Hey guys, here are some links to some of the key elements I used in this build. I also included a link to the Bugbear Shaman miniature you see featured....sorry couldn't find a listing for UK. Also, I’m sure there will be endless comments about sterilizing natural things you find and use for crafting. This is a good idea and can be done in the oven carefully at a low temperature. It’s especially important for things like moss, sand, and bark. I think these little twigs were fine not to disinfect but it probably wouldn’t hurt. SCULPTAMOLD (USA) amzn.to/37h1Kvm (Canada) amzn.to/39uMRXJ (UK) amzn.to/3bwVaUK (Germany) amzn.to/2Sisurm CITADEL SKULLS (USA) amzn.to/2PIF8w6 (Canada) amzn.to/2LuM0Kz (UK) amzn.to/2BX3hZU (Germany) amzn.to/2Vq9tmd GRASS TUFTS (USA) amzn.to/2BXiYjW (Canada) amzn.to/2BUbSN2 (UK) amzn.to/2QjPmSQ (Germany) amzn.to/2Ruh6Jd MINIATURE (Wizkids Bugbear) (USA) amzn.to/3cwdBsV (Canada) amzn.to/35U5vb0 (Germany) amzn.to/2WUERL4 (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases)
From TN, growing up lots of kids made these we even used them during capture the flag. But I also grew up on a farm, so our animals and wild animals were constantly getting in them. For that reason, I think I would have left the entry uncovered. Just because in my brain I know I would put 'eggs' and loot inside or have something like a naga or giant spider come out of it. Maybe that's just me playing on my player's childhood traumas that occurred in these structures...
The trick to drilling GW plastic or any kind of model is this. First make a little dent or notch with a sharp hobby knife. From there you slowly drill for the first couple of turns. Then you can just drill straight through. Been doing it like that for over a decade.
for pieces like this paper-towel-tarp door, you may try dried wet wipes soaked in PVA glue, this stuff looks pretty natural, doesn't have any texture or imprints, and it becomes quite tough after the glue is dried
The stick tents are actually youtube bushcrafter nesting sites. The structures are created in the larval stage while they are waiting for their Fjallraven packs and Gransfors Bruks axes to develop.
In australia we are encouraged to do a welcome to country which is an acknowledgment of the land of whichever Aboriginal Country you live on. There are literally hundreds. I always wondered if other nations did the same and I loved seeing it. Good work 👍🏻
Eh. I'm native and I don't think its a big deal. Definitely not required to be a good human. On that note, what does make a good human? 2 legs 2 arms, 1 head? Jk.
Yep those structures are all around where I live too, especially near the schools. Here they’re usually made by kids or the occasional hunter or homeless person. My high school even offers a PE class where students spend a week building a shelter like these in the forest and then sleep in it overnight.
I think an appropriate term would be "lean-to". It's an improvised shelter made of branches that are leaned against a tree or a rock for support, and then smaller sticks are leaned against the main branch to make a tent-like structure.
Michael, can also be built against a fallen log, boulder, anything large / high enough to lean things while leaving space for a body to shelter beneath. Thus the ‘lean’ in lean-to.
@@nothingtosee314 Or possibly it was never present. That's pretty common in kid's forest fort versions that aren't seriously meant to provide actual shelter from the elements.
I built some of those in the woods a few miles from my home when I was a kid. Most of them fell apart pretty quickly, but a couple of them stood for nearly 20 years until they started developing the area for apartments.
I used to see those sort of things when I lived in the Carolinas. Pretty sure it's just a universal thing kids do. They're definitely fun to see. The paint job really brings all the parts together. I struggle with that when building out of natural material.
i grew up in north carolina. These things were all over the place :) guilty of making several myself. I do remember finding one that had bones in it though which was cool.
I believe treaty/land acknowledgment is really important. It's a very simple gesture that can have a big impact. I've always wanted to do it but it never had the right opportunity, this video seemed perfect.
Over the past few years I've seen/heard it more and more in Winnipeg. It's done at the start of every Winnipeg Jets home game which is probably the most prominent situation I've seen it done. But it's also done by the universities before events and even the church down the street from me has done it on their billboard from time to time. It's a good reminder for people and it's a very easy way to show some respect.
Fun build - I have built some of these as a kid :) also digging the music. Had an idea for a scene watching this, a mud and root hut where it looks like the roots grew up and made a dome.
I’ve made them before in scout stuff. Was a fun thing to camp in, though we would put tarps on them so they would actually be decent at protection from the elements.
