MAKING TLON PATREON: bit.ly/MakingTlonPatreon2 MAKING TLON MYMINIFACTORY: bit.ly/MakingTlonMMF2 Fabio says hi and thank you :) check out his stuff, it's perfect for what we do! Anyway… MASK SAFETY A few things we work with require good ventilation, a mask, or both. HOT WIRE CUTTER When using a hot wire cutter, solid ventilation can be enough. Open windows, and a desk fan next to the cutter that blows towards the window is enough in most circumstances - but if you struggle with this, or can smell it consistently - I would recommend wearing a filter mask (links in the equipment list). The white smoke given off by the cutter is primarily CO2 and water vapor, which are far less harmful than other common art products like aerosols and paint thinners (or hairspray). The toxic values are far less than wood-smoke, which contains tars, resins, creosote, and acetic acid. IF you burn the xps foam, rather than melt it, it gives off black smoke. This is toxic. Make sure you turn the cutter off if not cutting, and try to remove foam stuck to the wire with some scrap foam, rather than letting it burn up. CUTTING/SANDING FOAM When cutting or sanding foam, you want to be wearing at least a dust mask (though a filter mask will do) to avoid breathing in the dust. Always make sure to hoover up this dust once you're done. GROUT Always wear a dust mask when using grout, ventilate the area, and hoover it up once it settles. It is basically cement, you don't want to be breathing it in! On a side note, try to wash your hands in a bucket and throw the water out, rather than washing it down the sink. A small amount probably wont do anything, but in excess in theory it can cause problems (again, because it's basically cement!) GLUES AND SOLVENTS Many things we use regularly (even home use) give off nasty fumes of some description - superglue, polystyrene cement (plastic glue), liquid latex, among others. For the most part, we don't work with these things for an extended enough period for this to be a problem, though following safety labels on products is of course important :) As a general rule, I throw anything that 'smells' into this category - some are mostly harmless, but I aim for better safe than sorry! Basic ventilation (opening a window) will usually be fine if working with them for a short period, but IF you intend to spend hours using one of these materials I would recommend solid ventilation, adding a desk fan, or even using outside. MAGNET SAFETY: Don’t use around small children or animals, if ingested these can be dangerous. Never let very strong magnets slam together, especially thin ones. They can and will smash under a lot of force, and then become very sharp, highly magnetic shrapnel. Not good. Easy to avoid though, just take care. NICKLE STRIPS/STEEL CAN TIPS AND SAFETY: Nickel and steel is safe enough to use if you're reasonably careful, I used to cut most of mine from steel can lids with scissors, though now I use nice smooth nickel strips. Made sure you're wearing thick gloves when cutting and handling, I use some woodworking gloves. If you want to make doubly sure the metal isn't sharp, use a metal nail file along the edges to round it off. PAINTING STONE NEWER RECIPE (method shown in original painting stone video, this is just the mixes I use now) Black and mod podge basecoat - always. It darkens the tone of the remaining paints. 3:1 neutral grey:tan, airbrushed on in 2 solid coats, or brushed on (minimal thinning, but not totally thick), applied thinly to avoid clumping paint, in 1 coat. OR Pro acryl Warm grey basecoat, thinned 2:1 paint to thinner and airbrushed on. paint about 1/2 the bricks in either 2:2:1 tan, neutral grey and white, or 1:3:3 tan:neutral grey:white Make sure this layer is strong, not translucent by too much water thinning, but also NOT pure thick. Thick leads to awful texture for drybrushing. Drybrush with 1:3:3 tan, neutral grey, white Drybrush white - make this reasonably strong or it'll fade with the wash, but try to avoid 'whitewashing' the whole thing! Build it up carefully. Black-brown wash Matt varnish (I use vallejo, through an airbrush, but water based cans will do) dust with dirt grout mix, wipe most off, spray with scenic sealant, wipe off with paper towel (see city tiles or the updated temple blocks bonus video, I do less dirt in dungeon floors than city streets, and even less in walls. Walls I actually do slightly more on the exterior wall than interior, but that's me obsessing…) DIRT GROUT MIX RECIPE: Full guide is shown in the basing minis video :) Brown and black unsanded tile grout Dirt cooked in the oven and filtered through a sieve. You want to grind this dirt up with some kind of improv mortar and pestle into smaller grains - it doesn’t need to be dust like the grout but should be otherwise pretty small. I strain it through a sieve to get rid of anything too big. The ratio you want here is going to depend on the colour of your local grout I just mixed in a bit of black at a time until the colour darkened down to match the original dirt. I ended up with about a 4:2:1 ratio of dirt:brown grout:black grout I now add 1/2 a ratio (shot glass) of natural earth yellow pigment to make the reddish tint go away, without turning it grey by adding more black grout or grout mix. I added this to 12 dirt, 8 brown, 4 black grout. So its more like adding 1/8 of a glass to the minimum ratio shown above (4:2:1 then 1/8th of pigment) DIMENSIONS AND TEMPLATES: Templates available on Patreon here: Sloped wall foam blocks: 2"x1.5"x3" - I used double stacked 1" foam (which is usually slightly thinner) and trimmed it down. If you split 1" foam in half and then stack, it'll end up slightly too short sometimes. Floor tile beneath the block: 3x2x0.5" Column: 3/4" x 11/16" (its slightly thinner on the front facing, so it didnt overlap the arched grates too much :) Arched column top: 3/4" x 2.5" x 1 and 3/4"
Just joined your patreon, these videos are awesome. I wasn't able to find the texture rollers in the welcome pack though? Am I looking in the correct spots?
