Miniature Bulletin Board - Simple Town Scatter Terrain
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In this video I build a miniature bulletin board, a great little piece of easy scatter terrain to help quickly populate a town board for tabletop games like Dungeons & Dragons or Frostgrave.
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What are some other small to medium size pieces of terrain that could be used to populate a town?
Perhaps a well? I think you've already made a video of that, though. What about market stalls selling various products (fish, veggies etc.)?
@@eleftheriapinakoulaki9754 yea, I do already have the well video....but market stalls are actually on my to do list. My REAL to do list.
Stacks of crates being delivered, both closed and open topped. A broken down (or parked) wagon full of hay, crates, or barrels being delivered. Perhaps a load of wood or coffins? You did mention that your world is a dark fantasy.
Man, I kind of really love the idea of a cart full of coffins!!!
Fountain, Or Flower Shrines
The moment between when you're first looking at the mat and when you start the video is honestly such purely good display and showmanship. The kindness and sincerity and purely good humor with which you handle your fan base, videos, and craft really just ping you as the official Mr. Rogers of tabletop. Thank you for another great video Jeremy, I'm working up the courage to start crafting!
As a Canadian, I prefer to be compared to Mr. Dressup.....but I'll take it ;)
Hey! A small printing advice: if you have a file for instance A4 size, but want to create a thumb size piece, open it in photoshop or any other decent image manipulation software, and set the resolution (dpi) to 600-1200 depending on your home printer's capabilities, without changing the dimensions (pixel width x height). After this step, go ahead and change the dimensions without affecting the resolution. This will result in the best possible quality of image size reduction. But the best you can get is to use vector graphics at a ridiculously high DPI setting, as high as possible. Plus before printing try to desaturate and level out the image to get the crispest lines before downscaling.
Hope it helps, keep up the brilliant channel mate!
Cheers!
Have you tried using a tea bag on paper to "age it"? That is what I used when I was a kid to make "treasure map".
Herb Gardens.... Laundry at a fountain.... wheelbarrows and carts with various produce or material..... Boundry Fences..... Outbuildings for storage or animals..... signposts..... rock and scrub/grass denoting travel routes etc........ basicly i just googled The Witcher 3 for tonnes of ideas :P that game looks so good. Gonna have to make a noticeboard though, great fluff piece and looks cool, cheers for the build!
I love how the quality of these videos is improving.
Soldier's guard post, horse's watering-area, some little wood chages sticked together as a animal merchant outdoor shop, an outdoor weapons merchant. The easiest thing probably to make but with great effect : a big town's bonfire circled by a shot stonework for scenarios in winter or in cold habitats in mountains villages
This is such a simple, beautiful build; detailed, elegant, realistic, and useful for multiple games. A masterpiece.
Dude try Mod Podge next time for glueing the posters on. That’s basically decoupage you were doing and Mod Podge was made for this. Also - thanks for inspiring my next project! :D
I must have watched this video on your patreon 3x plus another 2x on here. Dude this is killer! You should work on some stables next.
I think if I was to make a "Bulletin Board" I would use left over spru bits, stir sticks, popsicle sticks. Thanks for the info. Am right now working on making things that would fit with "Warcry" so towers and walkways.
Some ideas, market and blacksmith look nice in a town. The weirwood tree (face tree in game of thrones). Wardrums, cauldron, and effigy (Nick Cage Wicker Man style). I have things inspired from "TheDMsCraft" wagons, barrels, boxes, wells, train tracks and karts.
Those wooden planks are awsome. Great little build, Jeremy! MASTER! Also I share the same feeling that a detailed base make always a huge difference... Bravo!
For weathering paper, I've noticed that cheap black tea is great for it!
I would suggest with adding leaflets in future curling the corners around a toothpick to give it a 3D element. Really love the channel :)
I really like the smaller builds. Small details like that can up the level of a game.
Jeremy, your videos just keep getting better and better, and I don't just mean the content! The time and effort that goes into the shooting and editing of these videos is apparent, especially to those of us who frequently go back and watch older videos of yours.
Love this project!
You can also look up aging paper with tea, or coffee if you prefer. Haven't done it since the 90s, but that should give the right look.
For the posters, you should try coffee. A regular sheet of printing paper, with the designs, and simply pour a cup of coffee over it. Let it soak real good, probably giving it a few coats very varying intervals, before letting it dry completely.
