It's so awesome that they were willing to work with goobs and give us a behind the scenes and how the sprues are made super interesting tbh

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

Right? we very much appreciate learning about the secret sauce! :-)

@Skiringen

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! It's great for everyone involved, we get to see something really interesting and they get som very good marketing.

@tonydotnottingham

Жыл бұрын

Really interesting and informative - thanks for sharing!

As someone who works as a injection moulding engineer I got to say that its absolutely insane and hard to make those perfect there's a lot of issue with machines, material and just hard work to make the product perfect so I can tell you those guys are doing a great job and I wish I worked for them could have some extra bits for free XD

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

These folks are indeed super talented! and hehehe, yeah if I was there those "reject" sprues wouldn't be ground down until after I had taken all the bits!

@greysky1252

Жыл бұрын

Would you know if it is even possible to make a mold as detailed as a mini on a manual mill machine? Was that ever done before CNC?

@goldbergpl4354

Жыл бұрын

@@greysky1252 well I have seen many Molds before and they are very detailed ususaly done by machinery basicly drilled into the big block of Stell so im sure it was done before considering a lot of plastic stuff you have at your house was done the same way its still awsome and very hard to make it running perfectly

@BrickArmsWill

Жыл бұрын

@@greysky1252 Yes, quite often in the past, but done with pantograph milling machines - similar to how US currency coin dies are made - using 2x or 3x or 4x size masters.

@Skullyweb

Жыл бұрын

As an injection molding processor for over 30 years. I am impressed with the dimensional stability of their sprues. There are a lot of variables that can throw off the shrink rate of the plastic and effect multipart models.

Archon are absolute champs. So thankful for their partnership to help me achieve what is a pretty unsurmountable task for some dude that just crafts things on the internet.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

100% It was an absolute blast to talk with our new buddies over at archon studios. :-)

@garfieldwithissuez

Жыл бұрын

@Black Magic Craft you are the reason I own their stuff. Brent, thanks for this video. Your science and documentary videos are my favorite on your channel. ❤️

@jodyovsiew3671

Жыл бұрын

Really a fascinating look behind the curtain! I wish GW had done something like this!

@garfieldwithissuez

Жыл бұрын

@@jodyovsiew3671 Reaper used to. I'm not sure if it's still up but they showed off their spin casting for pewter.

@ArynCrinn

Жыл бұрын

@@jodyovsiew3671 GW could make a whole documentary series, for the whole process from concept to getting it customers.

You really outdid yourself this time Goobs. As someone who loves shows like "How It's Made" and "Unwrapped", this was an amazing video! 🤘🖤

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

thanks so much! this was a fun one :-)

28 years in injection molding. I'm a process engineer. Just a note: the "sprue" is the initial part that is shot. Then the "runner", is the rest that fill in the parts. I do this all day, every day. Good video

I mean this is the nicest way possible Brent. Between your normal tone and cadence while narrating, and the educational and entertaining field trip to a factory… This is like the most awesome episode of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood EVER!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

hehehehehe, that was the goal, thank you! :-)

This is one of the coolest miniature videos I've ever watched!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

It's one of my favorites that I've ever made! Thanks for watching :-)

I'm a machinist for a living, Warhammer figurines were something regularly in the house from my younger brother but we were both pretty nerdy 🤓 and I really appreciated the factory tour portion because I've always been curious what type of equipment they were using to do micro mold machining. Excellent video! I really appreciated the mold designer explaining how they lay out the figures with various rules to the layout I've never seen that covered before and it was fascinating. Minor thing- the tools they are using to create your molds are not drills, they're called endmills. They are milling cutters that can cut in straight lines in any direction. Drills can only make holes 🤓

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Yeah this stuff is so fun to learn about, whether you have some background knowledge already or not. Such a cool collection of talents and machinery. :-) ahhh, endmills... live and learn ;-)

Something I really appreciate about your channel is that I'm entertained, but also, I learn each time. Whether that be about some kind of painting skill, the mentality of painting and hobby time, or the nuts and bolts of production. I really appreciate your efforts!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you too! This is one I'd been wanting to make (or at least watch) for a long time, I'm glad Archon Studio was willing to help out!! :-)

