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TMM 012: Walking House Model & Nurgle Diaries Reflections

Added 2022-01-20 20:15:56 +0000 UTC

In that video I mention a dice box which has given me a new idea. I love the action of the lid and how it ends up vertical, it reminds me of a Dungeon Master's screen. I'm thinking this might be a perfect start to a portable RPG box for D&D or Arcane Ugly. Or a DM screen that's a bit more intimate (I always feel a bit awkward behind a giant screen). This might be a new thing to design and explore at some point.

My walking house 3D model I made with Danny from 3D Printed Tabletop, sculpted by Duncan Louca is currently being finalized. I'm having prints sent to me soon. The project was on a temporary hiatus until the craziness of Danny's Lost Adventures Kickstarter had passed and we're currently working out the final project scale.

Another workflow upgrade! I've got a new voice over recording set up to make use of this very much falling apart (but still great) audio booth in the TV station I rent. Audio has always been a bottleneck in my workflow because it's always taken so much work to set up and fix due to very makeshift set ups. This is a RODE NT1a into a Zoom h4 and both seem painless so far! The audio quality is pretty comparable to my bootleg set ups which were powered by a USB AT2020 and a blanket over my head or wardrobe but this comes at the benefit of just working without the headache and more comfort.

The microphone stand I found in storage here. I'm going to modify it for my workflow to turn it into something like this:

I'm just about to pour the mold for my Daemon Prince!

Nurgle Diaries Episode 1: Every Model Is A Conversion

Before the idea of the Nurgle Diaries was conceived, I was spending most of my meetings at my local tabletop club with a box of assorted model bits, a bottle of super glue and a utility knife converting miniatures all day. Coincidentally everything I was making was sort of Nurgle-like but ultimately the conversations were just experiments and passing time. This led me to make a set of Nurgle Carnival of Chaos models that I could use for Mordheim (my favourite game ever) and then encourage all my friends to play too.

This new converting obsession was a response to my very clean and tidy Wood Elf army I had just finished. That army really sucked the fun out of the hobby for me, in the end I was only painting it because I didn't want to let it beat me. Not a great way to do your hobby in my opinion. Now I'm a firm believer in hobbies are hobbies, not jobs, if you're not happy, stop.

I was inspired to make my little collection of conversions into a Warhammer army after seeing 28mag Issue 1.

It blew my mind seeing this new counterculture of my hobby develop, people making the hobby what they wanted to make it. Some of those models in that magazine are still burned into my brain after looking at them so much and I think about them just about every time I get out the bits box.

The first episode of the Nurgle Diaries took about a month to film and edit while I tried to find my feet and kept making things The reason I loved making the Nurgle Diaries so much is because I only filmed about 5% of my process, the other 95% was just enjoying my hobby how anyone else would… much of that time was spent with friends or at my local tabletop club. I think it made for a very genuine experience I could cherish.

My plan is to turn the little dioramas in the last Nurgle Diaries video into paintings for Arcane Ugly. I need to experiment with the best process to do so, but I think it'll lead to some very unique art. I mentioned in the very first Arcane Ugly video that I wanted to include my weird Nurgle stuff and I think this might be the way outside of making bestiary entries.

I picked up this book for inspo making this studying system…

Indy Mogul: BFX

I mentioned Indy Mogul in my latest Nurgle Diaries video. This channel got me into making things and filled my brain with all sorts of helpful tools for problem solving. This channel also inspired my very first YouTube videos. If you watch them you might catch the similarities. BFX was short, fun and educational and that's what I wanted to make my YouTube channel.

This video in particular I used when I was about 13 to create SciFi terrain out of bottles and cans and I painted in the same way. I wish I still had access to my old Photobucket to show you.