(Sponsor) Be sure to check out the Legend of Keepers Kickstarter: tinyurl.com/57796j5w The Legend of Keepers 5E Reverse Dungeon campaign book is a 350+ page tome containing 4 unique dungeons, STL models of 24 playable heroes, 50+ playable monsters, 12 notorious monster bosses and rules for three ways to play 5E (traditional, evil and PvP). This campaign is also offering over 200 STLs from Stonecraft Dungeon, Lazy Squire Games’ new line of 3D-printable terrain.
I play online but have been keeping track of all my PCs (including one-shots). I was going to make each one as a mini diorama (or wider-based miniature), but populating a tavern could be really fun!
It’s great to see you keep your builds approachable for every level of builder. Eventhough you have years of experience, your videos give that sense of: “I could do that. I should give that a try.”
I'd have put the candles near the rises of the steps to leave where you put them free for minis. Might also have made the candlelight easier to depict.
Maybe affix them to basic mini bases. You can then paint them and apply the lighting effect without altering the terrain itself. This also might encourage players/monsters to interact with them in order to either use the candles in a novel way (lighting your way, setting a patch of oil alight, as signal batons to signal allies at a distance, etc.), or to just extinguish/destroy them to eliminate the light. It would also be fun when your players become used to them in your games, but then suddenly are ambushed by a mob of animated candlesticks. Just a thought I had.
I really love the effects you used to create an evil battleground for miniatures. I always struggle in my own story builds to create just the right effect I need to portray a specific scene. So thank you for making my miniature world a little less struggle and more effective. I appreciate it very much 😊
I found that the easiest and best result with blood effects and spatter is to use Golden high flow acrylics color Alizarin Crimson Hue. You can paint it, spray it, flick it, blow it, or stipple it. Works great with some texture paste or fake snow to make chunky body scraps too. Enjoy! And thank you for making these videos, you help more than you know.
Great video, honestly was creating an adventure in my head as you were making this, cultists are simple but so versatile thatvno matter the level they work so well as villains and this build is perfect for a lair, abandoned lair, ritual site, etc very awesome!! :)
Sick. Gave me crazy Nyarlathotep cultist vibes. I could see a group of investigators battling their way up the stairs, shooting and hacking insane cultists as they go, all in a vain attempt to stop the summoning of an avatar of the dark god. Only for the horror to manifest at the top of the stairs, represented by a cool, gore painted mini.
Great bit of terrain! Looks exactly like the sort of place where Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane would decide that enough was enough, and start killing cultists. Great work!
Honestly, I think the idea of larger steps can work for something like this outside of just playability, like they were designed for some eldritch beast with long spindly legs, or for a hulking skeletal lich that once used this altar for its own means. Awesome work as always, Jeremy!
In the Ancient Island of Crete, In Mycenae at Peloponisos , at Delphi and in Acropolis Athens you will find these kind of stairs were you can make 1-2 regular steps inside the margin of the steps of the stair...so YES!!! also niiiiice build!!! easy too
This project turned out awesome! I love the more simple way that you did this what with the monolithic stone look! I'm going to get myself a fist-size rock for a deeper stone texture as well since it looks so cool on your piece! Just when we think "What can Jeremy do now that he hasn't already done?" you pull something cool out of your creative hat and surprise us all! Well done!
Having been out of the BMC and terrain crafting loop for a couple of years(due to health issues), I've gotta say: Holy crap dude, the quality of your videos have improved immensely(and they were already high)! :D Really fun, easy, highly useful, and great looking build! I might make this, myself. Cheers!
Love the idea of using this as a display stand. Obvious when you think about it (which I hadn't). I think I will be adapting this for my Adapta Soritas. Cheers.
Great piece. And that's a good point you made about using terrain pieces AS the display for models, especially stairs like this. Not sure I would have attached the candles permanently.... Narrows down the multi-use flexibility, but there would be a problem of the candles constantly falling over otherwise..... Hmm....
OMG this type of structure reminds me of the Horde slime pit with the reds and gray stone. It is "simple" Ig but I love it. There is a lot to be said about a piece's iconic silhouette.
