I Built Epic Modular Trenches for TRENCH + CRUSADE!

[@GoobertownHobbies]

dang, this is actually a really neat way to do trenches! Most brown muddy neoprene battlemats would probably look good underneath

[@comradeshadles4967]

Some messes of barbed wire, and especially crosses for graves or little icons and shrines for scatter terrain would be sweet. This is probably the best trench terrain tutorial I’ve seen in a while, can’t wait to see what’s next

[@ChickensTabletopCrafting]

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[@kilgor12]

It would also be neat if one of the trenches had a little dugout for its occupants, solders live in these trenches you know! also dead bodies, SO many dead bodies in no mans land, with how long this war has been gong on the ancient dead lost in no mans land man as well be a tripping hazard.

[@terrencemiltner1005]

Thanks for the terrain support. Now I just want to see some folks actually playing the game.

[@benwenham3188]

There are some people doing battle reports for it here.

[@livanbard]

Just type what you want to see mate

[@terrencemiltner1005]

Should have added ...Around here. The lore isn't all that exciting to me. But I know a lot of people are really excited about it. I just want to see if that excitement translates to a community of players.

[@TheMatyou18]

We have a great community in the Bay Area - currently running a 12 week campaign with over 20 players. Seriously a great time.

[@Birdmanesp92]

​@@terrencemiltner1005, ditto I dig the WW1 vibes more than the religious overtones. I'm just hyped to have a very popular skirmish game that I know someone at the store will be ready to play that's not KT

[@Miscast]

Damn, this looks great Jeremy. Trench Crusade seems like it was literally made for you

[@3picdermis223]

Pretty much this. His corpse town builds would just fit nicely into that game as well. Match made in heaven.

[@phillbosque2183]

I have a small Death Korps of Krieg army and always wanted to start building a trench warfare game board. With GW's new DKOK models coming out soon, which I indent to splurge on, I will definitely use these methods to get the ball rolling before GW drops those models!

[@Cairanmac1]

I've gone in heavy on Trench Crusade. Even bought my first 3D printer just so I can have unlimited minis. One thing I did pick up was the Warlord Games Ruined Hamlet set, and a Churchill tank. Plan to use the tank as scenery. Cover it in barbed wire, profane hellish symbols, a flayed crucified body. Just a New Antioch tank despoiled.

[@brasssnacks8413]

I think we've all be waiting for this one

[@Jonyeyeball]

I've been waiting for Casey and Eric hobby. W getting together to build the robot

[@johnnybigbones4955]

Great outcome. I've always held off on doing a trench board because I never want to have a fixed layout for games and this is an excellent solution for that!

[@D13Hobbies]

W00t! This is a great take on trenches! Thanks for all you do.

[@Hundmathr]

I love the negative space modular trench blocks. The whole vibe of Trench Crusade is *Chef's kiss*

[@albinofreak620]

Love the video. I was struggling to come up with a trench concept that didn’t involve making an entire board and cutting down and also didn’t require me to glue a ton of pieces of wood down. This is the perfect solution.

[@GothicGreen]

Barbed wire?

[@jacobbalensiefer3846]

I’m so glad we have a cool new game to make terrain for. The art for this game is so intense.

[@elixiris4101]

Some scatter elements for inside the trenches would be great, anything from ammo and supplies to muddy holes with planks across them. Maybe even bunker/shelter entrances that fit on top of the trench walls for modularity?

[@FetaCheese717]

Seeing more and more of this community going all out, really inspiring me to get into this hobby!

[@martindunn4545]

Please do ! Wherever you are in the World the comunity would be glad to have you (and don't let Andy scummy people put you off, there are plenty other who are just great)

[@OrginalDravas]

Barb wire, various greens and yellows, blasted trees, blast marks, dead horse or a person maybe caught in the x mantraps - i would look at some ww1 and civil war trenches for inspiration

[@dinonut80]

This was my first exposure to Trench Crusade. It looks awesome!

[@pileofshamehobbies]

Great job! I made some trenches myself by not as tall. The game has a great atmosphere and the artwork gives some much inspiration for building terrain in the world.

