Post "Bonus Video: Building the 'Set'" by "Hbomb" from patreon

Aletheos

*shakes my head* nope... *points at the above video* that's Dan Olson bait.

Andrea Cervantes

Staying as a patron because I know people have different sets of skills, but damn man.

Hbomb

If only there was a better way to do this!

Andrea Cervantes

New patron so I just saw this. As a crafter/builder, this gave me anxiety.

Emma

new patron, watching this back while doing crafting things was very painful to see tools that could help you while you struggled with it.

Adam Scheerer

Just curious, what camera do you use?

Laureen Kim

Long time fan but new patron and already I can tell it's worth it.

Matthew Smith

I have rewatched this a few times now, I love it, but please if you ever want or need to build something in future I will draw you plans and write you a method statement.

Nny

This was the most delightfully ADHD bodge job imaginable, I feel seen 😁

Danielle Lecky

This was excellent ASMR content

Charles Herbig

There's this wonderful line that Dan said in one of his Folding Ideas videos that goes something like "some things take time no matter how half you ass them". This video is the all the proof you'll ever need to back that up. Q.E.-motherfucking-D.

Blanketsloot

What a good time hanging out with Hbomb.

ames

this was a total delight.

KBEPZ1

I joined because I watched your last videos, then almost all your other videos. Please continue forever

Joseph Souza

"Can I make a video under an hour long? I hope so!" I hope you cant, I hope that they are always near that 3 hour mark. This plagiarism video and the Tellarico might be my 2 favorite videos on the platform and I'm typically someone who typically only watches deep dives videos on games or anime video essays lol. The way your videos are hilarious but also very educational and informative are second to none imo, great work!

Your Resident Homestuck Guy, Gumba Masta

Ha ha, you said bucket

Clockwork Monkey

This was a whole journey.

Natalie

You absolutely murdered my overly sensitive autistic ears hoooooly shit

Seth Battin

(Bill Gates's dumbass ram quote voice) "A 10-hour limit should be enough for anyone."

Meg Scrabble

Oh, UK vehicles. How I miss them. I'm not joking. I do miss driving those little cars. Also, you need a Go Pro for this stuff, Harry. Though I don't know where you'd put it...not your forehead....probably the chest is a bad place....hrm...I think I get why you don't use one.

RED

No please don't make videos under 1 hour :) everyone who did not like those has left ages ago anyway :D

Xeneth.Design

This was weirdly intimate, and watching it made me feel just a TINY bit more like one of those parasocial superfan weirdos you hear about that would pay a content creator two dollars for a glimpse into their creative process... Which is to say, two dollars well spent and looking forward to any other "making of" content you choose to publish! ...What? I just happen to think a consensual version of feeling like a stalker weirdo is rather entertaining. See, it's like how you watch horror stuff to get creeped out and scared, but in a safe way, or playing a video game to shoot guns without having to... be an American; it's fun to be voyeuristic without actually violating anyone's privacy!

Will Schwarz

I love the C70

antsywoman

I have the same screwdriver set as you. I consider this an achievement.

TehMoistTowelette

"Can I make a video under an hour long?! I hope so!" - bruh I love the 1 hour+ videos lol.. keep em long (or don't, anything ya wanna make will be primo)

someleftyb1tch

The subscription was worth it for this video alone and I have not even finished it yet. Also, yes, the sound of cutting that board was awful but the break looks incredibly satisfying ✂️

Ashley

Ikr?! Outside of the showering, I kept thinking “He’s just like me forreal!😬” 😭😆😆

Fannon Valentine

Came to ask this myself lol, is there a link somewhere?

Nos4ay2

Sorry to do this here, but am trying to join the discord and am having no luck. I use different emails for certain things and my patreon and discord ones aren't the same. (Username - nos4ay2)

Gabriel Amador García

hey are you planing to come back to mastodon at some point? seems like you left a mark there back in the day https://mastodon.de/users/ErikUden/statuses/111617330246079172

Matt

this is painfully relatable content

Charli Harvey

I have now created a wall this way for my own video projects except with christmas wrapping paper and staples and also (SOMEHOW) bigger. also if you're here, hi harry! i'm that person on twitter who did that.