Not only have your pandemic projects been really inspiring these past few weeks, your mindset has been very insightful and reassuring. Thanks for that. Any guilt you may feel for not being able to get a vid out this week does NOT reflect the reality of a large community that loves, supports and wishes your household well during this period of uncertainty. From one immunocompromised shut-in to another, may enduring peace drown out all else.
Hard to rule out man-made when the sticks are that size... but when it's 40ft logs set in an X-shape, no stumps anywhere where they may have been attached & another one woven in-between horizontally, you gotta start ask the BIG questions!! (see what I did there? LOL)
That being said, Sasquatch(theorizing/speculation, obviously) will build structures to make basically obstructions almost like guiding/corralling deer, so they can't get a straight fast run going, making them easier to catch... besides using structures as blinds, just like hunters will. They are also said to be very adept at simply not moving for long lengths of time(great way to "disappear" since most species primarily spot movement easiest) - look at how close Jeremy got to those deer just out putzing around...
Here in southern Alberta we find these stick structures when hiking in the forest as well. I'm fairly certain they aren't local to your area. Good work on the build.
Those are cool! To actually 'camp' in one, you would cover it with pine branches, bark, etc. in the warm weather, and even with packed snow in the winter. Cool build too!
That’s super awesome! Kids build those, as well as outdoor enthusiasts practicing survival skills. Once the shelter is erected, cover it with evergreen boughs and it’ll keep you dry in a rain storm.
If you watch any survival skills videos, you sometimes see structures like this covered with pine boughs for temporary shelters. This would be what was left after the boughs decayed. We made them in New Hampshire as kids, but could never get our parents to let us spend the night in them out in the woods. Now that I remember the albino moose, foxes porcupines, skunks, and coyotes that shared that patch of woods, I can understand more why they said no to our fun.
As usual simply brilliant - loved the build and its use - can see it placed on the table for weird creatures, shamans, hags, old wizards, prophets, abandoned structure, fishing hut by a lake (leave the skulls off), native dwelling, snow creature camp, etc etc
Man, this is cool! I love using tea for ground cover. When I'm making impassable swamp terrain I mix gloss glaze and black tea. It gets that nice decomposed leaf-material look! I've seen structures similar to that but usually that is just the first stage of construction. Smaller branches go over that and then piles of leaves. Where I live they are usually more dome-shaped and lower to the ground.
I've been on an airplane only twice: once to get to Ireland for a holiday and the second time to get back home to Belgium. But you're sure tempting me to come and visit the beautiful Canada, hopefully somewhere in my lifetime, so you are one of the BEST ambassadors for your country. Now for the huts: we used to build something similar when we were kids near the water behind our house (our street is next to an old WO I fortress with a moat around it and a nice walkway to enjoy the view) Lovely and inspiring build!
DUDE! I love the idea of buildings something on a much smaller scale from the same material as the actual structure. SUPER INTERESTING AND AWESOME IDEA!
Such a simple yet satisfying build. Love that you're finding inspiration in nature and that you're continuously coming up with creative ideas that don't require many resources that are tough to acquire right now. Keep up the great work!
We were just out at Pioneer Park in Lincoln NE, my son does a summer camp out there, usually, and they go out and build these as groups under direction from the councilors. they become a special place for the kids and theres very little no witch/shaman/goblin/psychometry happening. You made a super fun build, its straightforward, and beginners could do it, its also really easy to iterate on the idea and you could come up with ones that have totally different vibes. Great job pulling inspiration from outdoors, all great artists draw from direct observation. again great work, take care, have fun, stay healthy!
BMC taking a page from Bard's Craft it seems... That's pretty cool. A note: to make sure there is no risk of mold, bacteria, etc. you can 'bake' the sticks in the oven at 180 F for half an hour to kill off the bad stuff prior to use.
when I was a much younger guy down here in Florida, I built a few debris huts in the woods. start with a teepee frame like that or a lean-to style, then cover with boughs, then pile on as much leaves as possible.
We used to build these tents all around the forests when we were in summer camp or so, so it's pretty common around here, and I really love the process of making one.
Seeing how you did the base, using the bark "scraps", I can't help but say that you have an artist's eye. (insert give it back joke here) Watching you dress up the base was the highlight of the video for me. Thank you for the inspiration.
