Turn Warhammer 40k Sprues Into ??? #1

[@BioToa7]

Use number 57 : using a flame, melt the sprues into many thin strings. Longer sprues work better for this. Now melt the ends of the smaller strings and make sure they melt together. Now repeat those previous steps until you’ve exhausted your entire supply of sprues and you have a very long string of plastic or a decently sized roll of string. Now you knit the sweater. Once you’re done with that, you’re officially one of the only people with a sweater made of GW plastic and has the ability to be able to say that at tournaments you can legally take off your shirt and blind your enemies with it without repercussions. It’s a foolproof strategy

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

LMAO thats just awesome, why didnt I think of that =)

[@BioToa7]

Miniature Hobbyist don’t have enough sprues for that? Then go for something smaller like a wrist band or a necklace. I’ll leave it up to your imagination how those will be used for tournament play.

[@destrorso2505]

@@MiniatureHobbyist you can put it on a kid and play him as a titan

[@johnekare8376]

Points for creativity.

[@nekrataali]

No joke though: you can use plastic bags to weave them together. You pull the bag through its handles after weaving them with another bag. Eventually you'll have a "rope" of plastic. You can then do anything you'd do with rope. I had a small rug made of plastic bags for a while. The plastic insulates heat so you can use them for making clothes or blankets. Generally it's not something you'd do, but if you find yourself in a disaster or homeless and need to weave together something that's water resistant and holds heat, this technique can be used in a pinch.

[@nickster5207]

There was once an absolute madlad that made an necron army out of sprue bits and best thing is, by technicality the "models" were made 100% out of GW plastic, so they were tourney viable.

[@seanocd]

Sprucrons are realcrons.

[@merganmecdinald]

@@seanocd spruecrons probably have better lore than newcrons

[@SirHirnschaden]

@@merganmecdinald yeahh.. i stoped the hobby like 9 years ago and starte again last year and checked out the new lore... It was just bad...

[@alexbevan2183]

Secondhand Duck yeah the old lore is the best lore!

[@yovanyvalentin964]

Nickster p

[@davinci3259]

The Ork barricade looked tasty. The bricks you cut from them can be painted gold for gold bars, treasure in ttrpgs.

[@siasavan3900]

#띠앙쉬앙 👈👈 please 🥺

[@sasserine]

Some of the Stormcast sprues are already gold. So you can recreate the Bond finale from Goldfinger, with even less effort.

[@dealerofdeeth6043]

@@siasavan3900 get out of here bot

[@ribclicker]

Or maybe a objective point

[@NGorso1]

Step 1: Turn it into long string like step #4. Step 2: Use it in a 3d printer Step 3: ??? Step 4: Cheap but tournament allowed minies

[@jd-iq6xk]

😉

[@RichtorGroude1828]

at that point, just use a filament maker

[@charliebonfield2611]

That cobblestone base is genius I’ll be using that for my marines as they’re from a feudal world

[@auroralee]

Idk how youd do this exactly, but a good sanding to the base before painting it could really help soften those cobblestonesup a bit. Good luck comrade with those marines!

[@bigbrowntau]

And don't use PVA glue...it can peel off in a one giant sheet, taking your cobblestones with it. Much better to glue down each one with model glue.

[@kahoonatownadventures7529]

@@auroralee Sandpaper

[@mmortpo]

You could just get a green stuff roller and save yourself hours of time.

[@fanis1414]

@@mmortpo It's good if you're on a really tight budget though.

[@annamakesandmends]

"I'm making it as though I'm an ork making something" this is my excuse for every crappy diy job I do from now on.

[@thenerfkid9228]

it's also the excuse me and a friend came up with for a dreadnought doublenought. Orks saw a dreadnought, went "I do believe that this dreadnought is not in possession of enough Dakka, and then glued 2 dreads together. so when the dread was salvaged by a desperate chapter (celestial lions), they actually got their techmarines to make it less heretical more good, although it does require 2 pilots due to having 2 clashing machine spirits.

[@Azakamak2401]

Asks for everyone to send in extra sprue they don't want Two months later: Hey everyone! Today I'm going to show you how to make an actual house out of all the sprue you guys sent in.

