, I feel quite determined. Thanks for explaining, think I understand Atom's choice a bit better too now. Regards

[@tabletopminions]

+UglytruthG +Vitruvian Goblin Yes, I played 40k before, but I switched to other games with rules that interest me more and a smaller model count so I can actually finish my warbands without it taking years. It's just personal preference. Thanks for watching!

[@goblinking2012]

Hooray for personal preference. That's what I like about this channel, you can have an opinion without it being "right" or "wrong". It's our hobby and we can make it what we want. Never thought i'd see intelligent discussion on the internet though! ;)

[@andrewcarter7692]

Hey I know this is an old video but I started following your channel after recently picking up AoS at the prompting of my brother and your videos have really helped me dive in! Love this idea and can't wait to try it!

[@michaelmarines4415]

Awesome ideas! I'm about to start Frostgrave in my local group, as well! Great suggestion to use them as small distraction projects.

[@tabletopminions]

+Michael Marines Yeah, little projects like that (or a terrain project) are great for breaking up the monotony of painting a lot of soldiers, for example. Thanks for watching!

[@morganmcpherson4332]

Magus Morgan - Another good thing to use is the Armored Munitorum Container from GW. It comes with 3 ammo boxes and 4 oil drums. pretty useful on objectives/terrain

[@tabletopminions]

I've got one of those somewhere. They're great. Thanks for watching!

[@twentysides]

I'm really glad you're getting into Frostgrave. I'm excited to see what you make for it.

[@tabletopminions]

I have two warbands built for it, I just need to texture their bases and then prime them so I can start to paint. Thanks for watching!

[@merlin6707]

We had to convince a guy to keep his sprues once. He didn't quite understand why you would want to keep the random greeblies left over.

[@tabletopminions]

Bits are the best. Gotta keep all that stuff for later. Thanks for watching!

[@smoinplog4673]

this video is like very profesional home made content, it has the feel of home made but the quilaty of a profesional!

[@ADHadh]

As an Infinity player I am kind of amused by this, but that's because I am spoiled for choice. Infinity revolves around so many different objectives, ranging from beacons and boxes to computer terminals to tech-coffins. There's a ton of modeling opportunities! I got several Spec-Ops kits to get the spare weapons to make custom panoplies, assuming I don't feel lazy and just put them on the crates.

[@tabletopminions]

From what I've seen from Infinity games, there are tons of tokens and stuff involved. Thanks for watching!

[@Fr0z0rz]

I just about got lazy tonight and ordered some objective markers. As always, your video gave me a good idea to look at my mass of bits and make my own. Thanks dude, cool looking markers by the way!

[@tabletopminions]

+Fr0z0rz Thanks, and I'm glad you made your own, and I hope you had fun doing it. Thanks for watching!

[@sircheck]

Could you make more videos introducing some tabletop systems you have played? Like e.g. Malifaux, Infinity or Dust Warfare or even Frostgrave. you know, describing a little bit what it is about and what's special about it. I would be very interested in that :)

[@tabletopminions]

+sirCheck I'll be doing that for Frostgrave quite soon, and then following it up with some of my first every battle reports. Hopefully I'll be able to do it with a few other games as well. Thanks for watching!

[@MisterMannIndy]

Atom - great vid (as usual). Wondering if you could show or discuss the technique of using Baking Soda and CA to simulate terrain. I have always used sand and, like you, feel it's a little out of scale for 28mm figures. Thanks!

[@tabletopminions]

+MisterMannIndy I'll probably make a step-by-step video of the process, possibly even on my Frostgrave treasure objectives as I work on them. Thanks for the suggestion, and thanks for watching!

[@joegans4022]

Lots of excellent advice! :o] Look forward to seeing your completed Objective Markers!!!

[@tabletopminions]

+Joe Gans I'm going to start building them this weekend. I'll probably post in-progress photos on my different social media outlets. Thanks for watching!

[@oliverhilt9177]

Big Thx m8! great Inspiration... I'm absolutely going for some "search-markers" and "treasure-markers" now :-)

[@Runner_L]

Brother Trevor's helmet

[@tabletopminions]

+Luis “L” Ruiz We had to make it a relic: no one else would wear it, because it smelled really weird inside - like jam and old cheese. Thanks for watching!

