40k terrain that's not gothic ruins or a decaying industrial complex? Nice.

My god. The vision. The execution. The creativity. YES.

So nice to see someone make so this that isn’t Imperial or Ork scenery

The eye of terrain terror sees all the terrain goodness!!!

Yes, dollar store Eldar. The old ones would be proud.

Sharing the early planning stages with us is so helpful. Reviewing source artwork, identifying key points, and incorporating them into a design; we don't see that side of the hobby as much as builds themselves. There's a wealth of great info available on how to build, but less available on the process of figuring out what to build. I really appreciate you sharing that creative planning phase.

YES! FINALLY SOMEONE MAKES ELDAR TERRAIN. BLESSED IS CRAFT FATHER ERIC AND HIS HOLY WORKSHOP

This has such a great oldschool 40k vibe. Back in the day GW expected gamers to do this sort of thing a lot more, since plastic terrain kits weren't yet feasible.

The unpainted glyph with the googly eye freaking killed me!!!

You've been BLASTING out the vids lately, and they're all killer! Glad to see some of the more 'verboten' xenos terrain with organic shapes in 2021

This is an inspired build. I've never seen Eldar buildings done so well. That command center could be used for a lot of pulp scifi or some villain's lair.

Totally thought this was 3d printed in the thumbnail. Looks like a very intimidating scratch build, but your nailed it, sir. You must have been using pringling to help get those organic holes and curves just right.

Beautiful work. I've always been an Eldar boy, since seeing Jes' concept sketches in 1990 (something I've tried to pass on to my son - we were painting Swooping Hawks and Harlequins this weekend - we now have a new project to aspire to!). Thanks, as always.

And they didn’t come up with those styles on their own. This didn’t come from a vacuum. As often happens, they stand on the shoulders of giants. They learned them from Les Edwards and Michael Whelan who were essentially putting into art Ray Bradbury’s detailed descriptions of white towers, spires, etc. in Martian Chronicles. Before that, look at the white towers, domes and minarets sketched and painted by Frazetta for Burrough’s Barsoom novels (the film John Carter did them justice). Before Frazetta’s depictions of alien white towers, domes and other organic spires, there were even earlier German depictions of Martian life, with ancient cities that could have passed for Eldar architecture today.

I'm not even into Warhammer, but watching these terrain building videos is just so satisfying.

Really like the discussion before the modeling. A+ content!

Thank you Eric! Such a fun suprise to see a notification pop up of a terrain video for my favourite faction!

Using googly eyes was BRILLIANT. I love the fact that so much of this was from bits and pieces from the Dollar Store. I'm new here so maybe that's what you always do, but I'm really impressed.

I love how you know it's not perfect and you're fine with it. We need more of that attitude, because despite the imperfections, the final piece looks great. Creative use of seemingly random plastic shapes, and an enjoyable organic process. Keep it up, Eric.

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Excellent use of imagination and random bit to make a very convincing Eldar structure. If you don’t already have one, I’d recommend you get a jig saw. You’ll be able to cut through mdf and wood with ease.

Im watching this and 3 year old daughter makes a base just like this for her paw patrol toys. You inspiring future generations.

Dude there is hardly any Eldar terrain out there, thank you so much!

I leave a comment to please the machine spirit. May the algorithm shine upon thee, sir.

What a great way to use all those 'I dont know what that could be' pieces I have laying around. compound curves hmmm...

Kinda sad that you painted over the googly eyes! just imagine googly eyes all over eldar stuff! Great project!

I wonder if I can take this and do some fantasy elf terrain in similar fashion... going to rummage through my bits-wardrobe. Super original, never seen similar thing so far! :)

Eldar were my first entry into the warhammer hobby. I'm an avid terrain builder but alas each time I've sat down to try and make some accompanying Eldar terrain I wind up scrapping it in disappointment. Seeing your awesome build has me contemplating another attempt. The googly-eye spirit stones are an inspired idea. Thank you.

Couple of things: first this is a fantastic build. Second, the ideas of using epa foam to make the curved glyphs, the spackle to blend the curves, and the gesso to give the flat white surface are all great!. Last, when I saw the thumbnail for the video, I feared we had completely lost you to 3d printing, and that made me sad because your building techniques are so accessible. I'm super happy that they continue to be👍👍👍

I build primarily for 1:18 scale action figure buildings and use a lot of your techniques. You have some brilliant methods to use items that I used to just pass over at a dollar store. Now I go and fill up my cart with every kind of funnel and frizbee and weird summer toy as I can see how they can be incorporated into my city terrain. Love your channel. Great work!!!

Amazing transformation of these bits - Those toy jai-alai ball scoops look like they were custom sculpted just to be Eldar balconies

Going to show my age to all the Brits here....could you imagine Blue Peter with dollar store access? Very creative and love seeing the concept, thought process and parts selection at the start....another brilliant build.

Eldar terrain is an idea I've been kicking around for a few years now. This is one of the best I've seen. I was considering dish detergent bottles, laundry detergent as well. All the odd shapes. I love the google eyes, that's brilliant. I was going in the direction of caulk- wiped off with a bit of wet sponge ª to fill any gaps.

