If you have another slow week and looking for a lazy video: I would love to see you do a video with maybe the 10 most used terrain pieces you've created so far. Would be super helpful for Beginner crafters like me.
Don't sell this topic short. This is an important video. Sometimes as crafters we can get hung up on mistakes. So hearing your thought process on your regrets is helpful. Also, it is so important to have a balanced work / home life. Have fun on your day off!
I have to be very careful with projects I am not happy with. That dissatisfaction with a project will become a huge sap on my creativity and enthusiasm. My solution has been to maintain my crafting areas as a place of positive energy where I can reduce my stress. It is not a place I want to be confronted with mistakes or regrets. So I box failures up and move them to material storage with a 'Revisit' label. When I am at the top of my game in a great mood, that is the time I rework my mistakes. Some things get fixed, some things get salvaged, and some things eventually get tossed. But I don't let them drag me down.
Billy Joel once said that our mistakes are the only thing we can truly call our own. Owning your mistakes is strength and character in spades. Plus, you are teaching us the dos and don'ts. That's a fantastic thing that we as community really appreciate and learn from.
Every once in a while I go through my shelves where i store all of my crafted Terrain, and I look at my old projects, and evaluate if I still like them. Sometimes i update them to my 'current standards' based on my new skill level, and other times If they are unsalvageable I throw them out, or make a totally new version of them. I live in a small apartment in the city, so nothing is sacred. They served their purpose, but now their time is done, and i get to use the shelf space that they occupied to house a new project that excites me.
Anyone else really want to see more gardening content? Also, I’m so glad there are creatives like you out here publicly reminding us all to prioritise our mental health.
My biggest regret is a mini I painted inspired by a vtuber I love. I put a lot of work into it kitbashing parts, sculpting new parts, and once primed it was so cool, I was so excited to start painting it and seeing the finished result that I ended up rushing it resulting in a piece not at all reprentative of my skills. Now I don't hate it there are aspects of it I really love but I had such high ambitions for this model that I couldn't help but feel defeated over the result, I still have it sat on myself partly because I do still like it but also as a reminder to sometimes slow down and not rush head on into a project regardless of how excited I am because if I do I'll regret it in the end
I seem to see a theme in your "mistakes" all involving resin. Maybe a combine the love of gardening and model building and make a chaos garden gnome for the garden. lol.
While I always love seeing your builds, videos like this (and others that deviate a bit from what you usually do) give the channel some variety. You're a very kind and cool person, and I'll always wait for your videos regardless of schedule.
I am so happy to hear that you've taken the time to enjoy life. I recently did the same thing after being diagnosed with cancer. I took a lot of time to just "be" and it was amazing. Now, after surgery and treatment I am cancer free and returning to my wealth of projects and will use them as therapy while to keep "recurrence of cancer" fears away. I want to thank you for being an inspiring creative element in my crafting and art.
Also thank you for being so out spoken about mental illness.. My wife has a mental illness and when she hears that others have an illness she feel she ls not so alone! So from the bottom of my D&D loving heart.. Thank you sir! And enjoy your well earn time off!
I am an aspiring artist with mental health issues who is very unforgiving towards my own work. Your message in this video is just what I needed to hear. I like that you do not pretend to be happy about your failures (your attitude feels sincere, and not a fake kind of positivity), but instead put your focus on the many projects ahead
Respect for highlighting the importance of mental health and time out. As well as being open and honest about your own struggles and the tonic that everyone has access to, nature!
I love that you're having fun in your garden. Taking time for your mental health is important and I'm glad you're doing it - right now you look really happy.
I love the idea of any creator taking time away. Time away is important, sunshine is important, getting stuff done around the house and yard is important.
Mental health breaks are super important! I also think this retrospective was important because of how much you focus on the whole process- you aren't always going to be happy with a hobby project and it's really cool to see a big creator acknowledge that.
This video has a realness & human element; mistakes are normal. While the main point of your channel is model building, I tend to gain the most from your thought process & problem solving. How do you approach a project? How do you decide what techniques to employ? So this outdoor work has the same set of problems on a far larger scale. Feel free to bring us along! But it could be that the labor of filming & editing is what you need the break from....if so, I totally understand & encourage your break. Enjoy the warmer weather.
This hobby is a collection of artistic processes. Art is about doing and learning from what worked and what didn't. To only have 3 projects that haunt you is a huge victory! Congrats! You easily deserve a mini-vacay - have a great time! Always love your content... :)
Super happy to see you loving life and giving yourself grace. My wife struggles with mental health issues as well, and she is often WAY harder on herself that anyone deserves. Take care of YOU and your family first. You deserve happiness. Be proud of the content you create, including the ones that don't go perfectly.
Ty Jeremy for your honesty and you deserve downtime, especially with all the stress everyone has been fighting since the past year of lockdown. You are a great creator and we all understand about needing a mental break. The standards you have set for yourself are commendable and understandable, especially when it comes to your detail work. No matter what tho, you are an awesome 😎 creator. Btw beautiful backyard. I understand about short seasons I too am up in the North.
I tend to dispose of my failures... with extreme predjudice! I spend a lot of my time creating. Drawing, painting, writing, crafting failures often are sent off with burning, shredding, smashing, and BURNING.
No real regrets for any of my builds. Each mistake, like you and so many others in the hobby preach, is a chance to learn something new. I guess my one regret is not putting a little more thought into planning larger builds, I tend to improv along the way. That planning I bet would save me time. So lovely to hear and see you are taking some time for yourself, that garden is looking fantastic!
Enjoy the break and nice weather! I enjoy watching your videos where things go sideways and you find a way to salvage the build! Helps many of us to find inspiration to "fix" the build and not just throw our hands up and toss it in the circular file! As always - nice video! Cheers!
Everyone needs a break, mental health is a priority and should be taken. I went out during the weekend and got some inspiration from walking through a forest, it helped keep me unwind and work on some concepts for wildland scenery. Take your time and enjoy your mental break J!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love your talking head videos because it focuses on your personality beyond you being a maker. Glad you're taking some time to help yourself (I love gardening as well)
Thank you for this video. Remember “We learn from failure, not from success!” (Bram Stoker). It is the reflection on the failures then enables us to improve. I think sharing projects that have faults is great, since when we have poor projects. Then we can all learn from the mistakes.
Nothing feels better than coming back to old projects and fixing them up. Plus, if it doesn't work the second time around, you know it wasn't meant to be.