If I’m not on a mistake, that kind of structures are covered with tree leafs in order to provide protection from cold, wind an even the worst of rain. A very interesting hobby project. Thanks for showing it to us. Stay safe and greetings from Spain.
We get those in the UK as well, they are made by local scout groups and dads and lads copying survival shows. Great idea for a build, I'm going to make one for my game.
Man that thing looks great. And yes those stick tents are common. Usually kids put them together. Some one starts it and then others come along and add more to it
Oh wow, my memory was just jogged...when I was a kid (10 or 12) in southern Maine, I used to explore the back woods behind my house and I got lost one day...after a few hours near evening, I came across 3 stick structures just like this. It scared the heck out of me as it was getting dark, just rained and a summer storm was rolling in. There were no other kids that lived in my area and no one camps out that way. I thought I was the only one to ever experience these sort of structures. Thanks for such a great video, I should make this for my DnD sessions and use my own experience for the narrative.
As always BMC - great video. I will be making a few of these to add to my post apoc setting. I have come across them AND made them, showing my boys how to start and build a basic shelter. I used to things like this as a kid, building all sorts of different shelters and forts.
I've been working on lots of props, dioramas, and other craft projects, so I'm always looking at your site for inspiration. I just wanted to say that your idea for using the contents of undrinkable tea bags for foliage or even flocking, is an AMAZING idea. I love that little crafty hack. Thanks for the idea. Keep up the great work.
As kids, we totally made this kind of stuff in the Pacific Northwest. Usually covered in fern fronds to help stay a little drier. This was a great project and is inspiring me to make a similar one!
In case anyone was wondering that stick hut is a viable camping option. What you'd do after making the base would be to pile pine boughs on the outside (like shingling) and add some sort of bedding (leaves, moss, more boughs, etc. Alternatively one could just use a tarp and a bedroll. That's what I usually do
In the uk we call them bashas or lean toos, and can be used as emergency shelter if then covered with branches with leaves. you place the fresh branches over the basic structure and the foliage keeps you dry. or if your hunting and wish to stay inside a wile longer, a large roll of shrink wrap can be used, layered arround the structure makes it not only seethrough, but protects you from the elements, and is incredably warm to stay inside.
It's an improvised shelter. You build your tripod, add more sticks to the lattice, pile on some foliage and leaves for insulation/waterproofing, then add sticks on top to hold it down. It sucks. It's terrible for sleeping, but it'll keep your pack dry in a rainstorm.
Yep. What Our Hero found is the bare frames, meant to be covered with boughs, leaves and/or woven mats. Big ones to live in or temporarily camp in, small ones to cache food and other supplies in.
As always your build looks amazing. As a kid i built a lot of those things in the woods with my friends, sometime we even had a plastic bag full of stuff inside like playing cards, marbles and cord.
In kindergarden we were taught how to build these huts but to also use flexible brances that could bind the top together to have a hut that lasts longer and can withstand the elements. Suffice it to say our forest was full of these with varying sizes.
I love this project! I'm in Alberta and I haven't seen anything like this in the woods where I live but I used to make stuff like that when I was a kid.
So creative! I know its simple, but definitely one of my favorite of your many many great creations. Also, the paper towel door looks amazing, almost like a basket/weaved grass sort of look.
I used to make them as well as a kid with my brothers and cousins at their farm. Are biggest one was probably 10’ diameter. We also threw smaller twigs, moss, and long grass to seal the spaces. Last time a saw it, it had a large bird nest on the outside at the tips side. If you added that to your model using copper wire I’d lose my mind! Awesome kid bug!
When I was a scout we were taught these were called bivvys, short for bivouac (not sure on the spelling). Our leaders taught us how to make one and then we slept under them overnight. It was great.
Spelling is good, and it’s the name this old scout had in mind as well :) Edit: if anyone’s wondering, the pronunciation is biv-o-wack. French origin I believe.
I used to make things like this in the woods when I was a kid, on the south coast of England... And there are several around 5 min walk from my house today.
Yeah those things are everywhere in the small forest here, in Kiel ( Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). My children also love do discover them! Nice idea, I will have to remember to pick up some twicks next time.
found one of these while camping once. It was MASSIVE and was able to fit three of us in there at once (my friends and I were all 16-17 at the time). It even had a little fence and a yard with a path in it. It was a bit rundown from the rain but we fixed it up (with the help of some kids from the next campsite over that we accidentally recruited) and by the time we were done it was nearly weather proof. I might make some terrain based on the photos i still have. Course now i live in Iowa so finding the trees and bark required might prove difficult lol
I have recently been watching your videos for sum advance and inspiration. Amazing content and help for anyone familiar or just starting out with these kind of crafts. Thank you so much for what you do!!! Definitely rate your videos 10 out 10 in my book!!!
