If you enjoyed this build, let me know what you'd like to see next! I was pretty happy with this in the end, and I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, do check out www.patreon.com/broadswordwargaming to keep up to date with all the WIPs and to help support the channel. Thanks! 😊
Really enjoyed the video! Just to let you know, the Patreon and Amazon link in the description appear to be cut off and broken. At least, they are for me.
I loved this build so much, I immediately grabbed this set on eBay and the necessary materials and bits 🙈 so thanks, my wallet hates you now 😅 also, do more toy / playmobil conversions, there is quite a lot of potential in some sets e.g. the dragon castle
I gotta say your finger is well on the pulse of the warhammer RUclipsrs community, you're always an early commenter with positive things to say. It doesn't go unnoticed, good man.
Fifteen minutes into watching this my 3 year old declared, "not this, I want paw patrol!" which was the moment I realised we were actually watching it together and he'd been absolutely glued to it since the start. That's the first time he's ever watched something of mine for more than thirty seconds without demanding a cartoon. I think the close up shots of applying glue, sand a paint really appealed to him. 😉
I saved this set from my son's Playmobil collection. In fact I saved all the Romans and gladiators with the coliseum! This video just showed up in my feed! I did a chariot racing track using wedding cake columns and used a stone finish spray paint. Now I have more techniques to try. Thanks for the tutorial! I do want to make mine a bit more portable though.
This was such a great project to watch coming along. Love the final build and the way it looks. As Maximus himself would have said, Are you not entertained??
Brilliant. Lovely piece of work. I would suggest a dremel with cutting discs for that plastic. Mask and glasses essential. Some bits might end up looking a bit melted if dremel is on high speed. Than be cut off or left. After all I’m sure some fireballs can melt stone! Again, brilliant work.
It's great to see that Rust-Oleum Limestone spray in action. Usually the more impressive builds I see people doing feature some exotic product as a key part of the main effect, but I've seen that entire line at my local hardware store.
this toy feels like it would make a perfect replica of the arena from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, if anyone ever wanted to make that into a diorama project or miniatures campaign
Damn Oli, this is such a fantastic board build! Such inspired decision to use the old playmobile set. I am definitely inspired to try something similar for a kill team board.
Nice video guys. We built our play Mobil arena up a couple of years ago now and ran some Warcry Arena of Blood games in it. It's perfect size for warcry. Definitely recommend getting one to people on the fence.
Long time watcher, first time commenter. Because of this video, I tracked one these on eBay and bought it. Looking forward to working on it this summer! Great videos!
I know 2020 onwards has been a bit crap, and you've been busy with the new store, but this is a return to classic Ollie and it's been great to see some quality content.
@@BroadswordWargaming Ha! Not at all, you've been doing speed painting and squats videos, whereas this is more like the ruined city board or trenches, a proper endeavour where your make this awesome scene out of nothing, like an extra from the A Team. Crack on lad.
Cool build. I have been seeing this thing around forever and always wanted to pick it up and work on it similarly. I did not realize how big it is! Great video!
Awesome video Oliver! Love the transformation of the kids toy into some amazing tabletop terrain. Those static grass tufts turned out killer...another toy to add to that ever growing crafting wish list. 😜
MORE TOYS. I've had that applicator for almost a year, and never used it..feels good to have finally tried it. Was pretty pleased with the results. Onwards and upwards!
I would love to see more of these, you turning toys into terrain. Maybe you could film yourself going to a toy store, pick a few items, and then try and make something out of them?
I saw someone running a gladiator game on one of these at Historicon, and it looked fantastic. So good that I got one, and never figured out what to do with it. Thanks for the inspiration to get back to that project!
It's very good. I did see Alan on Red rose Wargaming do this a year ago. Red rose Wargaming is great, if only for Al's fantastic Yorkshire accent and enthusiasm!