You know, I really prefer you being happy and healthy over weekly videos that might be forced due to not feeling well. I will most definitely survive if I don't get a weekly BMC dosage but I am happy about every one I get!
Whatever works for you to make you happy and feel good is the most important thing. Mental (and physical) health is everything. And I think everyone around here understands that. Enjoy your vacation and take your well deserved time off! Keep up your amazing work. I've been following you for a few months now, (painting minis became kind of a meditating hobby for me during lockdown) dug through a lot of your videos and I really, really enjoy what you do and am excited to see what you do every week! for my part, I often struggle with not being satisfied once I sit down on a piece of art/ design/ whatever pretty fast. I often create ideas in my head and sometimes fail to execute them as I invisioned and it really, REALLY bugs me! For most of the time I just stop and put that project either "on hold" or never touch it again, which is also a thing I try to work on, not to start a new project before finishing all the others I've started but still give it my very best until I'm satisfied and not just to finish it so I can start another. I think it's a habit of every creative person to never really be satisfied or always finding something that bugs you, even if it's just a tiny bit of 'mistake'. I think our "persuit to perfection" is a blessing and a curse at the same time. We are our biggest critics and I think that is a good learning experience. Even tho I have the same mental attitude as you do that I'm often hesistant about "correcting" stuff and "what if I screw up?" but sometimes it takes a little courage and just do it and it may even come out better than before because you've changed your mind during the process and even got more inspiration out of it. Who knows? Maybe it's a personal feeling. P.S.: I loved the Jets skit. Even tho as a german I should be on the Oilers/ Dreisaitl/ Kahun bandwagon :D
Super glad that you are honest about needing a break from things and time spent doing other projects. Would love to see a combination of the terrain/builds within the garden.
It’s just nice hear you speak about the subject you inspire us all to be better at anc to show it’s ok to fail. One of my biggest anxiety is actually getting to start a project as I’m worried how it will turn out when it doesn’t really matter as we can only get better by working out what works and what doesn’t. Thank you, you are an inspiration to us all.
I planted a garden this year! I expanded from 6 tomato plants to 12! I think that we may expand the garden again next year, and add a plot where I can grow squash, and we may do a few raised beds for smaller things. We have a decently sized back yard, and I think that I would really like to get some use out of the beautiful growing season that we have here.
Your Garden looks great! My state in Aus is back into lockdown again too! Mistakes happen, regret is just a sign that you care about what you do, and it really shows. I deeply respect your openess about mental health breaks, I think its very important to talk about openly and frankly. Thank you.
On the zombie one, those parts that have pushed out actually look like the concrete vault that's often used in burials has kind of split and pushed apart when the zombie clawed his way out. the alternative to sanding might be to add a textured dirt surface. Also, as one who's been slowly building a backyard garden--digging, moving much, heavy bags of soil, etc--I can tell you you're not lazy at all.
I just got back to work from a 2 week vac. as well.. It was a much needed.. Do not be down on yourself for taking a break.. We ALL need a break sometimes..
You deserve to take a break. You're work is awesome!!! You are the reason I started crafting in the first place, and I can't believe you are able to work on crafts as often as you do! Enjoy your down time. There's always next week.
Mental health days are sometimes necessary to keep yourself healthy and creative. Good on you for recognizing your own needs. Thanks for all you do here. Take care of yourself, sir!
Your garden looks so nice! My biggest hobby regret is always when I give up on a project. I try lately to keep the philosophy of "perfect is the enemy of done". Even if it sucks or isn't what I picture, finishing a project feels better than having it half-done in my piles of shame. I really admire how you push through frustration to finish things! (Also if you're looking for ideas for masking, I've had success pinning fabric over large diorama pieces to keep mess off of certain areas. If I'm careful, the pinholes don't show and the fabric covers only what I need without getting in the way). Love your channel, and I'm excited for next week (the Archvillain minis for June are very cool)!
Enjoy the respite and just know that you're greatly appreciated as a creator and inspiration. I did a little experiment with your go to quick epoxy and I'm really satisfied with it. Thank you.
Your pipe diorama is one of my favorites. I think it turned out so awesome and it shows your endurance and how you overcome challenges! I love it and it inspires me
Keep doing the things that make you happy, my dude! We still love you, even if you don’t build something every week! I would say my crafting regrets are usually polymer clay-based and I gift things that don’t meet my standards to my mom. She’s always supportive of my crafts, even if they aren’t the best!
It's always great to take a break once in a while, and you are just doing larger terrain in your backyard. You do great work and have inspired me to make my own projects. Take the time you need, your fans will always be here for you. Take care, I look forward to seeing what you do in the future.
I give all of my failures away. We are often overly critical of our own work. As soon as someone compliments a piece that I have an issue with I gift it to them.
Spent the last week and a half gardening/terraforming my backyard as well. Can make videos any time of the year, but now’s the only time you got to make your yard how you want it for the whole summer. Keep up the cool stuff 👍
I try to view my disappointing or failed projects as points on a timeline, things that I can look back on a few months or years down the road and think, "That was my experience and skill level back in 20XX, and this is how my knowledge and technique have changed since then." The two disappointments that you had with resin effects, I seem to recall that you were experimenting or trying something new with each of them. Those were learning experiences that gave you more practice and a stronger knowledge base moving forward, and as much as it sucks to look at them on the shelf and think about what they could've been, hopefully they also better prepared you to create an effect like the one you wanted in the future. That's how I try to see my failures, anyway -- I'm better at this than I was in the past, and I'm not as good as I will be in the future, and looking at past disappointments can help show me how far I've come since then, or how far I'll get in a couple of years.
So happy to hear you took a solid mental health break! Creativity takes a ton of effort, got to recharge those batteries! Always really respect your relationship with mistakes and failure!
I hear you man. It's really important to take breaks from the craft and reset sometimes. I feel like the projects that go south are learning experiences. The reason it wasn't the best piece you ever created was because it was meant to teach you something so when the next best piece comes along you have it covered. Ive made a few mistakes on some pretty cool projects but made the best from them, I forgot to seal foam balls in a purple people eater project and they melted with the clear coat. That's probably the biggest regret so far. My worst mistake has yet to be made and I think that should hold true for everyone. Mistakes are how we grow my friend 😎👊 i enjoyed this video and my followers tend to like these chatty videos as well. Love the channel. Enjoy the weather and the weekend 👊✌
Glad to see that your taking time for yourself. Metal health is super important and often goes unnoticed or unacknowledged. Good to see that your taking it into consideration. Keep up the good work, Garden looks awesome, and looking forward to the next video :)
I'm in nowhere near the same league as you, but as part-time RUclipsr filming after I've finished teaching for the day, I can absolutely understand and support taking time for yourself. The garden looks amazing and you should be very proud of your accomplishment. Everything you are doing is inspiring.