[@erictripps125]

Love this style of trenches. Super modular and easy to store. Hope more people try this style of trenches. Zip ties would look great on this instead of balsa wood reinforcements.

[@kristopherpeterson3315]

I think I'm going to try making some of these. Looking forward to a part 2 and seeing what else you come up with

[@PhantomAndrew78]

I love that you have Dark World in the background. I just played mine again this summer. Great game

[@benjaminmoser6890]

So good buddy. Maybe gluing icepop sticks to a mat can emulate a sort of wooden flooring? Excited to see what you do and add to make it TrenchCrusady.

[@nonamo5700]

Trench crusade is super cool. The artwork does feature some crazy looking bunkers doing double duty as shrines to war saints; would love to see your take on them!

[@gregoryhall4062]

Epic build as always. Thanks!

[@Iccabod1]

Outstanding this is what I was looking for my gaming group!

[@NickMagoteaux]

So. Freaking. GREAT!!!

[@rickybell2.056]

Haven't seen your videos in my feeds for awhile??? Good to see you again 😊

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Welcome back!

[@Max80well80]

feel like this is right up your alley! excited to see more trench crusade stuff

[@DaBaldoMusic]

Awesome timing BMC! I have been gearing up to make trenches for my gaming group and this was perfect! Thank you!

[@mistac5050]

These are super cool! Awesome!

[@ChaseDaOrk3767]

More Trench Crusade builds!!

[@zeddoverkill]

Absolutely dope terrain, cannot wait to see how it gets gussied up for TRENCH + CRUSADE!

[@tegangarland5024]

There's a lot of 1:48 and 1:56 WW1 model kits and 3D prints out there that i've been eyeing for trench crusade. Armored train scenario would be a super fun build. Also have my heart set on making a crashed biplane.

[@Reaching8]

These look amazing!

[@MstrCpp]

Looks great, I particularly dig those bits and sandbags on the top, definitely sells the trenches. I will say, I'll cast my meager vote towards the balsa vertical beams. To me, those are such iconic elements to trenches, help tell the story of their structure, plus break up the long stretches of blank wall. That said, definitely dig where you have them and look forward to seeing what you add!

[@PatrickWaddingham]

Thank you for the inspiration! This was fantastic.

[@eternalmiasma5586]

There’s some art shown in this video of artillery with fiat crosses behind them made of concrete and rebar, that would be an awesome centerpiece for something like this, one of those big crosses right in the middle of the board

[@sebbychou]

Oooh super excited to see that you already started your inevitable Trench Crusade terrain! I'm pretty hyped to make my own.

[@roberthayes9615]

Excited to see where this build goes!

[@ritchiekolvers997]

Love it! Simple but effective

[@JamesLaClair]

This is cool, I started making my board today too. TC is going to be great

[@MRaadesign]

Very well done so far! As for your scatter terrain ideas other than the obvious: how about a broken watch tower or a battle riddled bridge that connects between 2 or more of the trenches.

[@iamnotgonnatellyou]

Trench Crusade seems like a game that was MADE for you. Looking forward to see if you make more content from it!

[@TheStrykerProject]

Fantasy trench gaming...nice! Your modular pieces look great to me, and I think adding some 'murky water features' (epoxy puddles, mainly) would really be cool.

[@danielmaxwell6676]

I like this design. Well thought out

[@borakistbenoit6583]

Adding dead bodies or ruined vehicles like a downed tank or motor bike. And barbed wire is a nice touch too. Broken lines from motor impacts a such. Or scattered boards with barbed wire attached.

[@larrymanns364]

Makeshift bridges to go over the trenches would be a good idea for scatter terrain, perhaps some bullet ridden out of commison vehicles to block line of sight or the large corpses of demons/angels?

[@karstedt9987]

Really like the corrugated steel look. I would definitely add the supports if you go for a 'muddier' wetter ground look, as it would be more prone to collapsing in.

[@Kiddarri1729]

Now we need an Idols of Torment Trench Crusade cross over scenario😀I cant wait to see what more you do with these trenches really great work and wonderfully simple

[@marksullivan7766]

Loving this terrain

[@GradualGhost]

I've got a coworker who recently showed me this Kickstarter. I don't play too many skirmish games, but I was tempted to back the project. In the end, my coworker asked me to print off a few of the free models from the Kickstarter so he could paint them up for his own skirmish games. But yeah, this game does look fun.

