How to Make an AWESOME display case for MINIATURES

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

What can I say....I LOVE 3D printing and painting miniatures, this is just the first of many custom made display cases. What should my next case look like?

[@SDJW2016]

@Miniature Hobbyist , How is Steve

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

@@SDJW2016 I dont know, why whats happened?

[@SDJW2016]

@@MiniatureHobbyist Remember, the ork controlling the Stomper you made out of Sprues (I dont know how to spell at times)

[@SDJW2016]

@@MiniatureHobbyist Thank you

[@Velcraft]

The technique somewhere between drybrushing and normal painting is called *overbrushing*

[@ryanthompson6571]

This has got to be one of the best ideas I have ever seen. I know what im doing the next time i have some spare sheets of mdf. Stunning and practical. Really good job 👍

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

thank you so much, Im thinking of attaching it to the wall =)

[@ryanthompson6571]

@@MiniatureHobbyist I think your gonna need a much bigger wall by this time next year. Honestly I started watching your videos from the very beginning and the level of everything you do is upped by 100%. Though I am more Age of sigmar, I always watch your videos and maybe, just maybe steal a few ideas here and there 😀 keep doing what you do best, building and painting what suits you.

[@Jianju69]

@@MiniatureHobbyist Mine is mounted on the wall in the living room, a great showcase for my latest completions.

[@fabiorodrigues890]

Gorgeous work and awesome ideia

[@toddler_dragons]

I make Diorama-like bookshelves inserts for my minis. And I use the 1/4 inch xps foam for the back, sides and ground so I lose the minimum amount of space for minis :) But yours looks quite neat too!

[@ObliviousStrife]

You are my absolute favourite terrain creator to watch. Very slap chop at times, which is excellent for speed, and it comes out looking incredible. Very inspired to go and make my own display case as well after this. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us!

[@ShDTMP]

Great Display case! it's called over-brushing or Heavy Dry Brush. I'm glad you're enjoying Miniature painting!

[@rodolfomaravillasduran8793]

Man this is quite something. The minis look great and giving them that background kinda is a game changer.

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Cheers, yeah I want to be able to see the minis in a background that works for them =)

[@coachace123]

This is a great idea for all those completed minis hidden away in storage. And, you made this look so easy and simple, yet it really came out as something to be proud to display.

[@karlhinton7484]

Great idea and the lighting is just right tbf

[@MarkLewis...]

BTW... That "A-Z" home delivery service on-line has tons of great LED strip light options! The colours are rainbow, with remote, and dim to super nova brightness. Various lengths and choices! They work great!

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Cheers I will take a look at them =)

[@geekfreak69]

Absolutely incredible display unit.

[@barrykent9877]

At last proper, nice and clear stands!

[@thedefector6153]

I'm blown away. Please...PLEASE do something similar but for a 40k asthetic.

[@smellyflounder7544]

reaaly cool build. Could see this working for other settings too, like a Bunker, spaceship etc. great job as always

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Cheers, yeah Im doing an ancient aztec temple diorama and might do another case similar to that =)

[@smellyflounder7544]

@@MiniatureHobbyist looking forward to it :)

[@WargamerNed]

This is ingenious! I am incredibly inspired by this

[@artsoulnorth]

This is an absolutely fantastic idea, and really easy to follow too.

[@alexandergonzalezblandon1604]

D&D Style, I love this theme. Greetings from Venezuela.

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

thank you and hiya =)

[@MarkLewis...]

Thursday... Our groups DnD day... Perfect.

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

well it was until I just got a message saying the DM is stuck at work so had to cancel it, of well I will be watching some critical role later then lol =)

[@MarkLewis...]

@@MiniatureHobbyist sucks when DnD is cancelled! "My heart joined the thousands as a friend stopped running today."

[@LucionFrostBurn]

What a neat idea! Definitely want to do something like this for my minis in the future. I'd love to see what you do for that jungle case, and maybe a snowy/mountain one too!

[@ghitapaints91]

Very nice work - awesome design of the textures.

