Books, Furniture, and a Drow Ritual Table! DIY Crafting Essentials for

0:20 Making Miniature Books
7:19 Making Miniature Furniture
10:49 Making a Drow Ritual Table
14:22 Final Closeups
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[@calolson9572]

Once you painted the symbol on the table, the light purple 'glow' suddenly popped, so that table ended up being my favorite! I ALWAYS love your videos - thank you so much!!!

[@RampantOracle]

I love how simple yet effective the desk is, the only thing missing is a quill and ink pot.

[@aegrisomnia]

I have to say, army painters new finger paint line looks awesome!

[@LeeGutsy]

Never would have thought anything like that with those vampire teeth. That's very creative.

[@WylochsArmory]

Big thanks to new friend of the channel: The Army Painter! www.thearmypainter.com/

[@KnarbMakes]

Amen to the bold colors. The lighting at most game tables is always going to be underwhelming compared to how you're shooting that footage too, so any color pop to help players actually see what's going on is great. You could try doing a dim and diffused top down light in your footage to have it look closer to how a gaming setup would look like.

[@ArgentChaosJames]

The danger with this video is that, before it came out, I had no desire to craft tiny books for the tabletop. Now I must resist this sudden urge when I already have a bunch of other stuff half-done. Looks spectacular though, and with such simple materials it looks really doable. Even making a quarter of those books and making some piles with scrolls for dungeon scatter would be a good project. And taking make one book and adding a transfer onto it for some arcane glyph instantly makes a macguffin the party will hone in on.

[@josray2557]

after 2 months a valiant return! haha I really dig the whole set. Your style has always been mostly fun and stylized which is what I like about it. "Cozy environments" When things are "simply" made and colored it makes you want to be in that place and stay for a while as opposed to something realistic and unnerving if that makes sense? You could probably do a sewer that I'd want to hangout in. That is your gift.

[@BjornWithASlash]

If you soak the popsicle stick in water until it’s fully saturated and it will be more flexible. It’s the same trick I’ve used with actual lumber for years

[@ScatteredTerrain]

That hand washing technique was very effective! 😆

[@TheDrewjameson]

All of these are great but the hutch shelf thing is super awesome!

[@samuelcompton3021]

I love the oval table with the backing - I'm going to try something like this for an Oblivion-style alchemy table.

[@Karlmakesstuff]

Looks awesome :D Gave me a crazy idea, making a ton of books and using them as bricks to build a labyrinth of books :D Maybe casting them to avoid having to make the same thing over and over. Regarding the folding, maybe scoring the inside would make the fold easier?

[@mathiasschultz7745]

how about a book golem? really like your idea too...!!!

[@Karlmakesstuff]

@@mathiasschultz7745 Probably more feasible :D

[@WhiskeyPatriot]

I see you there Hermaeus Mora.

[@lazarus845]

If you are looking to mass produce stacks of books, I have had great success with making columns out of XPS foam and building the spines and spaces between the books by sanding grooves with an emory stick.

[@Karlmakesstuff]

@@lazarus845 Neat tip, thanks!

[@YouTubeIsRunByMarxists]

Glad and grateful for these. Got no gaming klatch to hang with, but it sure is nice to see these things made by those who do.

[@LukeDyer]

The books were so simple, yet so effective. I appreciated the way you simplified the process as the video progressed and the tip on using bold colours! Cheers Wyloch!

[@EvoWatches]

Sewing pins can function as great support(plus some details)

[@Craftlngo]

awesome details on this DnD Furniture. I really dig the oval table with the backdrop. If you want to experiment more with bending wood, you can use a steam cleaner, a steam cooker, a clothing steamer or even the steam of a boiling pot of water to make the popsicle sticks flexible

[@stompreaper]

I really appreciated this video. My favorite is the purple table but they all look great.

[@michaelbarry1651]

Wow! When Wyloch says he'll put a link onscreen...you better believe it!

[@pblackcrow]

Nice to see you back.

[@wirrawaywonderer6011]

I'd love to see another one if your home crafted modules Wylock. I think those 3 videos you made are my favourite.

[@aqualust5016]

I can’t tell you how excited I am to try to make these books. The navy blue ones are beautiful.

[@GoblinsCorner]

I'm going to craft these tiny books as tiny D&D books, with a drow crafting a tiny book on the cover.

