Easy to Make BARRELS for Miniature D&D Taverns (The DM's Craft  

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This is the only instructional video I've found for barrels and they look great!! Thanks DM Scotty!! You rock!

If I only saw the end product I wouldn't have even guessed it was Cardboard!?!? This tutorial is a real game changer!!!! Thanks so much

Crafty bit of crafting matey ;o)

No way this is too cool!

Look at how clean cut you were!

Thanks for the kind words all.

So cute.

These are brilliant!!

My players absolutely love little details like that! Thanks!

They all look great and are not too difficult to build, well done.

I love how simple these are! perfect to make a ton of for background clutter. I could even make them bombs by adding a piece of string as a fuse and red dry brushing in the shape of a skull

That well work thanks

That's awesome!! I love that you take things others would throw away and make them into beautiful crafts !!

I love trying out most of your props, this opening looks so professional too

huh, that's great. very effective. love the difference some smart paint can do

I've been following your work now off and on for a while. Fantastic work. Thanks so much for sharing.

Very clever. You r quite talented. I love to watch people create.

I made these today for a moonshine still and they were so easy and turned out fantastic. I love your channel and the videos are so helpful, keep up the great work!

Thank you for this tutorial it is by far the best barrel tutorial on the YOU TUBE anywhere's. You get the AWARD for this tutorial. It is easy and simple and I was able to make 10 barrels in one sitting. Again Thank you and keep up the great tutorials.

Life saver! Thank u so much 😁😁

Great looking barrels and a great tutorial!

at first I was not putting a lot of faith that would be cool, but his work is amazing . Sorry an error in writing, had to use the translator

Yes, your barrels look great! :)

Great crafting.

Maaaan those look phenomenal! At no cost at all, I don't have any excuse not to try my hand at these. 😱

So good!

Awesome as always!

I think I've just found a new hobby, going to my local crafts store tonight!

You got to be kidding me. Absolute genius. Gotta give credit when credit is due.

This is one of my favorite videos of yours. Love it man, well done!

Great looking barrels!

Cool idea! Who doesn't need more barrels? Barrels and crates are excellent fillers. Thanks!

Wow. Not sure I'll ever make these, but they look amazing!

These are epic! I love it thank you for the awesome tutorial!

Super! I am working on an inn presently and these will really help enhance the visualization. Thanks for sharing!

this channel helps me and my dad build stuff for our campaign, thank you so much for making these videos.

Dude you are amazing. I've been trying to find a good method for like two weeks now.

Great video as always sir. I also found an easy way to make miniature barrels (I work at a hardware store so I have a lot of places to look for inspiration). Those small wooden plugs you use to cap off holes in wood projects are tapered on the ends and are almost the perfect size on a miniature scale. If you glue them end to end you get a good barrel shape and works great if you need to make a bunch.

oh Thanks !! I was waiting for this

Very nice! I am going to have to make some of these!

Very impressive and creative!

SENCILLO Y GRANDIOSO!

This is awesome! I don't know why it's so hard to find a simple barrel tutorial on RU-vid. Probably because the best one has already been made!

thanks - need to make some barrels for a wagon

awesome!!!!!

awesome

Crafting them now! :)

So easy and such a good result ! Great !!

This is a really useful video. Thank You for stopping me from buying tiny barrels. Now I can quickly and easily make a bunch of these. 😃 Thank You again for these vids. I'm so taking your advice. Also I'm going to be binge watching this channel. 😉

great tutorial, nice result :)

Amazing.

Thouse barrels might be simple to do, but it sure was the best looking barrels i could fine, to craft.👍

Talent. Keep it up

Wonderful! You sir, are a master craftsman. How you can just sit and figure this stuff out is really a cool talent! The filming/editing/lighting, and sound are perfectThank you for sharing!!!

That's just awesome, thanks. I now have an idea for a project using your barrel design.

Eres un artista, I love your videos, saludos desde España.

great vid enjoyed watching thx for sharing,,,cheers

I absolutely LOVE watching your videos!! so many cool ideas!! I wanna craft some of these things even if I never get to use them in a session!!

Love the new intro!

Brilliant as usual Bro:)! Your stuff always looks so good in the combination shots. LOVLY set of terrain you got there Buddy!!!!

Awesome!!! Love your vids!

Love your work!

I really liked this fantastic work 😊

Fantastic sir

Fun project dude!

I have to say.... you have a great talent for turning nothing into something awesome. I've never played DnD before but the great pieces of terrain really want me to make some tiles and play! If nothing else I could make a badass tile set for my Dungeon Command war bands.

really good idea, those barrels look great. I've been wondering for a while about buy them but now I will have to make them :) thanks Scotty

thank you for the video! awesome tutorial

Their repast is interrupted by some assassins that have come to hate them. XD

YES, I wish there was a love option. These will make it on to myy table. A new project has been added to my list.

