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Terrain Essentials

Created by Dave Taylor Miniatures

An Essential Guide to Building Tabletop Terrain

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Finally, A Book Signing!
10 months ago – Thu, May 18, 2023 at 06:48:43 AM

Hello, everyone!

It has been a very strange time over the last few years, with quite a few things going on that have prevented us doing the "standard promotional rollout" for a book like Terrain Essentials. 

Well, Mel and I are pleased to announce that he'll be at the Warlord Games store on Saturday, May 27th from 11:30-4:30, signing copies of Terrain Essentials, talking about terrain making, and maybe getting in a game or two of Bolt Action on his Big Burma Build board (try saying that three times fast).

Mel will also be joined on the day by Tommie Soule (aka The Miniature Painting Tutor) who will be signing copies of his book - The Art Of... Tommie Soule, as well as providing competition-style critiques of your paintjobs (fresh off his stint as a judge at the Salute painting competition)!

If you are in the UK and can make it along, I know the guys will be very happy to chat about all things hobby related! Here's a link to find out more about the Warlord Games HQ store:

https://warlord-community.warlordgames.com/warlord-games-hq/

For those of us outside the UK, we'll keep you posted on future opportunities that may arise as the world opens up a bit more.

Cheers

Dave

An ongoing publishing project, plus a few pics of Mel!
almost 2 years ago – Tue, May 17, 2022 at 12:02:13 AM

No doubt some of you have seen that Mel has returned to The Terrain Tutor channel with some more regularity than during the peak of the pandemic, and I have to say, he's looking healthier, which is a wonderful thing too. He spent most of April reconnecting with you Terrainiacs via vlogs, but as we know Mel, he couldn't help himself but put out a few tutorial videos as well. These photos are from our friend Lee, who has been doing a bit of gaming with Mel here and there. 

If you want to check things out and see Mel back in action you can do it here: 

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTerrainTutor



Additionally, I wanted to let you know that the next three books in THE ART OF... series are now funding on Kickstarter. Last year we funded the first three volumes, delivered to backers in February, and now available in retail and online (check out where HERE). 


This year's campaign features books from Chris Suhre (from the US), Tommie Soule (from the UK), and Seyni N'diaye (from France). You can click on any of their names to go through to their Instagram pages.


Each book will feature plenty of lovely eye-candy and interesting information about the miniatures art of these artists. Chris Suhre's book will be of particular interest to diorama builders as he will explore the concepts behind the composition and construction of dioramas so integral to his work. Tommie Soule's book will feature a ton(ne) of information aimed at demystifying painting, removing the jargon, and showing that "magical techniques" can be achieved by anyone through awareness and choice. And finally Seyni's book will focus on colors and textures, concepts that can be applied both to minis and to terrain!


You can check out the new campaign HERE!


Thank you, as always, for your support in helping these dreams come true, for myself, and these wonderful artists turned authors.


Cheers

Dave (and Mel)

A new publishing project is live on Kickstarter
about 2 years ago – Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 04:08:36 AM

Greetings to all the backers who made my second publishing project a reality!

Today, as I was browsing through my Facebook Memories, I came across a photo from three years ago. The photo showed stacks and stacks of Armies & Legions & Hordes all boxed up and ready to ship out from Ironheart Artisans. 

A year ago, I was helping to sort out the mess that Covid had wreaked on the postal systems around the globe, but well on the way to delivering 5,000+ copies of Terrain Essentials to you wonderful folks!

Tomorrow I'm heading to Ironheart HQ to help box up and ship the US rewards for my third publishing project - THE ART OF... Volumes 1-3, and with these going out the door ahead of schedule, it was time to get cracking on the next one!

The Tremendous Tome of Decorating Dungeons launched today and is tracking well. This book is all about providing a lot of knowledge about painting 3D Dungeon terrain, and will also include some epic builds (like the Eternal Darkness images above). My friend Jeff Hall is a veteran Dungeon Master with a passion for running very immersive games. We've been having a lot of fun working through the various features we want to show off alongside the basics. 

If you are into roleplaying or love dungeons, please check it out HERE, and share it with your friends.

Every little bit helps :)

Cheers

Dave and the Tremendous Tome Team

24 hours left on THE ART OF... campaign
almost 3 years ago – Fri, May 21, 2021 at 11:47:10 PM

I would like to offer my thanks to many of you who have popped over to see my latest publishing campaign - THE ART OF... - and stayed to pledge there too. It has been great to see so many of your names popping up over the course of the last three weeks. 

Just in case you didn't catch our last update, I'm currently running a Kickstarter to fund the first three books in a series I plan to develop over the coming years. These focused art books will feature a wide variety of artists who build, convert, sculpt, and paint miniatures. They will dig deep into the thoughts and approaches of these artists and give some great insight to a wide number of influences and techniques. 

The campaign is drawing to a close, with less than 24 hours to go. 

We will have a BackerKit pledge manager too, that will open in mid-June for a few months. 

You can find it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1560579763/the-art-of-volumes-1-3?ref=46bn4t


Thanks for your time. Mel and I hope your terrain building projects are going smoothly and keeping you happy and healthy :) 


Cheers

Dave


A new project... THE ART OF... series of books.
almost 3 years ago – Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 06:15:41 PM

Greetings, Terrainiacs!

I hope everyone has been taking care and keeping safe since receiving their copies of Terrain Essentials. It seems we finally have all copies out to all backers as it has been more than two weeks since we last had to ship out a replacement package. Thank you all so much for your patience and support.

I know that this announcement update won't be everyone's cup of tea – and that's just fine – but I wanted to let you all know about the next publishing project I have underway – THE ART OF...

Over the last six months I've been working with five wonderful miniatures artists to plan this launch and create the first three volumes of THE ART OF... series. I'm working on plans to develop this series over the coming decade, growing the range each year and highlighting some truly wonderful work.

I have a write up over at my website:

https://www.davetaylorminiatures.com/2021/03/19/the-art-of-the-next-publishing-project/

And if you would like to be notified of the launch (this coming Friday, April 30) you can check out this link here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1560579763/the-art-of-volumes-1-3

Aaron Lovejoy, Elizabeth Beckley, Matt DiPietro, Christof Keil, and Ana Polanšćak are all fantastic artists and bring their own styles and approaches to their wonderful miniatures art. I invite you all to come and check out this new project and if it strikes your fancy, we'll certainly appreciate your support.

More information will be presented in the coming days on my Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/DaveTaylorMiniatures

Cheers

Dave


PS. Of course, if you've missed that last few updates and haven't seen your Terrain Essentials package arrive yet, please email me at [email protected] and we'll get you squared away.