[@nev72tep]

I have missed your videos man! Good to see you back. And with something so cool!

[@DAndrews2]

Finally! Another video! I was beginning to go through a bit of Wyloch withdraw

[@zbrown0712]

Okay I subbed not too long ago but I watched so much of your content already. It’s so so good. I have a feeling that playing a game under a dm like you must be a blessing

[@maxpower3050]

Kick ass, I love the table with the curved back.

[@dutch6857]

I have to vote for the plain-jane bookshelves. They look fantastic, they tell a story effectively, and they can port to most settings. I could easily drop those into a modern day investigative game. And players will never ask "What are those runes? Do I recognise them? Are they the sigil of some secret society? C'mon guys! Lets look for more of them!"

[@TheDMGinfo]

Beautifully messy!

[@leonfire99]

I think i'll mix this with rp archive's magnet methods. I'll glue the books to each other and drill some magmets into them and hide magnetic strips in the furniture, that way i can stack it as needed for each scene.

[@Corundum_Rolls]

That crafting table looks awesome, I may have to make one of those.😁

[@alistairmacfadyen1925]

My favourite part was the Wyloch Stained fingers... really makes the scene :) Awesome book shelves, they look great!!!

[@brendansully12]

This is exactly what I needed! Thank you

[@metalman895]

Oooh gonna make some tiny books to go in a library for my post apocalyptic town

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

this new style looks great

[@libermentis]

Just found your channel and now I'm binge-watching! So many great tips and ideas! Here's a tip for making aged, weathered wood: mix cobalt blue and either sienna or umber acrylic paints, then thin with water to make a stain-wash. It dries to a warm grey-brown that looks exactly like weathered old wood that's been out in the harsh sun for years. The sienna gives the wash a warmer undertone than the umber.

[@edoardocorradi2765]

This is amazing, just what i needed. Love the channel it's a great ispiration. Thank you!

[@robertmcdonald1419]

Amazing work as usual. Your a real inspiration for us DM/Crafters. Setting the tone and atmosphere in a game makes amazing gaming memories,

[@drewbakka5265]

Oh shit he's alive!

[@dadtype2339]

Also, to bend popsicle sticks, wet them if not enough, several ways to do this but soak them, then microwave a min or so to steam them, or lol steam them in a steamer, you can also toss some in boil water then remove, dry and carefully work to bend it, keep it in shape and when they cool and if possible with rubber bands or little clips to hold overnight and then you have a dry curved stick you can now glue on.

[@rob052771]

Bill, you have been missed...amazing job!!!!

[@FrankMonday]

Sooo nice! I’ll never make this but I sure do love watching you do it. Hehe…

[@ColonelSandersLite]

"I tried to bend one of these jumbo sticks but it was... It was not gonna happen." Try boiling the popsickle stick for like 15 minutes in a pot of water.

[@permeus2nd]

so a tip for making something that looks like leather, i came up with this about 15 years back when i was doing vampire bats for a GW army i had a bunch of wolf heads and tyranids bodys left over from other stuff so i make my own vampire bats with the tyranids small scything talons been used to make the wings along with my homemade leather type thing. so its really easy you just need pva glue, some leather looking paint (at the time i used GWs snakebite leather as it was what i had) and something the glue can be peeled off of when its dry, mix the paint into the glue and spread it out to set up in roughly the shape you want and whalla something that looks a bit leathery you can then cut it with scissors to whatever shame you want (mine was the membrane of the bats wings) something that may go well this that Drow Ritual table is maybe cutting into a human shape to hit at the drow been a bit naughty and having it draped on something.

[@DwayneGibbs]

The round desk

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[@sisyphushappyxvx]

If you soak the popsicle sticks in water, or perhaps even just apply steam, you might be able to successfully bend them. The principle is the same as traditional steam bending in woodworking. Great video, as usual!

[@richardmarriott-smith9517]

Another great video. Thanks!

[@mykehill44]

You can use steam to bend popsicle/craft sticks into curved shaped. 🤘

[@shadowandson3550]

Awesome,I see we both have been busy. How's the book coming along? Keep up the good work.

[@CrazyCrethon]

I made a ton of books years ago (still have some!) with the paper centre made out of thin (1-2mm) white foam which I shaded then glued various colours of construction paper to, bypassing the painting step. All I had to do was paint markings on the spines of the books.

