Making Ork Terrain Like It's 1994

[@LWD-Hidden-Links]

I made one out of cork tiles, with a fish tank plant outside it. Holding it all with my fingers while the glue set! It's still in my mum's house passing off as an ornament. 30 years!

[@Sephyricon]

What a blast from the past. As someone who also got into the hobby back in the 90s, this really took me back. Great work and a fantastic result!

[@harbl99]

"Dere'z no mistakes when yuz buildin' Orky terrain. Dat's uh intentional design choice that iz, ya git! Yooz kno nuffin abart da subtle blend of function an' aesthetics in dah vernacular style! WAAAAGH!!!"

[@thecultofcrafting]

Fair point! 😂

[@pabloalonsolasagabaster658]

Nice !! Imagine invinting a friend over to play, and he is expecting the same octarius terrain everyone has, and he finds this ! Epic

[@Miniac]

Absolutely crushed it.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Hi, Scott. Thanks, it was a ton of work! The project kinda spiraled out of control and took on a life of its own. 😄

[@WilhelmScreamer]

probably the first time in a long time I have seen this style of ork hovel that I actually really liked

[@HQDungeons]

i still love building terrain with simple materials. it just feels good when you see the end result.

[@selrahcmoonandstar]

Instead of the spackle or filler for the walls, try using a texture paper technique! I made a video about it on my channel, it’s easy, fast aside from drying time, and super durable

[@Paranormal-Stupidity]

Those look amazing. You absolutely nailed the look, and made them look even better than the originals. Thanks for sharing!!

[@nickellingham1764]

I made a few of those Ork buildings back in the day - likely inspired by that very photo I think. I used very thick sturdy cardboard, as that's all I had, but they still looked cool and lasted years! I painted them with off-white domestic paint mixed with sand to give them a texture and painted on those same graphics and iconography. Now I have 3 draws full of decent materials, MFD of all thicknesses, foam board etc but never done much with it. After watching this I will do when I have some time.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Aw, that's great! 😀

[@Electro_Dust_Bunny]

I love it thank you for the great video, I love the old hammer terrain I have been seeing a lot of old hammer and this is one of the best I have seen 😁👍

[@adamski4389]

Crazy how I played against one of the those kids in that pic back in my youth! Great builds.

[@CrashHeadroom]

Thanks for keeping old warhammer alive bud. For many years I've had modern fans talk about how "crap" old warhammer is, and yet most of them seem to be drifting towards it now, like ya know....all of us old players WERE RIGHT XD Fantastic job mate.

[@jakestaples8498]

Great job! I still have a 90’s GW book on my shelf for making terrain

[@brionl4741]

The book I've got is probably the same one.

[@LarsLinde]

I built one of those building in the late 90's from balsawood. Ah the memories 😀

[@dstock9855]

good times. I miss 90s table top games. pure fantasy

[@KimHarderFog]

Awesome 90ies terrain - crazy good free handing

[@haydnc]

My first time seeing your channel. What a delightful watch. Enjoyable, feel-good 80s soundtrack; nice, pacey, no-nonsense crafting; lovely presentation and a fantastic "I always wanted to build that but never did" nostalgia-feel. Bravo, sir.

[@canozel4418]

the return of the king

[@chaosincarna]

I like how the grabby claw guy looks like he's say, "HEY, I'm 'Orkin' here!"

[@Livero4]

Love this. Well done mate! Anything trying to recreate this old school 90s terrain is a win for me!

[@Vincent-ei8bp]

Incredible ! Buildings from my early years (like yours) Fantastic

[@Del_S]

It's interesting Orks went from a mudbricks and adobe style to shanty town style of terrain as they became a cruder more scrappy kind of faction. The former is relatively simple and cheap to build while giving quite sturdy structures compared to even some modern methods, and the latter is... literally just piles of scrap and nails. I wonder what other Orkitechture might be out there? I'd like to think the Oldhammer style is mostly seen in established Ork settlements, they eventually build up bigger stronger structures to replace scrap huts that fall down/get torn up to build vehicles or armour, while the shanty style is the initial camps. Like upgrading a minecraft house from your day one random pile around a bed to an actual base.

