Crafting Cave Stalagmites and Columns (tutorial) for Tabletop RPG
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Crafting tutorial : How to craft some Cave Stalagmites and Columns forwargaming/ tabletop RPG such as Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder
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I am binge watching your videos tonight, this is perhaps my new favourite channel. In addition to your artistic talent I can tell you have an in depth interest in your subject matter that translates into tremendous detail and realism. Fantastic work!!
Thanks for your supportive comment mate, I've subscribed to your channel aswell, never came across it before for some reason. Cheers!
I've started a cave commission for a client, and the stalagmites were not coming out very well with other techniques I've tried. Mostly they looked like a bunch of dongs. But this, this looks like I'll finally get good results. Thank you so much for sharing this technique.
These techniques are fantastic. Will be using this tutorial to make star wars RPG terrain for geonosis.
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah that should suit Geonosis terrain just fine!
@4:30 "..hope we are lucky today. we might see the gluegun-whelp cuddle with his favourite aluminium foil..."
Great video. I loved the intro!
Thanks, glad you liked the into, these are fun to make!
At work in the winter we will build a bathtub size box out of foam, and place a light bulb in it to keep things like caulk warm. I've thought a couple of times that making one as a "Glue drying station" might be a idea to give a try.
Loved these pillars and stalagmites. I was asking a few months back about how to craft some like these.
Defenetly an option to consider if you have the space to store it! 👍 glad the tutorial come in uselful!
These look great! Look very rooted in what real stalactites/mites look like.
It looks like theyre a little too pointy in that regard but yeah it was the intent! Thanks for the feedback !
Very IMPRESSIVE!!!!!! Love the melted look it really makes the piece POP:)!!!!!!!
Thanks! Yeah, also the constasted highlights help greatly in that regard.
These are fantastic - so nice to see some realistic flowstone structures, rather than the usual cave cones!
!!!! Aaaaah I am so blown away by how smart this design is, I'm going to make it like, immediately! It's an urgent craft.
Aaaaah cool!......................Did you ended up making it eventually? How did it go?
Superb work all around for sure. Impressive and cheap build ... just what I am looking for.
Glad you like, thanks for your feedback!
This is very good - creative and good instruction!
Thanks, glad you liked!
Great tutorial, had tried to make using spray foam & was utter mess, your tutorial used basic everyday items readily available from home & gave a great step by step guide, both factual & realistic to achieve. The stalagmite pieces Ive been looking at as ornamental are anything up to £2k!!! this great tutorial will assist me in achieving such like at a fraction of the cost - great job, I appreciate your work xXx
Nice, glad the tutorial inspired you, good luck with your stalagmites!
Slowly getting through all these. Great work!
Glad if these are inspirational. Cheers!
Awesome video on stalagmites and stalactites! I feel like I might be able to make some now! Sorry but youtube will only let me hit that like button once otherwise I'd hit it again and again! I'm working on cave interiors as well as the entrance for our D&D games! So thanks for this video!
Thanks for your feedback! Glad the tutorial was useful!
Best lookin DIY stalagmites and -tites i have seen so far!
Thanks! And above all very easy to make!
Omg man. You made my week. My month as a matter of fact. It’s been a tough week but this makes up for it for sure.
The craft came out amazing!!!! I need to make new ones for my table. I’ll definitely be using some of these techniques. I love your work, and thanks to for the shout out!
Sure hope it'll send you viewers, I'm certain these would sub'...that is if UA-cam's algorithm decides to do us both justice, which ain't never certain... Keep up the amazing work man! Cheers!
Amazing work! Your videos do not disappoint. I do enjoy your craft much better than most of the other crafters. They have a more natural appearance. I look forward to seeing your next video!
Glad you appreciate my content! Thanks for your feedback!
Great Upload, thanks for sharing !
You're welcome, thanks for the feedback!
Had a blast making these today. Thanks for the tutorial!
