As always I'll answer any questions as soon as I get a chance, so ask away! What do you guys think of this tent technique? I love the extra texture and detail, and being able to play inside the larger tents is a must for me!
For more SF versions of D&D, or as wargaming terrain for Warhammer 40K or the like, painting the cheese cloth green might suffice to make it look like modern+ canvas tents. Maybe replacing the cocktail stick poles with stiff wire, to simulate metal rods. Because it doesn't matter if you're an advanced civilization, if your forces are on campaign in the middle of an alien wilderness, eventually your troops will need to pitch tents.
Thanks Colin! Sooner or later I'll be doing more niche builds or stuff you might not have an immediate use for - that's when you'll catch up 😉 And with versions on patreon where I've updated and learned from my mistakes to boot 😅
Your thumbnail pics always look soooo amazing they seem like hobby click bait... and by the end of the video I'm reminded it's not acrually click bait but rather a demonstration of your skill and attention to detail 👍 great job!
Your tent designs are perfection! I've always thought cheese cloth looks too coarse for the 28 mm scale. In the US, Dollar Tree has "craft fabric" in little rolls and the light beige ones are perfect for canvas, and even better if you paint them with black coffee, which I recommend as an ideal wash for tent canvas. This combo makes for great sails too. Thanks for all you do!
Yes, definitely too coarse for me as I use my terrain for both 28mm and 20mm scale. The tents would represent 2-3 man versions in 28mm and 6-8 man in 20mm. I believe military tents pre-1900 would mainly use off-white canvas, and you’d see little texture at this scale.
These are quite amazing and I’m definitely going to make some for my D&D / Warhammer games. ONE thing though - as a frequent user of medieval tests and the like - a tarpaulin like the one on 4 poles, would collapse instantly in the rain, unless it’s actually made with a hole in the middle, which kind of defeats the purpose. A fifth, taller center pole is the way to go. Subscribed.
I finally got around to making these tents aaaaand… all I can say is this is awesome. Worked great! The template method is awesome. Your videos are awesome. Thank you! Can’t wait to use this at my next session.
I have a session in 2 weeks that will feature a war camp encounter, and I've had this video on the back of my mind for over a year. I just rewatched it and I can't wait to make these pieces!
I absolutely love this, I'm actually amazed by this video at how simple the idea is to make such great props. Been thinking for while how to make nice tents for a camp and this fits the bill perfectly. Where did you find your cheese cloth?
Wow so creative and really helpful tutorial! I'm beginning to understand why enjoy your videos on another level. Your compulsion toward perfectionism is satifying for me to watch...so I don't have to engauge in my own and feel frustrated by messes and frustration at my own mistakes 😂 Hope you're well, take care!
"kitchen rolls" and "cheesecloth"... what do you think we are, victorian peasants? :P All jokes aside these are super cool, and I love seeing "scratch builds" that well, don't look like they were scratch built! Inspires me to put more attention to detail in my own work and to be creative about material use. I usually only use materials I already have extra of (basically trash), but I may have to pick up some cheesecloth to try these...
Those look so nice. What would you advise for storage? I can imagine they'd get crushed and broken (especially the stakes and rope) if you're not careful.
The tents themselves are pretty durable, just don't pile things on them. If you choose to add the ropes I'd give them their own little shelf/drawer, I'll be making another foam core storage box for all my scatter soon, that's where they're headed :)
You might consider posting this one on the Fallout Wasteland Warfare facebook group. The New Vegas wave was released this year and people might like to make these encampments for their Legion and NCR armies.
Cheesecloth is used in making cheese, there's a link on the equipment list :) t shirt fabric would probably work reasonably well, I'd do a little test piece though 😅
though there are no native American teepees that I know of. You can make one with a cone shape of cloth and paper. Also, I love this idea and will see if I can make my own, but have a few of the small tents have one open side to stick stuff in. I would also be considering making larger tents? like the ones that act as a shelter for horses. or a big tent for people to gather inside. Would you be making a colourful set by any chance? Imagine these bright and colourful banners strung between these tents that can have games, food and drink inside, build in a similar style as the captain's tent (or one with a pyramid topper even). And then the ven bigger tents can be section of tents walls, that can also be used as dividers in the bigger tents or just free-standing barriers for privacy, hiding ballista or even used to pen in animals or prisoners instead of having a fence. A roof for such a big tent might not be needed, though would be understandable to leave out given how big a tent-like that would be on the table. Also, cannot stop imagining the possibilities of having flagposts based on the tent posts combined with the banners! I love your videos, they give lots of good ideas. :)
Thanks! Yeah flags on top would be cool, as would all the other stuff :) Honestly I would have made them that way but I wanted maximum flexibility for using with different factions, so everything had to stay more neutral 😅
I might have to try this to see if I can do better. ;) 'Cause I'm a jerk like that. I'm curious if I could use a derivative of your technique to build a hammock but get it to hang as through there was weight in it. Also, you make me nervous with your knife skills. Not that you don't have any, but there a trick you can use to cut-off tails of thread/string to prevent the knife from slipping and cutting into your freshly finished project. Maybe I'll start making my own crafting videos. (Probably not) Good stuff, by the way! It makes me want to build things.