As always love your videos. I teach my kids their friends and pretty much any other kids that end up tagging along survivalism. So the Woods by my house are full of lean-to and other structures like this. Great idea to throw it into the mini world love to build!
Rad! My wife just got back from Southlake Tahoe with a bunch of cool sticks and twigs for me, so I might have to ape your build a bit. I like to use cheap mixed Italian herbs for dried up dead leaves for flocking.
I'd call that a bushcraft or survival shelter. Usually you'd cover that with boughs to keep out the elements. In this case, it probably is just kids messing around in the woods. If constructed at a slightly smaller scale, I think this would be a rad piece for a ranger roughing it in the elements (which is something I think I'll try!). Cool build!!
There's tons of those little wood shelters in the woods nearby to where I live here in Yorkshire, UK. Sometimes it's just kids/families. Sometimes like one of the larger ones in the woods nearby, my kids had a hand in making it with their school. Guess the things are pretty universal. Around here they get used as dens for play and sometimes as a landmark in local walks/treasure hunts etc. One of the ones we found recently in the middle of the wood was filled with loads of painted stones, after a quick look around we found a note that asked you to take part, to go find a stone you like in the woods, take it home to paint and bring it back to add to the collection of stones in the wooden shelter.
Neighborhood kids with parents in construction built pretty elaborate paintball forts in the woods behind my house. Tents like this as well as lean-tos, trench forts, tree-houses and bridges. They got creepier as they deteriorated. Made for some great imagination fuel as a kid.
Hey guys, here are some links to some of the key elements I used in this build. I also included a link to the Bugbear Shaman miniature you see featured....sorry couldn't find a listing for UK.
Also, I’m sure there will be endless comments about sterilizing natural things you find and use for crafting. This is a good idea and can be done in the oven carefully at a low temperature. It’s especially important for things like moss, sand, and bark. I think these little twigs were fine not to disinfect but it probably wouldn’t hurt.
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What was the wire that you use for the skulls?
From TN, growing up lots of kids made these we even used them during capture the flag. But I also grew up on a farm, so our animals and wild animals were constantly getting in them. For that reason, I think I would have left the entry uncovered. Just because in my brain I know I would put 'eggs' and loot inside or have something like a naga or giant spider come out of it. Maybe that's just me playing on my player's childhood traumas that occurred in these structures...
I’m definitely gunna pick up these tufts.
The trick to drilling GW plastic or any kind of model is this. First make a little dent or notch with a sharp hobby knife. From there you slowly drill for the first couple of turns. Then you can just drill straight through. Been doing it like that for over a decade.
TrebenWhahahaha the problem really is holding a tiny skull while drilling it.
for pieces like this paper-towel-tarp door, you may try dried wet wipes soaked in PVA glue, this stuff looks pretty natural, doesn't have any texture or imprints, and it becomes quite tough after the glue is dried
As a history teacher I can say for sure, those are definitely made by Goblins.
Glad we finally have that sorted.
A man of cultures 🎩🎓
Crotch Goblins but goblins none the less
thank you for your expertise
DEF GOBLINS
OR SASQUATCH
OR GOBLIN SASQUATCHES....
The stick tents are actually youtube bushcrafter nesting sites. The structures are created in the larval stage while they are waiting for their Fjallraven packs and Gransfors Bruks axes to develop.
Can you do a video on beaver houses? Pretty sure it will be the best dam video you'll ever make.... (I'll see myself out)
Hello fellow Dad.
Lol.🍻
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That wood be really cool!
You guys are unbeaverlible
The flowers grow wherever the Shaman relieves themselves after doing an intense ritual.
The spooky thing is everyone commenting "I used to find these all the time as a kid" and nobody commenting "I used to make these as a kid"...
I know you said you would have prefered something else but that paper towel really looks like it's woven cloth. I think it really works with the build
The shout-out for Indigenous people was ace! Thank you for being a good human!
Simple, but important, gesture. ❤️ ✊
Black Magic Craft agree 100%
:)
In australia we are encouraged to do a welcome to country which is an acknowledgment of the land of whichever Aboriginal Country you live on. There are literally hundreds. I always wondered if other nations did the same and I loved seeing it. Good work 👍🏻
Eh. I'm native and I don't think its a big deal. Definitely not required to be a good human. On that note, what does make a good human? 2 legs 2 arms, 1 head? Jk.
