OMG I completely forgot those kinds of scissors existed. 20 years of miniature hobby and ive always hated doing roofs! THANK YOU! :-D

First, that is the perfect music for crafting Second, you have no idea how happy I am to see that you didn't base the fire place in black only to completely recover it with the real colors you wanted. Some of the pro crafters could learn from you on that Third, you enjoy some very good tea Lastly thank you. I enjoyed watching that video.

These are brilliant and I will probably try to use some of your ideas in 1;18th scale.

There is also another technique you can do to make fire. When I used to do my dioramas in the 90s we would use Model Train grain o wheat light bulbs and then wire them to a 9volt battery connector and solder the wires of the grain o wheat bulb to the connector so we could attach it to the battery when we wanted to turn them on. Then once we knew the bulb would work we would cover the bulb in enamel paint of red not acrylic for the acrylic would burn. After we would attach it to our wood torch that we made using wood matches cutting a groove into the match stick with an exacto knife to run the wires within the stick and cover the wire and groove with filler. Once it dried we'd paint it brown to hide the filler and make the torches look like wood torches. Once that was done we'd take cotton balls and pull off a little bit and then using PVA glue, gluing the cotton to the match stick or the bulb and shape it while the cotton was wet to form our smoke. Once it dried we'd paint our gray tones to it to give the effect of smoke. Then you plug it into the 9volt battery and you have a smoking torch or fire place. Or you can even run all your wires to your model train light converter switch to power all the lights on your diorama. Another technique thats also inexpensive is an old technique I learned in the early 80s for my dioramas. Once you paint your small twigs you find in your backyard after you wash them and dry. Or you could also use your wood match sticks if you have those. But personally I prefer the natural wood you find from small twigs lying around in your yard. Just make sure to clean them first then let them dry. Then paint your black and gray for your charcoal and ash colors before you paint your yellow, orange and reds on them also spacing them out to give the effect of your hot embers in the fire. Then to make the flames we would also use the flat not the crinkle crepe paper or colored tissue in yellow, orange and red to make the flames. Cut or best way is to randomly rip the paper in irregular shapes to give the look of your flames then using your pva glue, gluing the paper down onto your twigs or match sticks. Let it dry then you can go back and cut some of it with your scissors to random shapes or just twist and pinch the paper to get the shape of the flame you like and you have your fire in your fireplace, camp fire or bonfire. Which ever you choose to make.

Finally I found a video where I was like ''I can actually do that''.

Your modeling skills thus far are insane!!! Definitely a fan!

Wow! Definately the best mini fireplace I have seen. Great job.

That’s fantastic. Thanks for sharing

Thank you so much! You have no idea...It's exactly what I needed. I wanted an easy hack for those candles! Beautiful work by the way

Just Amazing... 🔥🔥🔥

I have subscribed - This is a FANTASTIC channel for table top crafting.

The scallop scissors are called pinking shears, they sell them for paper craft, but if you want a really good pair get the heavy steel ones from the fabric store.. they're easier to find as just straight triangle edges for fabric but they do make the scallop ones, my mom had a pair.

Nice work. 😄👍

When I saw how realistic all of your projects are...I subbed!! :-)

Wow! Incroyable. Vraiment un travail de precision. Meilleur que j'ai vus.

That is RIDICULOUS!!! Wow! It looks so real! Crazy that it started as plain foam! Love the glue flames. I've never done this type of craft before but I have a dollhouse that is girly pink that I grabbed secondhand, and I want to make it into a witch's cottage, and I'm so glad I found your channel! Every self respecting witch needs a chunky old fireplace to hang her cauldron on! This will be my reference for sure! I am loving your videos! 😁😁😁

Very nice

You are amazingly talented.

So cool

One of the best builds shown... well done

Amazing! Love it and can't wait to make one for my village. Thanks for sharing.

Wow.... Absolutely beautiful...

Those lights look great!

Your creativity and resourcefulness is amazing, nicely done!

Another awesome build! Funny thing is I’m working a medieval stove and fire place for my tavern I’m building. I want to use LED light I have. This video help inspire me to do it!

I love every fire you have on display there....the little addition to the forge and the campfire are phenomenal. Truly inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing these awesome creations :)

Beautiful work, awesome video. Thank you. I just used your tutorial to make my own, different fireplace but because of this video and your other it came out perfect. Can't wait to see more!

Love your Channel. I started a tower because of your posts on Facebook. And because of your videos my tower is coming out very nicely . thanks so much man. !

that looks AMAZING!!!!

Amazing work! I wish I was playing in your RPG's! 👍

Beautiful build, simply amazing!

stumbled onto your channel. Subbed. really great stuff......another channel to binge watch.....Cheers!

neat, I know its fantasy, but needs a chimney and a wooden beam over open fire :) maybe not the best practical idea :)

Very nice!

Nice work, I'm a new subscriber, love your techniques!

Great work , hope you build more ;)

Awesomeness in the extreme!

Very nice work Sir!

Très cool ton vidéo! :) Bonne journée :)

So expertly and carefully executed! Instasub! :)

Love this vid! Well done

Fantastic stuff! I cant believe you have so few followers.

What is acrylic filler and where do you get it?

This is a great video and exactly what I was looking for. What was the sand called? I couldn't quite catch it and my search hasn't brought up anything similar. If you have any links I would apreciate it.

I'm creating some wall scones for a building and wanted to see how other people were doing it. Now I want to start crafting more light-up structures. What kind of foam are you using for this?

