Carpenter tip. Use a framing square, place corner of square on perimeter of circle, mark where edges intersect edge of circle. Move square, do it again. Draw line from between first two points, then second line between last two points. Where the two line intersect, presto center of circle. No measuring required.
The Professor announces he’s done doing clickbait news videos and UA-cam starts suggesting old crafting videos to me…. Probably coincidence…. Probably…. Yeah no way the algorithm is actually helping show this kind of video on purpose. Thanks for the wonderful crafting ideas!
I took notes as I watched. Below is what is needed for this project. Prices are Amazon unless otherwise marked... $18 Craft Master’s Laminated project panel (Common: 1-in x 24-in x 2-ft; Actual: 1-in x 24-in x 2-ft) Radius Edge Spruce Pine Fir Board (Lowe’s) $6 Shepherd Hardware 9547 4-Inch Lazy Susan Turntable, 300-lb Load Capacity $1 four wood screws $13 Gorilla Original Gorilla Glue, Waterproof Polyurethane Glue, 8 ounce Bottle, Brown $11 Duck 24-in x 4-ft Black Shelf Liner $12 Kingspan Insulation (Common: 0.56-in x 4-ft x 8-ft; Actual: 0.56-in x 4-ft x 8-ft) R-3 Unfaced Polystyrene Foam Board Insulation (Lowes) $8 Minwax Wood Finish True Black Oil-based Interior Stain (Actual Net Contents: 32-fl oz) (Lowes) $2.50 Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in Assorted Colors (8 oz) $6 (2 Pack) Elmer's Clear Washable Liquid School Glue, 9 Ounces (Walmart) $8 Minwax Fast-Drying Polyurethane Satin Oil-Based 11.5-fl oz Polyurethane Optional $13 Vallejo Still Water, 200ml $11 Games Workshop Citadel Shade Drakenhof Nightshade Tools Screwdriver $8 OLFA 1-Blade Utility Knife OR $18 GOCHANGE Foam Cutter Electric Cutting Machine Pen Tools Kit, 100-240V/15W Craft Hot Knife 10CM Styrofoam Cutting Pen with Electronic Voltage Transformer Adaptor $6 Blue Hawk 3-Pack Polyester Flat Paint Brush Set
This is great! I wanted to get it going faster/less work so: Grabbed an 18" Lazy susan from Amazon for $35 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008DCH9A6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Had the other supplies, so can't speak to current costs: Attached it to the Lazy susan with Poster tack, coated it with Floor wax in lieu of clear glue. It was much faster to get playing, and potentially cheaper if you don't have the tools for the cutting and building of the lazy susan. photos.app.goo.gl/Q6AQFyCLf6HLSdP38 photos.app.goo.gl/7awScAkKMHQgAxp79 (camera sucks, sorry)
Dude, as a guy with a metric butt load of old Dwarven Forge and the newer Dwarvenite versions of tiles as well as a 3d printer and a bunch of terrain and town and dungeon files, I have to say that this is a seriously cool and practical idea!
I wanted to pop back and thank you on behalf of my Dnd group. I made the shit out of this thing and some pillars with a smaller 5 by 5 square to use. The group got way more into everything during combat. Thank you -Tim
The coolest thing about this style of tile set is that, as long as you’re willing to keep buying and working more foam, you could totally make more stylistic tiles, like red tinting for demonic hell scapes or even lighter tans for those elusive desert temples. Thank you so much for putting this out into the world! I want to let you know that you’ve made a major difference in this humble player’s games.
I don’t care if I’m 4 years late watching this….this is perfect for terrain while I gm for my family. Currently running EZ D6. Thanks so much sir! You’re my favorite channel.
Reluctant miniatures GM here. Have vowed my entire 20 years of gaming to never spend a dime on terrain opting to just use drawn maps and whatever was on hand for miniatures. And it has served me well speeding up play. But you sir have indeed got me thinking. Thank you for sharing this great idea. This may change everything for me. Keep up the great work.
It has also made me think. I’m convinced tiles are at the heart imperative for gripping your audience with terror and danger around ever corner then theatre of the mind can do. I am sold.
@@MrFutsy Then before you know it you're wrapping wire, snapping wire, and buying more wire. You have boxes full of blue and/or pink foam, bits that are too useful to get rid of! Don't even get me started on the fumes...
