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In this video I build a pretty cool siege tower for tabletop gaming. I plan on using it for Dungeons and Dragons, but really you could use it for all sorts of skirmish games.
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THANK YOU LOOT FOR SPONSORING THIS VIDEO. CHECK THEM OUT: bit.ly/2AnrwDO THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE TO USE PROMO CODE "BLACKMAGIC" GET $10 USD MEMBERSHIP FOR LIFE. Regular price is $15 USD per month. Edit: Well all 100 codes got used super fast! But you can still sign up normally and it’s still totally worth it!

[@DaveDeBaeremaeker]

That is a heck of a deal. I am not a miniature man, so I am going to save a spot for others, but if I was, I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough!

[@aaronbono4688]

The sign up form wants a number and a compliment, what the heck is that?

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@@aaronbono4688 it's just hitting on you :P but for real I signed up and have phone number for number and ignored complement and it worked

[@thePunisher95125]

Amazing work. You should install a vac system.

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The value is insane. Glad I was able to use the code. The tavern welcome pack is insanely detailed,

[@tolkienrocks]

That ladder mistake seems like a very gobliny thing to do. Fluff retcons for the win!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

It's for sure the goblins' fault.

[@thomasharfst3381]

Indeed...goblin engineers are crafty, but not the brightest bulbs.

[@davemoeder3859]

I was able to get the discount for LOOT! - Awesome! My daughter and I have been mimicking your builds during quarantine. She's 12 and I'm 49. Where is the best way to showcase our builds and acknowledge your tutelage? We've made BMC dungeon tiles, interior tiles, fire markers, a small cottage and My 20+ hour masterpiece thus far - 2 story tavern with magnets and hidden features? We are currently about to begin the Gatehouse build!

[@TheUberguitar123]

There is a facebook page. i guess you could send him your stuff in the comment section. or join a crafters group and tag him.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

The best way is by joint the “fellowship” Facebook group via Patreon. The other way if you don’t want to do the Patreon support thing is by joining the Tabletop Crafters Guild Facebook group. You can tag me there. Cheers!

[@gosonegr]

For old wood, when I use wood, I put them in coffee, vinegar or wine, depending the color I want, and then simply let it dry. Its an old trick but work as a charm

[@SPQR7117]

vinegar...you mean plain vinegar or vinegar with some steel wool?

[@gosonegr]

@@SPQR7117 Plain vinegar if you want an antique look, if you want it redish, with steel wool or old screws

[@ekamonthewise2395]

That is pretty cool but can we use coffee as paint.

[@TheF0xskibidbopmmdada]

As a history teacher, I can say for sure, these are also made by Goblins

[@AzraelThanatos]

If you want a "neater" look for wooden structures using real wood, such as for a more professional force than goblins, you can actually get a rather good look without the additional work of working the wood down. Basically, get some acryllic ink in a dark brown, then thin it out with water (about 2 parts water to the ink) and go over the wood after it's cut, but before assembly. When it's dry and assembled, a bit of a dark wash in the joins followed by a lighter brown drybrush works great and adds a lot of the same details on a level that works for the scale.

[@ColonelSandersLite]

I don't think a more professional force's siege tower is likely to look all that much better. Consider - I'm not going to say it was *never* done, but siege towers where not hauled from the attacker's city/town/whatever to the battlefield. In every instance I can think of, such towers where built on site during the siege, and purpose built to move into their desired position and serve their desired function. In short, these are hastily built temporary structures made from very green wood. The main structure would likely just be constructed from simple split timber from freshly felled trees, possibly with some cleanup with an adz or such where it's needed. The only likely exception I can think of would be in terrain where trees are scarce, forcing the army to either haul the timber to the battlefield or make do without siege equipment. That being said, it would be greatly preferable to have a lighter baggage train where it is at all possible.

[@janinelew2483]

I don’t know anything about RPGs, I build dollhouses. Your comment is a big help because I want to build an old shed.

[@purplehaze635]

That tower looks nice!!! Print a head (as "bronze animal head") for that ram!! It would be a nice and easy addon for it!!!

[@ThatGeekyMaker]

This is so cool Jeremy! Speaking of towers, I'd love to see your take on a crazy whimsical looking wizard tower sometime.

[@sniperlemming]

This is a great idea, i support it 100%.

[@jktechwriter]

Like this one? I, too, would love to see Jeremy's take on one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoibZGCMo9KSeac

[@donnieenfield8280]

Something of a funhouse style dungeon like "white plume mountain " the tower of a wizard who has gone mad.

[@adambaxter3270]

I've been massively stressed today with work and this video was perfect to help me unwind. It was so relaxing to see this build come together. Love you, love your work, very happy to have you back.