7:30 Props to him for being so open to sharing how they managed to make a better product. Im sure a lot of other people would have been super secretive and called it a "trade secret"

I really appreciate this close look. I study the history of plastics and molding and honestly it is incredibly difficult to find good "behind the scenes" looks at this sort of thing. Thanks!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

I wish there was more of this stuff out there, it's so interesting! I'm glad we were able to make this video at least :-)

The tv show "How Its Made" was one of my favorites, and I could watch episode after episode for hours on end in rapt fascination. This could easily have been part of an episode of that show and I was no less fascinated by it. Thanks so much for sharing it!

This is one of the most interesting videos I've seen this year.

@viridianforge

Жыл бұрын

Came here to make this same comment!

@MikeManderachia

Жыл бұрын

Ya, this was interesting, especially if you really didn’t know anything about how these models are made. Nice work!

Fascinating video. Thanks for sharing. Sidenote: For anyone else curious about that stylus device being used at 1:18 , I believe it's called the Geomagic Touch.

I’m overwhelmed with all the clipping and glueing of these fiddly parts. The models are awesome and they were super inexpensive.

Always wanted to see a video like this ! Literally one of the most interesting hobby videos I’ve ever seen. This is one of those things as a hobbyist that you wonder about a lot !

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

right on! I'm glad I got the chance to make this video, I'd been looking for one to watch myself for a while now :-)

That was a cool peek behind the scenes. Makes me appreciate the magic bandai uses for their multi-coloured/multi-opacity gunpla sprues even more

@duerf5826

Жыл бұрын

Bandai also has a promo video that briefly shows the inside of their factory. Everyone who's interested in the process should also check it out.

@flamestoyershadowkill6400

Жыл бұрын

Along with the tolerances of gunpla which almost reach the level of lego, and stuff like ms joint

I used to work industrial maintenance for plastic injection molding, you gave a solid explanation of how the mechanisms work of the overall process!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

phew! Ok good, thanks for the confirmation!! :-) This stuff is really cool, I enjoyed learning about it

How it's made, for miniatures, with Brent's voice. That's a nice start of the weekend.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

Have a great weekend! :-)

Archon Studio is our national treasure :)

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

hehehehe absolutely!

Love all the Archon minis and D&L. Some amazing minis coming out of there. Can't wait to receive the Encounters terrain.

This is some 1990's Discovery Channel grade content! Love it

FINALLY!!!! Somebody in this world thought of creating a informative video of this subject !!!!!! Ive searched but never found anything of the sort since 1970.. Thanks for sharing this..!

Gosh, this is DELIGHTFULLY technical. :D

As a proud owner of several kickstarter-worth of their terrain and miniatures, I am very happy to see You cooperating with them! BTW, their quality is very good to excellent, and one can clearly see the progress in quality over time and editions as well.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

heck yeah!! :-)

Thanks so much to everyone who helped make this video and thank you Brent for bringing this to us! I have always wished for such an extensive look into how the good stuff is made.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watchin! and for real, thanks to everyone at archon who helped with this video :-)

Incredible video. Love to see behind the scenes stuff like this because often certain companies often try to be quite secretive about their processes.

So cool! This is so interesting to me, I love it when you get technical and show us behind the scenes of the hobby industry.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

so cool for me too! :-) I've gotta wheedle my way into more secret places now :-)

@KabinMiniatures

Жыл бұрын

@@GoobertownHobbies Secret Undercover Agent Brent away!

As someone who aspire to one day start a miniature business, this video is more important than you'd think

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Hopefully there's some good tidbits in there :-)

This is a great video. Pretty cool to see that so much can be recycled.

My family used to run a CNC workshop in our case it was brass fittings (gas lines etc) so just the sounds of the workshop even without seeing the machines immediately brings back memories. In my case it was putting millions of fittings, O rings & nuts together. :P

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

ahhhh, memories 🙂 Several folks have commented about the machine sounds, it seems to be a mixture of good memories and stress dreams hehehehe

That's pretty cool! Great to see behind the scenes.