Brittany Pikmin's Wife

Obsessed with this. Will pay 200 American dollars for you to upload this to r/malelivingspace with the caption "rate my space"

Moonlight Captain

I love all your videos and don't care how long they are. I would enjoy, maybe one more a year? lol, but I get it, research takes a long time. Thank you for all the work you put in.

Rob Taylor

GoFundMe campaign for a GoPro? A GoProMe campaign? Nah, this is better.

Lee (GrandDream) Garrett

Waiting for this to all be greenscreen

Ro the Lion

This is way more entertaining than it has any right to be. I am making every kind of whoop and holler, and it's embarrassing. XD

kuuseriisikas

this inspired me to start good-enough diy home decorating in my own stupid little apartment, thank you

Charli Harvey

putting in shocking amounts of effort into something i know for absolutely sure will end up like shit is my favourite thing to do

Ian

Why’s the radiator useless?

Alex from Germany

Hbomb doing all these precarious things with only one hand gives me instant anxiety

Mumbo Wumbo

there's a link in the membership tab if you didn't already find it!

Matt Killmon

After watching several of Harris’ videos over the last year, it was the mention of the MYST video in this one that got me to sign up. Fellow D’ni fans rise up!

Shreyas Gune

g'day. I've been a subscriber to your channel for a few years and have enjoyed the work you've put in and shared with us all. Only now, I find myself able to make enough (not much, but I'm on the right trajectory) to pay for Patreon subscriptions and Nebula annuals. It will be a fantastic learning experience over the next several years and I wanted to thank you for that. Also, thank you for letting people pay-what-they-can as an option.

Timm RotHorseKid

You're the only person that can make me watch a 4h Youtube video in one sitting and enjoy it. And then, you said Myst. Yeah, guess I'm a patron now. This video is the icing on the cake.

peachycliodhna

Ok, this is by far my favorite video….I’ve always loved how you use practical sets as part of a continuing storyline, and seeing a behind the scenes is so much fun! Reminds me of watching Home Improvement & HGTV, and majoring in Interior Design until my parents crushed my dreams and convinced me to pursue a soulless business major. Don’t let this happen to you, kids. But seriously, post more vids like this please 🙏🏻

Ross Vincent

I wonder what Scottish tartan he has on his pajamas.

Misha

You know we're not *asking* for videos under an hour in length, right?

holland or, like, whatever

i started watching this to see you do silly diy and came out of it with a desperate need to know which warhammer army you played

Evan Herndon

You're a huge inspiration for me to want to make video essays and seeing this only furthers that. I watch your videos and I think "Wow I could never do that" but looks behind the scene like this help ease that. Like wow cool video essayist man's set for that video I love is just wall paper command stripped to the wall? Maybe this isn't as out of my reach as I thought. It's obviously still hard work and I don't mean to belittle that, but it helps to see such a relatable process.

Quinn

my bedroom mirror is held up with command strips and i'm so deeply familiar with the noise they make that i was like oh yeah that's on there you're fine lol

WalkingTaako

I like the long form videos. Don't feel bad about them

da91392

Also, the end was genuinely inspiring. I'm going to go start on a creative project I've been putting off. "Fail fast!" - Harris the Bomberman

da91392

Nonironically, this is some of your best work. Hilarious. You should upload more "behind the scenes" stuff on your second channel.

LadyKimono

I am so sorry but I laughed so hard watching this. Such a relatable watch! I am so glad I help finance this.

Koren Lesthe

Now I see why you needed "Horrible Assistant" Rachel to take it down ^^

Tonxey

Unlucky, usually. Youtube is borked on my phone, never does fullscreen properly. Doesn't matter, love me some BTS, cheers!

Hbomb

ahahhaah

Hbomb

you're the lucky one

Tonxey

The original Patreon video worked fine for me.

BLPE

Behind the scenes of some of the best video essays on YouTube! I am all for it!