@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Just watched it. If Im honest this ideal as I don't want to spend a fortune on tiles for them not wanting to continue. Where this is an ideal project that will take up little space
@DUNGEONCRAFT1 will do. Thank you The boys are wanting to build a DM screen. I was going to build it out of MDF (managed to get an off cut damaged sheet for £3). Again anything to get them to measure, count and read. They also love your content. Finlay likes the painitng side of things and has employed dry brushing of his modles. Hamish in particular like the language you use. He says he understands what you are describing. (Prais from x2 7 year olds )
That tan finish really does look more realistic than gray. Not that my hundred pieces of variegated gray terrain is depressing me now or anything... :(
It really depends what kind of rock you're looking for. Most grey rocks aren't even purely grey, but some are. If you want to change them, I'd suggest trying out a light wash of a brown or something like that. It might be enough to make it work for you.
Spray em a gray-ish tan. Then spray lightly with black or charcoal gray, and wipe it off while still wet (so it stays in the crevices). (or reverse it, and spray it black or charcoal gray, then drybrush it's highlights gray-ish tan) Then take a toothbrush, and flick the fibers to splatter onto it some grays & greens.
I have been having the hardest time trying to come up with a good way to incorporate terrain while over here in Korea. I don't have a lot of space to store many items, and have to travel a little ways by foot to get to where I DM. This is hands down the best solution I have ever seen. Appreciate the video!!
Another useful idea if this kind of thing matters to you: you could use your foam cutter tool to put the cardinal directions into four of the squares to help keep track of that type of stuff since the whole thing spins around. Turn the whole board into a useful compass rose.
I am so glad I found this before I started really buying terrain, the one thing holdin me back was how situational everything felt. this idea feels so much more modular.
I was skeptical at first, but after witnessing the sparse set up I was convinced. Outside of Theater of the Mind this has to be the most streamlined version of a tabletop which still allows deep grid based play. Very clever, hope this catches on.
Hey Professor dungeon master I decided to make my own set up. And tonight I used it for the first time. And I love it. I was worried the room set ups would take to long but it’s really quick. One of the things I love about this is that I prefer to run my dungeon crawls at Theatre of the mind or by mini-map until battles where I like to have terrain and minis, and this system is the perfect thing. I’ve crafter some walls and corners and I also made some cavern style walls that are more organic shapes. I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate it.
Dungeon Craft, Seen this video and built one for my D&D group. My DM loves the idea and the final product. I am also doing a couple of projects I seen in DM's Craft videos. Between your two videos, I have started to craft dungeon terrain for my D&D group. It is turning out pretty good and my DM is ecstatic about using this in the next game. Thank you to both DM's Craft and Dungeon Craft for some awesome ideas.
Been DMing for over 40 years (with a few hours sleep in between) and this single video has changed my gaming life. Its utterly inspired me in a new (epiphany) direction. Its rare at this stage to be so motivated by something, but this sure hit the spot. I`m slowly working my way through saving all your D&D videos to my external hard drive to watch on the big screen TV. They`re simply too useful to watch only once. So a massive thank you for all your hard graft, and for the inspired content of all your work.
Oh your hard work is massively appreciated. My wife and I marvel at the graft you must put into making these videos so entertaining. My wife is going to attempt to make me two dungeon roundels.. from the detailed information in your video. Now I`ve seen yours I can`t possibly live and do game sessions without this addition to our hobby, its a real hobby changer. Thank you so much for this.
I did it - I made this entire thing from beginning to end and it only took two days including drying time. The steps were all laid out so following them was easy. My friends and I are starting the Pathfinder Beginner Box in a week’s time and I’m happy that the map wont be simply sprawled out and spoiled for them. This was a FANTASTIC idea. I’m probably going to make a few more in grass green for Forests and a Tan Sandstone for a market place/town square.
Center of a circle (triangulation): Draw any three lines through the circle Find the center of these three lines Mark a perpendicular line for each from these The intersection of these three perpendicular lines is an exact center
I did this based on your video and It works amazing! I had originally planed to make a bunch of dungeon tiles, but your video made it so my easier and more efficient! Thank you So much!
Just wanted to jump into the comments to thank you for this video - such a simple idea but honestly might be my favourite terrain idea I’ve seen. The possibilities of just having a carved stone one, a cavern stone one, a grass one and a water one to provide the basis for everything a campaign might need. Bleeding genius!
in very early dnd thats how its been done. its relatively a recent development of the overstuffing of minis, not that either is a bad choice its just one is easier than others
"Yvonne Craig in that Batgirl suit" Ha! When I was in grammar school, I ran home every day as fast as I could to catch Batman in hopes that it would be an episode with Batgirl and/or Julie Newmar's Catwoman.