Hello and congratulations for your beautiful channel. Where can I find these lights and buy them? thank you

Great video! I love your channel. I have a question: I've tried washing my foam board with the exact same color you have (Amsterdam colors), but even after multiple washes, there are still some unpainted recesses between the bricks/stones that I can't seem to be able to paint with the wash. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I usually base coat the whole wall with a dark color instead of washing it, so I'm pretty noob at this.

music is a tad too loud, but cool vid :)

could you include a list in the comments of the items you are using? im not shure the foam type, or what you used for the embers.

Question, where do you get your foam board from? mine has paper on the outside of it and its hella annoying to remove

Hello and thanks again 🙏. Could you send me the link to buy the LEDs you use? I can't find them on Amazon. thanks

One more OMFG ! comment from me ;-)

wooden beam on top of fireplace, not very smart.. On the other hand it looks nice

Ive been looking at making a few fireplaces for my upcoming tavern build. And one that Ive really like was one from the game Skyrim with the round fireplace from the Candlehearth Hall tavern in Windhelm. Which the round 2 sided fireplace sits on a large round stone slab, and it has a stone cone at the top for the smoke stack on top of the large round mantle as it tapers up into a stone pipe of the smoke stack. sites.google.com/site/thebanneredmare/_/rsrc/1326684193632/npc/residents/residents_windhelm/candlehearth-hall/NPC_CandlehearthHall.jpg I thought of using the tea light candle to illuminate it. But if I had to build up the foam to conceal the tea light, the slab would be 3 times as thick than it should be. For if you see in the game and the image, the round stone slab is like only 6 -9 inches thick or so. So if I did the height of the tea light then the actual fireplace height would be 3 feet in height to scale. I just recycled a couple of styrofoam drink cups to make mine. I used the XL drink cup I got from a convenient store and cut the base of the cup off to make the stone slab base. Then using a toilet paper cardboard tube I covered it with Mod Podge to reinforce it to make it stronger. Then I used 2 types of styrofoam containers to make the stone of the fireplace. I used a 1/8 inch thick foam I got from a side order container from a fast food place to line the inside of the toilet paper tube glued with PVA glue. Then using the thicker 1/4 inch thick foam from the same drink cup I used to cut out the base. Before putting on the outer foam I used the design of the fireplace in the game to mark out the stone cracks and joints onto the TP tube. That way I had an idea where the joining stones are and I laid the foam along the tube to draw out all the stone lines and cracks. And using a ball point pen or something to mark the foam I glued it to the tube with pva glue. I had to use an empty pill bottle to maintain the round shape of the fireplace and rubber bands to keep the foam in place as the glue dried. But make sure to cut out the openings of the double sides before you put the foam on so you can cut off the excess foam in the opening after it dries. Do the 1/8 foam o the inside first before putting on the 1/4 inch foam on the outside. Once you cut out your opening then cut out 3/8 inch thick piece of the quarter inch foam into strips for the stone archway of the fireplace opening. At first I tried to use PVA glue but they moved around to much even with small finger spring clamps to hold them in place which they marde the foam. So I opted out for the hot glue which I was able to glue them into place long enough for the glue to set up. The only problem was getting the angle just right on the opening of the archway for the foam to set right in the opening. Texture your foam like you would with a rock or something to make it like stone. Before you put the mantle and cone smoke stack on, glue your rounded fireplace to the base with hot glue or PVa first then paint it all black. Then do all your gray tone painting, lay down some fine sand for your ash pile, and glue down the twigs you want to use for the logs in the fireplace. Now Ive never used the hot glue to make the flames in the fire before, but Im willing to try it, for originally I was just gonna use the old method I mentioned before of using color tissue paper. But if the hot glue makes it look more real Ill do it to see how it works after watching your video.. Just make sure to do this first before you put on the round mantle above with the cone smoke stack or you wont be able to access it from above to do your painting, gluing down the sand, your fire logs, etc. For once you add the top on there is no room to get inside with your paint brush etc. I did this and had to remove the mantle so I could get inside the fireplace to paint and detail it. So Im making the mantle and smoke stack separate from the round fireplace to gain access to do everything I need to. Then today while I was trying to figure out how to incorporate the tea light. I figured I would conceal it in the the cone shape smoke stack from above to illuminate the fireplace as if its the glow from the fireplace rather than the flames of the fire instead. I figured it was only best to do so to avoid the overly large size slab base. Ill use some light weight cardboard to shape the cone and like I did the toilet paper tube with Mod Podge to reinforce it before I glue on the foam stone. Once I get the shape I want before I brush on the Mod Podge, Ill draw out the stones of the fireplace from the game just like I did on the TP tube I used to make the fireplace for the cracks and joining stones. Ill pre-carve them before I glue them to the cardboard cone shape. But Ill glue the mantle piece to the top of the fireplace after I paint and texture everything and drill the hole for the tea light to go down from the top. That way I can remove the cone to gain access to the tea light to replace the battery etc. And the cone smoke stack and the stone pipe of the smoke stack will be all one piece as the mantle, fireplace and the round base are all one piece once all the details have been painted and added. I have half of it done now Im now working on the cone shape and mantle right now. I hope it turns out once I get it all done. I shall post pics on my facebook once I get it finished..

Why did you use a metallic silver on what is supposed to be clay tiles?

You could essentially do a blacksmith forge with these same techniques. couldn't you?

i love your vids and your skills are great but the background music very irritating

How much white... a shit load

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