This looks great! I would definitely suggest adding paint to your mod podge if only for the reason you wanted to paint over it before hitting it with a spray can: The mod podge seals it for painting. But if you miss a spot, the paint propellant can and likely will melt it as you said. The black paint in the mod podge often still comes out looking kind of gray and doesn't really cover the foam. That's fine though, you can see if it has covered (and sealed) the foam so you can spray it safely.
"This plastic is solid, it will not break" as a german who had a lot of Playmobil in its youth all i can say it: yes... and no. Perfectly fine for normal play in House, but when you play with it excessively outside, it can break quite fast. :D
It came out looking awesome! But I do have a recommendation for your sanity if you ever want to pinwash so much at once again. You can spray the thinner oil wash with your airbrush then use a big sponge soaked in mineral spirits to wipe it away from the raised surfaces. It goes a lot faster though you will have less fine control.
No worries! At the end of the day it’s your channel and the best videos are the ones where you’re enjoying bf yourself and sharing your hobbies and process with everyone else :)
This is awesome. I absolutely love kids toys turned into terrain. I think it's my favourite niche, subsection-y part of terrain making. And this is a fantastic example of that. Just a great job! 👏
Arena Rex has been doing this for years. You just stuck the warhammer moniker on it. Check out all the Arena Rex Custom builds using this set. This set was going to be retired and the Arena Rex community saved it keeping it in production...
Looks amazing! The choice of limestone really makes it. The pin washing may have taken hours, but it really makes the end result pop. Glad I'm not the only one who watches Star Trek Voyager to get through painting chores 😄
@@BroadswordWargaming it was a good show... just a shame about how it ended. Not quite Game of Thrones bad, but bad nonetheless. I am now going to be hunting down playmobile kits, and I imagine so are a good number of people 🤣
Such a cool idea and what an epic build, well done! I imagine you standing there with a tuna mayo sandwich and being proud of the result! Hope to see some more arena fights in the future!!! So whats next, a blood ball pitch?
After watching this video I had to go and buy one of these sets. Whenever I do get to build my Imperial city I want one of these as a centrepiece. Thanks for the inspiration
Looks great! One thing to mention, gold does not get verdigris, only copper and alloys of copper. I’ve found that you can get good results simulating verdigris by painting in a dark green, dabbing in a few patches of lighter green, then heavily dry brushing the entire thing in dark brown/bronze. The verdigris ends up less shiny than it can with inks.
This is amazing! The only change my non-crafty self would do would have been to fill the columns that were cut off/broken. Columns were carved from solid stone, in segments then stacked.
I was gonna mention seeing one similar at my FLGS, but Arena Rex is too familiar not to be the reason/ answer. Either way, this vid has the how to and the awe factor missing from just seeing one, cheers for that!
I have the same set, and it's huge! I fully turned mine to chaos, but I don't have the space to keep it together so for now it lives in pieces and it brought out when needed. On day though....
this was an amazing display of creativity and passion, absolutely love this project, Great job, and very helpful with the commentary giving good ideas and suggestions
I did not know Playmobil made anything beyond towns and firefighters and stuff. I just went down an Internet rabbit hole that led me to a Smithsonian article about the history of the toy. So, thank you for this video. :)
Looks really good :) Only thing that I'd have done is fill the hollow centres of the broken columns, just to make them look a little more like solid stone pillars.
Damn I used to have that exact playmobile set back when I lived in Europe. Might still have it, but damn that is clean piece man. GREAT WORK!!! Nostalgia is coming back. It had the lion(s) the gladiators and it just a few Roman royal with I think A Roman emperor. Not sure cuz had a few of the Roman sets.
Playmobil is awesome for wargaming terrain. A great basis to start with. I always wondered why not more people use it. You should make it a Challenge, Like that older Challenge with the waterguns. 😃👍🏼
![I.N "HALLUCINATION" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/n5B5q1Hwt_U/mqdefault.jpg)
If you enjoyed this build, let me know what you'd like to see next! I was pretty happy with this in the end, and I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, do check out www.patreon.com/broadswordwargaming to keep up to date with all the WIPs and to help support the channel. Thanks! 😊
Really enjoyed the video! Just to let you know, the Patreon and Amazon link in the description appear to be cut off and broken. At least, they are for me.
