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[@Skoozi]

dried out baby wipes is a less frustrating option!

[@AnonymousSecon]

I think the Terrain Tutor had a video about that method.

[@Pfeifenhuber]

You really deserve the 100k. I love how the tents look, when i need tents i will definitely come back here

[@EricsHobbyWorkshop]

Crazy...I was watching the Tudors last night and thinking I need to make some medieval tents that are better than the old cardstock ones I have from Perilous Quest. Perfect timing!

[@RealTerrainHobbies]

Haha nice. I wanna see what you do with yours man!

[@michaelmanning5379]

Fine handkerchief linen, silk or similar thin cloth work as well. I cut up an old paisley tie to make a Mughal canopy for an elephant howdah and scraps from my wife's sewing became cloth trappings for other elephants. Fabric stores often have scraps bins where you can get inexpensive remnants if you don't know someone who sews.

[@1525kat]

baby wipes work really well (unused - LOL) Paper napkins (they are multi-ply so separate them) have another advantage in that you can find them in colors or patterns. I found some old english patterns that worked nicely.

[@RealTerrainHobbies]

Yeah Luke from Geekgaming/Luke’s APS mentioned baby wipes to me as well. Also, love the idea of the pattern in there

[@hallorican]

I was just going to suggest wipes but I see someone already suggested it.

[@Bluecho4]

Cheese cloth might also work.

[@dell2man]

If you had searched more of DM Scottys vids you would have seen where he would use toilet paper or even paper towels for such things as you are trying, but the secret was lay down the toilet paper or paper towel down dry on your project then spray it with a 50/50 mixture or white glue and water. And let dry. Hopes this helps

[@azraelus1]

Anyone notice he looks a bit like Mel Gibson? Kinda like how Eric from Eric's hobby workshop looks like Tom Hardy. Both played Mad Max. That's all i wanted to say. Congrats on 100k!

[@redshoesgirl]

much cuter than mel gibson.

[@Scott_A]

Or like Allen Covert the actor/comedian

[@Pintroll300]

Mad Max Terrain Challenge extravaganza between the two of them while they wear extreme amounts of leather would be slightly surreal

[@azraelus1]

@@Pintroll300 Hear hear, I hope they get right on this. Next video idea right here

[@Pintroll300]

Art Generica Time will tell!

[@katht309]

Thanks for showing videos like this - it encourages those of us just starting out that even the experts still need to learn new techniques and not everything goes to perfect plan first time. It also helps us to see how things can be fixed, and the time and effort doesn't have to go in the bin just because it's not perfect. Thank you. I've been enjoying your videos this last week and am slowly working out what I'm needing to forward think about for my planned diorama. Thanks.

[@garyrose9805]

Terrain tutor has got the skills

[@karinac4245]

I enjoyed those little flags way too much

[@davewilliams6172]

I have used an old cotton sheet soaked in strong tea and PVA for a canvas look before...very effective and it drapes well. Clean but old cotton (worn out bed-sheet) is best. I have also used kleenex and PVA but you have to be careful how you handle it as it will rip and fall apart easily if handled too much.

[@aerial_silks_hoop]

This is so sweet seeing how pleased you were with hitting 100k subscribers. That's an incredible milestone. A year later, you're at 241,000.

[@aaronbono4688]

You earned that plaque, enjoy it!

[@aerial_silks_hoop]

Black Magic Craft uses construction paper to simulate bits of leather/animal hide. It looks great There are lots of great tips about what to use for cloth so I'll add what I use as cloth on a very small scale. It's a paper for wrapping the ends of hair. It's called end wrap

[@TabletopWitchCRAFT]

Great build, and well deserved on that 100K Neil.

[@jessiepapabear4272]

So looking forward to your next set...even more...bigtop...even better!

[@bumperxx1]

dude you got talent for doing minny sets so cool

[@asmodan6230]

use an underlayer of papertowel 1st. it helps build texture and strength . then use the tissue paper to cover it and hide the papertowel pattern. love your vids always inspiring .you can also use clear packaging plastic and boiling water to make nice strong banners/cloth

[@grumpyoldmanxo]

The old fashion tissue that they use that comes with new shirts always worked great for me for 1/35th scale canvas tarps.

