HTK#101: Tall Tower prototype 6 KaplaBen 2023-05-29 | This prototype tests modifications of stages 1 and 2:Change 1: Stage 1 now has 8 outer pillars, the motion is carried up stage 1 by collapsing 4 out of 8 pillars. Using collapsing pillars instead of a climbing domino line decreases the risk of an accidental trigger of dominos lines going to the top.Change 2: Stage 2 now feature an upward spiral wall instead of the lever-chains to carry motion up to stage 3. This is more stable and more aesthetic than the previous system, as it create a "skin" can that more homogenously cover most of the outer layer of he colosseum, and visually fall in a regular and smooth spiral progression.
HTK#97 Tall Tower Prototype 4 (short) KaplaBen 2023-05-25 | Yet another prototype for our upcoming 30m kapla tower world record.We are removed the around bridges in an attempt to simplify the structure, but now we use cross shaped pillard to have a large base and more stable structure. Built with @kaploss and
HTK#98: Tall Tower Prototype 5 KaplaBen 2023-05-23 | Prototype 5 is validating:- the interface between stage 1 and stage 2, at what we expected to be the final diameter of ~1.1 meter (or close to) of stage 2 for the final tower- a lever-chain system (a non domino system) to carry the destruction upward from stage 1 to base of stage 3, through the length of stage 2 (the colosseum)- again the destruction mechanisms to collapse stage 2 on stage 1, which is the final step to destroy the tower).Here stage 3 is replaced by a thin wall as the height is limited.
HTK#97 Tall Tower Prototype 4 KaplaBen 2023-05-23 | Yet another prototype for our upcoming 30m kapla tower world record.We are removed the around bridges in an attempt to simplify the structure, but now we use cross shaped pillard to have a large base and more stable structure. Built with @kaploss and @Kaplamino
HTK#96: Tall Tower Prototype 3 KaplaBen 2023-05-20 | Yet another prototype for our upcoming 30m kapla tower world record.Here we try an alternative bridge pattern. The idea is to make the structure of stage 1 more stable with additional side bridges all around, not just bridge linked to the center pillard like proto1. This also insured that all pillars collapse to the ground.Built with @kaploss and @Kaplamino
HTK#96: Tall Tower Prototype 3 (short) KaplaBen 2023-05-07 | Yet another prototype for our upcoming 30m kapla tower world record.Here we try an alternative bridge pattern. The idea is to make the structure of stage 1 more stable with additional side bridges all around, not just bridge linked to the center pillard like proto1. This also insured that all pillars collapse to the ground.Built with @kaploss and @Kaplamino
HTK#95 Tall Tower Prototypes 1 and 2 KaplaBen 2023-05-05 | We are planning a world record of the tallest kapla tower very soon ! The current world record is 18.7 meters, we aim for 30 meters.The world record team will consist of 13 experienced kapla builders, domino builders and youtubers.We are currently experimenting with designs since January. These were the first prototypes, number 1 and 2, they are testing possible designs for the first and second stages of the tower, and also the interface between them.Tower stage 1: bridges.Tower stage 2: colosseumTower stage 3: a fine "arrow".These first two prototypes are to validate:1) the design and stability of stage 12) the proper self-collapse of stage 1 once it starts3) the interface design between stage 1 and 2Built with @kaploss and @Kaplamino Stay tuned, more prototypes videos will come soon !
HTK#91 Coliseum of Rome KaplaBen 2021-11-28 | 25000 KAPLA blocks, 5 builders over 2 daysAlternate video: youtube.com/watch?v=7nPEIUfSn-M
HTK#90 Big arc KaplaBen 2021-09-05 | Built in august 2020.Around 30000 kaplas, 2 days of construction and 3 builders.
HTK#89 Dominoes everywhere KaplaBen 2020-09-02 | about 10000 kapla, 2 days of work, 2.5 builders.Merci à la Mairie pour la location de la salle.
HTK88 6x8 bridge remake KaplaBen 2020-07-25 | Remake of an old design. This bridge is supposed to fall from top to bottom and it worked.
