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EPISODE 78 - IT'S BIG BOT BASH DAY! Today, our hero Bill rounds up some of his favourite crafters and challenges them to a BOT BASH.
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[@ssaaddssaadd4682]

Make them more *adhesive😹😹😹 love the videos

[@wittlegoblin]

Thank you for pulling this collab together, Bill! Your bot is very cute and those eyes are great. You said Big Bot Bash 2024... we doing this next year?

[@BillMakingStuff]

lets see if the people want it

[@TrashbashMan]

​@@BillMakingStuff As a the people, yes please!

[@icecatnaturals5592]

@@BillMakingStuffalso yes

[@nicolastousignant9160]

I am people, i want this

[@aliceconnors8478]

Sure you can only have it on the 29th of February again

[@Dan_Does]

Good job, Bill... I suppose.

[@DrMabuse2010]

Yours is better, but don't tell Bill.... Is cat with you?

[@moda78z]

He didn’t even invite you to participate… at least he squeezed you in in the playlist. Time to erase him from your will. That bastard.

[@marshmallow2330]

Fun fact, wood lice are not insects either, they're isopod crustaceans! Both insects and crustaceans are arthropods, which is why they share characteristics like the exoskeleton

[@emmamarx9284]

As a wood lice I can confirm this information.

[@cienciavisual]

A tear for cat😢, Hail to Bill the King.

[@mevl4822]

Where is cat? Is he serving jail time.

[@gameyybuilds]

Every time I see one of your videos, I tell myself I need to try using that crafting foam... and then I forget... Looks great as always, Bill. Thanks for the invite!

[@badrabbit957]

Just thought I'd say. It's a really great resource. Its fairly cheep, cuts nicely, sticks well (with hot glue and super glue), moulds really nicely round curved surfaces. I started using it on my builds a couple of years ago and I use it all the time now. Highly recommend giving it a go. All the best :)

[@jjmetrejhon1743]

This is what led me to you - I saw a couple of Big Bot Bash videos recommended to me and then went looking for the creator. Thank you Bill for making Big Bot Bash, and thank you people who participated in Big Bot Bash for leading me to Bill!

[@junkers4561]

I know where your sidekick Cat is (or several sidekicks, did I guess?) They've captured a lot of people, primarily your brother, and are forcing them to make big bots as cool as yours.

[@iain.sm.c]

Whenever I watch a Bill Making Stuff video, I want to stop whatever I'm doing for the day and just make something. Thanks Bill, you're the reason I've been hoarding piles of plastic junk the last two years.

[@alanguerin610]

Armadillos aren't insects?! Wow, who knew? This channel is like an education for me.

[@jamzee_]

I actually went ahead and looked at the sample rolling page for building a bot and i have to say, what i rolled up is exactly what i thought of when i imagined a junkbot. A heavy smoker, “He looks dangerous”, Warmachine, kaboom!, triple jointed, savage. Just a big ol chonker of a furnace with legs essentially. Every time i watch one of your videos about the gutterlands, i just always imagine these giant walking fuel burners wandering the desert, just punching eachother. Love your vids mate. Im actually excited to build it

[@Phyrehawk]

Love for everything... EXCEPT CAT! We're on to you Bill. #JusticeForCat.

[@BewbsOP]

For april fools, you gotta release a 20 minute video where 99% of it is the sketch book very slooooowly falling. KZbins longest slide whistle.

[@ben_has_hobbies]

Thank you for having me, Bill!

[@wrightrj03yt]

Just realised you can spoonerise your channel name to "Still Baking Muff" or "Mill Staking Buff" and now I'm even more invested than ever!

[@Matt-md5yt]

the Big bot Bash on Leap Day is such a happy time. Happy Leap Day everyone

[@chrismacdonald2511]

Bill, merch idea: Bead kits. A collection of some of your favorite shapes in small quantities. Maybe even different sets. I know beads aren’t that expensive but it can add up quickly when you only need two out of a bag.

[@Whattwa]

Would kind of be against the junky aesthetic/ethos of building stuff outa junk you can find for free or low cost

[@chrismacdonald2511]

@@Whattwa I see it more as jump starter to get crafting and into playing the game sooner. Some folks might not have the time or means to start collecting bits before they can enjoy the game.

[@twentyfoursevensmoke]

go to poundland/dollar tree with less money and get bags of bits you need. The cost for someone to organise what you are suggesting would exceed anything they would hope to make back on it so probably isnt going to happen.

