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It was so much fun to meet and we're so gutted for you! You put in so much hard work and the idea was so cool! Thanks again for finishing off our diorama and fixing it's so beautifully! ❤🎉

I'd love to see this redone if possible, the idea and the aesthetics are awesome.

When I saw what happened I thought WOW, such a great accident, you can't even do that effect if you want to! That's legit the best frozen scenery I've ever seen! Feels like a mage went out of control and perma-froze the cave! I know it's a different story, but the mage wanted something else too :D

Never throw it away, keep it on a shelf to remind you that when things go wrong it can always be worse.

You can just imagine that the "failure" is just what opening Pandora's Box looks like. The artifact treasures inside the box had within it demonic warp tented objects and opening the treasure chest imploded. The implosion caused the Black Stone Fortress area to either transport to the warp or create a 4th like dimension. I think you could make up some interesting head cannon thoughts around this "mistake." All I would do is clean up the sides paint it black and label it 'Pandora's Box Unleashed"

Chin up guys! This isn't a fail. It's a success in learning how not to make a deep resin pour diorama.

While it is a "disaster", it is a very cool looking "disaster"! Side note: With any 2 part epoxy/resin pours, the larger the pour the greater the thermal output of the chemical reaction will be. This is one of the main reasons why deep pour dioramas with plastics are very rarely done until all of the plastics have been fully encased in that resin with smaller pours to protect them from melting. Resin is a very fickle mistress!

Honestly one of my favourite videos of yours ever. Would love to see it retried but seeing how resin looks when it goes 'wrong' was eerie and awesome.

The end effect is so unique and interesting. It's not a disaster, it may not be what you wanted or spent all that time on, but you created something very compelling from all angles. It is, for sure, a cautionary tale on resin for the future.

now it just looks like a treasure room that had a trap go off in which actually makes it look cool!

Thanks so much for sharing your failures. It's so important for all of us on our learning journeys to see that mistakes are not just normal but an integral part of the process. Lots of love and respect.

I actually love how that looks because it looks like an hidden underground town covered in ice

Watching this halfway through and everything looks like it's going well, combined with the title, makes this feel like watching a horror movie that hasn't gotten scary yet.

Ah that is gut wrenching! It’s a cool effect, but it would’ve been so cool to see what it could have been at its full potential

When dealing with epoxy resins, thicker castings are more prone to what is known as "thermal runaway" where the chemical reaction causes a feedback loop and generates more and more heat with the neighboring volume of resin. This sort of thing can also happen if you over-catalyze the resin (adding too much catalyst/hardener) which in some cases can even start small fires.

Hey guys it's a pitty that it didn't turn out the way you guys wanted and cracked. But like you guys said it was your first time so no one would have guessed that! Also I feel like it's a good thing you guys still uploaded it, because it shows amateurs like me in this topic that it can happen to anyone. So cheer up from the experience and the amazing collab time with the two other amazing KZfaqrs!

The video is NOT a disaster. It is a great look into what happens in real life. Not everything is sunshine and daisies. sometime shit happens and the best we can do is learn from it and move on. You guys have SO much talent and creativity, i know that with a little more research and study of this process, you'll make a HELL of a diorama. Keep your chins up and keep up the good work.

Despite being labeled a Fail, it really isn't. The end effect was super eerie and interesting to see, despite not being your original vision. Thank you for sharing and being honest and raw with the story. ❤

Okay but the fact that you still glued the figures on top shows an impressive level of commitment 😂

Always heartbreaking when a resin pour goes belly up like that. Even if the final product didn't turn out, it was an awesome idea and I can say we all still love everything you guys do. And As Dave said. It's the journey that's important and we all love being able to join you on this journey. Love all your videos!

Sorry for your loss; however, love the giant gelatinous cube you built. Keep the awesome content coming, love your work!

We dont have separate words for squids and octopus here on Sweden. Both are 'bläckfisk', "inkfish"

are you kidding me - this is amazing - the best gelatinous cube diorama ever. I think it totally works as a crazy deathstone fortress trap room...

