Craft open graves for your D&D game (The DM's Craft, EP32)

[@TheFus]

Just a thought, but if you were interested in making those grave markers just a little more "slapped together", run some dental floss against the flat of your hobby knife to fray it up a little bit and then wrap it around your marker spokes. This'll give those markers a really nice "tied together" look, like some rustic bailing twine. You can soak this in some brown water color after it's been frayed up to give it a rope look.

[@BagelByte_]

Wow! This is brilliant! I just built a graveyard about two months ago. Wish I saw this video first, but hey, we can always go back to the cemetery!

[@brianblather]

Looks good and a simple project for the holiday. Thanks DMS!

[@theaceofminecraft]

another great craft looks awesome keep up the good work

[@theDMsCraft]

Glad you enjoy and thanks for the tip.

[@DaftPun]

Great tutorial, I use a similar technique, though I have an added step to help make sure that the sand stays in places. Before I paint, I add a coat of glue/water to the sand/gravel combo. This makes it harder for the sand or gravel to break off and necessitating a repaint at a later point. I usually do about a 50/50 mix of water and glue, something similar to what you would use for papier mache. Cheers on your videos, I've been loving them.

[@marioalfonsojeridiaz2639]

increíble, desde que encontré este canal no dejo de asombrarme !!!!

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

That with a mound of the dirt taken out from it would be a cool add on to this piece. Roderick trips over the pile and goes headfirst into the grave. Poor Roderick.

[@theDMsCraft]

LOL

[@MrKragnack]

amazing work as always

[@mikedunlap9537]

man you're awesome you've given me some really good ideas I watch your videos all the time. keep up the awesome work🖒

[@theDMsCraft]

Thanks much...you keep watching and i will keep making.

[@maglalosus]

Great stuff! as usual.

[@fuel.the.worry.machine226]

Really great video; I'm going to try make some of these for a graveyard Halloween table prop.

[@theDMsCraft]

+fuel.the.worry.machine Awesome!...have a fun game and check out my other Halloween vids.

[@jouriklivesagain]

I like! Looks cool.

[@Unclebillyr]

Looks great

[@MadLadDesigns]

Lol! It looked like a toilet seat before painting! Nice work though. :)

[@DerMartexus]

Very easy to make and it looks really good. But for the first ten minutes of the video, it looked like a sandy toilet seat. ;)

[@theDMsCraft]

True, heh heh oh yea of lil' faith.

[@jesternario]

Alternately, you could just cut the head off of some stick matches. They'd be a little bit shorter, but It would work too, and lots of people have stick matches around the house.

[@theDMsCraft]

jesternario Very true.

[@bensrpgpile2]

Top notch! I just ordered a little of that clay. Seems wise to have a small bucket on the craft shelf. You mentioned that sand mixture in a previous vid (a specific kind to get - not play sand) but I forget its name. Mind re-sharing that sand term again? Assuming a Home Depot or a Lowe's carries it.

[@theDMsCraft]

Thanks!

[@theDMsCraft]

These are just painting guidelines. You can always add more color variation.

[@starwriter34]

I like it over all, but I would have added one more lighter layer of brown on the dirt.. But that is me, I have always drybrushed three different colors and layer them to bring out textures..

[@theDMsCraft]

most of my stuff is pretty cheap compared to other crafters. You just need some tools and paints.

[@ChrisFitz71]

Great video. Without the grave marker, this could be a burrow entrance. Rabbit season? Ankheg season?

[@theDMsCraft]

I would wait a day for best results.

[@theDMsCraft]

Quikrete 50 lb. All-Purpose Sand is like $2.75 at Home Depot and will last forever....I tend to call it "construction Sand" in my vids.

[@johnxscar]

good stuff here

[@theDMsCraft]

Glad you enjoy it.

[@theDMsCraft]

Perfect timing =)

[@BagelByte_]

Hmmm... Tales From The Crypt reference? "Greetings boys and ghouls!"

[@theDMsCraft]

You could just craft different size pieces or just use the single river piece and describe how quickly it is lowering.

[@theDMsCraft]

Very true

[@NcTheory]

The Bob Ross of D&D.

[@bobhank7641]

You remind me of an older version of my DM xD

[@theDMsCraft]

Yep, people are always "dying' to get in...lol

[@theDMsCraft]

lol...toilet seat of the undead.

[@Zadysseus]

14:42 "this isnt something you have to do" me: yes, yes it is lol

[@fhuber7507]

Finer sand and you don't have to paint the sand... Just leave it natural dirt color.

[@vacaloco2189]

At 7:49, it looked like a filled in grave! Don't know why that's funny though...

[@vimuin]

sweet

[@kahlzun]

How long did the sand-on-glue step take to dry?

[@theDMsCraft]

about a day depending on conditions...I usually work on another project while one is drying.

[@theDMsCraft]

Sure could.

[@lynnskelton7971]

Pretty cool. But, I do not understand why you are painting the dirt if it was already glued in place. It looks more realistic to me when the sand used was not painted.

[@theDMsCraft]

I wanted it to look like turned earth and preferred the brown but the great thing about crafting is that you can paint it (or not) any way you like.

[@theDMsCraft]

MMwwwghhhaaaaaaa

[@theDMsCraft]

LOL

[@Sebastian-zd7bs]

i just wanted to say that the cross is actually a symbol for the sun, or rather it's a part of the cross of the zodiac, the symbol has just been adopted by christianity.

[@timothyhunt125]

Actually, no. Christ was crucified on a cross. That's why it's the symbol for Christianity...

[@LuciferVonCarstein]

@@timothyhunt125 But it's use predates Christ. I'm not sure if Sebatian's statement is correct or not, but it did have a symbolic meaning long before Christ was ever born.

[@timothyhunt125]

So? My point is still valid.