[@thetiredcraftsman]

Thanks again for organizing this collab Bill! I love all the armor plating on your bot. Looks like a sturdy little guy.

[@flaviusgerhardt9354]

28:00 I love that you make a backstory for your stuff. Really breathes life into these things.

[@mrpandabites]

This little guy is one of my favourite friends you've made. I do miss Cat, though.

[@CCMinis]

Absolutely amazing bot Bill! Thank you for putting this all together it has been a pleasure Best regards, Nick - Double D Minis

[@eye_made_this]

I love this dude, one of my favourites of yours I reckon. Proper inspiring. Also, massive thanks for letting me be involved. Had a blast!

[@pixelquarium]

As a children's librarian, I love storytime with Bill.

[@FromtheSoultotheFretboard]

Thanks, Bill, for putting this Bot Bash together. Really looking forward to veggin on KZbin and watching all the other channel's Bots come to fruition!! Bravo and Well Done Sir

[@edwards5013]

Starting a video without cat 🐈 just does not seem right

[@TylerKuntz-ww1wn]

I know! We all love cat!

[@MisterGames]

We only missing Studson for this awesome Big Bot Bash.

[@buckyproductions925]

Awesome! Absolutely love this build and challenge. I had so much fun doing my bots with the generator.

[@MSPaints]

He's niiiiiiice! Thanks for having us, hun!

[@MonstersAndWhatnot]

Love seeing everyone's unique and creative build! I'm just a Big Bot Bash Barnacle here, clinging onto the underside of the mothership, hurtling through the cold void of space, hoping for a stray view or two for sustenance...

[@MisterGames]

I really dig this community. Each crafter knows others are NOT competition, us viewers will watch more than one 😀. Thanks bill, i discovered a some more i wasn't already subbed to.

[@crann777]

I'm sure that per usual Miscast will be 2-3 months behind schedule on his contribution. Not that I'm mad, but that's just how he rolls.

[@gunsandwaffles7617]

The intro for itself is pure gold, i chuckled and laughed so much. the rest of the vid is mercury (as I am told the next higher element in the periodic table) Thanks Bill, for kicking off the BIG bot bash!

[@thewiseturtle]

You talking about flavor and not eating the bot made me suddenly imaging you making a bot out of food. Like a gingerbread house, but Ruster style. Candy, cookies, cake, etc. as your materials. Or, if you were feeling like being healthy, a fresh veggie platter style party plate, in the shape of a bot.

[@euansmith3699]

I imagine Bill clambering to the edge of a diseased cliff overlooking a stormy ocean, raising his clawed hands to the roiling sky and intoning the dread words, *"UNLEASH THE GERT!"* The mad fool; he has doomed us all! Bill's videos are always such friendly fun; even the music feels like a hug for the ears. The glamour shot was like something out of Phil Tippet's "Mad God". 😍

[@LtColShingSides]

With all the pollution, an armadillo very well could be an insect in this setting.

[@capnskustomworks]

Awww, Voyeur-Bot is adorable, what with his big ol’ teeths and eyeballs and such!!! 🥰 I wanna make a bot now, everyone’s look so awesome! Good on ye for all the inspiration!!!

[@ethobbyshow]

What a fun collaboration great work bill! Such a fun idea!

[@NIGBEATS]

Boylei Hobby Time's video popped up in my recommended list and now I am fully invested in watching this whole playlist. If it were me, I would buy a bulk order of tritium vials and would glue them behind anything clear or translucent, like the eyes, so they would glow in the dark.

[@cavalaxis]

The Warder is amazing and must be protected at all costs. Maybe there's Rusters who love it so much, they don't want to destroy it, so they make it that Avatar of their god, and then they create their own little sect, and the bring the Warder out at festival time? Anyway, so many idea. Big Bot Bash is amazing and should be an annual thing.

[@GabeMunguia-bm3wg]

Yes more junkbot collaboration videos. I've always loved your videos & you should make copies of your sketch book. I would totally buy that and admire the artwork also, the creative ideas that go into making junkbots. you could call the book "concepts and ideas of junkbot making" 💯🔥😎👌

[@trikepilot101]

I just watched the whole playlist. Lots of people I had never seen before and some I thought were cool and lost track of. Congratulations on a great collab.

[@PsychoEkan]

I see that the less successfully but equally handsome version of Bill is joining in for the collaboration. Soon we're gonna have sibling rivalry, or maybe some sweet "youtuber drama" in the form of a stop-motion animation.

