Keep a look out for Luke Towan, he has some great content too and speaks very clearly. He even says “mod podge” correctly

In one of Jeremy’s first vids he actually says “modge podge.” My mom says “modge podge” and I never have the heart to say: “READ THAT FIRST PART CAREFULLY AND SPELL IT OUT LOUD!” Maybe, some day...

@@bradster1708 he also, to this day, calls his sealant “mini-wax”😏

Thanks, I try to not recycle too much that's already been done

Black Magic Craft what power setting do you use for cutting such huge blocks of foam? I have the thermocutter from proxxon myself, but my experience with the power settings are limited.

On something that thick it's up pretty much all the way, like one below max

Cutting Edge....I see what you did there.

Kuda's Korner I missed it lol

That's really cool. Meta! Thanks for the info

Mica is used in a lot of things for that effect

Making fake stones, while using Stone bits 😂

That’s cool that we are making rocks for wargaming with actual rock particles

I think so

Hey, thanks, it's actually really nice to hear when someone realizes the incredible amount of work and effort it takes to actually run a channel like this. Crafting is one thing, but doing these vids is essentially a part time job for me now, no free time left at all. Maybe one day with enough support I can make it a full time job and really give you guys a lot more. And yea, I myself struggle to actually find time to prep for my own actual games, it's really tough with the channel, career, and family...sometimes to much, but I owe it to my players not to let the fundamental part of this hobby slip. As for you, if you dont have time or interest in DMing, making this stuff even without a game can be really rewarding. If I didn't play I would totally just build dioramas for the joy of doing it and to display. Cheers

Can I just add that the production value of your videos is top notch? You are engaging to listen to, you cut to the chase without rambling too much, you DON'T cut out the bits we actually need to see, and yet you keep it snappy without dead air or off topic nonsense. You've got good editing skills, but I bet a lot of this is just your personality shining through, which suggests to me that you are likely an awesome DM too. The same sorts of skills transfer over-- keeping it brief but not too brief and whatnot.

I agree the video quality is amazing. The tutorials are easy to follow, and everything I craft using these techniques comes out great. But also as a husband, a father, and a professional, I struggle with time to craft and time to run my game. I have to make sure to try to get my crafting in when everyone is asleep....put the kids to bed, spend some quality time with the Mrs and then I dive into my crafts. Sure I wake up tired, but come game night it's all worth it. Once you've crafted a good amount of terrain, the crafting projects get smaller. That is until you take your campaign to a different setting. I recently put off my campaign for a week just to get some crafting done for a special encounter. I'd suggest to make a set of dungeon tiles, a set of modular cave tiles, some doors, and a game board or two (forest/under, forest/ice, or any different combo) depending on setting of your campaign. You should be a lot of game play with those.

I'm always looking for new ways to work with foam so I'll try the scrubber pads out. I only use the mod podge for coating foam before paint so it last a really long time. One small container lasts me several months.

I just today picked up the same size jar BMC uses at Walmart for under $5.

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Yea I try to have highly stylized stuff rather than super realistic.....step above looking like it was made by a kid, but not wasting time one model railroad level stuff.

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Thanks, I think it's a nice touch.

Lol after all that Im gonna 3d print the rocks and use the paint tutorial.

Hey Kev, where ya been? Haven’t seen ya around in a while.

Black Magic Craft Hey, after my laptop was broke, I took some time off. Family life is crazy with baby number 2 due this month. I have been trying different things. I hope to be doing videos again after the holidays.

This may be a bit late, but as a geology nerd, I have some ideas. A few different sedimentary rocks ideas: FOR SHALE: cut a bunch of thin-ish layers of foam and rough them up individually before gluing them together. Break them up a little bit further once they're together, but you want lots of craggy ledges. Take it easy on the striation, but keep it in there. Paint it a nice dark grey. FOR SANDSTONE: One big block like shown in the video, but don't break it apart as much with your thumb--maybe even do the secondary breaking with a knife. I haven't worked with XPS much so I don't know how it would take sanding, but if possible, sand a few areas down to show where the wind has smoothed it. Really play up the striations, and paint a nice yellowy tan. FOR MUDSTONE: Keep the approach similar to sandstone, but don't add any striations. When painting, add lots of darker stippling, and try painting in a few similarly colored striations by hand. Igneous ideas: FOR BASALT: (Basalt comes in a lot of textures, but I think this would be the easiest to pull off and make convincing.) Do what he did here, except do all the secondary breaking with a knife, so you get smoother, flatter angles. Don't add any striations--try and keep the joint compound as smooth as possible. Paint it a dark, blu-ish black and highlight with dark greys. FOR GRANITE: Do almost exactly what he did here, but skip the striations (though a rough, stippled texture could look good) and stipple with black and some very washed out tan-ish pink. Maybe try applying with a sponge. Definitely don't skip the metallic wash. Tweak the colors a bit and you've got basically any phaneritic or porphyritic igneous rock (meaning igneous rocks with visible crystals).

