I made a 35 inch square display case with 9 shelves each with a different environment. Thank you for the inspiration Professor!

Stop! Grammar time. :) It's fun to see how people's real-life professional background makes their way into their crafting patter. Sometimes, it's clear that Jeremy is a carpenter, Wyloch is some kind of nuclear engineer or something, and PDM is a teacher. Keep being awesome.

Just bought my first home and finally able to make more space for my minis so this video came in handy! Thanks for being such an awesome resource even years later!

I’m loving the commentary it is great

I thought the Gorilla glue recommended was a different type - a white gungy stuff. Also, I wonder about what XPS foam you are using, because those rollers work fine on mine, except where the foam has a crust on its surface.

This is the absolute best Ultimate Display Terrain ever!

What a project! You really put an insane amount of detail into this project and it’s very cool to see how your family was involved in the process. Excellent work, Professor!

I was watching this when editing an essay for English, that tip actually helped me, and people say dnd is not educational

Very cool. Very informative. Thank you Prof. DM.

Excellent episode Professor .

Just finished watching this! It is extraordinary. Amazing job!

Very cool, makes we wanna get 2 of those pine shelves, magnetize the shelves (and all the minis), add a hinge to the shelves and a handle ontop... But I kinda would also want a transparent dust shield for when its open hung on a wall... but that might be... too far ;)

Love this idea. Wife and I are gonna have fun this weekend making our own

Professor DM, you started the video making shelves because you couldn’t purchase any that fit your needs, but you end the video showing a shelf you could purchase (and which you did because you holding it). Good video anyways. I like the different techniques you use for the different shelves. Professor DM: King of the Shelves!

WOW I'm very happy for you Professor !! Yes this is GREAT news indeed !!

Many hands, good work. Take care and stay safe.

Wow, great job! I was just thinking about using foam board to make a display shelf. Perfect timing. I've been building my terrain out of Shluter Kerdi board remnants from work and it's going pretty well. Can't wait to build something like this. Thanks for the inspiration!

The shelf is awesome btw! I'm eager to see the new "studio"!

Very cool build

Super excited! Been waiting since u hinted at this on patreon

Great video! I just finished building my craft shed (a Home Depot shed that I installed electrical, insulation, drywall etc) and I was looking for something like this. Was going to 3d Print something, but I think I like this better!

That looks badass!

That came out pretty nice! It's amazing just how strong that foam can be after you put a layer or two of mod podge on it, I wouldn't use it in place of wood shelves like you suggested in future, but those foam shelves are probably about as strong as the poplar you were discussing possibly using in its place for the weight they're carrying.

When I first saw your display case I thought you had come up with another ultimate dungeon terrain based off a Donkey Kong game. Thanks again for another great video.

Whew, Deathbringer, I was starting to worry when no episode posted last week. I know you wear a helmet, permanently, but still... Thanks for the continued content, cookie for the metric. Now if only I had a Mrs. Dungeonmaster that would let me hang something like that on a wall in our home.

Really awesome!

it looks great!

great job!

This is just amazing! 😍

Thanks PDM!

Loved this shelf of yours since the first video I saw it. Figured you'd do a video and glad you did. As far as asking the wife to help...You owe Mrs. PDM dinner dude. My wife would think it's cruel and unusual punishment and I wouldn't get any nookie for a month. So be thankful my wise Professor. Absolutely great video, thanks for posting. Cheers!!

It would make a great side scroller dungeon!

I've used clear gorilla glue on XPS foam, it hold very well and doesn't foam up and expand. It actually quite slick when it is fresh so I pinned things together with toothpicks to keep it all in place.

I've been looking for this kind of idea, and will definitely make this as an insert into an old, shallow ikea drawer. However, just tonimprove on the load bearing, I will cut the back and side panels up for each level, that way the 'floors' have something to rest on. Thanks for the detailed tutorial!

Very nice

I made shelves that look almost like yours! I made mine with some that were a bit deeper and taller to fit the huge minis. I made 4 sets of these shelves, but now converted a room to my gaming room and bought Billy shelves from Ikea and the glass shelf inserts. So now all my minis and terrain are on the same type of shelving. These foam shelves are super easy to make and used them for several years :) I did use the greenstuff rollers for the pattern, its not super pronounced, but painting grey and drybrushing you totally see the brick pattern, you just have to push the roller into the foam really hard to get it to show up. I wore leather gloves to save my hands, pushing the roller that firmly into the foam hurts your hands, and I made 4 of these types of shelves rolling 3 side of each shelf and the front of the back.

Shifting Lands does have a variety of rollers with a deeper cut pattern for use on foam.

Awesome! My next project!