[@IllustratorJones]

Ahh, what a wonderful way to start a Friday. Sitting in bed with a bowl of cereal and Bill making stuff Big Bot Bash. I hate to say this, though. I miss the cardboard feline. CAT! WHERE ARE YOU? Oh, by the way, thank you for the, "DRY BRUSH," last episode. You're brilliant as always. 😊

[@Cytoferus]

You know if cat comes back injured, bill will have to rebuild him. He does have the technology.

[@chester1882]

Looking at Bill generating the bot: aw this looks fun :3. Bill rolled triple joined on arms and legs: Weighted dice, haxs, I can’t believe my para social KZbinr would lie on the results :p

[@ChuckLeeMBM]

Collabs in the youtube art space is for sure the move and im so happy we got to be on one together. Youre a real one Bill and i love everything about this. I know I dont kit bash, but would love to make a bot bash painting at some point. Great work as ALWAYS my dude!

[@breadpilled2587]

Warder is like a big dog that is all bark no bite lol i love them

[@ArnieD3]

This is my first video of yours Bill (found through MS Paints) and I have to say I loved it! Completely unlike the usual kitbashing vids I watch. Look forward to going back and watching them all!

[@WeltenbauerClub]

Kids! F... off. I need to watch this now. Thanks for the invite Bill.

[@Bloodfencer1990]

When I saw all the numbers coming together during the Bot-Generator part I thought "Guy is literally being told to build a scorpion or a spider".

[@stephaniefunnell3873]

Gorgeous little bot. I love that he's a pacifist and that you're all about sharing the love! Can't wait to watch all the collaborators builds (especially Dan Does 🥰) Thanks for this xxx

[@user-fj2zp4fn6l]

Oh, great job with his exoskelet-like body, very smooth! Also his hand with those claws looks badass, it's very ironic that he's not really dangerous.

[@gilbertdarisse4705]

Your comment about crafting and having your kids really hit home with me. My crafting area is outside, but when the weather is nice my daughter and I spend hours building random stuff out of random plastic crap. Now that we have the rules for Tonks and Bangarang I think this summer we're actually going to work on making game pieces for those together. We got into Gaslands last summer, so time to diversify our model collection. Love the channel!

[@lucymiau5700]

Thank you for this collab Bill. This will be a very great Weekend watch of amazing KZbin Artists and their builds. And your animal-like Robot is a great starting point. PS There was something missing. Maybe a kind of representation, a Cat representation.

[@EnordAreven]

I love The Warder lore you've made.

[@TimConceivable]

i flippin love this bot design! definitely reminiscent of ohms 💓. i thought the boney additions would be a little weird at first, but they are pretty cool and tying them on with fabric really works. super cool, and i love the backstory too.

[@trifectumart]

Honestly - a ruster subspecies of worshipped giants is probably down the road with all these conveniently large bones

[@mikibabic8187]

Colab and Big Bots, and with rivets no less... This will be good. Oh, and I don't have kids but there is an elementary school about 50m from my house so I just found some random students going to class and yelled at them to *bleep off, hope that's okay.

[@philcoursodon9299]

I love the storyline and the final product. Thank you !

[@ColinPSeaman]

I'd call that little guy something like "The Eyes of Ferrumar"!

[@ErikDavisHeim]

Your bot came out really well, great build! I love the twist that it has no ability or inclination to fight haha

[@zombiedad]

Bloody excellent Bill! Thanks.

[@excaliburturkey8208]

I found you through Gamey Builds' BIG BOT BASH and I must say your editing is phenomenal

[@MeGaShaHeS]

Cat should start his own channel at this stage,reacting to Bill's vids.With big red text in the thumbnail "Billmakingstuff exposed,animal abuse?!"

[@jaymiddleton772]

I always love the priming phase. At the end of the build phase it just looks like a bunch of crap all stuck together but then spray it with primer and BAM! it looks like an actual thing

[@toddguenther1568]

Found this through Mr. Boylei Hobby Time - A-FREAKING-MAZING!!! This build series has kept my attention all day! Thank you Bill Making Stuff, and to each and every contributor for sharing your creativity, process, humor, insight, and did I mention entertaining? Yes, entertaining! I hope y'all will make this something of a regular/annual sort of group enterprise. Very clever concept, extremely diverse results, however - most of all - and Ms. Whittle Goblin said it best - I found a whole new bunch of channels to subscribe, like, and continue watching. Keep up the GREAT WORK!

[@lucycannon6732]

I love the Warder! Maybe those big 'ol eyes will be able to find Cat.