Back in the '70s I didn't have continuous access to prefab sheets of materials so I used packing foam, balsa wood scraps, paper mache, hot paper clips, Q tips dipped in gasoline, magnifying glasses with sunlight... pretty much anything I could get my hands on. I was really thankful when Gordon's Hobby Lobby started carrying tons more terrain materials in the early '80s! I switched from primarily 1/35 military models and dioramas to more D&D oriented terrains in 1980. Never thought of scavenging a lazy Susan for a base though. That's pretty damned clever!
Kyrdorshmak: The Slayer of Men Str: 18 Dex: 13 Con: 18 Wis: 9 Int: 8 Cha: 16 Kyrdorshmak was brought to a cloister of Gruumsh at young age and was bathed in blood by a clan shaman to become the slayer of men, and was throughout his upbringing tortured and tormented by his superiors and peers, leaving him to bear ugly scars across him, he eventually snapped and broke their leader's skull with his bare hands only to take power and bring the tribe to prosperity with ruthless tactics and insane aggressiveness. Now his clan reigns across the Borderlands, seeking to earn Gruumsh's blessing by building a totem of skulls of Kyrdorshmak's victims in his name. I don’t know too much about the module you’re playing, but damn this is a cool build. Thanks for sharing! Good luck everyone
As both an RPG DM, and a miniatures gamer, I agree with much of what you said, and demonstrated, in this video. Love the 1960's Batman references. I find my RPG games to be a sliding scale between full 3D terrain, a Chessex Battlemat, and complete Theater of the Mind (zero terrain); I have even gone to what I call 2.75D terrain (3mm-thick cardboard wall sections, with printed paper textures overlaying them, stuck vertically in a cross-sectioned rubber mat, to form thin walls -- not full 3D, not simple 2D). Your work here, puts another tick mark on the terrain scale, between the 2D Battlemat, and Dwarven Forge full-on 3D terrain. More options are always appreciated. Cheers!
Second note. In this use, I would hang lengths of grey yarn outdoors and dip or spray coat them several times with a shellac or varnish, cut them into different lengths, store them in an egg carton, box or cup, and lay them down to define walls.
6:40 I like how she says, "be sure that your circles are all intersected by the lines you created." Then he *immediately proceeds* to drill the holes in a location *other* than where she showed him too.
I already have 2 large turntables I bought because I'm a solo board gamer and it makes it easy to rotate some games. But I'm a total noob when it comes to the 'hobby' side of tabletop gaming-This is fantastic!!
as a 3d printing enthusiast. my wallet thanks you immensely this is a fantastic idea! minimal props, more theatre of the mind, and one awesome lazy susan center piece! this is great!
My friend copied your UDT for use in his campaign. He puts it to fantastic use, and I'm planning to create some to use when I DM for my kids. Not only does the UDT look great, like really super great... It has streamlined combat. I was skeptical at first, but now I'm addicted to playing DnD (or more likely Deathbringer) with UDT style movement rather than the "fun" of counting squares.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 I'm sorry to hear that. I "tried" Covid a little over a year ago, definitely not fun. Last night's episode of family DnD was way more fun, my youngest kid attacked a monster with the spicy pickles she happened to be carrying, which on a nat 20 went right into the monster's mouth and caused it to skip it's attack phase that round desperately trying to get those nasty things out of its mouth. #CinematicAdvantage I hope you get well soon!
Really great idea, we made ourselves two variants; one indoor/stone and one outdoor (looks great with trees etc). Turned out the way we wanted, no more tiles!
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Will do, by the way - IKEA (yes I am from Sweden) sells rotating serving tables with a diameter of 39cm for like $5, no need for building your own if you don´t want to
This is a pretty awesome video! Our DM still uses the spread out tiles due to our table size being so large (he likes pretty grand dungeons and battlefields). What he has done was found a ton of old 12x12 lego tiles and cut them to whatever sizes he wants for rooms/corridors/etc. and then cut some into 1 inch squares and molded putty over them and painted it once hardened (he also has tons of spare modeling putty/clay/paint and so on) so they can be attached to the large tiles to create 5 ft squares. As we move through the dungeon he attaches more pieces on. Once an area of the map is unveiled it stays so, but we still need to factor for line of sight around corners. The lazy susan sounds like a fantastic idea though for smaller grassy area or arena encounters though!