@@kcuthbertson1990 there should be one in the questgiver and multiple in the noble patron one - are you looking on myminifactory like I mention in the pinned post on patreon?
Have you ever considered buying a 3D scanner? You could make a version of all your basic pieces, just without magnets in the magnet holes. You could actually upload them as 3D printable files. And we could all have these beautiful modular tiles and pieces. Even those of us who aren’t so crafty.
I’m not so crafty, but I am considering a 3D printer when they become a little more user friendly. You could keep making all your personal terrain out of foam. An keep your videos coming. But maybe even have a my mini factory page that has all your own personal work on there for purchase. I’d love to be able to buy your patreon or something and get to have 3D files for this terrain.
If you want to get technical, also the larger stones at the corners of a wall is caked coining. The stone pattern is called an ashlar pattern. The half columns going up walks are called plasters. Etc... architect for the win! 😊
This is honestly one of the most meticulously designed DIY systems I’ve seen. I don’t even play D&D (mainly Middle Earth and 40K) but I love seeing your tile system evolve and improve over time. Glad you are back!
Yeah I could see this being used in a Hive City. Parts of the cities could be 10,000 years old and populated by Genestealer cultists or who-knows-what-else.
"Can't imagine myself doing all that even for a living" - Me, a video game developer who essentially does all that for a living Well, at least I don't have to worry about materials Edit: What I *do* have to worry about, as it turns out, is the engine I've been working on for the past five years suddenly deciding to end itself and become non-viable due to a bad corporate decision. Pick your poison, I guess.
That brings up a question from someone that doesn't know the first thing about video game design. Are there any companies or support groups that offer retraining in alternate engines and programs over stuff like that? Or do you all have to figure the other programs out on your own?
@@captin3149 Since Unity decided to unalive itself plenty of software is being developed to help transfer projects over to other engines, especially Godot, which is now getting a lot of attention. There are also lots of tutorials and surely there are forums and Discord servers to help people along. However, all of that only goes so far until you just have to learn on your own, as with any software.
@@rossfreakes3164the former ceo of EA became Unity’s ceo around when the plague began. This was the guy that shoved microtransactions into every EA game he could manage Edit. He is the EA guy whom made their whale phishing monetization model
Had to LOOK to find the scaffolding video as I got buried in "How To" videos for IRL metal scaffold building. Serious deluge of distraction. Good tutorial. Thanks mate.
Hey Matt! I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you do. Ever since I was little I always wanted to use modular terrain in my dnd sessions with my friends but could never buy modular terrain cause it was too expensive and neither had the guts to make my own cause I thought I wasn't capable to do so. Thanks to you, I made my first mountainblocks, dungeon tiles and grassland tiles! (Also with no proxxon, Im saving up money for that one so I can make modular houses and city tiles :) ) Thank you so much Matt, you made my dream come true!
That is truly amazing to hear man :) being able to help people like that is hands down the best part of this job! Seriously, so proud of you for getting started man! 😁
As a predominately digital mapper, making battlemaps/region maps - seeing physical and scaled builds is so exciting and amazing - especially all the work to make it all seamless to store and customise for various settings. Long-time fan, first time commenter. So glad to see you're back Matt :)
Matt is just amazing with these builds. What I love most though is the throwaway brilliant stuff like the new corner pillar design with larger corner stones that look so realistic. I'm not someone who's likely to make these big builds and don't have the tools to do so, but that sort of thing can be really great for me. Just so cool. Oh also, thoroughly agree that the scaffold video is highly underrated. It's a great build.
Matt, I have to say, you have to have THE BEST builds I have ever seen. Your ingenuity and detail work are beyond outstanding. Your end products are mind blowing. Your videos make me so envious that I have no place to craft and no one to RP with anymore. But I still take tons of notes in hope that someday I will be able to. Thanks for everything you do.
I find myself just sitting and drooling at these videos, wishing I was into modeling myself but I really don't have the economy for it right now. Thank you for the content! This slower type of content is really soothing to watch so thank you for making it. 🙂
Thanks so much for these awesome videos. You last two are videos are a mighty addition, might even be my new favorites, just because of the modularity when combined with your stairblocks. Cant wait to go adventuring. From sewers to ruined castles to crypts!
