There was once an absolute madlad that made an necron army out of sprue bits and best thing is, by technicality the "models" were made 100% out of GW plastic, so they were tourney viable.

@seanocd

3 жыл бұрын

Sprucrons are realcrons.

@merganmecdinald

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanocd spruecrons probably have better lore than newcrons

@SirHirnschaden

3 жыл бұрын

@@merganmecdinald yeahh.. i stoped the hobby like 9 years ago and starte again last year and checked out the new lore... It was just bad...

@alexbevan2183

3 жыл бұрын

Secondhand Duck yeah the old lore is the best lore!

@yovanyvalentin964

3 жыл бұрын

Nickster p

Use number 57 : using a flame, melt the sprues into many thin strings. Longer sprues work better for this. Now melt the ends of the smaller strings and make sure they melt together. Now repeat those previous steps until you’ve exhausted your entire supply of sprues and you have a very long string of plastic or a decently sized roll of string. Now you knit the sweater. Once you’re done with that, you’re officially one of the only people with a sweater made of GW plastic and has the ability to be able to say that at tournaments you can legally take off your shirt and blind your enemies with it without repercussions. It’s a foolproof strategy

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO thats just awesome, why didnt I think of that =)

@BioToa7

3 жыл бұрын

Miniature Hobbyist don’t have enough sprues for that? Then go for something smaller like a wrist band or a necklace. I’ll leave it up to your imagination how those will be used for tournament play.

@destrorso2505

3 жыл бұрын

@@MiniatureHobbyist you can put it on a kid and play him as a titan

@johnekare8376

3 жыл бұрын

Points for creativity.

@nekrataali

3 жыл бұрын

No joke though: you can use plastic bags to weave them together. You pull the bag through its handles after weaving them with another bag. Eventually you'll have a "rope" of plastic. You can then do anything you'd do with rope. I had a small rug made of plastic bags for a while. The plastic insulates heat so you can use them for making clothes or blankets. Generally it's not something you'd do, but if you find yourself in a disaster or homeless and need to weave together something that's water resistant and holds heat, this technique can be used in a pinch.

Asks for everyone to send in extra sprue they don't want Two months later: Hey everyone! Today I'm going to show you how to make an actual house out of all the sprue you guys sent in.

That cobblestone base is genius I’ll be using that for my marines as they’re from a feudal world

@auroralee

3 жыл бұрын

Idk how youd do this exactly, but a good sanding to the base before painting it could really help soften those cobblestonesup a bit. Good luck comrade with those marines!

@bigbrowntau

3 жыл бұрын

And don't use PVA glue...it can peel off in a one giant sheet, taking your cobblestones with it. Much better to glue down each one with model glue.

@kahoonatownadventures7529

3 жыл бұрын

@@auroralee Sandpaper

@mmortpo

3 жыл бұрын

You could just get a green stuff roller and save yourself hours of time.

@fanis1414

3 жыл бұрын

@@mmortpo It's good if you're on a really tight budget though.

"I'm making it as though I'm an ork making something" this is my excuse for every crappy diy job I do from now on.

@thenerfkid9228

2 жыл бұрын

it's also the excuse me and a friend came up with for a dreadnought doublenought. Orks saw a dreadnought, went "I do believe that this dreadnought is not in possession of enough Dakka, and then glued 2 dreads together. so when the dread was salvaged by a desperate chapter (celestial lions), they actually got their techmarines to make it less heretical more good, although it does require 2 pilots due to having 2 clashing machine spirits.

The Ork barricade looked tasty. The bricks you cut from them can be painted gold for gold bars, treasure in ttrpgs.

@siasavan3900

3 жыл бұрын

#띠앙쉬앙 👈👈 please 🥺

@sasserine

3 жыл бұрын

Some of the Stormcast sprues are already gold. So you can recreate the Bond finale from Goldfinger, with even less effort.

@dealerofdeeth6043

3 жыл бұрын

@@siasavan3900 get out of here bot

@ribclicker

Ай бұрын

Or maybe a objective point

Step 1: Turn it into long string like step #4. Step 2: Use it in a 3d printer Step 3: ??? Step 4: Cheap but tournament allowed minies

@jd-iq6xk

3 жыл бұрын

😉

@samboyd1828

3 жыл бұрын

at that point, just use a filament maker

For the "brick wall" and "stone" surface I would add a bit grainy filler in between the "stones" or "bricks" to represent the mortar that binds them together. Also this list is missing a "sprue goo": take leftovers of the thin plastic cement (like Tamiya extra thin) and throw some of those sprues into the container with it and leave it there for few hours. The resulting stuff is a good putty you can use either to create more of "ugly" stuff for Nurgle or use it as a filler. Advantage of using this as a filler is that it is going to sand as the rest of the model so you have a bit better control over the sanding unlike lot of other putties.

The plastic wire is absolutely genius

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

Yup thats one I will be using a lot of in future builds =)

@walhades1338

3 жыл бұрын

make great antennas as well

@jedexkid41

3 жыл бұрын

From this i was thinking of twisting 3 of them into a rope and then you have a flexible plastic rope you can put on your miniature or as a decoration or whatever

@ogee1264

3 жыл бұрын

Great for making replacement pipes that snap off

@MeepChangeling

3 жыл бұрын

If you have a 3d printer, pop it on and tell it to extrude plastic as if loading in new filament. The resulting 0.4mm plastic filament strand can be harvested, molded to shape, and within about 30 seconds will be hard and retain its shape forever.

Another use for sprues: Start a Necron army If you haven't seen them already, look up Spruecrons

@kirbking8074

3 жыл бұрын

I want nothing but a sprues necron army.

@noahdavis9436

3 жыл бұрын

Why not

It’s amazing how much some dry brushing can improve a model

@B143DP

3 жыл бұрын

Dry brushing + Washes do WORK for models! Its amazing!

Eat the sprues

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

Not with my teeth lol =)

@oldaccountlol5773

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah surprised I didn’t see that

@merganmecdinald

3 жыл бұрын

If you don't occasionally put a piece of sprue in your mouth like a belligerent child, are you really doing the hobby right?

@sillan7685

3 жыл бұрын

They are hard to chew and don't taste very good. Eating is a bad idea

@MechaParvaz

3 жыл бұрын

Love me some spruedles

I am glad I managed to get in on the ground floor of this channel, I am eagerly looking forward to seeing whats coming next

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, its a fun ride for us all =)

Sprues are perfect for anything orky and do not bother taking out the small parts, the spikier the better!

I used sprues to make the framework for a Plagueclaw Catapult for my Skaven, along with the Plagueclaw and slime from the Warp Lightning Cannon kit as the ammunition, the Censer from the Screaming Bell kit as a counterweight and the Plague Monks holding the rope from the same kit as the crew! That aside, thanks for sharing these ways to make use of sprue bits, I never even thought of such simple applications for them!

Love it. Assumed most of the list would be stuff i do already or just look bad. I can happily say most of these i never would have thought of and is an extremely creative way to use them with a great result. Thanks for taking the time to make this.

MH : tank barricades Me: caltrops. Yes.

I have an old antique hand crank meat grinder, I run the sprues through it and it turns them into the prefect rubble for terrain. The more times you run them threw it the smaller they get so you can sift your pieces out to whatever size you want. I've never paid to base any of the terrain pieces I've built and they look fantastic.

*sprues tremble as MH approaches*

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yup, I think they should be at the heart of all scratch/kit bashing =)

glue them together into approximation of the kidney you sold for that titan so you have something to fill in the space.

Oh, that dreadful feeling of a tiny bit sticking to your finger.

@siasavan3900

3 жыл бұрын

#띠앙쉬앙 👈👈 click it for a better video

@carlosiyanaszca

6 ай бұрын

bwahhhhhggggggaaaa

For the last one I was very confused, the expression on my face would have been priceless to see. But when unveiled, a very loud bellowing chuckle erupted. Deffo gonna try out those barricades :D thanks for the tips mate!

I hadn’t thought of those anti-vehicle barricades. That’s a really neat idea that I’ll get started on right away! Thanks for an inspiring video 👍🏼

This has been my favorite upload so far. I thought every idea was great, especially the tank barriers and walls. At the top though, was the Nurgle base. Amazing!!! I would have never thought of that. Thank you very much 😊.

WOW THIS WAS AMAZING i never even thought of using sprues for all these things thank you so much!

The first video I saw from you. Loved everything about it. Can't wait to see more content. Brilliant

What a bunch of neat ideas! thanks look forward to seeing the other ideas you have for sprues.