[@stinkyham9050]

I actually think working with wood is easier than foam but everybody has a preferred material. That's why I love watching other people's builds to learn and then form your own creative style. Thumbs up on the build.

[@phalanx1234]

Brings back memories of Warhammer: Siege from back when WHFB was still a thing. Something like this build would be very easy to adjust to flavor too. Need a siege tower for undead? Add some skulls! Chaos? Add skulls *and* tentacles! Skaven? Add...cheese for wheels!

[@ashleymay5967]

I love that im obsessed with these videos and havw never played a game once! I love watching the amazing things! Thank you! And BTW I think im all the way caught up!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Honestly the games are just an excuse to build things. A lot of the stuff I build doesn't even see much game time.

[@ashleymay5967]

Thats awesome! Keep up all the cool things!

[@LeoNelBuilds]

This is one of your dopest builds to date! Nicely done! Also glad you’re back 👍🏼🙌🏼

[@thegoggstar]

Sometimes I get really annoyed that you only upload once every week, but now I realise how much effort you put into your builds

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Really it’s the video production that takes the majority of the time.

[@sgt-slag]

Attach the ram's two chains to a dowel, or stick, first. When done, glue the dowel/stick into the tower. I only came up with this idea, after watching your challenge in mounting it -- easy to armchair coach after seeing what didn't work, as opposed to coming up with it in the first place... Great craft, love how you textured the dowels and sticks with the moto tool's sander: quick, easy, believable, and effective. Wood Glue would work faster, and be stronger than White Glue; it will be strong enough to work on, within 15 minutes. Wood Glue only adheres strongly to bare wood, however, so staining/painting will need to wait until the glue dries. Really good crafting techniques on display in this video, useful for a variety of diverse projects. Cheers!

[@tybrizuela4662]

This reminds me of the seige towers in the last lord of the rings movie. Awesome build!

[@zreiser]

I do a lot of my mini terrain and set pieces from dollar store dowels, craft sticks and 5 gal paint sticks, and my favorite glue is Gorrilla brand wood glue. It tacks up pretty quick, is super strong, but best of all, IT'S FLEXIBLE even when dry. This keeps my more delicate pieces from breaking (like broken bridge railings or porcullis) when put in storage or if they get dropped. Running a small desk fan blowing over the piece also helps with tack drying time. Also, I like using an iron oxide stain (vinegar+steel wool) with a little raw sienna acrylic paint added as a finish for wood. The good thing is it turns yellow pine more grey, and darkens over time if left unsealed!

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Great build, and the "prep a lot of wood ahead of time" is straight out of last week's community video. Also, the music was really fun!

[@gergotothmihaly2307]

That swinging lantern at 0:49 is mesmerising.

[@DaveDeBaeremaeker]

This is a fun build. Nice to see some wood working techniques to add to the arsenal of building options!

[@MyklCarlton]

Love it! Chock full of useful tips and techniques, as always. One thing I've found is to set twenty or thirty minutes aside each day to do materials prep, like your wood texturing. I don't prep for just one build, it feels more efficient to simply process all of the wood etc. so that I can just move from piece to piece when I get blocks of building time without having to go back and prep material for the next job. Doing the prep work in a series of shorter blocks helps avoid hobby fatigue! I'm wondering about using UV resin as a bonding agent when I want speed without the goopiness of hot glue.

[@ryankrankowski7777]

Really like this one! Much love BMC!

[@kandanium9262]

Love the Chanel and feeling so lucky I payed attention to the promo Thanks a heap, best $10 a month decision

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I try to only accept sponsors that are actually useful or interesting to the hobby!

[@brewguy81]

Awesome build Jeremy! Your channel was the main inspiration that got me started in terrain crafting. Thanks for all you do for us novice crafters, making the whole experience approachable. I personally love how you will admit you didn’t like the way something works out, and then you either fix it, or just move on. Building in miniature is challenging enough without trying for perfection. Sometimes the mistakes make for a unique piece!

[@Kraleck]

Wondering how feasible it may be to do some different kinds of walls and doors? Cloudy ice with metal braziers and door handles frozen inside, organic innards (like delving the guts or veins of a colossus) with membranous valves for doors, walls made of skeletons interlocked together or zombies stitched together in a writhing mass, walls and doors made of clockworks, walls made of grabbing hands, etc.

[@ScratchBashing]

Another approach to texturing small planks and beams like this is to use a wire brush wheel in your rotary tool. It more aggressively scoops out and exaggerates the grain. Nice build!

