The LITERAL EASIEST CRAFT I Have EVER DONE!!!!!!!! (Wheat Fields for D&D)

[@billcedarheath387]

Tabletop historical wargaming has been doing these wheat fields for ages. They also use faux fur as well. D&D crafters can look to the historical wargame and model railroading scene for lots of pro-tips as there is a ton of experience on that side that gets overlooked.

[@Pippi-Longstocking]

Pro tip for cutting anything with a nap - cut from the other side (back side) and cut only through the rubber and not the fibre.

[@randyward2766]

Makes sense.

[@CronosVids]

That was the first thing I thought when I saw him cut the mat.

[@BrighamMike]

just came to say this. someone has done flooring lol

[@Saphara]

PTSD flashbacks to cutting any form of sherpa or faux fur

[@Grimlore82]

Like carpet!

[@agrayday7816]

Try this, cut this mat into long strips 6" x 1" spray paint green, spray with glue/water, then dip into flock then glue in larger flock/lichen and you got instant hedges.

[@gregmccormack5709]

I didnt think of hedges that's a great idea

[@matthewwinans3068]

That's a fantastic idea 👍🏻

[@agrayday7816]

KZbin "Kim Styles" did this with some advanced techniques and made a cool set. Video is called "Easy Flames of War Hedges".

[@Dimanti88]

Oh man, this comment section is a goldmine!

[@BittermanAndy]

@@agrayday7816 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYfVd5yVeZyggLs

[@ModerateHipster]

You've stumbled into an old old wargamer trick! Always looks great on the table!

[@norbaui3827]

It also remembered me of the early 2k‘s when GW released a terrainbuilding-book with this technique mentioned 😅 old but gold

[@ModerateHipster]

@@norbaui3827 oh hey! I remember that book! Pretty sure I lost it somewhere since those halcyon days, but I definitely had it way back when.

[@BothanJedi]

I use this for 15mm scale war gaming. Excellent for farms or rural towns in most of Europe.

[@LordHammer33]

​@@norbaui3827 Yes. "How to make wargames terrain" from 2005

[@metajock]

That was a great looking table!!! Historical gamers have been using this for years. Yep, makes a great wheat field for 25/28mm. And if you dye it green it makes a great 15mm corn field. I feel like an idiot not thinking about using it for RPG tables. **smack** And you're right, these mats shed like crazy. It'll go on forever, the guys down at the historical game groups just ignore it. But you've got me thinking that spraying it with flock fixer (PVA-water-alcohol mix) would fix 90% of that. Might be worth a try.

[@davidwasilewski]

Yup. Been making fields for bolt action like this for at least a decade!

[@Strkr3]

You might be able to cut more narrow strips to facilitate mini movement as well as dye it in other colors to rep other crops. Maybe make some arcane crop circles, lol. Not to mention harvest bundles. Use those pieces that fall out loose or cut some to make some homemade static grass too! Great discovery! 😊

[@Reasonably-Sane]

Crop circles would be awesome, lol. I'd put little halfling/hobbit heads peeking out nearby, as if they're watching to see the farmer's reaction to their handiwork. That's a great idea, saving the shed fibers to use on other terrain. I'm going to try and shake as many fibers as I can out of mine just for that.

[@thecraftydm]

I wasn't sold on the wheat field mat until I saw it set up. It looks fantastic in context with the other terrain!

[@ragozzinehq]

Up next: Crop circles?

[@capnskustomworks]

Holy geez, seconded!!!

[@jefferydraper4019]

Cue the Movie "Signs."

[@dartmart9263]

That would be so awesome … and easy to make too!

[@wokedragon3211]

That would be amazing

[@jakestaples8498]

Nice idea! I bought a $1 floor mat a while ago to make farm fields. It’s black and has lines which look like furrows. I also like your comments at the end about the cheap 3D printed house. 3 foot rule and putting terrain in context are important considerations

[@kylkim93]

Great for that scene of the dead hero reuniting with his dead family.

[@thesawyerhudson]

I've always used the fake grass mat for my table and I love it! Super easy and looks awesome. I'd imagine these mats are put together basically the same way. The glue idea is great!