Honestly, even though it didn't go according to plan and how you wanted. The explosion with resin in my opinion actually makes it look pretty cool.

I think it still came out beautifully. It's not what you wanted, but look at the way it still captures the light from every angle. So pretty!

23:43 Fact that he still put the smoke machine on for the reveal was funny tbh

The bubbling inside looks so amazing! It's not wrong, it's perfect guide for someone who would like to that effect (or hurt himself with fumes :D )

I love that the title is dramatic and implies everything goes wrong, and then it does. So refreshing.

This is a masterpiece of art. It shows all the hopes and wishes of a great team combined with the collapsing dreams burning in the bubbles of hell ...

Resin is always tricky, it can go great a dozen times and then massive failure or have so many bad batches you do one last pour to use up the remaining resins before they expire and it turns out fantastic.

I feel like this could be AWESOME as a prop for a game- maybe as a relic the group has to get, or to show the group the ruins they're exploring, something like that.

This video has been out for three days now. Over 90.000 people have seen it. Seen the creativity, the process, the techniques, the fun and the failures. 90k people now know not to trust sparkly stuff in resin pours and to baby their pours the first few hours. Tabletop Time is about creativity, fun and learning. This video checks all three of those boxes. So thanks Dave, Murray and Jen.

Maybe for the next resin pour you could collaborate with another Aussie content creator who does a lot of deep resin stuff himself - Ben's Worx!

I know you cant see the items you guys worked so hard on but the layered structure of the bubbles and stuff is actually really cool looking.

*TO AVOID BUBBLES AND CRACKS ON DEEP RESIN POURS* For this technique you'll need one of those horizontal garage freezers. First, seal completely your object all around with a layer of resin to make sure there are no voids, trapped air will off-gas and bubble out as the pressure and heat of the curing process will push it out, let it fully cure before moving on. Then you'll need to keep your resin in the refrigerator for 48h before pouring, let it get to 60F / 15C or so. Place your object and the mould inside the freezer before pouring. Mix the resin and degas it as normal then pour the resin and keep your freezer as cold as possible. It will probably still take a few days to cure but you can perform a single pour (no layers!) of a block about 60 x 40 x 30 cm, possibly larger. It depends on the brand of the resin of course, but I believe MAS Deep Pour was the one used. *CREDIT TO: BM Sculptures* , you can see his technique in this video: Carving a (turtle) out of Epoxy & Wood

Unironically it looks absolutely fucking amazing, as if those Drone-thingies activated some sort of Defense Mechanism to try and kill the Explorers....

I really appreciate that you put this video out there, and that you put in the extra effort to make it a video at all! In this community, we see hundreds of amazing projects and it's great to see the process that everyone goes through to gain the skills.

In Squidmars language Squid and Octopus is the same word possibly denoting the number of arms 8 or 10. 8 armed or 10 armed inkfish directly translated

OOHHH i'm so glad you all met !!! And too bad the project didn't go as expected, still looked really cool before the resine pour!

There’s always some kind of curse when you’re treasure hunting. This seems so fitting, but what a bummer.

I've been doing resin for probably at least 5 years now and still have times like this. One of my more recent projects flash cured while pouring into essentially a frozen waterfall.

As someone who is learning this hobby I thank you for sharing this video. The idea and the painting were so well done it's heart-breaking to see what the resin did.

Oh my goodness, that melting broke my heart! But everything was looking sooooo beautiful, that even with all the bubbles it still looks cool (not what you were aiming for, but one can still see how cool each element looked

I appreciate seeing the things that didn’t go well. It helps us know things don’t always go well and that’s okay.

There is resin that is for deep pours like this. It takes longer to cure but it is safer. I love how you put the little figured on top. It’s kind of beautiful.

Good on you for posting this ❤ this is exactly why I love you guys xo showing reality and not just showing everything perfect!