Your work is amazing! If I ever have enough space to craft, store and play with terrain and minis, I will surely base it on your videos. Highly relaxing to watch, glad you're back, keep it up, I always enjoy your videos!
I just found your channel a few days ago, and I've been watching a ton of your content. I have to say, this is the highest level custom tabletop channel I've found, and I'm totally addicted! I don't have a ton of space at my house, but you've really inspired me to get into this hobby, even if only in a small way. I've subbed on yt and Patreon, and I'm eagerly awaiting future content as a newly loyal fan!
It's always a great day to see a new RPArchive video and this one is only after 2 weeks! It's great to see that you're back, I really missed your content
Great to see you again, Matt! Also great to be in the archive again! I truly love your designs! I really need to build a hot wire and start working in foam. I also need to get a 3d printer.
Amazing! Thank you so much for this. I think I will expand this to cave tiles as well with stalagmites and flowstone replacing the corner columns and angled portions. So inspired to make a couple of boxes full of everything.
Brilliant. Just pure brilliant. I know you use your tiles for D&D, but I see them easily working/being adapted to 40K, Necromunda, Kill Team, etc. You're the kind of mad genius the world needs... :)
@@JacopoSkydweller You could even swap the stone texture for a more metallic look with pipes and grates. Matt's genius is in the flexibility of the system. :)
I just saw one of your videos for the first time and I instantly subscribed. I'm really surprised you only have ~89k subs? This is some very high quality stuff, and even though it's somewhat niche, it's still fascinating to watch. I love seeing skilled craftsmen and artists show off their hard work - its inspirational, even across different mediums. At least, in my opinion. While I think TTRPGs are cool, I've only played D&D online with friends (funny enough, they were friend I knew irl, but it was during covid). But I still appreciate this content and it makes me strive to do better in my own type of creative work.
The vast majority into recording, mistakes, experiments photography, editing etc. Not to mention illness. A patron finished his empty sewer flows in like 2 weeks after release :) the wonders that not having to figure it all out can provide 😂
When the video first started I was struggling to be able to tell if this was a video game developer channel or if these were made IRL. Very amazing looking stuff.
I love watching your channel, man! I can’t foresee ever having time to do any of this but it’s so fascinating to watch you create all these awesome terrains.
I wish I was more handy, I don't play table top games but I loved these tiles! I just want a tub of them to build up a castle like those old Magnetix skyscraper building toys.
Thanks for the reply! I used the wrong word I wish I wasnt so lazy lol, I'm eye up some 3D resin printers right now 👀Most of my projects when i can commit is wood and metal working so I'm slowly gathering tools for this smaller scale :) @@RPArchiveOfficial
your walls have magnets an left one north and one south in that nessesary ore can you just do like on the left both north and right south? i like your fideos they are awsome keep it going
not a actual table top player for ttrpg casue i dont have much irl friends but I absolutly love watching as funny enough I learned a lot as I always struggled with making Modular in general for 3d so this does help in a 3d modeling field to with your parts
Dude. How have I not found you yet? Ive been in this space for like two years. HANDS DOWN the best terrain ive seen. Youve got yourself a new fan for life. Keep this up man. Hot damn.
I've been looking through a lot of these videos to figure out which tile system really fits with my needs and capacity. I appreciate how the ones your building use multiple mediums to get the best effect. A lot of people will tunnel vision and strictly use one tool or another to build what they need to. Either strictly handcrafted or completely 3D printed
Soooooo.... Not about this video exactly, but I've watched most of your content and started to build my new terrain. Now I did start with a cheap glue gun to insert magnets, thinking I was saving money compared to the fancy recommendation from your website and videos. NEVER has getting the fancy tool made a bigger difference. OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION MY LIFE HAS CHANGED. No seriously I cannot support your recommendation enough. Please quote me. Thanks for all your shared wisdom!
Matt: I love your work and I hope we get past the part where the brain is all fog. ASAP. Cuz I love you work and you're an excellent creator. Thank you.
Hello, I got an idea that I tought you might like, I've adapted my roller (a bit like yours but I bought them in a shop) to fit a paint roller handle. So I can do large flat piece quite easily ! Otherwise nice video as always :)
I don't play table top games like this. But i still like watching these videos. It's amazing work. So even though i will never use them, i'm still gonna leave comments to feed the algorithm!
I love these tiles it makes me want this for my cursed city narrative games. Also can we get a vid on making secret door ways walls or floors that would open up and have a secret passage? The hole in a wall is simple but having a special looking way of opening or a secret stone or skull lodged in a wall or floor. And they actually interact the wall or floor opens on a hinge
If I could recommend a video while you're recovering. You could assemble some of the terrain you already gave done. I'd love to see the environments you can create
i LOVE your modular terrain system, so much so ive finally begun building my own... however, i see your Big Bad Beetleborgs, and raise you Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad.