[@chrishaynes7847]

The great takeaway from this is the fact that there are so many materials that you can use that are perfect for tabletop games. You just have to think outside the box a bit.

[@jefferydraper4019]

When I was younger and before retirement, I tripped out my non-gaming friends wives that I loved to go to places like Michaels and Hobby Lobby or Walmarts Crafts section. They thought I was the "sensitive" kind of guy. Little did they know I was thinking about all kinds of murder and mayhem...in miniature.

[@joelcraig9803]

How about spray painting them green to represent tall elephant grass, like you would find in a jungle? maybe put some palm trees around them.

[@dirtygranny5504]

Thanks for this video. I had the same idea about using door mats as crops but wasn''t sure if it would work out. Thanks to you I don't have to wonder about it any more. Watch out door mats, here I come! Yaaaaaaggghhhhhh.

[@jengibs]

I have a portion of my campaign that takes place in grasslands, so I think I'm going to take this idea and run with it, cutting oblong round-ish shapes to be patches of tall grass with a few scattered rocky outcropping made of foam to make my savannah grasslands terrain. Thanks for this idea!

[@cliffordrode1296]

There is also a brown rib door mat you can do the same thing with. Cut it up into fields and add a little green pain to the tops of the ribs. Love the excitement, keep up the great work!

[@BittermanAndy]

That sounds a great idea... got any photos?

[@perrygrosshans8537]

Love it! This is such an old school crafting trick (i.e. The Terrain Tutor), so it's nice to see newer channels reminding folks that these "quickcrafts" are out there. :)

[@HunterMayer]

Nice! I liked the build jam session at the end for filler. For smaller height fields/grass look at some of the fake fur scraps too. Check with your local costuming guilds for scraps. You can glue the fabric to a rubber mat/etc. Then you can use clippers to vary heights. I haven't tried cutting with clippers on this dense a mat... but that might work, and it might dull a blade pretty quick too... I want to try making furrows too. Depending on material heat can do things too! try burning the tips. Also dry a dry brush of a light colors will add some color variety. You can also spray on some pva/water/alcohol (or go with a stronger adhesive mix) and sprinkle on "toppings" to change the look from wheat to a another plant. You can also make a template and put in some crop circles 👽. I think I would also warble the cuts a little to give them a more organic shapes overall too. Rubber mats make for good road/river bases too! I remember taking our old house mats and cutting them up for stuff like this. This is a great entry point! You got my creative juices flowing! I gotta check out the rest of the channel now :D

[@71rwtd]

I have been waiting for this for years!

[@dancdow]

Hey man, algorithm pointed me in your direction. I watched the video and thought it was a good idea. Well done. However, what earned my sub was the last little segment about the little crappy hut that in the context of a full scene, looks great. Great point about not sweating the fine details all the stinking time. Nobody, NOBODY, at the table notices that the flocking is the wrong shade of green, or the wood grain detail is too parallel, or that there is a little too much dry brushing on the roof. They are excited that there is something on the table their characters can interact with.

[@IshgarSeth]

So, I didn't really follow your channel until now and it's funny to me to discover your stuff through this one because you're rediscovering in 2023 what I read from a White Dwarf magazine back in 2003/4 and it's literally that exact same technique that brought me to get interested in wargaming and later in ttrpg. So yeah, really funny to just stumble back on the same idea (which is great btw, these mats always worked wonders imo) and you've done justice to the idea. So, thanks for this :)

[@juliusjokela5025]

Nice! I love big scenic tables for fights, or just to serve as a setting piece for players to look at while someone else is at the spotlight! This is one of those "why haven't I ever thought of that!" -kind of builds. Thank you for the idea!

[@tacotots_132]

Green spray pint with yellow beads for a corn field? Love it! Thanks for the tips!!

[@franklyanogre00000]

Rice with yellow dye.

[@ArtJeremiah]

Very nice. This has been a classic build in wargaming for a good minute.