I have a couple that come to mind. I recently got into making submerged resin shipwreck dioramas. I made one and decided to use brown resin, but the resin I had was far too strong and opaque. I caught it somewhat early, poured out the first pour, and mixed a second batch with less than half the pigment... and it was still almost opaque. In the end, ironically, it's probably the most realistic representation of a deep ocean wreck, that you need to hold lights up to it to see. But, without looking up close with a flashlight, it looks like a big, brown block, with acrylic walls
For this past Christmas, I built a diorama for my dad. Its the most ambitious project I've ever taken on. The idea was him and his dog out in the wilderness living off the land. He's perched on a cliff, overlooking the nearby area with his dog next to him, and trees and his log cabin behind him. I really struggled with the log cabin for a while. Originally I wanted the wood to be actually rounded like logs, but couldn't get the sizing right to make it look good. I got caught up in thinking how it would actually be built. In reality, log cabins are drab and boring - they're almost entirely made out of a single material. I added some stones at the bottom as a foundation, but ultimately, the cabin ended up looking WAY too monotone. I only see it every few months when I go to visit him (he's a few hours away), but when I do I'm always disappointed by the colors I chose. At least he loves it!
Putting a positive twist on things is always a great way to own your mistakes. I was reflecting earlier today on how this damn coronavirus has changed my own mental health, not for the better I must say. I’m at extreme risk clinically if I catch it and as a result I’ve only left my home 4 times in the last 18 months (2 blood tests and 2 Covid jabs) Even writing a comment here has been quite cathartic and it helps putting things in prospective. Keep putting up these great videos, you never know much it means to people..
Garden progress video! Frame it around the importance of having hobbying diversity and doing other things you're passionate about to inspire and refuel your crafting!
Totally agree on that everything I have created has at least one mistake in it, but 99,9% of those mistakes anyone else will probably never notice, so it helps to tell myself that most of the small errors that bug me my players will never notice, they're just happy there's minis and terrain! My worst mistake though which still bugs me to this day is my first batch of 20 goblin miniatures from Reaper. I spent so many days painting them up meticulously, only to ruin them at the last step with a spray-on protective coat which made the plastic melt / turn super sticky (this, I later learned, is a mistake every mini-painter makes exactly once). I still beat myself up for not testing it on one model first, that way I could've saved the other 19. They now are hidden in a box of shame, and while I will never use them, I can't get myself to throw them away, because they were the first models I ever bought and which got me super ecited for DnD. Oh well, live and learn!
Suggestion (sorta): first, thank you for being such an amazing host! Second, I've seen watercolorists use "liquid frisket" aka masking fluid to block off parts of paper they want to keep white, and they can remove it when they want. Caveats: some are pull-off and some are rub-off. I haven't tried it myself, so I don't know how well it'll work.
Facing failure is an important part of this, or really any hobby. The important thing is to be able to accept it and try again. This is especially true of miniature painting. Those Crystal Brush winning models may look amazing once they're finished, but I guarantee you that there are mistakes hidden under there somewhere. We all screw up. Embrace it. Learn from your mistakes. Try again until you're happy with it. That's the hobby in a nutshell.
Good looking garden. I hope you get a good harvest. I craft all winter with a bit of gardening, the garden all spring/summer with a bit of crafting. Fall is harvest and preserving.
With the zombie diorama, if you use a vacuum cleaner and hold the nozzle near the sanding face, it will take all the dust etc and you won’t have to worry about cleaning the diorama. Really good to see you taking care of your headspace 👍
Bulging zombie base: a good sharp hand plane would probably work wonders. Milliput shaves really nicely, doing it with hand tools keeps the shavings out of the nicely finished model and risk is low, then once it's close you can hand-sand it down carefully and repaint black. My biggest frustration is a model kit years ago I spent ages pre-shading, then painted a multi-coloured camo pattern with too much layering. The first colour looked awesome, the second a bit meh, and the third totally flat. I 'fixed' it by re-applying the shading after the fact but the real solution was to put it in a box and not look at it... Going outside is more important than you realise, eh? I've taken to wandering around the garden during the work day whenever I'm waiting for the kettle to boil and it improves my mood no end. Good luck on keeping up the good stuff after your break ends - it's important!
My biggest hobby mistake: After I ran a game of D&D for some friends, I left my terrain crate in the car. In the summer. In Florida. Some of my favorite trees and some of my favorite building - warped. Could I fix it? Maybe. It would require surgical precision and a heat gun, but I've been too defeated to do it. One day maybe ;_;
This is your channel Jeremy, you upload as frequently as you'd like, we're just lucky to get to see the stuff you make. Keep doing you, love your content.
Thanks for sharing, being open, and vulnerable. Love your videos. You’re inspiring, and I look forward to learning more from you! Keep up the good work and stay safe and healthy!
Gardening is quite good for the mind, growing stuff and get your hands dirty, just lovely. And I can recommend to use last years dried up tomato plants/leafs as flock. :)
Failure is needed on the road to progress; it's how we get better. One of my regrets involves a handful of my dungeon tiles; I had measuring difficulties on making 6x6 squares and ended up gluing four 3x3 squares together.
A day or week of rest / distraction, especially a hobby like ours, is just as important as a good creative streak. You can distance yourself from some projects, get new inspiration etc. Regards and I hope you will have a great time relaxing with your family in your garden.
So... I've bought a kit 3 times because I didn't like my finished product. It was a cheap $10 revell spite fire. Then I found the same scale hasagawa kit (much more expensive) and used my previous failures and wins as inspiration and made an awsome diorama out of it. Point is I learned from your mistakes from the past kits. And was able to grow my skill and love of the hobby. Also... I'd love to see a gardening with Black Magic Crafts episode!!! Your vids are amazing! And you should take time for yourself when you need it. Wish my job had that option... lol
I regret one of my earlier paintjobs on a balor mini. It's totally redoable, but I have so mini things to paint hat I just keep leaving it on the back burner Also it's great to hear that you're taking some time for your mental health and I think shining a light on and reflecting on your mistakes & regrets doesn't make this video lazy.