I would love to see how the pieces you've made up to this point are stored. Like how much space does all the different settings you've gone through actually take up
Damn, Beetleborgs caught me off guard. talk about a core memory. I love your work and your commentary, I always enjoy watching your progress because your brain works a lot like mine. glad to see you're making your way back to us.
The best part about your channel is, Im working on becomimh a DM for a Stars Without Number game system, which is Sci-Fi based. Now your channel doesnt have sci-fi based parts, however I can use plenty of your ideas for primitive worlds in medieval eras, or cave exploration, or planetary exploration! I am going to try and use your methods and create my own sci-fi modular ship pieces, buildings, and so on!
Hi, just found your channel and love the content and quality of your work. I looked at the description and really appreciate you putting links in for everything. If possible (if you’ll ever see this comment) can you list your tools that you use? Thank you and cheers.
Imperial measures work very well at this scale because they halve repeatedly neatly :) cm fails at 5mm... Plus d&d uses inches, warhammer uses inches, and I grew up guessing cannon ranges in inches 😂
Love the video, but has anyone else noticed bro looks like Harry Potter from the Epilogue of Deathly Hollows? Like I imagine after having kids with Ginny, Harry just retired and now does TTRPG hobby crafting and records it for UA-cam.
I would like to see modular trapdoors and secret doors, and such, something that can turn or move in such a way to make it usable as a secret door (instead of just removing the block entirely for when it is open)
MAKING TLON PATREON: bit.ly/MakingTlonPatreon2
MAKING TLON MYMINIFACTORY: bit.ly/MakingTlonMMF2
Fabio says hi and thank you :) check out his stuff, it's perfect for what we do!
Anyway…
MASK SAFETY
A few things we work with require good ventilation, a mask, or both.
HOT WIRE CUTTER
When using a hot wire cutter, solid ventilation can be enough. Open windows, and a desk fan next to the cutter that blows towards the window is enough in most circumstances - but if you struggle with this, or can smell it consistently - I would recommend wearing a filter mask (links in the equipment list).
The white smoke given off by the cutter is primarily CO2 and water vapor, which are far less harmful than other common art products like aerosols and paint thinners (or hairspray). The toxic values are far less than wood-smoke, which contains tars, resins, creosote, and acetic acid.
IF you burn the xps foam, rather than melt it, it gives off black smoke. This is toxic. Make sure you turn the cutter off if not cutting, and try to remove foam stuck to the wire with some scrap foam, rather than letting it burn up.
CUTTING/SANDING FOAM
When cutting or sanding foam, you want to be wearing at least a dust mask (though a filter mask will do) to avoid breathing in the dust. Always make sure to hoover up this dust once you're done.
GROUT
Always wear a dust mask when using grout, ventilate the area, and hoover it up once it settles. It is basically cement, you don't want to be breathing it in!
On a side note, try to wash your hands in a bucket and throw the water out, rather than washing it down the sink. A small amount probably wont do anything, but in excess in theory it can cause problems (again, because it's basically cement!)
GLUES AND SOLVENTS
Many things we use regularly (even home use) give off nasty fumes of some description - superglue, polystyrene cement (plastic glue), liquid latex, among others. For the most part, we don't work with these things for an extended enough period for this to be a problem, though following safety labels on products is of course important :)
As a general rule, I throw anything that 'smells' into this category - some are mostly harmless, but I aim for better safe than sorry!
Basic ventilation (opening a window) will usually be fine if working with them for a short period, but IF you intend to spend hours using one of these materials I would recommend solid ventilation, adding a desk fan, or even using outside.
MAGNET SAFETY:
Don’t use around small children or animals, if ingested these can be dangerous. Never let very strong magnets slam together, especially thin ones. They can and will smash under a lot of force, and then become very sharp, highly magnetic shrapnel. Not good. Easy to avoid though, just take care.
NICKLE STRIPS/STEEL CAN TIPS AND SAFETY:
Nickel and steel is safe enough to use if you're reasonably careful, I used to cut most of mine from steel can lids with scissors, though now I use nice smooth nickel strips.
Made sure you're wearing thick gloves when cutting and handling, I use some woodworking gloves.
If you want to make doubly sure the metal isn't sharp, use a metal nail file along the edges to round it off.
PAINTING STONE NEWER RECIPE (method shown in original painting stone video, this is just the mixes I use now)
Black and mod podge basecoat - always. It darkens the tone of the remaining paints.
3:1 neutral grey:tan, airbrushed on in 2 solid coats, or brushed on (minimal thinning, but not totally thick), applied thinly to avoid clumping paint, in 1 coat.
OR Pro acryl Warm grey basecoat, thinned 2:1 paint to thinner and airbrushed on.
paint about 1/2 the bricks in either 2:2:1 tan, neutral grey and white, or 1:3:3 tan:neutral grey:white
Make sure this layer is strong, not translucent by too much water thinning, but also NOT pure thick. Thick leads to awful texture for drybrushing.
