The Comprehensive Newbie Crash Course for DIY Terrain for Dungeons & Dragons
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2021
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Bill, I love, love, love this vid. In a world of crafters trying to out craft each other this is a breath of fresh clean air. Hits all my sweet spots, Easy, cheap, and playable. Also not so specific that it can only be used once. The generic cottage can be used in many scenarios that I feel more detailed buildings or builds would not fit into....Bravo my friend.
Amen to this!!
Wow. A blessing from the Craft father himself. 😢
Amen. Thanks Wyloch!
Love it!
When two DM crafting legends speak to each other it's like listening to Luke Skywalker and Capt. Kirk have a conversation. We are all blessed at the event. LOL. But I agree with DM Scotty, simple, cheap and reusable. Something easy for a newbie to do to just get started. It's amazing how something banged together so quickly can look so good. Great job!
Like before watching. Just the "Anyone can do this" vibe, as opposed to the "All right, warm up your hot wire cutter as you upload the file to your 3d printer. Is your paint booth ready? Good."
No shade, that is just where my skill set/tool set is at present
Yeah same here. Even something like bards crafts peasant level constructs are beyond me because i have no xps foam in my state. So this video is great.
There's a nother great channel doing simple builds with cardbaord TP and glue and theu look great. Celtic theme visuals too. Its Tri-Hard i think
"Make sure your airbrush is clean. You'll also need 356 neodymium magnets, 38 tea lights, and an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering for this build."
Yeah, I love these style videos because I hope that they break down the "I can't do this" barrier for the hobby.
The last one that just flat made me die inside was a content creator (who shall remain nameless) had a "super easy basing scheme".
First, it was a diorama not a basing scheme.
Second, and this was a little trivia I learned because my father was an engineer, he booted up a software package that i know is a few thousand dollars and is normally used for engineering high tolerance engine parts. Because my dad used it, and bitched about the ridiculous license fees
Third, he then loaded the file to an industrial laser prototyper, about 20k US, if his video on getting it is to be believed. (Which again, seems right from the machines my dad worked with).
To make circles.
This was to make circles.
"Easy".
Edited for autocorrects.
YES!!! You are speaking truth, brotha.
Small tip, when you "prime" with white glue, you can mix colors already into the glue, if you want colored "primer".
I find it useful to keep a notepad where I note the mix, so I can match the colour with later projects
eg "PVA basecoat= 1 cup pva: 1 cup water: 1 tbl spoon blk paint"
Never trust your memory!
Hot Glue gun $10, Paintbrushes $8, Acrylic paints $10, OLFA knife $15, Wyloch tutorial priceless !! :)
50$ evaluation ?
i can get all this for around 15$.
unless you buy from Walmart. lol
@@goatintuxedo2206
5$ take it or leave it
Learned a few things I didn't know. Thanks.
For the door, the end of zip ties (clipped, glued on, and painted black) make great iron banding.
Neat! The shape is so right for the tapered kind of band.
Clicked fast even though I’m not a beginner I watch em all
Thank you kindly boss
Same here :)
I watch you
And i'm subscribed
I heard the Pokémon theme "gotta catch em all"... but "watch em all"...
And here I was frustrated that I have supplies but was feeling overwhelmed by the hobby and you come along with these great negative space props that look great and don’t take a week to build. You are a legend!
That cheap and easy wood stain literally made me say “wow” out loud when I saw how well it went
Looking at a Pringles tube here. Thinking it might be a wizard's tower.
It works! Same plan, glue those little bricks on, fashion a round shingled roof. If ya wanna get fancy, cut out a window or two. One caution, if you're gluing the shiny side of cardstock to the Pringles tube, use some sandpaper on the tube. It helps the glue stick better to have a roughened surface.
The crafting muse did a Pringle tower video that was good
It absolutely is, it's just waiting for you to breathe life into it
Remember to add balconies with corrugated cardboard or styrofoam. Found a cool lantern in a toy set? Stick it on.