I own a proxxon and a 3d printer and they have both been working overtime on scatter terrain and bits for over a month now getting ready to get back into D & D after leaving it a long time ago. This concept may enhance the play when my party is in a room where everyone will be moving a lot and reaching for their miniatures often. I do think I will make a few of these for game play and playtest it when and if I ever get the game going. Thanks for the video and idea
Thanks for watching. I just wrapped my "Ultimate GM Screen" yesterday. It airs on UA-cam within tow weeks, on a Monday. Look for it. You will love it. It takes UDT to a whole new level.
I have had 3D printers for a few years now and recently got into tabletop gaming. I have been looking for good ways to incorporate printing into the game but didn't really want to print out huge caves - partially for the reason of players being able to see where they are going and because I don't have that much table space to play on. In the few games that I have DMed so far, I have drawn up maps on poster board and used printed figurines. This still allowed players to know how big the cave/dungeon would be based on how many sticky notes I used to cover the map. I can't wait to try and make one of these for myself.
@3:11 I always want to use light sources as an important part of play, but keeping tracking of them / having them affect the fog of war properly is straight up impossible with either theatre of the mind or normal dungeon tiles (I'll fight anyone who disagrees). This is the first method I've ever seen that solves the problem. Well done.
Charles Dexter Ward I don’t want to fight you, but it is the simplest thing in the world to have light sources affect the fog of war in theater of the mind. Example: “You step into a large room. Your torches illuminate the slimy walls next to the doors and the arched ceiling climbing away into the darkness. You hear the sounds of gently flowing water from deeper in the room, but can’t make out the source beyond the light of your torch.” ... if it’s not in the light, don’t describe it. Done. Fog of war. That said, this video is the cleverest implementation of terrain I have ever seen. Almost certainly going to try this in my own games.
This it really a nice and easy solution for minimal terrain when you can't play at home. I like it how there is some sort of evolution of roleplaying terrain in DM Scotty's, Black Magic Craft's, Runehammer's and your channel. You guys are teaching and helping us improve our gaming constantly. Thank you sir.
I'm in the middle of painting my dungeon tiles. After learning the different ways of making them from Prof. DM, Black Magic Craft, Wyloch & DM Scotty, I ended up using techniques from each. For example I used Wyloch's 1-1/4 tiles for roomier play. Dungeon Craft was the largest contributor with his technique of using floor tiles. They are beautiful & the weight makes them feel more substantial. Just finished last night Mod Podging them in black (101 2x2's, 9 4x4's, 4 6x6's, 5 2x4's, 6 1x4's & 1 12x10). I might need a bigger table. Or make some UDT!
And for any others wanting a text breakdown of the procedure here's my understanding of the process: A. For the Base A.1 Affix the lazy susan hardware to the center of the wooden disk A.2 Cut out the rubber liner A.3 Glue liner to wood with gorilla glue A.3.1 Spread with brush A.3.2 Wash the brush quickly! A.4 Press firmly and trim neatly A.5 Use black Stain on the edge of the wood. (My thoughts: if the wooden disk is unfinished you might want to sand it down to make sure the edge is smooth. I will also cover it with the min wax satin to seal it and attach a square of the liner to the base of the lazy susan hardware to protect table surfaces) B. For the Terrain Topper B.1 Draw around the edge of the wood circle B.2 Cut out the circle at an angle B.3 Carve out the rock face B.3.1 Gouge out and break off pieces irregularly B.3.2 Bevel edges on the top to make it look natural B.4 Grid out a 1.1 inch grid B.4.1.6mm pen tip. B.5 Add some stone patterns 3, 4, 5 rotate them B.6 Carve out the flagstones with a sharpie or soldering tool B.7 Add texture with a ball of crumpled tin foil. B.7.1 Repeat! B.8 Paint it black - thinned, but not a wash B.8.1 Cover all the pink B.8.2 Let it dry overnight B.9 Cover it with thinned tan/beige paint trying to get in all the cracks B.9.1 Let it dry overnight B.10 Dry brush with a lighter beige B.10.1 Wait for an hour to let it completely dry B.11 Give it a black wash B.11.1 Wash ingredients B.11.1.1 1 pt black craft paint B.11.1.2 10 pts water B.11.1.3 1 drop of brown B.11.1.4 1 dark green B.11.1.5 tiny drop of dish soap B.11.2 Dry overnight B.11.3 Check the color, if it’s not dark enough do it again B.12 Dry brush with the tan/beige base coat B.13 Coat entire surface with Elmer’s Clear Glue to seal it B.14 (Optional) Add water effects B.15 Cover with min-wax clear satin polyurethane to protect it B.15.1 Let it dry for 24 hrs C. Place your terrain on your base and you're done!
