Episode 84 : Make your own 28mm tents (scatter terrain for D&D, Warhammer, etc.)

In this episode I'll be making some small tents for the tabletop.
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[@lesforgeursdemondes]

Very cool again, I really hope to have time to test and use it one day ! 😀

[@WendonPettey]

This is very timely because I'm running a public one-shot in October that has a goblin clan camping out in an abandoned tomb! I was needing to build tents!!

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

Nice (not sure if it will be of any use - but late this month/early next, I'm also hoping to get a small mausoleum done :) )

[@anthonyhargis6855]

An Adventurers' campsite! Woot! 🥳 I'm assigning the larger tent to the Wizard. He needs more space. 🧙‍♂ Fan-freaking-tastic! 🍻

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

Wizards do need more headspace (it's because of the pointy hats :) ).

[@anthonyhargis6855]

@@CrookedStaffTerrain ROFLMAO

[@tinaprice4948]

You do such an amazing job crafting with paper :D

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

Thanks :)

[@cringeroll]

Amazing! Finally, so easy to make and good-looking terrain. Thank you so much!

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

No probs :)

[@anthraxhehehe]

These are perfect, can't have too many tents!

[@MarkCMG]

Thanks for the video! I was a little tense before watching this but now I know how to make them! 😉

[@MarkCMG]

(Someone was going to make this joke but I was first!)

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

@@MarkCMG I expect there will be a few 😅

[@artistpoet5253]

These will fit in very nicely with a few of the encounters I'm sketching out for my players. A rack to stretch out pelts or string meats from might be a nice addition.

[@JCinLapel]

More cool stuff like always

[@kevinm3428]

Another winning video!

[@christophervanbrunt904]

The only thing I can think of is you might want to have some drying or tanning wracks. I'm thinking drying fish or animal skins being cured. Possibly a texture for a yurt or similar nomadic tribal dwelling. However these tents mean I bring roadside encounters or small camp encounters to the table, thank you.

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

No problem!

[@HumbleNearlKnight]

I can't express how much I love this.

[@butteredwettoastbro]

Congratulations on 16k subs very well deserved! Road to 20k woo!

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

Thanks :) (fingers crossed for 17k by the end of the year :) ).

[@sw33n3yto00]

These are great!

[@echodelta2426]

another excellent post. One thing I specially like is that you reference which other episodes the extras (crates, animal skin, campfire) come from.

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

Yeah... there are a ton of episodes now - so I need to be more mindful of that kind of thing 😅

[@dirtygranny5504]

OK. I'll be "that guy"... Wow, that was INTENSE... (in tents?) .... I'll go back to my hole.

[@GomesGabriel84]

Dude. I literally needed these for my next campaign. I'll be changing the design a little bit because I want market tents, but the structure is exactly what I needed

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

Hope it goes well!

[@MatsJPB]

Great looking pieces!

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

:) thanks!

[@lukasnohejl603]

Your tutorials are great! Do you have a video how to create a campfire? I can't find it. If you don't have it, can you please consider doing it? Thanks!

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

The one you can see at the end of this video was made from the 'flames' and 'wood' from episode 72: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4vSin6Ibb2He7M

[@LostWhits]

Those tents look great. Have you ever gone through the entire design process before deciding that a project "just isnt right"? I'm curious if you had a box of failed/scrapped builds.

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

Not really. I'll usually make prototypes first (just with plain paper, card, or whatever) and see if I can get the shape I want. And very occasionally they don't work out - so I don't take it any further (or I'll come back to it at a later date if I think I've solved the problem). However, I do have a little draw of unfinished stuff (i.e. prototypes that have mostly worked, but I haven't done any textures for them yet - but that's another story 😅 ).

[@aristotle29]

What printer do you recommend to make this terrain? Also, do you use a high-quality paper, so that it can hold up to all of that crumpling? Thank you so much for your videos! This has changed the way I have decided to make terrain.

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

I just use a cheap inkjet printer... I talk a bit more about it here (and how I refill the cartridges to keep the costs down): kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zmmtm4ymitmcnKcsi=0undz8HWrSt3Cglw&t=144 Personally, I prefer inkjets over laser printers - because the ink from an inkjet will sort of soak into the paper - whereas that of a laser printer kinda sits on the surface (so, when you 'crumple' a laser printout - it can crack... revealing the paper beneath). And, as far as paper goes - for things like these tents I'm also using cheap office paper (as that seems to make the crumpling easier TBH). I only use thicker/better quality paper for the dungeon tiles/walls (and that's really only because the thicker paper helps to prevent the corrugation 'lines' of the cardboard showing through). Hope that helps!

[@aristotle29]

@@CrookedStaffTerrain Thanks! That really helps!

[@robot7759]

Just out of curiousity, this "pay what you want" setup, how does this work out for you?

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

What kind of thing are you interested in? (I don't mind 'talking shop' - but I don't want to bombard you with too much information if you're only asking about a particular aspect of it :) ).

[@michaelknight1563]

What kind of card stock do you use

[@CrookedStaffTerrain]

The 1mm thick stuff is sometimes called chipboard (in the US I think), and/or greyboard (here in the UK). It's a similar kind of thing that you can sometimes find on the back of a notepad.

[@неболаја]

AWESOME!!!