Mandarin Medusa

The sound of birds in the background is incredibly soothing. Watching you tinker behind the scenes is great for unwinding after the intensity of your amazing plagiarism video, thanks for sharing this with us 💙

geeoharee

Seeing that the whole thing was held up with command strips was an underrated moment in the 4hr video honestly

Citizen Cain, PhD

Nyeh!

Ana Perez

I do love the bisexual audacity of just jumping head on without looking for advice or measuring anything. Loved that bit at the end about just doing it, way more effective than any marketing campaign slogan 💜

Noah Rouse

The adhd relatableness is real ahaha

Julian Lewis

Hi Harry 👋 how do I get a discord link? Signed, a lonely homosexual looking for connection with strangers on the internet.

Alicia Magee

I would like to add to the several mentions of ADHD I've seen here and say this was a relatable watch. I want to do more things chaotically instead of not doing them. Enjoyed seeing behind the scenes!

Nick H

"One and a half of these..... Top..... Wise" I too forget what things are called and this speaks to me.

Thanat0s

I think your mom was wrong. It was not your fault, Harry. It was not your fault.

Michael Jonathan Black

In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.

Wesley Jones

First of all, looks great! Second of all, wasn't expecting Harris to torture my ears with the styrofoam board, thanks for that lol

Roger Gawne

Hey, HBomb? This is the single best piece of ADHD representation (with a healthy dash of queer audacity in the attitude of “yeah I can probably figure this out”) that I’ve ever seen in my entire life. Zero question.

MaxMin

lvoe to see the process

Melody Williamson

Make the skyrim video you coward, I've given you several dollars you owe me one (thanks for the great content and side video ❤)

Katherine Kinnaman

I may have yelled at the screen like I was watching a sports match.

Elizabeth Greenberg

This whole thing is very relatable ADHD content. The bucket crammed with loose construction supplies, the dining implements just out of frame, the desire to make something but the impatience to get it done... and I really appreciate you speaking to perfectionists like me at the end about just doing something. I'm glad to see you're getting (even more!) recognition. I've always appreciated what you do, and how thoughtfully you consider its impact on the world is part of it. Even this silly behind the scenes bonus video of you building a set is something that can really help people. It sure helps 4th percentile executive function me feel like maybe I can put something cool together too.

Anarch Ion

This was simultaneously the most hilarious, painful and inspiring thing I have watched in a very long time.

Payton Wilkes

This is a petition for more 4 hour long video essays. Never change.

ASBR

You have a deep mind. Well now you have to do some music stuff.

Tantacrul

Wow. If you'd only had a head cam :)

A Walking Contradiction

Of course you of all people would be wearing crocks. Though, I will say, you're the only person I can think of who can pull it off, as for some reason, it seems to fit your quirky fun personality. You never fail to crack me up. lol Also, I just want to say, you did an incredible job on the latest video. I mean, you always do, but that one really shows how much hard work and passion you and the couple people you work with put into your craft and how much you care about people by opening their eyes to how they're being conned and taken advantage of by such manipulative parasites. It had such an overwhelming impact on a shit-ton of people and you reached a ton of people outside of your fanbase, many of whom had never even heard of you (or James, for that matter) and you should be incredibly proud of it. Keep being awesome.

Glyph

"Command strips" are not a US-specific product :) https://command.3m.co.uk/3M/en_GB/command-gb/

William Heathcote

All of this was worth it, entirely.

Sam Croote

I appreciate your commitment to making this as hard as possible for yourself by doing most of it with one hand while holding a camera

Kelsey Gardner

Yeah, “fail fast” is legit and the idea is that hopefully you fail so fast it’s still on dev or staging environments. I think the phrase to object to is “move fast and break things” which is (was?) one of Facebook’s ethoses. Just keep making new features and do not care about compatibility with old things. I think everything else Hbomb said about how it’s not great in tech but maybe totally works here is still apt, just seemed like the wrong bullshit tech jargon phrase. :P

Matthew McCoy

Quit taunting us with your glamorous lifestyle, Harry! How are the rest of us supposed to compete with that?