[@kwest9747]

They look good at the increased scale.

[@jandebosschere]

Very Orky! Loved the eighties' music as well. Brought me right back. Now, Wherez da scrap?

[@hmgirlpopuri5819]

Fantastic video. I definitely had a hot wire cutter for my terrain back in the 90's, but it was one of those $8 ones that ran on four D batteries from Michael's floral arrangement/floral foam section, and I'm surprised I didn't die from using it in an unventilated basement. The resilience of youth!

[@perw12345]

I don't know when I subscribed to you, or which video made me do that, but it seems past me made a good choice, lovely work.

[@svengro5019]

Lovely Terrain set, Ilike the vibe a bit better than the extreme ramshakeled look of the modern Orks designs.

[@crayzeewhorse]

Wow Amazing job! Waaaaaaaggggggghhhhhhhhh

[@leecoates3674]

Takes me back to when my Mum was re-doing her kitchen... went on a terrain building spree with all the polystyrene and cereal box cardboard.

[@Vortagh]

Tip from the past (some 1996 White Dwarf, if I got the date right) for the future (projects): mix the glop with water and PVA glue until you have a smoother paste, like modge podge. Works WAY better & easier!

[@theorangeroad8249]

This video made me happy. So good job.

[@stephenrenwick8781]

Excellent work!

[@gosonegr]

I love it, 40k was so goofy back in the day, not that the orks aren't goofy now, but they had some innocent brutality that I love

[@AvgJoeHobbyShow]

Oh that’s hot stuff, I can’t wait to film my own projects ❤

[@craggylotus]

These are amazing!

[@w40kavecarcanoide]

Grand merci à toi, je n'ai rien compris. Mais tes images étaient explicites. C'est ce hobby que j'aime. L'impression 3d ne devrait être qu'une aide pas un moyen de faire !

[@junkers4561]

This is an exemplary orcish fortification, right now it can be displayed in a showcase or in an illustration

[@Bluecho4]

Outstanding.

[@rob3831]

bro fulfilled the days of staring at the ork codex

[@Bobdd0]

Great stuff for extended orktober

[@thecultofcrafting]

Thanks. The project started in Orktober. Took a bit longer to finish than I planned. 😆

[@Electro_Dust_Bunny]

and what wood tool did you use to cut the wood? and what kind of foam is that and how did you get it?

[@thecultofcrafting]

Balsa wood is so soft you can cut it with a knife, but a fine-toothed saw works well. It's that bubbly kind of foam (EPS foam), which is horrible to work with. You can get it anywhere around here and it's used for packaging and insulation. I thought everyone knew it. I mostly used it to illustrate that you can get a good result with horrible materials. Use XPS foam instead or foam core if you can find it.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Oh, you mean that wood thing with the blade? That's a balsa stripper that I made myself. You can google 'Balsa stripper' and find ones you can buy or STLs for 3D-printing.

[@deadtotheworld22]