[@timothypaul8983]

Enjoyed the montage music. I can never like your work enough. Hope your staying healthy and safe during today's struggles

[@nicolaiitchenko7610]

Where I am in Australia, balsa wood is reasonably easy to get and affordable but I still prefer the pine popsicle, coffee stirrer, dowel materials for strength and stability. The balsa, I fond, actually suffers each time I bring it out for a table game and, having made some items in pine, the pine PVA seems to be far more robust and able to withstand even the newest players and younger gamers who use the things I build. Using a rotary tool was something I had not thought of. I usually use a knife, screwdriver or piece of tin edge to damage the larger type tongue depressors which I then break into usable rough made lumber or I use a rasp file to rough up the aforementioned pine items. I shall try the rotary tool though - thank you for yet another new method. You started me i=on this journey and I am learning more every day... Loving it and having fun.

[@markhayes789]

I like that. Glad you're back, bud. Hope all is well with the fam. Craft on, brother!

[@ScatterCraft]

Dang. I had plans on building one of these soon! Nice build!

[@jesseholalde5670]

I would love to see you either carve a wolf head or print a wolf and cut off the head and paint it like wood for the front of the battering ram! Great Job! I love all your videos!

[@BogeySighted]

Just the intro convinced me to leave a like 😂 Not to speak of the video!! Really good work! 👌

[@joshuabutler87]

One of my favorite builds! Currently working on this now. Thinking about making some matching guard towers as well. Keep these awesome builds coming!

[@dockerydesigns]

Awesome, awesome build! Well done!

[@doodledicemonsters]

Love the showcase lighting!

[@demetrinight5924]

I appreciate you showing the struggle with the support chains.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I'm tempted to release a bonus video of that step, uncut. It's like 20 minutes of nonsense.

[@demetrinight5924]

We all have those moments.

[@Winterydee]

Nice work as always. I really loved the part of you dealing with the chain... the struggle is REAL!

[@leedavidshenton-phelps4788]

Love this build I have made one myself. Looking forward to more like this.

[@th3bigm00segames7]

I've been watching your videos for a while. I really love this build. Thanks to loot for the promo as well.

[@thecollector8737]

Excellent work man. You inspire me!

[@geoffreyplagnieux7517]

Good morning from France! Great job and tips as usual. Thanks for share.

[@atlas1673]

Thunder, power, GOBLINSMASHER!!

[@MysticRick]

Looks amazing! Well done! Appreciate your time to share your talent with us.

[@SPOREOUT3]

Looks brilliant, well done! I’ve been researching siege towers for a project, I think you may just have sparked my build, thanks! Looking forward to seeing more builds soon

[@glorfendell2967]

I love this build! Great job.

[@mikkel456123]

Awesome with a “bigger” build for this week 😁 Love your work man 😊👍

[@rolsonDotcom]

That's badass! So cool.

[@HallofCraftVids]

Good to have you back Jeremy! I also find myself shying away from wood because of all the upfront planning. I like to just fly into my projects by the seat of my pants xD

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Really like this video man, nice videogrpahy too! 😀

[@meekeesancheese7890]

This was a really great build. Turned out really nice.

[@Ocodo]

That's some perfect timing, I'm just about to build a siege tower for my tabletop campaign.

[@FlawSmith]

Awesome video, it was cool to see you get out of your comfort zone a little bit. I wish I can see the look on your player's faces when you drop that on the table for the first time.

[@niasyn]

I've been looking for a cool tower build, thank you! For those axles you could 3d print an axle holder pretty quick, hinges too for the bridge for the same amount of time, if you were to revisit.

[@angelacole9664]

As always, great job! ♡ hope everything is going better. Blessings to you and yours.

[@keystree]

the soundtrack is amazing!!

[@Gladedancer]

Your terrain builds are always amazing, and I can only imagine how much fun you would be as a DM!

[@paulgee1952]

Love the build. 2 hrs for the 7 minis, good job ! . Thanks for upload.

[@NicodemousBain]

Sweet build, was awesome to watch. Have a good day sir

[@alchemist714]

Really good and detailed job !

[@ryan8850]

A trick I use when I'm working with balsa wood sheets is to use a wire brush to add the wood grain. It's fast and doesn't produce an effect which is out of scale with minis.

[@FleurXedas]

Ok every time I watch one of your videos I am like "Oh ya he has tattoos." I always forget you have tattoos

[@pisos2.0]

That is so good, regardless of it being “gobliny”, I really want to let the players use it! Must be so much fun

[@jonstachon4921]

Looks cool as hell. Well done.

[@WeAreNotHomeToday]

Found some new GOLBINS!!!! I love the build! Simple and awesome looking

[@figrollin]

This looks great. And I'm a big fan of those goblin models!