[@Bacxaber]

That happens when you take a bolt to the head, Atom.

[@Lewgmil]

This is what I use my old square bases for. Only issue is that I have like 40 potential objectives...

[@Brickerbrack]

Nice idea using baking soda for your bases. My pet material is all-purpose filler (I believe you guys call it spackle). You can just trowel it on thinly, and it adds a nice subtle texture which looks great when you drybrush it.

[@tabletopminions]

I just bought some from the dollar store, actually. Was going to use it for terrain, but I should try it for basing, too. Thanks for watching!

[@stairwayunicorn4861]

simple gold glitter makes perfect spilled gold coins for quick cash grab treasure

[@HQBunker]

I'm with you. Markers are cool. If you are going for actual treasure in way of pile of coins, try to look for some sprinkle gold sprinkle in a craft shop, it works great. Can't put a picture here to show you exactly what I mean...

[@tabletopminions]

+HQBunker I need to find some round glitter, I think. I might scour Amazon for a bit, as I've never found that type of stuff at my local craft stores. Thanks for watching!

[@jonathankilby6636]

Noooooo not Trevor. Out brother will be remembered

[@damianbrowne9718]

Baking soda!! So obvious now you said it. Been basing my 15mm Ral Partha BlightHaven fantasy minis (that are really rather nicely sculpted btw) and sand just looks way too clunky. Thanks for the vids and tips!

[@Fughley]

great video! now I'm gonna go to the local hobby store and get a box of skeletons.

[@tabletopminions]

I do love me some skeletons. Thanks for watching!

[@michaelhall-oc4nj]

My friends and I play Age of Sigmar, and we use stormcast eternals that have been painted to look like old statues as objective markers because none of us play stormcast.

[@Fox01313]

Great video!! For me I got some 40mm bases, glued a d6 to them then put down GW terrain texture paint plusome little terrain or extra bits.

[@maxostlund9334]

I've already made 1 objective and I have some more spare parts laying around, but now I need inspiration for new objectives..

[@SleepyHollowRestoredMikeJohns]

Ya but the removal of the hands on the weapons is a PITA Worth it if you can pull it off!

[@tabletopminions]

True. Thanks for watching!

[@FaustSketcher]

there are lots of medieval and such worlds in the imperium if im not mistaken, could be papers from one not-so-advaced world haha. Still look at today. Computers everywhere, and look how common paperwork is lol. Wouldnt be surprised if the imperium of man in the 40 millennia still used paper haha. Great idea though, to make story-ish markers for objectives. Gonna make some since im getting back into the game, maybe i can find some old leftovers from the years when i collected minis as a kid/teen. If not, nowadays most armies come with so many extra components, its not even an issue haha.

[@tabletopminions]

I just primed four new objectives for Age of Sigmar (or any fantasy setting, I suppose) and I'll be painting them this weekend. Thanks for watching!

[@m0rtez713]

they use human skin

[@ikkiiiieee]

what paints did you use for the sand, looks very natural :D

[@heyo49]

When you use baking soda do you mix with glue or sprinkle on afterwards?

[@tabletopminions]

I sprinkle the baking soda onto the CA glue that I've spread on the base with a toothpick. Thanks for watching!

[@IDICBeer]

Nice tips fella

[@cory7328]

Great vid! Keep it coming m.

[@tabletopminions]

+Daniel Denney I will! New videos every Friday from now on. Thanks for watching!

[@ArchArturo]

Wait... Who throws away bits? I have a few excess Menoth bits in store, and while I know I won't use them now, I might use them later for something else (D&D game, other minis, etc).

[@tabletopminions]

+ArchArturo Always hold on to your bits! Thanks for watching!

[@gavinsemple3448]

where do you think id be able to buy those skeletons or similar ones online?

[@tabletopminions]

+Gavin Semple I'd tell you to look around for Wargames Factory Skeletons online. Maybe eBay. Thanks for watching!

[@FollowJester]

Awesome new intro!