Round roof can be a bit tricky, but who said it needed to be a straight looking wizard tower roof? Embrace it being wonky, it's a cooky wizard after all.
Windows can easily be a simple frame with dark blue paint in the middle with wood edges.
It's practically a moral imperative.
The er, "Junga" stone walls were genius! Also, I never get tired of seeing dry brushing. It's an almost magical thing.
Even quicker: decide on a PVA+paint colour basecoat as 'grouting' then add the bricks (painted before cutting) straight into the wet PVA basecoat. Presto! for a more cultured-looking brick wall.
I seen official walls are ultra expensive- it is good to avoid that cost . 😊
Jesus this is literally the exact video I needs and wanted. You called me out completely and showed me the specific stuff I'd use the most often. I've loved your content for years but ok, I'll stop lurking and make some stuff.
Wyloch isn't Jesus, but I can see why you mix them up. The way to tell them apart: Wyloch found a woman early in life.
Otherwise -- beard, long hair, sandals -- they're very similar.
I disagree about one thing you mentioned, Wyloch. You said there are many youtubers out there like you, which is false. Others make things *look* easy, you show us *how easy it actually is*. Thank you so much for these videos, they are a treasure beyond worth!
I truly appreciate how accessible you make this hobby even though the skill and price can often make it feel daunting.
We have a LOT of Channels out there, that uses 3D-Printing, Resin-Casting and Lasercutting...
It's very refreshing to see one comming back to the basics!
I realy like your Videos of the Tomb of Horrors etc...
but THIS ist one of your best for purpose!
THX
Literally, so inspiring, I stopped cleaning to start making tiles.
Applause! (listen very hard)
Those wooden doors look way better than I expected. Kind of refreshing to go really simple with a project, makes you rethink how you usually do things
My dungeon floor is a 1” x 1” grid PDF that I filled in with a stone pattern in GIMP, printed out on six sheets of shipping label paper, which I just peeled the back off of and stuck to white foam board and then covered with cheap plastic lamination sheets. It doesn’t have the 3D terrain effect, but it is dry-erase friendly.
Crooked Staff Terrain has printable textures for all dungeon needs!
This video is worth Gold simply because that super quick and easy tutorial on dry brushing a convincing-looking brick wall. No links to special brushes, no rushing past what colours to use (or being way too specific about what colours to use). So great!
Never in my life have i been touhed by a RUclips video intro in such a way, like you read me completely. Subscribed!
Another great video. Dollar Tree shopping can cut that cost in half.
It’s been a very long time since I used this channel but glad I hoped on it to see this vid in the feed. Glad you’re still dishing out amazing content and showing everyone the great and easy builds as well. I find these builds to be some of my favorites bs the big fancy ones everyone was always trying to outdo each other with. Best of luck on the Kickstarter man! Hope all is well.
I'm just starting running a D&D campaign for the first time in years and I can't stress how much of a godsend this video has been. Incredible resourcefulness and brilliant results. Bang up job!
27s in and I feel 110% seen lol. I just know i'm gonna love this one!
I truly cannot express how much I am thankful for stumbling upon this video!! 17 year old here I just got into Dming and making terrain for campaigns and such.. this is pure gold!! Thanks a ton man!
You can get a small hot glue gun for as low as $1.99 at a 99 Cent Store, and packs of sticks for $1 after that.
I'm confused. Does anything actually cost 99c at the 99c store?
@@michaelbarry1651 not anymore. Inflation 😞
Great tips! The one about un-warping card with PVA is super useful. About paper minis, scribus is a free software that might work a bit better than word for this; will take a bit of getting used to compared to word. Re. The cottage, you don't *need* corrugated card - cereal packaging works fine ;) wish I had this video to watch years ago :)
I’m a color blind DM and have to say this is the first how to video about making terrain that didn’t scare me off when it was time to paint! Thank you for keeping things simple and taking the time to explain how to dry brush with visual cues. I’m actually exited to try making the walls and doors and paint them!