[@GrindingMadness]

For the Horde... Fantastic build! Cheers mate!

[@TrainQuest-Model-Railroad]

Very nice good looking tower. Excellent job 👍🚂

[@neopict5872]

Love it! Looks Great! Make some more warmachines maybe some chaos dwarf stuff.

[@RosiePosie-el3lj]

I've gotten so used to the way Games Workshop depicts goblins in miniatures, that seeing these minis was honestly kinda jarring. In the best possible way of course. They remind me of Styx from Of Orcs and Men. Shame I don't own a 3D printer ;w;

[@Subswithoutuploading-zw4xu]

That looks super good

[@TheMrmikelwall]

looks amazing!

[@fightingcorsair7297]

This such a cool build.

[@Glasmn45]

Great build sir. I always watch your vids every week.

[@paigemoehlman9753]

Another great build dude

[@TomSmith-nn8gy]

This build is awesome!

[@ThymeNTales]

I love the build! I will try to recreate it, it seems pretty easy for a beginner like me. And I think, I'll add banners to the sides. For a little more color.

[@theladyamalthea]

That is a totally cool siege tower!

[@TheProppingBlock]

Oh man, I totally get that ridiculous tediousness of hanging something with a tiny chain! I hung a sign in one of my builds under a roofed entryway and it was SO annoying trying to get it in, glued, and positioned correctly! Also that bottle of CA accelerator sitting there XD And what an awesome build! Love to see ya branching out from xps yet still making exceptional pieces of art!

[@josray2557]

epic siege tower, good to see you back creating.

[@joebulmanski9037]

That is by far the coolest build I haven’t ever seen.

[@stephaniehowell1209]

Cheers very much for the discount! Can't wait to print these cheeky chaps!

[@RPArchiveOfficial]

Awesome build! Definitely agree with the shoutout for balsa wood, I use it all the time and it's a lot better for getting that wood grain look if you prepare it much as you would foam (wire brush and/or pencil).

[@olay3]

great work m8 love your amazing work

[@jdooweb]

Great vid, Man! You have inspired me to start building my own sets! I have started my first chapel (of course I would start with the hardest ***eye roll**), but I am using your great tuts for guidance. Thank you!! PS. I'll post a vid when I am done. :)

[@LieutenantDangleBerries]

You inspired me to buy some tools and start setting up a crafting room. Thank you for your work.

[@dawnlill4600]

I might be a bit late to the party, but way back when I was first getting into the hobby, Diagostini and GW released a series of magazines that came with terrain building guides at the back. They did a few functional Castle Gates, siege weapons and orc longboats etc. Using a simple latch technique I call the Backwards L. You take a short length of wood and secure it horizontally, with a second secured on top vertically. Once dry, you can use a toothpick or the like to hold the door in place, and once removed, the ramp will fall . Hope you find this useful my dude . Love your work :) P.s. The Ram inside of the tower made me happy... Very happy.

[@coltonbutton4291]

Man this is so awesome! You really inspired me with the wheel idea using mini bases. I have a big bag of mdf bases laying around.

[@Polaught]

Just awesome !

[@josechitty339]

Awesome video as always, keep up the good work and @Black Magic Craft a little secret for when you need multiple minis of the same stl you can mirror the file in chitubox and bam alternative pose ready!

[@hobbiesinasmallroom1850]

Excellent video! I've actually been taking a break from crafting to make a game/craft room in my barn, as the basement is small and probably has more bugs than my yard

[@anthonymoua2678]

really cool stuff here

[@PatrickSamphire]

Nice to see you do something a bit different. It's a fun piece.

[@drakemallard4459]

Really, really cool!

[@perrygrosshans8537]

As someone who has a massive orc and goblin Warhammer Fantasy army, I'm ashamed to say I've never made a siege tower, lol. OH! I have talked about making one for years. When SIEGE cameout as a rule book, we actually made a few out of milk cartons! One of the easy cheats back in the day was to glue popsicle sticks onto milk cartons (which was basiclaly the frame). Wasn't too bad. But this is pretty sweet looking.

[@kalleendo7577]

Awesome craft!

[@FacemeltsWasteland]

Not sure how that paint job is "more mature" but this was a fun watch. I think a lot of us who joined the hobby back in the early 90’s or earlier would have built a few of these. Matches were the material of choice then though! I even remember White Dwarf running a tutorial on how to build a siege tower.

[@piece1309]

Jeremy without a hat! 2020 never ceases to amaze

[@johnj8136]

amazing work!

[@quassisbelltower9408]

That there sir is just another awesome build of your awesome skills.

[@mauktheogre4477]

Great build! I'll have to put some cardboard and paint it up like metal for mine, lotr style.