Yep those structures are all around where I live too, especially near the schools. Here they’re usually made by kids or the occasional hunter or homeless person. My high school even offers a PE class where students spend a week building a shelter like these in the forest and then sleep in it overnight.
^^^ this is the kind of education our kids SHOULD be getting. real skills.
A *week*? Shouldn't take more than a couple of hours after you get the first three to stand up together.
How many get taken by the Jackalweres?
I think an appropriate term would be "lean-to". It's an improvised shelter made of branches that are leaned against a tree or a rock for support, and then smaller sticks are leaned against the main branch to make a tent-like structure.
Imo lean to is more against a fallen log or cliff face rather freestanding teepee style construction, but you may be right.
Michael, can also be built against a fallen log, boulder, anything large / high enough to lean things while leaving space for a body to shelter beneath. Thus the ‘lean’ in lean-to.
@@nothingtosee314 Or possibly it was never present. That's pretty common in kid's forest fort versions that aren't seriously meant to provide actual shelter from the elements.
I'm Native and as soon as I saw that structure I thought it looked like an Inipi lodge. Then I saw your note at the bottom. Nice!
I built some of those in the woods a few miles from my home when I was a kid. Most of them fell apart pretty quickly, but a couple of them stood for nearly 20 years until they started developing the area for apartments.
I used to see those sort of things when I lived in the Carolinas. Pretty sure it's just a universal thing kids do. They're definitely fun to see.
The paint job really brings all the parts together. I struggle with that when building out of natural material.
Bigfoot.
My dad built one of those in the lake district when he was a child and it's still there.
What Carolina I'm in Charleston South Carolina and we built these all the time.
i grew up in north carolina. These things were all over the place :) guilty of making several myself. I do remember finding one that had bones in it though which was cool.
Durham, here. No, I'm a Tar Heel.
Thanks for putting in the land acknowledgment Jeremy!
I believe treaty/land acknowledgment is really important. It's a very simple gesture that can have a big impact. I've always wanted to do it but it never had the right opportunity, this video seemed perfect.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Our local convention does this before the start of every game day. It was the first time I had ever heard it.
Over the past few years I've seen/heard it more and more in Winnipeg. It's done at the start of every Winnipeg Jets home game which is probably the most prominent situation I've seen it done. But it's also done by the universities before events and even the church down the street from me has done it on their billboard from time to time. It's a good reminder for people and it's a very easy way to show some respect.
Black Magic Craft I went to a tavern concert and they did a land acknowledgement I think that was cool. It was in Hamilton Ontario.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Totally agree. It's a great way to show respect and it's great to see this happening more and more regularly.
Nice to see the shoutout to the traditional territories
Fun build - I have built some of these as a kid :) also digging the music. Had an idea for a scene watching this, a mud and root hut where it looks like the roots grew up and made a dome.
I’ve made them before in scout stuff. Was a fun thing to camp in, though we would put tarps on them so they would actually be decent at protection from the elements.
I'm pretty sure those piles of sticks you find in the woods are Ent droppings.
Not only have your pandemic projects been really inspiring these past few weeks, your mindset has been very insightful and reassuring. Thanks for that. Any guilt you may feel for not being able to get a vid out this week does NOT reflect the reality of a large community that loves, supports and wishes your household well during this period of uncertainty. From one immunocompromised shut-in to another, may enduring peace drown out all else.
Seriously, the guitar intros you've been doing lately are the best.
I’m pretty sure those are made by Sasquatch
Hard to rule out man-made when the sticks are that size... but when it's 40ft logs set in an X-shape, no stumps anywhere where they may have been attached & another one woven in-between horizontally, you gotta start ask the BIG questions!! (see what I did there? LOL)
That being said, Sasquatch(theorizing/speculation, obviously) will build structures to make basically obstructions almost like guiding/corralling deer, so they can't get a straight fast run going, making them easier to catch... besides using structures as blinds, just like hunters will. They are also said to be very adept at simply not moving for long lengths of time(great way to "disappear" since most species primarily spot movement easiest) - look at how close Jeremy got to those deer just out putzing around...
Only the ones around Sasquatchawan.
YeAuldGrump groan
I am NOT saying these were made by Sasquatch, I would have no way of knowing, just sharing info...