Dunno how well it works in this instance, but its been used in role playing, when we were in the need of something resembling old parchtments.
I love this type of terrain builds. Some creates and Shops also make great town scatter. 😊
Very nice item. I actually like that your, um, "laziness" gave the board a contoured base with some height that you chose to accent with the putty and foliage. The hot-glue leveling trick is my big takeaway from this one, I already have a build that will benefit from that. - Since seeing my first of your videos less than 6 months ago, I've already built some goblin barricades, some terrain stone from xps packing material, and some block walls from florist foam (had some from running a LARP a couple of decades ago). I am mid-process on set of mix-and-match weathered fort walls from some really horrible craft foam and a lot of popsicle stick accents.
Oh boy, I really need a hot glue gun...
Isn’t floral foam really, really unsafe?
@@alsocupcakes8885 How do you mean? No foam should be burnt, as most have fumes that are unpleasant to downright toxic. Also, don't eat foam. Florist foam is safe enough to be used in floral arrangements that go to hospitals and baby showers. The only real hazard I can think of is that floral foam makes a MASSIVE mess when you cut, press, abrade, or even handle it while it is dry. I used mine because that's what I had on hand, and I had enough to make brick wall scatter pieces.
More town scatter ideas.
-wagons
-farmers market stalls (selling fruits, veggies, herbs, cloth, jewelry, potions, sculptures)
-traveling stage (minis can be actors, singers, hawkers of the latest snake oil, religious zealots. Douchey guys can be selling slaves you need to rescue. Also a good reason to have a crowd gathered)
-stocks
-a horse trough and hitch
-my daughter has also suggested teddy bears and bunnies
Despite all the correction you had to make, I like it a lot. It has character, and like you said, the little details do add a lot.
The posters look quite good to me.
Perhaps an idea for the poster would be to take a picture of your PC's minis and putting them on wanted posters.
I think what's great about all your videos is that your honest and tell it like it is if it doesn't work out the first time then just do it again and like you said you only learn by trying thanks
Can I just throw out that the music was awesome on this episode? It always is, of course, but I loved this opening song especially
I once made a decorated wooden box to store my jewelry in. I wanted it to look like it was covered in old maps, but I only had a cheap b&w printer. So, I used a thick brown paper that I had in my sketching album to print on b&w old-looking maps and papier mache'd it onto the wood. After a few coats of varnish, it looked cute. Due to the low quality of the print, the map looked weathered enough without any effort, lol. So, it's beneficial sometimes xD
Love it! Going to make one of these soon. Love all the inspiration i get from your builds whenever I’m trying to think of something to build if I’m getting some creative block i love going through TH-cam and taking bits from different videos and combining elements together. My next build will be a ruined clock tower and i think i will add one of these onto the side built into the clock tower for some more aesthetic. Thanks for the inspiration!
Another nice thing about the hot glue on the warped base is it adds some weight to it as well.
After a few paper to terrain projects under my belt, I have found Aieleen's Tacky glue 50/50 with water and applied with a brush to be the best in my world. Rock on man, great vid! Keep it up, bro!
Dude... THIS IS AWESOME!!!
those fallen ads are fantastic. if I have to think about which pieces to add to a city I would suggest a drinking trough for horses or signs hanging from a pole. for a darker version you could build a scaffold or a bow with some hanged men as if it were an entrance to a dead city.
Had no idea I needed a Bulletin Board... Until now... *runs to the proxxon*
That is amazing! I'd love to see how you'd tackle stalls for a market :)
Man the posters look great in the vid.
In gaming they surely will be much further away from players, i dont think you should worry about that.
I've been gearing up for Frostgrave, but I'm a slow painter, so I decided to start with Relicblade for the smaller warbands and I don't have to snow up my terrain.
getting to see a whole city board of yours? Great!
quick project? awesome!
good job? good job!
That whimsical video intro had me at the start! Great builds as always and thanks for sharing!
Love the Notice Board! Awesome build, Jeremy!
Gotta say man, with your trembling hands, your crafts are even more impressive :)
As usual great build. Next time you need to make posters try a fine line pen and lightly make squiggly lines over the pixels. I've done that with tiny scrolls and it works pretty well. Also for affixing them to the board how bout the plain Mod Podge, I mean it's what they make it for. Also I love the new game room/project room.
