This has me seriously eyeing cosplay foam as a build material to mess about with. Trying to do all that texturing of the foam by hand would take me ages. Really like the modularity of the project, really allows for a huge range of functionality. All the little detail work is super nice and the touch of red for the windows does wonders to break up the grey monotony of the structure. Little touch to give the eye something to latch onto. Great job!
That buid looks H U G E ! The fact it being modular makes it even more cooler! Nice job! Also congrats on finding new love in your life! I hope you and Lucille have a lot of happy years ahead of you!
From the WIPs you shared, I wasn't sure how this would come out. But W😮W it's great! Good job resisting the urge to blackline every single crevice. I would have spent months just doing that.
A great project with lots of details! Well done on the entire construction. Inspiring work and makes we want to start yet another project before I finish my current projects XD.
@@DarkMatterWorkshop Of course! Happy to say I've been enjoying what I've been watching and I'm going back through your older videos. Keep it up! Cant wait to see what's next!
Amazing work well done 👏 that laser cutter does such great detail and I love ur such a professional lol 😆 don't worry I have done the same just got carried away building and forgot to film 😀😄
Magnificent design & construction you & lady friend produced. Take care of her she really helped you out. In all seriousness, really impressive you total professional. Loved how it's actually several sets. Castle, tower, etcetera. 👍
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! THATS AWESOME!! And kinda funny as well as I'm making my own modular foam and cardboard castle build. It's my first and it's a tribute build, my take on Castle Greyskull...to figure scale.
If you like when it's done I'll send pictures. I know it's not for miniature tabletop, but I'm totally using everything I've learned from watching your videos and of others building everything from terrain, to textured roll up table terrain maps, foam bricking etc etc to make this monstrosity. I'd always wanted to make one like this and now I am. And I'm going whole Hog with it too. Now what I've gone and done was work within a dollar store and recycling kinda scratch build using all these tricks. The picture I'll send when finished will have all the details that made up the original design, only tweaked as if this were the Very First time MOTU were being made by say Peter Jackson with LOTR level of detail and realism with their 'Bigatures' and a similar tone from the original Conan the Barbarian. Instead of the Skull being essentially a magically shaped Stone parody of a skull, it IS an actual skull, of a Titan from a long near forgotten past. In death the Titan's skeletal remains were bound to the castle built around it, forever imprisoned to act as Guardian of the great Power it had sought to take for itself, now only to safe guard it and house it instead. The Titan's name was Greyskull. Of course this is a wild deviation from the Canon, but this is an Adult take on the story. A Proportionate and Within the Parameters of the MOTU story, all characters Present and accounted for, just Updated maturely in a way that unifies it and Progresses and Alters a Few character backstories, so far that's limited to Greyskull itself and how I'm handling Skeletor. And it's all for shits and giggles. What if MOTU had been done by say...Heavy Metal but Tempered by Peter Jackson with the Balls from Conan. Old and Creepy Haunted looking castle on the outside, but a Living Magic / Super Science interior that has all the trappings from the OG toy Playset. The Turret Laser Cannon, the Techno Flying Throne used to trigger the Rug Covered Trap Door that fell down to the slimy creepy crawly monster pit. Shit...that a Lot of work and its gonna take a long time to make it IF I go beyond Just the Front of the Castle as is. Using the cardboard boxes I'm building it with and upon it's prepared for future modular expansions I have in mind to build out the Rest of the Castle i see in my head. A Movie Quality thing that would Fit Right in with LOTR or Conan. Part of me has always wanted to make things for movies, spfx makeup, miniatures, costuming, props and creatures. This project is practice for me as I'm working towards making a Star Wars fan series. A live action but No Budget production that wouldn't look amiss if it were made around the same time as Battlestar Galactica or Buck Roger's and Doctor Who. Using homemade miniature sets using various Toys and Figures to help create Street scenes and the like for what will begin as a Police Procedural. When I'm taking a break from making Greyskull here, I'm working on making my costume, test building a few wall props made from plastic recycling and paint to help make the real world places I'm limited to filming in at least Passable with Wall Tiles made with Two Different detailed sides to randomly decorate a standard living space and make it again Passable for a Star Wars fan series. And its gonna be unabashedly self aware of this level of production value, but hopefully, if all goes well the story is what'll get ya and then it's all good from there as it's all passable. I'm 48, disabled, so I've a lot of time on my hands. And now I've the..stability to be able to do all of these things ive never really been able to dedicate any real time to beyond Casual artistic Expression. Yeah I know....Long Comment. But there's a reason for it. Your channel along with a handful of others in this particular community of which I have been truly inspired by, have been HUGE help in getting this thing made let alone started. CPTSD is a Real drag. You and the others have given me TOOLS that are Within my Reach on literally No Budget to speak of. I CAN Make Shit Thanks to You guys.... I've said this to Black Magic Craft and I think to Wylocks Armory as well. I sent BMC progress pictures of all of it so far, even Greyskull so if you wanna sneak peek.... So...Thank You.