I wonder if using a canvas drop cloth from the hardware store (some are thinner than others) would work for tents and banners? I think the texture would be good. I'm not sure of the scale of the weave off hand though. I know the only cheesecloth I've ever found is the cheaper one and would be kinda ugly :( Also, the drop cloth material would def take paint and stain really well. I used to use it for other crafts years ago and it's so cheap for tons of material.
General question: when you use your amazing terrain for D&D, what do you do instead of a grid. Do you just use a tape measure? or have you got a different, more clever, solution?
@@RPArchiveOfficial Thanks very much for the response, and you, Adam! I figured that using a measuring stick or tape would be the general solution. I'll try it out :)
Hey do you think that it is possible to make a knife "stabbed" in the table to hold maps for your furniture system? I think it would be a cool detail but the knife is supposed do be thin so there isn't room for a magnet
Its possible, you just need to keep enough of the paper open to place a bottle or something on to actually hold it down, or make a little ink pot or paperweight specifically for that :)
If you are married to the idea of it specifically being a knife, you could always make it so the knife is glued to the map and the map itself is glued to a magnet. You'd just probably want to make a knive-less version with a hole in the proper location for when the players inevitably take the knife, and while we're at it, a map only version with just the correct hole location, no knife, no magnet at full scale for the occasion where the player who takes the map actually wants to use it.
Oh almost certainly, T shirt fabric would probably work, but the multi layered nature of the cheesecloth helps it stick to the easy framework of the template, while leaving the top layer loose (ish) to help with the more flowing cloth look :)
@@RPArchiveOfficial Thanks for the reply! My only problem is that cheesecloth is hard to come by where I live. I was considering bandages or gauze instead.
Somebody told me they're similar stuff, so that might work. The main thing is making sure there's a good thread count, if it's too loose the texture will look hole-y and a bit weird :/
The main reason I used tacky glue was its less hydrated than pva (school glue would be the worst for this, as its diluted pva). The water in the pva makes the ink lines of the template run a bit, it should be fine if you put the template ink side away from the cloth and use a thinner layer of pva than I used tacky glue (see what I did with the supply cover roof-on-sticks where I dabbed away the excess). Pva doesn't always go wrong, but tacky glue is less prone to it :)
Wonderfull Deatil! Thanks Maybe you can write down, wich cloth that is (or even a german translation)? (I repeated this video 5 times... but i just cant unterstand, sry^^)
Cheesecloth, I believe its used to strain cheese of lumps while it's in liquid form? Something like that 😄 Failing that, t shirt material might work too, just the texture will be a little different :)
This one, I'll be adding it to the equipment list when I do a bit more on them :) www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0083JCTQI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
I do, I haven't put it on the equipment list yet just because I haven't messed around with it enough yet to do a full tutorial on using it, it was more of an 'addendum' to this video :) I'll try and add a link to the equipment list this week at some point, should be there if you check back next weekend?
Please remake your good video BUT first please take a look at real canvas tents, lean-tos, rain flies, and marquees. Maybe picture of reenactors or ren-fairs.
If you don't say what you think is wrong, it's impossible to judge whether you have a serious point or you are nitpicking that he didn't sew them. We're making tabletop gaming accessories here, remember. Perfect authenticity is neither desired nor useful. The effect is still going to be "this tiny object represents the thing" no matter if it's the brilliant set pieces like Matt has made here or pieces of triangular folded paper.
As always I'll answer any questions as soon as I get a chance, so ask away! What do you guys think of this tent technique? I love the extra texture and detail, and being able to play inside the larger tents is a must for me!
If you want an easier version, swap the cheesecloth for dried out baby wipes. They tend to work quite a bit better for a lot of cloth things.
Oh I've tried it, I'm just not a fan of the texture :)
On my list.
This is amazing. I'm sad my dms are all going towards virtual maps, because I'd love e to play in some of the terrains I've seen in your videos
I swear this guy is the bob ross of terrain his voice is so calming.
Except he's too obsessive (his own words) to make 'happy little accidents'.