[@jacobtaylor9879]

Nice one , how did i never think of this . Genius 🎉

[@comradesionnach]

Love it! What you could do instead of a mat, is build what essentially low, modular trench bottom pieces with duck boards etc. kind of like a modular road system.

[@jimbusher5895]

Great video and very timely as I just joined the Pledge Manager to add some official sculpts to my kitbashed Trench Pilgrims

[@edwardcross5667]

Thanks man. Solid tutorial for going modular. The real headache is setting up a base board that you can sorta plug and play away at.....be good to see your take on that. Maybe try to belt out some of those strategic type structures from the official artwork- that way you have something 100% on target for TC (and that terrain could be used in anything too-even Idols). x

[@DarthP00P00]

Dope. I've been pondering how to do a table for this game. Your solution is much simpler.

[@alexecon4330]

Great stuff! I can't wait to see how you make the mat so that it fits well with the trenches.

[@chriscarmona7725]

Absolutely awesome - I was hoping you'd take a swing at TC terrain. Would love to see what you do to further "Trench Crusade-ify" this or any scatter stuff you make. Been planning my board and will definitely be using some of your advice here. Thank you!!

[@MilouJean]

These are really great. One thing I'd add to make them even more interesting is sewers. I'd cut the block in half vertically and built underground sewer lines half in each end so when you open them up you can see inside. I don't know if it makes any sense the way I describe it but if it does, it will look very cool.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I don't think sewer lines in the european front during ww1 make sense. Why would they be there?

[@MilouJean]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial ok maybe not sewers but trenches dug underground. My idea was to see terrain open in half and reveal hideouts

[@luclin92]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial think more of dugouts and trench hideyholes and such. you know cover for all the artillery that might be dropping down at any moment.

[@MrSJPowell]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Not sewers, but sappers were very much a thing, trying to dig under no-man's land to attack from below. Edit: and yes, bunkers were 100% a thing as well. They didn't just sit with open sky.

[@magosmallen2973]

​@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I'd say go with the dugouts/trench hidey holes as a kind of ad-hoc chapel for prayer services, a medic post, torture station against heretics, or something similar,

[@AndreSjoberg]

50 shades of mud … Loving it :)

[@solarbear9510]

Awesome video! I think you might also enjoy the Last War expansion for the game Forbidden Psalm. When I made my board I used the same approach to make it modular, and I kept the whole thing in greyscale which was super fun

[@Fymosis]

Hyped to see you make terrain for this game !

[@garybuettner7920]

Cool. That turned out great.

[@magosmallen2973]

Make some Trench Crusade specific terrain to tie it in, a massive cross relay station for NA, or a couldron of putrid muck for beelzebub, or a series of heretics (or martyrs) on crosses. You could also add a chapel dugout in the interior of one of the blocks

[@diyfireking]

Your effort are truly inspiring 😊😊

[@gerardnesper1816]

Can't await to see more 😊

[@Micsma]

Aaaahh that's some really good stuff. Honestly looks real simple to actually get done, and the 'finished' work looks excellent so far!

[@ErikDavisHeim]

These look great, excited to see the rest the work you do on them!

[@SpoopyPants]

Absolutely in love with this terrain! I can not wait to see how you will "Trench Crusade it up" a lot! If you are looking for some additional inspiration, I highly recommend the Art for "The Forever Winter" since they share some design similarities. One question tho: If I were to make a Trench Board like yours, but wanted to simulate Tank treads without owning a Tank model to push into my texture paste, how would you achieve the look of tank treads using other items? I was thinking of taking some wooden dowels and pushing them in with equal spacing.

[@chrisantzaras]

Looking forward to the next one!

[@Siygess]

If you can find it on your side of the pond, the TTCombat Graveyard mat is a good base for a trench board.

