Hey Melissa - I'm the actor who plays Kotallo in Forbidden West. Wanted to say that I loved watching you sculpt this fella! Amazing work!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, HI! Thank you so much for watching my video!! I'm not joking when I say Kotallo was my favorite of Aloy's companions in the game. His story was so compelling! I loved that moment after they tested his new arm and he took it back off again. Thank you for doing such an incredible job bringing him to life! You're awesome!!

@clareyoung4627

Жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes o

This is amazing! Making mech forms from clay always blows my mind

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so so much!!! It means a lot that you like it, I love everything you do! I promised myself I'd never put myself through this again, but the machines in the latest game are just so cool...

@warmflameking

2 жыл бұрын

I was watching your tremor tusk mech build before this

I´ve been watching Studson Studio, North of the Border, Sculpture_Geek, Nerdforge etc and got so inspired that I started sculpting myself. Now i try to grasp different techniques, what materials to use and so forth. Its so much fun! Thank you a bundle for that and please continue to do awesome stuff! :) Kind regards from Sweden ^.^

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Tack tack! I love all of those creators as well, and it's so great to hear you've started sculpting too! There are so many things to try, right? If you haven't seen her, I would also suggest Sofia Bue. I just found her and already learned some new techniques I want to try!

@johaneklund8255

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes tnx 4 the tip, I´ll chk her out 4 sure :)

That behmoth snoot boop at the end.... *chefs kiss* Perfection!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! It was too boopable! Couldn't resist! 😂

Are you kidding me??!! O_O This is beyond impressive!!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! 😄

The amount of detail in this is insane. Very well done

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! The more I stared at the Behemoth screenshots, the more details kept popping out and I was compelled! Whoever designs these machines is an absolute genius!

@MrRemmington

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes Indeed the designer might be a genius, but you captured it in all its detail on this small scale phenomenally

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrRemmington 😊 thank you!!

The sculpture is phenomenal. (But the nail polish reminds me of changing my granddaughters dirty nappy). But yeah that sculpture is super impressive. Oddly though, after it was painted you couldn't see all the impressive cable work under the armor. The bright paint distracted you from seeing all the awesome work you put into it. But yeah I love the Horizon games so this was a real treat to watch being created. I love your Art. ..Thank you for sharing.

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! I admit, the nail polish is SO much better in person! Less dirty nappy, I promise! Aww, good point about the cables. I think I also need a little better lighting when I take my photos, I've noticed a lot of detail work that I do gets lost if I don't have super strong painted highlights or shadows! Thanks for watching my work! :D

Breathtaking Skills. Just Wow....!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😄

Hows?? Just how. You’re amazing with clay

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! As for how...with lots of trial and error, hahaha!

I‘m working on a painting of a charger right now and I couldn‘t ever imagine sculpting one! The amount of detail you did is insane, especially at this scale, i‘m very impressed! It looks so good with the weathering :)

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The weathering was terrifying to start, but really weirdly satisfying? Haha! I'd love to see your charger! I'm always so impressed with paintings, whenever I try, I can never get the shading right to make it look legit!

Garage kit time boysss

This is great to see! Interesting to see something different from previous videos! I don’t know the game but it looks cool

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Oh it's such a good game!! I hope you try it some time! :D

This would make an amazing garage kit

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

I actually had to look up what a garage kit was...😅 Is it bad I had no idea until now?

@restauriorestoria1332

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes nah people usually cal them model kits, or minis. The entire build was really really cool, the pose was great too

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh!!! Haha now I know! And thank you so much!

Nice. I'm enjoying The Forbidden West.

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy! It was so good, I hope you have a great time playing through!

I'm empressed. 😍😍

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

No words... Just claps 👏👏👏

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 😊

Your extremely talented. I can’t believe you only have a couple thousand subscribers!

@MelissaDawnMakes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope I can keep growing! 🤞

Subscribing is a rarity, and today I was blessed by the mighty algorithm to have a reason to. Much impressed! Such wow! Many inspired! Bing watch ⌚️

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Such wow! Much thank! I'm so happy you're loving my channel! 😄 All hail the algo, haha

So cool work!!!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

wonderful work

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Wow! So glad this appeared in my recommended, it's so satisfying seeing everything come together. I'll definetly check out your other content

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! It really did feel incredibly satisfying the day I put it in a display box haha!

AMAZING!!!

@MelissaDawnMakes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Fantastico!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

All I have to say is… Holy shit!!! I was going to say, oh, use a black light to show off the lightening bits! Then you did! Bravo! Can’t wait to see the next sculpture and build!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry I missed your comment for a whole month! Thank you so much!! Oh my goodness it was so hard to get my camera to focus on the lightning in the dark!

I wish there were more videos of modeling machines frome the horizon series

@MelissaDawnMakes

Жыл бұрын

Me too! I've watched both Studson Studio's Tremortusk and Kaypea Creation's Tallneck and I want more! I'm working on a new one right now, so I'm hoping other creators might be too :)

Bello. Brava

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Grazie mille!