[@Breezey357]

Cut out different paths through the fields and arrange them to make a maze, add some harvest/scarecrow/gourd themed monsters and you got a Halloween themed dungeon

[@OldFriendos]

Friend of mine made these, and they give sooooo much flavor and vibe. i love them. He sticked some things inside and put some things next to them and boom, welcome to the Farmlands

[@ciarajeanr]

This is dope. Haha, I love how creative people are

[@mashguy]

I’ve seen it used in 15mm historical war games for the same effect. Great and easy fields

[@jeremygriffin620]

Looks like Wal-Mart is suddenly going to get a small rush on their Mainstays "Wheatfield" floor mats. The in scenery display really sold them, great vid.

[@jefferydraper4019]

"Wow!!!! You must really like our home furnishings!" "Home furnishings? Are you nuts? This is going in my garage so that we can fight over it." "HUH????"

[@CronosVids]

If you flip the mat over and cut from the underside you can draw on the cutlines. I wonder if you can add washes of browns and yellows to add some variety. Maybe even a light bone/sand drybrush on the top. You can definitely elevate this project to a next level. Maybe an idea for a future video.

[@MrFutsy]

These are great. A few simple fences on the corners made mine pop.

[@Jay-ln1co]

Got one from Ikea and know a lot of people who have too. Perfect for 20mm scale, good for 28mm scale. With some fences around it and worn down farm houses, it's exactly what the eastern front needs.

[@notsmartist]

This will be perfect for a model farm😅 thanks dude

[@wokedragon3211]

I have thought about doing this project but was always a bit scared it would not hold once cut thank you for doing this

[@coryeachus1313]

Looks great. I bet you could torch the fields and make a burnt out field for battle aftermath as well. Love your videos.

[@jefferydraper4019]

Thatched roof too. Shave it off and then glue it onto cardboard or plasticard. Instant peasant roofs.

[@Strkr3]

@@jefferydraper4019 great idea! Yeah, glue a line of paracord gut wrapped around both sides to it then cut below the line. Rows of thatch ready to go!

[@Vipre-]

Should try and get more of them and experiment with dye. Different colors for other crops. Perhaps even electric clippers for variation in height or to make "rows" in the field.

[@BillAllanWorld]

Nice! Easy crafts for the win!

[@StorycraftSociety]

Cant beat em!

[@Erectus666]

This is briliant. Good job and thanks!

[@Loveoldies50]

I always cut the rubber part. I do it to make a grass mat rug into wall to wall on my deck, and ramp.

[@adiosgringo8200]

Loved his opening quib. Thank you

[@dungeonsanddrybrushing]

Looks great, as always! Love the Quickcraft series.

[@shelbykat4801]

Recently found your channel and I really enjoy your videos. This set up looks amazing! I would love to be able to have set ups like this, just don't have the room and I'm not super crafty. Can I ask where you got that background mat from? The one you rolled out first before placing everything on top.

[@IWFarrar2]

You definitely should do cornfields next!

[@Tysto]

You mean American corn? Maize? From North America?

[@drewlch4947]

@@Tystowhere’s North America in the forgotten realms? Is that near the sword coast?

[@stevenbradley6243]

I really liked the village at the end - all of your stuff looked amazing in context! 🥰

[@dereko425]

It would be fun to see a reaper mini harvesting the wheat with a scythe. Add in some bundles of wheat as scatter terrain to really sell it. I am definitely keep an eye of for a similar mat to do this with. Fantastic idea.

[@PhD777]

Historical Wargamers have used these for decades (at least three) - great stuff!👍🏻🎅👍🏻

[@TheFelina75]

I envision a scarecrow or two and maybe some tiny crows. So cool! I loved this video.

[@capnskustomworks]

Those give such a perfect look for fields, and lots of potential for different applications!!! I’ll bet one could use some of the caulking mixture on the edges to build them out a bit give them a look similar to the plowed fields! The paint coming up the stalks like dirt is an excellent detail for the realism, I was so thinking that when ye mentioned it!

[@Rick-tt5hi]

Looks fantastic!!

[@klasky123]

Awesome looking table!

[@StorycraftSociety]

Thank you!

[@andrewpowell8940]

Quick and easy I love it.

[@StorycraftSociety]

Thank you!