[@dyciefisk2535]

Another use for sprues: Start a Necron army If you haven't seen them already, look up Spruecrons

[@kirbking8074]

I want nothing but a sprues necron army.

[@noahdavis9436]

Why not

[@alexx86hater]

For the "brick wall" and "stone" surface I would add a bit grainy filler in between the "stones" or "bricks" to represent the mortar that binds them together. Also this list is missing a "sprue goo": take leftovers of the thin plastic cement (like Tamiya extra thin) and throw some of those sprues into the container with it and leave it there for few hours. The resulting stuff is a good putty you can use either to create more of "ugly" stuff for Nurgle or use it as a filler. Advantage of using this as a filler is that it is going to sand as the rest of the model so you have a bit better control over the sanding unlike lot of other putties.

[@opsdgueb]

Eat the sprues

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Not with my teeth lol =)

[@oldaccountlol5773]

Yeah surprised I didn’t see that

[@merganmecdinald]

If you don't occasionally put a piece of sprue in your mouth like a belligerent child, are you really doing the hobby right?

[@sillan7685]

They are hard to chew and don't taste very good. Eating is a bad idea

[@MechaParvaz]

Love me some spruedles

[@cyagen9782]

Sprues are perfect for anything orky and do not bother taking out the small parts, the spikier the better!

[@mephosto]

glue them together into approximation of the kidney you sold for that titan so you have something to fill in the space.

[@lordantoine6019]

Love it. Assumed most of the list would be stuff i do already or just look bad. I can happily say most of these i never would have thought of and is an extremely creative way to use them with a great result. Thanks for taking the time to make this.

[@JonSnowize]

The plastic wire is absolutely genius

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Yup thats one I will be using a lot of in future builds =)

[@walhades1338]

make great antennas as well

[@jedexkid41]

From this i was thinking of twisting 3 of them into a rope and then you have a flexible plastic rope you can put on your miniature or as a decoration or whatever

[@ogee1264]

Great for making replacement pipes that snap off

[@MeepChangeling]

If you have a 3d printer, pop it on and tell it to extrude plastic as if loading in new filament. The resulting 0.4mm plastic filament strand can be harvested, molded to shape, and within about 30 seconds will be hard and retain its shape forever.

[@Everythingwastanke]

I have an old antique hand crank meat grinder, I run the sprues through it and it turns them into the prefect rubble for terrain. The more times you run them threw it the smaller they get so you can sift your pieces out to whatever size you want. I've never paid to base any of the terrain pieces I've built and they look fantastic.

[@foreignwun8585]

It’s amazing how much some dry brushing can improve a model

[@B143DP]

Dry brushing + Washes do WORK for models! Its amazing!

[@jacobrancourt2508]

I am glad I managed to get in on the ground floor of this channel, I am eagerly looking forward to seeing whats coming next

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Thank you so much, its a fun ride for us all =)

[@tobysullivan3510]

I used sprues to make the framework for a Plagueclaw Catapult for my Skaven, along with the Plagueclaw and slime from the Warp Lightning Cannon kit as the ammunition, the Censer from the Screaming Bell kit as a counterweight and the Plague Monks holding the rope from the same kit as the crew! That aside, thanks for sharing these ways to make use of sprue bits, I never even thought of such simple applications for them!

[@otterblau5253]

Oh, that dreadful feeling of a tiny bit sticking to your finger.

[@siasavan3900]

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[@carlosiyanaszca]

bwahhhhhggggggaaaa

[@DTHMR08]

For the last one I was very confused, the expression on my face would have been priceless to see. But when unveiled, a very loud bellowing chuckle erupted. Deffo gonna try out those barricades :D thanks for the tips mate!