So happy you put some more beginner level stuff out that's more accessible to inexperienced people like me. I love watching your giant projects and they're super inspiring but crafting can seem a bit daunting when that's what your comparing your stuff with. This kind of vid is a good reminder that I don't have to go crazy complicated to make something cool
"Hmmm, what's Wyloch doing this time?" Being awesome again, as usual. Cannot have too many vids to help those getting started. Excellent. Cheers!
Admitted lurker here. Thank you so much for calling it what it is! That little kick in the butt has gotten me cutting paper and glueing.
After more than 20 years of admiring miniature art from afar this has inspired me to try and I'm just grateful. Thank you!
Hey new-bees, I've found cheap "olfa" type knives as grab and go items up front next to the registers at big box lumber stores for $1 each. You just need one to start and can find refills for them later. Wal-Mart has a wide variety of Apple Barrel acrylic paints for 50-55 cents a bottle. Get the big bottle of black paint as you will use a lot of it. Stretch that dollar!
So yes you can find very cheap "box cutter" versions but I find that buying a real solid one *once* is worth it. They are heavy, sturdy, easy to control. I am generally not a safety worry-wort but I must say, if there's anything you should NOT skimp out on, it's a high quality knife.
not the same at all lol
@@WylochsArmory To quote my first boss on construction; “you can use the cheapest, most dogsh*t materials you like; but don’t ever cheap out on tools”
It may seem paradoxical but a sharp knife is actually safer than a dull, cheap one. Since you need to use much less force for a given job, the sharp blade is much more controllable.
I'm still a lurker... but I have to say that over the past couple years I've rewatched this video probably half a dozen times because it's easily one of the best and most inspiring "get started" videos I've ever seen! When (not if) I start crafting, I plan on using several of these ideas!
"poor man's primer" is the best definition for pva glue I've ever heard 😆👍
I'm not a beginner by any means, and still I found some nice tips in here that I'm eager to try.
Another great aspect is that, unlikely many other crafters', your supplies are always "generic" enough to be easily found outside the US market 👍👍👍
It"s refreshing seeing a video going back to the very beginning basics. Takes me back years and it looks great. It goes to show that you can make cool stuff with a little bit of creativity and simple stuff everyone in this hobby has laying around somewhere. Cool video ;-)
Wyloch, you're too pure for this world :)
That's because he found a woman early in life.
Seriously, thank you for the "your part of the world" comment. So many people forget that when they post stuff online, they're addressing the entire world not just their particular home country. This is a pet peeve of mine.
This is the absolute best "total beginner" terrain tutorial that I've ever seen, anywhere. I had no idea about the MS Word trick! Superb job, 10/10.
I can barely believe that fixing warping cardboard is that easy, it's been my archnemesis for SO LONG
Just 'nemesis", Elena - or we're on a perilous expedition into tautology land.
Please kill me. Very best wishes from Nottingham UK (where the GW secret HQ and money-wells are).
@@notreallydavid are you sure about that? The prefix "arch" only means something along the lines of "chief" or "Superior". Like archbishop. And considering "nemesis" is not entirely and in every situation interchangeable with "archenemy", slapping the arch-prefix on it shouldn't be an issue. That said, if it's really wrong, fault your native-speaking collegues, not the second-language speakers who learn these words from seemingly reliable sources like Merriam Webster, who dates back the first known use of the word to 1901 :) Pedantic greetings from Germany.
@@JeiFaeKlubs Hi Elena. I think 'nemesis' is traditionally the worstestest long-standing enemy possible - to me, intensifiers only lessen that. But I'm oldish and smelly and nobody's boss.
Euro-pedantry RARKS.
'Nemesis' is singular and absolute. There are no alternatives or variants: Achilles and Hector (Iliad), Blake and Servalan (Blake's 7), the Doctor and the Master (Dr Who), Kirk and Khan (ST), Barnes and Elias (Platoon), Donald Trump and the English language.
A nemesis might have a boss or even a superior, but they are an evil double of the hero/protagonist, locked in a dance that ends in the destruction of both: there can be no other, arch or not!
I would love more of this , you can make it its own serie.
I would love a similar video with a grimdark theme. This one is gold.
The most important parts of grimdark are dark colours (just use darker colours) and skulls.
Skulls are tricky to sculpt, but far from impossible. But can be a bit annoying to sculpt every time, especially if one needs skulls all around a house.
So get some "instant mould", many brands exist. Mix in hot water, creates an often reusable mould material.
Get skulls! Either a good toy or a sculpt.
Lay some of the hot mould down, perhaps 5mm thick. Stick the skull into it, several times. Can be useful to glue a rod on the back of it as a handle. You can just remove it later.
Let dry.
Use plaster to cast skulls.
This technique makes flat-backed skulls that go on walls. One can make 3d moulds with instant mould as well, might be a bit trickier with plaster but sculpting 'clay' works great in 3d instant mould.
Cover project in skulls.
Tada, grimdark!
Red/brown paint with a dot of black, lots of water makes a 'rust wash' that I use on all my 40k grimdark terrain.
The timing on me finding this is perfect. I have a buddy that wants to get his boyfriend into D&D in 2023. He wanted pics of my set up, which is minis and XPF etc. but this is a nice looking “easy” way to dip your toes into the lifestyle of being a D&Der. One other fun cheap thing that I did when I first started playing. I took the twist off beer bottle tops and you can fill the bottom with hot glue and a nut to give them weight and then you can paint them black. And I’ve done a lot of my early minis on that as a base. In fact, some of my favorite pieces are my green and yellow slimes/black ooze figurines that were made from hot glue on a beer top base :-) Will be forwarding this to him ASAP! Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Look, my first terrain for a DnD campaign, was made from flour, water, salt, and baked in the oven. I got it all for free, from a dumpster behind a grocery store. I etched patterns into the kindergarten 'edible plaster' pieces.
Later i started using cereal boxes. then other DMs on campus, started buying my terrain pieces, and i was able to start buying stuff.
Currently working on a project i havent done in a while.
Dungeon Crawler Boxes. Cheap, wooden 'chest' boxes you can get at any craft store or walmart. Brown paint, mixed heavily with water for a sort of wash, coat the outside, with 1-3 layers to give it a faded stained wood look. Matte Modge Podge to seal it. If desired, you can paint patterns before this step. I like moons, stars, swords etc.
then you fill the inside with little boxes that hold all the supplies a DnD player would need.
Making it as a care package for a friend who lost his mother Thanksgiving.
Ha, I guess I am a "nostalgic lurker" for these type of videos. Brings back memories. Speaking of those, a thing I learned from the old days. If you actually want to have some miniatures on your RPG, and you have access to card board, white printer paper, glue, the internet and a printer, then you hardly have no excuse to not have something at least okay looking. Just print the stuff to some decent scale, pretend it is kindergarten or early schooling, glue paper to caed board, make a funky looking paper "dice" of a house, wall, whatever it is, and there you go, already somendecent looking starter pieces. But more importantly, you got a taste and some skill in hand crafting miniatures by basically reminding yourself of early life education and play. That is the little virus of an idea and a feeling, because the moment you get started, if making miniatures is a hobby for you, just putting nice looking "dice" together, from flat paper sheets to a 3 object with your hands, that's is all you need to get the dopamine rush and addiction started... I mean, get the creative mind awakened!