I knew he had something about him that seem familiar. Thanks for pointing it out
For more SF versions of D&D, or as wargaming terrain for Warhammer 40K or the like, painting the cheese cloth green might suffice to make it look like modern+ canvas tents. Maybe replacing the cocktail stick poles with stiff wire, to simulate metal rods.
Because it doesn't matter if you're an advanced civilization, if your forces are on campaign in the middle of an alien wilderness, eventually your troops will need to pitch tents.
Solid point :)
"Am I asking too much?" Well yes, but please continue. We like to see the struggle. And the finished product makes it all worth it.
Haha! 😅 I aim to please!
The detail of your builds is always stellar! My God, I wish I had time to make everything you put out.
Thanks Colin! Sooner or later I'll be doing more niche builds or stuff you might not have an immediate use for - that's when you'll catch up 😉
And with versions on patreon where I've updated and learned from my mistakes to boot 😅
Time and space lol
@@willohm5439I am going to delude myself that I am creating space by creating terrain at a small scale lol
Your thumbnail pics always look soooo amazing they seem like hobby click bait... and by the end of the video I'm reminded it's not acrually click bait but rather a demonstration of your skill and attention to detail 👍 great job!
Thank you so much man! Comments like this are really nice to get 😅
+1 to engagement metrics, But also thanks for sharing a banner free!
No problem man, enjoy! 😁
Just amazing. Such a simple solution. Glue the cheesecloth to a sheet of paper.
Pretty sure T shirt fabric would work too, I just haven't tested :)
Your tent designs are perfection! I've always thought cheese cloth looks too coarse for the 28 mm scale. In the US, Dollar Tree has "craft fabric" in little rolls and the light beige ones are perfect for canvas, and even better if you paint them with black coffee, which I recommend as an ideal wash for tent canvas. This combo makes for great sails too. Thanks for all you do!
Yes, definitely too coarse for me as I use my terrain for both 28mm and 20mm scale. The tents would represent 2-3 man versions in 28mm and 6-8 man in 20mm. I believe military tents pre-1900 would mainly use off-white canvas, and you’d see little texture at this scale.
These are quite amazing and I’m definitely going to make some for my D&D / Warhammer games.
ONE thing though - as a frequent user of medieval tests and the like - a tarpaulin like the one on 4 poles, would collapse instantly in the rain, unless it’s actually made with a hole in the middle, which kind of defeats the purpose. A fifth, taller center pole is the way to go.
Subscribed.
I finally got around to making these tents aaaaand… all I can say is this is awesome. Worked great! The template method is awesome. Your videos are awesome. Thank you! Can’t wait to use this at my next session.
I have a session in 2 weeks that will feature a war camp encounter, and I've had this video on the back of my mind for over a year. I just rewatched it and I can't wait to make these pieces!
in tents
Bah. Now I need to redo my tents. Thank you this most excellent suggestion.
Haha, my apologies 😅
Thanks for adding the British English to American English translations, I found it very helpful, though I probably could have figured it out!
Great video - awesome techniques as always
Thanks for dropping a comment Robert :)
When I retire, this will be my hobby. Hope I can can get half as good as you.
Awesome work! I really appreciate your work and how well you explain the process to make each build. Thanks!
Thanks! I do try to keep it coherent 😅
The new improved banners are amazing 😲
I know they're awesome right? 😁
@@RPArchiveOfficial The detail you put in to every aspect of your work is awesome - we don't deserve you 😁
Diorama grade table top scatter. These are awesome.
Thanks man :)
Looks great, its coming together well!
Thanks Shane!
Another excellent video, and some useful experimentation with the basic tent. Very impressive, sir!
Thanks Matt! :)
I always look forward to & enjoy your videos. Keep it going, pls :)
I will :)
I absolutely love this, I'm actually amazed by this video at how simple the idea is to make such great props. Been thinking for while how to make nice tents for a camp and this fits the bill perfectly. Where did you find your cheese cloth?
There's a link in the equipment list :)
My weekend was free till I saw this.. amazing job! Thanks you for quality videos
Thanks man! Good luck with building some :)
Wow so creative and really helpful tutorial! I'm beginning to understand why enjoy your videos on another level. Your compulsion toward perfectionism is satifying for me to watch...so I don't have to engauge in my own and feel frustrated by messes and frustration at my own mistakes 😂
Hope you're well, take care!
"kitchen rolls" and "cheesecloth"... what do you think we are, victorian peasants? :P
All jokes aside these are super cool, and I love seeing "scratch builds" that well, don't look like they were scratch built! Inspires me to put more attention to detail in my own work and to be creative about material use. I usually only use materials I already have extra of (basically trash), but I may have to pick up some cheesecloth to try these...