[@ScratchBashing]

*sprues tremble as MH approaches*

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Haha yup, I think they should be at the heart of all scratch/kit bashing =)

[@Chris_BlackVoidGames]

I hadn’t thought of those anti-vehicle barricades. That’s a really neat idea that I’ll get started on right away! Thanks for an inspiring video 👍🏼

[@BrotherExperimentus]

I have used sprue for brick walls/debris, but, using smaller bits for cobblestone was not something that previously entered my mind so that one is going on the project board as well as using that to create a texture roller for cobblestone roads. I have seen the building frame usage recently for creation of Necromunda Underhive terrain in images on Pinterest so that was something I was aware of. The tank traps were also something I have made previously but your string of plastic would make for excellent barbed-wire additives between these traps if coiled while cooling and then having barbs or razors made from bits of plastic sprue afterward. I am opposed to using open flame for softening plastic though and I would recommend acquiring an inexpensive heat gun for such things, use of gloves to prevent burning of fingers and not doing such things if you are not an adult or do not have adult assistance or supervision, even if you are an adult it is a good idea to have someone around to render first aid should you injure yourself. Plastic can also be softened for bending or stretching by submerging it in boiling water. Not condemning your work or your channel just mentioning these things that I am sure you would advocate as well. I loved the ladder idea and thing this is also a really awesome way to perhaps create stairs. I have used sprue to create Bretonnian barricades before but I like how yours looked and yours definitely had the versatility to have been painted in wood colours to make a more Fantasy World looking barricade. Great video and I will be employing some of these ideas for my own creations.

[@tiotharius]

Personally I cut them up into rough pieces, then prime them. Makes for a really good bit of spare material to practice your painting techniques on, such as gradients or edge highlighting.

[@TehAxelius]

I used to give all my old IG heavy weapons teams small walls/barricades made out of sprues to hide behind. Just recently I made a ramp for my Ridgerunner to jump off for a display base

[@GameBoothUK]

MH : tank barricades Me: caltrops. Yes.

[@advancetotabletop5328]

Two easy terrain bits: * Rubble: Glue together cut up sprues in a pile. I use them in Gloomhaven for rock obstacles. They need a flat top. * Water bridges: Similar to buildings. Use the sprues as a frame and glue on popsicle sticks. Necessary in the Ghosts of the Archipelago miniatures skirmish game to connect islands over water. Much easier than trying to find bridges of different sizes.

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Cheers, I might try that bridge one =)

[@zombiemaster535]

Man you just inspired me to use my old sprues to build unique necromunda terrain, Hats off to your creativity!

[@Hydranus]

WOW THIS WAS AMAZING i never even thought of using sprues for all these things thank you so much!

[@annasstorybox7906]

I accually did one of the tank barricades before I even painted my first mini as a test on how the paints behave. I removed the nobs rather roughly, scraped of any letters and gave them a few scratches and notches... And I was surprised that lead belcher and tons of nuln oil and agrax earhshade and a little bit of dry brushed lead belcher made it look that good. I also like the other ideas. Definitely put them on my list of options to build some cheap terrain

[@mr.miniaturesmodels8465]

#10 Cobblestone bases (Great idea!) 2:07 #9 Simple Wall (Great idea!) 3:30 #8 Small building (Ok ..) 5:28 #7 Anti-tank barricade (Needs more cleaning up but otherwise good idea) 7:30 #6 Simple ladder (Eh...) 8:30 Explaination for why Miniature Hobbyist prefer a the rough and shod look 8:54 #5 Figure holder (Ok...) 9:41 #4 Thin plastic for ariels, antennae, cabling etc (Great idea!) 11:30 #3 Nurgle base (eh...) 11:48 #2 Ork barricade (Alright...) 13:12 #1 LoL 10 ideas in a 15 min video; nicely done! Some excellent take-aways. P.S. 4 ads?! Ouch : /

[@tigre_rougeblitz5853]

I got 6 😩

[@darkaiel]

I made a few ladders but never thought to cut them in half. Just one of many great tips in this video.

[@dongeonmaster8547]

Sprues, that's a new word for me. Love the creative reinventions. This is the first of your videos I watched. It won't be the last, subscribed. Glad I stumbled across this.

[@DiceyRolls]

Awesome ideas! I really love these uses instead of just throwing away a lot of plastic. The anti-tank barricades look really good!

[@Sp00kyGuy127]

Take a drink every time he says "Nibbily Nobbiliy bits".

[@pineconeduck9148]

... now I'm drunk hic

[@ogee1264]

Wish I kept all my old sprues now, guess i'll just have to buy more. Warhammer I mean, not sprues.