So, accepting that this may be an unpopular comment, as much as it's a really good project with some obviously excellent production values (and I'm glad that you're back and posting content), I would perhaps have liked a bit more spoken information in the video which might allow me as a novice or middling hobbyist to pick up some hints and tips. A lot of what you're doing is conveyed in the non-verbal information you're putting across, but it would be nice (and perhaps a little bit less intimidating for someone even newer to the hobby than me) if there was a bit more information about the processes you used, hints and tips for people without your skillset or some more insight into how you went about designing your approach and what might be useful. The bobble things to do rivets, for example, is great but it would be nice to know where you got them and what else you use them for. Again, I do get this is as much about showing off some really excellent work, but the description says that it shows me how to paint glyphs, patterns, rust, dust and metal, and the actual explanation of the techniques would be almost impossible for a new person to pick up or get better at (e.g. whether it's worth getting specific products, why they're better than GW's or how you applied them in terms of brushes, sponges etc). Appreciating that youtube's algorithm may not help with that and it's a full 20 minute video, I'd just be interested in a bit more depth as well as getting the broad sweep of the project.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Noted. I shall correct the description forthwith - you're right, it's misleading. I can be a bit difficult to mentally discern between the fifteen hours of footage that I recorded and the few seconds that made it into the video. It's a balancing act between showing and telling, entertaining and educating. This video is a bit of an experiment and more on the entertainment side of my videos because I suspect that I tend to over-explain things and that most viewers don't really care. So I'm really happy that you took the time to write this comment and explain your perspective; it's tremendously helpful in gauging how people feel about the videos. ☺

[@erho2967]

Right there with you

[@gdolkin666]

Old school cool

[@blastvader]

The filler looks great. But I think I'd have gone the easy route for covering the foam and mixed cheap house paint with builder's sand.

[@thebman80]

Look better than the originals amazing job! The buildings looked a little new, maybe a wash to make them look a little more used and established. Where did you get those massive realistic looking trees? If you made them would love to see a video on that.

[@thecultofcrafting]

Thanks! 😊 Yeah, I made the trees myself. I think I’ll make a video on them eventually

[@willdunn8846]

Love it!

[@Kahtini]

there would of been the polystyrene I beams back in 94. One would of just need to go to a model train hobby store to find it. >.> I'm a mid gen Xer, and I grew up going to hobby stores as my dad was a avid model railroader. He loved to scratch build a lot of stuff, up to and including making is own rail tracks.

[@oktoberbabyfee]

Great!

[@k-dog495]

Yes

[@theycallmepiccolo9985]

UR NOT DED LETS GOOO

[@ziimbey3348]

So cool! Could you pleine make the same for old necromunda terrain like 90's??

[@huwtindall7096]

sensational

[@manofaction1807]

What's the allure? That it's part and parcel to the hobby. Kitbashing, adding other troops to the game, and home made scenery... YOU own the hobby, not some asshat in an office, just to satisfy a sales target.

[@darrinmcelroy9941]

Call it the nostalgia bug, but I have been thinking about wanting to do some of these buildings recently after getting back into playing With OPR's Grimdark Future. One of my friends has started playing orks, and my generic sci fi buildings just don't feel properly orky for every game.

[@TheFipsdotcom]

I didn’t know that the internets busiest music nerd is also into Warhammer.

[@angelx9724]

14:45 Riveting

[@crapparc]

Me: 1994 isn't that long ago Also me: HOLY SHIT THAT'S THIRTY YEARS!

[@thecultofcrafting]

WHAT?! 😱

[@Thomcat-dk]

Tak for endnu en fed video

[@FordWMaverick]

In my headcannon the buildings were a human settlement that the orks overran and looted.

[@jameswilbur4969]

Where did you get the boss wood cutter at

[@thecultofcrafting]

I made it. 😊 If you google "balsa stripper," you can find places to buy them and find STLs for 3D printing.

[@rob3831]

missed the chance to have a mascot big mech

[@nightlordAL]

Orky perfekshun 🫶👌🤘

[@Kitbash.Carnage]

👍❤️🤘🔥

[@stefanprice7965]

I love all the retro vibes of the terrain that made me passionate about tabletop gaming.

[@darinar]

Failed straight away - should have used corrugated cardboard and pva! 😂

[@thecultofcrafting]

😂 I was actually going to use corrugated cardboard right up until I finished filming the first scene (which ended up getting cut from the final video).

[@darinar]

@thecultofcrafting only winding you up - the finished products are amazing! Now you need to convert tv packaging polystyrene into an imperial fort! 😂

[@lucreciaf3393]

19:11 I want to see more of this guy