@@stormsorrow4142 oh thank you.😊 I don't know why it does that. They should do now, despite having "...", bloody RUclips. 🤣
I loved this build so much, I immediately grabbed this set on eBay and the necessary materials and bits 🙈 so thanks, my wallet hates you now 😅 also, do more toy / playmobil conversions, there is quite a lot of potential in some sets e.g. the dragon castle
Have you considered doing some kind of Spaceship, Space hulk or Lost Patrol gaming board?
This whole project is so great! The center ring of stone is particularly inspired, I love it!
I gotta say your finger is well on the pulse of the warhammer RUclipsrs community, you're always an early commenter with positive things to say. It doesn't go unnoticed, good man.
Thanks so much man! 😀 Wasn't sure on the size, but think it was about right in the end.
Gooby boy like u ring OLI! 😂😉😜
Fifteen minutes into watching this my 3 year old declared, "not this, I want paw patrol!" which was the moment I realised we were actually watching it together and he'd been absolutely glued to it since the start. That's the first time he's ever watched something of mine for more than thirty seconds without demanding a cartoon. I think the close up shots of applying glue, sand a paint really appealed to him. 😉
Your 3 year old son regularly demands things from you his father? You don't seem to think that is an issue...
O god paw patrol thats what my lil niece likes lol She likes pokemon well i like them to I cant keep up though ! Theres like hundreds now lol
@@savagex466-qt1io Over 700 pokemon now lmao. Got my first game when I was 5 in 2010 and been a fan since. It was Soul Silver if anyone wants to know
@@rhettburgess8753 how do you know what he thinks or says to his child when the kid ''demands'' something??
@@redsampler2017 By his own post.
This is so trippy seeing one of my favourite toys as a kid being turned into terrain lmao
I'd quite like to see more projects where you turn kids' toys into tabletop pieces. This was splendid.
Awesomeness! Between you and Bill making stuff, my kids aren’t going to have any toys left!
I saved this set from my son's Playmobil collection. In fact I saved all the Romans and gladiators with the coliseum! This video just showed up in my feed! I did a chariot racing track using wedding cake columns and used a stone finish spray paint. Now I have more techniques to try. Thanks for the tutorial! I do want to make mine a bit more portable though.
Not only did you turn something into an arena, but you have also created a display board to show your guests! Well done sir!
Gonna send this to a few folks who bought these coliseums and didn't end up doing owt with them. This is wonderful!
Ah thanks buddy! Yeah, I've had it for about 2 years now 😅 one of those "ill get round to it" projects. 😀
This was such a great project to watch coming along. Love the final build and the way it looks. As Maximus himself would have said, Are you not entertained??
"IS THIS NOT WHY YOU CAME HERE?". Thanks Rodney. Your support has been really useful, especially at 3am. 😅
Thats the ultimate kids toy conversion... Good job! Love it.
Playmobil, that is such a good idea !! I'm in Spain which has got Playmobil everywhere.
Awesome. Grab a set and give it a whirl :)
Just got a chance to watch this. That turned out awesome Ollie! Love the way the tufts turned out.
Thanks so much! Yeah, they took a few goes to get right, but happy with the results now. 😀
Brilliant. Lovely piece of work. I would suggest a dremel with cutting discs for that plastic. Mask and glasses essential. Some bits might end up looking a bit melted if dremel is on high speed. Than be cut off or left. After all I’m sure some fireballs can melt stone!
Again, brilliant work.
It's great to see that Rust-Oleum Limestone spray in action. Usually the more impressive builds I see people doing feature some exotic product as a key part of the main effect, but I've seen that entire line at my local hardware store.
After you sending me pics of this coming together for like seven months I am shocked to admit I never realised this started as a kids toy hahahahaha
WHAT THE FUCK I cannot ever unsee MC as tuna mayo *vomits*
Haha. Add a bit of pink/grey and add it into a sandwich. Done.