This was such a fun watch! The end result was amazing and I hope it was rewarding enough to make some more! You def deserve to have more views and subscribers. I’m now subbed :D

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and for the sub! You're absolutely right, it was SUPER rewarding and I'm already planning out my next machine haha!

This is just awesome, fantastic job!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Woooow, love it!!!!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! :D

What a grand project and amazing outcome!! So much hard work went into it!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Teru!! It was quite a journey haha

Great vid, these robots are so cool and I love seeing people sculpt them. Awesome work!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :D I just finished Forbidden West so I'm already working on another machine haha!

Awesome, hope to see more mech build like this.

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Right after I finished Forbidden West, I started a new one! Hopefully this won't take as long as the Behemoth, haha!

The way I found this Chanel was watching studson studios video when he was making the tremortusk

@MelissaDawnMakes

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching mine too! I'm obsessed with everything Studson does, he's so talented!

Nice! Great video and sculpting skills.

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

beautifully done dear

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Topzera

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Obrigada!

Amazing job! You don't actually need smaller brush. Even big brush with sharp tip can do magic and you can play with paint longer because bigger container (brush itself).

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Maybe I just need higher quality brushes then? I think my brushes just don't want to stay sharp, so I keep going smaller, haha! Do you have a brand you like best?

This is SO AMAZING! This would have driven me insane trying to do this, congrats on the incredible work and somehow managing so stay sane (hopefully). I havent fought these yet and you saying that they throw rocks at you make me want to avoid them like the plauge even more. If you descide to make another machine from zero dawn, can I suggest trying to use photo mode to collect safer screen shots? You could definitely zoom in on some parts that you normally couldnt through normal screenshots. Though I'm not entirely sure if you did that already and this could be redundant lol.

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! I have to say I'm *mostly* sane...but not sane enough to realize that I should probably pick easier projects, haha! Oooo, good luck when you encounter them! You're totally right, the photo mode was safe! But when I stopped at a safe distance, I usually couldn't zoom in as much as I wanted, so I had to do the Big Sneak and then the photo mode 😂 I have to say, their photo mode is an act of brilliance!!! It's such a perfect tool for cosplay and crafting! I want to hug whoever made that feature!

Studson brought me here and I am very glad about that

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Studson is awesome! I'm really glad you like what you found on my channel! :D

Amazing work! I have been happily collecting youtube creators who do clay scultpure/kitbashing as I do not have the skill, patience, or money to get into the hobby but I am mesmerized by the wonderful things you create. Glad to subscribe to yet another one! Plus, I absolutely adore the Horizon Zero Dawn universe and it's so great to see people making content for it. I got Horizon Forbidden West a bit late, but I've put 71 hours into it, am only 64% completed and have still not finished the main story yet (just uh, 'befriended' Sylens again and have been spending my time with the new movement ability collecting/completing things).

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for adding me to your collection!! I admit, crafting is slowly consuming all my non-work time haha! But it's so fun! I love the HZD universe too! It's so gorgeous and the story is so compelling... I could gush forever about the care taken with the clothing and architecture designs for each tribe. Ughhh...Sylens...he's so useful but his smug face and abysmally large ego is just so infuriating! I would love to hear your thoughts when you reach the end! (Just in general, not necessarily about Sylens haha)

@Zorae42

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes I finally finished the main story (84.9% completion now haha). It was really satisfying and a great ending and they set up the next game pretty well. I am a bit worried that the next game is going to be completely different considering the state this one ended in, but I'd be okay with that as presumably it's still going to be a wonderful game. Hehe, I know you said not necessarily about Sylens but his decision to stay was quite sweet. My husband was upset because he wanted him to leave to be safe 😄 and to create a world with Apollo from the beginning. I personally hope he'll stay long enough to give them a fighting chance and to copy/paste Gaia onto the second core and then leave to create a new Earth from scratch and with Apollo this time.

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

I think I feel the same as you about Sylens' decision haha! Also....I worry about a new world shaped by Sylens hahah! I'm less worried about the next game and more intrigued? I really wonder how Nemesis will even manifest. What's it going to do? Does it hate all of humanity like the Zeniths think, or just the Zeniths? Would it have enough consciousness to understand the difference between the Zeniths and the new people of Earth? Who knows! Fun awaits! Hahah!

Awesome work! It looks soooo goood!! I really wish they had it for PC T.T I want to play so bad :(

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! At least they have the first one and the DLC on PC, so there's hope for the Forbidden West!!

Truly an amazing work! You just earned a new subscriber! ^^ I just finished Forbidden West a few hours ago and I'm thinking of making an Aloy with a machine myself 💙 PS: For future behemoth-ish projects, forget about the oven and use a heat gun, it works wonders and it is faster! Just don't forget about moving it around so you won't burn anything.