[@Syndilius]

i'm in love with those cobblestone bases, the anti-tank barricades and that ork wall. Genius!

[@johnochiltree1170]

I really wish KZbin existed 20 years ago when I was into 40k. Goddamn, other people’s ingenuity with what I thought was useless plastic is amazing and inspiring

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Thank you, its fun to see what can be done with rubbish =)

[@wolfsmaul-ger8318]

this is awesome, i'm literally just getting into warhammer, i recently bought a starter box and i already knew there could be use to the sprues

[@thektorMK1]

I’ve been saving my sprues for this sort of thing. Thanks 🙏

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Happy to help!

[@sinantuncay1069]

Extra tip : If you carefully do the string strategy with ear cotton stick, you can get a hollow tube but you must be careful.

[@haileywilliamson3100]

The first video I saw from you. Loved everything about it. Can't wait to see more content. Brilliant

[@alexcutler4738]

If you play rank and file then you’ll find that a rank of 5x 20mm bases fit across some sprues very neatly. Trim and stick a piece of card to the back for a movement tray. :)

[@jamesconnolly4472]

And after you've done all of these, you can sit down and watch the walls melt from the fumes of melted plastic. Hobby activities and a fun night in, all in one neat package 👌

[@TunnelDragon44]

I'm a big fan of reusing stuff rather than throwing it out, and I've had my sprues sitting around for a while. This was a great video to find, and I can't wait to see what other uses you come up with for them. I'm currently working on an imperial knight, and I'm going to consider using a "cobblestone" base, but I'm leaning towards a jungle theme.

[@chringlanthegreat4556]

I used spruce to make a small cart for a heavy bolter, like a soviet maxim machine gun cart

[@greenrena8503]

I make my own bitz with them! ATTENTION!!! Use aceton only in well aired area! 1. Get some silicone and make a form from the wanted bit, e.g. the ad mech symbol / ventilation on the 40k fabrik Alternative get some silicone moulds online (got some frome green stuff world myself) 2. Cut down your sprues to make a granulate (I did try the mixer, didn't end well for the mixer) 3. Put form in air tigth container (I have some glas tupper thing, just make sure it dosn't melt from aceton) 4. Fill form with aceton and put some granulat in (aceton first so you don't get air bubbles on the ground) 5. Keep an eye on it and put some more granulat / aceton in the mould until it's filled as fare as you want 6. Let the mass settle, and air the container if it looks good to you 7. Let the mould rest and air a few days without disturbing it (the aceton in you bit must air out compleatly or it will be soft) 8. Take bitz from mould, clean and size them, and violá: your own bitz

[@Ghost3210]

For me it usually goes 2 ways: Select the best sprue parts to make bricks for terrain and smaller parts for rubble on bases. Use rest, like the parts with etched text on them for testing new primer sprays and protection coats before I put them on my models. As well, I once built a pretty simple sprue stickman out of them and then used it as base/skeleton for air drying clay golem miniature, which surprisingly matches DnD miniature quality.

[@MrDrTJ]

Since you like orks, you should use the thin plastic from melting the sprues to make cigars for your orks, I didn't when I had an ork army and it really adds personality to character and burna boys ect...

[@j453]

There is another option for sprue usage that I know of that you didn't list. Now it really only applies if you use plastic cement from a jar with a brush like Tamiya thin cement. When it gets low, and its hard to reach with the brush you can chop up bits of sprue and toss them into the cement untill you have a nice thick sludge of melted sprue (it has a different consistency than when you used acetone) and you can use that sludge as gap filler on models.

[@Junius01]

I love these ideas. I'm in the process of making one of those sprue walls, though I'm doing two rows of brick (instead of one), so that the wall looks a bit thicker and is less see-through.

[@nightmagnus7595]

Marvelous video homie, nice job. I'm 100% doing this. Probably gonna use a darker metallic to give it a grimier look, pleasing my nurgle and ork armies :D

[@MrKichtopher]

Man! What a fantastic video, these look like really fun and useful little builds! I just found your channel today, and i really enjoy all I've seen so far. Kudos buddy!