[@CrazyCrethon]

Ha! Ha! Nice Try, scammer!

[@WyldMooN00]

Wyloch, to bend that piece of wood without having it snap like that, soak it in warm water. It will bend and you can have something holding it bent until it dries

[@dirtywhitellama]

The drow table was pretty great, but I think my favorite is the round, backed desk.

[@WhiteKitsuneKnight]

9:52 I imagine someone has said this already, but just in case, you can definitely use popsicle sticks as backing! just soak the stick in warm water for several hours

[@ZombodyDead]

I've had real mixed results with this. I may have been impatient. Any tips? Does the water need to stay warm the whole time?

[@lukedesmith]

Wylock, Those books are cool, but you did it the hard way. Do the exact same thing, but wrap strips of poster board with construction paper instead. Then they will be easy to cut, you can skip the paint (construction paper comes in a wide variety of colors), and they can be hardened with a coat of mod podge. Foam and paper aren't quite as durable as card stock, but mine have held up for several years already and they are still fine.

[@magustorony]

Loved the bookcases, just recently did some as well, my method for the book was to print out book covers, wrap them around some foamboard, age it with wash (I also used AP's wash, I think it was light tone), and done. What I loved about foamboard is that I could texture the sides with a wire brush, making them seem like pages in the book! I love your back to basics series Wyloch, it gives me many ideas to re-think some stuff I already did!

[@ands1983]

For a better finish apply a matt medium/varnish with your airbrush, all over the furniture. You can also use micro sol and micro set to get shine to disappear on those decals.

[@sw33n3yto00]

Books. Quick books!!!

[@harlemsar]

Dude wash magic always amaze me

[@nicopanther]

Great little models I like them all, but Drow ceremonial table is my favourite

[@johnnybigbones4955]

Awesome idea, videos like this are so inspiring. Looks fantastic as well - the colour choices are awesome.

[@harazhangf5782]

Love it all. But those books are wonderful !!!

[@sebbychou]

The gemstones one the furniture!! Fuck! That's genius!

[@BlueCollarCollector]

I'm so glad that I came across your videos, I have a hard time thinking outside the box to create things and don't have the money for the expensive minis. I have never wanted to do DIY before as much as I do now and or painting for that matter. Thank you for your amazing content!

[@WylochsArmory]

Thank you kindly

[@Rocks_in_my_brain]

Love your terrain, have built a few things for Warhammer but my friends just seem to love DND more. Lucky for me I love both. This is great looking easy dressing for your DND games. Back to the crafting table. Thank you for your wonderful work.

[@hauptsacheeinkanal3515]

Love it!!! I have some resin furniture I use for everything. But I guess I need some new, fresh, colorful more stylish versions 👌🏻🖤

[@AzraelThanatos]

I've still got a pretty good stockpile of books from back when I was working on a library piece. I'd used craft sticks and heavy construction paper. Took one of the thinner craft sticks, cut them down to the majority of the size of the books I wanted, then painted them in an off white. I didn't bother with both sides, just a spray of the off white primer I'd gotten while they were stuck to tape. Used the construction paper for different covers, using different colors of the paper from it. Add a few details with fine tip, metallic sharpies and they work really well for closed books...not so much for the open ones, but great for closed ones.

[@username12120]

Old magazines with the straight, flat spine. Chop away the pages until you've got the right width for your book, then start chopping again for the right height.

[@mutantsheepofdoom]

For some bendable pieces like for the oval desk, cedar spills might work. Perhaps soaked in water and then PVA? I haven't tried it, but might be worth a shot.

[@ekaterinazakharova7735]

Love this!😍👍👍👍

[@stephenmanak6024]

This is amazing, the map I'm working on right now is a library. I am not going to make the book shelves, I made those already by printing book shelves images from Google and gluing them to chipboard and double corrugated cardboard. But I need to add books to the tables.

[@jwraper1498]

Video Series Idea: You have a ton of D&D crafts... Use them. Create a D&D scenario/encounter using your crafts and post links to the videos of those crafts that you've already made... If you need inspiration, check out one page dungeons, or better yet Nerzugal's DM' tools and recreate some of those adventure scenarios.

[@WylochsArmory]

Got lots of dungeon layouts and builds in my backlog. Three original ones plus tomb of horrors and white plume mountain.

