Building the Ultimate Medieval Tavern Diorama - Realistic Miniature Model Scenery
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2024
- How to build a realistic, miniature, fantasy Tavern diorama from scratch from balsa wood and styrofoam. This scale model is in 1/24 scale.
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In this tutorial, I show you how to build an architectural scale model from balsa wood and basswood strips. I cover several DIY techniques for creating the Ultimate, Realistic Diorama. You can apply these techniques to anything that you're working on, such as dioramas, scale models, model railway scenery, model railroad layouts, wargaming terrain, warhammer 40k, d&d scenery, tabeltop gaming, action figure displays, dollhouse accessories, fantasy dioramas and whatever else comes to mind.
I show you how to make a model house from scratch that looks hyper realistic, just using some miniature, strip basswood, balsa wood, and foam board you can buy from the hobby and crafts store! I take you though every step of building a half timbered building, plaster stucco to the frame of the building, making a roof structure and shingles from balsa wood, adding a miniature glass tudor windows, making a miniature brick chimney and stone walls from XPS foam, Painting and weathering everything, adding 3D printed barrels and accessories, and adding model railway scenery like dirt, terrain, ground cover, rocks, branches, moss, paper leaves, and much more!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:36 How to Make a Balsa Wood Frame
1:49 How to Make Foam Core Buildings
3:00 How to Seal Balsa Wood
3:27 How to Paint Balsa Wood w/ Acrylic
3:54 Miniature Plaster Walls
7:44 How to Paint and Weather Diorama
9:24 How to Make Miniature Wood Shingles
14:03 How to Make Miniature Moss
16:25 Carving Stones From Styrofoam
18:52 Paint XPS Foam with Acrylic Paint
23:04 Medieval Windows DIY
24:08 Assembling a Miniature Diorama
25:19 DIY Cobblestone Road
28:38 How to Make Miniature Terrain
29:36 Scale Model Dirt
31:24 Realistic Woodland Ground Cover Mix
32:32 How to Model Realistic Moss
33:51 Last Minute Details
34:40 Final Result!
35:03 Please Support Me on Patreon
Music:
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3. Home
4. Galaxy
5. Empty City
6. Recovery
7. Existence
8. Floating
9. Nightscapes
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"Man, that wood and plaster building looks so realistic and GREAT. What'd you use?"
"Wood and plaster."
Haha if I can use the real materials I often try to!
but the drywall was 1/32" thick/2"x2" sheets...the mudding and sanding alone would be brutal...
THIS is a Hobby, I Dream of getting into!!!!
Glad to hear that! You definitely should start making miniatures if you haven’t yet, it’s lots of fun! Thanks for watching!
My dad used to be a Model Railroader. One of the things I learned from him was "very very seldom does nature give you just one layer of Anything."
He would rattle off some element of the Lay Out, and spend a few minutes showing me the difference between 'flat', and 'natural'.
So, in memory of Daddy, I would add another sprinkle of leaves...especially on the roof. Color them if it's autumn.
Maybe a tree stump (holy cow! BIG tree!) From where that old monster died and came down...who knew it was that far gone? Blocked t'road nearly a week.
OTOH...I absolutely love the way those cobble stones turned out!
*Dude, I thought my stuff was good until I saw yours! Excellent work!*
Wow thank you so much, you’re too kind! And your work is absolutely amazing!! I love how you use real construction methods and materials for your awesome projects! Thanks again for watching and for all your support :)
Absolutely brilliant work. The end photos showed how realistic it looked blending in to the outdoors like it was a full sized building.
Thank you so much for all your kind words, I really appreciate the support!!
Great technique on the stone. At first, I was thinking '35 minute video, that's too long'. The pace you had was perfect; no time wasted on small talk. You explained your process very well and didn't spend too long on any segment. super well done. I couldn't believe how fast 35 minutes went by. Thanks.
Thank you so much for your feedback, I’m glad to hear that!! Also thanks again for watching, I really appreciate it!
I would have killed for a friend like you back playing D&D in the 80's/90's. Phenomenal builds you have put together and your attention to detail is great. Will be binging a lot more of your videos over the coming weeks, not that I play anymore, they just really relaxing to watch your work. Peace from the UK.
Thank you so much for all your kind words!!! It makes me so happy to hear you enjoy watching my content. Thanks again for all your support, and thanks for watching!
Tip ~ if you put your plaster mixture into a baker's piping bag, it's super easy and very little mess when applying the plaster to your walls! Works like a charm!
That’s an awesome tip!! I’ll be sure to use this one in the future! Thanks for sharing!
It's so much easier!! Way less mess, way less waste and clean-up is a breeze!!