I want you to know you are my favorite mini creator. your work inspires be to go beyond what I can normally build. Thank you and plz keep making videos
Fantastic build. So metal. Cultists are really useful in adventures, as they justify all kinds of horror, evil, and secrecy. Their members are fanatics, so they will gladly fight to the death in service of their cause, in a way other intelligent creatures might balk at. And they draw upon all manner of temporal or otherworldly forces, so they can scale in threat to whatever is needed for the party's power level. Indeed, in a sandbox campaign, this will happen naturally; if the party neglects to deal with the cult, they'll be free to acquire more power and summon greater evils. Best part is, the players don't need to feel bad about killing them. They're madmen worshiping malign intelligences from beyond the world, and doing atrocities in their name. Nor are they available to be reasoned with. The more the PCs learn about the cult, the more they'll WANT to kill them all. Sometimes a morally nuanced foe is best. And sometimes it's best to pit the party against enemies they're entirely justified in wiping out.
Great idea. Would love to see more ways to display/ store minis. I’m just getting into it and have a small collection of painted minis. Trying to decide how to store them.
There’s a museum in Cincinnati that used to be a train station. No idea if the stairs to the museum were around back then, but they’re probably around 5ft wide. So these stairs are realistic, depending on the purpose and desirable use by cultists.
Sick build and a heavy backing track! HELL yes. I really feel like it adds to your style, very unique compared to every other hobby/crafting/TTRPG/Wargaming channel I've seen. What are your favorite post metal bands? I really love Kosatka and Paint the Sky Red. Unrelated: Huge fan of the Architects before they went heavy pop/rock-ish.
I'm doing a BUNCH of OSL on my most recent Warmachine army, and my accidental discovery for flame colored OSL is Fluorescent orange, then with the last drop or so off paint add Fluorescent OrangeYellow, then with the last drop or so add bright-ass-yellow and its basically cheating it works so well... I use golden highlow acrylics fluo orange and fluo yellow, and some GSW Cyber Yellow but i suspect one of golden's yellows would work just as well but its what i have :)
Mine is painted over a sort of mid grey tone, about near the vallejo surface primer in grey... I tried doing it over white but that kinda makes it look all wonky
Nice piece of terrain, as usual :) But one thing is bothering me : What is the background music of this episode ? It's really cool sound and I don't see any names in the description or the credits 😢
What was that audio you used in the opening clip? That was cool as hell and I want to use it for backing in my game! Also, the build is badass as hell and I absolutely gonna be copying parts of it for my own campagin!
Love the approach, techniques, and look. What is your oil wash formula? I was making acrylic wash using your variant of Les' formula. What prompted the switch and yeah, wanna know the formula? 😁
Not entirely related to the video but... I finally started making terrain for my D&D sessions. Something I've noticed is that I scramble to put my rooms together. Like it takes a few solid minutes to do so. I feel like I'm rushing to do just that so that I don't hinder gameplay time. Do you practice putting the rooms together? Not a matter how to use the room tiles but putting them together in an efficient manor.
Like imagine you have the collection of BMC (I don't but with little I do have feels like a lot). How does he place each room? Or does he just place the rooms to where combat could happen in?
Do you have and recorded D&D play through with your builds, Patreon or otherwise or have you posted any pictures of scenes from games you’ve played or DMed with your builds, thank you as always for sharing your creations but I would love to see them in action
@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I was just curious because I remember your campaign diary videos. I know you probably invest a ton of time making content and your skirmish game. I was just wondering if you still enjoy what started you down this path.
man I really need to get a hotwire cutter I find when i use hobby knifes or retractable blades they go blunt after one or two cuts then just tear my foam.
(Sponsor) Be sure to check out the Legend of Keepers Kickstarter: tinyurl.com/57796j5w
The Legend of Keepers 5E Reverse Dungeon campaign book is a 350+ page tome containing 4 unique dungeons, STL models of 24 playable heroes, 50+ playable monsters, 12 notorious monster bosses and rules for three ways to play 5E (traditional, evil and PvP). This campaign is also offering over 200 STLs from Stonecraft Dungeon, Lazy Squire Games’ new line of 3D-printable terrain.
I have always loved using terrain pieces to store miniatures. All my former PCs hang out in the bar scene on my shelf along with the mushroom guys.
