​I think when the Emperor said: "Like clay I shall mould them and in the furnace of war forge them" I don't think this is what he meant.

If you want a REALLY sturdy marine, you could turn this 3D print mould into a rubber mould and cast it in white metal. Now that's old school.

The whole Play Doh Space Marines ad was pure gold. The editing, the script, the humor, it's just perfect.

The true "We have Space Marines at home" experience!

The real question is: can we seal the mould with anything that makes it suitable for food? EDIBLE SPACE MARINES

I do really enjoy the irony of a “how can I make infinite space marines?” Video in which a 3D printer is used, but not to make infinite space marines

"she took the kids" absolutely destroyed me.

I feel like La-Doll clay from Japan would work really well for this, its a product created to make realistic Ball Jointed Dolls. When it is dry it does not shrink at all, and its designed to be painted on when dry, ends up with a really smooth finish.

Its always impressive how high quality the editing is for your videos.

A few tips for these kind of molds; after adding a bit of whatever release agent works for your material choice, pack both sides of the mold with material and focus on the troublesome details and undercuts. Pack the clay/dough into the nooks and crannies of both sides, add a ball to the middle and smoosh. This will ensure a consistent smoosh-fill. 2. After you do a few successful ones, weigh it including the flashing and squeeze out and use that same amount for each next batch to get repeatable results. If your best few had the right amount of material, just weigh them, and if they weigh 20g or whatever just make a bunch of 20g balls and then smoosh em all at once. (Edit: to clarify, you don’t want to measure the figure after clean up because you always want a bit of squeeze out. Ideally you want just a tiny bit of squeeze out on all sides, this ensures that you have a properly filled mold and no bubbles or gaps.) 3. A bit of compressed air works great to release them without pulling and squishing. Even a can of keyboard duster air works, or a small airbrush compressor and empty airbrush. Just get a small opening and gently blast some air into the crack to undo the suction and surface adhesion and it should pop out really easily without getting that gansta lean you mentioned. Lastly, I’d absolutely recommend foam clay! It works like clay, air dries and hardens into a material very similar to craft foam sheets, it’s a soft bouncy closed cell foam. Clay foam takes paint pretty well, it stays squishy and fun to use, and it’s safe for kids to play with and not break them or hurt themselves/each other by throwing them or whatever. A kid can learn to paint for cheap (a big bucket of foam clay is like 500gr for about 15$us and keep in mind that it weighs almost nothing. 500gr is a lot) and have fun playing with them and get excited and bash them or bang them into each other or whatever without making you cry as the kids destroy your expensive and hand painted minis! Hahaha one of the best parts about foam clay is that it sands and trims easily but the magic thing about it is you can smooth a surface with just a bit of water on a finger or cotton swab. You can just dip a swab in water and smooth over the mold lines or imperfections, and “glue” mistakes with a bit of water. This only works before it dries fully. For more info Kamui Cosplay has videos on it and works with foam clay a lot! I did all of the experiments myself with this technique when my niece wanted to make her own toys. She wanted some larger scale D&D minis but she wanted chibi and cute ones. So 3D digital sculpted a few myself and paid a girl on fiver to do a few more, we had these exact type of molds made and printed in engineering resin by a D&D print shop on Etsy and then we made hundreds of minis out of foam clay and they held up for a long time! She did dozens of game nights with her friends, she strode them loose in a big box or a backpack and they just took the abuse. I’d highly recommend it. She’s older now and using the same clay and techniques for cosplay too… it’s versatile stuff! Hope this helps! Good luck and I hope you get your army of tie dye marines!

Your paint jobs were like magic. This went from a fun novelty to genuinely impressive.

Fun fact putting Super Sculpey into a cold place such as a freezer stiffens it up to make it less likely to deform. Also, you could pack both sides and then close it to have less squeeze-out.

Milliput could be a good call too; I find it tends to be a lot softer than Green Stuff when mixed, especially if you get it nice and warm, and you can also leave it to cure for a while in the mould, so it should be sturdier when you try to release it.

This seems like a great way to practice painting space marines without worrying about ruining a bunch of overpriced minis. Also they’re cute.

I had a moment of stunned amazement seeing you FREEHAND the Imperial fist. Hardcore, instant subscription, we love to see it

That stone cold "she took the kids." had me rolling. lol!

Archmagos Dominus Louise Cawl making the next generation of space marines over here.