I made something like that some time back, though it wasn't this elaborate. What I added later on was a layer of thin sheet metal in every shelf, as my miniatures had little magnets in their base. It's really annoying if you chip the paint job of 20 minis just because you bumped into the shelf. The other thing I added was a piece of plexiglass on hinges to prevent dust from collecting on the mini. Otherwise you made a very beautiful miniature display there.

It's so cute how he uses fake elf measurements like feet and inches. Adorable!

Brillant! I had been thinking of going the route of an Ikea display case; however, this would be far more economical! Besides, I can always use child labour for all the detailing (3 kids) and, like you, a wife who is an engineer who can help with all the math and physics. Will use for both D&D and Warhammer (Age of Sigmar). Also, great project to reduce my stockpile of materials!

The Rat King BUT The King of Rats, has a certain flair to it. :)

Wow. Love this display! Now I want to build one myself! Also enjoyed Grammar Time :)

Awesome!!!

Lovely lovely

One thing to take advantage of the GSW rollers is to use them as directed, on putty. The trick of course is to not use actual Green Stuff, that would cost a fortune, but DAS clay is far more than good enough for cobblestones/bricks/whatever, a thin sheet of it over the XPS would do the decorations well enough, and adhere well with tacky glue, and a single brick costing you two bucks would be far more than enough. Maybe trying with Scotty's cold porcelain recipe too would be worth a try. Now i might actually have to try and see if i can make my own shelves :D

Professor, Painter, Builder, Dungeon Master, Overall Bad Ass! Thank you sir, for just being awesome!

late comment, but here it is love the shelves

Your practical guides are always so fun and instructive! Is this shelf strong enough to support Deathbringer?

Very cute

masterful.

Nice!

Awesome

Great idea. Curious if you looked at buying a spice rack? Also, thanks for the punctuation refresher.

this is a very cool way to display mini's. i tend to take them to friends' houses, any tips for storage on the go? friends use tool/fish tackle cases

Love the end result, just have one question, how did you mount it to the wall (or keep it upright, if it's not wall mounted)? This solution is disproportionately strong and good looking when measured against cost and effort, mad respect for the design and engineering Knack.

I found the Rat King side bar hilarious. You're correct though. It's redundant. Now, had it been, "The Rat King: King of Mice", I would have been intrigued.

Thanks, I always a little confused about where to use a semicolon and colon.

Seems like tracing with the pen after using the roller would be helpful.

Not sure I'd go with foam on this kind of project. Almost half of my collection is metal, and Balrog, Felbeast or anything large wouldn't fit and I'd be scared to death the foam wouldn't hold the weight. Then there's the dust that they'll collect in this open shelf situation. My husband has carpenter skills, so he'll make a hanging cabinet with glass doors. I'm definitely inspired by these themed shelves and would incorporate scenery that we can switch out as well, so it'd need to be deeper and a few definitely higher. The smaller spaces between are definitely a good idea though.

Yes, yes, yes, but where do I put my 15 dragons I've never used in a game? ;)

Great video and good timing for me. Do you have the link for the Etsy paint rack?

Why did I find this just after I ordered $300 of cases? The ones I ordered have a mirrored back and are deeper. But I could have saved $300.

This is cool. I have ideas for so many projects. I need a bigger wallet.

This is fortuitously timed, I'm setting up my new home office this weekend and I was trying to figure out a way to display my minis instead of having them in bags and boxes under the stairs. I used to play Warmachine back in the day so I've got some larger metal minis, would this be strong enough to support them?

It would be good to see you review S2E4 of Mandalorian. Off topic a bit but not unprecedented given previous video reviews.

Would have been nice to have seen this video before I made mine.

English teacher Dougeon Master here. It’s a colon.

I don't see a link for "Jim: The Tabletop Engineer."

First note, the foam and felt tacky glue isn't intended for the type of foam you're using. It's a more flexible end result that's intended for the soft, rubbery craft foam and various cloth things that might be glued together for projects, not the insulation foam that works great for carving. The end result isn't as good for solid objects unless you're working on them in conjunction with one of the other things. It's relatively strong, but not as good there as the other. Secondly, the Cobblestone Mats you cut up for it, those weren't "Village Accessories" as a maker, it's Department 56...took some looking to actually find them. It is their Village Accessories line which is for the Christmas Village display things that are popping up. They do look like they'll be useful for making some roads though. The other things I'm commenting on here are more of either improvement options or just ways to deal with it. One thing you probably ought to do with this is to add a lip to the fronts of the shelves. The easy way to do it would be to take the cheap craft sticks and put them along the edge and glue them in place along it. It tends to take far to little of banging to have things topple from shelves. It just keeps your nicely painted minis far safer. The other would be to expand on the poplar part, it's not to hard to make a shallow box for the outer part of it and then fit in the shelves. There's a lot of large shadow box blanks that you can buy that are basically that at hobby lobby and other large craft/hobby stores that include such things that are made that way with less attention to lining things up. If you have any skill with woodworking, you can upgrade those quite a bit further beyond that as well. You could still glue dollar store foam core over it to pattern the backgrounds there. Even if you want to use foam, you can end up with a major disaster if someone bumps into it if the outer edges are because it'll still break up far more easily and then the entire thing tends to come apart on you in irreparable ways...the foam construction also heavily limits the minis you can store on it. If the minis have a lot of the older, metal ones, you really need something sturdier because heavier ones can bend the foam and some weigh enough to break through the sealing if on a more normal base to then start damaging the surface and weaken the entire thing.