Seriously amazing application of technology combined with skill and artistry. Another technique to add additional texture is to heat the foam in small sections with a heat gun and press a lightly crumpled piece of tinfoil. Move in small areas across the foam and remember to wear a respirator in a well ventilated area. Keep in mind if you reheat an area you’ll lose most of the texture tinfoil texture you applied.
Damn, man- that's pretty impressive. And congratulations on your new toy; maybe she can engrave you the new storage area you'll need to keep up with all the new shit you'll be making. Always look forward to your uploads, and this was no exception. Still waiting on that case of Maredsous, though... (enjoy your weekend)
@@DarkMatterWorkshop Oh, well for that, all you have to do is make a post apocalyptic model of Graceland with a shrine built over the toilet. You're not wrong about Little Richard though... King of Rock
Your accent sounds very Dutch, am i right ? Ah, Belgisch, close enough ? Het klinkt wel vrij Nederlands, meer dan Belgisch, dus je woont/komt van bij Nederland in de buurt wel ?
@@DarkMatterWorkshop Zo'n lasersnijder is trouwens wel dikke shizzle ja. Als die ook te gebruiken is voor karton en MDF, wat vrijwel zeker is, kun je er helemaal veel mee !
This has me seriously eyeing cosplay foam as a build material to mess about with. Trying to do all that texturing of the foam by hand would take me ages. Really like the modularity of the project, really allows for a huge range of functionality. All the little detail work is super nice and the touch of red for the windows does wonders to break up the grey monotony of the structure. Little touch to give the eye something to latch onto. Great job!
Thanks ! The laser doing the texture is indeed a huge timesave.
Whenever I am wondering IS HE STILL ALOIF, you upload a video. Kinda scary!
I’ll never leave you !
@@DarkMatterWorkshop That was so cute :'< Im not crying....you are !
This looks like the beginning of an epic relationship! I look forward to seeing how you and Lucille work together!
Plenty of ideas ! Stay tuned 😉
Looking great Gert!
Thanks buddy!
That buid looks H U G E ! The fact it being modular makes it even more cooler! Nice job!
Also congrats on finding new love in your life! I hope you and Lucille have a lot of happy years ahead of you!
Thanks ! It’s 60cm tall ( 2 feet )
This is VERY impressive. Who knew EVA foam could be such a versatile terrain material?
Thanks ! I did 😉
Man, that floor design and the tower's details are beautiful. You need to treat Lucile good tonight.
Thanks ! Will do.
That's a pretty awesome build and writing down important measures on the back of your hand is a smart idea. there is always something to learn at DMW.
Thanks ! I’m a total professional 😏
Wow! That Tower-Church is freakin' giganormous!
Yes.
Fantastic build. That laser is something else. And, just like Bill, I think Flemish...Walloon...I just love all of you Germans the same :-D
Kill ‘em all, let God sort them out.
"Deep dive into lucille" Add that one to "crafters say the charmest things" list
Yes ! 😏
Very well done, my dear. This is a laser rig I had not seen before, thank you.
Thanks ! It’s a fun machine.
next purchase: laser cutter... Great work!
Thank you 😉
Now I want chocolate mousse!
Really nice castle too!
Thanks !
Was a pleasure. Your castle / tower is fantastic. 😍
Cheers mate
that is some LOTR style building right there. Awesome.
Thanks !
From the WIPs you shared, I wasn't sure how this would come out. But W😮W it's great!
Good job resisting the urge to blackline every single crevice. I would have spent months just doing that.
Thanks ! Avoiding work is one of my strong points 😉
Awesome! Nice to meet Lucille 😎
😉
The castle walls have them! Let's all scream from the top of our lungs:
MACHICOLATIONS!
MACHICOLATIONS !
Outstanding build. Well done Gert
Thanks!
Once again this channel knocks it out of the park 👍
Thank you very much !
Sorry that I'm just now catching this vid. That was impressive. Really well done. Love what you are doing with that laser.
Thanks!
That laser cutter looks so handy. I guess you could do most of that stuff by hand but it would take forever and not be as clean.
Oh yes. You can etch everything you can upload in the software, huge potential and time saver.
Another tool in the toolbox.
Sweet, new video!
Enjoy !
Dude!! Great Build!! Keep your relationship with Lucille on the down low, no need for the wife to learn about your side corn!!😀👍
Thanks ! Lucille was free, she doesn’t mind 😉
A great project with lots of details! Well done on the entire construction. Inspiring work and makes we want to start yet another project before I finish my current projects XD.