[@LorielStarkWinterfell]

This is something like.... I have for long time wanted to build trench terrain my self but was always kind of turned out because of the need to make big static pieces. This is neat idea and truth be told I don't understand how didn't I come up with this solution. And now when this is out it seems obvious that this is the way :D Thanks for the video as always great stuff!

[@Gumla_]

Just a tip for making the craters in the foam, try using a spoon to carve them out. I found it to be much easier that way when creating my trenches

[@adamtomlinson918]

These would also make some sweet Kill Team boards for a Death Korps army.

[@Garfunkels_Funky_Uncle]

You should add some resin in some of the craters to make them look like they've pooled up over time

[@Lolzyhahas]

I actually started thinking about making a trench board today so this was a happy coincidence

[@BertramMoranda]

06:00 do not eat the forbidden cake.

[@Bluecho4]

Okay, but now I want to make an edible trench cake.

[@nickrafuse984]

those were shockingly straightforward. probably good for our bolt action peeps too

[@SomethingWkd]

Awesome 🫀

[@branmuffz1018]

Subbed, love this, thank you!

[@ronpaul5319]

Looks great so far! Needs an excessive amounts of crosses added into the mud haha

[@Kitbash.Carnage]

Amazing work agen brother 👍❤️🤘🔥

[@cerisekappes580]

Really awesome 😊

[@calross5008]

Yer a mad genius, you have solved trenches for me mate!

[@Awkward_Kaiju]

My brother in the Metachrist, there are sooooo many bits you can add. Random crosses! Artillery shrines! Ruined sepulchers! Corpse pits! THE LITERAL GATES OF HELL! I can't wait to see the result!

[@52Miniatures]

Lovely stuff 🙏🙌

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I’m sure Bill will have to make fun of me now.

[@BillMakingStuff]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I make fun of you all the time

[@52Miniatures]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficialif everyone would get into Trench Crusade we could go back to Warhammer :) No, just kidding. I’m glad my trench table I keep working on now has a potential to inspire more folk. Haven’t got bitten by the trench crusade bug, but it is very cool.

[@Miscast]

You'd absolutely smash doing something for Trench Crusade 52miniatures. If you make a faction, I will too.

[@the_dark_arts_man]

The trenches look great and they have a great, depressing, vibe to their look. When wanting to tie it more to the Trench Crusade look, how about adding skulls? Human-, monster- and demonskulls, and maybe some dead bodies, that might could be stacked and/or put up into some sort of totem, when this would fit the core of the game.

[@hauptsacheeinkanal3515]

wuuuw! new Video

[@MaxStiehl]

My friends Death Korps of Krieg army would love this!

[@jordanbusch6588]

i'd considered making trench terrain for Killteam as I started building up my Krieg models, this gave me some good idea's how to achieve that in a more lightweight way

[@RoboCrash]

I was at a local hobby shop digging thru some loose Magic cards and saw one and immediately thought "This looks just like something from Trench Crusade!" (Mandible Justiciar). Went to look it up online and turns out that Mike was the artist for it as well. I've been following him on Instagram for ages as well and his style is soooooo sick. I can't wait to kitbash some models for Trench Crusade. These trenches look great, I've been planning on making some for quite a while now for The Last War as well. Maybe I can finally get some together.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

That’s awesome

[@vincentwiddershoven2122]

You always make it look soooo easy... 😂 ***looking to my pile of unfinisht(?) terrain ***

[@dalesmith8452]

Love this dude

[@dr.mortose163]

Awesome trenches. I feel they need some charred skeletons and 'grizzly bits', but that will probably be next video.

[@arthogof]

this is awesome dude, been thinking of doign somethign ;like this myself for a while!

[@AndrewJNunez01]

I would really appreciate terrain for 10mm or even epic scale, it make it so much easier to run encounters with larger monsters.

[@scottbeale1825]

Now I just need you to make an OST for Trench Crusade that's as awesome as your Idols of Torment one!

[@Necrofatica]

Burned out war torn tree stumps!

[@daniellord-vera6987]

this game is awesome

[@lauri.nordling]

Have you heard about Necropolis by Peter Vigors? Rules are free, it’s a skirmish sized game, played on a 16 by 16 inch diorama board! Would really match your style, everything is undead, grim and dark!