I came across your video and decided to go for it. Thank you for the great instruction. I don't have a heat tool so i used a sharpie. It would be good to note that you should specifically use a black sharpie. I figured since i will be painting layers on top that the color of sharpie wouldn't matter. Everything was fine until the glue phase. It pulled my colored sharpie up through and my grid is now light purple. Just a tip!
Reminds me of Runehammer's setup. He's got a nice video on positive vs negative space.... I have no idea what he's talking about, but both methods can be used to good effect. I love your turn table effect! Will be using this on my table soon. Thanks
The Caves of Chaos we’re merely an afterthought during Gohtrine Cohrudeer’s conquest. He thought of taking the dungeon as a way to pass some time, but got himself caught in a living slime trap nearing the last few rooms. In an attempt to escape, he only became more trapped. Now only his torso and above are movable, and with adventurers audible in the distance he fashions himself a thorny whip made from vines and some components in his backpack. He was always the most crafty and cunning out of his tribe, and gained extensive knowledge of the mystical world from a mentor from another land. If there’s one thing for sure, his mind is as expansive as the dungeon itself. Str: 17 Dex: 6 Con: 19 Int: 22 Wis: 12 Cha: 10
Very nice idea and well executed. In my own games I've found that hallways and doorways are often the focus of fights, because my group and our foes tend to use tactics. I guess one monster vs a whole a party happens occasionally, but not often and even monsters usually try to avoid being surrounded. If I build one, it will need to be a bit bigger, or square, to accommodate hallways.
Hello, everyone. Nobody asked, but I'm going to put my experiences with this on here as I go. Was out of gaming for a little while (nearly 20 years), and recently got back in, even getting my family hooked. So I'm doing this project to surprise them for our next gaming session (this Friday...and it's Tuesday). Started this on Sunday, only I went with a 2'x2' square with rounded edges, and bought an 18" lazy susan to underneath. I found that the proper tool helps, as trimming, beveling and then "cracking" the sides wasn't hard. But the stone layout...well, not so easy. Suffice it to say, not every one of the nearly 600 partial and complete squares are rounded off. I have a hot wire foam cutter, but my hands aren't steady enough to do each square without going numb (neuropathy). I did round off quite a few, and ran the borders, even 'cracked' and 'broke' a few for flavor. (Carved my wife's initials into it as well, but I doubt she'll notice.) The paint, though...no real experience with painting crafts, so my first coat was about 60-40 mod & black paint, with a tiny amount of water. This did not spread as I hoped, and the coat was, shall we say, insufficient. But the beauty of paint - let's go for coat #2! Which appears to have worked like a dream. Simple black and water, 50/50 (roughly). And it looks great! The texture comes through wonderfully, the wide channels between the tiles add a nice look, and their uneven nature (partially by design) make it seem more realistic. Thank you, Professor, for this video, even if I am 5 years late to the party! Will throw a reply onto this when I get done working on it tomorrow. (Unless there are a ton of replies that scream "NO!" in which case I'll let it go...)
Okay, finished the dry brushing, and the black wash. Honestly, after the first coat of paint, I would've expected the Professor to give me a C+, simply due to effort. But after a few coats of black wash, along with an admitted amount of time doing touch-up after the black wash was mostly dry, I'd say it's a solid B, maybe B+. The hardest parts of this are simply not knowing what the heck I'm doing with certain things and having to learn them as I go, such as not knowing I needed to thin out the paint so it wouldn't leave any lines. Still, the gaming session is Friday night, just about 44 hours from now, and I'm quite confident that this will be done by then. Next update tomorrow, wish me luck!
Okay, all done but the polyurethane, which I wasn't sure if I could/should use oil-based poly with waterbased acrylic paint, so I'm erring on the side of caution. Nonetheless, for a first time creation, I'm pleased with how it all turned out. The template is very good, with the only lack being what I would consider that which is for most apparently common knowledge. All in all, I'm very appreciative that the good Professor put this out here for us to consider!
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Looking forward to it! Just letting you know, it was very well received by the gaming group, which is a relief, really, because it includes my wife! We've had two gaming sessions using it, with great reviews. Thank you again!