AYYY it's the sci-fi terrain I've been waiting for. It must have been a nightmare to make those clean lines. I'm light years away from that level of skill, but I will say, when I build it I think I'll put lights inside. Amazing work dude.

Brilliant use of the toy Jai alai scoops as curving walls! (PS, I only know about Jai Alai because I saw it on the original Miami Vice)

That's a great piece of terrain; in fact, it is freakin' phenomenal. I now imagine the all Eldar armour, vehicles and buildings as being covered in Googly-Eyes. 20:37 Terminators versus Guardians? I don't think those Eldar Warriors have quite thought this thing through enough. "Run Away! Fleee!!!"

Wow you molded that thing with masterful psychic sculpting abilities

The Shrine loves the tips and tricks you give to all of us!

You're a madman. What a triumph.

This really gives me a retro vibe - reminds me of the elder terrain you'd see in white dwarf when I was a kid.

this is one of your most ambitious works yet, the fact that it came out looking so crisp is nothing short of amazing!

I’m a barely legal straight male but if I wasn’t I’d definetly have fallen in love with you I really like this and you just... sound and look as smooth as this build man. Well done!

Craftworld architecture always reminded me of the Ayleids from the elder scrolls. There's clear inspiration taken from that original artwork and I love to see how they relate.

Wraithbone Spackle is my next goth punk band. Plus I will never look at Googly eyes the same again.

The explanation of where you got your inspiration and sourced your materials was super helpful. Putting the Craft into Craftworlds, great video!

Hey Eric, please make the final cinematic shots longer (in all new builds, not just this one)! I dig them sooo much, especially the ones taken from the model eyes' perspectives. Currently, I have to rewatch the last 2 minutes a couple times to feed my eyes properly :p

I love the smooth curves of the sanded pink foam! - especially those egg-shaped spaces that look like the blobs that come out of a lava lamp. The smooth curves and tall towers are perfect. The jewels are brilliant. I also appreciate the pep talks, that we should not beat ourselves up striving for perfection - so wise and so encouraging! A-crafting we shall go....

Mate this turned out so well! Awesome work

I wasn't fully convinced with the plain white paint job until it all came together with the scenery shots. Its ties SO WELL with your Biel-tan color scheme

Totally awesome. Clean futuristic lines that look as though they have been grown more than built. At last a good use for googly eyes where you cant see what they are. All the best, stay safe.

As an eldar player, you are a star... cheers

It's tough to say what's the most impressive about this build, but those jewels look pretty damn incredible.

So I spent years dreaming of Eldar terrain then you come along. Imma go ahead and build you a shrine this is just... Im speechless.

So cool! I recognized the ball catcher instantly! I think I'm getting the hang of this?

Terrific seeing you get out of your normal comfort zone! And your normal comfort zone is also terrific too. Inspiring! Thanks, as always, for sharing.

I am very fluent in Eldar runes.... what did you say about my mom?!?! Awesome build!

Gotta say Eric you always deliver an excellent build but you knocked it out of the park with this one. Organic clean lines is definitely not for the feint hearted scratchbuilder and like others I thought it was going to be a 3D printed build so I was super chuffed to find that it wasn’t... I am inspired as always 👍

As an old Eldar player, I really love this. Great job!!!

After encountering many videos of grimdark terrain featuring ruins/industrial complexes/dungeons, this is a breath of fresh air. Well done, it looks really good!:D

Really interesting. Among all the dirty, rusty industrial terrain, this is really a fresh breath of air. So nice that you went for a challenging build.

I know this is an older video but I've watched it many times and LOVE what you did here, Eric! I am delving into bringing back some of the old Eldar looks and this is exactly what I want to do so my own Eldar can feel at home! Great work and I love how you walk us through your process- even when it's an OOPS!

Fantastic build. So fun to see this kind of old-school, creative xeno terrain.

What an absolutely incredible build ! I would absolutely love to see you revisit it one day and experiment with the H.R.GIGER-styled Bone aesthetic that the Eldar used to have. I think that could be an amazing challenge to create if you feel up to the task.

The craftworld sings to me and I respond in kind! Beautiful piece, Eldar shapes are just a nightmare to manufacture and you eyeballed it anyway. Incredible job, love the result.

Amazing build! Pointy ears need more love

Awesome, very inspiring. Good to see that some have gotten passed the middle ages when it comes to architecture. Thanks.

I’ve been watching this channel and other fantasy builds for a long time. I have in my head a plan to recreate the town of Solitude from Skyrim. I’ve been binge watching recently because I have just been diagnosed with Covid pneumonia. I’m doing really good now but it’s time to try my hand at all this and stop talking about it. I really like how you describe everything and having an artistic background it would make an awesome first project Everything will be modular and hopefully have that look. You are really amazing and I love whatever you do. nothing is the wrong way. It works out in the end.

Wow dude, very creative and impressive. It's obvious how much work you put into this! I'd love to see you try to make a scene from the dark Eldar city of Commorragh! All those spires and stuff would be cool as hell

I'm as much a loyalist as the next man, but this heresy is easily one of my fave vids of yours! Well done!