Different topic. I know you didn't spend that long withe bricks and stone blocks, but here is an even faster method but just as simple You cut many initial strips as you did, except their width = one brick width, not height. You arrange them side by side on a flat, non shiny side up, spaced exactly like you would bricks in a row. The goal here is get them taped like this to a "sheet of tape" - whatver self adhesive material you can get, as long as it is weaker than the paper glue paper bond and easy to apply. Then cut that new sheet into strips as wide as a brick's height, which gives you a full brick row properly spaced, but you don't have to manipulate a brick at a timr. Get some glue on the paper (bricks or where they go), apply the entire brick row at once, then the next, get the surface covered, let glue dry, peel tape off. If it rips a bit of paper, good, it be texture and wear. And obviously you need at least an extra brick per row so you can offset every other row. This is the gist of it, there is a bajilion ways to do this depending on what you have and how you want it to look, so it is really flexible. Aand these are a bunch of words but execution is always brain dead automation once you get the fundamental principle (never handle single bricks directly, but in as large groups as possible = fewer manipulations total, less work, less time; and let math/physics do repetitive boring stuff like spacing for you). For example, myself: start with stock carboard, quickly ruler+knife cut strips (brickwide, gap wide, repeat) that are still connected on one end similar to your shingles, tear off gap wide strips without breaking the connection of the rest, apply wide painters tape, glue on paper, cut brick row strips, apply to surface, take a few minutes break which is how long most glues need to be dry enough to peel this shite dirty cheap masking tape I use.
As an experienced crafter, this was still informative. I think I'll make those walls and doors for some of my board games like Gloomhaven and Massive Darkness.
As someone who has to craft on a budget and who will never (short of winning the lottery) have access to a Proxxon or a laser cutter or 3-d printer, I love when tabletop crafters put out videos like this. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen as often as I'd like, so thanks for this.
Even as someone who has tools and some decent experience with terrain, I found some little nuggets of wisdom throughout this video. Gluing one side to correct warping wasn't even something I was aware of. And you get a lot of mileage for the effort here. This is a good looking result.
9:01 I don't drink coffee, but I've still seen coffee stirrers in the grocery isle!
Great video, this is fantastic content for people just starting out.
Out of all the RPG building videos I've watched, this is definitely my favorite! It makes me feel like I can actually build cool stuff for my games without breaking the bank OR taking up too much space! Thank you!!
This video reminded me why I started making my own terrain. Thank you so much for coming back here. I had almost given up hope of getting that spark back from watching other videos using materials I can't afford or find. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I always seem to want to take the hard way into crafting. A million tiny bricks, all battered by tin foil, or individual shingles for every build...
I think I have built up techniques and tools and options on hand.
I forget how decent even basic projects can look and feel. That video was refreshing!
My dude, the walls with the Jenga block base was inspired. That's genius. Don't have to build the base, and it's nice and solid so you don't have to worry about them getting crushed. Fantastic video.
after several very technical crafting videos, a video like this is just THE THING to help overcome the fear of starting a new hobby.
i subscribed to your channel after watching it for the first time and i've never regretted it since, not for a second!
thank you for all the help, both crafting and painting, but also - and no less important - for all the moral support and encouragement, for helping newbies face their fears and learn to ENJOY the marvellous world of crafting!
you surely are one of the few people that helped me start to enjoy to make things and play games ;)
the best part about is, the cost for everything in this video is probably lower than it is in USD. I live in Turkey and 80 dollars is about 800 TL (which is a ridiculous amount) but the price I paid for everything was about 150 TL. so I'd say the price range is from 50-200 of the currency your country uses.
He also isn’t going to the cheapest places to get these materials, either.
Crazy simple and crazy good. These are projects that not only beginners could accomplish to great effect, but also great projects to get kids into gaming as well. Seriously, well done on this...so many people are held back by expensive gear, paints, etc...but it all can be simply made and just a fun to play with.
Some ideas from Model Railroading: Picket Fence - track stood on edge and glued to card stock. Hedges - green scrub pads cut to twice the height, folded, and glued to card stock.
Thank you so much for this video, I only very recently began crafting some potions for my D&D game and whilst browsing around I found your channel, and now I feel the urge to try something a little more ambitious but can't afford to spend a small fortune investing in a whole heap of equipment and materials. This video shows me I don't need to in order to get started. Bless you.
This video is just as helpful to the experienced crafter, as it will be to the new-bee! An introductory or back to basics video! Nice job!
Despite me doing mostly science fiction crafting for 5+ years, this has still given me plenty of ideas for new projects and seeking greater efficiency.