Here in southern Alberta we find these stick structures when hiking in the forest as well. I'm fairly certain they aren't local to your area.
Good work on the build.
Those are cool! To actually 'camp' in one, you would cover it with pine branches, bark, etc. in the warm weather, and even with packed snow in the winter. Cool build too!
Tarp or oilcloth would work well too.
@@fadetoblack1026 Very true. I was stuck in "available and natural" mode there. Too much Survivor Man on the brain.
That’s super awesome!
Kids build those, as well as outdoor enthusiasts practicing survival skills. Once the shelter is erected, cover it with evergreen boughs and it’ll keep you dry in a rain storm.
If you watch any survival skills videos, you sometimes see structures like this covered with pine boughs for temporary shelters. This would be what was left after the boughs decayed. We made them in New Hampshire as kids, but could never get our parents to let us spend the night in them out in the woods. Now that I remember the albino moose, foxes porcupines, skunks, and coyotes that shared that patch of woods, I can understand more why they said no to our fun.
Just cannot get over the deer getting that close to you! Totally off topic but kick-ass none the less. Great build!
As usual simply brilliant - loved the build and its use - can see it placed on the table for weird creatures, shamans, hags, old wizards, prophets, abandoned structure, fishing hut by a lake (leave the skulls off), native dwelling, snow creature camp, etc etc
Agree with the hoard of other replies on this. That is a pretty sweet intro.
Don’t know how you always manage to make these builds look so cool
Man, this is cool! I love using tea for ground cover. When I'm making impassable swamp terrain I mix gloss glaze and black tea. It gets that nice decomposed leaf-material look!
I've seen structures similar to that but usually that is just the first stage of construction. Smaller branches go over that and then piles of leaves. Where I live they are usually more dome-shaped and lower to the ground.
This is a fun bit of terrain and it's cool that you put a land acknowledgement in the video.
I've been on an airplane only twice: once to get to Ireland for a holiday and the second time to get back home to Belgium. But you're sure tempting me to come and visit the beautiful Canada, hopefully somewhere in my lifetime, so you are one of the BEST ambassadors for your country. Now for the huts: we used to build something similar when we were kids near the water behind our house (our street is next to an old WO I fortress with a moat around it and a nice walkway to enjoy the view) Lovely and inspiring build!
I get my twigs from Safeway too. I appreciate your ability to get inspiration from the real world. Great video.
Awesome! Came across one in my woods here in the Netherlands just half a week ago.
Cool build, great place for a druid's 'shop' in game where players are in a remote location. Always useful to have a place where you can trade stuff.
I really respect the land recognization at the start, thank you.
DUDE! I love the idea of buildings something on a much smaller scale from the same material as the actual structure. SUPER INTERESTING AND AWESOME IDEA!
Such a simple yet satisfying build. Love that you're finding inspiration in nature and that you're continuously coming up with creative ideas that don't require many resources that are tough to acquire right now. Keep up the great work!
nice! i love the skull collection. i did get great results drilling them with just a tiny drillbit in a pin vise, too. keep up the good work!
We were just out at Pioneer Park in Lincoln NE, my son does a summer camp out there, usually, and they go out and build these as groups under direction from the councilors. they become a special place for the kids and theres very little no witch/shaman/goblin/psychometry happening. You made a super fun build, its straightforward, and beginners could do it, its also really easy to iterate on the idea and you could come up with ones that have totally different vibes. Great job pulling inspiration from outdoors, all great artists draw from direct observation. again great work, take care, have fun, stay healthy!
BMC taking a page from Bard's Craft it seems... That's pretty cool.
A note: to make sure there is no risk of mold, bacteria, etc. you can 'bake' the sticks in the oven at 180 F for half an hour to kill off the bad stuff prior to use.
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I used to build weather tight shelters as a kid in the woods. Forts and make believe when I was a kid are what spurred my current love of fantasy.
this whole video was super cool, but that guitar music at the start was wonderful!
when I was a much younger guy down here in Florida, I built a few debris huts in the woods. start with a teepee frame like that or a lean-to style, then cover with boughs, then pile on as much leaves as possible.
This Florida boy would thatch with palm fronds. They weren’t hard to come by in my neck of the woods
We used to build these tents all around the forests when we were in summer camp or so, so it's pretty common around here, and I really love the process of making one.
Seeing how you did the base, using the bark "scraps", I can't help but say that you have an artist's eye. (insert give it back joke here) Watching you dress up the base was the highlight of the video for me. Thank you for the inspiration.