[@michaelvalenzuela2528]

A most Excellent way to display the very cool figures

[@Scott-du2cg]

You could foam core board also and absolutely love that miniatures shelf to hold them

[@kaig.-s.1040]

What an amazing thing you did there! Not only practical and a seems relatively easy to build and to personalise. The display itself, it is so beautiful.

[@jdschauss]

Even though I am a Battletech guy, I have to give it up. Mate, your case is absolutely BRILLIANT! Cheers from the USA! ...and we call it grout, too. ;-)

[@mhovar101]

Those look amazing

[@Lightbringer-777]

This is so cool. Great job for sure.

[@qwijoma1873]

Very cool. Love the texture rollers as well.

[@martindunn4545]

Add some water into your PVA/paint base coats ! It'll make it flow a lot better into the nooks and crannies. I've had to play around with ratios a bit but it saves so much time. Loving the new type of content !

[@myoung4997]

Excellent display - thanks for posting!

[@bibo987945]

Wonderful. that's a good idea to put lots of prints in dungeon. love this case.

[@TheGUNdalf]

Looks amazing

[@dannydaniel138]

This is very cool. Nice work.

[@afatblackjedi5739]

Looks great. Good luck on your journey

[@friendlyattack1181]

Love them, they've got that classic fantasy air about them

[@MrMartincannon]

That’s fantastic what a great idea

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

thank you so much =)

[@adrianmunoz2945]

Pretty set

[@ScaleModelCraft]

Very nicely done!!!!

[@tabletophobby3151]

Excellent work buddy - looking forward to the judge getting a themed storage solution from an apocalyptic future

[@joshuaedley5191]

that is an amazing display for miniature! impressive work!

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Thank you so much =)

[@joshuaedley5191]

@@MiniatureHobbyist your welcome!

[@heatheberley1401]

I always thought would be harder to make then this great ideas.

[@Eskell1990]

Absolutely amazing!

[@drakedragonking4698]

I have to admit this switch in content is very much enjoyed keep up the good work

[@viesturssilins858]

You bring joy.

[@tylerpeck9754]

that is really awesome! enjoyed the journey!!

[@ralphwie575]

This is awesome! Thank you!

[@galan8115]

Share the 3d roller thingiverse links, brother! And thank you again for another fantastic video.

[@AVspectre]

Right!? :)

[@garfieldwithissuez]

Fantastic video. Just so you know it depends on where in the United States you are but but we use both grout and spackle. Where I am in Texas grout is used used to affix tiles to a surface and sparkle is used to to patch small holes in walls.

[@chandlermorris1]

I think the lighting is good. More like candle light which matches the environment. If you go brighter than it will be too overpowering. Looks good

[@ironbomb6753]

Well done. 👍 I dig it.

[@CeeJayThe13th]

Damn that turned out nicely

[@imagination43]

very cool, like the fact you could use this as a corridor fight aswell

[@jamesstephenbrown]

Texture roller = mind = blown

[@codeofthewolf224]

Adding my 2 cents for the algorithm. If you cut some ply into ramparts shapes you could put some minis on top as castle guards.

[@luvmaika]

Very creative, awesome work!

[@Master13346]

Your painting looks awesome!

[@snellface]

Nice shelft! I'd look into making my own LED lights if I were you. All you need is a soldering iron, thing wires, some LEDs, resistors and a power supply (like a 5-12V wall wart), and maybe an hour or so of reading how to use LEDs with resistors if you have not done electronics before. With that said, I wanted to ask where the medium sized skeleton models come from, they look nice.

[@heikokraemer2735]

This looks incredible good!

[@katrinthorsdottir7514]

Fun, love the hollow ones!

[@NerdAdventurer85]

It looks absolutely Fantastic Friend! I love the led idea, and personally i think softer lights give it a 'moody' edge, that fits in with the candles in your backdrop. Of course, it's all down to personal preference eh. 😂👍

[@marcuswelbymd7881]

Great idea. Enjoying your work. Thanks for your vids.

[@YarDarkwood]

So awesome!

[@holsson85]

Very nice idea!

[@leeharvey8197]

That's very cool.

[@StudioWGS]

That looks great!

[@AngryOrc]

This is really cool.

[@Samuel.U]

Subscribed! Amazing idea, love it

[@KnightsOfDice]

what a fun project, it looks excellent!