Drybrush with 1:3:3 tan, neutral grey, white
Drybrush white - make this reasonably strong or it'll fade with the wash, but try to avoid 'whitewashing' the whole thing! Build it up carefully.
Black-brown wash
Matt varnish (I use vallejo, through an airbrush, but water based cans will do)
dust with dirt grout mix, wipe most off, spray with scenic sealant, wipe off with paper towel (see city tiles or the updated temple blocks bonus video, I do less dirt in dungeon floors than city streets, and even less in walls. Walls I actually do slightly more on the exterior wall than interior, but that's me obsessing…)
DIRT GROUT MIX RECIPE:
Full guide is shown in the basing minis video :)
Brown and black unsanded tile grout
Dirt cooked in the oven and filtered through a sieve. You want to grind this dirt up with some kind of improv mortar and pestle into smaller grains - it doesn’t need to be dust like the grout but should be otherwise pretty small. I strain it through a sieve to get rid of anything too big.
The ratio you want here is going to depend on the colour of your local grout
I just mixed in a bit of black at a time until the colour darkened down to match the original dirt.
I ended up with about a 4:2:1 ratio of dirt:brown grout:black grout
I now add 1/2 a ratio (shot glass) of natural earth yellow pigment to make the reddish tint go away, without turning it grey by adding more black grout or grout mix. I added this to 12 dirt, 8 brown, 4 black grout. So its more like adding 1/8 of a glass to the minimum ratio shown above (4:2:1 then 1/8th of pigment)
DIMENSIONS AND TEMPLATES:
Templates available on Patreon here:
Sloped wall foam blocks:
2"x1.5"x3" - I used double stacked 1" foam (which is usually slightly thinner) and trimmed it down. If you split 1" foam in half and then stack, it'll end up slightly too short sometimes.
Floor tile beneath the block:
3x2x0.5"
Column:
3/4" x 11/16" (its slightly thinner on the front facing, so it didnt overlap the arched grates too much :)
Arched column top:
3/4" x 2.5" x 1 and 3/4"
*_Your work is quit amazing and 100% free of terrain made from the trash, I really dig it._*
Just joined your patreon, these videos are awesome.
I wasn't able to find the texture rollers in the welcome pack though? Am I looking in the correct spots?
@@kcuthbertson1990 there should be one in the questgiver and multiple in the noble patron one - are you looking on myminifactory like I mention in the pinned post on patreon?
Have you ever considered buying a 3D scanner?
You could make a version of all your basic pieces, just without magnets in the magnet holes.
You could actually upload them as 3D printable files. And we could all have these beautiful modular tiles and pieces.
Even those of us who aren’t so crafty.
I’m not so crafty, but I am considering a 3D printer when they become a little more user friendly.
You could keep making all your personal terrain out of foam. An keep your videos coming.
But maybe even have a my mini factory page that has all your own personal work on there for purchase.
I’d love to be able to buy your patreon or something and get to have 3D files for this terrain.
The central stone on an arch is called the keystone or capstone. As that stone is what locks the arch together and makes it work.
If you want to get technical, also the larger stones at the corners of a wall is caked coining. The stone pattern is called an ashlar pattern. The half columns going up walks are called plasters. Etc... architect for the win! 😊
Also btw the cap stone is located at the top of a wall. To cap the wall. The correct term is indeed keystone. The arch itself is a Roman arch.
@@RayadaBukal Aye, but I only mentioned keystones as he was talking about one but didn't seem to know what they are called.
Fun fact: I live in Pennsylvania in the states and we are called the “keystone state” from the old colony days 👍
I do indeed know what they are called :) I just didn't mention it 😄
This is honestly one of the most meticulously designed DIY systems I’ve seen. I don’t even play D&D (mainly Middle Earth and 40K) but I love seeing your tile system evolve and improve over time. Glad you are back!
Glad you like it!
Yeah I could see this being used in a Hive City. Parts of the cities could be 10,000 years old and populated by Genestealer cultists or who-knows-what-else.
I don't play DnD for now, I don't have a group, I don't do RP IRL but when I see this I want to start NOW !
Thank you, your vids are awesome !
"Can't imagine myself doing all that even for a living" - Me, a video game developer who essentially does all that for a living
Well, at least I don't have to worry about materials
Edit: What I *do* have to worry about, as it turns out, is the engine I've been working on for the past five years suddenly deciding to end itself and become non-viable due to a bad corporate decision.
Pick your poison, I guess.
I am right there with you man. No idea why they decided to do that. Welp, glad I was learning UE5 in the summer.
That brings up a question from someone that doesn't know the first thing about video game design. Are there any companies or support groups that offer retraining in alternate engines and programs over stuff like that? Or do you all have to figure the other programs out on your own?