[@tabletopminions]

+N. Stromi Thanks for noticing! I wanted something shorter that would get viewers to the content quicker, yet also show them upfront what they were going to be seeing. The old one was too long and didn't show any miniatures or wargaming stuff at all. I'll eventually tweak this one a bit (once I learn better software) but this is the main framework for the intro from now on. Thanks for watching!

[@sephidude123]

I actually had an extra Scion primus servo skull, a base from the chaos chosen, and a few extra chunks of gear. i glued it all up so teh servo skull was floating on the battlefield. Now I have some important data and supplies to retrieve in the name of the glorious omnissiah.

[@Obi_boy]

do you have a video for your cork bases?

[@digitraxdad5755]

The Chaos plates make good grave stones too...

[@lukemaclennan3707]

"That was the guy that was using that... and ... now he's dead"

[@diehard2705]

What color gold do you use for painting?

[@tabletopminions]

It's a multistep process, actually. I need to do a video on it. Thanks for watching!

[@Dill.]

could i use PVA/Elmers glue instead of CA glue with the baking soda?

[@tabletopminions]

+TobebwidZ I don't know that it would work the same, but you could try. I'd try it on something like a scrap piece of plastic first, I suppose. Thanks for watching!

[@ILikeToColourRed]

Tip for anyone wanting banners that doesnt have any lying around: -get some plasticard (i use a for sale sign that was £1 on ebay), - cut it to shape - melt it with a lighter (dont burn it, doesnt take much heat) will warp itself into a natural bannery shape - link to mine: iliketocolourred.tumblr.com/post/132167686864/custom-evil-sunz-banner

[@arthurmelander6224]

I understand that if you just have stuff lying around that this is useful, but to buy stuff like this and not be using it for the game it was intended for is just not smart money any more. You can get so much from 3-D printing so easily. Yes, I have a 3-D printer, but so many people now have them that you can always just pay a few bucks and get a ton of stuff that can be used for objective markers. You can also specialize into whatever you want to match for objective markers. I am getting so excited to see the market for this expensive stuff getting finally wiped out. Yes, you can make your terrain look just as good as the purchased items if you know what you are doing.

[@majorp7863]

Could cut up some of the swords or axes and pile them up randomly so the all look kinda different or badly damaged

[@tiamatspawn4597]

@tabletop minions I dont think they make those skeletons anymore unu i had some good ideas dor them

[@richardlechinois8236]

nice tips ,me to i have extra pieces from warhamers and i used a lots amazine man evrething is good ,whit a litle imagination and voila ...

[@MarcinObuchowski]

170:0 nice! Thanks for the cool video!

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

I wish I had lots of old stuff laying around to use like that. But no, I'm new to the hobby, I have to buy everything now...

[@tabletopminions]

+Cesar “Isaac” Perez Well, if you keep with it you'll eventually have a bunch of stuff like that laying around. Thanks for watching!

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

Tabletop Minions that's the plan.

[@skyeeoorrt4539]

Why do I keep on seeing you on comments ??? :P

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

Tantum We must watch a lot of the same vids...

[@skyeeoorrt4539]

Cesar Perez yup xD

[@kazoo689]

whohw man. smrt. these look sharp.

[@VikingFyre]

I hate that you can't get those skeleton warriors from Wargames Factory anymore, or if you can they're beyond expensive

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Dropbox 40000?! Damn, I need to upgrade soon! :-)

[@BeastnBrushes]

"some wrongs reserved" lol

[@apocalypticmoth6040]

Well... to bad I don’t have any sprues.

[@JS-fi2jc]

Atom I feel like your always advertising the vague concept of tabletop gaming, who's paying you Atom... WHO'S PAYING YOU!?

[@tabletopminions]

I just want there to be more tabletop wargamers, that's all. Thanks for watching!

[@JS-fi2jc]

Ha yeah it's just too bad there isn't a greater youtube following, you really put out some great content.

[@tabletopminions]

I dunno, my KZbin following is growing nicely. Tabletop wargaming is a pretty small niche, but we're getting there. Thanks for watching!

[@JS-fi2jc]

Yeah I honestly think disconnecting from 40k was a good move because the videos you make like this with widely usable knowledge extend to your already existing 40k fanbase but also reach out to non 40k viewers who can also become engaged in your channel. Also you're fun to listen to.