These look so good!!! Clicked so fast when I saw a new video!
Thanks Kearstin! 😁
So cool!!!
Thanks man!
Awesome as always :)
Thanks man!
Thank you
Thanks for watching :)
Those look so nice.
What would you advise for storage? I can imagine they'd get crushed and broken (especially the stakes and rope) if you're not careful.
The tents themselves are pretty durable, just don't pile things on them.
If you choose to add the ropes I'd give them their own little shelf/drawer, I'll be making another foam core storage box for all my scatter soon, that's where they're headed :)
Yo I'm actually going to use these. I was looking for ways to buy tents and the like, but this is great! 👍
You might consider posting this one on the Fallout Wasteland Warfare facebook group. The New Vegas wave was released this year and people might like to make these encampments for their Legion and NCR armies.
Ah, good shout man!
What an amazing channel! This was great
Thanks man!
That's Awesome!!! i might do this for Camp Vengeance and Camp Righteous in Tomb of Annihilation.
Awesome man! Let me know how it goes 😄
I prefer dried out baby wipes for canvas texture, holds paint well too
Another great material for cloth stuff like this is those cheap shop rags you can buy, soaked in paint or glue.
I made tapestries and rugs out of these, and pulled a thread out of each edge to make a fringe.
What is this magic cheese cloth you speak of?
Really nice build. I've got to try it as soon as I find an acceptable substitute.
Cheesecloth is used in making cheese, there's a link on the equipment list :) t shirt fabric would probably work reasonably well, I'd do a little test piece though 😅
man i have so much to build for my campaign
You and me both mate... 😅
though there are no native American teepees that I know of.
You can make one with a cone shape of cloth and paper.
Also, I love this idea and will see if I can make my own, but have a few of the small tents have one open side to stick stuff in.
I would also be considering making larger tents? like the ones that act as a shelter for horses. or a big tent for people to gather inside.
Would you be making a colourful set by any chance?
Imagine these bright and colourful banners strung between these tents that can have games, food and drink inside, build in a similar style as the captain's tent (or one with a pyramid topper even).
And then the ven bigger tents can be section of tents walls, that can also be used as dividers in the bigger tents or just free-standing barriers for privacy, hiding ballista or even used to pen in animals or prisoners instead of having a fence. A roof for such a big tent might not be needed, though would be understandable to leave out given how big a tent-like that would be on the table.
Also, cannot stop imagining the possibilities of having flagposts based on the tent posts combined with the banners!
I love your videos, they give lots of good ideas. :)
Thanks! Yeah flags on top would be cool, as would all the other stuff :)
Honestly I would have made them that way but I wanted maximum flexibility for using with different factions, so everything had to stay more neutral 😅
Perfect ideas 👍
This is amazing! Did you do the bedrolls yourself as well, and if so, do you have a video on that?
Those were bought a long time ago :)
Great video
I think the first tents can be modified to make one of the sides look like an actual tent opening.
Could possibly use a single layer of cross stitch ada cloth instead of cheese cloth.
I might have to try this to see if I can do better. ;) 'Cause I'm a jerk like that.
I'm curious if I could use a derivative of your technique to build a hammock but get it to hang as through there was weight in it.
Also, you make me nervous with your knife skills. Not that you don't have any, but there a trick you can use to cut-off tails of thread/string to prevent the knife from slipping and cutting into your freshly finished project. Maybe I'll start making my own crafting videos. (Probably not)
Good stuff, by the way! It makes me want to build things.
Glad I could help 😅 the hammock thing would probably work...
So in your opinion a tad, a smidge, and an iota are all half of an inch?
Those two banner designs look familiar, one is the dark brotherhood, I can't figure the other one out, help!
Zhentarim :)
I wonder if using a canvas drop cloth from the hardware store (some are thinner than others) would work for tents and banners? I think the texture would be good. I'm not sure of the scale of the weave off hand though. I know the only cheesecloth I've ever found is the cheaper one and would be kinda ugly :( Also, the drop cloth material would def take paint and stain really well. I used to use it for other crafts years ago and it's so cheap for tons of material.
Could be interesting, got a link to what you mean? I'm not immediately familiar 😂
General question: when you use your amazing terrain for D&D, what do you do instead of a grid. Do you just use a tape measure? or have you got a different, more clever, solution?
I also use gridless terrain and for measuring distances, I just took a piece of dowelling 10"-12" long and marked it in 1" increments.