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Yay, thank you!! Oo, do you have a machine in mind? I'm so excited for your project! I've actually been really curious about that baking technique for a while, but I'm so scared of burning things! How can you tell when you've heated enough that it's not unbaked/brittle underneath? Do you have a thing you do to find out?

@Scoutdeath572

2 жыл бұрын

​@@MelissaDawnMakes I do not know if I'm lucky or what but I made it right at the very first attempt, so I don't have much learning curve to share... but for what I have seen so far: If you set the heat gun at max heat and low air pressure you just need like 1-2 minutes per zone to bake the clay (just do not ever forget to move around the heat nozzle and never get closer than 1 inch). After that you can lightly touch the clay with your finger and if it burns at touch, then it is enough. Let it cool for like 30 seconds and test it with your nail, if you did it right, you will notice immediately that is harder. Until now I haven't done anything too thick so I do not know much about the differences, but you can try to double the time applying heat. It wont burn if you always move the nozzle. (4 seconds and move the nozzle half inch at a time). Also, work in layers so, if anything goes wrong you can cover it, sand it or discard it without wasting too much material. ☺

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the details! I'll definitely give it a try! I copied your instructions and have them in a folder for reference now 😄

@Scoutdeath572

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes a pleasure Melissa ^^ good luck! 😁

Great work now rip and tear some machines.

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed Forbidden West!! I'm already looking forward to DLC and more machine hunting hahah!

Now make a Thunderjaw. Great work!!!

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! I keep wondering, which would be worse: Thunderjaw or a Slaughterspine? 😂

Hi, I'm a newbie want to try making this stuff. Did you use epoxy clay? And what type/brand of paint did you use? thanks

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! How exciting! I've actually never used epoxy clay, so if you try it, let me know how it goes! I work with Super Sculpey Firm, it's definitely my favorite because of the texture. I typically use Artist's Loft acrylics, but I have recently started trying Arteza acrylics. I also add links to all the materials and tools I use in the description as well! Best of luck starting out, it's such an addictive hobby!

@um-vl6on

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes Thank you for your kind reply. I'm sorry I'm not looking into the description channel. My bad..

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

@@um-vl6on no need to apologize at all! I don't always mention it in my videos, which I probably should! And I ALWAYS love talking about materials and tools haha!

I'd love to see a making of a Tremortusk there is only 1 video id like to see how you would make it

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

I loved Studson Studio's kitbash of it! Haha, honestly when I was picking a new machine to build, I considered the Tremortusk, but it's so incredibly intimidating!

@Dean341

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes i saw his video and loved it and came here when I saw his suggestion for your video. But in all honesty your work is great and I think you will do a great job at the tremortusk for sure

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you! Maybe some day I'll get the courage haha!

@Dean341

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes haha I will be waiting for the video :D have a great day/evening

6:35 Electrical ovens work for polymer clay?

@MelissaDawnMakes

Жыл бұрын

Yep! I actually haven't tried clay in a gas oven, I'm honestly a little nervous to! So I just stick to my little electric toaster oven. :)

@heroesytumbas

Жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes I didn't knew that. I always use a gas oven. You have to pre heat it, and one time that I made several figures, none cured correctly, I thought the clay I had was not good, but turned out the oven temperature was off for like 40 degrees, and I didn't found out about that until I purchased an oven thermometer to correct it. Do you know if cosclay can be repeatedly baked without losing its flexibility?

@MelissaDawnMakes

Жыл бұрын

@@heroesytumbas oof, I've had the same problem of the temperature being off from what the oven says. That oven thermometer is an absolute must-have! Yes, cosclay can be rebaked! As long as it's not going over the suggested baking temperature, that is. If it gets too hot, it burns like Sculpey and results in bad fumes and lots of regrets.

the first few times i stumbled into those beasties in the game really ruined things... and this is totally the opposite. such a great piece of work! subbed and @ followed

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! I'm happy I gave you a good Behemoth experience, haha! They're really no joke!

why 274 likes this deserves more

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

😊 thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it!

Clay is my natural enemy. Even looking at it squishes and deforms it. And when i touch it, it explodes

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

That second part sounds like me and pancake mix! I tried to make my own once and I think I'll stick to clay now haha!

sorry nut sorry lol

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

Haha!

I beat Forbidden West in 3 days XD

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

That's great!

You and studson studios should colab

@MelissaDawnMakes

Жыл бұрын

omg that would be the dream haha

Yeeeep, Algorithm gods have summoned me to appear in yout comments,

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

All hail the Algo! Haha, thank you for answering the call!

@DobbsyLondon

2 жыл бұрын

@@MelissaDawnMakes I watched your whole video and I hope you manage to get your tiny brush. Regards from London.

@MelissaDawnMakes

2 жыл бұрын

@@DobbsyLondon thank you! The Quest for a Tiny Brush may be nearing an end, I'm testing one out right now! Fingers crossed this is the One!

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