If I’m not on a mistake, that kind of structures are covered with tree leafs in order to provide protection from cold, wind an even the worst of rain. A very interesting hobby project. Thanks for showing it to us. Stay safe and greetings from Spain.
We get those in the UK as well, they are made by local scout groups and dads and lads copying survival shows. Great idea for a build, I'm going to make one for my game.
Man that thing looks great. And yes those stick tents are common. Usually kids put them together. Some one starts it and then others come along and add more to it
LOVE THE MUSIC at the start of the video!
Southwestern Ontario here. You find them in wooded areas all the time near parks, schools, camp grounds, hiking trails and gullies.
That's most likely a debris shelter. you make the frame out of sticks and then put plant material (leaves, moss, bark, etc) on it to enclose it.
If you're really prepared, you bring a tarp or bags
I've seen them here in the woods in Scotland. I think it's a kind of universal shape for building things with branches.
When I was young we called them dens, we also gave them walls made of moss and peaty turf, so they were quite dim inside.
Oh wow, my memory was just jogged...when I was a kid (10 or 12) in southern Maine, I used to explore the back woods behind my house and I got lost one day...after a few hours near evening, I came across 3 stick structures just like this. It scared the heck out of me as it was getting dark, just rained and a summer storm was rolling in. There were no other kids that lived in my area and no one camps out that way. I thought I was the only one to ever experience these sort of structures. Thanks for such a great video, I should make this for my DnD sessions and use my own experience for the narrative.
As always BMC - great video. I will be making a few of these to add to my post apoc setting.
I have come across them AND made them, showing my boys how to start and build a basic shelter. I used to things like this as a kid, building all sorts of different shelters and forts.
I've been working on lots of props, dioramas, and other craft projects, so I'm always looking at your site for inspiration. I just wanted to say that your idea for using the contents of undrinkable tea bags for foliage or even flocking, is an AMAZING idea. I love that little crafty hack. Thanks for the idea. Keep up the great work.
As kids, we totally made this kind of stuff in the Pacific Northwest. Usually covered in fern fronds to help stay a little drier. This was a great project and is inspiring me to make a similar one!
Theses are a staple of any woods. As an avid camper iv been in woods all over the country and even in the most remote areas you'll see some of these.
Those skulls have been sold out all the places I looked at. I clicked your link and there was only 1 more in stock...I had to buy em. Thanks.
In case anyone was wondering that stick hut is a viable camping option. What you'd do after making the base would be to pile pine boughs on the outside (like shingling) and add some sort of bedding (leaves, moss, more boughs, etc.
Alternatively one could just use a tarp and a bedroll. That's what I usually do
Love this project. I see a lot of these, and built some 20 years ago, in rural Scotland 🏴
I miss this kind of landscape. I can't wait until I can can come back out west for a visit without risking not being able to return to NY after.
Such a quick and easy build! Don't see too many of these in the bush in Australia, you find them randomly on the beach!
Back here in Quebec, when I was a kid, we used to find/make more of small wooden plateforms built in trees than those.
In the uk we call them bashas or lean toos, and can be used as emergency shelter if then covered with branches with leaves. you place the fresh branches over the basic structure and the foliage keeps you dry. or if your hunting and wish to stay inside a wile longer, a large roll of shrink wrap can be used, layered arround the structure makes it not only seethrough, but protects you from the elements, and is incredably warm to stay inside.
I live in England. My kids love making these every time we go to the woods
Fantastic as usual. I also found a tree moss that I dry out and turn into bushes. They turn out fantastic and would look good with huts like these.
It's an improvised shelter. You build your tripod, add more sticks to the lattice, pile on some foliage and leaves for insulation/waterproofing, then add sticks on top to hold it down. It sucks. It's terrible for sleeping, but it'll keep your pack dry in a rainstorm.
Fall leaves and spring flowers? Really cool build.
I mean, it's not like the fall leaves in the woods get raked. Look at all the fall leaves in the forest I'm walking around it, in spring.
I believe the term to use for those tent-like structures is "wickiup"
Yep. What Our Hero found is the bare frames, meant to be covered with boughs, leaves and/or woven mats. Big ones to live in or temporarily camp in, small ones to cache food and other supplies in.
This channel is riding the COVID-19 quarantine like a god damn BOSS. Love you Jeremy.
