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If you've been struggling to decide what bits of terrain you should build first, this video should help. Theres are the 5 (actually 6) bits of terrain I think you should get into your collection first, and what I order I think you should do them in.
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[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

All the tutorial videos for the items discussed are linked here: HOW TO USE TERRAIN kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpSphmuwortpd5o BASIC TILES kzbin.info/www/bejne/oandhqBpp6uteNU HOW TO CUT PERFECT SQUARES kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2WzfmuKmb-Wd5o FROSTGRAVE TILES (PART 1) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJuaYqmhfpdofrM MODULAR RUINED WALLS kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH_chYN5abaAo5o PILLARS kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2O4iYGYrJuMpNk GOTHIC ARCHES kzbin.info/www/bejne/oV7UfZ98g7aKiNU STEEL "BOSS" DOOR kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWKzcmyVmKuAkNk DUNGEON STACKERS kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqmxiIitj7d8mJo EASY PINE TREES kzbin.info/www/bejne/paSaYqGEfJ52hLs X-MAS VILLAGE PINE TREE CONVERSION (Trees) kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ2kn6OApNKKec0 (Bases) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpKnfZ6IhrSbr68

[@shadowcat6lives639]

Hey thank you for making the Dollar Store tree video, I ended up making about 50 trees from it and I love them.

[@dwatts51187]

I took some small trees and put them into these plastic bead jars upside down. This way the lid of the jar acts as a base, and the flat bottom of the jar is on top. I made it cause while in a forest, one of the players climbed into a tree and that was where the session ended. His mini stands perfectly on the flat top of the jar. So hes just up in the tree. He thought it was funny as hell when i showed him

[@ThePaintingCoach]

Great Video - will try the tiles and walls first! Love your channel!

[@Troopy78]

Easy way to remember “....tights” come down

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

@@MarkLewis... just build it man. Take all the techniques I've shown in other videos and build what you want. Every technique has been outlined, you don't need a castle tutorial ;)

[@DampeS8N]

Hands down the craft I use the most is a campfire. Getting attacked at night in the wilderness? Need a bonfire where the witch is being burned? Stick it in a doorway and you've got a fireplace. Plop it in a dungeon, slap it on a roof to make a burning building. I use it more than I use tiles, because it instantly awakens almost any printed map or free-handed battle mat sketch. Cart fires, spell effects. I built mine around a color-changing LED with a remote. So it is magical fire of every type as well.

[@ModerateHipster]

I have a couple camp fire models that show up nearly every game. I love your idea of a color changing LED, though.

[@mainHERO88]

Oh yeah. Plus, if you make them out of little electric tea-lights, you can turn them on and that usually blows new players away. I've bought a bunch of those tea lights and paints them grey and glued little rocks and burned match sticks to make them look even more like real fires. They were the easiest thing that I've built and they get more attention than my 15-hour builds :/

[@tacticalgamer7777]

That's awesome guys I really want to make some camp fires I know they will be one of my favorite pieces

[@marianonicolasromero6974]

@@mainHERO88 i want that tutorial

[@mainHERO88]

@@marianonicolasromero6974 I don't exactly have the resources or time to make a video, but it's basically what I said. Buy the small electric tealights, cover them in PVA glue and stick a bunch of sand to them, paint them dark grey and dry brush some darker grey onto them. Hot glue some burnt match sticks around the flame part and dry brush some black around them to mimic the fire pit and burnt logs look. That's it. It'll take about an hour to do this to a whole pack of 6 lights after you have the materials together.

[@neojay80]

I'm a 44 year old man who just decided to get into DnD to have something to play with my family, but in reality, I just wanted an excuse to build and craft stuff like this.

[@sebsuperYT5]

and there's nothing wrong with it🫡

[@user-ys8wu1bs2t]

This is the same story for me lol. I just wanted to hand make figurines.

[@TheLoremistress]

Scatter. Like crates and barrels, rubble piles. Simple bridges (simple two Popsicle and coffee stirrers) - can be piers, bridges, ramps etc.

[@TheDrewjameson]

definitely bridges/ladders!

[@nicholasbreecher9315]

Scatter is easy to start with and will never become out dated or useless, regardless of scenarios.

[@migueeeelet]

My next step is making some basic furniture - Crates, barrels, tables, chairs... Still gotta find videos about them.

[@lindybeige]

G is for Ground --> stalaGmites C is for Ceiling --> stalaCtites

[@AustralViking]

...OR when the tights go down the mights go up ...

[@The_Keto_Klingon]

Wow two of my favorite KZbinrs in the sam place. I may heel out.