Yeah I was gonna say baking tools like an offset spatula would work really well 🤍
The detail just keeps on getting more incredible.. I was so impressed by the cobble path that I almost fell out of my seat when the custom made miniature leaves came out.
*_Great build man._*
*_I tend to also add some paint to real life items like stones and twigs so they don't stand out._*
*_I forgot to say it's not a bad idea to add needles/thin nails to the walls where they join. Glue might crack open in 2 years._*
Thank you!! That’s great, I love using natural materials when I can for scenery too!
And that’s a good idea, I’ll make sure to do that for future projects! Fingers crossed this one doesn’t break haha!
i reall DIG the fact , that you use REAL materials- for detail!!! i would TOO☺
Hahaha thank you!! And thanks for watching :)
"Old glass" effect is great.
Thank you!
I remain impressed by what you show here, even after watching it several times, it has given me so many new ideas.
By showing how you make it, I have slowly started building something again and am seriously enjoying it again... so thank you for giving me a new old goal.
I loved it! It seems so real, the stones especially, I believed, I really believed they were real.
and when he places the diorama outside, with the sky... incredible. congratulations!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing masterpiece. I love your builds, and I am learning so much. I am currently working on replicating Stephen Kings Pet Sematary, and your techniques will be very helpful for that and also when it's time to create the barn for my 1930's farmhouse. I try to create my miniatures as realistic as I can, and I love detail.
I love your channel!🥰❤️
Very nice work. A lot of old houses like this had a large beam protruding from under the ridge to attach a block and tackle for moving furniture upstairs.
I’m working on a video game, and one of the central locations is a medieval tavern. For some reason finding reference images for the walls was challenging. Weird angles, not the full view, etc etc.
I decide to check CZcams and I come across this, and it's EXACTLY what I was looking for! It's a great look at the texture of the plaster and structure of the wood frames.
Great work! And thanks for
What a joy 😃
I whish I found the peace to build such cozy houses 🙂
Thank you so much!!
Such amazing work! This is extremely satisfying to watch.
Thank you very much! Glad to hear that!
Would you rather have 1 million dollars or the ability to shrink down and live in your dioramas
Good question!! Probably the million dollars so I could make more dioramas haha!
wouldnt be better just to scale up the dioramas? u could just build your dream house.. 😅
@@droneclub1978 haha great point!! But the small ones cost a lot less to make :) thanks for watching
You can do that, on Movie Sets. Lol empty interior with cool facade.
I told my children, when they said they will burn my dollhouses when I die, to be really careful because I WILL be residing in some of them. They won't know which ones. Hahahaha
Beautiful work as always ! Thank you for sharing these !
Thank you so much, I’m glad you liked the diorama! And thanks again for watching!
That's glorious. I love the leaf/moss details especially, but the windows are also so very cool.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!
STUNNING!!! Simply stunning!!
Thank you so much!
I really enjoy atching you work, and super enjoy hearing your narration of steps and tips! Thanks for all your time!
Thank you so much for watching! I’m glad you enjoy the videos and the narration!
This is a great piece, one thing missing is the lack of truly straight edges in buildings of this age, One thing you need to try is cutting the balsa trips out of sheet balsa freehand. This will give a characteristic unevenness typical of such buildings. It's a bit more work but will make a huge difference to realism. Your techniques for wooden framing, like inlay with plaster, are great though and I will try this out myself.
Looks good as hell....!! Perfect for modeling railroads. When i was a kid i use to take close up pictures 📸 with a polorid Camara of log cabins my mother made from real sticks to sell as displays and i added metal scale cars and take pictures used to look so real. Your house model took me back
wow, that just looks fantastically realistic! Especially the stone wall at the bottom of the house - I've never seen it done so well and so realistically before! Great work!
Thank you so much!! I’m so glad you liked the stonework! Thanks again for watching :)
I agree with you. The complete videos not only show us technique, but lots of technique and real application - as long as your verbal tutorial. I loved this one!
Thank you so much, I’m glad you like the longer videos! Thanks again for watching!
Amazing work, so realistic and detailed. Love it!
Thank you so much!!!
I'm really loving what you make! Every creation is incredibly detailed.
Thank you so much for all of your support, I really appreciate it!
This was amazing. I'm blown away by your creativity.
Thank you! 😊
Amazing, you had me when you made the curbstone walkway and all the little details.👏❤
Thank you very much!! I’m glad like like all the details!
I never thought anything like this existed since I’ve been watching this the only thing I can say is absolutely amazing, great job man.
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate your kind words :)
What a beautiful piece! You are so observant and I enjoy your explanations on building techniques and color choices. The end result is so realistic, especially when you bring it outdoors with natural light and trees! Great work!