I didn't have tin foil but I had a lot of masking tape and blue roll. Didn't work out quite as well but it looks similar enough that I don't think my players would call it out.
Awesome! Glad this was inspirational, hope you and your players will have a blast on the table as well! Cheers!
Un sujet rarement abordé et réalisé avec beaucoup d’originalité
Merci Patrick!
Love the intro, love the craft! Great to see your tutorials out there 👍
Thanks Darryl, appreciated :)
Amazing work, dude.
Seen another guy did a version of stalagmites today just cutting out a bunch of cardboard circles (of decreasing sizes) & just stacked them flat, also looked highly effective.
Thanks man! Gotta check that out.
Awesome! I love the realistic take.
Thanks! Glad you liked
That's fricken cool!!! Fantastic work man! You always have a knack for detail and texture!
Thanks! Glad you liked!
That is a seriously awesome build, I can't wait to try this. Of course all your bills are pretty awesome. By the way aluminum is a heat "conductor" not a heat "catalyst" - not a big deal but thought you might want to know.
Damn you're right got these two mixed up 😓 ive never been much of a science guy but that mistake feels pretty stupid. Thanks for the headsup!
@@LandvaettrsLair we're all human, we live and learn.
Another great tutorial and another awesome opening ! I always loved learning about crafting and geology all together !
Thanks man! Glad you liked 😉
Such an awesome tutorial. Thank you!
So glad to see your materials in crafting again! your work is always so wonderful! Please keep posting!
Thanks! Will defenetly do when I
find enough time.
Fantatic craft and keep them coming!
Will surely try! Editing takes so much time😬
greatt stuff, I found out that adding glitter varnish with some other varnish/glue gives them a rock like mineral shine, this is also great for natural stone
Very nice video dude, really adds to the immersion during gameplay !
It's the idea! they also make for good cover to disrupt the line of sight, and can defently be considered as difficult terrain. Thanks for your feedback!
I know we call it crafting, but you’re definitely an artist!
Thanks man! Appreciated.
Yes! Just in time. I'm going to run some cave sessions next. Great to see any new Landvaettr content, but this was perfect!
Glad this was helpful! Happy crafting!
Looks really good man ! 👌
Thanks man! Appreciated!
Another great Tutorial.
Thank you!
Finally, a realistic looking stactite and stalagmite craft!
Great video. Your stalagmites look much more organic than mine do. Keep up the great work!
Yours are awesome too to be fair. Sea Shells suit perfectly for stalagmites, you gained a sub😉
Thanks very much!
Sad it took so long for me to see this, but happy I eventually did get to see it. These are absolutely amazing, definitely have to make some (read as attempt to make some).
Yay! Awesome tutorial. Now I’m going to watch your other one too.
Glad you liked, nice watching!
Awesome work, I am going to go check out the guy you mentioned.
Lol just tried it but its a hot mess haha cause I have a cheap glue gun that dont have a nossle like that but atleast they have character 🤣
Yours are gorgeous! Thanks for showing!
Amazing
Thanks !
Whoaaah!! Just Amazing!!! (I have to buy more hot glue...)
Thanks! Don't we all need more hot glue amiright?...
Nice work! I've been wanting to make a set of columns as a way to indicate cavern height.
Thanks, yeah it really gives a sense of height and space!
Great craft, well done! Anybody else notice the music bed behind the tutorial? (Cough) Wylock... lol
Yeah we heard it so much on Wyloch it immediately reminds us of him right, but it's actually a free use creative commons music from the artist Kevin MacLeod, very used throughout UA-cam. I tried many others tracks but they felt either too rythmic or too atmosperic for a background score for crafting. This one suits best, theres a reason Wyloch uses it. Still looking for another more "personnal" score but until then just consider it a tribute to Wyloch! 😉
Landvaettr's Lair Oh totally, I figured it was a free to use track. I wasn’t trying to get anybody in trouble, I just thought it was funny. Cheers!