I don't think I've seen anybody do Eldar terrain before, and what a shame because this was freakin awesome! Love the contrast from the rest of the grim dark universe that the eldar can bring. Would love to see more eldar builds!

It looks positively 80s pulp and i LOVE THAT!

That gesso was the perfect element to achieve the right wraithbone texture. Great piece of terrain. Also very refreshing to see you approaching non-imperial/gorkamorka terrain.

Well done. Not to many Eldar terrain tutorials around. Thanks for posting this.

Not sure what I love more, the fascinating discussion or the epic build!

My mind is absolutely blown by your ingenuity in this one! Well done Eric!

I really appreciate the section at the beginning about how you looked at the design elements. I do 3d modeling for my terrain, and information like this really helps me improve my own art/skill of making terrain. I did some Eldar inspired stuff a bit ago, and struggled with nailing down the design aesthetic. This was a big help, and my next batch will be better!

I love how the design of Craftworlds is both stylish and functional, it reflects their armour so well.

I'm painting up an Eldar army and been wanting to build some terrain for them. And here you are to save the day!

Never, until now, have I thought Eldar are cool. This is awesome! Well done!

So could of done with this video 20 years ago when I played 40k. Lovely work.

Eldar love is coming, I feel it in the winds of magic.

This looks fantastic mate! It's amazing what one can do with simple cheap toys. I love going to my local cheap store to buy toys to convert into terrain pieces. My wife always thinks it's hilarious to see both me and my youngest son standing in the toy section :-D. It has gone so far that my children (especially the two oldest) bringing me their toys from when they were little, asking me if i can use it for something :-) even my wife never throws empty jars or canisters or whatever away before asking me if i can use it to build something.

Feels like something I'd have seen in one of the old white dwarf battle reports. Lovely work, Eric. I came to your channel from your Bretonnian army showcase and I'm staying for the terrain builds.

Holy moly this takes me back to being a kid and seeing all the sweet set ups in the classic hobby town. Oldhammer just hits different, man.

This eric- this is actually the coolest stuff I have seen in a while. It is amazing. It reminds me of the 'what civilisation would look like if' meme. Awesome.

This is what GW adviced in the early era. You go to the hobby store and get what you want. Get a foam pellet, paint it green and stick painted toothpicks into it.

Vision Process Execution Marvel an utter Marvel Damn man. Not just out of the park, this one is by passing suborbitals on it's way out. Simply Stellar, nay Sublime. Cheers

Looks fantastic the balcony you added closer to the end really adds alot to the over all esthetic

this is rilly cool , i think it is awesome the way you analyze your references .

I'm honestly extremely impressed with how such a "wing-it" approach to this project resulted in such a fantastic-looking build. It gives me a lot of confidence for my own Eldar terrain ideas. Thanks for another great video, and more cool ideas. Looks great!!

If you're not used to making things symmetrically, go for asymetry. It doesn't have to necessarily be multiple exact items, but you can utilize multiple items that are custom shapes that intentionally vary. Like say you want fins on the spire - the find don't have to match, but can be longer, shorter, etc. To make them match you can add similar design ideas, like similar sized holes or notches in similar places across those pieces. My other tip for eldar terrain, is if you have access to a belt sander - use MDF board (3/4 or 1/2 inch) and carve your shapes that way after cutting out the rough shape. It works great for things like what gates and the of shark fin shapes. Just please wear a mask of some sort, that crap is dusty and filled with glue. The trade-off is it's cheap and fairly durable for terrain purposes.

My favorite build so far. The googly eyes are mvp.

WoW I have also a Biel Tan army but I have always been intimidated by eldar buildings. Apart from small terrain pieces I"ve never tried to build something bigger than a warp portal. As you said the clean look and complex shapes or eldars make crafting harder than imperial ruins. But you have brilliantly demonstrated that it is somehow possible with a bit of work and talent !

One of the coolest and most unique 40k builds out there!

Looks good! Reminds of the good ol' days of Warhammer, when things were grimdark yet a bit naive.

Try using caulking instead of drydex for the joints. Makes for less sanding and less mess. They sell little tubes of caulking so you don’t have to use a big caulking gun. Great build Eric! Keep em coming!

Eric, this awesome. Makes me want to crack open my old Eldar army now. I made some Eldar scenery years ago, not quite as 'rounded' or straightforward as yours, kinda wish I'd seen your vid first. Great work!!

This is awesome. Love the contrast between this and the grimdark. I also like how you keep moving forward with the project. Not obsessing over every minor detail, just getting it done. This is something I need to work on so I find this video very encouraging.

You know, I don't think I've ever come across a terrain builder produce anything for Eldar (hell, even GW seems to have forgotten about them). Great focus on something that we don't see that often, and (not coincidently) also relevant to the army I collect.

I love how unsubtle 40k is. Even the eldar, who on the surface appear to be a highly sophisticated and very subtle race indeed, actually live in LITERAL IVORY TOWERS 🤣