[@DH_413]

Really been enjoying going through the back catalog, lots of great stuff

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Thank you and please watch them all over and over again lol =)

[@DH_413]

@@MiniatureHobbyist I mean I'm gonna have to to really absorb everything, right? Realtalk, this is GREAT background while kitbashing!

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

@@DH_413 exactly it doesnt really sink in until the 100th view =)

[@crakerkid]

What a bunch of neat ideas! thanks look forward to seeing the other ideas you have for sprues.

[@alakorz3399]

I didn't even know these things were called Sprues. Every day is a schoolday. Thank you KZbin recomednations

[@MaximilianonMars]

Ha! I love that saying too

[@HNBTNewtonHNBT]

oh nu, not the sprue brick walls.... Newt has lost their mind making those before, they are so tedious, but do look pre good.

[@soapmode]

Some great creativity here, thanks for sharing. Recently saw that one miniature company casts their sprues with a rubble texture so you can cut them up and use them for scenery and basing. I hope that catches on with other companies.

[@Flarecobra]

I tend to use mine to help stir paint pots, or as a scraper. Also been known to use them in my garden to help protect little plants and make a little trellis for climbing beans. :)

[@liesureleeminis8268]

The terrain frame is an amazing idea. I'm going to do that. Also, I'm going to be clipping and cleaning some of the sprues up and make a necron out of them.

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

check out midwinter mini's ork terrain from sprues. It's great, and the basic concepts would work for any style.

[@liesureleeminis8268]

@@plaidpvcpipe3792 oh sweet

[@mikepowers8607]

I need an HO scale retaining wall for my railroad...think I found how to build it! Another use for sprue, specifically for the round ones. You can make lengths of pipe from those. Good for flat car loads, refinery piping..the possibilities are endless!

[@TrentRosenbaum]

That was a great video and straight back to the early days of the hobby :D. These pieces are great and while watching I got a few ideas myself. Thanks for the inspiration and keep it going.

[@igncom1]

Damn that cobblestone idea is great. Wish thought of of it! Dozens of sprues just tossed away!

[@someimperialfist1404]

As an ork player and gw doesn’t make a lot of custom gubbinz for gitz, just use the sprue for frames and building walls that you can cover with plastercard and fill in the walls with cardboard.

[@masterwikyefesto5330]

I often use the sprues as "support beams" for the magnets when magnetising bigger hollow minis like tanks ork knights.

[@teddyharvester]

Did exactly that kind of thing for the base while doing a big chunky Ork - cut up some sprues into long beams, painted them all kinds of metal and made them all grimy and rusty. Beautiful scrap metal and gravel base that turned out to be.

[@nikkizerocool9101]

I subbed because of this video, great job, can't wait to put mine to use.

[@Karlmakesstuff]

Neat! They also hack up quite nicely into crystals, and you can also reshape them into bottles, flasks or metalwork in the same way you make the stretched sprue wire.

[@Chuckbreakseven]

Insanely helpful video! Thank you

[@Sh4d0w20]

sometimes im like "ok maybe im going a little bit too hard on the pva moss mixture i put on this piece or maybe i should have toned it down on the pigments.... " and this guy is like "Well lets just set some sprews on fire" :D love it

[@nekrataali]

I've been carving my sprues into rounded poles and then carving lines into them to look like wood. Then I use them to make walls/barricades/etc. similar to the Ork wall in this video. The other thing to use sprues for that I haven't seen mentioned is movement trays. Take some thick sheet styrene (aka plasticard) and cut sprues into straight lines. Just glue them to the edges and viola: cheap movement trays/custom bases (flip it over).

[@breadroll3967]

Great video. Always looking for new ways to enhance my table top collection for 40K and Middle Earth especially as some scenery is ruddy expensive! You have a new sub.

[@DafterThings]

These are fantastic. I had seen somebody else do a cobblestone floor but it still looks great. The sprue wire is genius especially as I didn't think it would act bendy like that once hardened. The barricade is great but the 'building' is my favourite. It looks like an Orc version of a temporary stand at a sports event. 😀

[@eskimo4130]

Top vid! "imagination is the only limitation". This is the reason i often get nowhere and my stuff looks rubbish

[@tmartinez32]

Incredibly creative. You earned my sub. Looking forward to seeing more from you

[@bano9824]

I legit thought he was gonna say to mail the sprues back to Games Workshop as a cheeky troll! Great video my mind is racing with possibilities now.

