Let's Make - Shipping Containers (Modern Urban Series)

[@Nachbo1234]

Still using this "let's Make" years later. You're one of the best Mel!

[@bhoy1989]

I'm 4 years after

[@idiotluggage]

I found your video through Black Magic Crafts. Thank you for sharing your ideas on this.

[@lexkooby]

I have learned so much from your videos - thank you for making these. I really like the way you teach the techniques in a straight forward way and show less expensive ways of getting these results.

[@angels77100]

I hope this guy makes his fortune. I really do. He's helped me out on so many railroad projects with amazing building tips like this.

[@mijalibarbagallo4124]

Modeling since 1998, you are the first decent an awesome artist. Congrats

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks

[@irisvargas5872]

Thank you Mel ! You’ve helped me take terrain building to a whole new level!

[@nova3k]

If you use the stencil, you can use a jabbing brush or sponging technique to make the logo look weathered. Especially for smaller scale models, where spray painting or airbrushing it can look to clean, and you wont have to deal with cleaning up the overspray.

[@Arlec90]

Great tutorial Mel. My 13yo Daughter is smashing out eight of these that match your exacting standards!!! She has even researched and added her own Bio hazard and hazardous goods symbols for some of them.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Awesome sauce, tell her I'm proud of her! :-D

[@twistysamurai739]

awhile ago my family and I started playing d&d and we wanted to make some terrain pieces. I had been watching your videos for awhile and decided to try some of the techniques and made a really nice rock piece.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Awesome matey

[@Nixx2709]

Sir, you are brilliant in your resourcefulness and creativity. Thanks for sharing. I hope to apply this in the near future.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Crack on!

[@jacobhope6164]

"Everyone likes a nice smoothe bottom." Indeed sir. Indeed we do. 😉

[@theweedwackerawx5322]

This guy is awsome, he dont cut corners in his work. Amazing atension to ever detail nice 1 mel

[@sadnessinside123]

Another hit out of the cricket pitch. Thank you. Really well done.

[@thecasualshow5244]

"and everyone likes nice smooth bottoms" "i do anyway" noice

[@yaboyzzz9098]

Same

[@getrickygervaisstuff]

I prefer them like a stucco birdcage, rough on the outside but heavy

[@RodneySloan]

I like smooth bottoms and I cannot lie, you other gentlemen can't refute it.

[@keithmiller554]

Hi Mel YOU ARE BRILLIANT AT YOUR MODELLING VERY VERY INSPIRED I WAS IN A RUT IM 65 I NOW FEEL 25 & GOT IDEAS OFF YOU IM IN MODEL HEAVEN CHEERS MATE !

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Crack on lad! ;-D

[@italic_8357]

There's a thing called turning off caps lock

[@blaineishere3851]

Wow! Fantastic looking piece!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

thanks bud

[@LittleWarsTV]

Been looking for a way to make shipping containers in 15mm scale and I think this could be scaled down to work perfectly. Love your painting technique for weathering effects. Well done video.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers bud

[@geekfreak69]

Let’s make tutorials are excellent for me. A newbie to the hobby. Thank you

[@TerpeneProfile1]

Truly you are a wizard! Much love from Denver, CO.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

But I'm not Harry? ;-D

[@Dani-mv8dd]

Holy smokes, you are very talented and incredibly creative! Great job.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers mate

[@beatjunky101]

These look crackin Mel. Used your vids for year for more natural terrain but need some modern/sci-fi stuff. Winner!

[@johntailby74]

Very useful ideas. My friend built resin molds for a container design and you can also make them out of plaster.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

That's smart mate

[@williamwitten7447]

I lived in a container like this for 15 months in Iraq. This tutorial is perfect. Add 5 rows of sandbags around the bottom and a layer of sandbags to the top ("protection" from mortars, 18 inches of sandbags on the top and enough to lay behind at the ground level, but once they settled you'd be hard pressed to tell it was more than 2 layers on top, then give it a plywood front with a regular sized door and it would be absolutely perfect (the doors were folded back to the sides and a 2x4 frame and plywood front replaced the doors with a makeshift plywood door with no handle). Also, from your sand bag tutorial you mentioned only putting the seam on one side, that would be absolutely correct. They'd make a sheet of cloth a little more than twice the width of the bag, fold it over and just sew one side, then sew the bottom and turn them inside out similar to a pillow case. When we filled them we'd tuck the tied end under when laying them down, so you wouldn't even see the tied ends at all anyway, just make it random which bags had a seam out vs seam on the inside of the wall.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

talk about an oven bud!

[@nevercallmebyname]

If I made a bunch of containers together, some with open doors, some with holes in the sides, and all with their tops removable, I could make a shipping container house. Maybe even a shipping container village.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

That would be cool!