As always your build looks amazing. As a kid i built a lot of those things in the woods with my friends, sometime we even had a plastic bag full of stuff inside like playing cards, marbles and cord.
I do see these a lot around where I live, most of the time I see evergreen branches and leaves piled up the sides to fully enclose them better
Yeah, they are extremely common here in Denmark. I also found a particular cool one, that was built around a fallen tree.
In kindergarden we were taught how to build these huts but to also use flexible brances that could bind the top together to have a hut that lasts longer and can withstand the elements.
Suffice it to say our forest was full of these with varying sizes.
Cool! I love such original projects started from an inspiration.
Yay for a nature walk based craft!
I love this project! I'm in Alberta and I haven't seen anything like this in the woods where I live but I used to make stuff like that when I was a kid.
So creative! I know its simple, but definitely one of my favorite of your many many great creations. Also, the paper towel door looks amazing, almost like a basket/weaved grass sort of look.
I used to make them as well as a kid with my brothers and cousins at their farm. Are biggest one was probably 10’ diameter. We also threw smaller twigs, moss, and long grass to seal the spaces. Last time a saw it, it had a large bird nest on the outside at the tips side. If you added that to your model using copper wire I’d lose my mind! Awesome kid bug!
A great build with lots of character. Awesome video!
Saw the title, had no idea what a stick tent would entail, but was very intrigued
Love the project, super inspiring and very cool
Really awesome and inspiring build. I love it!!
When I was a scout we were taught these were called bivvys, short for bivouac (not sure on the spelling). Our leaders taught us how to make one and then we slept under them overnight. It was great.
Spelling is good, and it’s the name this old scout had in mind as well :) Edit: if anyone’s wondering, the pronunciation is biv-o-wack. French origin I believe.
I used to make things like this in the woods when I was a kid, on the south coast of England... And there are several around 5 min walk from my house today.
Yeah those things are everywhere in the small forest here, in Kiel ( Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). My children also love do discover them! Nice idea, I will have to remember to pick up some twicks next time.
lot of fun memories building them with friends
found one of these while camping once. It was MASSIVE and was able to fit three of us in there at once (my friends and I were all 16-17 at the time). It even had a little fence and a yard with a path in it. It was a bit rundown from the rain but we fixed it up (with the help of some kids from the next campsite over that we accidentally recruited) and by the time we were done it was nearly weather proof. I might make some terrain based on the photos i still have. Course now i live in Iowa so finding the trees and bark required might prove difficult lol
So nice to see the shout out to the First Nation peoples at the start of your video.
That was super cool 😊 what a fun build.
This is a fantastic build!
I have recently been watching your videos for sum advance and inspiration. Amazing content and help for anyone familiar or just starting out with these kind of crafts. Thank you so much for what you do!!! Definitely rate your videos 10 out 10 in my book!!!
This would be perfect for Tomb of Annihilation!
As always love your videos. I teach my kids their friends and pretty much any other kids that end up tagging along survivalism. So the Woods by my house are full of lean-to and other structures like this. Great idea to throw it into the mini world love to build!
Rad! My wife just got back from Southlake Tahoe with a bunch of cool sticks and twigs for me, so I might have to ape your build a bit. I like to use cheap mixed Italian herbs for dried up dead leaves for flocking.
I'd call that a bushcraft or survival shelter. Usually you'd cover that with boughs to keep out the elements. In this case, it probably is just kids messing around in the woods.
If constructed at a slightly smaller scale, I think this would be a rad piece for a ranger roughing it in the elements (which is something I think I'll try!).
Cool build!!
There's tons of those little wood shelters in the woods nearby to where I live here in Yorkshire, UK.
Sometimes it's just kids/families. Sometimes like one of the larger ones in the woods nearby, my kids had a hand in making it with their school.
Guess the things are pretty universal.
Around here they get used as dens for play and sometimes as a landmark in local walks/treasure hunts etc.
One of the ones we found recently in the middle of the wood was filled with loads of painted stones, after a quick look around we found a note that asked you to take part, to go find a stone you like in the woods, take it home to paint and bring it back to add to the collection of stones in the wooden shelter.
Neighborhood kids with parents in construction built pretty elaborate paintball forts in the woods behind my house. Tents like this as well as lean-tos, trench forts, tree-houses and bridges. They got creepier as they deteriorated. Made for some great imagination fuel as a kid.
The scouts usually teach how to make a frame and cover it as emergency place, also, kids loves to build log cabins and play xD
Yeah, my scouts make them every chance they get
yup