I know it's a simple item, but I've been dying to figure this out. You made it look So easy! I'm making a permanent tavern for my games ( it's a franchise that ends up in every town :) and every accessory you've shown so far has gone into it. Thanks for giving me more!

a bunch of assassins have come to kill the paty. "Hey look at the barrel"

Love the barrel tutorial! Great idea! (I hope the assasins aren't to terribly mean and angry) ha ha.

For stealth sections you could use a magnet under the table and secretly 'sneak' enemies round the dungeon to surprise the players!

That is a hex nut, sir.

Good Stuff DmScotty..

A better technique for installing the nut might be to use a bolt. Just thread the nut on a couple turns (very loose, but not TOO loose), hot glue the nut, then use the bolt to shove it into the barrel. When the glue sets in a couple seconds, unscrew the bolt and move on to the next barrel.

That's awesome! Say, would it helped if before painting you'd white glued them on the whole surface to strenghten it up?

Those do look great! Personally I prefer to buy barrels and crates and other assorted tiny stuff. Not too expensive, indestructible, and making tiny stuff isn't my forte (but breaking it is :P).

You can use a wodden dovel to roll them on.

Very cool! I just started watching your videos tonight and I've subscribed. I'm not a gamer in truth-I'm more of a tinkerer. But I'm always on the lookout for tips about making little things like this. Your work is great and very creative. Thanks for sharing.

You have got to love a guy like this who can create wonderful things, but twice call a nut a bolt.

I think u can use two part epoxy glue to do very small rivet details

Great job, as always, man! Roderick...yet again awakens confused under the heavy arm of a she-ogre..

damn, they look great.. I am looking into trying to make these little props, but I am really afraid that I will fail miserably :D You have some really gorgeous things on your channel! Thanks for sharing it with us ^^

These barrels look great. I think I'm going with this technique for my first set of barrels that I'll be making soon. Question though, how did you make that bar in the tavern scene at the end? Rectangle woodsies on top of cardboard or blocks?

What you shouldve done was before you closed the barrel completely. Take your 2 disks and glue them on the inside along the folded crease edge, rather than on the top. So that way the disks look like the recess lid and edge top of the barrels. And its a nut not a bolt you glued inside. Also keep in mind the larger wide barrel you want to make the more slats youll need to use to make a big fat wide barrel. You can use wood dowels and cut to length then sand them down on a belt sander or something for the flared top and bottom. Then use a wood hot iron carving tool with a fine tip, burn the grooves along the sides of the dowel to create your barrel slats. And if you really want to be more creative use a Dremel with a round grinding stone, grind down just a little bit on the ends in the center that is small enough for the recess lid at the top and bottom. Then use the wood carving iron again to make the slats in the lids. Once your done use any wood stain for your base color to bring out the real natural look of the wood before you paint any highlights to the barrels. Then using the same technique of using the card stock paper for your iron bands place them on as well. And your done.

The other day I got a pizza from little caesars and the corrugation on the box is really small. I am going to try to make some barrels out of it and see how they turn out. I'll post my results on the facebook page.

That's a nut

I don't know if you did one on sacks/bags already, but if you haven't: Wouldn't those little silicate pouches they put in pill bottles work?

Nice video. The barrels look great. One thing though... it's a nut, not a bolt. :)

Can you provide more information about the doors you featured at the end of the video? Kinda blew my mind when I saw that it was a functional door. Please and thank you.

The post office envelope works just as well?

I found another way to make barrels. Hobby Lobby sells 28mm sized barrels called "Pickle barrels." Buy em. Paint em up. www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hobbies/Wood-Crafting/Unfinished-Wood/7-8-Birch-Mini-Pickle-Barrels/p/20792

I'd just glue the nut to the end caps before putting them on.

Is this on the cardboard lines or between them that we are marking and cutting one layer deep on?

This is excellent. I don't suppose you could show us some science fiction set pieces? I GM a Star Wars RPG and there's precious little tools and tips around for crafting for it. Your work is amazing. I've been a crafter since I was very small and you have come up with things that I haven't thought of yet (a semi rare and very delightful occurrence!). I have dreams and schemes of building both the worm and the trees from your other videos. Thanks so much for sharing your skills!

In your Tilescape introduction you have a giant mead barrel, does this just upscale for that or is it a bit more involved? Reason I ask is I'm building a tavern and it would be epic WIN to have several of those around.

Hey! Would this technique could be used to do crates? I need some of 'em! :)