Turn Warhammer 40k Sprues into Flat Panels
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- This video shows how to easily turn unwanted sprues into flat panels and rivetts that can be used in kit bashing and scratch bashing.
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Apologies about the sound quality, Im getting to grips with the new microphone lol =)
How did you make those wrinkled panels you used for the containers?
@@charliebeare9752 my video is out later today and Im going LIVE in 30 minutes =)
I tried this and after melting down the plastic and rolling it out, it never fully hardened. The edges got crispy but the middle was still gewy. Do you have any suggestions? (I used both nail polish 100% acetone and just pure acetone to melt the plastic)
Even without any trimming, the panels when they're still wiggly-edged look like they'd make good ponds/puddles/etc
Yup the texture is pretty cool =)
Rumour has it, Miniature Hobbyist throws the models into a big bucket, and plays with the sprues!
Ssshhh dont tell everyone, its the models that go in the acetone lol =P
Nurgle approves and the tyranids are ok with it
He makes plastic gooo out of models... 🤫Hidra Dominatus
Considering the fact that he is able to make miniatures and terrain from the Sprues themselves this should not surprise anyone at all! 😅
So this is how Biomass is processed for the hive!
That rolling pin is genius, nice too see how smooth you can make them
Yup they come out nice and flat =)
making rivets that way is going to be such a time saver! can't wait to see that big stompa of yours!
Yup they are pretty cool rivetts I cant wait to use =)
Nice to see you're perfecting your skills. This is great. I've always used sprues in conversions and scenery, so I've never thrown any away. But this brings a whole new use for them. Nice work.
Thank you so much, Im just having fun seeing what can be done with sprues =)
this is actually perfect for terrain base.
Knowing these will be Ork panels the the dips and wrinkles make for perfect imperfections and sill take weathering nicely!
Shit mate, I might replicate that!
It's basically free Plasticcard
Yup go for it =)
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I applaud your pioneering spirit, pushing the boundaries of the hobby for sure. Great results with the final product! I might attempt this with my sprues, maybe even make wall paneling for some terrain structures.
I am in love with this technique. I watched this months ago and have saved my sprues, today I bought a jar and three small bottles of acetone for less than £10. I'm amazed at how much Ewwy Gooey Spruey Stuff I have been able to make from what I had and with such ease. I was worried about what it would be like working with, it getting in contact with skin/surfaces and of course you should take care but it is far easier to work with than I had imagined. Thanks a million buddy!
I’m so glad I found this channel, you have opened up so many avenues for new ideas for me. Thank you
This channel seems to have sprues out the ears, and the awesome ideas for using them never cease to amaze. Thanks for another sweet recommendation for our nibbly nobbly bits!
Thank you so much, yup you guys want sprue videos so Im gonna make sprue videos =)
Leaving a comment, also hoarding Sprues. At christmas I will get more and build orky stuff with it.
You are incredibly talented, you see things others would miss and you're helping the rest of us out by sharing your vision. Can't thank you enough.
Thank you so much, its fun to try new things =)
You can put thick rubber bands or layers of electrical tape on a standard rolling pin to control your depth. Works for pastry as well as plastic.
As a recommendation, get some texture rollers that way you can give the panels panel weld lines
No joke, this is probably your best innovation for me yet! I can’t access any styrene sheets where I live so this technique will probably work wonders for me
Hey thats awesome, Im glad to have helped =)
Where do you live if you don't mind me asking?
Allright partner,
Lets keep rollin'
ROLLIN'
ROLLIN'
ROLLIN'
Will do =)
Dude, no. No!
this channel needs a name change to Knibbly Knobbly Bits :-)
Haha yup =)
All the videos have been excellent, sorry I didn't get here sooner to help with the CZcams thing.
Hey no worries, Im glad you like my videos =)
I am liking this idea. Will use this on my next ork thingy.
Cool =)
Got the Tyranid christmas box coming in... lots of sprues, lovely sprues...
I love sprues lol =)
Just got the mawtribes Christmas box and the fyreslayers SC, got about 20 jars of nibbley nobbley bits :D
This channel is not about perfection, it’s about the pioneer spirit. Also about contributing actual steps forward in hobby crafting.
Pros: I can do it better.
Me: Because an amateur did the leg work.
*edit
5:45 So it turns out no, the pros cannot do it better. The ceiling has been reached.
Mate these sprue videos are excellent, Ork mega gargant could be on the horizon using this panel idea
Thank you, I may have to make every orky vehicle =)
Innovative and awesome! This is the result of trial and error, with many failed results and really shows you what perseverance can pull off. The mini community benefits from your effort.
This is genius. A game changer for my ork army, thank you!
My pleasure, have fun building things =)
Oowey gooey nibbley nobbley bitz!
Need to try this out! 😁
This is actually fantastic, I never thought about using acetone like this. I was already aware that acetone melts plastic, but now O wonder if I can do the same with Gunpla frames.
since you’re already using a roller. Have you tried using a texture roller on the panels after they’ve set a bit in the grease paper but before they’re hard? Could see some good pre-made sci-fi scraps, walls, or ruins using that instead of just the plain panel. Just a thought. Keep up the good work👍🏻
You could cover the entire panel in bog or spackle to be able to sand the panel smooth. Great video mate!
