This video deserves 10x the views it has; criminally undiscovered - I wouldn’t have been surprised to see 500k or 1m+… but 35k!? Excellent time lapse of superbly detailed and exacting work: thank you, creator.
I have tales from the old Margrave and I’m using it as a starting quest to the actual Midgard campaign Empire of ghouls. My players just finished fighting the hollow man for the first time and it was wild. Granted I did give him some extra minions to contest with my players cause three of them can transform into straight up monsters and one has a homebrew wand, and one’s a phoenix-born
Be careful on pinch points, as they can also make for REALLY boring gameplay too, if ONLY the person at the front can effectively contribute. Depends on the terrain setup.
As far as filming yourself delivering the description text you plan to use for your players...it sounds and feels weird (like kissing your sister through a screen door). However, I've done a lot of public speaking at your point is not really all that rare. Btw, your excitement is awesome! Great video.
I made a map on 1" block grid and large graph paper, (available at that A-Z store) 2 feet x 3 feet sheet, and colored it in. I made it to the standard 1 block =10 feet scale. It worked great for my players. I have a 3D printer, and I have seen people do it, but it's too much for me, and would take a LONG time to create the files, slice the files in an organized way, and then print and paint for a 1 time use in several sessions. Then what... storage? I made the colored pencil map in 2 - 4-hour sessions. The players loved it!
Why is the staircase technique showing up at 4:53 when the video title references how to make staircases? Shouldn't this be at like the first 10-30 seconds?
I saw the heat rating for what the EZ Water was supposed to hit and pictured it melting through the foam. I was not disappointed. You may be able to repour over it. But, hey, one part learning experience, one part content. And it shows that if a plan fails, don't feel defeated, just try something else.
My plan is a hag's hut. The newer Phandelver describes it as a small ten by ten shack, but I think I'm going to go just a bit bigger for more space to play in.
"Good artists borrow. Great artists steal.' Great advice for terrain building and storytelling. If your players aren't familiar with certain movies, shows, comics, or novels, they're a great place to just lift plots from. If they've not played a certain adventure, yoink parts of it and use it for yourself. As a corollary to this for players: "If you see something, no you didn't." Don't say anything about it if you saw the DM make a lift from elsewhere. If you know the plot, no you don't. The DM liked a thing, and he's wanting to share it with you, so play it straight and say nothing. After the campaign is done, then you could mention it, if you remember. But not immediately after, and definitely not during.
This turned out awesome ! I'm gonna make my own in the coming days with more of a snowy vibe ! PS: I had a hard time to find this video because it was not with the rest of the playlist for making a 3D map
This video was great, informative and in depth while not being too long. My father (avid D&D crafter) passed last year and I inherited a workshop full of foam. This video was the one that gave me the confidence to start working on foam pieces for my own D&D campaign, thank you.
3:37 Swinging a short sword is generally regarded as a weak move, because short swords are designed to be stabbing weapons. Maybe a 1st level fighter would make this mistake 🤔
hay, how well do the tiles fit in your kallax shelfs? i have the tiles and im thinking of buying a kallax to store them all but whould like to know how ell they fit.
These ship tiles look great. However, I think it would be a pretty tough first time project, mostly because of the curved sides/edges. I've been crafting for years and still find boat shaped quite tricky without a template.
What do you do with your builds like this when you are done? Alot of the individual pieces can be reused again... but how do you go about storing or reuising cragmaw castle?
Have you tried the Ammo Mig turned earth ground product? If so would really be interested to hear thoughts on which is better to work with for building out custom bases.
I'm going to run my first long adventure...and I have pages upon pages of prep work!!!! My nerves are shot between that and building all I need from terrain, vegetation to buildings etc. Why does it seem that no matter how much stuff/buildings/walls and all that I have, I never have enough of what I need for this???? LOL!
I usually don't use building interiors as I find it way more difficult to craft just for using it once in a while. I love how you created this interiors, so it will be way easier to play with.
I love the excitement and enthusiasm you have for your game and your players! Thank you for sharing that excitement and your process, it's super inspiring.
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
This too funny. "You get to roll you damage die again and that's going to continue stacking... you get to keep rolling... 30 points of damage or something crazy" followed by "gets you make attacks quickly and doesn't require a bunch of rolling". Stopped watching after this blatant contradiciton.