[@philRminiatures]

Realistic, creative and superb...once again!

[@ger5956]

Mel the Terran tutor done a video a while ago on making your own canvas looking material from wet wipes, it looked awesome.

[@skelligfiftyeight2519]

Those tents came out awesome!

[@VAULT-TEC_INC.]

Your videos are wonderfully lit, narrated and edited and I love the little animations you add as well.

[@ashidotayo6478]

Now I know what I'm going to do in weekend 😃

[@wonderboy2402]

I didn’t even see the notification on this, but came immediately over after watching your frosty giant video, great job!

[@tcatzmeow]

Congratulations ! The tents also came out great.

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Nice job on the tents look good. Yeah Scotty did some like that for Orcs I think V at Crafting Muse did some nice tents. I know I'm probably forgetting several that did tents. One thing that can really make them look a little nicer is where the roof meets the wall use a strip either cut in rectangles or triangles hanging down can paint them in a different color or make them blowing in the breeze slightly to add detail and more interest to the tents. Can even use paper towels the cheap thin ones with no embossed lines in it if the toilet paper is a bit to flimsy for you.

[@doooomdragon]

I have used similar techniques for things like curtains and blankets. But something I do is look at the textures of various paper towels and TP. The patterns can look really cool and intentional when used well.

[@orthoff123]

Wow.... absolut perfect work!!!!!!!

[@brainfreezeyes1910]

I use baby wipes for tents! Learned this trick from Mel the Terrain Tutor - looks just like thick cloth and is less delicate to work with than tissue paper

[@ethosmega]

Awesome job. I gave one a shot after watching your video...working with that wet tissue is no joke. I couldn't get it nearly as clean as yours. Thanks for a fun afternoon.

[@jmkmini]

They came out wonderful!

[@hallorican]

I absolutely love your channel. I admire that you make most things from scratch.

[@SmoneC]

I don't even play D&D, but I love doing miniature dollhouse scene and the effect I copy from you make my dollhouse look breathtaking with all the detail.

[@HMFan2010]

Had you thought about cutting the “fabric” to size and shape, wetting the wooden structure, placing the fabric, and THEN gently misting with the PVA solution? That would reduce the handling and risk of tearing. Great work.

[@johnnyrotten665]

I'd recommend giving a couple of the scale model guys a follow, papercraft tarpaulins are a good intro (and diorama techniques cross over really well). I'd suggest Plasmo, laser creation world, panzermeister36, and night shift.

[@johnnyrotten665]

And through the virtue of patience, I could have noticed that you already found laser creation world...

[@ianshaliczer]

If you don’t need the inside of the tent to be hollow, you can cut pink foam into shape and just “wallpaper” the outside with baby wipe and modpodge cloth.

[@MaxRomantschuk]

One material experiment that might be worth trying is using rice paper used for Vietnamese spring rolls. You just soak them in warm water for a moment, and they are quite forgiving and elastic. Haven't tried for crafting, just cooking, but could potentially be something that would work as well. :)

[@minipaintinjohn4490]

Beautiful work, Brotha. Love it.

[@TheBosjjj]

I used dried baby wipes - material is very strong reducing ripping and can still manipulate folds and wrinkles. Mark Bosler

[@TomJones0065]

Love it, These are GREAT BUD!!! I also have done some tents tent type crafts, I used wet wipes, NOT them CHEAP ones though they fall apart right out of the water!! Love these TENTS!! THANKS!!!!

[@digsstuff]

Glad I came across this. I want to make some tent like structures for my display that I can use in Gaslands as well. What I am looking at is more like a large pop up style tent (domed) or hunting blind type of deal for my display.