That sounds bad ass. Is it an enclosed building that comes off the floor or just a 2 wall facade ?
@@boinkmcbingo8890 it's actually just the floor and furniture. It was meant to be inserted in with other tiles
@@Blandco that's a cool way to do it
I play online but have been keeping track of all my PCs (including one-shots). I was going to make each one as a mini diorama (or wider-based miniature), but populating a tavern could be really fun!
It’s great to see you keep your builds approachable for every level of builder. Eventhough you have years of experience, your videos give that sense of: “I could do that. I should give that a try.”
I'd have put the candles near the rises of the steps to leave where you put them free for minis. Might also have made the candlelight easier to depict.
LINDYBEIGE!!!
Lindybeige is into TTRPGs!?!? Love your videos!
Maybe affix them to basic mini bases. You can then paint them and apply the lighting effect without altering the terrain itself. This also might encourage players/monsters to interact with them in order to either use the candles in a novel way (lighting your way, setting a patch of oil alight, as signal batons to signal allies at a distance, etc.), or to just extinguish/destroy them to eliminate the light.
It would also be fun when your players become used to them in your games, but then suddenly are ambushed by a mob of animated candlesticks.
Just a thought I had.
I really love the effects you used to create an evil battleground for miniatures. I always struggle in my own story builds to create just the right effect I need to portray a specific scene. So thank you for making my miniature world a little less struggle and more effective. I appreciate it very much 😊
I found that the easiest and best result with blood effects and spatter is to use Golden high flow acrylics color Alizarin Crimson Hue. You can paint it, spray it, flick it, blow it, or stipple it. Works great with some texture paste or fake snow to make chunky body scraps too. Enjoy! And thank you for making these videos, you help more than you know.
Wicked sir. I'll be sharing this in my Verrotwood groups
Thinking of building this and using it to display my 1977 star wars figures. Arranged to mimic the medal ceremony in the closing scene.
Great video, honestly was creating an adventure in my head as you were making this, cultists are simple but so versatile thatvno matter the level they work so well as villains and this build is perfect for a lair, abandoned lair, ritual site, etc very awesome!! :)
Beautiful Build!!!!! Nice mix of techniques!!!!! Love the simpler core approach to the build and how the advanced painting tied it all together!!!!!
Sick. Gave me crazy Nyarlathotep cultist vibes. I could see a group of investigators battling their way up the stairs, shooting and hacking insane cultists as they go, all in a vain attempt to stop the summoning of an avatar of the dark god. Only for the horror to manifest at the top of the stairs, represented by a cool, gore painted mini.
Great bit of terrain! Looks exactly like the sort of place where Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane would decide that enough was enough, and start killing cultists.
Great work!
Always an inspiration. Not sure my wife would appreciate it as a centre piece on the coffee table when our friends are over for drinks !!
Honestly, I think the idea of larger steps can work for something like this outside of just playability, like they were designed for some eldritch beast with long spindly legs, or for a hulking skeletal lich that once used this altar for its own means. Awesome work as always, Jeremy!
In the Ancient Island of Crete, In Mycenae at Peloponisos , at Delphi and in Acropolis Athens you will find these kind of stairs were you can make 1-2 regular steps inside the margin of the steps of the stair...so YES!!! also niiiiice build!!! easy too
This project turned out awesome! I love the more simple way that you did this what with the monolithic stone look! I'm going to get myself a fist-size rock for a deeper stone texture as well since it looks so cool on your piece! Just when we think "What can Jeremy do now that he hasn't already done?" you pull something cool out of your creative hat and surprise us all! Well done!
Having been out of the BMC and terrain crafting loop for a couple of years(due to health issues), I've gotta say: Holy crap dude, the quality of your videos have improved immensely(and they were already high)! :D
Really fun, easy, highly useful, and great looking build! I might make this, myself. Cheers!
Welcome back!
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Thanks, man! :D
I use that surface primer as a brush on primer for my miniatures and it works great.
Great build! i love the horn-shaped pieces in the back.
Knocked it out. Cultists are a favorite of mine as well not just for low level crawls but can make for great long running campaigns as well.
I love a good centre piece in a game. Great work!
Love the idea of using this as a display stand. Obvious when you think about it (which I hadn't). I think I will be adapting this for my Adapta Soritas. Cheers.