[@abmackay]

I was going to say that these days, that might be the best way to build a house in real life... except I remembered that even shipping containers are scarce and going for 30 grand a pop 😬. Best to stick with tabletop terrain.

[@jamesmilton6529]

Or a fire base

[@antiquariancrafts2454]

This was awesome, Mel. The metallic bits really sell it. It'd be cool to do a few containers busted open.

[@dealthagar]

Wonderful stuff Mel. Well worth my Patreon-age! Can't wait to finish up my urban/apoc board and post pics to the facebook group.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I'll look forward to seeing it mate

[@darkridge]

This was whatchacallit. . . a good video. Lots of really good whatchacallit. . . information. I really whatchacallit. . . enjoyed it.

[@CallumF22]

Finding all your awesome videos is seriously helping me make some cool battle scenes! Keep up the amazing work!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks mate

[@AdrianKramarzyk]

one of my favourite terrains thank you Mel !

[@charleshojnowski5675]

This guy is great. His energy and love twords the craft really draws you in. 👌

[@evanwarped5870]

I am absolutely going to have to try this. I've been wanting to start some Infinity terrain

[@Dark0Storm]

A good bit of advice I've seen is to make a stencil for corrugated surfaces out of the same corrugated card/plastic you used for the surface, so it fits nice and snug and helps cut down overspray

[@IgnacioAOlivar]

An idea: you can use tea packaging for 25 tea bags inside. It's a small rectangle box made of cardboard, not so thick but with some reinforcemente inside it will be just fine. And the rest it's pretty much the same, primer coat and weathering effects. Nice job!

[@EssexBoyz]

Love this build, fantastic, so helpful. I’m in the process of making an Orky shantytown inspired Bloodbowl Stadium, so a couple of these shipping containers will fit in perfectly. Thanks for an excellent tutorial 😃👍🏼

[@dustinkirby7101]

been watching for a while, shamed to say I haven't subscribed til now... I was sitting there telling a buddy of mine I wanted to make a cool looking shipping container board for some urban warfare skirmishes... then like superman, you show up right when you are needed in my feed! thanks brother! Keep up the good work!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Ssshh ..... I'm batman!

[@dougsundseth6904]

I really like the tip about using poster tack to keep the piece off the surface to prevent pooling. Worth the time of watching all by itself. Rather than using strip styrene, did you consider using angle styrene for the corner bracing? It would be trickier in some ways but easier in others, I think. Also, poster tack on the back side of your stencil can dramatically reduce overspray. (It's also really useful for camouflage frisket if you're painting armor ... or military containers.) Further, it will hold the stencil in place while you spray so you don't have to use a hand for that.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

It's a good tip mate ;-) I try to keep my lets make as simple as possible materials wise but that stuff is great for foamboard buildings etc bud Thanks for the tip!

[@joshjohnston7388]

There is always at least one tip in every single vid he does that is a major game changer. Or maybe that's because I'm so new to the craft. I dunno, but I'm watching!

[@simp2935]

Another great video. Appreciate the step by step breakdown and the tips

[@aiferapple1246]

Lets start up the 'Containiacs' :D Heee heee Another amazing design, build, and tutorial Mel

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I don't think I could handle that lol

[@justintan4787]

Awesome awesome work! Learnt so much. Just wanna say a very big big thank you!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

cheers buddy

[@mostxtremenoob6384]

Mixing imperial units and metric system drove me crazy! Lovely video keep it up

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Welcome to Britain! :-D

[@IDICBeer]

Nice one Mel

[@shantayprueeissen8914]

This time I will use woodprix to make it.

[@starkaran8390]

Good option I think :)

[@WarChimp]

Fantastic work. Thank for the inspiration, I will give this a go for BMG terrain.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Hope it helps mate

[@sixxgunner8611]

amazing Work mate! gonna Make These for My Infinity. Love your channel!

[@solomonpachowiak106]

This is awesome man, I completed two of them, and I used bent copper wire in a "c" shape to put lift points on the top, and used my pin vise to put bullet marks into the corners so it looks like someone was taking cover there while being shot at. Last I painted a large Imperial Aquilla on them, and on one I used my airbrush to make it look like someone vandalized it. This is a great piece, and I plan on making many more - something like multiples stacked or crushed to provide points of cover, or areas where marines can climb to higher cover points. I'd been wanting to make something like these for a while but couldn't think of how to get the textured sides - I can't believe I didn't think of corrugated cardboard! Thanks again!

[@unselfishdiplomat6194]

Thank you so much because of your tutorials my track is becoming pretty sweet

[@freasefraim]

this is top notch man

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers bud

[@pauls3585]

Sweet container! Thanks.