As someone who 3d prints a ton but HATES superglue, polystyrine is such a wonderful material

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

right? printing is cool in its own way tho :-)

This was super cool. Archon studios has been my favorite company to get models from since the first Dungeons & Lasers Kickstarter -- the care they put into runner placement makes assembling them so nice.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! the gate positions for those walls sprues works out pretty dang well! :-)

As a production cost analyst, this video gives an awesome insight into the overhead and materials cost of plastic miniatures. Thank you so very much for this.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

yeah! It's really cool to see this stuff on the ground-level to understand what goes into these products :-)

Brent is the kinda homie who lets you deadlift and doesn't feel compelled to give you unsolicited advice on your form. A true hero.

The clear plastic work-around is very clever. Love it

Great video, Brent! A big thank you to Archon Studios for letting us see behind the scenes!

I especially like it when you give your technical-scientific touch to the channel. I think it's your personal brand within the content creators of the hobby and someone covering that space is really appreciated. Keep it up!!

Brent out here giving us new episodes of How It's Made.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

yup yup! :-)

They do great work! I design plastic parts, and I cannot imagine how tough it must be to try to account for draft and undercuts on models like this. In my industry, you CNC the mold, but handpolish the core and cavity features, or etch them with textures. Having to actually CNC every detail with no follow-up polishing is insane, and I'm not surprised one mold half takes nine days of machining time. Incredible work everyone!

Brent cracks me up when he does the shots of himself looking in awe at sprues and models 😅. Love this channel!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

hehehehehe, thanks for watchin! :-)

@Jimbo818

Жыл бұрын

I think you capture the spirit of the 90s Space Crusade and Hero Quest TV ad's 👌

Not even into miniatures but I'm glad the algorithm found me, interesting stuff 😊

As someone whose career is in manufacturing, this video is awesome! I love seeing these kind of machines.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

it's super cool stuff 🙂

This is fascinating. I have always wondered exactly how injected plastic molding worked for polystyrene sprues. I had no idea that the injection happened so fast with that much pressure. Jarek's explanation on sprue design principles was super interesting as well. Great video all around.

Awesome video, love behind the scenes stuff like this. Archon seems like a pretty cool company to let us peek behind the curtain like this. Had no idea it took that long to CNC the molds - I knew they were expensive, but a whole week of tooling for just one half is crazy. Bunch of hard working, talented people over there!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

Right? I was super impressed by their skills and the whole setup. Awesome stuff :-)

@MrKuncol

Жыл бұрын

Whole week for tooling half of mold in aluminum. That's cheaper and quicker option in comparison to milling them in steel.

@Brit_Toolmaker

Жыл бұрын

@@MrKuncol Gameshop moulds are made in P20 tool steel using cutters down to 0.075mm diameter. Off the scale more difficult to make compared to easy to machine alumjniun with the trade off being much greater detail and longer lasting tooling, aluminium isn't strong enough to accept detail this fine and would fail.

@flamestoyershadowkill6400

Жыл бұрын

@@Brit_Toolmaker what about bandai?

@bionicgeekgrrl

Жыл бұрын

@@MrKuncol most use steel as they will get over 30 years potentially out of the moulds. It increases the initial costs, but over the expected lifetime of the tooling that is generally fine. I believe gw use steel too. The various model railway companies use steel and don't use sprue layouts and typically mould the body in one go with swappable parts of the mould to allow for different variations, plus things like etched metal details added after assembly.

Eternally gratefull for being able to watch this video. I asked GW back on his day on his IG for a video like this.

SO interesting Brent! Thanks for sharing this tour with the rest of us! So much about the world of mini's I never even thought about! Thanks for bringing it to every ones attention!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

this is pretty cool, eh? :-) we're lucky that archon studio was willing to show us around!!!

