In a world that moves more and more towards the intangible, sometimes people capable of creating wonders with their hands stand out from the rest. There are many artists that have created a hole in the social networks showing how they create their craft pieces. North of the Border he is an expert in clay and miniatures. His YouTube channel has just under half a million followers, and his inspiration are the video game.
Clay, resin, paint and many hours and talent
Adam is an expert in model clay. In his own words, she loves creating “geeky little things.” His inspiration is mainly video gamess, but also performs dioramas and sculptures based on characters from movies, television series or any other phenomenon that hits the ball in pop culture. This week, the British has dared with an impressive diorama based on The Legend of Zeldaspecifically, in the video game The Wind Waker. In it, we see Link sailing the Great Sea with his boat, Red Figurehead (King of Red Lions in English). The model does not lack a detail, and it would only be perfect if the ship could talk.
In the video that North of the Border has uploaded to YouTube, he shows the step by step process. First of all, he uses a block of almost liquid clay and spreads it on a white cork surface that he has previously slightly modeled with cutting tools. Playing with temperature and with some tools, the artist gives volume and detail to the Great Wave.
To give the wave the finish it deserves, Adam doesn’t settle for clay for his work. Using a bicomponent silicone, he performs a structure mold (which, in addition, will allow you to reproduce the figure more times in case you feel like doing it). Once he has the mold, he fills it with epoxy resin with blue dye. The result, once solidified and after using a torch, is truly spectacular. Immediately afterwards, the youtuber gets down to work to carry out the wave details, with polymer clay, which will have to be fired separately so as not to deform the wave. Finally, he returns to the clay to create the majestic boat and its protagonists. The result is something that you could display in your living room without many people realizing that it is a model representing a video game.
Adam has 11 more projects inspired by Link’s adventures
If that caught your eye, North of the Border’s YouTube channel is packed with awesome mockups. has a total of twelve videos about The Legend of Zelda, with projects like Link’s house in Link’s Awakening (remake), the Temple of Time, the Dragon and the Guardian of Breath of the Wild and even a sculpture based on what little we have seen in the trailer for the sequel to that title. He also dares with other video games. A few months ago he published a video recreating a minecraft landscape which is also an absolute stunner that we would all love to have in our collection.