I recently picked back up crafting dungeon tiles to finally have enough for proper layouts, sometimes you gotta take a break, but know plenty of us will still be crafting under your guides!
I would love a project where you don’t have the need to finish it in one week. A diarama where you invest the time you really need and don’t rush and just give us the updates every week.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I said it on that video and i'll put it here again so you have another shot at fixing it, you're probably allergic to kicker, i have the same thing... I just drip it on with a small stick and that makes it "not a big deal/not a problem". Granted its slower when you're jamming out a whole ass city
Great to see you back. My wife and I were excited to watch your video as usual. I'm looking forward to some more terrain builds when you're done your yard work! From your friend out East (New Brunswick here).
I loved the zombie piece. So sad to see how it has become. I hope you can fix it. But more importantly I hope you can figure out why its done what its done. One thing I love about your channel is how you try to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it and share that with us. Off hobby topic. Your back yard looks good. Keep getting that vitamin D therapy and stay safe.
Good for you - even a "stay-cation" can recharge your energy when you do something that makes you feel good about the environment around you. "Terrain building" in the real world is "just" landscaping but working with real dirt, stones, wood, and growing things will inspire you for both macro and mini ventures. Have a blast - catch you on the flip side!
Love your projects and really like this video. This video explains exactly how I feel with my Hobby. I build very large and custom piñatas for birthday parties. Most of the time if I feel this way on a project, I am glad to see them get destroyed. But once I made a full size Arthas Menethil pinata (death knight from World of Warcraft) for an art contest. This is by far the one item I felt the most frustrated with the final result since I was rushed on the final week. Out of all the things I have made, this is the only one I have kept. To remind myself that I can always do better and to better manage my time. Best lesson though is that even if it is not exactly what I wanted, other people still think it is amazing.
Dude, mental health is so important! When you ignore it because of obligations, it tends to catch up with you. You're at least being productive. Me, my mental health days are nothing but youtube binging 😂😂😂
the last one, a low light LED.. drill from bottom into the resin enough to place the light ever so slightly into the area not much (can easily with the room you have cut away a small box on the bottom for housing) run the feed out the back for plugin OR opt into battery. You're very creative and I think these three maybe GREAT "Reworks" you can show as content to create EVEN better from already good creations.
Much like the muscles in our body, we need to give our creative muscle some rest from time to time too. I’m happy to hear you’re giving yourself some down time - you deserve it and I believe it will also help you as an artist in the long run.
I once spent a couple of weeks painting a Swarmlord, lots of detail in the carapce etc. Went to spray it with varnish and picked up the leadbelcher spray by mistake..... To deal with it i out it in the very back of a cupboard and never looked at it ever again! Do ya thing bud, gotta get that you time.
Glad you took a break man, everyone needs to do it now and then. I need a break myself, but gotta last a couple more weeks! RUclips is relentless and more creators need to defend their free time.
The backyard is looking great! So if people are going to "hate" on you for taking an easy week this week... well then just invite them for a drink and grilling in the backyard with you so they can enjoy your hard work you've really done!
Regrets. Well... Not finishing a project. I have so many projects from the past that are 90% done, good enough to play on, and then get left for the next project. I just don't have the time to get them over the line. Doing my channel has actually forced me to get a project done from start to finish. So again, you have inspired me to get terrain finished! Thank you.
Wow your work is nice even in the Garden :-) take a break if you need. There is always a life behind a job or RUclips or what ever. Enjoy your family/home
This just proofs that, again, we are our own worst critics when it comes to our own art. I do understand though, and being critic to our own work, that makes us push harder, to get better, out of the box problem solving, and LEARNING :) as long as we don´t let our own critics end up in us stop creating, it can be a good thing, but on the other hand, we are usually kinda too hard on ourselves... Anyways, I´m glad you´re taking some time and spending it with your family :) highly deserved!!! and I don´t see this as an "lazy" video, looking back at your own stuff and sharing what you think is flawed, it´s actually helpful, and especially that it´s ok to look at your own work and accept it, not letting it stop you from keep creating :) we all have those pieces we wish we have done a little different :) Good on yah! 💜
Glad your having a break & enjoying some outdoor down time, (garden looks great btw! ) it's important to look after yourself. I would really like to see you do another book nook with water effect & lighting again purely because with all the experience you have now I you can nail it. Take care& have fun!
Building a hexagonal shelf for storing bottles filled with dry foods (pasta, oats, nuts, rice etc.) I really planned all out and made prototypes for everything and I liked it. Just at the end I let my self-esteem judge it and it said that it was bad. I redid it, but ended at the same point. It still works as a prototype for then I couldn't afford the materials for the finished product. It is bothering me every morning, but I hope that some day I'll have the time and money to finish it.
If you have another slow week and looking for a lazy video: I would love to see you do a video with maybe the 10 most used terrain pieces you've created so far. Would be super helpful for Beginner crafters like me.
He made one that is the top 5 things he made that he uses all the time :D
@@tinaprice4948 but not a top 10 😂
This is actually super helpful. What has hit the table the most?
Maybe an interesting topic would be the top 5 most unused pieces, stuff you only had once on the table but is awesome regardless
Or a new style of modular terrain piece? Could be nice and fast
So... you're still building terrain, just in your back yard.
1:1 scale terrain at that!
I love the realism of the grass! And those trees look so detailed.
Terrain model, Mike Brady-Bunch style of the Jeremy cottage, lol. Maybe make a post-apocalyptic zombie, D-n-D, Warhammer version(s).
Mental health time is most important. It's been a tough year, and I appreciate the videos we get. Thanks for everything Jeremy.
Don't sell this topic short. This is an important video. Sometimes as crafters we can get hung up on mistakes. So hearing your thought process on your regrets is helpful. Also, it is so important to have a balanced work / home life. Have fun on your day off!
I have to be very careful with projects I am not happy with. That dissatisfaction with a project will become a huge sap on my creativity and enthusiasm. My solution has been to maintain my crafting areas as a place of positive energy where I can reduce my stress. It is not a place I want to be confronted with mistakes or regrets. So I box failures up and move them to material storage with a 'Revisit' label. When I am at the top of my game in a great mood, that is the time I rework my mistakes. Some things get fixed, some things get salvaged, and some things eventually get tossed. But I don't let them drag me down.