@@garnermcculloch2778 defenetly each time I edit I'm like man this sounds like Wyloch! XD
That, Sir, is quality!! Bloody marvelous .. I'll be using that. ** SUB **
Awsome!
Thanks!
Encore un excellant tuto! perso j'aurait tenté de passé une encre brun clair diluée après le dry brush blanc, je dis ça je dis rien ;)
Merci. Ça m'a pas semblé nécessaire, j'avais testé précédemment sur une pièce et j'ai pas trouvé ça à mon goût, mais c'est une question de préférence.
Wow. Just: W O W!!!
Glad you liked man! Cheers!
Great tutorial!! Makes for some great cavern terrain instead of the usual xps foam rocks. Ps: are you French?
Thanks, glad you liked. And yes Im french what gave it away?
@@LandvaettrsLair I am too ! Your English is almost pitch perfect, but I recognised some of the intonations ;)
@@TheWZFilms haha bien vu, bienvenue en tout cas ça fait toujours plaisir d'avoir des compatriotes sur la chaîne ;)
lol, are you laying on your back? :) anyway, nice video, I was looking for this!
Yes! XD didnt have enough of a backdrop lol. Makedo is my middlename. Thanks for the feedback!
Looks great! I'm wondering, would it make sense to apply the hot glue *after* you paint up the piece so you get the semi-translucent parts you see on some formations sometimes?
You could but joy glue gets cloudy when it dries...so if you want the paint to show through the thickness musnt be too much. Could be interesting to try this effect though, let me know about the results if you ever try it out!
@@LandvaettrsLair I'll see if I can give it a shot some time soon :)
I did something similar with wine corks and a 3d pen.
Nice! A 3d pen must be even more precise! It was a smaller scale though right?
@@LandvaettrsLair Mine were about 1.25 inches wide and 7 inches long, I based the top of some so that I could have free standing stalagtites hanging down. I based my paint with ochre, washed it in burnt siena, and gave them an ivory highlight. PLA yields more detail, but takes 3-4 times longer to extrude than hot glue. The main advantage of PLA over hot glue is that the structure becomes very strong and is more rigid.
@@3vil3lvis thats a clever thinking for the top basing and the hanging stalactites, just figured out how you acheived the modular aspect... yeah yours are at least as large as the ones i did, wasnt it expensive in PLA? I'm pretty unaware as far as 3D pens or printers are concerned.
@@LandvaettrsLair The 3d pen was $13 and a 1kg spool of pla was $17 of which Ive used about 1/4. Got them at gearbest. When I reorder PLA I want try the translucent yellow so that I can build clear structures on tea candles.
@@3vil3lvis that's cool, the transluscent PLA defently sounds like somthing that could get some really awesome applications.
heyooo, someone got married!
Yeah...amongst other things😁
This will help for a Batcave diorama I'm planning.
Anyone know what type of rock forms grey caves with stalagmites?
Late reply, but generally only limestone forms stalagmites. But there are lots of colours of limestone, I've seen plenty of grey limestone in Ireland for example.
Really good work. I really like the intro. But for god sake. Why the hell you look like someone who ate too much burrito and havent been to the toilet since years 😂?
Great work and aslo added a real plus to our game. See you
Careful boi or else the next tutorial that I upload will be a certain somebody making the drunkass tutorial of a gundam. I got the footage remember? Burritoman signing off😏
Fyi stalagmites are almost always flat on the top and not pointed.
You mean rounded I suppose. Yeah I noticed I went a little over the top with the pointiness on these pieces... it's no biggie.
Were you lying on the floor?
they look great! very "caverny" I have to ask you about your minis on the table only primed and the ones painted in the shots! love them... where to find? :)
The small bat swarms come from the hellboy boardgame I helped kickstart. The 2 other larger bats are reaper miniatures and the werebat at the back is a dark heaven legends miniatures. The Two female warriors are Hasslefree miniatures and the two viking dudes at the end are V&V miniatures.
please never fake being in a cave again!
Save yourself it will only get worse! 😬