[@PaintingwithFlare]

very well done!

[@Roflmfaoftw]

love it. absolutely awesome

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@oldturtleguy]

Loved it. It would have been interesting if you had the lights in the torches.

[@mortenstage2950]

That is really Nicely done ! Love it 😍

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

Between dry brushing and wet brushing is called "over brushing"

[@Gfloresadam]

Loved this build!

[@paulofreire7520]

Very cool, dude. 👍🏻

[@DARKHUNTER130]

I'd recommend that you have a look at LED strip lights. It'll kick off more light, you can change the colors with a remote and are pretty easy to set up. If you ever need to do a sci fi diorama el wire is useful (imagine a wire of light that you can bend into any shape you want) Lastly tea lights are good for a flickering candle effect

[@dylanhunter5414]

So originally i followed you purely for the warhammer sprue videos and i will say when you announced that you were stopping the warhamemr videos i was skeptical if i'd stay subbed but so far you've kept making great videos. Keep up the great work :)

[@rosascreativeworks5403]

Nice project. It's wonderful when you can show off all your hard work like that! So many of my friends just have a plastic box they throw everything into. I'm still looking for a better option for me. Nice vid! 💪

[@HobbyWorld_one]

Awesome video, love how you have combined the use of 3d printing and classical building techniques :) This build has definitely inspired me. Now I know that I need to make a display for my own mini's ;) Thanks for sharing :)

[@amberyooper]

That's really nicely done!

[@EQ2Cordanim]

Amazing how you make it so easy! This would take me weeks!! :)

[@AVspectre]

Really love this idea for displaying. :) I think the only thing I might try to add would be a clear front to limit dust etc. and protect mine from my curious cat. :) Can you tell us more about the files for your texture rollers? If you are worried the link would be blocked, perhaps shout out the creator or file names? Thanks!

[@horst-dieterdejonge9842]

I've got a couple of display frames with a glass front called "Kasseby" by that Swedish furniture store... now I'm thinking about decorating them like you did.

[@micahlewis4452]

This is a great idea and great execution! Keep making what inspires you man!

[@gavinsmiyh6218]

Great video. Love it.

[@Gyro_Pretzeli]

Splendid. How did you paint the minis? Any recent vids about the usual routine?

[@paulkemp8520]

Yeah heavy drybrushing is called over brushing. Love the shelf, and the cloud mini was cool.

[@sakidickerson]

BADASS

[@TheDuffman6582]

This is a great idea! Love it

[@nobbynobbs8182]

Superb

[@joaoleong522]

this is very good welldone

[@jamiepetereit7828]

the dry brushing technique where the paint is still a little wet is called over brushing i think awesome video btw i have the same problem with space, could see myself doing this.

[@alessiodecarolis]

REALLY impressive, as noted by others you'll need a clear front, because dust it's a terrible thing on minis, the only problem is that not all have a 3D printer.

[@jpc61570]

Nice, I am thinking of doing a few different. Terrian scenes with some of my Miniatures. Dungeon, artic, desert, forest, sea, have quite a few already painted. But I have Been doing bases for mine based on the hero or villain/monster. Plus right now I don't have the time to be painting. So my best friend has been taking some of mine to do for me because I am so far behind.but we are caught up to play d n d. So that is good. I liked your set up and I got a kick out of seeing cloud of final fantasy in your video. If you knew you had him as a Miniature.

[@andrevandervlies5700]

Nice display. How about making others themed to the minis you put in them? If you'd sort them by theme/category that is.

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

yup thats exactly what I was thinking, the next one will be a ancient temple jungle aztec feel to it =)

[@Beschaulichkeit]

Oooh now I'm second guessing my choice to put minis on scenic bases instead of clear. This looks really nice.

[@jenniferalpiner7974]

This is so cool! I have a lot of glass animal figurines from 1 in to 3 in tall. Did you happen to find any brighter lighting to use for this love to know

[@kvetoslavnovak423]

Great DYI!!! Could you share the links to the Thingeverse rollers?

[@christianlewis5833]

Great work! Love this! What LED pack was that though please?

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

The rollers can be found here - www.myminifactory.com/it/users/randommakingencounters =)