[@grahamward7]

Most Lloyd comment ever. “I’d like to make a *point* about stalac-“ 😂

[@ShionWinkler]

We have things called floors, and because one mans floor is another mans ceiling, to keep them separate we have things we like to call walls. 😎😎😎

[@grahamward7]

Richard Charbonneau flawless

[@kcgotfre]

My addition would be rocks! Having some boulders in tandem with trees really takes outdoor scenes to the next level - we use them for cover or to climb up on all the time. We also use them in caves or as piles of rubble in dungeons or ruins. They're super flexible if you don't add grass or snow to them (though it's tempting lol).

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Honestly it was a toss up for me between trees and big rocks as the bonus outdoors item. Both are really great.

[@The_Keto_Klingon]

Thank you for saving me from making a full comment. Yes rocks and boulders.

[@SynthApprentice]

I would have gone with rocks over trees, just because of how insanely easy they can be. The organic shapes can make them perhaps even more forgiving than the dungeon tiles!

[@lapidations]

Not to mention you can get rocks and boulders for free in most parking lots and some flower pots

[@corvusboreus2072]

I always keep an eye out for rocks with at least one flat facing (eg split river rocks). Placing them flat face down helps them look more 'bedded in'.

[@adriannaranjo4397]

One thing that people need to understand is that it *does not* have to look perfect the first, or even the 200th time. You will improve though trial & error as you go, and unless it is a catastrophic failure most terrain still looks good at a table distance away

[@rogerb181]

Foam is very forgiving for new crafters, like me. I have found that I can paint over something and try the dry brushing again to get it better, and it is still good enough for table top play.

[@TheMiamijoe]

I am a long time gamer, starting in 81. Since then, I am so impressed with how far the love of the game has come to have you an amazing artist. Thank you so much. I'm going to try and build, as I am a fully retired disabled veteran, slowly losing control of my body, but I am excited to have a new hobby

[@Tr4shGoblin]

Please make a video for the arched door. I'd love to see it.

[@SargeWolf010]

Ditto

[@schoepfdrive]

Terrific episode. While I'm not a gamer, I do dioramas of differing scales and you always set off my inspiration bells. Your explanations make it easy for me to scale everything up to whatever scale I'm using. Great channel. Keep it up!

[@2WARDEN2]

Watch towers! I've made them with brown paper straws for stilts, popsicles for the platform on top, and have added some small match sticks on the legs for fun detail! They're not just easy to make but also add a literal whole dimension to the tabletop, and you can use them in conjunction with simple wood walls made of dowels/popsicle sticks/whatever to make simple little fortified camps and such (Like for an Orc outpost).

[@madnessbydesign1415]

One of the first things I built (and I get the most comments about) was a small outhouse. It has a hinged door, and a roll of toilet paper (obviously not realistic for a Medieval fantasy setting, but it sells the idea). Start small, indulge your creative intuition, and have fun... :)

[@yassperiano5401]

amazingly, this week i was wondering "what if I would teach a class about tabletop crafting for kids, where to begin etc..." I absolutely agree, these buildings cover all basic techniques. I think the doors (please do a tutorial on this) are the "final graduation test" after mastering the basics. I'm sure many people will underestimate this video, but if you could go back in time, this should be the first. You are a great teacher Sir.

[@yassperiano5401]

I think the next step on this video should be, as you said, about the variations like wooden tiles, cavern, city cobblestone floor... and for sure the next after this should be on prison cells (as you already did). Huge fan!

[@migueeeelet]

On the pillars: YES. They are excellent at making an otherwise empty room mechanically interesting. Just dropping one leads to a lot of merry-go-round, cover sneaking and whatnot. They also help break the room into multiple pieces, which makes pushing forward harder, since you have to choose which side to attack from.

[@Strat0Patrick]

Im DMing my group of friends in large Underdark adventure. So my go-to list of terrain (apart from obvious dungeon tiles) was: giant mushrooms - 3 per base to make trees alternative in underground 'wilderness', few groups of stalagmites to make neat stealth opportunities for halflings, also few groups of glowing crystals that sticks from the ground. I've sculped all the stuff from polymer clay, then baked in owen - so it bacame rock-hard unbreakable, then primed and painted

[@teritras41]

Hey man ! Just wanted to say that you look really healthy and happy in your latest videos and it warms my heart ! Your passion and your drive to give us good content shows through your personnality and your work ! I and many of us, really appreciate what you do! Thank you buddy, be proud, because we all are for you !