Life is too short to see every failed project through to the end!
Amen to that, Brian.
Billy Joel once said that our mistakes are the only thing we can truly call our own. Owning your mistakes is strength and character in spades. Plus, you are teaching us the dos and don'ts. That's a fantastic thing that we as community really appreciate and learn from.
Every once in a while I go through my shelves where i store all of my crafted Terrain, and I look at my old projects, and evaluate if I still like them. Sometimes i update them to my 'current standards' based on my new skill level, and other times If they are unsalvageable I throw them out, or make a totally new version of them. I live in a small apartment in the city, so nothing is sacred. They served their purpose, but now their time is done, and i get to use the shelf space that they occupied to house a new project that excites me.
Anyone else really want to see more gardening content?
Also, I’m so glad there are creatives like you out here publicly reminding us all to prioritise our mental health.
You produce great videos every week, you deserve a break.
HAAAA funny seeing you here 😆
Well Hello there Mr.H. Didn't expect to see 𝒚𝒐𝒖 here. 😁
Didn’t expect you here.
My biggest regret is a mini I painted inspired by a vtuber I love. I put a lot of work into it kitbashing parts, sculpting new parts, and once primed it was so cool, I was so excited to start painting it and seeing the finished result that I ended up rushing it resulting in a piece not at all reprentative of my skills. Now I don't hate it there are aspects of it I really love but I had such high ambitions for this model that I couldn't help but feel defeated over the result, I still have it sat on myself partly because I do still like it but also as a reminder to sometimes slow down and not rush head on into a project regardless of how excited I am because if I do I'll regret it in the end
I seem to see a theme in your "mistakes" all involving resin.
Maybe a combine the love of gardening and model building and make a chaos garden gnome for the garden. lol.
I learned from those projects two things: test all epoxy or resin with my planned tinting in a tiny sample first, and tint VERY conservatively.
@@MonkeyJedi99 What, river water shouldn't look like blue Gatorade? 😄
While I always love seeing your builds, videos like this (and others that deviate a bit from what you usually do) give the channel some variety. You're a very kind and cool person, and I'll always wait for your videos regardless of schedule.
OMG I love this for you!!!! Those gardens are lookin amazing, glad you are taking a well earned break and enjoying the weather!
I am so happy to hear that you've taken the time to enjoy life. I recently did the same thing after being diagnosed with cancer. I took a lot of time to just "be" and it was amazing. Now, after surgery and treatment I am cancer free and returning to my wealth of projects and will use them as therapy while to keep "recurrence of cancer" fears away. I want to thank you for being an inspiring creative element in my crafting and art.
Also thank you for being so out spoken about mental illness.. My wife has a mental illness and when she hears that others have an illness she feel she ls not so alone! So from the bottom of my D&D loving heart.. Thank you sir! And enjoy your well earn time off!
She's not alone. She should never feel alone.
Hugs to her and to you for understanding and being so supportive
I've gotta say it: That's a fresh shirt ma dude.
My biggest mistake was trying to thin down some resin with Isopropyl
It was urethane resin and will never cure now
Thanks for sharing your mistake as well! The more we learn as a community, the better we all get.
I am an aspiring artist with mental health issues who is very unforgiving towards my own work. Your message in this video is just what I needed to hear. I like that you do not pretend to be happy about your failures (your attitude feels sincere, and not a fake kind of positivity), but instead put your focus on the many projects ahead
Respect for highlighting the importance of mental health and time out. As well as being open and honest about your own struggles and the tonic that everyone has access to, nature!
I love that you're having fun in your garden. Taking time for your mental health is important and I'm glad you're doing it - right now you look really happy.
You saying "go with the flow" with that glorious shirt on is a mood and I love it! You take care 💚
I love the idea of any creator taking time away. Time away is important, sunshine is important, getting stuff done around the house and yard is important.
Mental health breaks are super important! I also think this retrospective was important because of how much you focus on the whole process- you aren't always going to be happy with a hobby project and it's really cool to see a big creator acknowledge that.
This video has a realness & human element; mistakes are normal. While the main point of your channel is model building, I tend to gain the most from your thought process & problem solving. How do you approach a project? How do you decide what techniques to employ? So this outdoor work has the same set of problems on a far larger scale. Feel free to bring us along!
But it could be that the labor of filming & editing is what you need the break from....if so, I totally understand & encourage your break. Enjoy the warmer weather.
It's super validating to hear that you also have projects you're not satisfied with, thanks dude.
The book nook was my favorite. I really hope you’ll do another one, I got very creatively inspired by it
This hobby is a collection of artistic processes. Art is about doing and learning from what worked and what didn't. To only have 3 projects that haunt you is a huge victory! Congrats!
You easily deserve a mini-vacay - have a great time!
Always love your content... :)
Super happy to see you loving life and giving yourself grace. My wife struggles with mental health issues as well, and she is often WAY harder on herself that anyone deserves. Take care of YOU and your family first. You deserve happiness. Be proud of the content you create, including the ones that don't go perfectly.
Ty Jeremy for your honesty and you deserve downtime, especially with all the stress everyone has been fighting since the past year of lockdown. You are a great creator and we all understand about needing a mental break. The standards you have set for yourself are commendable and understandable, especially when it comes to your detail work. No matter what tho, you are an awesome 😎 creator. Btw beautiful backyard. I understand about short seasons I too am up in the North.
Gonna be worse when it all comes out as lockdowns being totally unnecessary. Lotta liars out there these days it seems.
No, the moral you're supposed to take from the failed sewer rat is that you should pivot your channel to be 100% rat-related dioramas.
I tend to dispose of my failures... with extreme predjudice! I spend a lot of my time creating. Drawing, painting, writing, crafting failures often are sent off with burning, shredding, smashing, and BURNING.
No real regrets for any of my builds. Each mistake, like you and so many others in the hobby preach, is a chance to learn something new. I guess my one regret is not putting a little more thought into planning larger builds, I tend to improv along the way. That planning I bet would save me time. So lovely to hear and see you are taking some time for yourself, that garden is looking fantastic!
Enjoy the break and nice weather! I enjoy watching your videos where things go sideways and you find a way to salvage the build! Helps many of us to find inspiration to "fix" the build and not just throw our hands up and toss it in the circular file! As always - nice video! Cheers!