Yup that would work, Im hoping not moving the panels until they are fully hardened will work, I will be trying that soon =)
I love this! I used sprues for the "steel beams" in my clay terrain pieces but this is much cooler, will definitly try it.
Brilliant!
I knew you'd lick the problem of sprue panels.
With them being pliable like that, you could make 2mm thick... anything.
Make a wire frame and mold the sheets around the frame into cool stuff.
Yup this is a game changer and opens up so many possibilities =)
A very nice idea to make moving trays for old warhammer fantasy
Just a comment to help with the algorithm.
You're a good man, thank you.
Much appreciated =)
great way to make the most of those waste sprues! clever idea using the rolling pin to keep a consistent thickness!
Yup Im pleased how well the panels can be made the same thickness =)
Wrinkles come from parchment paper. I really like this, it seem like perfect idea for making Ork vehicles and buildings.
The wrinkles are from holding the panels not the paper, the panels are perfect for building things =)
You’re the main reason I do as much 40k stuff as I do. Gonna have to try this one soon
Haha, awesome, keep making things =)
I have a lot of cuts in my fingers and seeing that you have as well makes me think is from forging warhammers xD
Mine was trying to unscrew the lid of the glue lol =)
Great way of making armour plates for orky and Chaos vehicles!
Shared this with my hobby group, always nice to find a new approach to recycle the still good material :) thanks!
This has so much potential
This is fantastically useful, you have mmy thanks
I'm never throwing sprews away again
Algorithm comment
Thats good to hear and thank you for the comment =)
@@MiniatureHobbyist could you figure a good way out of making storm shields? Maybe with some markings within the mould or something?
Good idea thanks, I will give it a try
This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for!! Thank you.
Mmmm.. now to make molds for armor and shoulder pads and stuff and use this method for converting and kitbashing for my DG army.. this would be great to add more Death Guard armor pannels and spikes to chaos vehicles and hellbrutes.. maybe even make some shields for my marines for fun
Fantastic use of sprues. Really inventive and looking forward to trying this!
Amazing.
As an ork player this will make my life much easier. And for making necromunda terrain to and for...well...all of it :)
This is useful as hell, might try making some junk/scrap scenery out of my old sprues now.
Yup you can easily build walls and buildings =)
Hobby hero award goes to you, good sir.
Some may say the irregularities in the panels is good for inherent texture
Can't wait to see what you come up with next so many new uses for old sprues
Haha thank you, Im always thinking of what can be done =)
try using a paper shredder to grind up the sprues perhaps, worth a try, or a magic bullet blender
Loved this and that is a great rolling pin. Watched the live stream as much as possible, I also thank you for interacting with your subscribers whilst doing live streams. I am brand new to the channel and you answered 2-3 of my questions right off the start. Subscribed!
Thank you so much, I am loving building and streaming, its so much fun =)
The wrinkly panels would make for absolutely perfect nurgle bases
Yup they would 🙂
How about a pasta/lasagne roller? Should maybe let it dry out a little first and let it fall down onto a flat silicon sheet?
Yup Im sure that would work =)
THATS SO COOL! Thank you!
just a bit of a tip you can often find 100% acetone at hardware stores in quarts and pints at least here in the us and they only cost 10-20$
100% acetone fingernail polish is only $1 at Dollar General in the US.
It is cheap stuff =)
Just what I needed... a reason to save more stuff 🤣
Awesome as always
Haha, get some bigger storage bins =)
im glad i found you
Great Idea, thanks for sharing
Im glad you liked it =)
What would be great because of the texture the panels has is to cut them into 1"-1.5" squares and make dungeon tiles for RPG gaming. The texture looks like stone. You could make and mold them to make large sets. Love the vids keep up the great work
Yes they would look great as dungeon tiles =)
Old plastic cd cases make good armour plates!
Yup =)
DUDE, this is perfect. I wish I saw this video years ago. I always hated just throwing my sprues in the recycle.
This is inspiring and certainly a great way too recycle the plastics.
SERIOUS QUESTION :: What about smells and odors or other hazard aromas? Does the melted plastic leave a smell once you leave it in the Acetone? Certainly, the jar must get hot too with the chemical reaction?
Are there any hazards we should be made aware before we tackle this same process?
FYI; Just to see what would happen I added a sprue to the gunk and it was absorbed within minutes. I tried numerous times to roll out a sheet with the exact method stated here - the gunk gets stuck on the greasepaper every time... Any hints/ideas to make this into reality? Thanks for worthy tips/ideas, fellas.
I think it'd be cool to see the kind of thing you could do forming the panels around something or into shapes before the acetone has fully evaporated
If you don't have the measuring things for your rolling pin, I've seen a good alternative. Get a pack of playing cards (preferably not too slippy), and make two small piles; that way you can roll as thick or thin as you like!
Try the textured rolling pins - there are sci fi floor ones, cobblestone ones and brickstone ones for the walls - im guessing you could do entire buildings like that !
