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This is a link to my first youtube video ever It is a showcase of the terrain i have built for warhammer 40'000.




Tell me what you think, and read the description please

This is not intended to be spam in anyway, if doing a post like this is against the forum rules i'm sorry i was informed it wouldn't be a problem (link below)

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Theres models in some of them to show you scale and at the end theres a photo to show what they look like when you put into a battlefield with models in them

Sadly youtube is blocked at work and my home pc just died . I will look when I scrounge up enough money to fix it.

Perhaps add some pictures as well for people like the above?

The hills with the trees and small rocks on them at around 3:30ish were nice.

Yes, pictures for the youtube deficient would be appreciated.

Dude, this is the painting and modelling SHOWCASE, where people are to showcase finished, painted and based hobbystuff.

You can also properly embed videos in this board, and/or provide Fotos.

Overall, the one thing you truly had finished in that video looks semi-decent, though I personally wouldn't play on it.

This thread is wrong in this section of the Forum.

Still, valiant effort, and I can see you improving fastly, if you stay on the ball and keep going

archont wrote:Dude, this is the painting and modelling SHOWCASE, where people are to showcase finished, painted and based hobbystuff.

You can also properly embed videos in this board, and/or provide Fotos.

Overall, the one thing you truly had finished in that video looks semi-decent, though I personally wouldn't play on it.

This thread is wrong in this section of the Forum.

Still, valiant effort, and I can see you improving fastly, if you stay on the ball and keep going

Building Terrain can be counted as modeling it, i asked. and if not there was still a model in it

Why wouldn't you play on it

Thanks for the comments guys, if i embed it will you guys be able to view it ? Have you tried using a proxy sever hehe they can get around work blocks and school blocks most of the time

I would prefer not to get fired for using the proxy.

for the trees you made out of actual tree I would suggest wrapping the bottom of the trunk in masking tape and priming it black and adding some textured paint or some such to make it look like the tree has a large trunk rather than 4 thin trunks.

id much rather have embedded photos

Ok guys, give me some time to work. This is the first time i've ever tried making a video, and first time i've ever showcased my terrain work. Sorry i didn't think about people who can't veiw Youtube for certain reasons, I'm trying to get a good quality camera so they will look as good as i can make them. And you don't have to say you won't play on them and all that, as far as i'm concerned its a big step up from DVD case and i'm proud of the work i've done so

But thanks for the actual comments, and hopefuly i should be able to have photos up by today. For the base of that tree, i'm molding in a trunk with hot glue, but if that doesn't turn out the way i want masking tape will sufice

The footage was pretty good actually so the camera you were using is fine. You need to work on your lighting as it's a bit dark at the moment, particularly noticeable when you placed that marine in shot. You are also moving the camera around too much which doesn't give enough time to look at what you are showing though many people seem to do this for some reason.

What I reckon would be best is to take some still shots and then add some moving footage to show the overall effect.

I think those pine type trees could do with some dullcoat or similar as they are too shiny (alien plants aside). Ignore unhelpful comments like "I wouldn't play on that", especially when no reason is given.


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Oh and in regards trees with four skinny trunks instead of a big one, they're common in real life. A lot of trees will grow more than one trunk, particularly the smaller ones.


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For gnarled old trunks, roots are better than twigs if you can find them from a suitable sized plant (preferably dead of course).

cadbren wrote:The footage was pretty good actually so the camera you were using is fine. You need to work on your lighting as it's a bit dark at the moment, particularly noticeable when you placed that marine in shot. You are also moving the camera around too much which doesn't give enough time to look at what you are showing though many people seem to do this for some reason.

What I reckon would be best is to take some still shots and then add some moving footage to show the overall effect.

I think those pine type trees could do with some dullcoat or similar as they are too shiny (alien plants aside). Ignore unhelpful comments like "I wouldn't play on that", especially when no reason is given.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Oh and in regards trees with four skinny trunks instead of a big one, they're common in real life. A lot of trees will grow more than one trunk, particularly the smaller ones.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
For gnarled old trunks, roots are better than twigs if you can find them from a suitable sized plant (preferably dead of course).

Thanks mate those comments are really appreciated, i will take more time on my next video

I can view the vid now. I like the terrain texture you get with the board. I think the bases of your trees look a little thin. If you bulked them up a bit it would add a good bit of realism to them.

Asphalt wrote:I can view the vid now. I like the terrain texture you get with the board. I think the bases of your trees look a little thin. If you bulked them up a bit it would add a good bit of realism to them.

Thanks mate


Photos coming very very soon