Thank you so much for all of your kind words and support! I’m so glad you liked the diorama, and thanks for watching :)
Massage for the mind! Your work is phenomenal!
Thank you so much!!
The project looks great as it is, but I feel it could've used some big ol' gnarly trees hanging over it. Having a bunch of moss is typically a result of there being a lot of shade over a building, also the leaves and ground debris don't have an apparent source.
Thank you!! I was definitely tempted to add some trees, I have a bunch of sagebrush armatures I collected and assembled last year, and I even positioned them on the base. The only reason I didn’t add them was because of time. To make them presentable, I’d probably have to spend a few days adding finer branch structures to the large trees, so I opted to leave them out. Thanks again for watching!
Wow, what a project! And so many handy tips sprinkled throughout. The only thing missing is some lighting and like someone said a sign.
Thank you, I’m glad you liked the video!! I definitely would’ve liked to add a sign, but I waited til the last minute and ran out of time unfortunately. I also did experiment with adding several flickering leds once I installed the glass. I opted not to install them because it looked more like the building was on fire haha! Thanks again for watching!
Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing your processes.
Thank you, I’m happy to share everything I can!! Thanks for your support and for watching!
It looks absolutely amazing! I'm so jealous of all the great builders who have the skill and necessary equipment to create such wonderful models and dioramas. I could sit and watch a model like yours for hours. 🙂
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
So glad I stumbled on this video
Thank you!! So glad you found the channel, thanks for watching :)
Absolutely gorgeous!!!! I love all of the intricate details you have crafted into this diorama 😊😊😊
Thank you so much!!! I’m glad you like all the details in this project! Thanks again for all your support for the channel :)
@@smolworldworkshop you are welcome 🤗
I definitely look forward to seeing your builds! 😊
Absolutely stunning work. This is exactly how I imagined the Waystone Inn from the book "Name of the Wind" from Patrick Rothfuss. Thank you for sharing :)
Awesome! I love how realistic it is. Beautiful 😍
Thank you so much 😀
I hope to learn... I loved your job and your attention to details... really good. Hugs of light from far, in your heart. Thank you by inspiration.🌟👏
Im actually building the walls and floors plus a spiral staircase in my small scale. I've been going to a smoke shop in town and those cigar boxes that they are throwing away one of them has a think square piece of cider wood and they also have these four long corners to use for the roof. I highly recommend going to your local cigar shop and getting this free scrap wood material
Wow that sounds like an awesome and ambitious project! And thanks for sharing that awesome tip!
you should put some candle lights inside the build so you can make the windows glow and look lived in
SO FREAKIN COOL ! Man, I really love the way this turned out. You have a great vision.
Thank you so much, I’m so happy you like it! Thanks for watching!
Just great!!! I really want to build an inn or pub and detail the inside of it. Love your techniques and your videos are super well done!!! Thanks for the great inspiration!!!! Take Care, Bill
Thank you for your kind words and support! And that would be so cool, good luck with your future projects!!!
Such talent. Very impressive to say the least.
Thank you, I really appreciate it!!!
Great work. I have been working on a scale garage diorama for my rc truck collection and you have inspired so many ideas.
Thank you, I’m glad these projects are inspiring!! Good luck with your projects!!!
You are a true master of your craft my man! Very nicely done. I watch a lot of these types of videos and yours are up there with the best of them for sure.
Amazing details and effects. I particularly like your stone weathering techniques and how you painted the cobblestones and wall a slightly different shade than the tavern walls. Small details like this go a long way towards the authentic look of the final piece.
If you’ll permit me, there are a couple of things you could add to add even more realism:
1. Every good tavern/public house needs sign with their name on it. You could either make a free standing one on a wooden post post closer to road or make one that hangs off the side of the tavern on a bar or bracket. You could even give it the look of ornate cast iron, like something a blacksmith would have produced;
2. Candle or oil lanterns would be a nice touch too I think. Maybe 1 on each side oof the door or incorporate it into the overhead cast iron sign bracket idea. Just some ideas. Thanks for the entertaining video!
Thank you so much!!! I’m glad you like the stone work and the subtle color differences!
And I totally agree with you suggestions, I planned on adding a sign, but I procrastinated and waited until the day of my outdoor photoshoot to design one. Long story short I just ran out of time!
And the lighting would be awesome!! Looking back on my builds, I think they would all benefit from lighting elements, I just need to take the time to plan it out. Thanks again for your compliments, ideas, and for your support!
I love your attention to detail. The moss, the weathering on the wood, the crumbled-up leaves.... these are all creative details that really add to the realism. Awesome piece, man!