[@theminiatureunderground]

Scott from Miniac suggested using thin brass sheeting. You can shape it like a banner or flag in the wind and I it'll easily hold its shape. I wonder if this as a base but covered in tissue would give it a more realistic texture. Jeremy

[@AppleMak2010]

I have Wars of the Roses armies and need two encampments with tents. I have been debating how to do this for some time and your video has given me the push `I need to get the job done. I'll be using your method, thanks

[@SWATDRUMMUH]

One idea for another project (that is if YOU want to) maybe the idea of a burnt/destroyed village buildings at the work of raiders or maybe a rogue fire dragon.

[@chuckray5543]

Love how these look. They could double as circus tents too.

[@dmmomma]

We're all here cause you're awesome!

[@prnzali2010]

Great technique! Cant wait to try it. Also congrats on the 100k sub milestone. When I found this video you're at 345k subs 🤯👏👏👏

[@darthcraw7192]

next project target acquired! nicely done

[@primerodeabordo]

Great result!

[@karengilchrist9774]

The tents turned out great! And, can't wait to see what you do with the huge gaming board!

[@DaleTrevors]

I liked the effect that Studson Studio has acheived while making his "Breath of the Wild Stable DIY Craft"

[@thefunbot]

congrats on the 100k! you have earned it!

[@RatatosksAnderwelt]

The trick with the tent tarp is to not try to get it wet on the frame. Put it over dry and only then apply the water glue mixture.

[@PapaDoc7318]

Great work, try with bandage on paper and if you need some silk use silk ;)

[@grumpybugger110]

These look great, I don't know why you were worried about the painting. Smashed it!

[@cliqboom1088]

love the tents, haven't checked to see if you made more yet, but what about trying a cheap or old t-shirt for the base. I am going to try that once I get some time to start modeling again. Thanks for the continued nice content.

[@minkyglass5121]

Cheers!

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Shop towels would be nice and sturdy.

[@ArtyGal]

Congratulations!

[@sociallysupreme7101]

Here is a really cool technique to use for frosted glass: Cover toilet paper in super glue and it will turn kinda transparent. It also turns very hard because it's superglue. The glue would need to be a runnier one

[@1glenngary]

Very nice looking and I'll be trying these soon!

[@ericsainte290]

To find tutorials on how to making those search on the military modellers channels on how they reproduce canvas. The technique is similar to make cloth in fact as canvas was basically water-proofed cloth at the origin.

[@aligbaby270]

Watching you inspires me so much when it comes to artistic expression, persistence and dedication, and your work has been great for teaching me how to texture and create various elements for my digital art. Thank you so much for creating such awesome content

[@eBiCrafter]

love this, maybe next video i will try make this, thanks for sharing your idea, really love it

[@MiserySage]

honestly you did a great job on the canvas, the cuts you put into the wet tissue paper.... that takes skill, and patience. One suggestion, since I hate gluing tooth pick together is to use DM Scottys Tent structure method, it uses a carboard structure, much faster and easier to glue together. He used it in his orc Tent videos, but I will be trying a hybrid between your method and his.! Really nice tents !

[@ChimeraWargaming]

Wonderful work!

[@darthtaiter]

👏 Wowsers... you really do create tiny world bits. Love your props to other creators too... good stuff.

[@dedeturner9643]

Need to cruise pinterest for ideas!!

[@derek9820]

Baby wipes or dryer sheets work great

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Outstanding work on the tents. A handy tutorial I could use for tarps on trucks. Thanks for sharing

[@spudmadethis]

Have you tried wet strength carbide paper? It’s what we used to make paper lanterns out of, dries really hard and can be formed into folds

[@SkylighWillo]

My father did medieval reenactments (Wars of the Roses) over here in the Uk for years, I've put up so many of these tents. The tents you made look great, I'd definitely prefer to make these than put up the real ones!

[@fiddyb]

This video is in tents!

[@giulius7176]

Man those look awesome!

[@dmmomma]

You've done exceptional work here. Great great job.

[@arkdecon13]

Glad you recommended this in the newest video. I love it and wasn't recommended it before!