I like this one , alot. I might try it out today or tomorrow. My little Hamlet needs one of these. It will go along with the street light, you made. I liked that one too. Lol. Thanks for sharing, and keep 'em coming.
Great build! Would love to see some more small scale terrain builds like this. They fill up less of the table but really help bring it to life. On a side note, the beard is really coming along mate!
Very cool. Some market stalls would be great scatter too.
Tea and coffee are great methods to age paper.
If basing on cardboard, and the board starts warping, you can go a fair way to repair the damage with pvc glue. Coat the underside of the base with pvc glue all over. Prop up the terrain overnight to let it fully cure. It should help bend the cardboard the otherway. How much depends on how bowed it was, and the size of the actual terrain you built.
And it also helps to protect the cardboard base from any drink spillage.
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This looks great. These little scatter pieces can really add something extra to a scene
You beat me to it. I've had these printed out for several weeks but just been too busy building everything for White Plume Mountain. Turned out looking great brother!
The tone and speaking on this video is the best you've ever done. Really, really great.
Oh man I love scatter terrain
Nice build! I have also noticed that the little things really make a setting. Big stuff is important but its the small stuff that really makes it! Crumpled up posters in the weeds... Nice touch!
Love to see the table with your buildings .... your work is the best !!!
The start of this was 100% a flex on all of us watching, and I respect it
I absolutely love that we're seeing the very things you've built in your videos and tutorials on the table, and they look amazing especially in the setting!
A cool trick I learned to make printed paper look like parchment. This may have helped with the aging issue.
You'll need a cookie sheet (or some sort of large shallow pan or tray), Instant Tea and water. You take whatever it is you printed and crumple up the paper into a ball. Unfold the paper and crumple it again and repeat two to three times (the more times you do this, the more aged it looks). The idea is to create texture to trap the color from the tea. Once you've reached the level of texture you want, lay the paper out as flat a possible. Fill the cookie sheet with about 1/4" water. Dip one side of the paper into the water and slowly submerge the paper into the water. Once the paper is submerged and settled, sprinkle the tea into the water. Usually after two to three hours, I'll flip the paper and sprinkle a little more on the other side (you won't need as much tea as the front side). Let it dry on a flat surface (I've found outside in the sun works the best) and you should have some pretty nice looking aged paper/parchment. I use it for my player handouts in D&D. I've also done the same technique without wrinkling the paper to make a high end letter from the king. Roll the letter up, wrap a ribbon around it and make a wax seal (if you have the means).
Hope these techniques can work for you, Jeremy. Thanks for all the videos and inspiration.
Awesome build. Also made one of these. Cheap alternative for staining the posters. Used coffee or tea!
Really nice bit of scatter terrain! I just got into Frostgrave and have been itching to get back into Mordheim at some point soon so I'm building lots of ruined, half-collapsed city buildings. I would love to see your take on something like that.
Love the channel - keep up the awesome!
I really love watching your videos! I have zero space to store anything I might build, so to keep peace with the Mistress of the House, I’ll watch the cool stuff you build!
Do you ever video or post pics of your games using all your terrain & minis?
The intro for this video is the story of my life. Just bought a bunch of scatter terrain. Going to sit down this week and make a lot more too.
I agree 100% - my favorite setups have included lots of little bits to give it that extra touch.
This is perfect. I’m just working on a port town myself. It’s where most of my first few sections of the story will take place. This would be an amazing addition to it.
Wow just saw this on crooked staff terrain! Must be something going on that bulletin boards are being made on more than one TH-cam channel!
One or two recently popped up in the TCG group which reminded me to finally make one.
Your video quality, editing and entertainment value have greatly improved over time. I'm not even crafting at this point (Damn work/Life) but still love your videos!
Thanks for all the work you put into your videos. They're highly detailed and super helpful, and I really appreciate you showing everyone your mistakes and also how you fixed them. It inspires confidence in myself to not be afraid of making a mistake or give up because something isn't turning out the way I envisioned. So yeah, thank you!
Wow, your videos are getting VERY good. Great content, craftsmanship, and production. I’m looking forward to this new era of Black Magic Craft!!!
For weathered paper element I use a used coffee filter or tea bags run through the printer attached to a reference print page. Warning this can potentially damage a printer.
