#Terrain
Building and painting terrain pieces for tabletop gaming.
44 pages, 20 of them guides
How to make terrain glue
Sealing scratch-built terrain with watered-down PVA: the 50/50 mix, the two drops of dish soap that make it soak instead of bead, and how to stop it gluing itself to your table.
Making stats for our teaspoon pet
Rolling up a pet in Teaspoon: a d8 down the line, the modifiers your creature type brings, and when to just pick a nature instead of rolling it.
Old school sand bases
Making basing texture out of sand, PVA and cheap paint. Why all-purpose sand and not playground sand, and why this still beats a pot of texture paste at scale.
My minimal solo rpg kit
The whole solo RPG kit: the Kal Arath zine, one notebook worth writing in, and dice. Why the notebook choice matters more than it sounds.
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.
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.
How to Build a 16x16 Necropolis Board
Building a 16x16 diorama board for Necropolis out of foam offcuts, and where to get the free rules including the 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.
Finishing a Mossy Terrain Board With an Oil Wash
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Building Teaspoon's Lava Rock Diorama, Part 1
I tore up an old prize-winning Shadespire board to build a volcanic reef. Mostly this one is about getting cork to stop looking like cork.
Planning the Hobby Room, Attempt Number Six
I've tried to turn this basement into a real studio six times and never finished once. This time I started with graph paper and paper cutouts.
Rambling about competitive vs fun games.
I'm going to do a ramble over some of my games from Sunday.
Mail day and what’s coming next
What's up? Quick one tonight. Uh things are returning back to normal. Tomorrow I'll be back on the channel. But uh my first order, they sent me the stuff I was…
Prima Materia Dice, Orc the Brand, and a Foam Haul
30 seconds of talking before I have to stop and breathe — but I'm still excited about Man Alone's Prima Materia dice, Orc the Brand's new game, and a stack of foam I just turned into terrain boards.
GW got me again
Breaking a three-year no-new-GW streak at my old local store, plus why the daily hobby vlog is winding down so I can start building 40k my way for 11th edition.
Why are 3d sculpted models so overly detailed?
Today, I'm just building the last bit of models I need to have built for like some personal projects and the commissions.
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.
Hobby Vlog and Terrain Inspiration
Comparing chainmail painting steps—is the extra work worth it at tabletop distance? Plus nature shots as terrain inspiration for your next build.
Iso Alcohol Mud Texture, a Studio Cleanup, and a Giveaway
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.
Salvaging an Old Shelf Into a 16x16 Game Board
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.
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.
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.
Sealing the Terrain Board and Printing a Vulcan
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
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.
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.
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.
A Game Board Turned Into Its Own World
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.
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.
Magnetizing Bases and Fixing a Foam Board Disaster
Magnetizing bases, the mystery foam problem, and yes I printed off YouTube comments and framed them—that's where we're at.