I love these behind the scenes videos and to see how things are done. Well done ans thanks to everyone who played their part in that video!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

agreed, big thanks to everyone who was in the video... whether they knew they were in it or not ;-)

Thank you for such an awesome video, Brent. It was a pleasure! 😃

This is great! What a wonderful opportunity to share this whole process!

Awesome and informative video, shows just how much work (and money) goes into making just one sprue. I'm really proud to be Polish and to see a Polish company like Archon Studio grow, do it right and stay in touch with their growing fanbase gives me a warm feeling in the heart 💚

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

The box art that you've done for archon studio releases is absolutely incredible 🙂

@picassawi5578

Жыл бұрын

@@GoobertownHobbies thank You Brent :)

Swietny material. Pozdrawiam cala ekipe. Najwyzsza jakosc, to gwarancja sukcesu.

This was super interesting. Thanks for making the video and to Archon for allowing you a peak inside the process.

It is so good to see the process behind the making of the amazingly detailed models. Thank you for the tour, both educational and entertaining.

This is a great video to show the production side of the hobby, I've watched other videos about injection molding but it's nice to see one from the miniatures perspective.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

It's so cool! thanks for watching :-)

This was neat, thank you guys for putting this together for us.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

it was a pleasure! thanks for watching :-)

Awesome video! Very fascinating seeing all the machinery and processes in action. Big respect to Archon Studios for sharing their time with you & us!

This had such Mr Rogers vibes when he’d visit a store or company to see how things are done. ❤

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

hehehe, that was the plan! :-)

Brent, your in-depth videos are so good! That even my father who is not even close a miniature enthusiast, but is a engineer, loves to listen to all the information you give! Thank you so much in behalf of the Carvalho's father and son geeking moments xD

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

hehehehe, have a great weekend you two! :-)

I've actually been kinda craving a video like this as im always interested in how things are made. A few of my searches have come up empty handed so when I happened to stumble across this video I was very happy indeed!! Thanks for taking the time to make this video!! It was very interesting to see how they put it all together for us!!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

hehehe, that's why we made this video! I wanted to see one of them too :-) thanks for watching!

@chaoticpainting1507

Жыл бұрын

@@GoobertownHobbies Brent, you're a legend my friend. Highly doubt the big boys over at GW would ever let something like this happen, so good on Archon for letting us see this amazing process!

@chaoticpainting1507

Жыл бұрын

@@GoobertownHobbies I just learned you'll be on Monuments Twitch stream tonight, bonus 😎 sounds like you've got some cool shit going!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

@@chaoticpainting1507 yesssssss 🙂

Omg they're from Poland! That's awesome! Great video!

This was fantastic! Thanks for the peek behind the scenes. Fascinating stuff, Mr. Goobertown!

That was super interesting! Thanks a lot to you and the CEO of Archon for this guided tour! It is really impressive to see the amount of engineering and equipment that goes into making our plastic models. Next video, how resin models are made?!? 😅😁

Really amazing look at how these miniatures are made! This channel really does an amazing job of making videos about the hobby that I have never really seen before. I can't wait to see what Archon Studio does in the future.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

hey thanks broski! 🙂 Yeah this stuff is super cool to see

This is th ebest video on injection molding I have ever seen. Thanks.

The hobby scientist hits again and once again we learn and become a little bit smarter about the world. Thank you Brent!

Very cool! I've heard a lot of how this works before but seeing it really puts it into perspective. This had the look and feel of the "How It's Made" show that used to be on Discovery Channel. Really enjoyed it.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

right on! yeah this stuff is fascinating :-)

@ZombieApocalypse09

Жыл бұрын

@@GoobertownHobbies Absolutely. Had to watch it again with my sons. They loooved it.

Embrace the science video! I rate this the same as KZread 10/10! Course mines a bit more positive than them but hey at least they are trying..... ;)

This is so cool, big fan of Dungeon and Lasers miniatures

I am even more happy that i baked their Kickstarter now. Thanks for sharing this Video.

This is one of the best hobby videos I've seen yet! I've always wanted to see all the various stages in model production. So glad you got to visit! I wish they would give such tours at Warhammer World in Nottingham, England. Maybe I'll ask next time I visit...

