How to make Dungeons and Dragons Paper Miniatures | D&D Pathfinder Warhammer Minis

In this tutorial video I will show you how to make awesome Dungeons and Dragons Paper Miniatures. The same idea could be used with Pathfinder or Warhammer or any other type of role playing game that uses minis, not just D&D minis. I love playing Dungeons and Dragons. I grew up playing D&D with my brothers and still play the popular role playing game today with friends and family members. There are some awesome miniatures that you can buy which usually cost anywhere from 3 to 4 dollars to 60 to 100 for dragons, etc. If you are running an adventure with very few monsters, it may not be too expensive to spend some money and buy some. I always have tons of monsters and characters in my adventures/campaign so I wanted to create paper minis so it was lighter on the pocketbook. I have made so many of these now. They do take a little bit of time, but most of that time can be spent working in front of the TV, so you can kill two birds with one stone. They are easy to make if I can make them, you can make them, let's get started!

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Things you will need:
cardboard
paper (thicker stock)
packing tape
scissors or exacto knife
photo editing program

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[otowa]

I'm new to DMing for D&D and was looking for exactly that type of solution to make my games more alive for my players! Thank you!

[Cushionion]

I really like the idea for the blurred backgrounds.

[jenniferikelman]

Extremely helpful! We are going to start playing with the kids soon and I didn't want to invest in super expensive figures in case they end up not liking the game.

[ZmaoGaming]

DMing a game for my Girlfriend once we get settled into our new apartment, I will totally have to do this to make the Mini's for my campaign. I really love the look of the second way of making them with the bingo tiles and tape!

[livetruewithjt]

AWESOME! Looks like you are creating an army! D&D! YEAH!

[eduardovillar]

Thanks a lot! I was searching a way to make cheap minis for my first campaign and this is perfect

[matthewbryson]

I like this. Those miniatures are so expensive! Thank you for making the video!

[joshuaoseguera]

Really cool option. You seem like a really nice guy, thanks for the tip.

[JoePentax]

Late to the party but I like this idea a lot! Will be using it for the next game!

[puqdxze]

Thank you so much you are so kind and helpful guy😊 Keep up the good work

[posterboi]

Everyone says this is the BEST way to start cheap, which I 100% agree with. I've started the neighborhood kids with these and it's GREAT. How the heck do people store them?

[specialix]

this video, like your whole channel, is incredibly helpful. subscribed :)

[ramgladore]

I couldn't find little plastic disks but I've been using pennies which seem to work just fine. I might test out using binder clips though.

[henryleiva]

I’d love to do this for my first campaign, I’d also love to know what kind of card stock or paper you used so make them not so flimsy. I’m not sure what kind of paper would be best to use for the second way with the bingo tiles (great idea btw)

[mikerogers]

What the scale for large or huge creatures? How do you make sure it takes up the right amount of squares on the map?

[thelousygitarist]

I always made every monster and npc in Word. Double sided so I can fold it. Always used a black line around it. (Word has a tool to give the edge a color). Cut the picture out en fold it. Then I use a cheap laminator (around 20 euros) and laminate them together. No glue needed. After I've done everything I can start my campaign. But the issue is. That I still buy minis even though I have those in 2D. But I only buy the minis I truly want to have ein my collection. Still I have a 3d resin printer for the players and props so I mostly use my time doing things 3 different ways, before ending in paying for minis 😅

[ciscomartinez]

This man is so wholesome also eat your cereal

[jdmartinezt]

Thanks a lot, I made at least 60% of the minis for Hoard of the Dragon Queen in a couple of hours... This was really helpful
And illustratot is easier to do the computer stuff

[chrism]

has any one tried a hybrid of the front + back method on one of those removable stands? Id think thin cardboard would work pretty well

I like the idea of them story flat in a box and pulling what you need and basing it on the fly

Maybe even folding from the bottom up instead of the top down (you would need to flip where your front and back is located) and you wouldnt have to worry about the edges peeling up when you keep basing it

[wap]

Awesome video, thanks you very much! Any chance you can share the papers with artwork? :)