Hila Peleg

Craft content mills are How to Cook That's domain iirc

Taurmin

The point about "Fail Fast" in tech, and particularly in software development is that if something is going to fail you want to discover it as early as possible in order to minimize damage. So to put that in the context of your wall: if the glue was going to come unstuck and cause the whole thing to collapse, you would rather have that happen 5 minutes after you put it up than right in the middle of shooting.

Alex Paterson

However, having just finished watching the video. I get why you didn't.

Alex Paterson

I personally would have taken a screenshot of your old wallpaper and put it on the green screen.

Telyn Z.

Yes! I meant to also mention that but totally forgot - thank you!

dan le sac

Oh it’s surprising how much you can get done if you just decide to do it, hey? Not if you’ve been procrastinating watching Hbomb videos for the last 3 days it isn’t. How dare you, how very dare you.

James D

I'd also say that "fail fast" is different from "move fast and break things". The latter is a... something between a development style and a business strategy, I guess. "Fail fast" to me is when you have a system where not working at all is preferable to working improperly. Like if security isn't working properly, you want the system to fail so people can't use an unsecure system until someone fixes it. You don't want it to work partially and enter a state that will be a lot of work to fix.

Caitlin Doerr

One of those new members here! I subscribed so fast once I learned that the Myst video, teased in a mysterious tweet awhile back, was a Patreon exclusive. 😆

PumpkinHead13

this is probably the most distressing video I've ever watched LOL

Chloé - Saria

Well we've been spoiled recently haven't we ! Thanks for that little video I was in for a good laugh for sure. And I should listen to you and start actually doing more stuff. Also kinda want someone to use the various groans and noises and little enjoyment moments you had there as some dubbing for videogame shit because I'm 100% sure it would be extremely fun. Anyway, have a good day and have a good rest too !

Sean Carter

For your own sake, please make your next video about your favorite flavor of ice cream. There's no way that could balloon up to 3 hours, right?

Sallie Drazzi

Thank you! (I have no idea why I didn't see that before?? Blindness)

An Exceedingly Large Moose

$5/mo and up for credits

Angie

And in his next video Hbomb takes down shitty 5 Minute Crafts hot glue jobs

Sallie Drazzi

Cool, thank you! I couldn't see it written on the tiers themselves, so I was lost

Stormbourne

I believe it is a tier thing. I'm the lowest tier and am not listed.

RumHam

I also have a bucket full of tools and miscellaneous DIY kit, instead of a tool box

Sallie Drazzi

Not a new patreon, but figured since so many are joining its a good time to ask - is being a thanked patreon at the end of the videos a tier thing, or just something I've been missing my name on for the past few vids?

Bess C.

The chaos of this video is delightful also putting together Warhammer figs IS a pain in the butt

Mary M

This is extremely relatable to me lol

James Rule

I feel this video fits nicely with the comment "you don't see all of the failures when a magician practices a trick, you only see the perfected version on stage."

Mobius Scarf

Why do we build the wall?

Doug

Very satisfying cutting of the wallpaper sound. I do not know why but it reminds me of my childhood

GC

lovely stuff! The appearance of one of Behringer's few non-clone synths is topically conformant; I appreciate

timinclimate

This video made me so fucking nervous so many times!

Rei

I've been doing stuff in my home on my own and I've never felt both so seen and insulted before in my life.

Telyn Z.

As someone who works in the tech industry, and only vaguely knows what they're talking about, to me the term "fail fast" is more about market fit, and is generally applicable across a wider range of industries: if you're in the business of making novelty plastic fruit, it's a much cheaper learning experience to hand make a few tens of oranges with angry faces that don't sell at all than it is to develop an entire factory line to make them by the millions only to discover the same thing. To put it more abstractly: failing fast is about knowingly performing smaller research projects to give you the confidence that it is worth it to scale up. It's about shrinking the length of time between starting a project and finding out what's wrong with it. What it's not about is cutting corners, especially with regards to security, safety or integrity. Anyone trying to sell you on that idea needs shunning, anyone hiding the fact they're cutting corners behind the phrase "failing fast" needs.. Well, the metaphor is violent. Anyway I think your wall is fine and the joke in the main video was wonderful.