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

oh they don't let you in, you gotta sneak in! good luck! ;-)

@bionicgeekgrrl

Жыл бұрын

Yeah gw is never going to allow that sadly. To them it is trade secrets.

excellent video, very interesting ! Thanks Brent, do not hesitate to do more in the futur ! And huge thanks to Archon Studio too !

Thanks for making all these videos, and thanks for archon for sharing this with the community! It's great to learn more about the tools and martials in the hobby and no one has content even close to this! Thank you!

Brilliant video, thanks for this change from the norm, great that they actually showed how it's done. Well done to you and the company.

I worked in an injection moulding factory one summer when I was at Uni 25 years ago so this brought back some memories. I'm glad other people can see the process and how expensive the upfront costs are. I've never seen how sprues were designed so that was great to see. Shame Wizkids didn't use Archon for their Framework series as their sprues were surprisingly sparse compared to Archon and GW. (The price of those Kobolds!)

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see some Archon Studio kobolds! ;-)

“You can never have too many peasants trapped in purgatory” - Goobertown 🤝 late stage capitalism 😉😂😂🤣

Always love your deep-dives into the science and engineering that goes into the hobby. Keep up the good work!

We have all seen videos about injection moulding but this one stands out. This was such an in depth coverage and I liked seeing the work they do just to design the sprues. Very well done I really enjoyed the video.

Seeing the sprues made just reminds one how much a ripoff GW's prices are.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

Heh, the FIRST sprue takes a whole lot of work... but... yeah... the efficiency is pretty sweet once it gets goin

@TheDigitalThreat

Жыл бұрын

@@GoobertownHobbies Exactly. With the volume GW moves compared to smaller manufacturers is nearly astronomical so one would think they could be a little more lax on the prices, but nope they go the other way with it and keep their bar the highest.

Marvelous! Thanks to Archon for this sneak peak! And thank you for sharing this with us!

Thanks for sharing the manufacturing process for most, if not, all of the miniatures we purchase for all of the tabletop gaming systems. I greatly appreciate all of the work, and expense, that goes into it.

Love Archon Studios products, and their customer service is beyond amazing. Had a broken piece in a sprue and they sent me an entirely new set. They’ve got my business for life!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

Nice!!!! :-)

LOVE this video! It was really cool to see how modern manufacturing works for this kind of product, and cool to see that the defects can be reused!

What a fascinating video! I’ve always wondered what it was like behind the scenes at some of these companies that manufacture our favorite minis for our favorite games. Thank you! ❤

Very interesting peek at the manufacturing process! Thank you Brent.

I must have been an Engineer in a former life. I LOVE THIS SCHTUFF!!! Thanks, Goobz!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

right? this is so cool!! :-)

Fascinating! Thanks for revealing this part of our hobby!

As a CNC machinist, this was the video I've been waiting for! Thank you so much Brent!

Now that was cool! I learned some new stuff today. Thanks Archon for the peak inside the factory and thnx brent for making these kinds of things happen!

The best hobby related video ive seen in years

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

hey thanks! and thanks for watching :-)

This is amazing and I have so much love for the people that make these products now!

This was an absolutely fantastic look at how they make plastic sprues. Great work with this video 👍🏻

Totally agree with your closing words: Thanks for sharing these technical insights!

Great video huge thank you to you and the team over at Archon Studios for allowing the insight into their world.

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

heck yeah! I'm glad they showed us around :-)

Awesome video man Thankyou to both yourself and the company for the insights

so interesting man. Thanks a lot for the backstage!

Super interesting to see that it comes in pellets. I also had no idea it took so long to machine the template plates. Fantastic video Brent. Thank you for the opportunity to see this!

@GoobertownHobbies

Жыл бұрын

pretty cool stuff, huh? I thought so too! :-)

Very interesting process, thanks for the tour.

Wow, this is super cool. I really like to see how stuff I use is made. Thanks Brent for showing us this factory.