[@MColvello]

I think this is my favorite build of yours ever. I wish you guys did bashes in different settings every month.

[@Savag3Slaytor]

Would love for the bot bash to be an annual thing. The bot generator really help some of my friends who were paralysed by indecision finally pick up a knife and start scratchbuilding

[@commehter]

I don't know how purposeful this is (or isn't) but I spent the entire video half-convinced I was listening to Wheatley.

[@DevilsCustomsandCreatures]

Thanks for hosting! I feel like I missed the part about picking the prompts from Bangarang despite you saying that any bot was welcomed. Love yours as always, the bones are cool!

[@fancifuldevices]

Omg your patron bots were freaking awesome!

[@PigGibbon]

Lovely build! Story time with Bill certainly isn’t boring for me. Great to see these from some of my other favourite content creators too.

[@chaoshead87]

Really like this bot, the savage story was a nice touch. I've watched 8 of these videos so far, i'll watch the rest tomorrow. Thanks for sharing your art.

[@cardrabitt1159]

Oh my GOD how do you always manage to consistently produce progressively cooler looking things

[@boris_bulletdodger9109]

Positive comment

[@boris_bulletdodger9109]

Waiting for my heart

[@garybuettner7920]

Epic collab, Bill. I’m going to have ration these out. Cool build.

[@nihilusdirus]

I definitely want another bot bash in the future! Ive discovered new channels and a new hobby - i just started scratch/trash building because of this challenge!

[@sabrinajones1573]

The pistons are my favorite part. And the bones

[@mmanoraa]

Happy Bot Bash!!!! 100% Love the lore for The Warder. The Savage flavor makes sense as it all it has to do is look threatening. The pacifist warrior God that never raises a blade in anger or malice but just defaults to factory settings and strikes a pose it observed a thousand years ago.

[@carrie4910]

Awesome build and story Bill! Great collab!

[@feb1839]

Warder’s gotta be one of my new favorite characters in the gutterlands

[@afroborilafemme]

Bill taking it to good ole old school KZbin with a whole playlist ❤❤❤

[@jamessimpson5452]

I didn't know I was supposed to watch the Big Bot Bash videos in an order. I watched your brothers video first. Really great collaboration.

[@encouragingthings]

I was looking forward to the Big Bot Bash! Too bad some things came up that made it difficult for me to join in, but, as always, super fun to watch Bill cobble together things out of stuff with others! Thanks again for a great video!

[@headaweeks]

“Tell the kids to Fph% until Monday!”🤣😂🤣 I love love love him! It’s So Creepy Cute!! ❤😊👍

[@leonzlasu4299]

armadillo may not be an insect, but there is a genus of rolly-pollies called armadilidium so it kind of checks out

[@_Nythim_]

You’ve built so much for the gutter lands now, It would be great to see everything put together as a collection in a video. Talk about your favourites, your least favourites etc!

[@Cyborgmarsupial]

I tried sketching to get started. Almost put my eye out. Crafting is HARD. 18:15

[@DrMabuse2010]

Love this build! More bashes are needed... ❤

[@reddogterrain]

I really like the paint job on this one.

[@sonomirko]

Honestly, this is oneof your best videos, miniatures and paint jobs you've done, I think. Okay, need to go paint, I feel inspired now. Bye!

[@owenmorgan317]

I attempted my first scratchbuilt junk bot today after being a warhammer painter / converter years ago, and it will be no surprise I made an absolute meal of it 😂. I’m going to keep adding bits until I feel it’s done, and hopefully it won’t look completely rubbish. Thanks for inspiring me to come back to the hobby, can’t wait to watch the playlist!

[@nastybadger]

Lovely Lovely Bot Bash. Awesome idea and beautiful creation as always Bill. Will watch all the others for sure.

[@TheRetroTinker]

What an awesome bot! Love the backstory too!

[@joshuaedley5191]

the robot looks awesome very much love the insect feel of the machine!

[@kyriaandnigelsmith6292]

Thank you so much for organizing this. I forgot when it was coming out and had a great surprise today when all my favorite makers released videos at the same time. I won't say who I watched first... you know... that would be rude!

[@arvaniaconstructions]

Such a nice collab! Also, nice looking bot. I like the bones and all of the details added, works great with the green.

[@terradyal6035]

I LOOOOOVE this bot!! My daughter and I watch your channel together. I think we're going to build a junk dog, Bill-style!!

[@jackcleveland1175]

Great build, and great story. I liked it! Peace.