Karl Makes Stuff

I have been making terrain and painting minis since the early 90s – here's where I write about the stuff I'm making these days.

About

The Karl

I’ve been messing around with tabletop terrain and miniatures since the early 90s and still get a kick out of making things to play games on or with.

A few years ago I started a YouTube channel to have an excuse to teach myself video editing, but then it kind of collided with my crafting and it became part of my hobby head space. Since then, I have also started meeting and interviewing other people in the tabletop wargaming, role playing and history spheres.

While this was going on, a whole bunch of strange and extremely wonderful people also started hanging out a lot, so I also occasionally host crafting challenges for people to flex their creative muscles.

Me and some of the stuff I made in 2024

The Stuff

01

Tabletop Terrain Crafting

This is the bulk of what I do on my channel, usually with low or zero cost materials.

02

Interviews

I love talking to people who design games, craft things, and generally know more stuff than I do!

03

Playing Games

No live plays, but I do have Opinions and generally have no problem in making them known 🙂

04

Reviews

When I find a book, game or tool that I find especially useful or interesting, I shout it from the rooftops.

05

Writing

I have written one gaming related book, an RPG supplement for the 30 Years War, and am picking at other projects.

06

Miniature Painting

Admittedly I’m an incredibly slow painter, but I do that too so here we are .

Where it’s at

Apart from this blog, you can also find me on: