Building a Modular Haunted House for my D&D Campaign - Crafting Curse of Strahd: Episode One

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In this video I show you my full modular haunted house build for Curse of Strahd using Dungeons & Lasers Dungeon Tiles!!!
Watch this terrain used in our new Actual Play Channel: @HowlingElf
Here's are the Dungeons & Lasers Kits I used for this build:
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[@Nick-xg5eq]

Dana + DistractedElf = instant sub. Can't wait for the first session

[@danielwong2803]

I recognize that Elf! Curse of Strahd is right in core of her area of interest. Excited for this new project.

[@DistractedElf]

It's meeee, the Elf

[@Bluecho4]

Love how the terrain and creatures turned out. The cool blue overtones and red undershades really bring the monsters together.

[@marklindsey4112]

That terrain is utterly delicious. Beautifully painted, as are the minis. Your additions to the core modular sets work so well. I have never played Curse of Strahd so am very much looking forward to your upcoming playthrough.

[@comicfan92]

I'm super excited for this series and the live play! Strahd is a story I've never played or run.

[@DanaHowl]

First Session is already recorded! Just being edited now :)

[@Bluecho4]

I, too, look forward to the live play.

[@JK-zx3go]

Was always my favourite AD&D adventure, played it many many times in the 80s and 90s.

[@MMallon425]

didn't get a chance to play through the original module but the Expedition to Castle Ravenloft reboot in v3.5 was a blast. Tons of content in the local villages and countryside before the adventure even starts, and the randomized "What is Strahd doing" hook to get the players to show up (as well as the Tarot reading that randomizes how you defeat him) was lots of fun.

[@melsminiloft]

Death House! Curse of Strahd is such a good module, you guys are going to have a blast playing it. And your terrain came out wonderfully

[@DanaHowl]

Thanks so much Mel!!! We've only played one session but it's been great so far!!!

[@iPaintSmallThings]

"sick fades" caught me off guard. Great job!!

[@SlayerOfWorlds]

Archon is an awesome company

[@gregmccormack5709]

What a great Video! This series sounds AMAZING! I'm thinking the ultimate shading for flooring would be a Darker wood tone applied first to get the high contrast and airbrush fllow up with lighter shades. The furniture looks great too😃.

[@richardmarriott-smith9517]

What an inspiring video, thanks! You use so many nice, simple techniques that I'll be trying. Very informative, thank you.

[@jakefranklin198]

I'm doing this exact adventure with my group right now and was trying to figure out how to build out the terrain. This is great!

[@graefx]

Im really impressed at how perfect the false wall looks.

[@krakenmeup23]

Long time fan and super excited for the actual play channel!

[@GoobertownHobbies]

I, myself, AM a lazy Susan! This is lookin goooood. 🙂

[@DanaHowl]

Thanks Brent!!!!

[@andrewdrauth]

That false wall trick you came up with is AMAZING. Super inspiring stuff!

[@DanaHowl]

Thanks!! I came up with that almost by accident but it worked out :)

[@piece4157]

Didn’t except to see a distracted elf in the first 40 seconds of this video. Man I miss Ishi.

[@brooksf-l7619]

Some fun techniques there, I like the staircase!

[@MysteryTom13]

Love this. Inspiring me to paint my dungeons and lasers stuff. Looking forward to seeing the game.

[@Breland1976]

Can't wait for next video! Excellent idea for a series.

[@billdefranza4927]

Awesome video and awesome kitbashing (for lack of a better term). I learned a lot. Thanks.

[@percairion]

Hobbs sent me and I’m so glad he did. This is AMAZING

[@Artmesa]

That looks amazing! If you wanted to go scarier, a matt varnish and an oil wash would do the trick!

[@GeoffreyToday]

Awesome! This is perfect for the Ghostbusters one-shot I'm working on. It's going to be set in my local museum (The Royal BC Museum) and I'm using the actual floor plans to create the maps. This looks like just the way to handle it :)

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

Excellent work. I love running Death House.

[@laduchessa8212]

Curse of Strahd was the first campaign I'd ever completed as a player, and I absolutely loved Death House. It looks amazing!

[@CelticpredGaming]

Love the detail going into this! I just finished running my modifed Curse of Strahd campaign and it was amazing. My players loved it.

[@officialraylong]

The Death House adventure is BRUTAL... Great idea for a starting locale! \m/,

[@ariellee2329]

That looks great. I can’t wait to see the terrain be used in the adventure. 😊

[@DanaHowl]

Soon!!!

[@nickdavis5420]

Your gonna have a blast ! Also nice terrain!