That was a great video and straight back to the early days of the hobby :D. These pieces are great and while watching I got a few ideas myself. Thanks for the inspiration and keep it going.

this is awesome, i'm literally just getting into warhammer, i recently bought a starter box and i already knew there could be use to the sprues

Love the barricade ideas. Great job. Will be definitely using this tutorial

Thank you for this great video mate! Some really awesome ideas here! I've been wanting to make use of my spures but I was going for some much sillier ideas. I have a few old loyalist models which i wanted to chaosify, and I used spruce to make a spike rack. Issue with that plan was that it was a ton of work for some very very short spikes.

Insanely helpful video! Thank you

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What a superb video.. I would have never have thought to use them as you do!!

Incredibly creative. You earned my sub. Looking forward to seeing more from you

Man you just inspired me to use my old sprues to build unique necromunda terrain, Hats off to your creativity!

Well made video and so friendly, thanks you for making it!

Personally I cut them up into rough pieces, then prime them. Makes for a really good bit of spare material to practice your painting techniques on, such as gradients or edge highlighting.

Thank you! Very good ideas! I'm definitely about to try my hand at building some scaffolding.

Great ideas! Thanks for making this handy guide :D

I subbed because of this video, great job, can't wait to put mine to use.

Sprues, that's a new word for me. Love the creative reinventions. This is the first of your videos I watched. It won't be the last, subscribed. Glad I stumbled across this.

Top vid! "imagination is the only limitation". This is the reason i often get nowhere and my stuff looks rubbish

Thank you for this video! So many great ideas, awesome!

Great video. Always looking for new ways to enhance my table top collection for 40K and Middle Earth especially as some scenery is ruddy expensive! You have a new sub.

Awesome ideas! I really love these uses instead of just throwing away a lot of plastic. The anti-tank barricades look really good!

I’ve been saving my sprues for this sort of thing. Thanks 🙏

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

I'm a big fan of reusing stuff rather than throwing it out, and I've had my sprues sitting around for a while. This was a great video to find, and I can't wait to see what other uses you come up with for them. I'm currently working on an imperial knight, and I'm going to consider using a "cobblestone" base, but I'm leaning towards a jungle theme.

Marvelous video homie, nice job. I'm 100% doing this. Probably gonna use a darker metallic to give it a grimier look, pleasing my nurgle and ork armies :D

Thats awesome! Thank you! I didnt even consider it. This is going to be great!

This is really brilliant ! For the cobblestone base perhaps is more apt the classic poly cement, but these ideas are amazing!

Your channel is amazing! I find your videos very inspiring

Man! What a fantastic video, these look like really fun and useful little builds! I just found your channel today, and i really enjoy all I've seen so far. Kudos buddy!

Really inspired by what I have seen new to the channel looking forward to see more.

I accually did one of the tank barricades before I even painted my first mini as a test on how the paints behave. I removed the nobs rather roughly, scraped of any letters and gave them a few scratches and notches... And I was surprised that lead belcher and tons of nuln oil and agrax earhshade and a little bit of dry brushed lead belcher made it look that good. I also like the other ideas. Definitely put them on my list of options to build some cheap terrain

your a big help!

Some great creativity here, thanks for sharing. Recently saw that one miniature company casts their sprues with a rubble texture so you can cut them up and use them for scenery and basing. I hope that catches on with other companies.

I made a few ladders but never thought to cut them in half. Just one of many great tips in this video.

Great video with some cool ideas as usual, thanks for all your work. Have fun and stay safe 😁

I love these ideas. I'm in the process of making one of those sprue walls, though I'm doing two rows of brick (instead of one), so that the wall looks a bit thicker and is less see-through.

So many great ideas! I think I'll be using some of those in an upcoming project!

Thank you so much for these brilliant ideas

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, I'm just having fun making things 👍🙂

i'm in love with those cobblestone bases, the anti-tank barricades and that ork wall. Genius!

Some great ideas which I will definitely be using in the future!

thank you sooo much ive been looking for away to make a cobblestone base never in a million year would i have of doing out of the sprues now i can make all my mate jealous of my bases now

Really been enjoying going through the back catalog, lots of great stuff

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and please watch them all over and over again lol =)

@DH_413

3 жыл бұрын

@@MiniatureHobbyist I mean I'm gonna have to to really absorb everything, right? Realtalk, this is GREAT background while kitbashing!

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

@@DH_413 exactly it doesnt really sink in until the 100th view =)

I never thought of this this really is awesome

Absolute genius! Mind blown. Thank you

Great work. Barricade looks good!