AnotherBodak

A timestamp if anyone wants the buildup and reveal to all this effort after watching, https://youtu.be/yDp3cB5fHXQ?t=6516

Dave Dodd

I guess the real friends was the walls we made along the way.

Will E.

as a cosplayer, my entire reaction to you using hot glue on that type of foam is ‘oh god no’

Erinsquest

This was a treat to watch as someone who’s eyeballing everything aswell, currently crafting too. Good job!

Sandwich247

This is gosh dang wonderful I need a shower

With Quiet Eyes

The "NO" that appeared in my head when you said "glue gun" could have covered your whole set by itself

Eben Sullivan

You should go to a second hand shop and find an old picture frame, and frame the cutouts of the old set and hang them like fancy art.

Ranbir Singh

Great advice hbomb, sometimes you gotta just saying "f*ck it let's just see what happens" and doing something is the best approach.

Alyx

Viscerally upsetting *and* under an hour! Mission accomplished?

E. Filleul

Mister Bomber guy we are used to one video every six months not every day.

Lisa Haves

seeing someone else who also figures out the jankiest possible solution that still somehow works completely fine for your own specific purposes is honestly so validating

Matthew McCoy

However bad you are at building sets, I am worse :D

Nicola Quantock

"I decide where the bar is, and I set the bar so low, I feel like I cheated myself out of a feeling of accomplishment." Oh god I know that feeling. 😂

Oracle Machine

It's not plagiarism to look up building instructions. Loved every authentic step!

Noel Spence

I prefer a YT link, means I can add them to a playlist.

D B

Unlisted YouTube is nice because of being able to play in background but either way this was a very cool behind the scenes to the set build that would only have given me more art school flashbacks if everything was bought from wilkos

Lukas Hellström

Lmao bro got the chode hammer. what the hell

Rat

This video is like anti-ASMR. Also did anyone else see the fly divebomb into the hot glue at 5:03

Conformist

It's funny you mention wanting to make a video under an hour. I love video essays and, for me, the longer the better. I always secretly hope when you or Tim Rogers say you want to do shorter videos that you fail and they're longer. That said, my favourite video of yours is still Woke Brands, which seems to get shorter every time I rewatch it.

CuriousCoyote

I'm moving this Saturday, and have been procrastinating packing up everything. Somehow, seeing you fumble about with your setmaking, and particularly your little speech there at the end, gave me the push I needed, to get to work, so thank you!

Paul Morgan

Unlisted YouTube video would be better. Whenever I try and full screen this on my phone it goes to black.

JojoScotia

You do things like I do things! Chaotically and understanding that if you aim for perfect you'll just never do it!

Akizato

This is my first time seeing an irl video and it's great to discover that Harry's chaotic whirlwind nature is only /slightly/ dialled up for the videos and that he's just Like This.

Nate Tamblyn

This reminds me of why I enjoy ceramics. I currently don't live with a kiln, so I don't really have much control over the firing, I have to just use two very basic automatic schedules that I know work for the clay and glazes I own. Because I can't be bothered learning what the stuff in the glazes is doing it's like a fun gachapon each time. It's fun theorising what the outcome might be, based on previous attempts, but if it fails at least you know for next time. That's why it's so hard when you need to rely on art as an income, too much pressure with no time to experiment. That's my nearly midnight hot thoughts from this extra video, TL:DR thanks I enjoyed it. Makes me want to build something horrible my garage right now.

Kitsune

Lovely that you are back to regular content. I still show your fallout videos to friends years after so I am giddy what you do next <3

Grigorios

Was well worth the effort, the reveal killed me. I went back and rewatched that part like 5 times. I don't know if it's just me, but Patreon player goes black on full screen.

Alice Alysia

Thanks for being so zoomy zoomy. Hopefully one day patreon can make a better video player or something.