Silver, copper, and other weird colours can do a lot for 'tech' effects, and a red-brown wash of "rust" is my favourite quick cheat.
I've wanted to take the leap for the last couple years, I paint minis here and there and have wanted to be able to elevate our family games with homemade environments, but have just been too intimidated to consider it. Thanks for giving me the perfect jumping off point, as soon as I get an entire table in the craft room cleared for DnD activities (my wife is constantly sewing, knitting, painting, drawing etc), I am going to resume writing my campaign and building some scenes. Will be watching loads of your videos 😂
It is great to see a video that uses basic, cheap materials and tools that produces playable, re-usable terrain. Don't get me wrong, it's also very inspiring to see crafters really pulling all the stops producing diorama quality pieces, but this video uses techniques that are useful (not only for) people who are beginners or who operate on a tight budget. It encourages people to get into the hobby and will still produce very attractive pieces. A bunch of my buddies in Costa Rica play D&D and have convinced me to do a little workshop when I'm over there next, once it's safe to travel and I will basically be walking around a DIY shop there and buy bits and bobs and I suspect whatever techniques I use will be mostly what you are using here.
For cheap standees, I used the same method for printing images, but I printed them horizontally on clear address labels that were 1" wide. Then I took old business cards that they were throwing away at the office, cut them once length-wise to be 1" wide, and folded them in half with the blank side out (you need to have a blank white side to be most effective). Then I applied the sticker over the fold, flared the ends to make a 1" by 1" base, and placed a single staple at the base which adds some weight and keeps it from opening up. You can use glue and/or tape to enhance, but as a quick and dirty I was able to make dozens of these in minutes.
Great video, with lots of tips and shortcuts that look great!
I love this video. As a new crafter on an extreme budget, this was so helpful. I made walls with dollar tree Jenga blocks and Popsicle sticks. They turned out fantastic.
15:56 if you are going to make the 2d miniatures for many enemies, id recommend painting the bases different colors. It makes running the monsters at the table much easier, as the player could say " i attack the green goblin", which helps with gameplay clarity. Also it is a lot easier for the dm to track their health and other relevant information when they could write the color on their notes
Another option, is to make your own pawn minis
You can size them in word document (2,5 wide, 4 tall for medium, 2 wide 3 tall for small or 5 wide 8 tall for huge etc), copy it right next to original, and move it to the right exactly 4 times(so that when you fold it, it would be 6 layers thick). Repeat that process for as many times as you like.
Then, you print in on a thick paper, and fold 6 times. Glue it, and cover with see-through tape.
Pawn stamps are easily 3d printable, and overall, it's really cheap(it's about a dollar for small/medium, 1.40 for large, 1.80 for huge, and 4 for gargantuan).
But the best part is, you don't need to buy pawn stamps every time, and they are easily transported separately, and thanks to thick paper and tape, it's pretty sturdy and water-resistant.
The washer idea to weigh things down is honestly genius.
Quick, practical, duplicateable. I love it!
You're like the Bob Ross of terrain building and I love it! Thanks for the fun watch and inspo!
This is textbook definition of wholesome content
Legend. You got me into the tabletop hobby 5 years ago with these kind of videos. Just want to say thanks!
The first thing i made for D&D used some old LED light strips, a sheet of plexiglass and aluminum extrusion for a light up map base. I really wanted to make scatter terrain and stuff to use with it, but 3d printing everything takes so long doing each and every part. The first things I've been making are the doors from this video! I can make so many so quickly! And they look so great!
Thanks so much for this!
I just saw this video, despite watching your channel regularly. I immediately sat down and started resizing images to make a slew of standees. What a fantastic video!
"In front of text" --amazing what you can learn watching something you think you already know. Awesome!!
Love the video and the tutorial on how to do the shingles, tiles and bricks. Just so your followers know, materials for this video can be found at your local dollar tree for a fraction of the estimated cost. So for those on a tight budget, dollar tree or the likes is your friend.
Like the easy DIY ideas!