@@captin3149 Since Unity decided to unalive itself plenty of software is being developed to help transfer projects over to other engines, especially Godot, which is now getting a lot of attention. There are also lots of tutorials and surely there are forums and Discord servers to help people along. However, all of that only goes so far until you just have to learn on your own, as with any software.
lemme guess, unity? 😬
@@rossfreakes3164the former ceo of EA became Unity’s ceo around when the plague began. This was the guy that shoved microtransactions into every EA game he could manage
Edit. He is the EA guy whom made their whale phishing monetization model
I'm glad to see my favorite crafter back I missed you
Had to LOOK to find the scaffolding video as I got buried in "How To" videos for IRL metal scaffold building. Serious deluge of distraction. Good tutorial. Thanks mate.
Hey Matt! I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you do.
Ever since I was little I always wanted to use modular terrain in my dnd sessions with my friends but could never buy modular terrain cause it was too expensive and neither had the guts to make my own cause I thought I wasn't capable to do so.
Thanks to you, I made my first mountainblocks, dungeon tiles and grassland tiles! (Also with no proxxon, Im saving up money for that one so I can make modular houses and city tiles :) )
Thank you so much Matt, you made my dream come true!
Glad you took the chance and tried it.
Hope the players appreciate your efforts.
That is truly amazing to hear man :) being able to help people like that is hands down the best part of this job! Seriously, so proud of you for getting started man! 😁
So great to see you back to making videos.
As a predominately digital mapper, making battlemaps/region maps - seeing physical and scaled builds is so exciting and amazing - especially all the work to make it all seamless to store and customise for various settings. Long-time fan, first time commenter. So glad to see you're back Matt :)
Matt is just amazing with these builds. What I love most though is the throwaway brilliant stuff like the new corner pillar design with larger corner stones that look so realistic. I'm not someone who's likely to make these big builds and don't have the tools to do so, but that sort of thing can be really great for me. Just so cool.
Oh also, thoroughly agree that the scaffold video is highly underrated. It's a great build.
Matt, I have to say, you have to have THE BEST builds I have ever seen. Your ingenuity and detail work are beyond outstanding. Your end products are mind blowing. Your videos make me so envious that I have no place to craft and no one to RP with anymore. But I still take tons of notes in hope that someday I will be able to. Thanks for everything you do.
You are undoubtedly the best foam dungeon crafter on UA-cam. Amazing work!
Love the extra detailing these tiles give to moular builds. Brilliant work Matt. Always good to see a new video drop.
Glad you like them!
I find myself just sitting and drooling at these videos, wishing I was into modeling myself but I really don't have the economy for it right now.
Thank you for the content! This slower type of content is really soothing to watch so thank you for making it. 🙂
You'll get there :)
Thanks so much for these awesome videos. You last two are videos are a mighty addition, might even be my new favorites, just because of the modularity when combined with your stairblocks. Cant wait to go adventuring. From sewers to ruined castles to crypts!
Every video Matt releases gets me more and more excited about my own projects. Fantastico.
Me too. If only I could get the time to actually do them :D
Try doing it in smaller spurts? :) you're not making videos, so no deadline! 😁
Congrats! This is one of the best videos about dioramas that I see by fo sar. Excellent work dude
Your work is amazing! If I ever have enough space to craft, store and play with terrain and minis, I will surely base it on your videos. Highly relaxing to watch, glad you're back, keep it up, I always enjoy your videos!
This is all so cool! Thank you for sharing your ideas, tips, tricks and jigs
Excellent stuff! Really great to have you back.
I just found your channel a few days ago, and I've been watching a ton of your content. I have to say, this is the highest level custom tabletop channel I've found, and I'm totally addicted! I don't have a ton of space at my house, but you've really inspired me to get into this hobby, even if only in a small way. I've subbed on yt and Patreon, and I'm eagerly awaiting future content as a newly loyal fan!
Thank you man! Let me know if you have any questions :)
Great video, Matt! Also, love the Beetle Borgs reference as well.
It's always a great day to see a new RPArchive video and this one is only after 2 weeks! It's great to see that you're back, I really missed your content
First time I've ever seen a video on modular tabletop environments -- very cool stuff!
Great to see you again, Matt! Also great to be in the archive again! I truly love your designs! I really need to build a hot wire and start working in foam. I also need to get a 3d printer.
Amazing! Thank you so much for this. I think I will expand this to cave tiles as well with stalagmites and flowstone replacing the corner columns and angled portions. So inspired to make a couple of boxes full of everything.
Once again, absolutely beautiful!
Probably my favorite video of yours
it's incredbile to see how a well planned system allows you to create crazier and crazier layouts with stunning results!!! great job!
i will never ever do stuff like this on my own, but i love to watch, fascinating videos!
Brilliant. Just pure brilliant. I know you use your tiles for D&D, but I see them easily working/being adapted to 40K, Necromunda, Kill Team, etc.