Penn Moscovitz

You're the only person I could watch/listen to talking about literally anything for 3+ hours. Make your videos 5 minutes or 500 minutes, I'll be here for it <3

Half-Alive Ellis

This is the quality content I subscribed for

Lionel L.

Can he make a video under an hour in length? You can do it, Harris. We believe in you! Seriously, this last video was a real banger. Much appreciation for the work you put in.

Worcanna

You don't always want to fail fast. It's more...fail in a way you can reproduce the results, and fail less each time.

William Lynch

Just seeing that for a whole shoot must have done passive psychic damage

Chai

Cheers, ears.

Conformist

Ahh thank you!

Anathema

it so works for the effect you were going for but as a DIY figgurit type craftsperson oh my god I'm thinking of at least four different ways to do it better and internally screaming 😂

Hbomb

How do you think I feel

Hbomb

Thanks! Done

Mindofthemage

Thank you!

Hbomb

That's bad! it's a youtube link now. thanks for reporting this.

PigeonTom

23 mins: bear bodging a set Last 2mins: rumination of authenticity in artifice. ❤️

Hbomb

it might be an option but it sounds annoying, its a youtube link now!

Hbomb

Replaced!

Hbomb

Done!

Hbomb

Done!

William Lynch

The lopsided “wall” is really messing with me

Parasol Corp

I usually listen to the video initially since it’s my “I’m probably going to watch this like 5 times” video. YouTube is ideal for that. Also wtf man I hope you are planning a bit of a holiday. This is so much content (Thank you never change)

PaladinOfCats

Thanks for the bonus video! I personally have no strong preference, but I'm browsing on a desktop computer by default, which I understand is increasingly rare. Most people these days have a phone as their primary computing device, so the comments above are probably on the money. The only downside of unlisted YouTube is if you'd rather have the video not be sharable with non-patrons; but looking at the view count, that didn't seem to be a real phenomenon so far. Keep up the good work.

Chai

Please unlist on YouTube. Patreon's integrated video feature sucks. Thank you.

Coy Cadaver

Donuts donuts donuts donuts

Jasmine S

I was so sad when watching the drafts that the wallpaper was desaturated because the original's colours are just delightful (and I thought it was a colour grading problem with the cool 3D modeled set). Now that it's an artistic choice to continue the decay of the set I fully support this decision.

Adam Gunn

I agree that an unlisted youtube link would be better but also I'm like 7 minutes in and can confirm that this is incredibly good (and funny)

FlyingWalrus

I try to support different creators, so I am not your patron constantly. But every time you do another amazing video, I make sure to re-subscribe for at least one month :)

Rasmus Køppler

Yep, I'm having the same problem

A Box of Foxes

it took me literally this long to internalise that there are many more videos on patreon - and ive been watching your essays since practically day 1 x.x

adzie✨

my favourite part was all the ‘nyeh’ noises you made

ted.E

Same!

Orestria

I'd rather have an unlisted youtube video next time. pls but also thanks <3

Romanian embassy in Bonn, Germany (derogatory)

I am begging you to upload some of those Patreon exclusive videos publicly, non-exclusively 🥺🥺🥺

Joseph Dix

Personally I'd prefer a Youtube link, it's way easier to watch that way

Alice Alysia

Direct upload really sucks to watch on mobile, if I try going fullscreen it just turns into a blackscreen

Sethzard

I would also prefer an unlisted youtube link. It means I can watch with my partner.

Mindofthemage

I'd prefer an unlisted YT upload just so I can put it up on my TV I don't think thats an option with patreon? Or maybe not as easy

Conformist

I like watching these on my TV via the YouTube app so would really appreciate an unlisted YouTube link instead please. I have all the Patreon vids in a private playlist and I rewatch them often!

ted.E

My gf has the same crocs

veganminipainter

YouTube link for me because then I can watch it on my big tv screen via Apple TV and not on tiny phone

Izzy Killeen

I would much prefer an unlisted Youtube link. I much, much prefer to watch videos in the Cinema mode size, which Patreon doesn't allow; I can only have a tiny screen or fullscreen, neither of which is very nice.