THAT'S GRIM BROTHER
Another one right out of the park! So many possibilities! Thanks for this!
Great piece. And that's a good point you made about using terrain pieces AS the display for models, especially stairs like this. Not sure I would have attached the candles permanently.... Narrows down the multi-use flexibility, but there would be a problem of the candles constantly falling over otherwise..... Hmm....
That's a great piece of work - so much more than just a terrain piece!
Great project. So happy to see this sort of stuff back on here. Keep up the good work dude!
Epic build. Also sound advice regarding cultists. So many layers of value. Cheers!
Back to basics. Smashed it.
I LOVE your work ... I'm not into any D&D stuff ... but I am into your extreme talent!
Thank you for making those videos again. Not only they are fun, but so inspiring and informative. Cheers.
OMG this type of structure reminds me of the Horde slime pit with the reds and gray stone. It is "simple" Ig but I love it. There is a lot to be said about a piece's iconic silhouette.
I want you to know you are my favorite mini creator. your work inspires be to go beyond what I can normally build. Thank you and plz keep making videos
Another awesome build! Thanks again. On the revisited terrain perhaps the hall crawler or cage!
Probably my favorite one yet!
Fantastic build. So metal.
Cultists are really useful in adventures, as they justify all kinds of horror, evil, and secrecy. Their members are fanatics, so they will gladly fight to the death in service of their cause, in a way other intelligent creatures might balk at. And they draw upon all manner of temporal or otherworldly forces, so they can scale in threat to whatever is needed for the party's power level. Indeed, in a sandbox campaign, this will happen naturally; if the party neglects to deal with the cult, they'll be free to acquire more power and summon greater evils.
Best part is, the players don't need to feel bad about killing them. They're madmen worshiping malign intelligences from beyond the world, and doing atrocities in their name. Nor are they available to be reasoned with. The more the PCs learn about the cult, the more they'll WANT to kill them all. Sometimes a morally nuanced foe is best. And sometimes it's best to pit the party against enemies they're entirely justified in wiping out.
Creepy Dark Carnival !
Nice! Awesome! I'm loving the theme...next you should do a torture dungeon full of traps
Really liked this build. Dark, gritty and nasty 😍👍🏻. Really appreciate when you do themed pieces makes it even more inspiring. Keep up the good work!!
I like them stairs.
good for getting from a lower area to a higher area!
Absolutely metal 🤘🤘 those final stone colors really shine!
Yep.. darker by the day and I love how you do it. Your videography rocks...next story lines with creepy voice overs.
Great idea. Would love to see more ways to display/ store minis. I’m just getting into it and have a small collection of painted minis. Trying to decide how to store them.
Awesome, accessible project! Cool to see, would love to see you revisit some of those other tropes like a pirate ship, bandit ambush etc
Dang me, bro, very awesome build! Your enthusiasm and passion is contagious. As always, I appreciate you. - Rick, USMC.
There’s a museum in Cincinnati that used to be a train station. No idea if the stairs to the museum were around back then, but they’re probably around 5ft wide. So these stairs are realistic, depending on the purpose and desirable use by cultists.
Awesome build , you are the Dude.
Great idea. I love the painting tips
I missed a lot of the video, because I was headbanging the whole time
I use the same surface primer, it has been a favorite since I found it.
Really nice work. Always gives me good ideas. Love watching your work.
Really great terrain piece! Love learning new techniques. Can you share where you picked up that beholder ball cap?
Death Saves
Great build, but the idea of storage/display is awesome! I'd love to see some cool display pieces
I say... that's badasssssssss
Keep rocking it!
Just a classic BMC terrain build video? _Nice_
Damn that's so cool. Well done as always.
Very cool build. Might have to break out the airbrush next time I do terrain.
Love the video, the build and the shirt is chef's kiss!
So bad ass! I love your little builds, there always giving me ideas
Awesome job again on the design and the video
Awesome! What is the last part in the blood mixture? I cant Seem to get what your are saying
yeah that would look awesome on the mantle with a battle raging on it. you could change the scene periodically to keep it fresh \m/
I love it! I always prefer the horror stuff!
Another great build!!!
Well done, great video. Thanks.