[@wonderwend1]

I love how you always break the gaming stuff down into the simple. You always promote that you don't NEED all-singing-all-dancing tools or masses of terrain to create a good game.

[@1306nathan]

Would love to see how you made those doors! Thank you so much for showing all the easier things to make. Time to start making these things for my games!

[@HallofCraftVids]

You've certainly come a long way over these years Jeremy, its been a pleasure to watch this channel blow up. You're killing it.

[@mr.pavone9719]

#1 1:33 dungeon tiles #2 4:45 walls #3 6:45 pillars, stalactites & stalagmites #4 8:45 doorways #5 10:00 dungeon stackers

[@Dave_W861]

I find that chests really add to the "want" or the desire to obtain something. The concept of the hidden treasure and an actual co trainer for it tends to make people fight harder in my opinion.

[@themakeshop1499]

I come back and watch this video once a month or so. Just want to say thanks for all that you have done. It has convinced me that I don't have to make it perfect to be usable. I have made the dungeon stackers, the pillars, and basic tiles. Still haven't gotten around to the ruined walls yet. Soon...

[@negotiableaffections]

I've just seen Wyloch's MACE 2019 video; but I'll repost my comment here too; 'From gamers, to cosplayers - adam savage to flower arrangers it's so great to see MAKERS far and wide doin' their thang! 58yrs old but I remember my childhood backstory a loner/weird making stuff from cardboard and polystyrene [the white crumbly stuff here in the UK] a backstory no doubt like so many others - well...our obscession has come of age [its gotten pricey] but the returns are incredible, from YT to friends, swapping, inspiring and HAVING FUN. I remember the day I lightly melted [no health & safety then] the corner of a polystyrene packing tray and saw a stone balcony appear - I became a wizard!'

[@mr.e1944]

These are good top 5. Next would be a river, bridge, hill, treasure piles/ chests/sacks/barrels. Pond, shore, boats, castle walls (modular), houses, fountains, watch tower (can be used with castle walls). Finally make some fields with teddy bear fur and short modular fences or stone walls. You can make roads or use stones to line the edges of the roads. After this make carts and wagons if you don’t want to buy them and siege weapons like catapults. Then finish painting all your minis and make flags and banners for the different units/armies (these can be stock flags with modification and the printed out, or hand painted).

[@BardsCraft]

Good Examples :) Everything stone & wood is a good start. Or then PROVE YOUR WORTH by building a Glorious Castle first!

[@knghtbrd]

*chops oat box in half with kitchen knife* There is a castle keep. Now I need some foam to make large bricks to build a wall out of. I'm also going to need some craft sticks.

[@captainbloth]

Great video, Jeremy! All of these things you mention in the video are the things I personally use as well, and they are the items that are almost 99% of the time on my gaming table. What I would also recommend are small hills, these are great for natural elevation. You can create a narrow gorge with them, or a dry river bed, or put a ruin on top of them for extra height, hills are great! Also, some small vegetation like bushes, you can use them as topiary, as hedges, and as a flower bed. They give a nice variation in height, and they look gorgeous when you put them around the trees.

[@CaptainBipto]

I tend to play skirmish games, mainly post apocalypse. Terrain I would go for is scatter terrain, ruins, walkways and hills. And anything needed for the scenario.

[@Draculord666]

I've been subbed to you for awhile now, but never quite jumped into terrain building myself. With the quarantine however, I finally dove right in. I just completed my first set of dungeon tiles and love how absurdly simple they are to make, even if my first ones came out a tad rough lol.

[@dmmikerpg]

For the outdoors, I grabbed a small bit of indoor/outdoor faux grass carpet, from there it is easy to just layer what you want on top. For floor tiles, I picked up some fairly thick bookboard/chipboard (the stuff clipboards are made of) and some peel-and-stick laminate floor tiles. Once scored with a knife, the chipboard breaks cleanly then it's just a matter of cutting the tiles into 1" squares and alternating their direction to give the illusion of a grid pattern.

[@stingray4567]

Thats an awesome list! Next on the list for me is definitely more accessories/scatter. So; rocks/rubble (for caves/outdoors/dungeon cave-ins), chests, barrels, campfire, crates, statues (any rando mini painted bronze/grey), tables, trapdoor/floor hatch.

[@artisannoteworthy]

Love it! The way I remember it is: Stalagmites MIGHT reach the ceiling (ground) Stalactites have to hold TIGHT so they don't fall. (Ceiling)

[@JordanLeigh]

My top list: A dungeon tile set including the stair stacks, an indoor tavern set with a bar and tables, pillars and walls, trees, and some small basic houses.