HTK#87 Bridges everywhere KaplaBen 2020-07-25 | 3 days of work and 18000 kapla. This is a remake of a failed construction I did in Paris with Hevesh and Kaplamino. I made a promise to myself to redo it properly. This is it. Enjoy
Chill screenlink KaplaBen 2020-06-20 | In my first screenlink, many clips didn't make the final cut, so I made another screenlink with those clips. EnjoyMusic: Bleu by worakls
HTK#86 circular bridge KaplaBen 2020-05-02 | This is a test of a new system to collapse top of bridges. It is designed so that each tower fall right on the bridge and not besides it. In my previous video (youtube.com/watch?v=c1I0AWJ-0Zs), you can see one of the towers falling on the side and this system is intended to fix that.
HTK#85 VHTK KaplaBen 2020-05-01 | New variant of the original HTK.Did not work as expected. We made a first mistake by forgetting the gap at the top (yes we just forget about that gap), and then the structure is a bit too strong and the towers do not hit the bridge quite right. In my next video I have a new system to make sure towers fall on the bridge.VHTK stands for very high-tech kapla
HTK#83 small wall experiments KaplaBen 2020-04-05 | I am trying to make walls that are less than 6 stories tall and fall reliably. I'm happy with some of the designs I found, I'll include them in my next video
HTK#82 Wrapped coliseum KaplaBen 2020-04-04 | 7000 planks, 3 days of workI am using a new camera. The destruction went slightly faster than expected, and one of the walls on the side failed, but fortunately I made two.
HTK#80 Realistic blender rendering KaplaBen 2020-03-14 | Render time 5h20min. 950 planksMy first attempt at realistic rendering in blender with texture mapping
HTK#77 Maison Carrée KaplaBen 2020-02-22 | 30,000 Kapla, 6 days of work, 2 workersCheckout the other edit by DominoPlank: youtube.com/watch?v=KeZqHAuwFes
HTK#47 - Huge kapla coliseum KaplaBen 2020-02-16 | Self destructing kapla structure with dominos. 2 days of work with 3 persons. 22000 planks.This is a re-edit of this video: youtube.com/watch?v=0MJorWchsWo with color grading and stabilization
HTK#76 Red Herring KaplaBen 2020-02-08 | 2 days of work, 5000 KaplaCheckout the other edit by DominoPlank: youtube.com/watch?v=RNIg4N9nm8U
HTK#74 LTK with sliding towers KaplaBen 2020-02-01 | 7500 Planks, 5 days of workThat one just didn't work.Reasons for the failures: - First fail: the kapla with paint dry and become sticky over time - Almost fail of the leaning towers at the center: same reason: paint that dries - Fail of the big leaning tower at the right: it was built too close to the last previous leaning tower (closer than in the tests) - Multiples fails of the wall: I did build previously the same structure with weights in the middle, and it used to work. But this time it didn't, and I'm not sure why. I guess that maybe putting the weights lowers would have helped, but I'm not sure. I think I won't bother with this structure in the future.Hopefully you can learn from my mistakes.
HTK#75 Leaning tower of Pisa KaplaBen 2020-01-25 | I tried to build it straight, but it started leaning on one side...About 4500 planks and 4 days of workShoutout to DA 1111. You made a first version that inspired me to make my own.You may notice that the bells at the top are missing, they will come in a future video. Stay tuned fo that
HTK#72 Fun with colors KaplaBen 2020-01-14 | I got new kapla with colors. I made some simple setups with it. I'll make bigger stuff next
HTK#71 Tired coliseum KaplaBen 2020-01-11 | All he needed was a good night's sleep12000 planks2 days of work
72 domino tricks with Kapla KaplaBen 2020-01-05 | My first ever screenlink. Hope you enjoy.I made over 100 tricks, but not all of them made the cut. This video took about 180h of work: 25% experimentation, 50% building/shooting, 25% editing. In the future, I'll do a full edit with all the tricks, and also a video with the fails.Track: LFZ - Popsicle [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds.Free Download / Stream: http://ncs.io/PopsicleYO
HTK#70 minimadrid KaplaBen 2019-12-29 | 3 days of work, 24000 kapla.This is a miniature prototype for a project I might do in madrid in the future...I switched from Premiere to DaVinci Resolve to edit videos. Also you can see that there might be some ghosts in this room triggering dominoes... hopefully it started in reverse and didn't cause much damage.Music is "Buzzer Rag" by May Aufderheide from http://www.ragsrag.com/pr/pr.html.Grand merci à la mairie pour avoir prêté la salle!