Sick build and a heavy backing track! HELL yes. I really feel like it adds to your style, very unique compared to every other hobby/crafting/TTRPG/Wargaming channel I've seen.
What are your favorite post metal bands? I really love Kosatka and Paint the Sky Red. Unrelated: Huge fan of the Architects before they went heavy pop/rock-ish.
I'm doing a BUNCH of OSL on my most recent Warmachine army, and my accidental discovery for flame colored OSL is Fluorescent orange, then with the last drop or so off paint add Fluorescent OrangeYellow, then with the last drop or so add bright-ass-yellow and its basically cheating it works so well... I use golden highlow acrylics fluo orange and fluo yellow, and some GSW Cyber Yellow but i suspect one of golden's yellows would work just as well but its what i have :)
Mine is painted over a sort of mid grey tone, about near the vallejo surface primer in grey... I tried doing it over white but that kinda makes it look all wonky
Nice piece of terrain, as usual :)
But one thing is bothering me : What is the background music of this episode ?
It's really cool sound and I don't see any names in the description or the credits 😢
Nice build. How did you resist the temptation to touch the top of the candles in orange/red?
This looks amazing, keep up the great job!
Looks like something from a heavy metal video from the 80s.
I dont know, that lighting looked pretty darn good
Thanks!
"It's thematic, but also generic enough to get multiple uses..."
You've created the tabletop gamers' equivalent of a movie studio's backlot. 😉
🙂
Super cool, and very simple 🤩
What was that audio you used in the opening clip? That was cool as hell and I want to use it for backing in my game!
Also, the build is badass as hell and I absolutely gonna be copying parts of it for my own campagin!
That setup is pretty cool and stylish! 🙂 Cultists
Love the approach, techniques, and look. What is your oil wash formula? I was making acrylic wash using your variant of Les' formula. What prompted the switch and yeah, wanna know the formula? 😁
Check out my oil wash video. Goes over it in detail.
For those looking, the oil wash video is here
th-cam.com/video/K3ki1nzH5zQ/w-d-xo.html
Not entirely related to the video but...
I finally started making terrain for my D&D sessions. Something I've noticed is that I scramble to put my rooms together. Like it takes a few solid minutes to do so. I feel like I'm rushing to do just that so that I don't hinder gameplay time. Do you practice putting the rooms together? Not a matter how to use the room tiles but putting them together in an efficient manor.
Like imagine you have the collection of BMC (I don't but with little I do have feels like a lot). How does he place each room? Or does he just place the rooms to where combat could happen in?
th-cam.com/video/PcFU8zmV6A8/w-d-xo.html 😎
That's siiiiiiick!!! 🤘
Fantastic job thank you, keep up the great work
What "fog grey" paint do you use? Is it a particular craft paint brand?
Craftsmart
looks awesome
Whats funny is I am priming minis with the Vellejo surface primer while watching this.
Love it. Just another idea I’m going to steal!😅
Oh yea, it is real Evilmaxxing Hours 😈
Black Magic Craft at its darkest best !☠
nice build
"That's my cup of tea" literally watching while drinking a cup of tea....
Do you have and recorded D&D play through with your builds, Patreon or otherwise or have you posted any pictures of scenes from games you’ve played or DMed with your builds, thank you as always for sharing your creations but I would love to see them in action
Great work!
Hi Jeremy
Do you have a shipping date for idols of torment yet? I'm based in the UK.
Love this one!
love it!!! badass and bloody. niiice
Have you any ideas about crafting demonic ground/land? I wanna create an demonic planet.
one of your best!
This is awesome 🔥 I am going to try and create something similar 😊
I don't think the 5' steps are a tradeoff
They're the perfect scale to foreshadow the 15' archdemon that the cultists are summoning
honest question @blackmagiccraft do you still run your own DnD game?
Why do you ask?
@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I was just curious because I remember your campaign diary videos. I know you probably invest a ton of time making content and your skirmish game. I was just wondering if you still enjoy what started you down this path.
@@187nags so I haven’t had time to run any rpg games over the past several months but I have been playing in one.
man I really need to get a hotwire cutter I find when i use hobby knifes or retractable blades they go blunt after one or two cuts then just tear my foam.
Awesome!