Starting a board for Necropolis.
Join the necropolis discord and check out the rules here:
Join the necropolis discord and check out the rules here:
A quick experiment making bases for Lego minifigures to use in D&D games on standard battle mats.
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.
Quick update showing off the terrain board after the oil wash dried—rich earth tones ready for gaming.
Sneaking in some hobby time on Christmas to apply an oil wash to the terrain board while the family naps.
A relaxing drybrushing session on a terrain board using Scale Color and Citadel paints, preparing for an oil wash.
Day 99 of hobby vlogging—painting a terrain board with craft paints and inks, plus a mail day surprise with Mage Knight boosters.
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.
Final glue layer on the terrain board, successfully printing a Vulcan colossal, and then getting hit by sudden sickness.
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.
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.
How to create incredible snow effects using crushed glass, realistic water, and fishing line icicles—nothing compares to this technique.
Adding LED lights and painting the metal details on the Love Shack objective marker—true metallic metal techniques with liquid chrome highlights.
Using Marco Frisone's weathered wood recipe with contrast paints and dry brushing to create a grungy, well-used Love Shack objective marker.
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.
Day 60 celebration—finishing the Molly Crew board with stone terrain pieces inspired by Turkish quarries and a creepy Demon Prints head.
Finishing Trench Crusade with the Anchorite Shrine—purple preshade for silver, aged wood recipe, and streaking grime magic on the Catherine wheel.
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.
Gap filling with plaster of Paris, adding talus to hide seams, and the trick to getting natural textures without brush strokes.
The drill press idea failed—boards warped anyway. Here's the plan to fix them with MDF, transition tiles, and a lot of books.
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.
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.
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.
Pre-shading foam tiles like basalt, the magic of dark streaking grime, and why different colored stones make everything look organic.
Day five of terrain building—fixing visible foam cells with AK Natural Texture and getting everything looking like real stone.
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?