Everyone needs a break, mental health is a priority and should be taken. I went out during the weekend and got some inspiration from walking through a forest, it helped keep me unwind and work on some concepts for wildland scenery.
Take your time and enjoy your mental break J!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love your talking head videos because it focuses on your personality beyond you being a maker. Glad you're taking some time to help yourself (I love gardening as well)
Thank you for this video. Remember “We learn from failure, not from success!” (Bram Stoker). It is the reflection on the failures then enables us to improve. I think sharing projects that have faults is great, since when we have poor projects. Then we can all learn from the mistakes.
Nothing feels better than coming back to old projects and fixing them up. Plus, if it doesn't work the second time around, you know it wasn't meant to be.
You know, I really prefer you being happy and healthy over weekly videos that might be forced due to not feeling well. I will most definitely survive if I don't get a weekly BMC dosage but I am happy about every one I get!
I could say the same (but not as well as you did).
Whatever works for you to make you happy and feel good is the most important thing. Mental (and physical) health is everything. And I think everyone around here understands that. Enjoy your vacation and take your well deserved time off! Keep up your amazing work. I've been following you for a few months now, (painting minis became kind of a meditating hobby for me during lockdown) dug through a lot of your videos and I really, really enjoy what you do and am excited to see what you do every week!
for my part, I often struggle with not being satisfied once I sit down on a piece of art/ design/ whatever pretty fast. I often create ideas in my head and sometimes fail to execute them as I invisioned and it really, REALLY bugs me! For most of the time I just stop and put that project either "on hold" or never touch it again, which is also a thing I try to work on, not to start a new project before finishing all the others I've started but still give it my very best until I'm satisfied and not just to finish it so I can start another. I think it's a habit of every creative person to never really be satisfied or always finding something that bugs you, even if it's just a tiny bit of 'mistake'. I think our "persuit to perfection" is a blessing and a curse at the same time. We are our biggest critics and I think that is a good learning experience. Even tho I have the same mental attitude as you do that I'm often hesistant about "correcting" stuff and "what if I screw up?" but sometimes it takes a little courage and just do it and it may even come out better than before because you've changed your mind during the process and even got more inspiration out of it. Who knows? Maybe it's a personal feeling.
P.S.: I loved the Jets skit. Even tho as a german I should be on the Oilers/ Dreisaitl/ Kahun bandwagon :D
Super glad that you are honest about needing a break from things and time spent doing other projects.
Would love to see a combination of the terrain/builds within the garden.
It’s just nice hear you speak about the subject you inspire us all to be better at anc to show it’s ok to fail. One of my biggest anxiety is actually getting to start a project as I’m worried how it will turn out when it doesn’t really matter as we can only get better by working out what works and what doesn’t. Thank you, you are an inspiration to us all.
100% thrilled that you're taking time for yourself, your family, your home. Hooray!!
I planted a garden this year! I expanded from 6 tomato plants to 12! I think that we may expand the garden again next year, and add a plot where I can grow squash, and we may do a few raised beds for smaller things. We have a decently sized back yard, and I think that I would really like to get some use out of the beautiful growing season that we have here.
Your Garden looks great! My state in Aus is back into lockdown again too! Mistakes happen, regret is just a sign that you care about what you do, and it really shows.
I deeply respect your openess about mental health breaks, I think its very important to talk about openly and frankly. Thank you.
On the zombie one, those parts that have pushed out actually look like the concrete vault that's often used in burials has kind of split and pushed apart when the zombie clawed his way out. the alternative to sanding might be to add a textured dirt surface.
Also, as one who's been slowly building a backyard garden--digging, moving much, heavy bags of soil, etc--I can tell you you're not lazy at all.
I just got back to work from a 2 week vac. as well.. It was a much needed.. Do not be down on yourself for taking a break.. We ALL need a break sometimes..
I am so happy you are enjoying the sun and garden time! As a fellow near-arctic person, it's been way overdue.
You deserve to take a break. You're work is awesome!!! You are the reason I started crafting in the first place, and I can't believe you are able to work on crafts as often as you do! Enjoy your down time. There's always next week.
Mental health days are sometimes necessary to keep yourself healthy and creative. Good on you for recognizing your own needs. Thanks for all you do here. Take care of yourself, sir!
Your garden looks so nice! My biggest hobby regret is always when I give up on a project. I try lately to keep the philosophy of "perfect is the enemy of done". Even if it sucks or isn't what I picture, finishing a project feels better than having it half-done in my piles of shame. I really admire how you push through frustration to finish things! (Also if you're looking for ideas for masking, I've had success pinning fabric over large diorama pieces to keep mess off of certain areas. If I'm careful, the pinholes don't show and the fabric covers only what I need without getting in the way). Love your channel, and I'm excited for next week (the Archvillain minis for June are very cool)!
Enjoy the respite and just know that you're greatly appreciated as a creator and inspiration. I did a little experiment with your go to quick epoxy and I'm really satisfied with it. Thank you.
Your pipe diorama is one of my favorites. I think it turned out so awesome and it shows your endurance and how you overcome challenges! I love it and it inspires me
Keep doing the things that make you happy, my dude! We still love you, even if you don’t build something every week! I would say my crafting regrets are usually polymer clay-based and I gift things that don’t meet my standards to my mom. She’s always supportive of my crafts, even if they aren’t the best!
It's always great to take a break once in a while, and you are just doing larger terrain in your backyard. You do great work and have inspired me to make my own projects. Take the time you need, your fans will always be here for you. Take care, I look forward to seeing what you do in the future.
Yard and raised garden beds look amazing!
Props to you... 25+ yards of soil and mulch is A LOT of work.
I give all of my failures away. We are often overly critical of our own work. As soon as someone compliments a piece that I have an issue with I gift it to them.
Spent the last week and a half gardening/terraforming my backyard as well. Can make videos any time of the year, but now’s the only time you got to make your yard how you want it for the whole summer. Keep up the cool stuff 👍
I try to view my disappointing or failed projects as points on a timeline, things that I can look back on a few months or years down the road and think, "That was my experience and skill level back in 20XX, and this is how my knowledge and technique have changed since then." The two disappointments that you had with resin effects, I seem to recall that you were experimenting or trying something new with each of them. Those were learning experiences that gave you more practice and a stronger knowledge base moving forward, and as much as it sucks to look at them on the shelf and think about what they could've been, hopefully they also better prepared you to create an effect like the one you wanted in the future. That's how I try to see my failures, anyway -- I'm better at this than I was in the past, and I'm not as good as I will be in the future, and looking at past disappointments can help show me how far I've come since then, or how far I'll get in a couple of years.