[@simonmears4073]

I’ve seen the Terrain Tutor use baby wipes with some success. I think they’re a bit more durable than tissue. Great vid awesome looking tents.

[@starholedesigns]

So awesone

[@poulsonarrow]

Inspirational as always Neal , watching you making those tents puts me in mind of possible idea for you as a diorama of a jousting tournament with those tents gathered around a arena ? Well done on reaching that goal, and I'm sure there will be more .

[@lucpar23]

Super cool! Love it.

[@Rogn1]

My only critique would be on your largest tent. There would be a solid ridge beam not a rope between the two upright poles and the top would not droop as low. Other than that, I really enjoy your designs and method.

[@FablesD20]

Beautiful opening- (gasp) it felt soo good and hyped it so well with those great shots! Great work

[@dougsundseth6904]

Rather than facial tissue, which turns to mush when it gets wet, you might want to try using baby wipes. They're strong enough to handle stretching while wet and they have a nice texture that works well for fabric. BTW, the tops of canvas pavilions are typically nicely stretched when the tent is set up. You'll get some slack in the side walls, but the tops are usually drum tight. This is largely because the tension is a part of the structural stability of the structure. (The poles are in compression and the cloth and guy lines are in tension.) Since the "fabric" soaked in PVA will shrink as it dries, this can be used to get the right tension.

[@matteocopelli7017]

Appreciate this video! Just built a tent and can attest to how frustrating is it to manipulate the tissue paper! Also, I really like the wagon on the thumbnail of this vid. Will you be making a tutorial on how to build that?

[@jedimattie]

Very nice work on the tents. I just did one myself and I wish I had seen this video before I did mine. One thing I used on mine that you might like to try in the future. Instead of using tissue I used some baby wipes. They are thicker and have a really nice finish that looks a lot like old tent material. Like the tissue, it took some time to figure out how to make it look realistic, and the baby wipes don.t blend as well with each other (you will always see a seam). Got me to thinking that baby wipes coupled with some tissues might work really awesome though. Thanks again for all your great videos. Your attention to detail is really fantastic.

[@RoseBee]

I think you might be able to get a really interesting result with disposable cleaning towels. They're usually sold in a roll, and they're a lot stronger and thicker, and have more fiber in it. There's different types, with varying content of paper and fiber, that could give you different effects. Alternatively, you could use actual cotton, like a finely woven sheet, as that resembles the actual texture and material behaviour more closely. I think you got a pretty convincing result in the end though...

[@sarahpinhogomes3450]

the blue one is my favorite! =D

[@RealTerrainHobbies]

Mine too! :D

[@03dashk64]

For flags, try using thin plastic heated and warped. Plastic like from miniature boosters.

[@Silvester10596]

I really like these! Google Pennsic to see some actual medieval style tents in the wild.

[@melissarenladyoflight1599]

This is a cool idea. Thank you so much.. ❤️💡😊👍

[@dinonut80]

Those turned out really great. I can't wait to play with this technique to make a reusable player camp. (Late night ambush to follow)

[@looselycollected7505]

I wonder what paper towels would do instead of tissue paper? A bit thicker than tissue and a bit less stiff than regular paper like DM Scotty was using. Some paper towels are actually designed to absorb water and not tear. Which might help. Probably would eliminate the need for double layers too.

[@grayhaven451]

Congratulations on the 100k. Love the tents and will be using this cloth technique. Thanks and keep up the great work.

[@dminitiative378]

Looks great I love your work keep it up!

[@joereen409]

Brilliant video bud!!

[@staffsluke]

I was so nervous when you started drybrushing the white on. But it makes the cloth look worn and really makes them pop.. love the fact you promote other channels too.. well done on the 100k! Well deserved

[@gravemistake2688]

Gratz on 100k

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Sorry I missed this one earlier. Came from the frost giant. Apparently, I've been watching too many howling huskie videos, and yours keep getting crowded out of my recommended. - Boy howdy am I glad I did watch this one! Nice techniques, including the tips about researching what you don't know, or may want to improve.

[@yeremiahapel]

WOW!