Craft a Watchtower

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2 жыл бұрын

Here are my steps for creating a watchtower with stonework that has a 3D effect to it... varying thicknesses and dimensions give it that hand-built look. Easy to duplicate with some chipboard (thin cardboard), some foam, and a blade and glue.
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@dwightgrosso5481 2 жыл бұрын

I was laughing when you told us about how your son popped this on you! It is an awesome experience to hare your hobby with your kids. I'd love to see you do a craft with your son!

@magicmarc1966 5 ай бұрын

I just came across this video. Its a great piece. Kills me it took you only two hours. Nice work.

@adamscholtes 2 жыл бұрын

The baby wipe container full of IKIA and target furniture wrenches as a texturing box for cut XPS foam is amazing. No hate. No sarcastic shade. Just love. AMAZING. Great video on the whole from one dad running d&d for young kids to another - Keep. It. Up.

@TheTabletopEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

Ha. Yeah, use what ya got. I collect hex wrenches like I collect minis... just can't seem to toss them out and they work great for texturing foam.

@davidmunoz2176 2 жыл бұрын

This is pretty cool. Looks like a dice tower!

@TheTabletopEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

You could probably easily modify the interior to make it serve as a dice tower.

@GarethBranwyn 2 жыл бұрын

Running a D&D game for kids that age can be so much fun (as long as you don't get any munchkins).

@cheneymoss6402 2 жыл бұрын

I hope your son and his friends had a great time with the little adventure you put together. My 10 year old son decided he wanted to get into D&D back in 2020 (right after the lockdowns started) so we got into 5e together ( I had not played D&D in some 14+ years). We have been having a great time playing since (though not always as often as we would like)

@TheTabletopEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

They've been playing every other weekend for three sessions and having fun!

@brieoshiro 2 жыл бұрын

This is so cool. My 12 year old wanted to play so I went and got him a book and some dice. I haven't played since high school. He quickly lost interest though :( Oh well. I got into building stuff b/c I just like making things and painting. Maybe one day we'll make some characters and play a scenario. Hope y'all have/had fun!

@Cragun. 2 жыл бұрын

I used this design to make a dice tower, works great!

@kreezerast 2 жыл бұрын

The rogues of the world would like to thank your mason in person. ;-)

@TheTabletopEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone needs a hand-hold.

@KAT-no4iy 2 жыл бұрын

Cool quick, simple craft. I'm thinking of using foamcore and foam paper plates to cut bricks frome -- I'll get the varied depth, without needing to deal with cutting them from a sheet of XPS foam. Thanks for the design!

@TheTabletopEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea... foam plates for thinner bricks. Let us know how it works for you.

@signaltome 2 жыл бұрын

Great quick build! :-) Now I almost want a quick rundown on how the game went! ;-)

@TheTabletopEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

Four boys -age 11. Never played before. They met a cleric on the road (because they didn't have a cleric in the party) who was desperate to find help for her small community. A nearby watchtower was giving off strange lights at night, and skeletons began terrorizing the town. The NPC joined them in entering the tower and discovered a hidden ladder going down to a small dungeon where an evil wizard was raising his own army of skeletons. They had a blast... lots of combat and a few traps tossed in as they explored. They want to make it an every-week kinda thing, but I told them every other week was better.

@signaltome 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheTabletopEngineer Yeah, give them a chance to gather their thoughts and maybe plan ahead. Also to have something to look forward to. And if you are DM you DO need time to set up a new adventure eh? 😉 Sounds like they had fun though which is the main thing. 👍😀

@fraso7331 2 жыл бұрын

A great build again.

@AvocationNation 2 жыл бұрын

Looks great! Nice to see some craftin!

@sw33n3yto00 2 жыл бұрын

Nice, quick build.

@TheTabletopEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@AzraelThanatos 2 жыл бұрын

It looks like a good, roughly built tower. That's one of the things that the more regular patterns don't have in comparison to the slightly ramshackle design there. Unfortunately, it would stick out in what I have because my terrain tends to be more regular in design save for a few where there is some repair work done in them when i wanted to have a small part where it's from some wrecked building sets that I wanted to have as part of a village where they reclaimed some ruins and rebuilt them.

@farshaddailami4549 2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! My son pestered me about DMing when he was 11. I finally gave in and started a campaign for him, his best friends, and a few of the dads. That was in 2012. He’s 21 now and still plays with my group, as do the dads. 😂 I hadn’t played since 1990 before I stared playing with him.