Really turned out beautifully. The stone ring in the center is fantastic!
Thank you. 😊
This project came out great! Now you have a great themed board for many games available and not just warcry.
If you thin the oils more, it will become way easier to pin-wash with 😊 Super cool project! 😊
this toy feels like it would make a perfect replica of the arena from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, if anyone ever wanted to make that into a diorama project or miniatures campaign
As soon as I saw that colosseum I knew exactly what it was from! Play mobile was a good time
Damn Oli, this is such a fantastic board build! Such inspired decision to use the old playmobile set. I am definitely inspired to try something similar for a kill team board.
That cobblestone wallpaper looks amazingly useful!
It's really good stuff, perfect for quick builds too.
I read that as How to Turn Kids Into Warhammer Gaming Tables XD
Gruesome
Nice video guys. We built our play Mobil arena up a couple of years ago now and ran some Warcry Arena of Blood games in it. It's perfect size for warcry. Definitely recommend getting one to people on the fence.
I actually remember seeing some of your videos a while ago. 😀 They looked great. 👌
Just took a look at yoir stuff again.. the quality has jumped somewhat 💪. Looks great. Will have to have an inter channel game at sone point. 😀
Long time watcher, first time commenter. Because of this video, I tracked one these on eBay and bought it. Looking forward to working on it this summer! Great videos!
Hope you enjoy it! and thank you 😊
I know 2020 onwards has been a bit crap, and you've been busy with the new store, but this is a return to classic Ollie and it's been great to see some quality content.
Thanks man! You mean I've been putting out shite for a year. 🤣🤣 No, I appreciate that. It's been a grind of a year, but back to the good stuff now. 😀
@@BroadswordWargaming Ha! Not at all, you've been doing speed painting and squats videos, whereas this is more like the ruined city board or trenches, a proper endeavour where your make this awesome scene out of nothing, like an extra from the A Team. Crack on lad.
This is SUPER inspiring, it looks great. I'm going to now be scouring the internet for cool kids toys for the rest of the evening :D
Nice to see a video from you again. I know that you have been busy, but this is a pretty nice come back build that you have done here.
Now this is the way you repurpose a Playmobil set! Can’t wait to see the Warcry battle report.
such a great idea! finished product is awesome! looking forward to seeing some warcry stuff also!
Nice to see I'm not the only one watching ST: Voyager while painting, lol!
Haha, there arent many of us it seems.. but its the best! Stargate SG-1 is also good for hobby.
Superb work! Been looking forward to this one and it did not disappoint! Great video dude!
Thanks Pickle. 😊
Cool build. I have been seeing this thing around forever and always wanted to pick it up and work on it similarly. I did not realize how big it is! Great video!
Awesome video Oliver! Love the transformation of the kids toy into some amazing tabletop terrain. Those static grass tufts turned out killer...another toy to add to that ever growing crafting wish list. 😜
MORE TOYS. I've had that applicator for almost a year, and never used it..feels good to have finally tried it. Was pretty pleased with the results. Onwards and upwards!
What an amazing build! Well worth the wait.
Thanks buddy! 😀
When i first read the title i read it without the toys part and the inner drukhari within me awakened.
I would love to see more of these, you turning toys into terrain.
Maybe you could film yourself going to a toy store, pick a few items, and then try and make something out of them?
I saw someone running a gladiator game on one of these at Historicon, and it looked fantastic. So good that I got one, and never figured out what to do with it. Thanks for the inspiration to get back to that project!
Great video! The quality of your content is just getting better and better!
Thank you 😊
You did amazing work on this. So did the people that designed the original toy. It's amazing the difference paint and other items make.
It's very good. I did see Alan on Red rose Wargaming do this a year ago. Red rose Wargaming is great, if only for Al's fantastic Yorkshire accent and enthusiasm!