[@TheRz18]

sweet, i have an new thing to do with my foam board scraps. thanks man

[@HillslamsMirror]

just discovered the channel - what a great job on these containers! Subscribed. Well done

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Welcome aboard matey!

[@davidmartin1793]

I got some corrugated card from Wilco awhile back from the craft section, worth a look guys.

[@mossadon]

Excellent. i couldn't have found this at a more opportune moment. Great build & paint that's sowed more than a few ideas as i embark on some Kit Bashing based around Shipping Containers. Noice.

[@CaptainBipto]

Great video Mel, already have some TTCombat MDF containers. But this will come in handy for making my own. Especially if I consider doing a 3x3 cargo bay or storage area. And need a lot of containers, it will save me some money. I bought a cardboard corrugator on ebay a while back for £5.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Nice build mate, good luck!

[@simonknibbs5867]

Only thing I would add is a drybrush of the top and side edges with a metallic paint. Maybe even add bolts if you really wanted to go further.

[@zulfreaky4827]

Thank you so much this is very helpful for me. Im doing a model container house to spend my holiday at home

[@davidcoots1634]

This is great. Only thing I would add is the toothbrush splatter for dirt.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Glad you liked it buddy!

[@redshirtman1907]

Thanks very much dude. Great tutorial.

[@Founder0566]

Huge fan from Saudi Arabia

[@Rivitiv]

as soon as i saw this video i subscribed...and its the first video of yours i saw.

[@Selavel1]

I loved this episode! I started watching your vids because I am a model railroader and was looking for different techniques and ideas...now I want to break out my Mechwarrior stuff and start gaming with them again...sigh...I don't have enough time in the day for two hobbies...sigh.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Mechwarrior on a railway layout ..... ;-D

[@joshjohnston7388]

I don't do railroad or wargaming (anymore... no friends into it in my new home). I paint gunpla and do layouts and diorama for them. Turns out, I spend more time on terrain than on the gunpla. I actually find it more rewarding, since the gunpla is a product I am customizing and the terrain is something I made myself.

[@Tech2Rush]

One thing; if you make the "smooth bottom" removable, or skip it altogether, you can make russian-doll style containers of diminishing sizes for super compact storage, or use them for transporting fragile bits like trees.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I likes that!

[@HumanistGordian]

Nice one Mel. I'm about to plan an urban neighborhood for sci-fi and this is exactly what I was looking for. Are you sure you're not some intergalactic mindreader getting us humans addicted into building tiny worlds of our own?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yep, that's me :-D

[@naiknaik8812]

plOT TWIST

[@jaywhite5833]

Another great project video. The kits cost about $21.00 for 1/35 scale 20 footer. I have been searching for the best ways to do one of these and I think I found it. Thanks again.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Hope it helps bud

[@bradleystelling9671]

Craft stores sell a paper crimper that you can put thin cardboard or paper through to make the corrugated effect. They cost about $15 US.

[@Ynffy]

A light dusting in a beige tone on the lower half of the container (kind of like a dusty vehicle) adds a lot to the piece. A little goes a long way.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I'll gove it a go matey

[@Ynffy]

Cool, hope it adds a bit extra!

[@chrisnelson1984]

Would you believe I was literally searching online for the sale price on the Reaper Bones shipping container model when this video popped up in Chrome?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Considering it only went up an hour ago, I would say the hobby stars have aligned! :-D

[@mfastoso1]

Actually the algorithms in google looked into Christopher's soul and divined he needed to see your video. (truth!)

[@AdamBragg]

A great build Mel! I agree with your assessment of the weathering, it is too heavy handed. I looked at some references and most of the weathering occurs at the end where the doors are and along the bottom third. Sure, there are some really trashed containers, but the majority aren't as heavy, or more importantly, as evenly weathered as yours. Also, I saw a lot of patches of colour on the sides of containers to cover up logos, etc. This could be easily done by deliberately putting on patches of off-shade colour before doing the weathering. As for the edging, I think 5 mil might be great for the vertical edging, but the horizontal edging is usually even narrower, maybe 3 mil? Anyway, these are all "perfectionist level" nitpicks. Your build is as always, awesome and even done straight up as per your video still makes for a great terrain piece. I hope you continue to do more videos like these, they are very interesting.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

always room to improve bud ;-)

[@AdamBragg]

True, although I really like how your build vids often give all the techniques so people can decide if they want to go for the final 5% of fiddly details, plus with the basics one can easily modify to suit their preferences. BTW, how would you do an open cargo container? The plasticard might be too thick and the cereal card is too thin for open doors.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Go with plasticard mate ;-)

[@scottmclean6301]

The blue tack tip very good

[@hubzki]

Glue the ribbing on first, snip off when dry. much easier and less fiddly. :)

[@mrdikfart]

Really amazing tutorial.