[@alessiodecarolis]

This is really brilliant ! For the cobblestone base perhaps is more apt the classic poly cement, but these ideas are amazing!

[@jeffeadie6711]

simple and easy can be soo brilliant and being able to adapt little bits of small ideas into biger projects.. the key word for the hobbyest is = SUPPORT!

[@BillySidness]

Damn it your good, i loved #1. If i can i will, i have boxes of the stuff. Great video, your fast becoming one of my favourite channels

[@anthonylima4452]

I only started getting into Warhammer about a week or two ago and at first the whole hobby seems daunting but you make it looks so fun & easy

[@milo_maxwell]

Only discovered your channel two days ago how are all of your videos this damn good !?

[@newtybot]

I use sprues as pipes on the sides of buildings :) They’ve got a lot of fun bends and stuff and sometimes I just slap a whole sprue onto the side of a wall

[@hhhsks]

Thank you for this great video mate! Some really awesome ideas here! I've been wanting to make use of my spures but I was going for some much sillier ideas. I have a few old loyalist models which i wanted to chaosify, and I used spruce to make a spike rack. Issue with that plan was that it was a ton of work for some very very short spikes.

[@Vitalabyss]

I have been trying to figure out how to do a good looking snowy terrain. That melting bits onto the base is perfect. Melt a bit on, paint it a few shades of white and maybe a little blue ice, attach my figure and then add a dusting of white power to make it look a little fresh. Thank you.

[@fontainelefunk]

Well made video and so friendly, thanks you for making it!

[@euanagnew]

What a superb video.. I would have never have thought to use them as you do!!

[@jacobthehollow]

How did I specifically think to look for this exact kind of video just a few hours after it's uploaded? Also, yea every single one of these tips are genius and super helpful

[@kingsnogaryen6292]

That first base is brilliant! I am doing this right away, thanks mate!

[@itsmericht5035]

I feel like the brick stuff might look better with some mortar - maybe a texture paint or just glue and sand? Depends on the vibe you're after I suppose

[@markleicht8336]

Love the barricade ideas. Great job. Will be definitely using this tutorial

[@MrTrenttness]

That first base looks pretty great! Edit: These idea's all look pretty great!

[@ger5956]

Great video with some cool ideas as usual, thanks for all your work. Have fun and stay safe 😁

[@serafinalig.]

Your channel is amazing! I find your videos very inspiring

[@bravesheep1668]

I used the sprews to make a crystal. You glue four together longways and then cut the edges off and glued it on a base. It looks AMAZING

[@Laserspartan117]

never thought about the way you made the barricades and the brick wall, that's a good one! with some molding, that's gonna save time for later i think ^^

[@mrnapoleon2001]

Something to try that I have heard of in the past is using heating elements like in old solder melter like mini melting pot. Then melt the plastic and pour it in a mold. In a well ventilated area of course.

[@Ethertainment]

i just got my first set on christmas which was the admech combat patrol, cawl, and a box of skitarii. I built all of them today and yesterday and I used a leftover pointing arm on the right arm of the pilot, and cut one of the connector pieces to angle his arm and turned his head (I used a ranger alpha head, the hoodless one) to face where he's pointing and it looks really nice imo. (also, I'm doing my first ever mini painting tomorrow so wish me luck!!)

[@bigbrowntau]

Cobblestones are a great idea....just use plastic glue otherwise the PVA can peel off in one giant piece. Love the brick wall. An ice cream stick covered in cheap filler run over it would give you mortar to fill the holes, and help finish it off. Great paint scheme. #4, making wire, is a long standing one from the WW2 wargaming community...it's a great tip. If you're making an antenna, it's handy to drill a hole in the mini, then just insert it...don't glue it! When it breaks, make a new one, and replace it! Really like the Nurgle base and the Ork barricade...so simple!

[@HippocritterXD]

You sir are a MAD GENIUS! I freaking can't believe I dind think about this. I'm Def gonna use my spruce instead of throwing them away

[@dannyjaye]

It's not often a video makes me go: "Oh my God! YES!" Well done, lol!