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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · 3h

It's the last Saturday of the month... so it's time for another (monthly round-up style) newsletter:

crookedstaff.substack.com/p/crooked-st...

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks :)

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · 1d

Adding the finishing touches to some more dwarven terrain :)

With any luck I'll have a video tutorial out sometime next week (which will show how to make the little statue/relief guys that you can see on either side of the stairs).

#dnd #tttpg #terrain

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · 8d

Here's a quick look at the progress I've made on some dwarven wall decoration (for my next video & pdf).

There's still a few things that I'm not happy with (mainly the way it's layered) - but I think I'm getting there slowly :)

#dnd #ttrpg #terrain #papercraft

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · 10d

I've got around to setting up a linktree page (i.e. something that lists all the places where me and my stuff can be found).

linktr.ee/csp_kris

However, it really isn't worth following all the social media stuff (as I'm not that interesting) …if you're following here, that's probably enough 😅

CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · 11d

Progress has slowed down a little… but I've managed to get more dwarves done these past few weeks.

I talk more about the paint scheme on my blog if that's of interest: www.crookedstaff.co.uk/2025/10/buil... ).

Only a few more to go now :)

#miniaturepainting #minipainting #opr #oathmark #oldworld

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · 16d

In my (seemingly) never ending quest to make ‘all the things’ …I’ve been adding some more traps to my dungeon (the classic ‘falling block’ in this instance).

As usual, I have a video showing how I put them together here:
youtu.be/iF9exX9oDu0

Hope you like ‘em!

#dnd #ttrpg #terrain #papercraft

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · 28d

Just a quick heads-up to say that #2 of my new monthly newsletter is out (feel free to subscribe if you'd like that kind of thing delivered to your e-mail each month :) ).

crookedstaff.substack.com/p/crooked-st...

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · 29d

Here's some pictures from the second part of my 'building a dwarf army' project (i.e. I started painting the first batch Monday evening, and finished them last night).

There's more about them over on the blog:

www.crookedstaff.co.uk/2025/09/buil...

#miniaturepainting #minipainting #onepagerules

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Sep 22

I'm starting a series of blog posts where I collect and paint a cheap fantasy dwarf army from scratch

The main models will be the EM4 Miniatures dwarfs (48 models for £14.99) …a few of which I've converted/kit-bashed

More on the blog:
www.crookedstaff.co.uk/2025/09/buil...

#miniaturepainting #opr

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Sep 18

Thanks :)

CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Sep 18

The YouTube channel has just passed 25K subscribers!!!

So here's a short thank-you video (and a give-away too).

youtu.be/r6p-iI_p0Rs

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Sep 18

I have a much smaller channel - but yeah, I'm experiencing something very similar.

I think one of the best/laziest ones I've had recently (where they clearly hadn't watched any of my videos) literally read:

"Hello (insert channel name), we love your content..."

😅

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Sep 16

With the YouTube channel approaching 25K subs (24967 and counting), I've been getting a few things ready for a celebratory video :)

www.youtube.com/c/CrookedSta...

One of these is re-releasing the modifications & requests pdf, and adding a few pages of new-ish textures to the file!

#dnd #ttrpg

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here's the video I'm talking about (if anyone is interested):
youtu.be/k_7c2Dd1o38

Ten Years of Dungeon Terrain (for #dnd etc.)

YouTube video by Crooked Staff Terrain

youtu.be

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Sep 10

Yeah... I still can't believe I actually found one of the old ones up in my dad attic :) (though perhaps I should have - as a lot of my old junk is still up there).

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Sep 10

Last year I made an anniversary video about my print & paste terrain (in which I answered a few questions and shared a few pics - one being a door I'd made back when I was a kid)

Well, as a nostalgic project, I've redrawn it to match the newer printouts… mainly just for fun :D

#dnd #ttrpg #terrain

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Sep 4

In my latest video I shared some cards & tokens that can be used to generate random dungeons

One of the reasons for this is so that I can use them in games of #advancedheroquest :)

As such, here’s some tables I’ve created for a short (fan made) introductory quest:

drive.google.com/file/d/1mwme...

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Sep 2

I've got a new video out… and in this one I've been making some dungeon generation cards (and tokens) that can be used with my existing floor tiles to help create layouts for solo dungeon crawling :)

youtu.be/tk_OvEPH3vQ

The pdf is pay-what-you-want (so grab 'em for free if you like)

#dnd #ttrpg

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Aug 30

I've decided to do a monthly round-up newsletter kind of thing...

...so if that sounds like something that you might be interested in, feel free to check it out :)

substack.com/@crookedstaf...

#ttrpg #dnd #sologaming #terrain

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Aug 19

Here's a few more bits and pieces I've been working on recently (mainly to use in the example dungeon that'll be featured in the next video):

#dnd #ttrpg #minipainting #miniaturepainting #terrain

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Aug 18

Yay indeed (ghouls are one of my favourite low level monsters :) ).

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Aug 16

I picked up a bunch of mini's from UKGE earlier in the year…and amongst them were these pretty ladies.

Out of that haul, they are the first one's I've managed to splash some paint on... and my first @badsquiddogames.bsky.social mini's too!

#miniaturepainting #minipainting #dnd #ttrpg #miniatures

A pair of 28mm ghoul miniatures. One about to feast on a guinea pig, the other holding a cook-pot and ladle.

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Aug 13

I've mentioned my random dungeon cards a few times now - and still haven't released them... but progress is being made 😅

Basically, I want to include a sample adventure to help explain things - which I can also run through in the video too).

All of this takes time though... but I'm getting there!

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CSP Kris @cspkris.bsky.social · Aug 11

I’ve been thinking of starting a (free) monthly newsletter… just as a kind of ‘monthly round-up’ sort of thing.

It shouldn’t be too much extra work (and it's a pretty new thing for me to figure out) – so here’s the link if you’re interested in something like that:

crookedstaff.substack.com

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