What Adam said works, I use tape measures for me and all players, dm is final adjudicator. If wargamers can manage with tape measures so can we! 😁
@@RPArchiveOfficial Thanks very much for the response, and you, Adam! I figured that using a measuring stick or tape would be the general solution. I'll try it out :)
Hey do you think that it is possible to make a knife "stabbed" in the table to hold maps for your furniture system? I think it would be a cool detail but the knife is supposed do be thin so there isn't room for a magnet
Its possible, you just need to keep enough of the paper open to place a bottle or something on to actually hold it down, or make a little ink pot or paperweight specifically for that :)
But how could I make a knife that would be vertically on a table?
Cut the tip off, glue it to the paper, possibly on the underside where you cut a slit in the paper for the knife to pass through :)
If you are married to the idea of it specifically being a knife, you could always make it so the knife is glued to the map and the map itself is glued to a magnet. You'd just probably want to make a knive-less version with a hole in the proper location for when the players inevitably take the knife, and while we're at it, a map only version with just the correct hole location, no knife, no magnet at full scale for the occasion where the player who takes the map actually wants to use it.
Ok thx great ideias
Do you sell any of this stuff man? I know art is incredibly hard to part with but my lord would I love to have some of your art.
These look great! I wonder if you can use something other than cheesecloth though.
Oh almost certainly, T shirt fabric would probably work, but the multi layered nature of the cheesecloth helps it stick to the easy framework of the template, while leaving the top layer loose (ish) to help with the more flowing cloth look :)
@@RPArchiveOfficial Thanks for the reply! My only problem is that cheesecloth is hard to come by where I live. I was considering bandages or gauze instead.
Somebody told me they're similar stuff, so that might work. The main thing is making sure there's a good thread count, if it's too loose the texture will look hole-y and a bit weird :/
good vid stay safe lee
Will do cheers man!
As an American, I need to know. If our paper towels are your “kitchen roll” (love the name BTW), than what actually are your paper towels?
We don't call them paper towels at all 😅
Any replacements for tacky glue (not available where I live and is nearly $100 to import)?
um i start at looking at wood glues just in a thick format but i think here a "standard" school stick glue will work
The main reason I used tacky glue was its less hydrated than pva (school glue would be the worst for this, as its diluted pva).
The water in the pva makes the ink lines of the template run a bit, it should be fine if you put the template ink side away from the cloth and use a thinner layer of pva than I used tacky glue (see what I did with the supply cover roof-on-sticks where I dabbed away the excess).
Pva doesn't always go wrong, but tacky glue is less prone to it :)
Wonderfull Deatil! Thanks
Maybe you can write down, wich cloth that is (or even a german translation)? (I repeated this video 5 times... but i just cant unterstand, sry^^)
Cheesecloth, I believe its used to strain cheese of lumps while it's in liquid form? Something like that 😄
Failing that, t shirt material might work too, just the texture will be a little different :)
@@RPArchiveOfficial cheese... ok, thats enough to find it here, thx!
@@RPArchiveOfficial the main use is for when people get hurt actually, it's basically the same as a gauze
Huh, I had no idea :)
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Have you thought of making yurts?
Probably a bit too limited in use, I've got plans for tribal tents though :)
What printable fabric did you use?
This one, I'll be adding it to the equipment list when I do a bit more on them :) www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0083JCTQI?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
@@RPArchiveOfficial thanks. I see it's cotton, so I'll get the equivalent in the US. That's what I needed.
: )
You got a link to the printable fabric?
I do, I haven't put it on the equipment list yet just because I haven't messed around with it enough yet to do a full tutorial on using it, it was more of an 'addendum' to this video :)
I'll try and add a link to the equipment list this week at some point, should be there if you check back next weekend?
@@RPArchiveOfficial Awesome would be nice to see it being used as would love to use something like that for banners and more.
Definitely in the plans for a future video, I just want to make sure I get a handle on how best to use it - these banners were a bit off the cuff! 😁
I vowed, that I wont start new projects, untill I have open ones. Thanks for ruining it. 😀
You know you love it 😅
Tooth picks for American viewers😂😂
Please remake your good video BUT first please take a look at real canvas tents, lean-tos, rain flies, and marquees. Maybe picture of reenactors or ren-fairs.
If you're talking about colour, they're not colourful for a reason and I mention that :)
If you don't say what you think is wrong, it's impossible to judge whether you have a serious point or you are nitpicking that he didn't sew them. We're making tabletop gaming accessories here, remember. Perfect authenticity is neither desired nor useful. The effect is still going to be "this tiny object represents the thing" no matter if it's the brilliant set pieces like Matt has made here or pieces of triangular folded paper.