Really great looking build 👏 Very inspiring and some great techniques to add some great detail.
Thanks buddy! I'll have to start messing with fog soon. 😉
Awesome video as always. I love to see how you make these pieces or scenery come to life! Now, more batreps with Warcry!
Thanks Chuck. 😊
We'll done! Playschool makes amazing terrain
This looks great! I would definitely suggest adding paint to your mod podge if only for the reason you wanted to paint over it before hitting it with a spray can: The mod podge seals it for painting. But if you miss a spot, the paint propellant can and likely will melt it as you said. The black paint in the mod podge often still comes out looking kind of gray and doesn't really cover the foam. That's fine though, you can see if it has covered (and sealed) the foam so you can spray it safely.
Amazing work. Thank you for your continued content, it nice to see some variety applied to the landscape.
Great video, very professionally done and great conversion
Really loving the run of videos on scenery, thank you!
"This plastic is solid, it will not break" as a german who had a lot of Playmobil in its youth all i can say it: yes... and no. Perfectly fine for normal play in House, but when you play with it excessively outside, it can break quite fast. :D
A _Necron_ tomb world for _Kill Team_ would be awesome!
And you obviosly got the skills! ;-)
I'd love to do a Necron board, fear not, it's in the pipeline. 😀
It came out looking awesome! But I do have a recommendation for your sanity if you ever want to pinwash so much at once again. You can spray the thinner oil wash with your airbrush then use a big sponge soaked in mineral spirits to wipe it away from the raised surfaces. It goes a lot faster though you will have less fine control.
This looks great! Gonna have to go through all my old toys and see what I can use.
This was so impressive! I love the end result and I thought the centre ring of stone looked really good. I'd love to see more videos like this!
Thanks so much! I'll make sure to try and push more board builds onto the channel. They just take forever 😅
No worries! At the end of the day it’s your channel and the best videos are the ones where you’re enjoying bf yourself and sharing your hobbies and process with everyone else :)
Very nice! You just showed me another option in building an arena for my Victus games. Thanks for the idea!
This is awesome. I absolutely love kids toys turned into terrain. I think it's my favourite niche, subsection-y part of terrain making. And this is a fantastic example of that. Just a great job! 👏
Really like homemade boards making a return. It was one of the things that got me into the hobby and suddenly everybody was using gamemats..
Tables are great but where the hell do you keep them!
@@funoff3207 shift the bed, move the sofa, clear the kitchen.. easy! 😅
Great video Olly, fantastic execution of a cool concept. As an aside, I love those textured Rustoleum sprays!
Thank you , Broadsword Wargaming .
Nice job there Oli' ,Looking forward to seeing the Games ,
Arena Rex has been doing this for years. You just stuck the warhammer moniker on it. Check out all the Arena Rex Custom builds using this set. This set was going to be retired and the Arena Rex community saved it keeping it in production...
Looks amazing! The choice of limestone really makes it. The pin washing may have taken hours, but it really makes the end result pop.
Glad I'm not the only one who watches Star Trek Voyager to get through painting chores 😄
Voyager for the win! And thanks. 😊
@@BroadswordWargaming it was a good show... just a shame about how it ended. Not quite Game of Thrones bad, but bad nonetheless.
I am now going to be hunting down playmobile kits, and I imagine so are a good number of people 🤣
Such a cool idea and what an epic build, well done! I imagine you standing there with a tuna mayo sandwich and being proud of the result! Hope to see some more arena fights in the future!!! So whats next, a blood ball pitch?
Ha, yes, happy with the result, so crack out the Tuna baguette. 🤣
So, I have a high fantasy AoS board, then it'll probably be the bloodbowl stadium.😀
After watching this video I had to go and buy one of these sets. Whenever I do get to build my Imperial city I want one of these as a centrepiece. Thanks for the inspiration
Seems you resisted the urge to put skulls and bones in all the nooks and crannies! I don't think I could. Very nice work, thanks for sharing.
This is some awesome scenery … great first video of yours for me to watch!