I’m currently building a smaller version and it’s going well, just taking awhile which is fine because it gives me something to de-stress with after work. Question about the Mod Podge-what’s its purpose? I know you said protective covering, but is it necessary if you’re going to spray it anyway?

And for those that don't have the patience or willingness to shape foam, Crooked Staff has a wide range of pay what you want textures on Drivethrurpg that will help bring your backgrounds to life. Add some pillars to hide the seems or interior walls and your laughing. Couple of links to help get you started. www.drivethrurpg.com/product/297687/Print--Paste-Dungeon-Textures-Multilevel-Rooms?cPath=6576_29751 www.drivethrurpg.com/product/330837/Print--Paste-Village-textures-Cottage-Walls?cPath=6576_29751 www.drivethrurpg.com/product/334403/Print--Paste-Village-textures-Sheds--Barns?cPath=6576_29751

How did you mount it to the wall? I've been thinking of building something along these lines, but I'm not sure how XPS would fare in terms of supporting the whole assembly on traditional picture hanging equipment.

I really like the way this piece turned out, I'm sure that it could be upgraded a little, in form and function, but, what you have built is great for its intended purpose. I am currently working on some background pieces for the minis I paint, and have been doing some complex builds to help show them off, maybe I'll just mount them on the wall, kinda like my DnD shadowbox creations. Anyway, thanks for sharing with us, and hey, if you get a chance swing by my channel and take a look at my vids.

Omg I burst out laughing when at the end of "what I would differently to make a mini shelf" the answer is just buy one from etsy

This looks awesome. But what do you do when you have over 750 minis, and 90% of them are size Large or bigger?

I have a giant plastic box that I put all my minis in because shelves require dusting.

What do you listen to while you're drawing flagstones?

It looks nice, but I have a question. I know miniatures are not heavy most of them anyway.. but in large numbers like say 400 with them being resin ,plastic , and sometimes metal. Wooden 400 miniatures start adding up and weight.. and you sure foam is going to hold that weight?

Oof, guessing you dont check this, but how did you mount it to the wall?

how did you mount it on the wall? thanks

does the sealer you use not melt the foam?

More Conan the Grammarian ftw!!

A colon explains or heads up a list.

I just wish we HAD xps foam here :/

How do you hang it?

One video, but several ways to make a shelf.

@Dungeon Craft Hi Professor !! I have a HUGE QUESTION which could serve you for creating a new video about it !! **VERY RELEVANT QUESTION** When preparing for a new campaign with a totally new crew (regardless of their DnD experience) ; HOW do you sifter and filter through their applications ? Related - - Do you have a specific procedure to select some people as your new players at the table ? **Here is what the game will be about** ; (insert the setting, and DM's rules) - - PLEASE FILL IN YOUR APPLICATION TO BE PART OF MY GAME TABLE. Did you ever use an ''application form'' to measure the level of seriousness of your players ? Do you recommend to do so ? How do you deal with a player who leaves the table after 2 or 3 sessions ? Do you know anybody who did that ? (I do) Also if you want to answer these (surprise-bag of questions): 1 - How to you keep the ''min-maxers''/ power-players at bay ? 2 - What if one person always wants to play the exact same character type ? 3 - What if a player brings a 5 page long massive backstory for his character and then complains that ''his'' story / the story doesn't unfold ''fast enough'' after 2 sessions ? 4 - What if 98 % of the people online only want to play 5th Edition but your setting is something more rustic and more old-school...How do you find your players online ? 5 - Is there a Dungeon Crawler-exclusive community ? Do you know a community who is really focused on Dungeon Crawling ? THANK YOU SO MUCH PROFESSOR DUNGEON MASTER ! Your work is highly inspiring ! I regularly share your videos !

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Conan the Grammerian! 🤣

I can print that while I sleep for about $17.00 and spend 15min painting it. If you guys STILL haven't bought a 3D printer, you are losing money and time.