You're the kind of mad genius the world needs... :)
If you swap out the snap on additions for electrical panels, chaos symbols, control consoles, etc.... Yeah possibilities are endless.
@@JacopoSkydweller You could even swap the stone texture for a more metallic look with pipes and grates. Matt's genius is in the flexibility of the system. :)
I actually have plans for 40k/necromunda, it's just buried under getting all the d&d stuff done properly 😂
@@RPArchiveOfficial Nice! No sweat, just seeing your current works unfold is amazing! :)
Well the base terrain is getting at least two birds stoned at once, details when you're ready, not before!
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I just saw one of your videos for the first time and I instantly subscribed. I'm really surprised you only have ~89k subs? This is some very high quality stuff, and even though it's somewhat niche, it's still fascinating to watch. I love seeing skilled craftsmen and artists show off their hard work - its inspirational, even across different mediums. At least, in my opinion. While I think TTRPGs are cool, I've only played D&D online with friends (funny enough, they were friend I knew irl, but it was during covid). But I still appreciate this content and it makes me strive to do better in my own type of creative work.
The Way You Explain The Whole Process Makes It All Sound So Easy, But The Amount Of Time That Went Into This, Woah Boy
The vast majority into recording, mistakes, experiments photography, editing etc. Not to mention illness. A patron finished his empty sewer flows in like 2 weeks after release :) the wonders that not having to figure it all out can provide 😂
When the video first started I was struggling to be able to tell if this was a video game developer channel or if these were made IRL. Very amazing looking stuff.
another nice video my friend and it's nice to see you again.
This was a really fascinating watch, great stuff! Makes me want to get started, too.
Go for it!
I love watching your channel, man! I can’t foresee ever having time to do any of this but it’s so fascinating to watch you create all these awesome terrains.
Looks great, glad to see your masterpieces back on youtube.
I don’t even play DND or any tabletop game but watch every new upload religiously regardless lol
Love the videos, keep up the amazing work!
Awesome video sir. I admire your dedication to improving your craft!
Man. Never cease to amaze.
I wish there were a way to get these printable jigs without a printer!
You can get them custom printed by a company like 3degos, the sponsor :)
Wow you might have the best looking dungeons I've ever seen. Very inspirational. You should have more subs!
Nice throwback to Beetle Borgs 😊
I wish I was more handy, I don't play table top games but I loved these tiles! I just want a tub of them to build up a castle like those old Magnetix skyscraper building toys.
It's easier than it looks :) check out my getting started video!
Thanks for the reply! I used the wrong word I wish I wasnt so lazy lol, I'm eye up some 3D resin printers right now 👀Most of my projects when i can commit is wood and metal working so I'm slowly gathering tools for this smaller scale :) @@RPArchiveOfficial
great that you are feeling better matt. stay awesome and healthy
your walls have magnets an left one north and one south in that nessesary ore can you just do like on the left both north and right south?
i like your fideos they are awsome keep it going
Glad to see you making videos again
Wow! I never thought I'd land on a DnD dungeon model building UA-cam, but I'm glad I did! This is really artful!
Love your channel and making tlon is such a good stl designer love to see you both collaborating
your builds are remarkable and amazing works of art. Thank you for sharing
just caught this by chance but this is super impressive work!!
very cool :]
Another video after only two weeks?! We are truly blessed!
not a actual table top player for ttrpg casue i dont have much irl friends but I absolutly love watching as funny enough I learned a lot as I always struggled with making Modular in general for 3d so this does help in a 3d modeling field to with your parts
Dude. How have I not found you yet? Ive been in this space for like two years. HANDS DOWN the best terrain ive seen. Youve got yourself a new fan for life. Keep this up man. Hot damn.
These are fantastic! The sloped walls make such a huge difference for how simple they are to make
Ikr? I love them :)
I don't plan to use this but it sure does look pretty.
Hi! I really enjoyed using your brick texture cutters from patreon. Will you make wooden version and square options to make floors?
I have plans for more, doorway stamps are coming first though :)
Your work is absolutely amazing!! 😍👏👏👏
So very cool. I wish I had the time to work on this kind of stuff for my games
This vid was amazing! Thank u 💜
I actually think that the Scaffolding video is one of my favorite. Too bad so low views. I Love the verticality of your projects.
I love that you use clips from Poirot. I loved that show as a kid so it gives me all kinds of nostalgia seeing them.
Yeah I used to watch then too 😄
I dont need to play.... can i just stand by and admire your work? Would be more than enough :D
I've been looking through a lot of these videos to figure out which tile system really fits with my needs and capacity.
I appreciate how the ones your building use multiple mediums to get the best effect. A lot of people will tunnel vision and strictly use one tool or another to build what they need to. Either strictly handcrafted or completely 3D printed
That's exactly why I use both :)
Your brick carving work is second to none.
This looks so awesome!