HTK#69 Towers circle KaplaBen 2019-12-26 | About 2000 planks, 1h of work with about 10 persons.Thanks to everyone who helped !
HTK#68 Sonimod highway KaplaBen 2019-12-05 | 20000 planks, I worked on this 1-4 hours per day for 2 weeks.Building this made me happy, I hope it makes you happy too.I found so many new mechanisms this is the beginning of a new era.This build features the following mechanism/structures (all new): - highway bridge structure - sonimod mechnism, with a new domino to sonimod transition - herringbone (bottom left) - slide (and sonimod to slide transition) - pinched tower mechanism (the 16 ones attached to the bridge) - leaning tower trigger mechanism (the one in front of the bridge)I also bought new lighting. It's a bit too bright on the left because I adjusted it when the wall on the left wasn't built. I'll get better at lighting with time.
HTK#67 Russian Dolls v2 KaplaBen 2019-11-23 | About 8000 planks and 12 hours of work.The inner mechanism still needs refinement: the inner tower didn't collapse completely, you can see it standing for a little while at the end.
HTK#66 Funny bridge - second camera KaplaBen 2019-11-17 | About 6000 planks and 10 hours of work.Second camera view.
HTK#66 Funny bridge KaplaBen 2019-11-16 | About 6000 planks and 10 hours of work.New bridge mechanism.New "hammer" mechanism (leaning tower at the right side) that is not perfect yet... working on itHope you enjoy
HTK#65 Testing russian dolls [success] KaplaBen 2019-11-15 | About 4500 planks, 5 hours of work.This is a new destruction method where the inner towers trigger the tower around it and so on.This was a first try, I'll make more elaborate versions of this with more layers.
HTK#64 Testing alternative wall and new coliseum system [success] KaplaBen 2019-10-31 | About 4000 planks, 5 hours of work.This is another test for an upcoming construction I will do in a hotel in china. It's a variation on the previous video to make sure the systems work. We will have about 60k planks for the construction in china. I will try very hard to use them all !Stay tuned.
HTK#63 Testing larger coliseum [success] KaplaBen 2019-10-29 | About 3000 planks, 4 hours of work.This is a test for an upcoming construction I will do in a hotel in china. This coliseum is a bit larger than my previous ones with a new destruction mechanism. We will have about 60k planks for the construction in china. I will try very hard to use them all !Stay tuned.
A Nonviolent Caesar 3 Speedrun - Mission 8b Lutetia [HD] 8m11s KaplaBen 2019-10-28 | Next mission: youtu.be/ffHYTz8Ai3QPrevious mission: youtu.be/ddvjISWyZr0Peaceful mission: youtu.be/VAtJbotn3-o (12m43s)I managed to make this map about 4 minutes shorter than the peaceful version.Total speedrun time is now 1h08m.