[@TeaPoweredModels]

As someone looking to get into D&D soon this video is awesome - I mainly play 40k and LOS blocking full and half hight walls are a must for gameplay - then any assortment of cool scatter terrain.

[@Barnicalsify]

I played fantasy for a while. Got into D&D about 2 years ago. Way way cooler. More social, more role-playing, and what I might call "microtactics". I imagine it's not unlike what Mordheim was. Also can be infinitely cheaper.

[@mattalleman]

The terrain I'm interested in is things to create elevation. Rock formations, rock bridge, steps up to a plateau, etc. Things that can really change the flavor of the engagement. Dungeon tile are a pain to set up especially when players are in a large multi-room location. So I use battle mats and draw rooms on it but want other things to create more 3D such as tress and rock formations, alters, etc.

[@saltykrug]

Thanks for covering the issue of trees. My 7 yr old asked about having an outdoor situation with trees just the other day during our latest session. He really wants an outdoor setting where he can hide behind trees to ambush some monsters. I wasn't sure how or where to start or go about building some trees. Mad props to you sir!

[@karrieratcliff7418]

Excellent post. If ever you get in a need for ideas, watch this and hear yourself. You just gave yourself 4-5 ideas for posts. Newbies and veteran BMC lovers will appreciate the help. Thanks J!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

What do you mean? I've already done videos on these projects, they are all linked below the video.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

In super glad you mentioned the trees. I tend to do more outdoor encounters than anything and they really do make a huge difference. Mace was great! I hope I didn’t linger too long around. It was a blast meeting everyone.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Meeting you was one of the highlights of my trip dude 😁

[@FrankyDCrafter]

factoria tabletop more like I can’t believe I met them. I felt like I was still watching them through a phone screen.

[@adamscholtes]

Great video. Couldn't agree more with your recommendations. The piece of terrain I made that I was most surprised by the mileage I've got from it would be a ruined temple/building from Wylock's channel. Simple card stock and foam core. I use it all the time.

[@alexwaldrum742]

I love your videos man, your channel made me a Crafting DM and my players LOVE it. Thanks for having great, easy to follow, content!

[@Soandso-ft8py]

I love to craft and this guy honestly is in my top 3 crafting youtubers out there and there is one thing I know he missed which is modular terrain elevation pieces

[@nocultist7050]

My first day with foam ended with one double sided tile (dungeon/wood), Shelf and set of tiny books to put on it, and a stone golem. XPS is amazing and your tutorials are perfect.

[@merrymerryjerry6736]

I think another good tip on starting out with dungeon tiles is that it's ok to mix and match. For instance, I use Wyloch style dungeon tiles but DMG style cave tiles. I edited the size of the cave tiles to be the equivalent of a 3x3 square of Wyloch tiles, and I edited the construction of the Wyloch tiles to allow for BMC-style texturing.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Truth

[@wolfsbanerain6385]

The first thing I ever made after binging your videos for a good weekor two, was a small cottage about two months ago, now I cant stop, and I couldnt be happier

[@tiffanylamb1187]

Five years later and your video is still relevant. I am just waiting on my foam to arrive before I jump into making my first ever terrain. I'm very excited & I'm thankful videos like this are around to help!

[@fredmyers503]

No clue if you have a few video's in mind to make. but I saw a woodworker do a sweet video on how to setup a shop for X$'s a month. including saving some months for others. maybe you could do a video on that next :) like 20 or 40$ a month buy this month 1 save month 2 buy this month 3 etc. . then do a what you can build with what you have purchased. that would be 13 videos totaly. 1 for the purchasing and 12 video's for each month! But I love these basics video's keep them up please!

[@kurokikazenootoko]

As a mostly 40k / KillTeam player: - Ruins. Bread and butter of any futuristic tabletop. - Shipping containers. Never can have too many of them, super versatile. - Elevation (platforms, elevated walkways etc.). Anything that adds levels to your table. - Barricades. Super easy and handy. - Scatter terrain (like barrels, stones, statues, terminals etc).

[@RicksPoker]

For new terrain I would suggest: -- Brush. People can push thru it, (rough terrain), and it gives some cover from missile fire. -- Brambles. Like brush but very hard to push thru. -- Flat rocks. Vertical cover if you are standing behind them, and you can climb on them for a height advantage. -- Rough rocks. (Think boulder field.) Too angled to stand on, but slow to run thru. OK, if you are standing still, but bad if you need to dance about. -- Stream edge. -- Swampy ground. Warm regards, Rick.

