#It's all papercrafts! Whatever makes the kid (brain) happy

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Small skeleton zine I put together as a double-sided print template test (Patreon)

Bonus clean panels under the cut

Front and back cover skeletons

Handplates babies

And terribad dad!

Longboi Jack Skellington - his legs were really fun haha

And the Riveras!

#Doodles #Skele-zine hehe #Original #Handplates #Sans #Papyrus #Gaster #Jack Skellington #Coco #Imelda Rivera #Héctor Rivera #I always draw with such defined strong lines on printer paper lol #Normally my style is all fluttery and soft and scratchy and sketchy but I see printer paper and I'm like ''I must Bold Lines Only'' #S'quite a mouthful of a caption but that's what I was doing! #You see the weird creases on the last page? Technically this is the inside but since I started with the inside technically it's the outside #Gonna fill the other side soon :) I wanted to make sure I got as clean of pictures and scans as I could single-sided first tho #I dunno what the other side's gonna have but no matter what it won't have as clean of scans or lines :P The nature of things #Why do I want it to be double-sided in the first place? I have some print tests I'd like to try :3c #As if I don't already have enough things to format for printing lol look I just follow whatever my brain is hungry for in the moment #It's all papercrafts! Whatever makes the kid (brain) happy #Plus it was a good excuse to draw Yet More Skeletons - can you tell I'm in Font Skeleton Hell atm lol #I'm pretty sure that Doot-doot Sans was a shower thought lol #The rest were all off the cuff :) Man I haven't drawn Jack in yearrrrsss #I was almost tempted to follow him up with Slenderman for the lulz but I kept to the skeleton theme! Good for me lol #Everyone was largely from memory - I gave a quick glance at CinemaWins' Coco video for references but aside from that #Drawing big bold shapes and then filling them in with slight hatching was fun ♪ More fun than erasing! Just gotta roll with it! Pen rules! #I did erase a couple things here and there but I left most of my lines down :) Even mistakes! It's good to practice around them sometimes ♪ #Good test! Fun and met my goal! :)

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Hello happy gamers. It is that time for another unboxing of a Dungeon Crate subscription box. Dungeon Crate is an awesome gamer crate designed to get you awesome adventures, swag and gaming accessories to use at your gaming table delivered to your door every month. I personally have received every crate — and even helped curate one — since the first box has gone out. Each Dungeon Crate typically features 5 to 7 items to use at your gaming table.

August 2018 Dungeon Crate unboxing

From the Dungeon Crate August 2018 insert:

“This month we feature Epic Encounters – Formidable Foes! As we weave our way through adventures in Halcyon, we like to shake it up with encounters that will spice up your campaign. In this crate you will find deadly foes, dungeons deep, cryptic cartography and some much deserved character development.”

Most subscription crates, loot boxes or whatever you want to call them come with an insert to talk about the stuff in the crate. Dungeon Crate takes that one step further. They have turned their insert into a useful tool so it is not just tossed but kept as a reminder of the cool stuff. The back is a dungeon tile. If my math is correct this is the third month of them doing it and I continue to applaud the choice. This time it is an empty room, while before we have had hallways and a room with a pit trap.

Next up is the Epic Encounter of Formidable Foes of Halcyon. This is an adventure written by Kevin Coffey for 6-10th level characters. Seven new monsters lurk inside this 11-page adventure. In recent months the adventure in the Dungeon Crate has gone from a single folded page to a booklet designed for the crate and I love this change as well. More adventure for your gaming gold (or whatever currency you use).

Do you have Crit for Brains? If you do you might want to upgrade your character sheet to a journal style. Included in this month’s crate unboxing is a very well thought out and laid out journal. If you are going into a long game and want a great place to record everything then this is the thing for you. You have everything on a regular character sheet spread out over several pages. There is a page for equipment, one for allies and enemies, 4 pages for a hex map, 4 pages for a grid map, 4 blank pages for doodles or whatever you wish, and lastly 13 pages with lines for your notes. And all of this is small enough to fit in a decent sized pocket. Not bad at all.

Next up is a Random Miniature. From the Reaper Bones line is the option of one of three potential miniatures. Fire Demon (77315), Frost Giant Bodyguard (77544), or Demon Lord of the Undead (77316). I got the frost giant, take that as you may. I think those who got the fire demon are the winners, but all of the minis are great choices and as a big fan of the Reaper Bones line I am always happy to add more to my growing collection.

Dungeon Crate loves coin collecting and over the years I have built up a nice pile of awesome coins. Maybe the guy behind Dungeon Crate is a dragon? Hmm… thoughts for later. In normal fashion we get another coin this month and it is Trade Bar Metal Ingots from Campaign Coins. This is another one that looked like there were options though sadly I do not know what the others look like. I will have to search them out. I got a 20 marker and it is a cool rectangular metal coin. Add it to the hoard. I love the continued variety of these. Another benefit of unboxing Dungeon Crate each month.

If the insert dungeon tile was not enough for you then you will be happy to see even more dungeon tiles. This time they are double sided so you can use either and they form 2 cool maps to use for an encounter or battle. These are presented by Dungeon Doodles. Another happy pairing over the years. I love seeing their work in the crate each month.

I think this month’s Dungeon Crate should have been labeled as random, as this is the third item marked as you get a random thing.

“It seems one night the house elves got into the Shady Lady’s whisky and ran amok making random buttons and packing them into everyone’s crate. We have no idea what they made or what you will get.”

Mine looks like a dwarf sitting with a keg of ale and taking a drink. I find this fun. I am a collector by nature and with a growing number of conventions and crates and what have you I have built up a sizable collection over the years here at Nerdarchy. So rather than have them sit in a bin or only have a few in rotation I have placed fabric over a door and I am making a wall of buttons and pins. I am into the triple digits on these with still plenty of room to grow.

That is it for the physical product in the crate this month but what about the digital stuff? The digital stuff this month is packed with great stuff. You can download a full pack of maps and a complete PDF of the adventure contained in the crate. There is a section for Dungeon Crate Kids, where they can create and draw a cool character using dice to randomly determine or pick what they want to draw or make. You have a papercraft treant you can make and use at your table for one more monster to throw at your party.

If you are interested in signing up for a subscription box of your own, head to the Dungeon Crate website and don’t forget to use promo code nerdarchy to save 10 percent off your first month’s subscription. Not only do you save money but you tell them that Nerdarchy sent you.

So there you have it — unboxing the Dungeon Crate for August 2018. Lots of great stuff for use in your Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game or whatever system you feel like running. Thanks for reading and remember, until next time, stay nerdy!

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Dungeon Crate Unboxing — August 2018 Hello happy gamers. It is that time for another unboxing of a Dungeon Crate subscription box…

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