Making Some Additions to the Board

Day 60 of Daily Vlogs

We’re revisiting the Molly Crew board because I never really finished up the edges. Painting it black made it look finished, and I left a little Easter egg where the mold comes over the side.

I watched the original Nummark video again and he had two little stone mountain things, some trees, and a little Koi guy. So for our 60th daily vlog, we’re going to finish the board so I can finally play.

Reference from Turkish Quarries

For inspiration, I’m using photos from Göreme in Turkey—those big quarries where the stones are still partially embedded. These are the shapes we’re using for reference on how weathered stone blocks would look.

Building the Stone Blocks

Using leftover cubes and an X-acto knife, I plucked some pieces out and smoothed down hard edges. On one piece, I hit it with a heat gun for that melty effect. I’m going to use resin to put water pooling in the holes on top.

For the texture effects, I used a lighter—probably not the safest method, but it worked. Then covered everything in basing material, which was kind of a mistake because of dry time.

The Demon Prints Head

Digging through the bits box, I found a Demon Prints head from Miscast. He sent me a few of these because of air bubbles in the nose. The normal one is for casting the actual Demon Prints, but this one is perfect to stick on the side of a block—the broken nose actually works for the aesthetic.

I used the rough edge of the geode on green stuff to simulate that broken-off nose effect, tweaking with an X-acto knife until it looked right.

Lesson Learned

I didn’t think this through—it’s going to take forever to dry, and then I still have to prime it. A one-day project that takes several hours to dry is not very smart. Six hours later and they’re still pretty wet.

Transcript

Okay, we’re going to revisit Molly Crew board cuz I realized I never really finished up the edges. Painting it black really just kind of just made it look finished to me and also I left in this kind of little Easter egg where I left the the mold coming over the side. Thought it was cool. So, now that I’ve finished that, uh, I’m realizing that I need to make some terrain to put on it. I watched I watched the original Nummark video again and he had like two little stone mountain things and some trees and a little ki guy.

So, uh, I think that’s what we’re going to do for for our 60-day our 60th daily vlog, which has been insane, is finish the board so I can finally play. Okay, I went and grabbed some leftover cubes. Going to start with these. For our inspiration, we’re going to use Goleepe and Turkey. Uh, they have these big queries where the stones are still in.

So these are the the stones and the shapes that we’re using for our inspiration about how that weathered stone blocks would look. So I just thought it was a pretty cool reference. So I just used an X-acto knife uh and by like plucking some out and then coming back in with the actual blade uh to like smooth down any hard edges. Like I’ll cut this corner off like this just so there’s not any hard edges left. And then on this one right here, I also hit it with a heat gun so get a little bit of that melty effect.

And I’m going to put use resin to put water pooling in these holes in the top. And I just used a lighter to do that part. Probably not the safest, but it worked. And then from here, I covered it in our basing material, uh, which kind of was a mistake, which I’ll get into later. For the last block, I was digging through the bits box, and I have this demon prints head from Miscast.

He sent me a few of these guy cuz the air bubbles in the nose and I have I have like the normal one to cast the actual demon prints, but I think this is going to be perfect to like stick on the side of the block and the nose would just be broken off anyway. Um I I’ll file it a little bit and make some changes there. But I think it’s going to be just like perfectly creepy enough to to go with the vibe of our board. Look at that perfect fit. that rough edge of the geode on some green stuff to try to simulate that broken off nose action.

And it takes me a little back and forth. And I also come in with an X-acto knife to get the effect I wanted. But this is how uh how we’re looking. And I actually I’ve tweaked this a little bit more, too. But you’ll be able to see it in the next one.

Uh I really didn’t think this through because it’s going to take forever for this to dry. And then I got to prime it still. So a one day project that takes several hours to dry is not very smart. It’s been 6 hours and they’re still they’re still pretty wet.