So happy to hear you took a solid mental health break! Creativity takes a ton of effort, got to recharge those batteries! Always really respect your relationship with mistakes and failure!
I hear you man. It's really important to take breaks from the craft and reset sometimes. I feel like the projects that go south are learning experiences. The reason it wasn't the best piece you ever created was because it was meant to teach you something so when the next best piece comes along you have it covered. Ive made a few mistakes on some pretty cool projects but made the best from them, I forgot to seal foam balls in a purple people eater project and they melted with the clear coat. That's probably the biggest regret so far. My worst mistake has yet to be made and I think that should hold true for everyone. Mistakes are how we grow my friend 😎👊 i enjoyed this video and my followers tend to like these chatty videos as well. Love the channel. Enjoy the weather and the weekend 👊✌
Glad to see that your taking time for yourself. Metal health is super important and often goes unnoticed or unacknowledged. Good to see that your taking it into consideration. Keep up the good work, Garden looks awesome, and looking forward to the next video :)
I'm in nowhere near the same league as you, but as part-time RUclipsr filming after I've finished teaching for the day, I can absolutely understand and support taking time for yourself. The garden looks amazing and you should be very proud of your accomplishment. Everything you are doing is inspiring.
I have a couple that come to mind. I recently got into making submerged resin shipwreck dioramas. I made one and decided to use brown resin, but the resin I had was far too strong and opaque. I caught it somewhat early, poured out the first pour, and mixed a second batch with less than half the pigment... and it was still almost opaque.
In the end, ironically, it's probably the most realistic representation of a deep ocean wreck, that you need to hold lights up to it to see. But, without looking up close with a flashlight, it looks like a big, brown block, with acrylic walls
For this past Christmas, I built a diorama for my dad. Its the most ambitious project I've ever taken on.
The idea was him and his dog out in the wilderness living off the land. He's perched on a cliff, overlooking the nearby area with his dog next to him, and trees and his log cabin behind him.
I really struggled with the log cabin for a while. Originally I wanted the wood to be actually rounded like logs, but couldn't get the sizing right to make it look good.
I got caught up in thinking how it would actually be built. In reality, log cabins are drab and boring - they're almost entirely made out of a single material. I added some stones at the bottom as a foundation, but ultimately, the cabin ended up looking WAY too monotone.
I only see it every few months when I go to visit him (he's a few hours away), but when I do I'm always disappointed by the colors I chose. At least he loves it!
Putting a positive twist on things is always a great way to own your mistakes.
I was reflecting earlier today on how this damn coronavirus has changed my own mental health, not for the better I must say. I’m at extreme risk clinically if I catch it and as a result I’ve only left my home 4 times in the last 18 months (2 blood tests and 2 Covid jabs)
Even writing a comment here has been quite cathartic and it helps putting things in prospective. Keep putting up these great videos, you never know much it means to people..
Garden progress video! Frame it around the importance of having hobbying diversity and doing other things you're passionate about to inspire and refuel your crafting!
Hey, great to see you taking it easy too!
Too many creators feel like they owe their audience all the time and they burn out.
Enjoy the weather!
Totally agree on that everything I have created has at least one mistake in it, but 99,9% of those mistakes anyone else will probably never notice, so it helps to tell myself that most of the small errors that bug me my players will never notice, they're just happy there's minis and terrain!
My worst mistake though which still bugs me to this day is my first batch of 20 goblin miniatures from Reaper. I spent so many days painting them up meticulously, only to ruin them at the last step with a spray-on protective coat which made the plastic melt / turn super sticky (this, I later learned, is a mistake every mini-painter makes exactly once). I still beat myself up for not testing it on one model first, that way I could've saved the other 19. They now are hidden in a box of shame, and while I will never use them, I can't get myself to throw them away, because they were the first models I ever bought and which got me super ecited for DnD. Oh well, live and learn!
Jeremy has evolved from table top terrain to back yard terrain!
Suggestion (sorta): first, thank you for being such an amazing host! Second, I've seen watercolorists use "liquid frisket" aka masking fluid to block off parts of paper they want to keep white, and they can remove it when they want. Caveats: some are pull-off and some are rub-off. I haven't tried it myself, so I don't know how well it'll work.
Facing failure is an important part of this, or really any hobby. The important thing is to be able to accept it and try again. This is especially true of miniature painting. Those Crystal Brush winning models may look amazing once they're finished, but I guarantee you that there are mistakes hidden under there somewhere. We all screw up. Embrace it. Learn from your mistakes. Try again until you're happy with it. That's the hobby in a nutshell.
Good looking garden. I hope you get a good harvest. I craft all winter with a bit of gardening, the garden all spring/summer with a bit of crafting. Fall is harvest and preserving.
With the zombie diorama, if you use a vacuum cleaner and hold the nozzle near the sanding face, it will take all the dust etc and you won’t have to worry about cleaning the diorama.
Really good to see you taking care of your headspace 👍
Bulging zombie base: a good sharp hand plane would probably work wonders. Milliput shaves really nicely, doing it with hand tools keeps the shavings out of the nicely finished model and risk is low, then once it's close you can hand-sand it down carefully and repaint black.
My biggest frustration is a model kit years ago I spent ages pre-shading, then painted a multi-coloured camo pattern with too much layering. The first colour looked awesome, the second a bit meh, and the third totally flat. I 'fixed' it by re-applying the shading after the fact but the real solution was to put it in a box and not look at it...
Going outside is more important than you realise, eh? I've taken to wandering around the garden during the work day whenever I'm waiting for the kettle to boil and it improves my mood no end. Good luck on keeping up the good stuff after your break ends - it's important!
My biggest hobby mistake: After I ran a game of D&D for some friends, I left my terrain crate in the car. In the summer. In Florida. Some of my favorite trees and some of my favorite building - warped. Could I fix it? Maybe. It would require surgical precision and a heat gun, but I've been too defeated to do it. One day maybe ;_;
This is your channel Jeremy, you upload as frequently as you'd like, we're just lucky to get to see the stuff you make. Keep doing you, love your content.
