Making an Epic FANTASY Castle Using 2500+ Bricks!
66,272Today we're making an epic wizard castle with 2500 tiny bricks!
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PART 1: MAKING THE ENVIRONMENT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbnHe-qDFUQ
CODE FOR FLICKERING FLAMES W/ ARDUINO NANO:
https://github.com/hansjny/Natural-Nerd/blob/master/arduino/torchlight.ino
This is one of the longest DIY projects we've done so far, but it was worth it in the end! It only took 2500 bricks in total to make this magical fantasy castle with torches burning around it. The Arduino code is available above if you want to make some flickering flames yourself! I made the environment with the tiny tree, epoxy river and mountain in a previous episode, also linked above, if you wanna check that out too.
MATERIALS:
The electronics / torches:
- Arduino Nano: https://bit.ly/ard-nano
- Directional / side emitting & individually addressable RGB LED lights: https://bit.ly/side-emitting-LED
- 3 pins RGB connectors: https://bit.ly/3pin-connector
- Wires: https://bit.ly/flat-wires
- Power plug: https://bit.ly/dc-female-plug
- 5V power supply: https://bit.ly/5V3Asupply
- Hot glue flames
The castle itself:
- PVC pipe (5cm & 7cm)
- Hot glue
- Styrofoam (& real rocks for texturing)
- Various wooden sticks & stain
- Tiny metal chain
- Cardboard & cardstock
- Black spray paint
- Acrylic paint (grays, browns, greens, reds for the rocks and blues and silvers for the roofs)
- Faux grass for miniature model making
TOOLS:
- Hacksaw
- Dremel / rotary tool
- Pliers
- Hot glue gun
- Styroslicer / hot wire cutter (DIY edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2n_EbRzZ0g)
- Soldering iron: http://bit.ly/solder-station
- Heat shrink: http://bit.ly/heat-shrink
- Paintbrushes and sponges
- Scissors & x-acto knife
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