Gnarly Dead Trees for Wargaming and Tabletop Gaming 💀

Today on Dice Chatter we are making some easy to build terrain, some gnarly dead trees that can go with any tabletop game. Whether it is Warhammer 40K, Age of Sigmar, Dungeons and Dragons, Frostgrave, or any other wargame on the tabletop, these gnarly trees will add some needed ambiance to your dark setting!
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[@DevsDice]

Awesome work Donny! They do truly look gnarly and will complement your Frostgrave tabletop nicely! Also thanks for the shout out my friend! 💙💛💙 Also, the funniest intro I have seen in a long, long time! 😂

[@DiceChatter]

Thanks dood! With the help of friendship, we can achieve anything!

[@anotherzingbo]

"What's this? A Dice Chatter terrain building video? Cool. I guess that because it's not a Frostgrave video we won't see Donny cavorting in his wizard's robe this time though." ... "Oh, never mind."

[@DiceChatter]

Hahaha, I have many plans for this new wizard character... I am excited!

[@LylaMev]

Favorite part of this video is the purple back lighting..... I’m only kidding, great video!

[@DiceChatter]

Hahaha! Thanks Lyla! Guess I may know now what your favorite color is.

[@Bluecho4]

For those who can't or don't want to buy aluminum wire in spools, you can also use metal paperclips. It produces a shorter tree overall, but you can get them at any dollar store or grocery store.

[@SparkSovereign]

Came here from Devs and Dice, this is good stuff! Between the two of you I think I'm prepared to tackle some trees now.

[@DiceChatter]

Awesome! Glad Leif convinced you to stop in by! 😬

[@NatesMiniatures]

Trees turned out great mate, very simple process and you explained it very well.

[@DiceChatter]

Thanks Nate, I always enjoy an uplifting comment from you! 😋

[@rodsalm1292]

Nothing wrong with the airbrushing camera angles. Looks good. Thanks for sharing.

[@Stormeris]

And if you need to turn these dead trees into living trees, just slap some flocking on the branches! These are great trees though, i've wanted to try my hand at twisting wire to make some trees for terrain (or basing bigger minis?)

[@DiceChatter]

This is a quality idea! Looks like I'll have to snag up some flock as well!

[@brandonboran578]

Just what I needed! My campaign will end up in a wasteland soon enough - need dead trees! Thank you sir!

[@DiceChatter]

Anytime! 😊

[@RFDHobby]

Great video Donny. The trees look perfect.

[@DiceChatter]

Shawn, you don't understand what this means to me. You are an inspiration to me, and so many others. The light you shine on this world is pure and legendary. I hope one day I can even take just a simple tiny piece of your creativity. Cheers you wonderful man!

[@NatesMiniatures]

@@DiceChatter I agree

[@markb6978]

I think your beautiful wizard dress is especially suited for showing off your girthy new staff for all to see! The trees turned out really well. I’ve been wanting to try to make some myself, and you’ve convinced me to try the aluminum foil route over toilet paper and white glue. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@DiceChatter]

Glad you liked the costume and the build! And glad I convinced you to get building!

[@jtrow5023]

They look awesome!

[@mikaelfalk6086]

Super nice method. Love the swing.

[@DiceChatter]

Thanks! Wanted too add a little something extra.

[@RerollingOnes]

You left out a critical step of how these can be used as an improvised weapon! Love this stuff. Nice work! What do you like the most about using the Vynyl Peel & Stick tiles? I am looking for a new basing material, I usually stick to MDF but it's a pain to get the time in the wood shop to slice it all down.

[@DiceChatter]

I assume this is Shoe, and yes, I poked myself way too many times on these damn trees! About the tiles, I find they work great on smaller pieces of terrain or larger pieces that cover a large portion of the tile's surface area. They are not as sturdy as MDF, but they are super thin and easy to bevel/cut out. Now saws needed. And yes I have the same general problem with MDF, cutting it to size is a pain... I'd say give it a try!

[@RerollingOnes]

@@DiceChatter Yep! It's Shoe. :D The Crafty one.

[@bigbrawler3080]

I don't like using that sponge stuff so I tend to do flock trees on an Aluminum skeleton.

[@dragonfour7193]

Your trees also look like they're big enough to be used in large structured Halloween Village displays.

[@frankling.robertsiii6811]

These trees look amazing! I’ve always been intimidated of using wire to make the trees… Your technique however has me wanting to try it again! In the past, I’ve always used pumpkin stems and woodland scenics trees. On a sidenote, maybe use a paint in your mod podge, So you can be able to determine where you were actually painted the mod podge and where you have it.

[@DiceChatter]

Thanks Franklin. And you are absolutely right about adding in some paint. I was trying to go quick I guess...

[@ThaBenMan]

That swing is begging for a custom "Recess in Felstad" scenario

[@DiceChatter]

Bahaha I honestly audibly laughed at this idea! Guess the next terrain build is a slide!

[@kasterixprime]

Sitting here thinking about how many times I would stab myself with the wire branches while making these.

[@DiceChatter]

Ohhh I did that a fair amount!

[@itsreallyme1260]

Sooo I'm off to go make some trees now...the bark texture did bring all the war gamers to the yard...

[@DiceChatter]

Damn right, it’s better than... theirs?... I lost it.

[@itsreallyme1260]

@@DiceChatter you taught us, and you didn't charge...we never lost it, it was always there! Great video dude, loving the effort you put in, it's really paying off!

[@DiceChatter]

@@itsreallyme1260 hahaha that was way better! And I appreciate the support and high praise! 😬

[@SnoddiesHobbies]

I guess I need to get on the tree train.

[@DiceChatter]

Cho chooooo!

[@Blutrik]

Nice work, Love the swing. Now we need a Frostgrave-Szenario involving strange kids in dark clothes i guess.

[@DiceChatter]

Have another idea that I need to build and all of this will be implemented in my games!

[@Finnhagen0r]

TREES FOR THE TREE GOD! *bows*

[@DiceChatter]

Roots for the root throne!

[@bazza1carter]

Great ideas thanks for sharing - love the swing. That's so you :)

[@DiceChatter]

I thought it was a fun little detail to add in. Glad you like it!

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Really liked this video. 👌 Good job. 😀

[@DiceChatter]

Appreciate it!

[@MonsterPainter]

Very enjoyable video

[@egarvue]

Great tutorial, going to try this as soon as possible for my own Frostgrave table.

[@DiceChatter]

Nice to hear someone will try out the build! 😬

[@bricksblocksgaming8017]

Since I don’t actually do any craft work to create my terrain, it’s neat to see the process that goes into building something like this.

[@DiceChatter]

Thanks a lot Alan. Not going to lie, I am a little envious of your setup as well. I’d get a lot more games in!

[@bricksblocksgaming8017]

@@DiceChatter it does make things easier when I need a specific terrain structure - assuming I’ve got pieces that work. And I meant to mentioned the swing you added onto that tree was hilarious!

[@stardaddyo9]

This some good stuff

[@stardaddyo9]

Brown paper and glue works as well as foil and is less of a pain in your testicles.

[@DiceChatter]

Good thinking! Always gotta look out for the testes.