Thanks for sharing, being open, and vulnerable. Love your videos. You’re inspiring, and I look forward to learning more from you! Keep up the good work and stay safe and healthy!
Gardening is quite good for the mind, growing stuff and get your hands dirty, just lovely.
And I can recommend to use last years dried up tomato plants/leafs as flock. :)
Failure is needed on the road to progress; it's how we get better.
One of my regrets involves a handful of my dungeon tiles; I had measuring difficulties on making 6x6 squares and ended up gluing four 3x3 squares together.
A day or week of rest / distraction, especially a hobby like ours, is just as important as a good creative streak. You can distance yourself from some projects, get new inspiration etc. Regards and I hope you will have a great time relaxing with your family in your garden.
So... I've bought a kit 3 times because I didn't like my finished product. It was a cheap $10 revell spite fire. Then I found the same scale hasagawa kit (much more expensive) and used my previous failures and wins as inspiration and made an awsome diorama out of it. Point is I learned from your mistakes from the past kits. And was able to grow my skill and love of the hobby.
Also... I'd love to see a gardening with Black Magic Crafts episode!!! Your vids are amazing! And you should take time for yourself when you need it. Wish my job had that option... lol
I regret one of my earlier paintjobs on a balor mini. It's totally redoable, but I have so mini things to paint hat I just keep leaving it on the back burner
Also it's great to hear that you're taking some time for your mental health and I think shining a light on and reflecting on your mistakes & regrets doesn't make this video lazy.
I recently picked back up crafting dungeon tiles to finally have enough for proper layouts, sometimes you gotta take a break, but know plenty of us will still be crafting under your guides!
I would love a project where you don’t have the need to finish it in one week. A diarama where you invest the time you really need and don’t rush and just give us the updates every week.
I have a big project like that on the go (Plague City) and did the Torment series early this year. Check them out if you missed them.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I said it on that video and i'll put it here again so you have another shot at fixing it, you're probably allergic to kicker, i have the same thing... I just drip it on with a small stick and that makes it "not a big deal/not a problem". Granted its slower when you're jamming out a whole ass city
Great to see you back. My wife and I were excited to watch your video as usual. I'm looking forward to some more terrain builds when you're done your yard work!
From your friend out East (New Brunswick here).
I loved the zombie piece. So sad to see how it has become. I hope you can fix it. But more importantly I hope you can figure out why its done what its done. One thing I love about your channel is how you try to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it and share that with us. Off hobby topic. Your back yard looks good. Keep getting that vitamin D therapy and stay safe.
Good for you - even a "stay-cation" can recharge your energy when you do something that makes you feel good about the environment around you. "Terrain building" in the real world is "just" landscaping but working with real dirt, stones, wood, and growing things will inspire you for both macro and mini ventures. Have a blast - catch you on the flip side!
I also live in the frozen north and you need to get out there and enjoy the nice weather. We get such a limited window of it! Have fun doing the lawn!
Love your projects and really like this video. This video explains exactly how I feel with my Hobby. I build very large and custom piñatas for birthday parties. Most of the time if I feel this way on a project, I am glad to see them get destroyed. But once I made a full size Arthas Menethil pinata (death knight from World of Warcraft) for an art contest. This is by far the one item I felt the most frustrated with the final result since I was rushed on the final week. Out of all the things I have made, this is the only one I have kept. To remind myself that I can always do better and to better manage my time. Best lesson though is that even if it is not exactly what I wanted, other people still think it is amazing.
Dude, mental health is so important! When you ignore it because of obligations, it tends to catch up with you. You're at least being productive. Me, my mental health days are nothing but youtube binging 😂😂😂
the last one, a low light LED.. drill from bottom into the resin enough to place the light ever so slightly into the area not much (can easily with the room you have cut away a small box on the bottom for housing) run the feed out the back for plugin OR opt into battery. You're very creative and I think these three maybe GREAT "Reworks" you can show as content to create EVEN better from already good creations.
Much like the muscles in our body, we need to give our creative muscle some rest from time to time too. I’m happy to hear you’re giving yourself some down time - you deserve it and I believe it will also help you as an artist in the long run.
I once spent a couple of weeks painting a Swarmlord, lots of detail in the carapce etc. Went to spray it with varnish and picked up the leadbelcher spray by mistake..... To deal with it i out it in the very back of a cupboard and never looked at it ever again!
Do ya thing bud, gotta get that you time.
Glad you took a break man, everyone needs to do it now and then. I need a break myself, but gotta last a couple more weeks!
RUclips is relentless and more creators need to defend their free time.
The backyard is looking great! So if people are going to "hate" on you for taking an easy week this week... well then just invite them for a drink and grilling in the backyard with you so they can enjoy your hard work you've really done!
Regrets. Well...
Not finishing a project. I have so many projects from the past that are 90% done, good enough to play on, and then get left for the next project. I just don't have the time to get them over the line.
Doing my channel has actually forced me to get a project done from start to finish. So again, you have inspired me to get terrain finished! Thank you.
Wow your work is nice even in the Garden :-) take a break if you need. There is always a life behind a job or RUclips or what ever. Enjoy your family/home
This just proofs that, again, we are our own worst critics when it comes to our own art.
I do understand though, and being critic to our own work, that makes us push harder, to get better, out of the box problem solving, and LEARNING :) as long as we don´t let our own critics end up in us stop creating, it can be a good thing, but on the other hand, we are usually kinda too hard on ourselves...
Anyways, I´m glad you´re taking some time and spending it with your family :) highly deserved!!! and I don´t see this as an "lazy" video, looking back at your own stuff and sharing what you think is flawed, it´s actually helpful, and especially that it´s ok to look at your own work and accept it, not letting it stop you from keep creating :) we all have those pieces we wish we have done a little different :)
Good on yah! 💜
Glad your having a break & enjoying some outdoor down time, (garden looks great btw! ) it's important to look after yourself. I would really like to see you do another book nook with water effect & lighting again purely because with all the experience you have now I you can nail it. Take care& have fun!
Building a hexagonal shelf for storing bottles filled with dry foods (pasta, oats, nuts, rice etc.) I really planned all out and made prototypes for everything and I liked it. Just at the end I let my self-esteem judge it and it said that it was bad. I redid it, but ended at the same point. It still works as a prototype for then I couldn't afford the materials for the finished product.
It is bothering me every morning, but I hope that some day I'll have the time and money to finish it.