Thank you for sharing your inspired ideas, enthusiastic execution, and most importantly, the frustrating finish. This is still a beautiful part of the process.

It looks awesome in the way that a trap sprung opening up the chest and blew up underwater.

Whoever picked the music at the end deserves some major props!!!! :D

At the end, the way you guys presented what you called a disaster, actually now gives off the vibes of a post apocalyptic horror scavenging deal.

please let there be a redone. do it all over again until it comes out right, this deserves to be on a huge display

you know what, I'm glad you put this video up, it just shows that even people who do modelling/diorama building for a living can even make a mistake that seems like a simple fix in hindsight. it gives me hope that if I try this, it wont be the end of the world for it to screw up for me. Thank you for not sugar coating the mistake guys, it makes a beginner like me feel better about my mistakes

It gives the look of something that's been Frozen or an iceberg affect. Least you can still see the treasure chest.

Hugely informative, thank you for still putting this video up, I’ve got resin projects coming up in my future and these kinds of lessons are insanely helpful. Thank you for sharing all your hard work 🫡

looks like the aftermath of not checking if the treasures' trapped or not.,., which cause an ancient bomb to go off,..,

Sometimes failures are the best way to learn anything. Who knows how many people may avoid this happening to them because they watched this video

I loved watching the process. The fun of resin is learning and improving! I hope you all had fun on this project.

It just looks like an old ruin captured in an ice cavern, pretty awesome effect. It isn't ruined its an happy accident!

I love watching your videos. I've seen many youtubers try to finish resin pours quickly to make a deadline. I don't remember seeing a video where a fast pour turned out well but hopefully this is a good lesson for next time.

You know, I could see this being a centerpiece for a diorama depicting people uncovering a dark secret from a glacier

Guys put some rex lighting underneath the box and it might look like the depths of hell bubbling from below up to the surface

Thank you for airing this video. Its nice to see the people we look up to fail sometimes too❤

There’s something rather satisfying about seeing those two lone adventurers battling off eldritch monsters atop a boiling sea of chaos that has dissolved their comrades. Narratively there’s something very grimdark about this expedition into the fortress ending in mind-bending horror.

I watch a lot of woodturning videos where they mix resin casting with wood. They use a special deep pour resin for anything deeper than 4 inches. The more resin you use, the hotter it gets as it cures. That heat can melt molds, or cause thermal cracking. To avoid this, you can either do thinner layers, or use the special deep cast resin, and keep it cool as it cures(like putting ice packs around the project while inside the pressure pot, or store in unheated area of workshop). That deepcast resin takes 2-3 days to cure however.

I'd just say that instead of delving into the depth of the Blackstone fortress, they inadvertently stepped into the warp. And well, that is a pretty bang on depiction of what it could look like if you went into the warp unshielded. Loved the video!

Not gonna lie, it still looks really cool. Kinda like someone is casting some major magic.

Had this happen to me two times, the speed, heat and smell of the reaction is insane.

I'm glad u guys still posted the video cuz I feel like this is a good lesson about learning and safety when it comes to resin. Hope this doesn't deter u guys from trying something this big again

Obviously it wasn't the intention, but the effect that the overreaction had inside the box looks SO COOL

The final result isn't too bad. It's like a dungeon sitting on top of an colossal giant ooze. a signal of the danger that lurks below if you fall in.

Hell at least you tried. Would love to see you redo it and take your time the whole concept and everything you put into it was amazing

Lmao, this is unironically awesome! The result is garishly cool, and I love that you show things going wrong!

I think it's BEAUTIFUL! As others have said, it would have been terribly difficult to capture the MOMENT of a massive spell casting imploding if you had set out to do so, but look! That's what you GOT!

Thank you for being willing to show that even experienced artists struggle sometimes. Y'all do good work! Keep it up😉

Thank you for sharing this. My heart breaks for you guys seeing how this went so pear shaped at the end. From a viewer perspective, however, it is nice to see that those of you that do the hobby things living come up short and things go pear shaped for you from time to time also. It helps us, the weekend hobbyists, to realize that these things do happen and to not be quite so discouraged when they happen to us. I would love to see this one redone, in a kind of "well, that went horribly, but lets see if we can try again and get something close to the vision we were shooting for" way. Keep your collective chins up mates. Love your work.