Thank you very much!
Wow. That build is so clean.
Thanks !
@@DarkMatterWorkshop Of course! Happy to say I've been enjoying what I've been watching and I'm going back through your older videos. Keep it up! Cant wait to see what's next!
Deep dive into Lucille just killed me 🤣
Hope your feeling better!
Beautiful build.
Thanks !
Lucille seems like a nice lady. You really made her work for this video though...
She’s just getting started.
The "Fun Roosters" look like they are attached to Mickey Mouse ears
Oh Yah, that "Mousse au Chocolat" looks Delicious!😋
Thanks
Great build & video :)
Thanks!
Great build !
Thanks !
Great build!!
Thank you !
Amazing work, top notch
Thank you!
Very awesome 😁
Thanks !
Amazing work well done 👏 that laser cutter does such great detail and I love ur such a professional lol 😆 don't worry I have done the same just got carried away building and forgot to film 😀😄
Thanks !
Lucille makes music we all can get behind , smart move to offer that to you, great job in a reasonable amount of time... respect.
Thanks !
Really nice, Gert. All the little touches, like cutting out and reattaching stones add so much. Looks great
Thanks !
Amazing video my buen gert. Increíble te felicito.
Gracias !
Magnificent design & construction you & lady friend produced. Take care of her she really helped you out. In all seriousness, really impressive you total professional. Loved how it's actually several sets. Castle, tower, etcetera. 👍
Thanks ! I’m a sucker for good modular terrain
Amazing
Thanks !
Super cool, great job :)
Thanks !
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! THATS AWESOME!!
And kinda funny as well as I'm making my own modular foam and cardboard castle build.
It's my first and it's a tribute build, my take on Castle Greyskull...to figure scale.
Sounds awesome!
If you like when it's done I'll send pictures. I know it's not for miniature tabletop, but I'm totally using everything I've learned from watching your videos and of others building everything from terrain, to textured roll up table terrain maps, foam bricking etc etc to make this monstrosity.
I'd always wanted to make one like this and now I am. And I'm going whole Hog with it too.
Now what I've gone and done was work within a dollar store and recycling kinda scratch build using all these tricks.
The picture I'll send when finished will have all the details that made up the original design, only tweaked as if this were the Very First time MOTU were being made by say Peter Jackson with LOTR level of detail and realism with their 'Bigatures' and a similar tone from the original Conan the Barbarian.
Instead of the Skull being essentially a magically shaped Stone parody of a skull, it IS an actual skull, of a Titan from a long near forgotten past.
In death the Titan's skeletal remains were bound to the castle built around it, forever imprisoned to act as Guardian of the great Power it had sought to take for itself, now only to safe guard it and house it instead.
The Titan's name was Greyskull.
Of course this is a wild deviation from the Canon, but this is an Adult take on the story. A Proportionate and Within the Parameters of the MOTU story, all characters Present and accounted for, just Updated maturely in a way that unifies it and Progresses and Alters a Few character backstories, so far that's limited to Greyskull itself and how I'm handling Skeletor.
And it's all for shits and giggles.
What if MOTU had been done by say...Heavy Metal but Tempered by Peter Jackson with the Balls from Conan.
Old and Creepy Haunted looking castle on the outside, but a Living Magic / Super Science interior that has all the trappings from the OG toy Playset.
The Turret Laser Cannon, the Techno Flying Throne used to trigger the Rug Covered Trap Door that fell down to the slimy creepy crawly monster pit.
Shit...that a Lot of work and its gonna take a long time to make it IF I go beyond Just the Front of the Castle as is.
Using the cardboard boxes I'm building it with and upon it's prepared for future modular expansions I have in mind to build out the Rest of the Castle i see in my head.
A Movie Quality thing that would Fit Right in with LOTR or Conan. Part of me has always wanted to make things for movies, spfx makeup, miniatures, costuming, props and creatures.
This project is practice for me as I'm working towards making a Star Wars fan series.
A live action but No Budget production that wouldn't look amiss if it were made around the same time as Battlestar Galactica or Buck Roger's and Doctor Who.
Using homemade miniature sets using various Toys and Figures to help create Street scenes and the like for what will begin as a Police Procedural.
When I'm taking a break from making Greyskull here, I'm working on making my costume, test building a few wall props made from plastic recycling and paint to help make the real world places I'm limited to filming in at least Passable with Wall Tiles made with Two Different detailed sides to randomly decorate a standard living space and make it again Passable for a Star Wars fan series.
And its gonna be unabashedly self aware of this level of production value, but hopefully, if all goes well the story is what'll get ya and then it's all good from there as it's all passable.