[@Grubnar]

2:12 Here we can see Dana Stronginthearm, a Dwarven Engineer, doing all the heavy lifting!

[@B143DP]

I love your work! It gives me so many ideas and inspiration for making terrain for my own home games! You also convinced me I should start adding normal tabletop miniature prints to my store page, I wasn't convinced that they would sell but just seeing you talk about it and how you liked the detail is leading me to think otherwise!

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@wiktoriabudnik]

Wow, your terrain looks great - you slay it! 😍

[@DanaHowl]

Thank you Wiktoria!!! and thanks for sending me the plastic kits for this video!!!!

[@bananapants76]

Wow.. love this

[@bloodsbane]

Super cool!

[@benweinberg3819]

Totally the move to airbrush the wood. That warm red tone looks like the beautifully varnished floors of a haunted mansion and will help the minis stay the focus on camera! Could you explain a bit more why you think priming on the sprue is faster in the end? Seems like with the extra step of airbrush primer you would actually lose time in the end, but I might have missed something

[@jacobhope6164]

Wow! What a great looking set. I feel inspired, and am definitely going to run it sometime soon.

[@chudbabies]

Awesome.

[@dinonut80]

Very cool!

[@Annies_mini_marvels]

I wish I had this kind of set up for my party it looks so great, I've been using paper minis and a battlemat

[@DanaHowl]

Thanks Annie!!!

[@bakauf4300]

Those transitions into ads are getting smoother and smoother. 🎷 Looks like there will be some awesome sessions. 👍

[@dmeep]

I tried to do this for the entire campaign but we suffered a TPK so never finished the entire thing but got a good chunk of my undead models painted up (i own all factions) not a single fieldable army however unless im allowed a grand alliance death one. Currently doing it with a campaign i plan to DM down the line and im about a quarter done

[@ouroboricform]

@2:22 I spy with my little eye cib mario 2, mario 3, a bunch of switch titles and I think even Celeste? Also a cappy mario hat! that's totally rad.

[@HayleySnailey]

Cool video! The Dungeons and Lasers stuff seems cool, I might look into getting some! I've ordered from the Etsy shop you gor the wolves from before, very nice prints!

[@JenxRodwell]

This is a wonderful looking build and video, well done! Though I will admit hearing someone refer to the "classic D&D module" Curse of Stradh and not, ya know, Ravenloft just makes my head spin hah.

[@DanaHowl]

Hahaha yeah I know!!! Originally I had a joke about it being based on a classic module thats based on a classic module thats based on the classic module Ravenloft in the intro but it had to be cut for time!

[@chidaddywbz]

Any chance you would do a giveaway for some of those dungeons and lasers kits? Wouldn't mind taking some of the extra ones off your hands!

[@tomyoung9834]

Great build! Your players are very lucky!

[@neilkirkley1500]

Awesome video, subbed to the new channel

[@stuggaroy]

Aw man... EVERYONE fears the broom. That things kills one player for sure!

[@stuggaroy]

Afterwards I made sure to remind the players that they hear sweeping around the corner...

[@joshbecka6110]

I love the log

[@marezthethorn]

sooner or later you are going to build castle ravenloft to scale, right? RIGHT?

[@TLor188]

I ran some players through this last year. Wish i had this to oresent to them.

[@fallstar7013]

Knight of the black rose is m favourite

[@NecromediaNetwork]

omg I just ran Death House for some mates! And yes, they did SPOILER one of their SPOILER

[@DanaHowl]

It's wild that I can tell exactly what you are talking about from this heavily redacted comment!!!

[@Easy_Mode_Minis]

Thats the campaign I refuse to DM cause wanna play it so bad :D

[@joshbecka6110]

Dana, I think I caught your cold.

[@Quick-Silver206]

Same. Been sick for a week :(

[@s7r49]

This video is better than cherry flavored farts!

[@Natefish_Minis]

Did you need a tiny ketchup packet for the table?

[@brendanarmstrong7802]

Oh, no. I'm so sorry. Curse of Strahd is actually a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition campaign. That City of Absalom kit is for Pathfinder, and isn't actually compatible with D&D5e. The stats are completely wrong, and your balance will get all screwed up. You'll have to purchase the City of Waterdeep box. The sprue is the same, but the tiles all perform based on D&D rules instead of Pathfinder rules.

[@Ray47nl]

I really liked watching you work with the foam. Too bad its more about assembling plastic than real building a modular house. Imo the plastic is only good for a reference build. So you can build the floor in plastic and when it is the way you like it, you make it from xps foam and balsawood.