I'm so sorry this happened. I really liked your ideas. Thank you for sharing this with us even though the project didn't turn out the way you wanted. I do think there is something compelling about the chaos captured inside. I echo others in the comments and say that I would also like to see this project tackled again using what you have learned. I definitely understand if it's a long while before you all want to tackle something like this again. Again, thank you for sharing this so that we can all learn together.

What you did is still light years ahead of what I or your average hobbyist could do. I'm so sorry it didn't work out, but next time it will! This collaboration is amazing and I love it!

I think the end product would have been very cool if it was clear, but it almost has a simple beauty to it with the shattered look. Almost something like a shattered multi verse type diorama with the characters on top trying to save the shatered/frozen world inside. Lesson learned, I guess, and now for the next thing. Keep up the learning and great videos!

Okay, actually, for turning out a disaster, your piece actually looks pretty cool when you did the little showcase of it with the light!!

Absolutely love the collab! Bummed the resin didn't work out, but trying again when things don't go your way is part of the hobby!

it kinda looks trippy and cool. The paint job of the minis on top are great.

The end result has such an amazing post-apocalyptic oncoming extra disaster vibe going on. It doesn't look like what you wanted but it looks very interesting as it is.

Don't think you guys are idiots at all, I'm just appreciative that you share the successes along with the failures and how to learn from them. Lord knows I fail all the time, so it's refreshing to see others experiencing the same challenges! Keep up the great content, we appreciate all you do!

It looks as though the characters tripped a security system and the Blackstone Fortress reacted by boiling that room in order to stop the treasure hunters from stealing its precious treasures.

You should take a bandsaw to it and cut it into smaller pieces. Then you could fill the holes with another color resin, shape and sand, and end up with some cool little paper weights and such.

There are no accidents in the hobby, just , learning curves.

IMO it still looks pretty cool. Almost like capturing a moment in time when the mission when horribly wrong and the chest exploded with some magical spell.

Not a disaster. That has such a dystopian surrealistic look to it. Very D&D like

I am sorry that this one project failed but I am so glad you guys posted the video! It is often difficult seeing YT’bers pump out amazing works of 40K art, never seeing the “learning experiences” and “fails”along the way. Gives all us ‘average joe’ hobby warriors a reminder that even the greats sometimes stumble. Table Top Time is a one of the greats channel for its incredible work. I would say this video shows more of your passion, humility and character. Can’t wait for the next video and attempt at Blackstone Fortress.

Personally I think it turned out Incredibly Beautiful! Amazing to see all the "war-like destruction" taking place low the "waves"!

The explosion made it look sooo cooooll

Ngl, it didn’t turn out as expected, but those bubbles makes it look like really crazy cave structure and is kinda cool too!

Im really hoping you guys are going to try it again because idea for this diorama was really cool!

Would love to see this redone! Such a great diorama and ideas.

I actually still love it. Give it another shot please! I believe in you!

Still loved watching the video! It's amazing to see your fun friendship and working creativeness!

I love seeing all your attention to detail and also showing the rest of us how things can go horribly wrong. While I agree your original plan would've looked absolutely incredible, I think what you ended up with also looks pretty cool! Especially when you added the figures at the top and did some lighting effects. I feel like there's a story here about a treasure hunt gone wrong -- maybe unleashing some horrible melting/freezing spell when opening the chest...

Oh this was very sad to see after so much work but to see you stay positive in the end and take it in stride was very nice to see. It shows that not everything you make turns out ok and thats just the reality of being creative and trying new things. The models looked beautiful and atleast you have this video to see them again outside their resin grave.

I think its a great representation of when treasure hunting goes wrong. Not all who search for treasure in dangerous conditions come back alive.