Wow Epic Dungeon! that would have been a fun D&D session!! i love all the add ons
Soooooo.... Not about this video exactly, but I've watched most of your content and started to build my new terrain. Now I did start with a cheap glue gun to insert magnets, thinking I was saving money compared to the fancy recommendation from your website and videos.
NEVER has getting the fancy tool made a bigger difference. OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION MY LIFE HAS CHANGED. No seriously I cannot support your recommendation enough. Please quote me.
Thanks for all your shared wisdom!
it's unreal right? 😂
@@RPArchiveOfficial I'm still not over it. I cannot express the difference.
Matt: I love your work and I hope we get past the part where the brain is all fog. ASAP. Cuz I love you work and you're an excellent creator. Thank you.
Hello, I got an idea that I tought you might like, I've adapted my roller (a bit like yours but I bought them in a shop) to fit a paint roller handle. So I can do large flat piece quite easily ! Otherwise nice video as always :)
These pieces are incredible!
Big Bad Beetleborgs for life! This is exactly what I subscribed for 😆
Thank you for your continued contribution! Yet another craft that I'd love to do if I ever find time lol
You can do it!
I don't play table top games like this. But i still like watching these videos. It's amazing work. So even though i will never use them, i'm still gonna leave comments to feed the algorithm!
Glad you like them!
I love the Beetleborg shout out. It caught me off guard.
I don't even play D&D and I still watched the whole thing. Amazing content.
These are very cool!
I love these tiles it makes me want this for my cursed city narrative games. Also can we get a vid on making secret door ways walls or floors that would open up and have a secret passage? The hole in a wall is simple but having a special looking way of opening or a secret stone or skull lodged in a wall or floor. And they actually interact the wall or floor opens on a hinge
Theres a secret door in my early gatehouse video...
Amazing artistry! When do your terrain 'box sets' get picked up by a manufacturer? Lol. Have enjoyed watching your system grow!
Another banger of a video 👍
nice video as always, thank you Matt! One question, where can i find these ancient statues and plates you shown at 0:39 ? Thank you!
It's on his patreon :)
What they said :) it's part of the throwback this month!
jeez, these are beautiful.
A gloomhaven set would be awesome 😆
If I could recommend a video while you're recovering. You could assemble some of the terrain you already gave done. I'd love to see the environments you can create
i would fail to resist the urge to just crush a finished tile in my bare hands, because crunch
Question: What do you think if some of those decorations could be ruined a little, to give a sense of a very old dungeon? And how would you do them?
"Distressing" furnishings can be even more fun than making pristine ones. The bent out sewer bars at 8:14 are a delight! =^[.]^=
Hard to do with resin, I may have a method in future though :)
i LOVE your modular terrain system, so much so ive finally begun building my own... however, i see your Big Bad Beetleborgs, and raise you Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad.
Beetle Borgs?! Everyone knows Masked Rider is where it's at!! (Or VR Troopers....)
You have a criminally low number of subscribers. This is absolute gold
I would love to see how the pieces you've made up to this point are stored. Like how much space does all the different settings you've gone through actually take up
Two 3 foot wide shelves in the garage, one only half full :) I've done a video on boxes for them too
Damn, Beetleborgs caught me off guard. talk about a core memory. I love your work and your commentary, I always enjoy watching your progress because your brain works a lot like mine. glad to see you're making your way back to us.
The best part about your channel is, Im working on becomimh a DM for a Stars Without Number game system, which is Sci-Fi based. Now your channel doesnt have sci-fi based parts, however I can use plenty of your ideas for primitive worlds in medieval eras, or cave exploration, or planetary exploration!
I am going to try and use your methods and create my own sci-fi modular ship pieces, buildings, and so on!
This man is a genius, I can't wait to start making some of these
Hi, just found your channel and love the content and quality of your work. I looked at the description and really appreciate you putting links in for everything. If possible (if you’ll ever see this comment) can you list your tools that you use? Thank you and cheers.
There's an equipment list link in the description of every video :)
These instructions are great and easy to follow... Once I've translated the archaic Orkpunk measurements to millimetres. 😂
As an American, Imperial units are best because *WAAAAUAAUAUGHGGH*
Imperial measures work very well at this scale because they halve repeatedly neatly :) cm fails at 5mm...
Plus d&d uses inches, warhammer uses inches, and I grew up guessing cannon ranges in inches 😂
The thumbnail for this video was so similar to the last video that I thought I had already seen it 😂
Yeah I really should have got a lizard culture one 😅
Love the video, but has anyone else noticed bro looks like Harry Potter from the Epilogue of Deathly Hollows? Like I imagine after having kids with Ginny, Harry just retired and now does TTRPG hobby crafting and records it for UA-cam.
One word.
Impressive 🤯
Had me at Beetle Borgs
I would like to see modular trapdoors and secret doors, and such, something that can turn or move in such a way to make it usable as a secret door (instead of just removing the block entirely for when it is open)