[@joeleon1317]

1. Rubble (stone, wood, metal) 2. Torches 3. Windows (these are great if you don't do walls) 4. Tables and chairs (cuz you always end up at a bar or inn). A few extra ones I have made were : 5. Fireplace with chimney. 6. Horse-drawn cart.

[@Stormheart911]

Water, water, every where! In towns and villages, public water wells and rain barrels are great as a starting point for an encounter, or as something to hide behind. In the wild, stream banks and water tiles can add a lot of challenge and visual interest to your table top. You don't have to start out with fancy tiles using clear resin. A simple textured bank adjoining flat, painted water tiles will work just as well.

[@shy-borg342]

1.) Dungeon Tiles for traditionalists, or 12x12” battle boards for free movement encounters. 2.) Themed obstacles and walls for LoS 3.) Pillars or height gauging terrain features 4.) Elevated terrain positions and depth gauging features 5.) Scatter terrain/window dressing/main encounter oriented features/unique terrain features dependent to your session or campaign

[@turnipslop3822]

I know I'm getting to this 4 years late but thank you so much for this video, it is insanely helpful. I'm about to run the finale for a campaign in a few weeks and it'll be our first time playing D&D in person. I'm crafting like a maniac just to get everything ready in time and this stuff will be so useful to cover anything I've forgotten.

[@rayrous8229]

Good advice. We are always improvising wagons. Prepare a simple rectangular block.

[@staceyme1480]

More terrain must haves: rocks, mountains (with stepstones for char figurines to stand on.) Bodies of water blocks, squares and wobbly edges so just as ground tiles you can change shape of water. Bushes (half cover), barrels, crates, bookcases and closet doors.

[@staceyme1480]

Oh and if you have flying chars some sort of clear stand selection so they are literally higher (we often use our empty dice cases)

[@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291]

I like this bc it’s simple and basic. I see so many extravagant set ups and it looks so overwhelming. I’m not a DM yet but I want to have a few basic things to put on my table. Great video and very informative.

[@PrincessDerpy]

Your videos and descriptions are always so thorough and well organized. As someone who is just beginning, I find this immensely helpful. Thank you!

[@jos.4276]

Totally agree. I'm watching you to develop ideas to build Christmas Village platforms. Hubs (better with tools) cut out an arch from expanded polystyrene. I bought a $30 hot knife from Amazon that is slow but cuts pretty well. I textured and painted it (black with overlay of med. gray) and it and POOF, it's a train tunnel. The raised platforms he cut from 2' eps had smooth edges with obvious layers. I capitalized on those obvious layers--by scoring the layers to look like huge blocks, with random diagonal cracks and pulled out some material to look as if the rocks were crumbing. Same paint process: black craft paint with drybrush medium gray overlay. Looks surprisingly good. Perfect is the enemy of the good. If you're hesitant because you're afraid you'll be disappointed, know that sometimes you WILL be. This isn't brain surgery. You get to start over if you mess it up the first time.

[@iansharp1543]

When I first started, I dove headfirst into 3D printing (well technically I started with papercraft but I bailed on that fast). I still love 3D printing, but your videos and some others have really taught me that less can be more. Too much terrain can actually hurt immersion and makes me lazier as a DM.

[@roblud7350]

Crates and Barrels! Very utilitarian. Works for many scenes; taverns, dungeons, town square, abandoned castle ruins, even as props on a battle grid "ship". And like you mention with trees, My players always use present physical items in unique ways... "Can I push these crates in front of the dungeon door while we long rest??" Why yes, yes you can. :)

[@bjornseine2342]

I find (for the moment at least) that lines on a dry-erase map do the job for rooms / caverns etc, and that methode gives me more flexibility. What I need instead is scatter terrain - I recently came into posession of some metal furniture thingies which I need to paint; for the outside I need big rocks, and trees. As you said in the part about trees, putting it on the map encourages the players to interact with the enviroment, making encounters far more interesting.

[@jesternario]

Now adays, I build digital terrain mostly because almost all of my games are online. For that, I find that the dungeon tiles I make are best when they're modular, as I only need one of each piece and can build an entire map that way. For traditional at home games, I started with enough dungeon tiles to make the first dungeon, along with doors and set dressing; chest, a bed, maybe an altar, and that was all I needed. I then built what else I needed as I went.

[@perkinsdearborn4693]

Typically, I play the theater of the mind style RPG. Your channel has inspired me to build terrain pieces. Now, when I am out shopping, everything suggests a terrain project - toys, canned food, plastic containers, it's a disease of the mind now. Thx! Looking forward to more Idols of Torment content videos.