@@n.m.dimmick194 to piggyback off of the shale ideas, I have created convincing "mountainous terrain" close to simulating the mountains of shale seen in the various cuts along the PA turnpike by slicing into the foam with a 'not so sharp' xacto knife following a diagonal to replicate how the hills were pushed up creating the mountains.....

Nice

I just buy woodland scenics trees

The foam isn't pourus, its water tight. This is why the glue takes so long to dry, it has nowhere to absorb and gets no air. Sealing the foam ahead of time if the foam was porous would actually make it worse, but since it's already air and water tight it wouldn't do anything.

It's really hard to come up with original techniques in this well covered hobby, but one in a while I manage to come up with something :)

Yea quick rebase and paint and they look sweet

Great weird flesh tone on those.

Im really happy with the paint i did on them....I'm planning a vid showcasing all the minis I've painted lately, and what I've learned. Took a peek at your channel, looking forward to watching some of the vids when I get a chance.

Thanks! Your perspective on minis will be really interesting and I eagerly await that video.

I keep meaning to buy some pearl glaze to mess with and always forget

You could always just buy some pearl powders through the amazon affiliate link and add them to your wash....just sayin' I've even gotten pearl powder in glow in the dark, as well as blues, greens, pinks....if you really want to develop the fantasy in your landscape!

is it possible to learn this power?

@@ethancollins0309 not from those who buy their terrain

hamano taiki 😂😂😂😂

Unlimited foam equals unlimited power

Thanks Dad.

Guess you werent watching the video.....close ups before the project started and close ups again after the wash.

literally seconds after the wash there are two still images of completed rocks in game use.

Black Magic Craft I was unsure if that was just a filler during the seal clip or not. I wasn't trying to be rude man, and don't think I warranted any sarcasm from you. But yeah, I guess you're right. Close up, got it thanks.

Sorry....just every single video that has a close up shot of the finished piece someone comments that there were no close up shots of the finished piece. Every time. I put it before the project AND after now, but people still miss it. I don't want to just make 2 minutes of finished piece shots to make sure no one misses them.

To act as a flow aid and break surface tension. You want it settling in low spots not flat areas.

thanks.....as I state, over and over in my vids :P, my tiles are made from 1/2" XPS. Welcome to the next level

Black Magic Craft damn it haha I had that in my head but I couldn't remember for sure =p im in the UK myself and finding anything under the name xps foam thats thicker than 5mm is very hard. Here they call it "Extruded Styrofoam"

extruded styrofoam should be the same thing, xps just stands for extruded polystyrene

Black Magic Craft ah okay that makes sense then =p now in struggling to find anything under 25mm. the only stuff I found was £70 O.o I'll have to go thicker and cut it down with an extending knife

on the plus side, I can get 20cm thick foam for rocks =p

that's the idea

Well... joke's on you, Jeremy, because I just became a $5/mo. patron on your Patreon. Ha! I win! Wait....

Awesome, thank you! I think....or at least hope, that you will find it totally worth it. This is just the beginning of BMC!

It's one of his bolder projects.

That's what theatre of the mind is for I would never put details that specific into a piece. Pieces get re-used, I don't want them digging for gold in the same spot every time I put down a certain rock.

You can try some modular veins, if you're running a mine, with mine tiles (i.e. tracks, dungeon tiles and cavern combined). You can small thin pieces that you can just drop on existing surfaces. Of course using magnets can also work if you're going 3d modular. You can also have "openable" rocks that hide treasure

Personally I don't use a grid for outdoor terrain. But yea the method you are thinking of would work, you could also say paint dark green then make a grid out of very thin masking tape and do all your lighter painting, then remove the tape.

You can, but it's much harder to work with, and will look more like mud than rock.