#Terrain

My minimal solo rpg kit

Why are 3d sculpted models so overly detailed?

How to Get Better by Playing Yourself

A complete guide to solo Warmachine practice—why it works, how to deploy against yourself without cheating, and how to get months of improvement in a week.

Infernal Diaries Day 1

Starting the Infernals journey—basing a fresh 3D-printed army, building a 30-point learning list with Agathon, and figuring out essence management.

Building Terrain in the Sun

Taking the hobby outside for some terrain building in the sunlight.

How to Start Commission Painting and Why You Maybe Shouldn't

Real talk on getting into commission painting—how to find clients, how to price your work, and why turning your hobby into a business might not be what you think.

Another Random Hobby Day

A day of wrapping up 3D printing projects, texturing the game board with isopropyl alcohol mud, cleaning the hobby room, and a surprise giveaway for subscribers.

Daily Hobby Vlog 161

Day 161 of the daily hobby streak—dealing with mold curing issues, salvaging an old shelf for a game board, and planning the next terrain project.

Starting a Board for Necropolis

Starting a 16x16 diorama board for Necropolis—cutting foam, planning the frame, and discovering a cool free skirmish game with an awesome solo mode.

3D Printing KDM Terrain

A quick update on 3D printing Kingdom Death Monster terrain pieces, including a custom butcher base and encounter terrain.

Simple Lego Minifig Bases for D&D

A quick experiment making bases for Lego minifigures to use in D&D games on standard battle mats.

Giveaway Winner!

Pulling the 100 subscriber giveaway winner using YouTube API, plus cleaning the hobby space, opening Mage Knight boosters, and finishing the Ultimate Dungeon Terrain tile.

Another Board Done

Quick update showing off the terrain board after the oil wash dried—rich earth tones ready for gaming.

A Christmas Oil Wash

Sneaking in some hobby time on Christmas to apply an oil wash to the terrain board while the family naps.

ASMR Drybrushing

A relaxing drybrushing session on a terrain board using Scale Color and Citadel paints, preparing for an oil wash.

Painting Dirt - Hobby Vlog 99

Day 99 of hobby vlogging—painting a terrain board with craft paints and inks, plus a mail day surprise with Mage Knight boosters.

How to Make Scratch Built Terrain Indestructible

Day 98 pushing through sickness—sealing a terrain board with Mod Podge and glue to make it nearly indestructible like the old Warhammer Fantasy days.

Quick Vlog Day 97

Final glue layer on the terrain board, successfully printing a Vulcan colossal, and then getting hit by sudden sickness.

Working on Ultimate Dungeon Terrain & A Whole Day of Hobbying

Processing 3D prints, texturing the outdoor half of the dungeon board, learning to sculpt for the first time, and finally printing that Vulcan on the fourth try.

Working on Ultimate Dungeon Terrain & A Whole Day of Hobbying

A full day of hobby progress—texturing the outdoor half of my Ultimate Dungeon Terrain board, learning to sculpt with green stuff, and finally printing a Vulcan colossal.

The Best Snow Effect Ever

How to create incredible snow effects using crushed glass, realistic water, and fishing line icicles—nothing compares to this technique.

Finishing Paint on the Shack

Adding LED lights and painting the metal details on the Love Shack objective marker—true metallic metal techniques with liquid chrome highlights.

Painting the Wood on The Love Shack

Using Marco Frisone's weathered wood recipe with contrast paints and dry brushing to create a grungy, well-used Love Shack objective marker.

Return of the Cubes

Making scatter terrain cubes that blend into the Molly Crew board—plus setting up a rainy day project shelf for quick 10-minute hobby sessions.

Making Some Additions to the Board

Day 60 celebration—finishing the Molly Crew board with stone terrain pieces inspired by Turkish quarries and a creepy Demon Prints head.

How to Paint the Anchorite Shrine

Finishing Trench Crusade with the Anchorite Shrine—purple preshade for silver, aged wood recipe, and streaking grime magic on the Catherine wheel.

Scratch Building a Wargame Board - Almost Ready for Paint

Gap filling with plaster of Paris, adding talus to hide seams, and the trick to getting natural textures without brush strokes.

Scratch Building a Wargame Board - Almost Ready for Paint

Gap filling with plaster of Paris, preserving the blister texture, talus for breaking panel lines, and the wetter water glue mix. Plus—fixed the dryer guilt-free.

Fixing Warped Terrain Boards

The drill press idea failed—boards warped anyway. Here's the plan to fix them with MDF, transition tiles, and a lot of books.

Expanding Our Tile Into a Full Game Board

From one tile to a 2x3 skirmish board—using Mod Podge in cracks, heat guns on foam, and hoping the drill press keeps things flat.

Just Rambling

Seven days in and I've found something I didn't realize I'd lost. The board started telling its own story, and for the first time in years, I'm truly back in the hobby.

Getting the Most Out of Dirty Down Moss

Day seven of the board project—the heat gun makes moss bubble up like magic, but watch out for that third-degree burn setting. Disaster and recovery.

Vlog Day 6 - Almost Done with the Board

Pre-shading foam tiles like basalt, the magic of dark streaking grime, and why different colored stones make everything look organic.

How to Turn Foam to Stone

Day five of terrain building—fixing visible foam cells with AK Natural Texture and getting everything looking like real stone.

Making a Board for Motley Crews

Day three of terrain building—cutting foam with a hot wire into a checkerboard pattern for Molly Crew. What can you get done in an hour?