[@Trister42]

ladders, bridges/walkways, in the sense that they're always useful, fantasy or futuristic, having walkways that can span a couple pieces of terrain, ladders in spots, and they can all be done in varying levels, toothpicks, popsicle sticks/ coffee stirrers, or full on card stock, placticard and foamcore to create the mismatched sheet metal look. Great video, thank you.

[@andrewkreinbrink7023]

I loved your top 5! Your walls were my first crafting item and those get used almost every game. I think I would overlap most of your recommendations but a few easy things I would also consider: 1) Smoke markers 2) Shipping container - more for modern wargamers but they fit in so many settings 3) Ruined building - even something as simple as a 90 degree corner made with 2 pieces of foam core can add some depth without a lot of detail

[@mirkopolyak3592]

Cave tiles. Start with a bunch of squares (like "dungeon tiles") and then cut off edges to make organic shapes. Keep about a 1/3 of them with 4 flat edges. Then cut the rest so that you have an assortment of 1, 2, and 3 flat edges with the other sides as organic shapes.

[@kathyf3656]

I am so grateful to you for doing this video. my daughter and son-in-law do Pathfinder. I have been wanting to make something for them ever since I first came across your channel. This set will be the perfect surprise gift for their anniversary in a few months. Thank you.

[@RaiderAvian]

I started a small set by using pebbles glued in a line to make a short wall. Some are straight and others are bent fo shapes (either a nook, rounder corner or bend in a passage). I used them to represent the walls of a cave, they can be cobbled walls and if you made taller piles (like fence height, 5 feet) these can be stone walls and the short piles are now fallen pieces. Other than that, which was already mentioned in the video, are surfaces you can place tabletop minis and terrain on and draw in details. It is sort of nice having a whiteboard with a soft grid to mark out things like effects, loot, markers, footprints, runes, traps, etc. And not to mention pre-drawing out the layout of the dungeon which you can place terrain on as the players discover the rooms. If it is too meta, then have the wiping rag and marker at hand as you draw out the dungeon as you go.

[@randomusernameCallin]

2d to stand for area is great to not get in your way. PRint on some card stock and glue it a foam sheet. After you cut it out you can get a nice area that you can say is a wood area or another type of area. You can still play down things like trees but now you can lift them up without losing where the forest was.

[@darkknight2192]

I would suggest the walls first, especially with your method. Its a good project to get a person use to the tools and who everything goes together without having to worry as much about the straight line cuts and the other fiddly things that can seem to ruin many other projects.....I'm typing this as you said people would do this by the way. But, as you did say, they are very versatile without having to put in a ton of effort at first.

[@eBiCrafter]

you are my best mentor, and all your videos and crafts have inspired my channel a lot and this is my new hobby, your the best, thank you for all the suggestions and tips about this craft

[@DragonsinGenesisPodcast]

If you have a problem making squares with right angles, you can make some on the computer and print them on card stock. Cut them out and use them as stencils to create squares for tiles.

[@StarshipsSteel]

I just want to say. Thank you for not having the bottoms of your Dungeon Tiles painted. I feel better about myself now. :D Modular stuff is pretty key in my books. Having that stuff allows you to quickly put together a scenario. I used tavern tiles as a ship once, well as a second ship. Building cool large pieces is fun and awesome, but trying to keep up to an in-progress game, even if it is monthly is nearly impossible. Good stuff as always.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Yea, I only seal/paint the bottom of stuff if I have cardstock or paper on them that might get warped from washes or paint. I like the idea of making the bottoms of everything nice and clean and black but aint nobody got time fo that on everything!

[@MTreatVO]

My firsts were Scatter Trees and Shrubs as well as DM Scottys Camp Set with the campfire and a tent and bedroll for each of my 6 players. That got me through more encounters than I could count and I still use all of them today.

[@Vydonis]

Get a paper slicer with measurement scales. You can glue layers and layers of thin board to make them thick. This pulls a lot of the error out of cutting thin material you would use a knife for but not scissors. Also you can buy square sticks(three countries call them different!) and slice all the squares you want and scar it up to make 'bricks'.

[@theLohan]

Crates and/or barrels are so useful. If your wargaming / gaming is only outdoors then boulders and log piles. Scatter terrain is so useful. Great video! Super useful!

[@jackielinde7568]

"You can go to your railroad supply..." Stop! You had me at Railroad. (I'm a demented rail fan who, "one day", will have a layout room. Probably right before I die...)