Two ideas for beginners/kids;
You can use a small round folding glass table like those sold for outdoor patios to cut on instead of a cutting board that resists scratches, most glues including superglue can be scraped off of it.
Also a safer cutting tool that works as good as an exacto blade is the 'microceramic paper cutter' there's one i use called 'slice', it can't hurt your fingers, you'll still need scissors for the cardboard.
A million "thanks." As a newbie, I've gone through a handful of vids searching for this exact "how to.." Excellent job on walking through ideas for idiots🤦🏽♀️ such as myself.
Congrats on a new subscriber ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The perfect way to wind down after a day of work. Thanks man
Regarding paints, I highly agree with the cheap acrylic paints. That's all my wife and i use for painting our miniatures.
This is genuinely one of the best tutorials ever. Thank you so much
This is the best video for beginners that I've found on RUclips. Now I understand what a wash is, and what "poor man's primer" is. Thanks. 👍
Hey, this is actually the first video I've seen on DnD terrain that does not make it seem like a daunting task but actually a fun project.
This is amazing, finally video that's actually usable, not full of spray paint and expensive things
Great video Bill! Love the cottage! I might just be able to get my iPad addicted son to make one with me!
I know someone else has mentioned Dollar Tree stores, but they just expanded their craft selection and you can get small tubes of two part epoxy, various glues, packs of paint brushes, tools, glue sticks, etc. everything in the store is $1. They also have small or large packs of "jenga" wood pieces in the toy section. Worth the trip if you are near one of their stores!
Great video. We often have a professional tunnel vision and forget the new people, who want to start and are intimidated by our crafts.
Had myself the most fun with creating cardboard terrain.
The best beginner tabletop video I've ever seen especially the easy miniatures method
I am super late to the party on this AMAZING video but I have since instructed my family to stop recycling and leave boxes for me to up-cycle into these amazing dioramas! Thanks for making this so accessible!!
This is a perfect idea. Me and my kiddos can do this as a family project !
What an amazing video. Absolutely holds true to the promise. You definitely know what you are talking about. Great job. Thank you.
I love how you broke it down by total cost and mentioned this is startup cost, not recurring (though some of it is recurring maybe once every 20 - 50 projects). You might mention "in 2021 dollars" for those who watch this video 10 years from now because it is so great (wink wink).
I know this was a year ago, but I would like to add that the Dollar Tree has a lot of these supplies that you use for only $1.25. Hot Glue Sticks, Popsicle sticks, Rulers (Even good metal ones with 90 degree angle corners), Crafting knives, paint and paintbrushes, small cutting mats. The Dollar Tree is a crafter’s heaven. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to make a stop there before you check out your craft store. And look down EVERY aisle, you never know what you’ll find there.
Just yesterday I had my session 0 with whom will be my party members, I'm DMing.
I was so sad we might not have the way to have som miniatures to begin with, but you've now inspired me to create them for such a low cost, thank you for that!
You absolute lad.
This is how I’ll make mooks and do crafts with my Ma. I love my Mama.
I love the washers as bases and making of the minis, so fast and streamlined! Thanks again!
You were the RUclipsr to finally break my self doubt on terrain building. My players will love you :) TY
The framing department in craft stores often ends up with frame backings that they've replaced with acid free material. These can be up to 24x36 pieces of 1/16" hardboard and are great for lots of uses. As a manager of a frame shop, people asking for scraps gets old. Don't ask them to save it up for you (unless you already have a relationship), but if you're in the store ask if they have any laying around.
Very good introduction, the algorithm served us well. I love that you focused on people that might not be able to use spray paints and the like. The simplistic techniques that give a very good result are also fantastic.
I love that you made this video! So welcoming to folks new to dungeon crafting. Harkens back to the classic Scotty vids. Reminding us that crafting is about creativity and imagination.
Your and Bard's Craft's channels are just great for all of us, peasant crafters and DMs!!! Thank You for the video!!!!!
Man so refreshingly genuine. Thanks for your channel.