[@BP-fu6kk]

Those mats look great. I feel if you dotted around some of that other tilled terrain with them, it would mimic the fact they're actively harvesting it. Especially if you dotted some stacked bales around.

[@RaFonaRaFona]

Where is the play mat from? Love the fields.

[@JCrain31]

Cool! I have been watching you channel and a few other crafting channels for a while now. I love having 3d elements on the gaming table. I’m a PC in our current campaign and have only DMed a few one shots for other groups, but I love to build terrain pieces. Love your channel and the videos you post. Keep up the great content!

[@LostWhits]

Don't forget that historically not all the fields would grow the same crop. They rotated throughout the year sometimes leaving them fallow. But perhaps your village uses magical fertiliser and funghi. Dragon poop has to be full of all sorts of nutrients, if you're brave enough to scoop it up.

[@Lord_zeel]

Well, he only had one color of mat.

[@j.f.5162]

Dye the mat green

[@Zack_Wester]

@@j.f.5162 or jus buy a green mat. that said there always the chance that the fields are mono cultured and rotates per year. aka one year all fields are wheat next year all fields are corn and so on.

[@ObsidianDragon616]

you could cut them into thin strips and leave a gap in between the rows to himt that some sort of modern machine or magical farming device occasionally goes through for harvesting.

[@randyward2766]

I work at Walmart so I can even use my discount. Most excellent!

[@StorycraftSociety]

NICE!

[@BrendonMclaughlin-g3d]

This is amazing! Now you need a windmill!

[@amsburym]

I love the mats he uses at the end, where can I find those!

[@pamelacain2541]

I love this! Thank you for sharing this idea!

[@crapparc]

Your final setup is what I want to make for my narrative project. It looks awesome! You can use the fibres that you get from cutting and cleaning up to make haystacks. I got the idea from TheGameSmith.

[@j.f.5162]

Nice Tip!!!

[@bootsie9374]

excellent video, i also like how easy these will be to store! thanks

[@ianocanasaltikov]

Have you made a quick craft video of your tree trunks?, they look pretty good!

[@davidmontijo9644]

Would a watered down glue help with the pieces coming off?

[@jacobhope6164]

Nice! You're right. They do look just like wheat.

[@harrietcraig6716]

Great to see your numbers growing! Fun build!!

[@nixhixx]

I'd deffo paint some shades of green, more golden, for other 'crops'. Honestly, I think for wheat, it looks a bit short, at least for that stage of beige. Maybe little furrows going through... Also, it'd be a LITTLE wasteful, but...probably the fields wouldn't be so straight and squared off. That said, great little project.

[@AkelisRain]

I actually have been searching for something like this for my game of warmachine. Must find now

[@StorycraftSociety]

Awesome! Glad I could be of assistance!

[@Slydeish]

This is great. Do you have a vide on the trees? Good lord those are nice looking! \

[@gregmccormack5709]

Sweet! I wonder how difficult it would be to pull out some of the tuft to make rows like in a tilled field and you could dye the crops different colors too. This has so many possibilities.

[@Hikerbug]

Amazing idea! Who’s Jeremy? I wanna check out his video on using mats for roads that you mentioned

[@JDSoOR]

Jeremy is the guy we know here as Black Magic Craft : kzbin.info/door/2Rlv-ug-mtnXuMwlpcqFgg

[@TheParkAttendant]

Woooowww. You need to work on a field of corn next.

[@toddler_dragons]

Get a second hand shaver… and trim lines so you get a row effect. :)

[@looselycollected7505]

I can remember Games Workshop had a book on terrain making they sold in the 90's. And making crop fields from matts like this was one of the ideas in their book. Also the old Terragenesis website(RIP) had a project like this too.

[@StorycraftSociety]

Hmm, and here I thought I’d discovered something new! I’m gonna have to try and find that book!

[@looselycollected7505]

@@StorycraftSociety I still have a copy somewhere. But but I think it's mixed into a box of stuff in storage right now.

[@douggillespie747]

Nice find for easy and cheap. How is itfor LOS with minis next to it?