"THEY'RE politically DUBIOUS..." 😂😂😂

Just out here appreciating the effort that went into the play doh dreadnought that featured in 2 seconds of footage

I've built models before (plastic, card, and metal) but I'm not into tabletop gaming at all, and then this video popped up in my recommended. Your space marines turned out pretty good and your miniature painting skills are amazing!

Brb buying play doh stocks

Imagine for a moment, Ultramarine jello shots! For each unit you lose in a game, consume an Ultra-shot-marine!

I have several actual units made of DAS clay and greenstuff-like resin and I would caution that DAS clay will break over time when handled, unless the surface is soaked in glue to harden it. It is very porous so it will absorb it to decent depth. It shrinks a lot too, so I only used it for certain flat parts like cloaks and non-human minis like trolls. Once painted and on the table, you cant tell at a glance which of my minis are hard plastic and which are DAS. Also, regarding the amount of material and pressing, this seems quite excessive. My general approach was to just fill each half exactly with material , then add a little bit to the center to force the two halves to merge and create pressure on the details, but minimize material waste, needed pressure and mould lines. Generally you could produce ok result pressing with hands only.

So when doing this kind of press mould stuff for miniatures, my tips would be: 1) Use Apoxie Sculpt, a different type of epoxy putty, as it's cheaper than Greenstuff but takes detail well 2) Demould the miniature when the epoxy has fully set. It might be easier if you insert a piece of coat hanger wire into the putty in the mould when it's still soft, then you can use this to leverage out the finished miniature when is set.

It is such an unexpected delight to watch your videos. You’re editing and humor just gets better with every one. So many great little lol bits in here and you have such a great positive vibe. Thanks for making some really unique content. Excited to see what you do in the future.

Love DIY hobby friendly videos like this and would love to see more of your personal creations/paints vintage or new!

Honestly, not only is this a fun little project to mess around with, this is a great way to test color schemes and painting techniques. Bake a batch of sculpty, and you can practice on a bunch of clay minis to get your scheme down and then use what you've learned to apply to your expensive GW models

I am just vintage enough to love both those retro space marines, and Play-doh! It is the perfect combination. I TOTALLY would have had the Play-doh Space Marine Manufactorum!

Endless test models for paint schemes! YES! PLEASE!

Anyone who has tried to unblock their child's playdough extruder is not surprised that it dried out rock hard.

Nice one Louise, Super Sculpy is used by a lot of doll makers I believe but one product you may want to try is Apoxie Clay which is a 2-part epoxy clay that hardens naturally in a mater of hours and is very resilient with no shrinkage. You may have seen Apoxie Sculpt being used by kit-bashers but I believe the Clay is a softer material and is recommended by the manufacturer for stamping/impressions. If you want a rubbery little guy then there is a 2 part resin that produces a rubber (if I remember the name I will edit this) but this needs some adapting of the mould for a 'Pour' hole and vents and finally the old silicone bath sealant - squeeze it out into a tub of water and dish soap, massage into a lump then use like the Play-Doh - I use this for cheap and easy moulds for puppet eyes and it holds up really well (my moulds are over 3 years old). Keep up the weird videos.

I love that a good or great paint job will elevate a sculpt that might not be the "best" or most detailed. These are glorious.

Your videos are so incredible! As a crafty person who’s partner paints WH (that’s always been cool but not a pool I’ve wanted to dip my toe into) finding your content has me building my first kit and being so engaged by all the creative ways you enjoy the hobby! Literally inspiring 🥳

Normally enjoy the content from this channel but this episode was extra fun and enjoyable 😊, the "she took the kids" comment put me over the edge 😂

“So I went the complete opposite and tried to make one out of a soft material……clouds” made me laugh out loud at work! 😂

This was genuinely a fascinating video. Thanks for the work you put in putting all this together and subjecting yourself to painting play-doh!

That little spinning shot with the IF and the shorter RW marine looks like the set up for some kind of goofy buddy comedy about two marines that were accidentally dispatched on the same mission and had to team up to take down a chaos cult or something 😂

this is so insane and unhinged it absolutely demolishes the norm and storms off into the territory of original and VERY interesting content. Thanks!

A suggestion on that mold and using firmer materials like the Sculpey and Fimo: can you drill a small hole at the bottom of the mold for some of the excess to squeeze out of? That might make it easier to get them closed with having to resort to a vise each time. And the DAS was definitely too wet; I think the curing time is too long on that but I think they have other clays that might work better. NARA makes a flower clay for sculpting petals that stays flexible and can bend up to 360 degrees which might open up some interesting ideas if one was to go beyond space marines.