So I thought I'd try my hand at making the orc chieftain as I really enjoy doing this sort of thing: Shug-Kazul, "Bull Tamer", was part of a nomadic tribe of orcs near the Caves of Chaos that only went to war out of necessity, Shug-Kazul grew up hating the other members of his tribe, and believed they were weak. One day he left and went out into the wilds and lived alone as a warrior who rode a great bull. Soon other orcs from his old tribe rallied to him, they embraced their savagery and began worshiping Baphomet (a Demon Lord): who gifted Shug-Kazul with a great scimitar and Warlock powers. Now the Shug-Kregi Tribe, "Bull Riders", terrorizes and wages war in and around the Caves of Chaos, with Shug-Kazul at its head ruling as a savage and brutal king who wants to see nothing but the world burn. S: 16 D: 17 C: 15 I: 11 W: 18 (proficiency in Animal Handling) C: 13 As far as the warlock aspect Shug-Kazul would be a Hexblade, and his signature spells would be Shatter and Misty Step.
"Eight and thirteen sixteenths..." Man, I love the metric system. Though, in truth, my measuring system goes, 1 - 10mm, Half and Inch, An Inch, A Foot, A Metre, A Mile. That Ultimate Terrain idea is really cool.
The Star Trek episode where they fight at the OK Corral "Spectre of the Gun", had those weird implied walls and buildings. Also due to cheaper budgets for the show.
Hey, I almost finished mine ! I made it a bit smaller, closer to your prototype, but it already looks pretty good I am a complete beginner in "making things" but also in the world of tabletop rpg, but i really enjoyed making this (with cheaper material, and also with what I managed to find. I had a lot of troubles searching the things you talk about, first translating them to french, than doing the shopping and finding less than half of what I wanted). I didn't use the same colors, I skipped some steps, and I didn't have all the stuff, but in the end it still pleases me to see I managed to recreate your stuff Thanks a lot !
Be like the Rolling Stones and paint it black! I like just listening to your channel, then the second time around, I watch! My normal party is three characters or less, so this idea is perfect for my games. This project looks easy enough for me to muck up. I will try to make one! Thanks for the educational tutorial. I would enter your contest, but, as a writer I can do no NPC justice with just 100 words or less. Thanks for having a contest though.
I played tabletop RPGs a long time ago and back then we made all those crazy models out of cardboard, styrofoam or whichever material we were albe to use. We even made terrain out of paper mache and everything. And that was fun, but at some we almost felt pressured to do more of that as last session we had that awesom paper mache forrest and that great styrofoam tavern and then using less than that felt like astep down. I guess that was one of the reasons for us disbanding at that time (along with growing up going our own ways and some of us moving) After I restarted I refused to do the terrain thing again. I told my players that I will use basic battlemaps and they can't expect me and I don't expcet them to do anything beyond the basics. And I have to say that works well. What I do is I do a cardboardmapout of each room and put that on the table whenever they enter the room or look into it. That also allows me to layout dungeons room after room as they are exploring it without having to prbuild the entire dungeon and covering it up. I just need to have the dungeonmap marked with numbers and I mark the rooms with numbers and when they enter a room I put it on the table.
Bought my wood rounds and a two lazy susans. I got a 23.25 inches and the 17.75 inches . I'm super excited about this and think it's a brilliant idea. The 23.25 might ba a bit big but I figured it would work for an encampment or perhaps town with some removable roads.
We have a spinning pizza plate thats hardly used. I'm halfway there already ! I'd almost make 2 tops as a lot of my encounters take place in the countryside. A flocked green top. 8:00. Pink foam top. 9:10 mark out the coblestones. Actually I own a 3d printer ....I'm thinking I'll 3d print the top. Thanks for the epic idea!
I'm almost done! I'm on my "satin" coat next...I fudged the "tan" and went with Yellow Ochre, but it was mustardy so I mixed brown and white and redid...yours looks more matte than mine..hoping it comes out ok!
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 wash was awesome! was wondering what the dish soap was for, totally get it now! Bit scared ATM, I just put on the elmers clear glue and it got hazy creamy colored. praying it dries clear!