[@knightcrafted7033]

i love everything about this video ... Bang on mate !

[@rickoftherick4610]

You can also use corrugated cardboard to make metal roofing, and if you are hard pressed for some barrels (this is more for 1/6 scale) you can just use some bean cans.

[@twinkytwinklier4047]

If you take a metal rod, lighting it unitil it's really hot and poke that into the foam and plastics, it'll looke like bullet holes :)

[@joshjohnston7388]

Destercire Ultimatefan light a toothpick on fire and press it. Very similar effect, with a little ashy gunge from the burnt toothpick. Goes a little faster than a hot wire and kickstarts your weathering.

[@Artisanprophet]

I really needed this video

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Hope it helps you mate

[@scaleartsg]

TTT shipping! awesome!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Late or lost every time!

[@scaleartsg]

TheTerrainTutor from that weathering i could tell its been lost already

[@danofiremano]

Great Video! I was thinking these would work well for Gaslands.

[@vmehtaa]

Cool..Am gonna make 1 soon..cheers

[@jlpytlewski]

I just found a rather large roll of corragated cardboard at Staples , here in the USA. It cost me about 15 bucks for the 12" X 35' long roll. They call it " Rigid Roll"...for packing up picture frames, etc. Staples also sells yard sale signs that are corragated plastic and around 2 foot square, for 9 bucks.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Nice find mate!

[@jlpytlewski]

TheTerrainTutor ..yeah Mel, I searched high and low for the last 2 days and that was the only place I found it...I'm in "South Jersey"..lol.

[@familyofgamers777]

Great tutorial Mel!

[@ThumperE23]

Like the shirt Mel!

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

Yes! Been hoping that you'll do a container video. Love you Mel! (Also congrats on the election. Go Corbyn!)

[@warsmithpainting]

This turned out great! Is that the Army Painter Ultramarine Blue?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yep

[@Lostorpedos33]

I got an idea about creating company logos - maybe if you'll be cut out template in the same corrugeted paper on the plain side and put corrugated side to container it should cover all the spaces for the spray paint to go under the template.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Might be tricky to cut but go for it mate

[@newtpondskipper]

Love it! Thanks!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks!

[@davidthomas4325]

Caulk and paint, make it what it ain't. Nice job, nice vid. Thanks. subd. Door side looks best.

[@mikeweaver6532]

Thats great!

[@311pique]

warlord newsletter suggested me this video, and you got a new sub! Great work!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Welcome aboard mate

[@lazzer2795]

scratching is always good! scratching is a passion ! well done :) Robert

[@JohnDoe-hx4wd]

you are a great guy, and i love your videos, but if i had a quater of a shot any time you are perfectly honest with us ... i´m perfectly honest with you, I´l propably be dead.

[@alrethianscraftsbattles]

Hey Mel, awsome video, on my channel i made some aswell, the perfect size, i found, are dinosaur cookies boxes :). That's what i use and i hotglue corrugated paper on them :)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Nice find mate

[@TheZapan99]

When you use a stencil on corrugated cardboard, just affix your spray can to your table with clamps, and prop up your stenciled container at 30 cm of distance, before applying a couple of coats. The result will be much cleaner, and you will not need any touch-up.

[@MurderHoboRPG]

14:40 it might be cheaper to use a metalic marker or gel rollerball there than your miniature paints

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Nah, it's a tiny amount of metallic paint mate

[@TheRavenhelm]

Great tutorial! Thanks!

[@therittzer7334]

PIZZA HUT MEDIUM PIZZA BOXES!!! has small corrugated cardboard. and pretty easy to peel off one side!!

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

Thanks for the video. Was looking at getting some 1/35th scale container kits, but they cost starting at $20 plus shipping for a 20' can and $40+ for a 40 footer.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Glad it helped bud

[@joshandrachellehanna1528]

Ha ha, you could hire a real full size one for a week for that amount!

[@oahoen]

Great tut! You could also cut the basic inner skape from a block of polystyrene, perphaps, to make it even quicker?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Sure mate

[@MiniWarzone]

Great tutorial.

[@Stargate404]

Corrugated cardboard is in all cardboard. If you look at the inside of the cardboard box you'll see it has corrugated bits inside. You can take off one of the pieces to get that

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yeah, but that's a right pain mate, I've tried it many times lol

[@Stargate404]

TheTerrainTutor true lol but if you're strapped for cash or there's not a craft store in the area

[@topgun9686]

this is great. I can never find plasticard though where I live maybe im just looking in the wrong places

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Ebay mate

[@robertemmitt4585]

well done