Recycling Old Sprues Building a Cargo Container
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- I built and painted a Cargo Container from scratch for my tabletop games and wanted to share my process with you. It's only as hard as you make it! All the materials found in this build are either recycled materials, such as plastic sprues, or inexpensive and readily available.
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Materials and Tools I used in this video (Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)
- Corrugated Paper (amzn.to/3mZ4uZi)
- Miter Cutter (amzn.to/2YtpGNT)
- Card stock from any food packaging you may have in the fridge/freezer
- Toothpicks, dowels, or any other small wooden rods.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - Build Prep
01:55 - Harvesting Sprue Material
03:30 - Making the Frame
05:20 - Adding the Walls
06:12 - Adding the Doors
06:50 - Adding the Trim
07:44 - Detailing the Doors
08:55 - Paint Prep
09:49 - Base Coat
10:15 - Adding Some Scars
10:29 - Highlighting
11:04 - Dry Brushing
11:51 - Adding Details
13:15 - Glamour Shots
13:46 - Wrap Up - Jak na to + styl
Thank you for an enjoyable and inspiring video. Greta idea for recycling. Gonna build a few container with my son. Excellent bonding experience with him, and thereafter we get to play 40K using terrain we built. Once again, Thank You!!!
This seems like a great way to make some Stargrave terrain- I'm going to have to try it out!
Now that is a nice piece! Never thought of a Mitter cutter....might have to pick one up now.
Just followed, and I cannot wait to see what's next!
they also make larger blade exacto blades. I have a small (i think it's a 10 blade) for cleaning up mold lines or other small details, but I also have a much larger exacto blade...blade being thicker or bigger(says 2 on the blade). makes cutting through sprues or thicker plastic a lot easier. (like... if chopping hands of arms to switch out weapons or whatnot) ---while not being as thick as a utility knife.
Thx mate! It was useful video for me )
Good stuff bud.
I was looking at doing something similar but I was going to use acetone to melt down the polystyrene runners so I could roll it out flat and make something for texturing it like corrugation. I just don't like the idea of using paper because it seems like something that might not hold up as well. Plus if I'm using the plastic for the entire outside I can make some dies to cut out the pieces while the material is still pliable to have each piece be more accurate and readily repeatable, plus they'll be more sturdy. I also have a lot of leftover plastic and I bet I could get more from other people at the game store in exchange for making some for them.
I just need to finish reorganizing the house so I can have a proper hobby area.
Cool man, I enjoyed that
I'm glad you enjoyed it! That's all I'm trying to accomplish.
Great tips, i think you got a really great result. If i were to replicate this i think i'd make 5 or 6 at a go as 2 hours for 1 container seems a big much.
Thanks for the feedback! I agree, batching is a good idea and should bring the overall time down. I was also still figuring things out as well, which I didn't really consider when I threw that number out.
Super cool build, had to watch this at 1.5 speed though. You need to trim down the length a lil' bit
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I fully agree about the time. I've been learning a lot as I make these videos, so stick around and hopefully soon you'll only need to use 1.25x speed watching my vids!
(Don't watch my Cadian video, that video is far too long, haha)
They're called runners or frames, though. The sprue is the part of the injection molding system that funnels plastic into the mold die's runners, forming each of the frames. What we get as the end product is the plastic that filled the runners and parts of the frame; not what was in the sprue.
Interesting. I've just been saying what I see everyone else say. Seems to be one of those cases where the language has just evolved, even if it's not technically correct.
Oxford Dictionary lists both meanings as valid definitions for the word sprue - I think it's safe to say that language has marched on, and the plastic frame with all the little bits on it is indeed a sprue.
@@jacksonstanford7369 I'm guessing a faucet is a drain now too. That's basically what the sprue is relative to the frames.
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Super cool use for these sprues that are already building up after just getting back into the GW happy with Octarius. I’ve been away from modeling for way too long and have found the return quite rewarding. Was just starting to consider what terrain I might start to make next… though I’m nowhere near even tabletop ready on the painting of the Octarius terrain…
Any ideas for fortifications?
Plenty of ideas, but it's going to take time to execute on them. Anything in particular you're looking for?
CA glue on plastic is a bad idea. Use plastic cement - Tamiya Extra Thin is best.
Mind linking the mitre? I couldn't find it on your webpage.
I'll have to double check my list. For now, here's the exact miter shear I bought: amzn.to/3rKJuHy