[@felipehonoriobs]

i made a few tree with a twig filled branch, a bunch of cotton, glue, dirt and green spray paint. worked like a charm

[@hitchellmopkins803]

Every time I watch his videos I think to myself “WHERE DOES HE GO SHIRT SHOPPING!?”

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Redbubble

[@jamiehope8703]

Probably t-public or something similar

[@jastald8443]

I started by making dungeon tiles using your videos. Then i tried to build a few buildings, but the Dollarrama doesnt carry the right type of foam board that peels away easy like you seem to find locally. But eventually I got a 3d printer and it was a hell of a lot less work printing my scatters terrain. Also kinda helps that i got in on Danny from 3d printed tabletop kickstarter project and got a pile of Terrain STL files.

[@bphan08]

There's a whole shelf of reaper bones in the background. Keep on painting! I believe in you!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Lol, I don’t have time to paint minis much. I might do one or two a month.

[@serpentinesecrets6771]

Little desktop water fountains added to the table is a nice touch to any outdoor scene

[@kerrinael6229]

Hello, it will be now 1month that I look at your channel. a friend wanted me to play D&D but... I do not know why I can't play with people, I'm scared, it will pass I think. But I love creating, painting stuff! So I've been looking for tutorials on YT and I have found your chanel! now I start painting on Mini and do some stuffs :) So thanks for your work and sharing this one!

[@ExianProductions]

My top 5 things I will suggest that arent something you said would be 1. That green turf battle mat - for a fast, huge battlefield 2. hills and mounds - like the large bases you would put trees on, just turf or grass them and leave it. It adds natural elevation to the field and its very nice 3. Fire pieces - oh my god I never have used something more. I just got a couple of fire ball models and I use them for everything: monuments, lit tinder, torches, effects etc 4. Rocks - woodland scenics does ceramic ones that you can just plop down. Wonderful buy. 5. A wagon - seems kind of dumb but I got one at a dollar store thats almost perfect size thinking it was gonna collect dust and... I've used it in almost every outdoor session at least once EDIT: Bonus number 6! Branches and twigs. Woodland scenics has a bundle of faux ones you can get but real dry ones work too. I also want to add something for builders who have more experience/materials: I use blue sticky putty all the time everywhere on my sets. I'll stick a tiny ball on a large model's hand and put a stick in it, use it to stick bridges in places to make them look makeshift, or allow models to stick to flat walls and surfaces (like bats or spiders) to really bring out their natural abilities. My approach was to get a dungeon-themed battle mat with a print of 1x1 stone tiles on it that I can roll out, then I use walls that I've made so I can quickly setup and take down But the best investment I've made was a roll out green turf mat for grass. Then I put some tree mounds, rocks, and maybe a cabin or two and immediately have a HUGE field that can be played on.

[@TeamQuiggan]

One thing I would add is wooden catwalks, if you play any sort of skirmish game, adding some catwalks will give you more verticality when you are playing. They're also extremely easy to create, as you can make them with coffee stir sticks, hot glue and paint. They also double as Ladders.

[@MrEvan312]

Hey BMC! So I got the idea to use some spare time to make some props for my DnD group because we've been limited to a battlemat and the imagination, and I made the mistake of starting with some buildings: made a decent little shed out of cardboard but panicked thinking there was no way I could get anywhere like this. Then I saw this video and realized "oh, duh, these are way easier and more useful objects!" Particularly making the simple floor tiles and most of all the doors! Thank you for helping me get on track, maybe someday I'll get better at buildings, we'll see, but for now I have a better place to start and I know the group will love these.

[@Drakijy]

Stalactites hang on tight. Stalagmites grow up because they are mighty. And this is a great video btw!

[@bencowles2105]

Stalagmights are on the bottom or floor of a cave and might grow to reach the ceiling, stalagtite hang tightly to the ceiling. Lol God video. I started crafting using your examples. After playing for 30 years in theater of the mind or on grid mats my players love it.

[@TheSasquatchjones]

I just got into crafting for my dungeons. And OF COURSE my first project is a huge cave. I really wish I would have seen this first. Good video.

[@darbizzlebacon]

I started crafting earlier this Summer thanks to your channel. I started by making a bunch of dungeon tiles of different sizes, then the dungeon stackers, then the pillars, then the doors. I then made a variation of the mausoleum because I wanted to make a cemetery, followed by modular tombstones/ graves and some spooky dead trees (which, by luck, minis can actually sit on top of). I then made a variation of the "Ultimate dungeon terrain" from Dungeon Craft to use for outdoor scenarios, and now, I'm working on building the ruined walls. That's more than 5, but I think the only thing in this video that I haven't made yet, is the stalagmites. So I followed your advice, before you even gave it, to an extent. Thanks for all the work you've put into making these videos.