Very cool, the 3-D box idea can lend itself to other areas as well! I was thinking that maybe using a quick clamp might be a good and inexpensive way to squeeze the mold together instead of a vise.

That paint job is incredible!!!! love it :) Curious if a 50:50 milliput:greenstuff mix would work well? The milliput makes the mix a lot softer and easier to work with

Love the video so much! Petroleum jelly is the best mold release, if you want to try FIMO again. Also you can boil Super Sculpy to get it to harden. :)

That playdough dreadnought at the end was a thing of beauty

As the air drying clay is water based most greasy things can help with the release. Vaseline for example. Even cooking oils and moisturizers that are oil based work if you feel like improvising

Wow! They look seriously Oldhammer when painted. Fun stuff! Thanks Louise!

Aves Apoxie Sculpt would be good to try, but would suggest letting the polymer clays cured for an hour or 2 before de;molding them

you painting skills are so good you could literally paint a rock to look like a legit space marine and it would totes look like a legit space marine.

Was merely curious to see the results from just the title... Stuck around for the whole video because this was super entertaining. Sub earned :D

I think mixing Milliput and Greenstuff might work well... Milliput is much softer than greenstuff and when you mix them you get something that has properties from both materials. Then perhaps letting them cure inside the mould for an hour or two (but not until they are completely solid) before trying to get them out. If I had a 3d-printer or a 3d printer I would try this. I use this mix whenever I use blue stuff moulds and it works really well (compared to only using greenstuff or miliput) Cures rock hard in the end as well...

As amazing as all of this is (and it really, really is!!!), your faux commercial for the infinite space marines was my favorite part!

When you made the candle space marine I thinked that your next step was to make a "lost wax" casting with bronze or another melted metal like the traditional sculpture method. Great video, very fun! ❤🎉

I think the biggest thing that stands out to me about this process is how the space marines aren't GW space marines and in no way impacting anything they do. It's almost as if you just found a fun thing to play with and are having fun with it.

That commercial killed me. Fantastic video!

Your painting skills are phenomenal, you need to do more painting videos/tutorials! 😮😁

I'm six minutes in and I have to say, this video is a cinematic masterpiece. Thank you for being such an entertaining entertainer. Truly.

Pro tip; put green stuff in boiling hot water until it's super soft, take it out and press it, and then dunk the entire press into cold water.

This is just... So much fun. thank you

Watching your new video has become a family tradition for my two young boys and I every Sunday morning (NZT). They especially loved the Cloth Goblins diorama and the Squats.

Just a thought, my wife has the same issue of trying to get cake fondant out of moulds too. A quick blast of cake release spray helps A LOT with this and doesn’t deform the model. 👍

I'm pretty sure this video made me aware of Necromolds. The first major expansion and restock of the base game just released at the beginning of the month and international shipping should be opening up soon towards the end of the month or start of next month if you want to get your hands on the game. My copy just arrived yesterday and I came back here to rewatch since I'll probably try making permanent versions of some of the minis and wanted to see what you'd settled on for clay and I might want to figure out adding that space marine to my game.

Looks to me like you had a blast throughout this whole project, various fails and such aside! Your inimitable silly humor (and that big smile) always makes your videos that much more fun to watch, too, further.

Louise, your personality and production value is a 9.5/10 ⭐

Man this would be a cool way to create "stone" or "concrete" statues for terrain, the little imperfections would basically be free weathering of the chipped "stone" and it would be really easy to add even more damage from stray shots or shrapnel.

Have the little box for old school termies and genestealers and you can make yourself an adorable version of Space Hulk.

This is probably the most hilarious video yet. I love all of it and how much fun it was. The icing was definitely the "advertisement" in the middle. Well done! 😁👍

I realy like the video 🙂 Try talcum powder or vaseline lip balm as a demoulding realase agent depending of what kind of clay you use, talcum works great for fimo.

I LOVE THIS SOOOO MUCH!!! I've only recent started playing and researching 40k, and I love the charm and aesthetic of the old 2nd-5th edition models. The new models are beyond cool, but I really want to get multiple factions made of dough. Thank you for taking the time to put this wonderful video together.

Louise, your enthusiasm is infectious! This was so much fun, I can't wait to try it out.

