Miniature Power Poles for Wargaming Terrain and Tabletop Games - Quick and Easy DIY
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2020
- In this wargaming terrain tutorial I make up some really simple and quick scatter terrain in the form of some power poles for the tabletop. These pieces ended up being a great addition to the battle mat I made in the previous video and I can see these being useful in various sci-fi and modern terrain settings. The materials used here were basic stuff I found at the cheap shop kitchen section, and a few small nails from the hardware store. This idea came from one of my Patreon supporters, and I hope in this video I manage to do them justice. I use a few of @TheArmyPainter products towards the end of the video to bring these together and really set off the bases to look perfect for the overall look I was going for. Thank you to everyone for watching and supporting the channel, I look forward to making many more wargaming terrain tutorials into the future.
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Loving these urban decay/ruin tutorials.
Guys don't forget to like his videos there very useful
Thanks Cameron, appreciate the support mate. Glad you're enjoying the videos.
Your terminology was mostly correct.
The arms that are mounted on the poles are simply called “cross arms”. The litttle bits that hold the wire are called insulators and are either ceramic or polymer or in older times, even made of glass.
As for any of the finer details of utility poles, feel free to comment back to get further clarification.
Holy crap, these are amazing. Consider them built! My table needs some.
Thanks mate. Glad you like them, good luck with your build.
Ceramic or glass insulators in the States as mentioned. Clear, blueish green for glass ones. Ceramic would be brown with a groove on top for wires or cable to rest on top.
An excellent tip on use of nails for those insulators, some use colored small beads.
Tutorials are easy following along with cost savings.
Thank you for your comment Ed, really appreciated mate. Take care and all the best.
This is so cool! Thank you!
I needed to see how to make these to help my daughter with a project!! Awesome to see you’re a fellow Aussie too!!
And a beaut you are too!
knocks another video out of the park!
Thanks Nate!
I just don't understand how this channel hasn't blown up!! This content is AMAZING!
Haha, thank you so much, I'm glad you're enjoying it. I really appreciate the comments too. Take care.
Little things on the beams are called Insulators. Also great video as always and i hope you are recovering well!
Thanks Trent. Cheers for clearing that up for me :). Things are going pretty well here, hope to have more content out soon. Cheers.
Love this Idea! I think there called "Insulators" I have some Old Glass ones from the 1940's. This is really a nice idea!! Thanks!!
Thanks mate. Insulators, of course! Appreciate the comment.
The poles look great Craig! They look like damaged power poles and the color was a good choice as it gives them that brownish-gray look. Thanks for sharing this latest tutorial.
No worries John. Thanks for watching mate.
For the broken pole, you could use an oblong shaped base. Drill the hole at one end and have it long enough to accommodate the full pole. While it would take up more space it would allow you to keep the nice angle without fear of it snapping off. Also act as light cover or an obstacle.
Great idea. I also considered a small pile of rubbish around the base of the pole to help support the broken part, but this works too. Thanks Jason!
Depending on what period and location you are using these, the insulators can be glass (often a blue-green colour) or ceramic (usually white), which can lend a nice colour counterpoint to the rest of the pole. Nice work!
Thanks so much for the information, I'll make sure I look into something before I attempt to identify it in a video when I have no idea what it is haha. Thanks for the comment mate.
Add in what county you're thinking of. In the U.S. the ceramic ones are usually brown, the glass green, blue, or clear.
Recently discovered your channel, and absolutely love the content. Your DIYs are actually DIYs and very doable. The materials you use are just... *chef's kiss. Keep up the amazing work!!!
Thanks so much, glad you are enjoying them. There are times when I wish I had more resources at my disposal to craft cool things, but there's definitely a satisfaction that comes from solving these problems the 'hard way' so to speak. Thanks for the comment mate.
@@RFDHobby For sure!!! But slow and steady wins the race! (whatever race that is xD) but I think your vids reach out to a lot of hobbyists and emphasizes on using what you have and being extremely creative with it!
Super cool! They look great! Totally going to make some of these. Thanks for the inspiration!
No worries at all. Glad you liked the build, and good luck with yours. Thanks mate.
This is very simple and i love it. Thanks for the inspiration.
No problem mate. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great content. Simple yet effective.
Thanks again mate. Really glad you enjoy them. Plenty more to come yet!
Haha. I was just addinv something like thia to my to-do liat for Fallout.
These are still one of my coolest looking builds I think. This and the dumpster are both great little pieces you can add to almost any scene to up the level of detail. Thank you for your comments mate.
Thanks everyone for watching. If you're interested in the process for making the battle mat you can see in this video, you can see the tutorial here czcams.com/video/E5W4FKqRbSs/video.html .
ur awesome dude
Thanks so much Doc. I appreciate the comment.
Great video dude love simple terrain vids. What size nails did you use? Cheers
Also what do you use to make the circle bases??
Thank you. I'm not exactly sure of the size of the nail, but I went for a really small nail that still had a head on it. I just considered how they would look against the power pole and supports. The bases I made from 3mm MDF, I cheated for these and used my band saw to cut them out to shape. Thank you for the comment.
In the UK we call them panel pins
use tiny beads for insulators
Great idea. Thanks for the comment mate.