[@dougsundseth6904]

Top five: 1. Hills, of various heights and footprints. Useful for any outdoor encounter for LoS blocking, height advantage, and interesting look. Most places aren't flat. 2. Trees, much like what you have there. A few trees makes for meadows; lots of trees makes for forest. And bandits like to hide in them. 3. Bridge. Every game has bridge encounters, both outdoors and underground. 4. Doors. You can pretty easily draw walls, but doors help visualization, including, "Did we leave that door open?" 5. Walls, both broken and intact. If you have walls you don't need floor tiles, and they're useful for underground, wilderness, and town. With those I can do almost anything. The rest (and I have ... lots ... of the rest) is nice and atmospheric, but much less useful.

[@ErrantSquire]

Good video! The lowest bar for wa wargaming terrain I can think of is scatter rocks for rough terrain. Flock a cardboard or hardboard base. Find some rocks you like outside. Clean rocks glue to base.

[@jessicalee333]

I started with a tile board that matches by table's playable area, 16x16, a few 3x3 dungeon tiles (too few), several 2x3 tiles which I get A LOT of use out of because they can also stand in for walls, and a few 2x2, along with about six wall sections that are only about 3" long - and it has USUALLY been enough. I also made one door, four small pillars, two 2x2 stairs (just slicing halfway into the thickness of a 2x2 tile), and four or so "rubble piles" (a bunch of off-cut crumbs and chunks from XPS and foam core, sprinkled on a cardboard base and painted like stone). It has been plenty, most of the time. In months of playing I haven't really needed more than that. Having that as my basic set, what I've found is lacking that I could definitely use: -A few more 3x3 tiles, pillars, and doors or archways -- several times it's been unclear where doors are in dungeons made of just tiles, how line-of-sight works through doorways, etc. -A few 1x2 and 1x1 tiles that can be simple blocks or stand in for tables, crates, etc. -- I've had to say "there's actually some furniture in here" with nothing to indicate it -A few tables, chests, crates, barrels, piles of sacks, etc. that rubble piles can't really stand in for. -- "where's the loot??" That would probably be enough for everything I do, without having to represent every little detail. Even if everything was just painted stone grey, it would be fine. A lot of my minis are still just primer grey. XD

[@mathewcox9371]

Love the suggestions! While i don’t play, i have the desire to create mini dioramas for miniature photos and each idea can typically be taken to create an ideal look i initially want to create. Love the channel man and hope MACE was good!!!!

[@TheNezzzzzz]

you could paint and craft the bottom of the flat pieces(and even 2 connecting sides) with wood or other texture texture to save on space and resources.

[@LilyHooper]

Awesome, perfect timing for me as I just got my Proxon hot wire table the other day and havent decided on what I was going to build first.

[@axierake4798]

Ok My top 5 are Dungeon Tiles, Pillars, Doors, Stackers, and I like little scatter pieces that add character, like chairs, tables, and flicker flame fires. My players LOVE when we break out the flickering fires.

[@HQDungeons]

Great video and the people to get started easily. I think furniture is also very important.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

IMO, furniture is least important. Not important at all. In most cases I’d advise AGAINST using it. It mostly gets in the way. A table or a few bookcases can be nice but I don’t often do more.

[@WoodRabbitTaoist]

I am just getting started in this hobby. I have seen a lot of your videos as well as others. You are absolutely one of my top 5 favorites. Especially because of your attitude of making it possible for anyone to be able to engage in this craft. You also present well, stick to the topic and don't waste time with pointless banter. Great channel. Well done. P.S. My biggest limitation is not having access to many materials and tools. But it doesn't really matter. I am still able to make some pretty cool stuff with the materials and tools I have or can get easily. Dollar tree foam and materials, and cheap walmart paint can go along way with a little ingenuity and inspiration from youtube and the internet. Cheers!

[@hobbiest6831]

Great video as usual! Only thing I'd add would be rocks, boulders and such. Super easy and adds to the table top mechanic aspect.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I really debated those taking place of the trees. Both are great early on.

[@gregmccormack5709]

I completely agree started with tiles, then columns, now ruined walls. You could even omit the tiles if you're a battlemat/drawing DM. The 3d elements add so much to the game......also DOOR TUTORIAL!!! HECK YEAH!

[@donmiller4260]

So glad a friend of mine recommended to check out ur channel I'm guna start trying to make some terrain for my campaign