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Post by fayegrimm on Sept 20, 2014 17:41:12 GMT
So I'd been planning to craft up some cardboard barrels once I got my glue gun, but in the same shopping trip I took to get my glue gun at the new Hobby Lobby in town I came across their wooden pickle barrels (9 7/8" barrels for $2). I don't recall seeing these used in anyone's crafts however, so I'm wondering if there is a reason for that? I'm curious if there's anything wrong with the barrels that I'm not seeing or if people just prefer making their own. Thanks for the advice!
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Post by belatucadras on Sept 20, 2014 19:03:23 GMT
I have some. They look good when painted.
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Post by adamantinedragon on Sept 21, 2014 2:05:00 GMT
I have two sizes of barrels I purchased in the wood craft section of Hobby Lobby. They sell the same barrels at Michaels too, I believe. They paint up nice.
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Post by beetlewing on Sept 21, 2014 4:41:44 GMT
Yep, I've got both sizes as well, so I've never made any from scratch. For mine I used stain, rather than paint, so the wood grain shows through:
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Post by fayegrimm on Sept 21, 2014 6:55:06 GMT
Yep, I've got both sizes as well, so I've never made any from scratch. For mine I used stain, rather than paint, so the wood grain shows through: Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'll go ahead and pick some up. Also, I see what you mean beetlewing, those look great! I'll have to grab some stain too then.
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Post by onethatwas on Sept 26, 2014 17:14:28 GMT
I prefer these to hand crafted ones, just because they're pick up and go items. Simple construction options get stuff on the board faster and fill out s dungeon easier, but some people prefer personally crafted items.
I actually glue these guys together in sets of 3 just to be able to put a group down fast. I also have some single ones to fill out a triangular stack or to have a single barrel in a room. I find having them in sets is highly convenient
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Post by DarthTaco18 on Sept 27, 2014 17:22:03 GMT
I've considered the exact same thing. Mainly because everytime I try to make one of DMScotty's cardboard ones, I ended up having to hot glue several individual strips of cardboard back to the corragation before I could assemble the barrel. Something about my cutting must be simply awful.
But after seeing beetlewings stained barrels, I'm deffinately going to be picking up a couple of bags. Although I'm still gonna keep my old barrels. DMScotty's technique allows for me to use barrels with character. Not every carpenter in the world was perfect. Just makes things more real I think.
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Post by sotf on Sept 28, 2014 2:12:26 GMT
I've considered the exact same thing. Mainly because everytime I try to make one of DMScotty's cardboard ones, I ended up having to hot glue several individual strips of cardboard back to the corragation before I could assemble the barrel. Something about my cutting must be simply awful. But after seeing beetlewings stained barrels, I'm deffinately going to be picking up a couple of bags. Although I'm still gonna keep my old barrels. DMScotty's technique allows for me to use barrels with character. Not every carpenter in the world was perfect. Just makes things more real I think. One fun thing with Scotty's is to slice them in half and paint the interior to let you do things more like the Hobbit barrel ride, or then cover it with a flat surface for some of the barroom furniture that a lot of bars that still buy alcohol by the barrel as a cheap way to make tables that have character... As a side note, one interesting tool for improving both types of barrels is to snag a nice set of small, fantasy stamps for brewery marks on the barrels.
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Post by SteamTitan on Oct 30, 2014 21:29:37 GMT
this discussion makes me start thinking about dwarf terrain or such again. Was gonna make a brewhouse onetime but never got around to it because stopped playing dwarfs in warhammer fantasy
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Post by DnDPaladin on Nov 1, 2014 22:02:52 GMT
oooohhh im so gonna try to get those big ones to make wine cask !
i'm trying to create some cellar items.
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Post by DMScotty on Nov 4, 2014 6:59:20 GMT
The barrels work fine or you could just make your own.
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Post by Jason on Nov 4, 2014 7:28:01 GMT
The barrels work fine or you could just make your own. I have a variety of different types of barrels. From those pickle barrels to Hirst arts molded barrels, and I have to say my favorites are the ones I crafted from the instructions in this video.
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Post by thedmg on Nov 4, 2014 7:35:21 GMT
Or... <insert shameless self promotion of channel>
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