Thank you so much, I’m glad you like all of the details, they were lots of fun to create!
absolutley beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!!!!!!
Thanks for all of the great tips! I'm building a 1:12 dollhouse from scratch (first one) and can use all of the instruction I can get. ☺ Beautiful result!
Thank you so much!! Good luck with your project!!!
This is brilliant because I need to build an extension to an existing 1:18 th scale Tudor house and your video has simplified the process for me and I can now feel confident enough to extend the walls to one side of the house in order to add my extension. Thank you. This is beautiful work and I will try your wash as that is exactly the colour I am going for.
Thank you so much, and that sounds like an awesome project! Good luck with it and I’m glad this tutorial was helpful!
Your talent is incredible! Great video!
Thank you so much!
the amount of the detail is outstanding
Thank you!
no pantyhose trick for recovering the moss! Oh well, you didn't actually use all that much anyway lol. Lovely model as always!
Thank you! And that’s a great tip! I use that technique for my static grass, but I have so much of this moss stuff that I don’t mind losing a bit of material. Thanks again for watching!
Absolutely amazing!
Thank you!!
Beautiful. Amazing work.
Thank you very much!
This is gorgeous! I am constantly blown away by your skill and patience and attention to detail! Roof is gorgeous, I love the Blended leaves and the moss. And I love your teeny tiny leaf cut outs! Please let me know in a few hundred years when this is ready to be remodeled into a private home/art studio and maybe a small artist shop on the first floor😂
Thank you so much for all of your compliments!! I’m so glad you like all the details in the scenery, I had lots of fun making that part. And sounds good, I’ll check back with you in a few hundred years regarding the remodel haha! Thanks again for watching :)
Very nice. I've picked up a couple of new techniques from watching this. Time to try them out! Great stuff.
Glad to hear that!! Thanks for watching :)
Fantastic job. Fascinating.
Thank you!
details...details and lots of patience
Nice work, indeed
Thank you so much!!
That sir is a absolutely fantastic piece of art, it looks so real when filmed in the right setting, congratulations on a job very well done, best regards from Australia
Thank you so much for all your kind words! I’m so happy that you liked the video, and thanks again for watching!
Incrível! Espetácular! 🌟👏
Thank you!
Your work is breathtaking and mesmerising. The attention to detail and ingenuity are just insane. You've gained a fan. I hope to one day start building dioramas myself.
Thank you so much, I appreciate your support!! Also, I hope you do start building dioramas, they’re so much fun!
love it! but was wondering if you ever made a roof you can take off ,so you can see the inside as well, with the furniture made for that time. Your ART makes me want to look inside and see a story. Thank You for sharing your gift.
Accidentally found you on CZcams and decided to watch. Glad I did! Awesome job!
Thank you, I’m glad you found my channel too!!
This is so cool..I am tempted to try these cool modeling techniques..It needs so much dedication ... amazing...thanks for sharing...
Thank you so much!! And I hope you try these techniques out!! They’re lots of fun and I know you can do this! Thanks again for watching!
Wow!! Your work is amazing.
Thank you so much!!
Just beautiful, i am really thinking about quitting my job and doing something like this!
Incredible Work. Mad Skills !!!
Reminds me of Claude Joachim’s work.
Thank you so much 😊
Best relaxation therapy is when I go into my studio to create building for my dioramas
I agree!! So relaxing and so much fun!
I love it
It is so interesting watching you build it
Thank you very much!
So many useful tips to learn from this video, thank you so much!
Thank you!! I’m glad you found these tips helpful!
Trabalho espetacular 🤟muito bem explicado. Parabéns!!!
Thank you very much!
Beautiful ❤
Masterpiece ❤
Ur very talented my friend ..a tree would fit perfectly in this scenery
Thank you so much!! I was very tempted to add a tree, I had a armature that I made from sage brush a while back that I test fitted in place a few times. The only reason why I didn’t add it is because of time, I’d have to add some branch detail. But maybe I’ll add a tree to one of my future projects when I have the time! Thanks again for watching!
@smolworldworkshop your videos are so relaxing man I would gladly watch them keep it up ♡
Fantastic Model ,must have taken hundreds of hours work
Thank you so much!!! I didn’t keep track of exactly how long it took, but I’d did take a long time!
Beautiful work! Great result!
Thank you!!
This is so absolutely beautiful one of my favorite diorama you’ve made yet, I love your stonework it’s always so good
If I have one note, is that all the broken branches around, especially because they look fairly fresh it makes it look like the place just was hit by a storm people usually pick up branches like that for firewood, or something pretty quickly after their around idk it’s not necessarily a bad element. It’s just it creates a story there.