I'll definitely try some of these great video!

I love these videos. So many tips and ideas 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Lovely ideas. Cheers!

That first base is brilliant! I am doing this right away, thanks mate!

I'm definitely gonna use some of these tips!. I recently started collecting Orks and Deathwatch, gonna make some orkish barricades of bits and sprues

Never thought of melting them! Great vid, gonna go try some of this out

Damn it your good, i loved #1. If i can i will, i have boxes of the stuff. Great video, your fast becoming one of my favourite channels

NUMBER 1 IS THE BEST !!! GRZ FOR THE VIDEO!! GREAT IDEAS

I have used sprue for brick walls/debris, but, using smaller bits for cobblestone was not something that previously entered my mind so that one is going on the project board as well as using that to create a texture roller for cobblestone roads. I have seen the building frame usage recently for creation of Necromunda Underhive terrain in images on Pinterest so that was something I was aware of. The tank traps were also something I have made previously but your string of plastic would make for excellent barbed-wire additives between these traps if coiled while cooling and then having barbs or razors made from bits of plastic sprue afterward. I am opposed to using open flame for softening plastic though and I would recommend acquiring an inexpensive heat gun for such things, use of gloves to prevent burning of fingers and not doing such things if you are not an adult or do not have adult assistance or supervision, even if you are an adult it is a good idea to have someone around to render first aid should you injure yourself. Plastic can also be softened for bending or stretching by submerging it in boiling water. Not condemning your work or your channel just mentioning these things that I am sure you would advocate as well. I loved the ladder idea and thing this is also a really awesome way to perhaps create stairs. I have used sprue to create Bretonnian barricades before but I like how yours looked and yours definitely had the versatility to have been painted in wood colours to make a more Fantasy World looking barricade. Great video and I will be employing some of these ideas for my own creations.

Stumbled across the video, glad i found it ill check out more from you!

I LOVE this! Such a great idea! 🙏

Amazing ideas! Excellent vid

Two easy terrain bits: * Rubble: Glue together cut up sprues in a pile. I use them in Gloomhaven for rock obstacles. They need a flat top. * Water bridges: Similar to buildings. Use the sprues as a frame and glue on popsicle sticks. Necessary in the Ghosts of the Archipelago miniatures skirmish game to connect islands over water. Much easier than trying to find bridges of different sizes.

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers, I might try that bridge one =)

I play Guard and will be starting Space Marines too, so I'll be sure to use some of these ideas. Thank you!

I need an HO scale retaining wall for my railroad...think I found how to build it! Another use for sprue, specifically for the round ones. You can make lengths of pipe from those. Good for flat car loads, refinery piping..the possibilities are endless!

Another Great job.. Love the uses of old rubbish. I often have so much of these extra bits.. Time to start building !!

It's not often a video makes me go: "Oh my God! YES!" Well done, lol!

Made number 9 today and it came out awesome! Thank you!

Loved the video, now I'm subbed.

never thought about the way you made the barricades and the brick wall, that's a good one! with some molding, that's gonna save time for later i think ^^

I have been trying to find 40k bits and pieces hopefully your hunt for stuff is better then mine. Cheers and great video bro

The terrain frame is an amazing idea. I'm going to do that. Also, I'm going to be clipping and cleaning some of the sprues up and make a necron out of them.

@plaidpvcpipe3792

3 жыл бұрын

check out midwinter mini's ork terrain from sprues. It's great, and the basic concepts would work for any style.

@liesureleeminis8268

3 жыл бұрын

@@plaidpvcpipe3792 oh sweet

Gr8 job man , sub is comming :) I'm starting also W40k aswell as AoS :D

Some cool ideas here. Thanks!

I only started getting into Warhammer about a week or two ago and at first the whole hobby seems daunting but you make it looks so fun & easy

Thanks for a great vid. Inspirational.

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, its great to learn things myself and share the results, whether good or bad =)

You make it look so easy, dayum!

These are fantastic. I had seen somebody else do a cobblestone floor but it still looks great. The sprue wire is genius especially as I didn't think it would act bendy like that once hardened. The barricade is great but the 'building' is my favourite. It looks like an Orc version of a temporary stand at a sports event. 😀

Thanks! Very helpful!

I used to give all my old IG heavy weapons teams small walls/barricades made out of sprues to hide behind. Just recently I made a ramp for my Ridgerunner to jump off for a display base

You sir are a genius! Subbed