One think to help locate the center is that you can go and make 2 right triangle ( be sure the the 90 degrees corner is at the cyrcle) you will see that in the cross section is the middle of the cyrcle
10:58 Aaaay love that reference. This is pretty slick, I'm learning/reading/slowly working my towards being a DM, I want to some basic terrain when I start so it's easier for me to visualize stuff while multi tasking, and to help immersion of players. This is SUPER slick. Found this video via Black Magic Craft, I think I'll do double sided so I can minimize the number of disks I need. Really like this concept, thanks.
So I made one of these. I omitted the lazy susan, and made it square. I was skeptical about using the browns for the paint but I tried it anyway and it came out pretty good. Everyone tells me it looks like stone. My group likes the pictures I send and want to try it at our next game. I like the concept and plan on using some Dungeon Sticks with it (from thingverse) This was a fun and cheap project. Thanks for the video.
I have watched this video backwards and forwards a dozen times while working on making my own, and never noticed that transition until I read this comment lol
Congratulations on 7,000! I’m all caught up... I need more videos!! I’ve learned so much watching all your videos. Having not played since the beginning of AD&D (2.0), I find it interesting how powerful PCs have become and how common bonuses have become. We used to roll for every spell in the old days. And I don’t know how many times I died due to poison because I was rushing. A couple of your ideas we used way back then, and the rest are simply brilliant. Your miniature/model videos are particularly excellent as they work for the actual game, not just as display items. Anyway, just wanted to say I appreciate all the work that you put into your videos. Here’s to the next 7,000 subscribers and 67 videos!
For the clear glue: you can get a gallon of clear PVA for around $20 on amazon. Clear PVA seems to be marketed for making "slime," so there must be some common school project that involves that.
Carpenter tip. Use a framing square, place corner of square on perimeter of circle, mark where edges intersect edge of circle. Move square, do it again. Draw line from between first two points, then second line between last two points. Where the two line intersect, presto center of circle. No measuring required.
Great tip!
The Professor announces he’s done doing clickbait news videos and UA-cam starts suggesting old crafting videos to me…. Probably coincidence…. Probably…. Yeah no way the algorithm is actually helping show this kind of video on purpose. Thanks for the wonderful crafting ideas!
I took notes as I watched. Below is what is needed for this project. Prices are Amazon unless otherwise marked...
$18 Craft Master’s Laminated project panel (Common: 1-in x 24-in x 2-ft; Actual: 1-in x 24-in x 2-ft) Radius Edge Spruce Pine Fir Board (Lowe’s)
$6 Shepherd Hardware 9547 4-Inch Lazy Susan Turntable, 300-lb Load Capacity
$1 four wood screws
$13 Gorilla Original Gorilla Glue, Waterproof Polyurethane Glue, 8 ounce Bottle, Brown
$11 Duck 24-in x 4-ft Black Shelf Liner
$12 Kingspan Insulation (Common: 0.56-in x 4-ft x 8-ft; Actual: 0.56-in x 4-ft x 8-ft) R-3 Unfaced Polystyrene Foam Board Insulation (Lowes)
$8 Minwax Wood Finish True Black Oil-based Interior Stain (Actual Net Contents: 32-fl oz) (Lowes)
$2.50 Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in Assorted Colors (8 oz)
$6 (2 Pack) Elmer's Clear Washable Liquid School Glue, 9 Ounces (Walmart)
$8 Minwax Fast-Drying Polyurethane Satin Oil-Based 11.5-fl oz Polyurethane
Optional
$13 Vallejo Still Water, 200ml
$11 Games Workshop Citadel Shade Drakenhof Nightshade
Tools
Screwdriver
$8 OLFA 1-Blade Utility Knife
OR
$18 GOCHANGE Foam Cutter Electric Cutting Machine Pen Tools Kit, 100-240V/15W Craft Hot Knife 10CM Styrofoam Cutting Pen with Electronic Voltage Transformer Adaptor
$6 Blue Hawk 3-Pack Polyester Flat Paint Brush Set
This is great! I wanted to get it going faster/less work so:
Grabbed an 18" Lazy susan from Amazon for $35 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008DCH9A6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Had the other supplies, so can't speak to current costs:
Attached it to the Lazy susan with Poster tack, coated it with Floor wax in lieu of clear glue.
It was much faster to get playing, and potentially cheaper if you don't have the tools for the cutting and building of the lazy susan.
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Thank you for saving me the trouble, good person.
@@delcarsdungeon Awesome, thanks for the tip and the link!
bless you, you friggin' saint.
The revelation that you used tan, then dry brush lighter tan, then wash to achieve that dingy “grey” dungeon look was well worth it!