Thank you so much!! And that’s a great point about the branches! I only used them since it was a quick and easy way to add detail to the ground. Thanks for watching!!
Looking good! Always excited to see you uploaded :)
Thank you!! Makes me happy to know you look forward to my videos :)
Looks super dope man... very well done! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much, and thanks again for watching!
I’ve been busy coming up with ideas for an outside model made of weather resistant materials to build a scale model Tavern for my garden.
I’m working on materials like cement, treated woods, tacks plastic (PVC) and so on. I really don’t know what I’m doing. Which helps
That sound like such a fun project! I haven’t tried making models for outdoor use, but that sounds like a cool challenge. Good luck with your project!
Im so jealous, you have so much talent.
Thank you so much :)
Excellent but feedback. You can upp your game by getting a book on carpentry, fluid mechanics in construction, masonry bonds (types of bonds, closures etc).
I would start with roof construction sketches with breakdown of all structural elements of a roof.
You gave me many good tips in this video.
Wow whst a wonderful house. Done s lot of work on the house it looks so real and wonderful. Love ❤️ it.
Thank you so much :)
I love this you have done a great job I can't wait to see what you make next ❤❤❤
Thank you! 😊
This looks fantastic!
Thank you!!!
Nicely done! 😊 Modular building technique and relatively lightweight solution..❤🎉
Thank you! 🙂 I’m glad you like the video!
Try mixing the plaster in a bag, then clip a corner and squeeze out like a cake decorator. Or get a cake decorating bag.
I'm wondering if you could add the ivory color to the plaster when mixing it so you wouldn't have to paint it afterward?
I've been thinking about methods to speed up the stone work process. Most of the methods I have come up with, I've found arguments as to why they may not work better than the one you employ already. The only one that is remotely viable is to print a paper pattern that you use when doing the hobby knife stage so you don't have to work out the pattern every time.
As always, I have really enjoyed watching you create. Keep 'em coming!
That idea with the plastic bag is awesome!! I’ll definitely try it next time I make one of these houses!
And you could mix the paint with the plaster for sure! The reason why I painted it after is because once the mix dries, the color will lighten a bit. I just wanted to have full control over exactly what color I’m getting.
Also printing a template with the stone pattern is a great idea, especially when replicating a specific finish!
Thanks for all your support, and for watching the videos!!
Sell these like real properties, it'd be funny and fun and make you some money, people pay for the fun believe it or not, I like how it's constructed like as if little people got paid for the job building it. Keep it up
This is beyond incredible and super inspiring! Great work! 🐤
Thank you so much I really appreciate it! Also I’m a big fan of your work as well! Love all the dioramas and scenes you create! Keep up the amazing work!
@@smolworldworkshop wow really?! I’m humbled by your kindness. Thank you 🐤
@@MrSpriken of course! And I’ve actually been subscribed to your channel on my personal account for awhile. Once I saw you commented I realized I hadn’t subbed on this account yet, so I made sure to do just that! I love all your work, the paint work and textures you achieve are amazing!
@@smolworldworkshop that really warms my heart to hear. Your work has inspired me and I’m in awe of the realism you achieve. Thanks for subscribing to my channel, truly appreciate it.
Reminds me of architecture school in the 90's. We built lots of models from balsa, basswood, matt board & foam core board. Suggestion for the glue-up. Tape, or spray-fix, your drawing to a piece of foam core board then cover with wax paper. This will keep your glue from sticking to your drawing. Use T-pins stuck into the foam to hold your parts in place while the glue dries. Nice model... I wish had access to model railroading skills when when I was in college!
That’s so awesome, I’m glad it reminds you of school!! And those are some awesome tips, thank you for sharing those!
I dont work on anything like this, but I found this enjoyable and informative anyway! Great work on presenting and the project!
Thank you!! I’m glad you found the video enjoyable! Thanks for watching!
You are supremely talented 🥰
Thank you so much :)
Very nice work on this project. A nice house.
Glad you like it!
Your building looks great! I am working on a 1/25th scale garage at the moment.
I have a suggestion for you @1:19 - First start by taping the corners of your paper plans down to a wooden table top. Use a sheet of wax paper or even saran wrap over your building plans before you glue wood on top of them. That way, you are only gluing to the wax paper and you can easily pull off the wood from the paper plans. The wax paper is translucent and the saran wrap is transparent. Either way, you can see your plans through the medium you choose to use. - That's an old trick from building balsa wood airplanes.
Also, you could use a wood stain from a hardware store on your balsa wood to change the color.
Thank you, and good luck with your garage!
And those are some great tips that I’ll definitely try out in future projects, that you for sharing those with me!