[@Runo-K]

Love these, if i wasnt watching these in bed, i'd go and dig out my glues and popsicle sticks right now. Keep up the great work!

[@marcelchevillon7128]

une très belle réalisation la j'adore

[@fightingcorsair7297]

These look great! I have to add them to my list.

[@azmodeuslordofhell5263]

Nice. A couple of skulls would have added to the macabre look.

[@stevieandthebarbies]

Soaking the popsicle stick on warm water helps with bending - but does take time

[@bmrmel]

Try staining first then glue. It works for me.

[@user-demon420]

to bend the stick is to soak it in eater then steam bend it with a hair curler

[@DarkFire0421]

U can bend the jumbo popsicle sticks if u boil then for about 10 -15 mins .. the more submerged the better

[@Asri_]

I love the curved-back enchanting table. One thing I would have had to do on that blood spattered table is round the edges a bit with sandpaper. Overkill, I know.

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

If you ask for chipboard in Britain you get MDF.

[@OldManRogers]

Drow blood enchanting table is brilliant. Do a black one for a vampire or necromancer?

[@DS-sh5we]

Nice job! Couple of things though, just to make life easier: First, Since the books are going tp be pressed together on the bookshelves for the most part, You could conserve some wash, make less of a mess on your hands and speed up the process even more if you wait until they're on the shelves and apply the wash then, since you don't really see 90% of the covers anyway. Also, if you soak the popsicle sticks in hot water for a few minutes, they should bend reasonably well without breaking. Also, I really like your technique of using real wood to make wood furniture (also watched your tavern vid). Plan to do this myself at some point.

[@Nomad6763]

A shortcut I thought of for the masochists willing to craft books individually is you can craft a double-tall book, cut it in half and glue the flush-cut side down into the bookcase to hide it. Half-the work!

[@ricks5756]

If you have the time, soaking thin wood in HOT water makes them bendable after a few hours. Need to hold the new shape for 3 to 7 days for the wood to dry out, in my experience :)

[@graefx]

This came at the perfect time. I've been looking at ideas to make a 40k Librarius or archive display with just walls and walls of books. Altars covered in candles. Im thinking this and some infinity mirror trickery is the ticket. Welcome back!

[@johanarbraz6868]

glorious

[@AnonymousUser-u5n]

nice one

[@TheDMGinfo]

If you steam the wood you can bend it more easily

[@ludwickvonchubs1272]

Iam a old model builder and if you use the shiny side of the box hit with sand paper and it will just fine

[@jasonstatham5879]

If you let the popsicle stick soak in warm water for a few hours, or even boiled it, you should have been able to curve it to the desk.

[@jasonfrederick6564]

awesome

[@jasonfrederick6564]

wyloch?

[@maximusdarja]

Next time you need to make a long bend you could dampen the cardboard.

[@stevieandthebarbies]

Love the quick paint method - very 5year old handprints on the wall style of painting

[@dadtype2339]

A poor man's wash which works really well, Incase you can't afford the fancy stuff, and honestly I like the old school stuff having been a scale modeler for nearly 40 years, food coloring. A little goes a very long way, play with dilution with water more or less water, or a drop or two or more coloring, and practice a bit with it, try adding in on lightly or heavy leave on to dry or wipe off. But you can buy a whole box of all the main colors and of course you can mix to make other colors. It's a cheap very workable dye. Use latex or the like gloves as they will stain your fingers and clothing so be careful. Food coloring is a wash when watered down or they can act like an Ink also a good cheat instead of buying expensive inks. Another good wash substitute or for the light wallet, Kiwi Shoes polish, they come in dark colors like black brown and burgundy you know dress shoe colors (colours) but you will have to wipe it off as leaving it on can make an oily feel and look depending on the media it's applied to. Have fun and thanks for reading!

[@TacDyne]

There's that Drow mini again! Where is it from, who makes it? EDIT: 9:47 For that backing you can steam the sticks, or toss them in a pan of hot water for a bit. Technically the water doesn't need to be hot, but it's a little faster than using cold water.

[@zealman18]

Wyloch, is that cerial box you cut up from Great Grains? Thats my favorite cerial

[@ricks5756]

12:30 That looks a lot like a Tyranid genestealer cult symbol .

[@MrOmega-cz9yo]

How did you make that globe prop? Is it a marble? Love your vids!