Great vid. That playset reminds me of the Imperial City in The Elder Scrolls province of Cyrodiil in epic scale.
That's a solid point. Love Elder Scrolls stuff. Hmm. *dons thinking cap*.
Nice idea ! I love the final effect ! :)
Thanks 😀
Funny how you mentioned Voyager, I've been bingeing on it and was taking a break from it to watch your video
Absolute genius, would never have thought of using something like that
This was outstanding man! Super creative and very well done. And I can use some of your tips when I build my action figure dioramas. Great video!
great looking build dude, will make a fantastic playing area 👍
Looks great! One thing to mention, gold does not get verdigris, only copper and alloys of copper. I’ve found that you can get good results simulating verdigris by painting in a dark green, dabbing in a few patches of lighter green, then heavily dry brushing the entire thing in dark brown/bronze. The verdigris ends up less shiny than it can with inks.
That's a great table. Very well done!
This is the RUclips content I am here for!
😊
This is genius. I'm definitely building something like it. Great work mate👍
More toys to miniature videos please. This is amazing
Ask, and thou shalt recieve. 😇
This looks great Ollie!! 💪🏻 Cant wait to see those battles!
This is amazing! The only change my non-crafty self would do would have been to fill the columns that were cut off/broken. Columns were carved from solid stone, in segments then stacked.
Very cool. I got the same set for Arena Rex, they use the same one for their demo table too.
Oh nice! Well get stuck in. 💪
I was gonna mention seeing one similar at my FLGS, but Arena Rex is too familiar not to be the reason/ answer.
Either way, this vid has the how to and the awe factor missing from just seeing one, cheers for that!
Mate absolutely loved the video and have been dying to see how you did it after your Instagram posts , can't wait for the Bat Rap .
Yessss. Batreps! Batreps! Batreps! Looks great. Love the shot verity as well.
I have the same set, and it's huge! I fully turned mine to chaos, but I don't have the space to keep it together so for now it lives in pieces and it brought out when needed. On day though....
great job and even better to see you back making videos
Thanks! It's been a rough few weeks, but hopefully I can get back to it now :)
Looking forward to seeing the warcry batrep on this board
Really amazing job. Looking forward to the batrep.
Thanks 👍 With New Warcry out I think we FINALLY have something planned :)
looks awesome Oli, and i'm looking forward to seeing that battle report.
this was an amazing display of creativity and passion, absolutely love this project, Great job, and very helpful with the commentary giving good ideas and suggestions
I did not know Playmobil made anything beyond towns and firefighters and stuff. I just went down an Internet rabbit hole that led me to a Smithsonian article about the history of the toy. So, thank you for this video. :)
You need a plasticy sculpy looking medal for this. Thanks for the cool tips sir.
Looks really good :) Only thing that I'd have done is fill the hollow centres of the broken columns, just to make them look a little more like solid stone pillars.
Look incredible Oli! Might have to try this 😮
Woow such a fantastic project it certainly looks amazing great job
Thank you so much! It was a big project to work on, but happy with the end result.
The tufts look absolutely stunning, holy shit!
Thanks! 😀
Cracking work man!!
Interesting video . Excellent idea . Well done .
Damn I used to have that exact playmobile set back when I lived in Europe. Might still have it, but damn that is clean piece man. GREAT WORK!!! Nostalgia is coming back. It had the lion(s) the gladiators and it just a few Roman royal with I think A Roman emperor. Not sure cuz had a few of the Roman sets.
This...is absolutely awesome. Bravo!!
It looks good nice work if it was slightly bigger it would make a good bloodbowl stadium as well
Dude... have an algorithm for your efforts!
Thank you 🤣. Come on mighty algorithm.
@@BroadswordWargaming Looks like it's working, I got recommended this out of the blue!
Playmobil is awesome for wargaming terrain. A great basis to start with. I always wondered why not more people use it. You should make it a Challenge, Like that older Challenge with the waterguns. 😃👍🏼