[@CorsoWorkshop]

Pretty nifty! Good one! :)

[@jefferydraper4019]

As a kid that grew up plowing, planting, and harvesting wheat...its: Too thick. It needs to be thinned out. Ive never seen a crop grow that well. Too uniform. There needs to be random edges and holes in parts because sometimes, despite your best efforts, the wheat doesnt grow or dies out or is taken over and killed by other plants. Especially in a Medieval field without access to herbicides or fertilizers. Otherwise it does look pretty damned good and is pretty simple to make.

[@cescurin]

You should cut the mat into narrow bands and glue them on your previous design. I think it would be better. In the way you've designed the town, it seems to be a difference in scale between the wheat fields and the houses.

[@Maigehound]

as a compliment for this scenary - make some smoke and fire markers (flickering tea lights) - adverturers need to save the farm from bandits trying to burn the fields or because the PCs will make the situation worse when they don't think twice about casting fireball at the fleeing goblins that were stealing chickens lol

[@timothyyoung2962]

I found some shaggy hair material at Joann Fabrics, and it just struck me that it looked like tall, dry, scrubby grass. I grabbed 2 yards' worth and cut it up to use it as tall grass for Zona Alfa.

[@iknownothing-49]

Great. Scarecrow? Crows?

[@coreymease7851]

Great video! Loved it!

[@noahberg101]

Around Christmas time I go to their Winter village section and stock up on brick walkways which are just rolled up brick textured things along with some shrubs and other small things like lights

[@StorycraftSociety]

Drew has some of those brick walkways! And stockpiled some trees around Christmas as well!

[@noahberg101]

@@StorycraftSociety awesome!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees use in them

[@chang1910]

oh thank you! as a noob crafter, love ur quickcraft videos :) i made ur fields and love them! added some corn to some of them.. might do a few of these :) terrain tutor made some cool similar videos. and there is another version that lets you place mini among / whitin the wheat, youtube dont let me link them for you :/ ps do you have a video on how you made those giant mushroom? i keep seeing on your videos and love them, but cant find them on your channel

[@AlejandroJavierFurfaro]

Nice video and idea! That battlemat is amazing where did you buy it?

[@agrayday7816]

FLG Mats: 28mm Bocage

[@Zenith12321]

I bought this to try tonight! I'm gonna cut it to make a maze for a Halloween game

[@ryansullivan5854]

Hilariously easy. What did you do about the shedding issue?

[@markshrubb]

Where are the buildings from? Also cut from the back of the mat not through the straw makes it easier

[@b.calvinsaul1909]

Cool. I wish I'd thought of this.

[@StorycraftSociety]

Well now you can make it!

[@stuartbaxter-potter8363]

I love these. Next project will be to crank out a few of them for 10mm games. That's the intention, anyway, but the Sigmar players are welcome to use them too XD

[@Lord_zeel]

Might take it a few steps further: First, I wouldn't cut it out so cleanly - maybe even cut it into some curved shapes rather tan perfect rectangles. Then, to make it look more like rows of wheat, you could use something like a butter knife to scrape lines through the bristles. You might just need to sort of much them apart, or you might need to actually mat them down or tear them out to get the right effect. Then take some needle nose pliers, and pluck some bristles out around the edges to make it a little ragged and uneven.

[@RupertFoulmouth]

They look great. Only issue I can see is models walking across the field would be walking on the tops of the stalks like Kung Fu masters.

[@lutorion]

Does anyone know where the mats with the roads, grasslands and fields showed in the video are from?

[@badmojo19901119]

thats what im trying to find too!!!

[@agrayday7816]

FLG Mats: 28mm Bocage

[@agrayday7816]

@@badmojo19901119 FLG Mats: 28mm Bocage

[@elizabeths4371]

I build 12th scale dolls houses and I can see this floor mat making an excellent thatched roof.

[@bimbopoli814]

you can also create different kind of crop by color the field with diluhited acrilic

[@TheThrashKing92]

Nice!

[@StorycraftSociety]

Thanks!

[@coltonberry985]

What gaming matt is that?

[@calebgwynn7546]

start at 3:00 for actual video.

[@dma-rising8876]

I'll absolutely be copying this