I'm 48, disabled, so I've a lot of time on my hands. And now I've the..stability to be able to do all of these things ive never really been able to dedicate any real time to beyond Casual artistic Expression.
Yeah I know....Long Comment. But there's a reason for it.
Your channel along with a handful of others in this particular community of which I have been truly inspired by, have been HUGE help in getting this thing made let alone started.
CPTSD is a Real drag.
You and the others have given me TOOLS that are Within my Reach on literally No Budget to speak of.
I CAN Make Shit Thanks to You guys....
I've said this to Black Magic Craft and I think to Wylocks Armory as well.
I sent BMC progress pictures of all of it so far, even Greyskull so if you wanna sneak peek....
So...Thank You.
@@ProjectCambrian sounds awesome, show me !
excellent build Gert! turned out fantastic
Thanks mate !
Nice stuff indeed !
A rooster from the South of BelGeek ;)
Mooi spul inderdaad!
Een haan uit het zuiden van BelGeek ;)
Thanks 😉
Great vid as always!
Thanks mate 😉
You are my second favourite Belgian after Toots Thielemans.
I can live with that!
This is some next level sh!t... Great work as always!
Thanks !
Seriously amazing application of technology combined with skill and artistry. Another technique to add additional texture is to heat the foam in small sections with a heat gun and press a lightly crumpled piece of tinfoil. Move in small areas across the foam and remember to wear a respirator in a well ventilated area. Keep in mind if you reheat an area you’ll lose most of the texture tinfoil texture you applied.
Thanks !
Yes i used that technique in this video :
ruclips.net/video/E_f_K_R5EuQ/видео.html
@@DarkMatterWorkshop missed that one but just watched it… fantastic as always. I now have a new project on my to-do list.
"I was out of drugs..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
True story !
Oh yeah??? Is it EPIC??? Is it???
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Actually,,, yeah, it is. Looks forkin' awesome. O_O
I don’t do clickbait!
😘
@@DarkMatterWorkshop you clickbitch!
Everybody needs a Lucille in their life
Shure is handy !
تحياتي لك من تطوان المغرب
Greetings 🖖
Now I want a laser...
I want 2 now 😅
It reminds me a little bit of Beersel.
Thanks ! Wrong color though 😉
Hehehe Gert Chocolat!!!
Yeah, that’s my real job actually, making chocolate, you jealous? 😉
@@DarkMatterWorkshop very Gert, very!!
Thats a brilliant build Gert. Love how it came out. Nice to see another fan of Little Richard, though Buddy H is my homeboi!
Thanks ! Buddy is cool 😉
The total opposite of Sigurd's tower. Awesome job too, though!
Thank you!
This is my comment to appease the great algorithm
You’re too kind!
Damn, man- that's pretty impressive. And congratulations on your new toy; maybe she can engrave you the new storage area you'll need to keep up with all the new shit you'll be making. Always look forward to your uploads, and this was no exception. Still waiting on that case of Maredsous, though... (enjoy your weekend)
Thanks ! Yeah…….storage 😅
I am about 97% sure Lucille was B. B. King's guitar. Just a little music history for the kids out there...
You can change that to 100%.
The BB King reference wasn’t going to piss of Elvis fans though 😉
@@DarkMatterWorkshop Oh, well for that, all you have to do is make a post apocalyptic model of Graceland with a shrine built over the toilet. You're not wrong about Little Richard though... King of Rock
That's massive, looks great. Where do you keep all your models and terrain?
Thanks ! On bookshelves. Going to have to sell some, they’re getting full 😅
@@DarkMatterWorkshop *rubs hands
How much does Lucille take for a good time?
She can do fast or slow, it’s always gooooood 👌
Quality comes at a price but it’s nothing excessive.
Wasn’t Lucille B.B. King’s guitar? Lol
Yes. The point stands.
@@DarkMatterWorkshop so, now I need to know, did they both name their guitars Lucille or were you just seeing who’s paying attention?lol
@@angiedewolf6512 Lucille is a song by little richard, kind of a classic ! Lucille is also BB Kings guitar, I love them all dearly.
Your accent sounds very Dutch, am i right ?
Ah, Belgisch, close enough ? Het klinkt wel vrij Nederlands, meer dan Belgisch, dus je woont/komt van bij Nederland in de buurt wel ?
Belgisch yep, vlaams dus 😏
@@DarkMatterWorkshop Zo'n lasersnijder is trouwens wel dikke shizzle ja. Als die ook te gebruiken is voor karton en MDF, wat vrijwel zeker is, kun je er helemaal veel mee !
I clicked on this video way too fast.
As you should ! 😉
Are you french? Your "mousse au chocolat" is almost without any discernable accent...
Belgian, so 50% French and 50% German 😏