Crafting an ENTIRE fantasy village for $0 - Beginner friendly Builds!

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I built an entire fantasy village for my fantasy RPG and tabletop games like D&D, Mordheim and warhammer for $0 using stuff you have at home. Old cardboard boxes, coffee stirrers, and xps foam. Perfect build for beginners!

I've uploaded the templates i made over on my website - downloadable for free:
They might not be the best but they did the trick!
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Emil On

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Painting miniatures for your warhammer & d&d games. Age of sigmar and warhammer 40k. Blood angels, Slaanesh, Death Guard, Space Marines, Space Wolves, Stormcast Eternals, painting scale models, miniature busts! How to paint NMM. How to paint warhammer, how to paint d&D figures.

[SquidmarMiniatures]

We have made a brand new fantasy Universe with 10 amazing looking miniatures to paint! You can check out the campaign and support the channel - it goes live October 2022 here:

[minihali]

3:30 fact, if you are hobbying on a budget one of the best things you can do is just ask. I wanted to get a friend into killteam, but I literally couldn't afford to buy a box of models for him. So I just went to my local games store, asked one of the clerks I was friends with if she had some used models I could buy for cheap. And she just gave me five space marines they usually give out to kids who want to try painting for free. Another time I needed 7 boxes of card sleeves for Magic the Gathering. Went down to the same store and told the clerk I'd rather spend my money here, but the sleeves just a bit cheaper than what they costed at the store or I'd have to go online. And the guy said it wasn't a problem, and I got the at a cheaper price.

Don't be afraid to ask, most people who are into these niche hobbies are willing to help you if you are on a budget. Having some basic people skills can go a long way if you don't have the money right now.

[kenhakku]

I love these "using only materials I have around the house" because it always includes things that almost no one has around the house. Great video though, I didn't actually expect to be able to do this for free

[AaronVgoat]

For the shingles if you mist with water then use a hair dryer to heat it up then it will curl in some places giving a realistic worn roof look. 👌

[andrewthomas]

1st, INCREDIBLE BUILD!

2nd - So, I used to be a roofer. Copper was and is used only in sheets, not shingles. Typically it is used because it is pliable when cold. Not only that, but it costs A FORTUNE. Only government buildings and cathedrals have copper. Thatch and wood shingles were and are used almost exclusively for most buildings.

Just thought the concept of copper roofs is an interesting one that I am going to use! Making sheets of copper would be EXTREMELY easy

[ryansnyder]

Not exactly $0, lol. That being said it's lovely to see some scratch built terrain like this pop up on my feed since I'm leaning that direction right now. Thanks Squidmar for doing cool stuff.

[SquidmarMiniatures]

I've uploaded the templates i made over on my website - downloadable for free:
They might not be the best but they did the trick!

[JagoHazzard]

I love builds like this. Scratchbuilding can appear quite scary, so it's always good to see that actually, it doesn't have to be.

[atracin]

Underrated bit but I love the subtle chainsaw sound clip for the hand saw at 8:53 😅

Keep up the great work!

[dylaren]

Now we just need a collaboration between Eric's Hobby Workshop, Black Magic Crafts, and Squidmar for a complete 90's fantasy village!

[olivierschoeneich]

Hi Squidmar, awesome video again. Here is a little realistic tip. Copper prevents moss from growing.
In Switzerland we have this traditionnal roofing technique called tavillon, which is basically wooden tiles. You can get moss on it. But if the chimney is in copper, or the base of it which is usual, or if the ridgecap is in copper, you'll have much less moss. On some chalet you even have roofs full of moss, except just under the chimney due to rain water touching the copper, getting "copperised" and by flowing of the roof under it prevents the moss from growing.

[Miniac]

"Fantasy Land Time" is one of my favorite periods from antiquity

[KabinMiniatures]

I still have my "How to Build Wargames Terrain" 😎 and I actually just built a little hut with similar techniques, it's so much fun to just be free and creative with non-expensive materials!

[therealcrisis]

More of this please! I very fondly remember the times when GW included these Hobbyist Chapters even in the Rulebooks. It's a shame that they scrapped those ideas completely. I would love to see a 40k terrain vid too!

[oitoitoi]

Awesome! Love this kind of content, not enough youtube hobby content aimed at kids with no budget (like we all used to be), and definitely not enough scratch built terrain content! One little tweak though is maybe next time not to use any tools a kid wouldn't have access to like the dremel, and maybe no xps foam too as that's quite expensive to buy as well. Thanks for making this, I hope you can do more in the future.

[CosChallengers]

Another detail that might be cool to add to some, would be baking paper with some lines drawn on to simulate old school mica windows!

And then if you had some of those LED candles you could pop them in to add a nice glow.

Just something to play with. :)

[mattsmith]

This might be the first video I've seen where anyone has pronounced 'Vallejo' properly - hats off.

The buildings were cool too.

[sylvainamacher]

One of my favourite episodes so far!
I love the fact that you show us (brilliantly) that there is no need to spend huge amounts of money to make gorgeous things!
Please, make more episodes like this one!

[ModerateHipster]

In English, the white part of the timber buildings (the areas referred to as "plaster or putty") is "daub." It's the goopy material applied to the wicker-like "wattle" of "wattle and daub" fame. Great video! I have that old How to Make Wargames Scenery book too and I have made plenty of building myself in this classic style. I love it!

[Chamomileable]

Steel wire, Mr. Squidmar. A steel wool pad or wire grill brush makes a great tool to scrub coffee stirrers with in order to give them a natural-looking grain similar to a life-sized plank. You can also leave some steel wool in water (or use a teabag instead of steel wool for a browner effect) then brush that into the bare wood to make a deep-reaching dye/stain. Excellent for making really old buildings or ruins with wood elements.