I love how this can be used for getting young new painters into the hobby without spending a fortune on fancy new models but most of all I love how the ex GW employee is promoting the recasting of GW products they must have really done the a number on you when you found a reason to leave (if you left by your own choice)

Love youre energy. You're just what this hobby needs. Thanks for being awesome

There is another material. It’s a special kind of clay/playdoh that is used in Asia. It is soft like playdoh but stiffens when exposed to air. You could try this at different stages of stiffness, it will also dry into a permanent cast within a day. They call it “Nien Tu” in Mandarin.

"Squeezing out Space Marines", sounds like something an Iron Warrior would say about Daemobculaba

That's so cool! It's like rebirthing Rogue Trader with clay and I'm all here for it!

I spend an hour or two every night hunting eBay for new oldhammer stuff 😂

The commercial was the funniest thing I've seen a good while. Also the photo bombed dreadnaught made me spit my drink out lol. I'm definitely going to try these at home

I've done some casting with greenstuff and thermoplastic (aka bluestuff). I found that what worked best was to push a bit of green stuff carefully into the extremities, then fill up the main space on each side until it only slightly came higher than the mould and then, yes, clamp it together. The results were... OK but still had more flashing than is ideal.

INCREDIBLE. Best looking Marines I've seen since I was 8 years old. Not being ironic. I've just looked online and the designer also has a killer looking Space Ork STL mold. So good. I'm lucky enough to own a copy of Necromolds (I found a used copy fairly locally in Nottingham last year) and it's a blast.

That is just so cool!!! I want to make an all Play Doh army now! Hahaha! Your paintjob makes them look almost indistinguishable at a glance, really nice work!!!

I like how you ended up with scale creep, that was a funny added bonus. I honestly thought this'll be pants but no, professionally painted makes everything look good. This gadget wouldnt have supplied my friend with an army when he was little, he'd have just eaten his playdoh marines, he had a taste for forbidden foods .. then grew up to resemble an ogre, the signs were there all along.

I like the look over the normal space marine p, it gives them a character of their own that goes beyond just a different paint scheme.

Adorable! And the play-doh / sculpty minis are cute too. The great thing about RH is how much your personality and artistic approach are on display with the projects. They're fun, colorful, quirky, and unique. Keep up the great work and direction the channel is going.

Those marines look amazing. Also love the look of Necromolds! Might have to get that for games nights. Such a cool idea to mold and mod your character

"She took the kids." This line may have been enough to make me subscribe to the channel.

Some old advice I've heard from clay molds for minis using Play doh, coat the mold faces with Some oily product to make your life easier when you have to remove them from the cast. Baby oil I believe is the one they were using on that video.

Your painting skills are amazing! You turned a frog into a prince ❤

Totally loving this. Need all the moulds. I think they are substantially transformed!

Might I suggest that you use baby powder inside the mold to make the play-dough (or any material) release easier.

The commercial/domestic despair was an immediate sub.

Next you should paint the box! :D

So glad you showed off the candle marine 👍🏻I'm going to try making one with sprue goo 😅

My recommendation for anyone trying this is to use either sculpey or fimo but to make sure to warm the clay up by working it in your hands or a press and then to put the whole mould in the freezer so that it hardens enough to handle and then to bake or boil them

If you cover the marines in a base coat of acrylic matte medium, you don't have to worry about the weird texture. That will give them a coating that almost feels thirsty, and is a joy to paint. 'Liquid green stuff' is also an option for the base coat, but meh, acrylic matte medium is very cheap and does the job. In the past I have diluted the medium a bit and dipped them, then set aside to dry. Super quick.

Mix milliput with green stuff to make it softer. Clamp and leave to harden. It’ll work. Hilarious and fun video. Great editing and great painting

I love these little guys. Also. I love the dreadnaught!!! ❤

That was surprising an fantastically satisfying.

One of the real advantages I could see for something like this is making minis you can practice your painting skills on without worrying about damaging or ruining the more expensive figures.

My question was missed in the live chat but for getting your mini's out of the mold, would it be easier to wait a bit for them to dry and harden before removing them, or would that actually make it more difficult?

Love these play doh marines! Gotta get my hands on one of those press molds!

So after the first couple minutes I was like ooooo, new Warhammer game mode idea: that box is a canon mechanic, some kind of cloning vat or whatever, and part of your struggle to win is trying to outcompete your opponent in unit production... and then behold, Necromolds did it xD

This is just a awesome and cool idea. And it got me thinking that in the 90´s here in Sweden I grew up making my very own tin soliders and the mold works in a similar way as the one you use for the clay so would be neat making my own Tin 40k army just need to find or make a mold for it.