Do an initial print at low quality and centered. Test the lay, you want enough space to apply the filter to the page without overlapping tape and print area. Remove print elements and reprint if needed. Tape the coffee paper over the reference page and make sure to eliminate any slack and there are no lose edges/cuts. Run through printer at best quality for the strongest and more importantly slowest application. Remove and cut, just make sure to have something to put them in immediately until you use them or they will blow away very easily just from breathing.
Gorgeous! And very atmospheric...Great build!
I spot the 1st and 2nd edition ICRPG manual in the background! What a little neat game!
Love it! And thank you for sharing your thought process, successes and failures 😉😊
Hey man if you are looking for a self contained great little skirmish game check out Moonstone. The miniatures alone will get you in and the game is great fun!
Looking forward to see what town scatter terrain you come up with!
Really cool Video. I'd like to see more of these little terrain pieces.
Loved the intro music😄
The content quality just keeps getting better. Keep it up, Jeremy!
I really liked your table set up! The bulletin board was a great build.
Thanks for the upload! Cheers!
Great build, mate! I really like it. I think the posters actually look cool. And viewed from the gamer perspective looking down at them, the tiny detail issues don't matter really.
Love the intro, funny/satirical enough ! More like this please !!! Very good vids !
Looks great! If you didn't have any ink handy to use on the posters, you could use a wet teabag and dab it on. It makes a great aged look to paper.
This is a great little project that I'll have to try. Something you may try is a vendor stall or a set of tents. I don't know how you would do the canvas of a tent, but a small open front stall for someone selling stuff shouldn't be too hard. Just a suggestion for filling the empty space of your town.
LOVED THIS INTRO...WELL DONE !!!
Looks great! There's always going to be some smaller projects like this that are fun breaks on a larger piece. As I've been looking more into Mordheim and Warcry, a good variety of filling the town with scatter terrain and vertical buildings is helpful.
raised flower beds with maybe some large bushes, or hedgerows
I have my bushes glued to little bits of overhead transparency plastic, its great cause it is see through, so goes with all terrain and lays nice and flat
Very beautiful. ... congratulations. I'm trying to have a look at the bulletin from my mobile. Mission complete!
I love this build!
Love it when people show their mistakes in the video, keeps it real.
Wow thanks again - just found this channel one or two days ago but after absorbing quite a few movies it looks like I've been watching this for years :-)
I was looking for the Proxxon thermocut and decded to order via your link and guess what: the Amazon offer was cheaper than any of my other suppliers 😍
i really love seeing how ur channel grow! so proud of u
I am more and more impressed with your EPS wood technique. I gotta dig out my wire brush.
XPS......can’t do it with EPS 😉
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Whoops! My bad. I do know the difference it's just been a long day. Cheers!
Fantastic little build. If your after posters of various designs go to the Crafting Muse Group page and in the File section is a folder called George Chase Posters overs 600+ poster designs/shop fronts and wanted posters......once again though fantastic little piece. I love your videos for the purpose you actually state when and how you may have made little mistakes.
New to this hobby and this channel. I was wondering (if you haven't had one yet) if you could make a bloopers video...explaining that these quick 10-30min build videos do take a lengthy piece of time to make. I almost got frustrated when I started thinking that I could build as fast as a properly edited video. I learned that it takes a whole lot of patience.
AMAZING as usual!
One of the cheapest ways to get scatter really quick is to go to the craft store, there's a few sizes of miniature wooden barrels that you can do easily with 2-3 colors (or more if you want). I've just hit them with some stain and metal the banding. Other things you can do are trough and posts for horses and other animals.
Great project!
Cool idea, thank you!
Just a thought... next time you want to print out weathered looking 'posters' like this, pick up a couple of pages of parchment-like paper at a print shop. By parchment, I mean not actual parchment, but a page style that is made to look like parchment scroll (I know they make it because I used some for a stack of resumes many years ago). The paper is already aged-looking and you could avoid the issue of running ink when you stain it yourself.
I actually think the posters looked really cool with the saturated reds
Hey man! Just found your channel and I gotta say, I'm a huge fan! Awesome work, dude. Keep it up!
I'm going to make this...I'm going to use my proxon to cut that little groove ... Love it! ("When it had 'mostly' dried..." lol)
Great job!
Good work!
Very neat!