A Nonviolent Caesar 3 Speedrun - Mission 11b Lindum [HD] 08m24s KaplaBen 2019-07-15 | First mission: youtube.com/watch?v=CP-eC9s1Sq4Total time of the speedrun is 1h12m40s.Two maps take longer that 10m: Valentia/Lutetia (12m) and Sarmizegetuza (11m). When I get those two below 10m, the total speedrun time should be 1h10.Getting the total time under 1h is tempting but it sounds very impossible.Why Nonviolent? Because despite me picking mostly military missions, you won't see many invaders dying because I'm too busy building the city. You can still hear them die.Rules: - Split missions: I am recording each mission separately - Hard difficulty - God effects on - Goal: finish each map as fast as possible - Any in game mechanics abuse is welcome !In the future, I might do the following: - Record the full speedrun in one go - Do the missions I skippedFun facts: In this speedrun, you won't see: - Medium statues - Small statues - Governor house, villa or palace - Any housing above grand insulae - Hospitals - Food imports - Large templesOnly featured on Sarmizegetuza: - Javelins and Legionaries - Me moving troops - Mission posts - GatehousesEnjoy
A Nonviolent Caesar 3 Speedrun - Mission 10b Sarmizegetusa [HD] 11m06s KaplaBen 2019-07-07 | Next mission: youtu.be/EMbEEHW6-EgI am releasing a new Caesar3 speed run. Total time should be around 1h20. I'm trying very hard to do each map in less than 10 minutes. This mission turned out to be a bit too hard to get under the 10 minutes.Why Nonviolent? Because despite me picking mostly military missions, you won't see many invaders dying because I'm too busy building the city. You can still hear them die.Rules: - Split missions: I am recording each mission separately - Hard difficulty - God effects on - Goal: finish each map as fast as possible - Any in game mechanics abuse is welcome !In the future, I might do the following: - Record the full speedrun in one go - Do the missions I skippedFun facts: In this speedrun, you won't see: - Medium statues - Small statues - Governor house, villa or palace - Any housing above grand insulae - Hospitals - Food imports - Large templesOnly featured on Sarmizegetuza: - Javelins and Legionaries - Me moving troops - Mission posts - GatehousesEnjoy
A Nonviolent Caesar 3 Speedrun - Mission 6b Carthago [HD] 8m37s KaplaBen 2019-07-01 | Next mission: youtube.com/watch?v=ddvjISWyZr0I am releasing a new Caesar3 speed run. Total time should be around 1h20. I'll try to do each map in less than 10minutes.Why Nonviolent? Because despite me picking mostly military missions, you won't see many invaders dying... Sorry about thatRules: - Split missions: I am recording each mission separately - Hard difficulty - God effects on - Goal: finish each map as fast as possible - Any in game mechanics abuse is welcome !In the future, I might do the following: - Record the full speedrun in one go - Do the missions I skippedFun facts: In this speedrun, you won't see: - Medium statues - Small statues - Governor house, villa or palace - Any housing above grand insulae - Hospitals - Food imports - Large templesOnly featured on Sarmizegetuza: - Javelins and Legionaries - Me moving troops - Mission posts - GatehousesEnjoy
A Nonviolent Caesar 3 Speedrun - Mission 9b Damascus [HD] 9m51s KaplaBen 2019-06-30 | Next mission: youtube.com/watch?v=C6Ri3Aa_hLMI am releasing a new Caesar3 speed run. Total time should be around 1h20. I'm trying very hard to do each map in less than 10 minutes.Why Nonviolent? Because despite me picking mostly military missions, you won't see many invaders dying because I'm too busy building the city. You can still hear them die.Rules: - Split missions: I am recording each mission separately - Hard difficulty - God effects on - Goal: finish each map as fast as possible - Any in game mechanics abuse is welcome !In the future, I might do the following: - Record the full speedrun in one go - Do the missions I skippedFun facts: In this speedrun, you won't see: - Medium statues - Small statues - Governor house, villa or palace - Any housing above grand insulae - Hospitals - Food imports - Large templesOnly featured on Sarmizegetuza: - Javelins and Legionaries - Me moving troops - Mission posts - GatehousesEnjoy
A Nonviolent Caesar 3 Speedrun - Mission 8a Valentia [HD] 12m43s KaplaBen 2019-06-23 | Next mission: youtu.be/ffHYTz8Ai3QI am releasing a new Caesar3 speed run. Total time should be around 1h20. I'm trying very hard to do each map in less than 10 minutes, but this one turned out hard to optimise...Why Nonviolent? Because despite me picking mostly military missions, you won't see many invaders dying... Sorry about thatRules: - Split missions: I am recording each mission separately - Hard difficulty - God effects on - Goal: finish each map as fast as possible - Any in game mechanics abuse is welcome !In the future, I might do the following: - Record the full speedrun in one go - Do the missions I skippedFun facts: In this speedrun, you won't see: - Medium statues - Small statues - Governor house, villa or palace - Any housing above grand insulae - Hospitals - Food imports - Large templesOnly featured on Sarmizegetuza: - Javelins and Legionaries - Me moving troops - Mission posts - GatehousesEnjoy