Have you tried this? I'm waiting for my roller to arrive
I’m saving this
So..... If I make a tank out of this, it SHOULD in theory fall well within the GW rule for events of (x) percent GW plastic, huh? Very useful!
This is absolutely BRILLIANT! Thanks for sharing this!
~ Wolfbrother Methos
Great video! Comment for the algorithm!
Thank you =)
Such a fantastic idea! Total game changer!!!
It is and its so simple =)
Very cool great for ork stuff especially be it terrain or conversions.
I agree!
A true sprue guru
Thank you so much =)
You could use a food processor to get the nibbily knobby bits!
Oh god yesss! I have a lot of these!!
You really inspired me! Am burning with ideas!
Thats awesome, have fun being creative =)
Your videos are amazing! I need to use this for the stompa I am building. Awesome stuff.
Thank you, this will make great panels for your stompa =)
I'm so scared, I was wondering how to do this earlier today for my plan to do an armies on parade next year based on the opening scene of series 5 of gotham. I was genuinely thinking of it and now its here wtf.
Its so simple Im sure others have thought of it =)
@@MiniatureHobbyist it is one of those simple things that you don't think of until you see a video on it, I'm new to the using sprues etc to make stuff, I've always been a do it by the box art guy, so having someone like you is a great help, your vids are so good and easy to follow, I love the tank you did with the exploding shell.
Me too, I was afraid of melted sprues!!
This has given me so many new ideas
Awesome =)
Amazing thank you
I wonder, could a texture roller have some effect? I'm betting the greaseproof paper in the way would cause issues but while the panels are still somewhat soft but not gooey-sticky, would a roller work?
i was going to ask the same thing, i wonder if running one of the Greenstuff world rollers over it before it sets would work.
Yup take them out of the paper and its takes 12 hours or more to fully harden so in that time you could roll on a texture =)
...That is a genius idea. I might just try this.
Maybe you can tre to print paterns on them wile they are still soft to make bases or stone walls ?
Nibbly knobbly bits counter: 3 (You need to make counter of how many times you say nibbly knobbly bits)
Oddly enough, the wrinkled panels would likely look better on an ork build than the smooth ones. The wrinkles make the panels look like they were crudely hammered into shape with lots of little imperfections. I might prefer the quick-peel method because of that actually, though the smooth ones would work better as universal panels.
Yup once painted it is gonna look like old bashed metal panels =)
That's a really cool way to recycle plastic waste! I expected the panels to shrink and/or warp as the acetone evaporated. I guess they did so, but to a much lesser extent. I wonder if it would be feasible to squeeze the gooey stuff into a mold to perform a ghetto version of injection molding. That probably wouldn't work all that well. Another idea that would probably work better is to press something into the surface of the plastic sheet while it's still soft to make an impression. This could be a neat way to add texture.
As for the solvent - wouldn't getting just acetone from a hardware store be much cheaper than acetone-based nail polish remover?
Fantastic idea can’t wait to try it
I just tried this. Put a heavy book or brick or something on top of it after you're finished rolling to get it perfectly flat. I'm gonna try a vice and a board tomorrow.
Hey thats awesome, Im gonna try it again and not move the panel for 24 hours to see if it stays as smooth as ice =)
This could work for making cheap bases!
My dude! This is one of your best ideas yet!
Thank you so much =)
Pure Genius
I have a few questions. Firstly an observation. The acetone is changing color after melting the sprue bits. That makes me wonder, is it leaching something out of the polystyrene.
What is it leaching out?
Next, is the polystyrene as strong still once it re-hardens? Has it become more brittle, or more flexable at all after the proccess ?
And lastly does plastic cement still glue it together as nicely?
Yeah I had the same idea. If the color changes, then the plastic is not the same chemically as it was initially. I wonder what will happen when he melts these panels or any recast sprues, will the acetone change its color or stay clear this time.
The acetone changes a different colour depending on the original colour of the sprue so Im guessing its the dye used in colouring the sprue. It doesnt seem brittle at all, especially considering Im making the panels quite thin. It still glues well using cement glue so doesnt seem like it has changed in any way =)
@@MiniatureHobbyist thank you good sir! I hadn't thought about there being dye in the plastic. That makes sence! I know you've recast doors. And I've seen you cast figures from resin. Have you done any figures from the melted sprue goo though?
@@j453 no worries, I have cast wheels using sprue goo, to cast figures you would need some sort of injection moulding to push the goo into all the parts, as Im only an amatuer I dont realy have the money or space for one of those lol =)
@@MiniatureHobbyist ahh ok
Get some diagonal cutters from your local hardware store. They'll last a lot longer than your hobby cutters.
I think you have the same snippers that I used to have. Given how much snipping of nibbly nobbly bits you do, check out the Tamiya snippers. They're about tripper the price but they cut through it like it's not there. Might make your nibbly nobbly life easier :)
I will take a look at them =)
These videos are great - its interesting to watch you refine your process :)
Thank you, I like to think I am improving all the time and having fun with it =)
Looks like not cutting them could lead to some pretty good hills if stacked right
Awesome vid as always 👍
Thank you so much =)