I think I learned that from Black Magic Craft. Not sure. But all hail Jeremy anyway!
Dude, as a guy with a metric butt load of old Dwarven Forge and the newer Dwarvenite versions of tiles as well as a 3d printer and a bunch of terrain and town and dungeon files, I have to say that this is a seriously cool and practical idea!
Thanks man. I have a ton of it too. I have a buddy who does clean outs for foreclosures and somebody left a whole boxful!
I wanted to pop back and thank you on behalf of my Dnd group.
I made the shit out of this thing and some pillars with a smaller 5 by 5 square to use. The group got way more into everything during combat. Thank you -Tim
You and your group are most welcome! I hope you enjoy the rest of our videos!
Would you mind linking to a picture of your finished product?
The coolest thing about this style of tile set is that, as long as you’re willing to keep buying and working more foam, you could totally make more stylistic tiles, like red tinting for demonic hell scapes or even lighter tans for those elusive desert temples. Thank you so much for putting this out into the world! I want to let you know that you’ve made a major difference in this humble player’s games.
Thanks! I will be now thinking about how to make demonic hell scape for a future episode!
I don’t care if I’m 4 years late watching this….this is perfect for terrain while I gm for my family. Currently running EZ D6. Thanks so much sir! You’re my favorite channel.
Reluctant miniatures GM here. Have vowed my entire 20 years of gaming to never spend a dime on terrain opting to just use drawn maps and whatever was on hand for miniatures. And it has served me well speeding up play. But you sir have indeed got me thinking. Thank you for sharing this great idea. This may change everything for me. Keep up the great work.
Glad this video was of use. Hand drawn maps are certainly quicker. I hope you give UDT a try!
Be careful. Its a slippery slop man.
You start cutting foam and then boom it takes over!
It has also made me think. I’m convinced tiles are at the heart imperative for gripping your audience with terror and danger around ever corner then theatre of the mind can do. I am sold.
Cool!
@@MrFutsy Then before you know it you're wrapping wire, snapping wire, and buying more wire. You have boxes full of blue and/or pink foam, bits that are too useful to get rid of! Don't even get me started on the fumes...
My 7 year old twin boys are wanting to get into D&D. This looks like an ideal project. Thank you
Awesome! Check out "Zoned UDT" as well!
@DUNGEONCRAFT1
Just watched it. If Im honest this ideal as I don't want to spend a fortune on tiles for them not wanting to continue. Where this is an ideal project that will take up little space
@@paultaylor107 Awesome. That's the purpose of the concept. Check out my DM screen, which doubles as dungeon walls. It debuts in a few weeks.
@DUNGEONCRAFT1 will do. Thank you
The boys are wanting to build a DM screen. I was going to build it out of MDF (managed to get an off cut damaged sheet for £3). Again anything to get them to measure, count and read.
They also love your content. Finlay likes the painitng side of things and has employed dry brushing of his modles. Hamish in particular like the language you use. He says he understands what you are describing. (Prais from x2 7 year olds )
Hi professor! We are still waiting for these:
UFT : Ultimate forest terrain
UST : Ultimate sand terrain
Ultimate Wilderness is a thing. Search for it!
That tan finish really does look more realistic than gray. Not that my hundred pieces of variegated gray terrain is depressing me now or anything... :(
You can always repaint!
It really depends what kind of rock you're looking for. Most grey rocks aren't even purely grey, but some are. If you want to change them, I'd suggest trying out a light wash of a brown or something like that. It might be enough to make it work for you.
Spray em a gray-ish tan.
Then spray lightly with black or charcoal gray, and wipe it off while still wet (so it stays in the crevices).
(or reverse it, and spray it black or charcoal gray, then drybrush it's highlights gray-ish tan)
Then take a toothbrush, and flick the fibers to splatter onto it some grays & greens.
That is brilliant, and absolutely correct , everyone stays close to the action, and the mystery is maintained
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I have been having the hardest time trying to come up with a good way to incorporate terrain while over here in Korea. I don't have a lot of space to store many items, and have to travel a little ways by foot to get to where I DM. This is hands down the best solution I have ever seen. Appreciate the video!!
You are very welcome!
Another useful idea if this kind of thing matters to you: you could use your foam cutter tool to put the cardinal directions into four of the squares to help keep track of that type of stuff since the whole thing spins around. Turn the whole board into a useful compass rose.
But what if you don't want your party to know which way is north?
I am so glad I found this before I started really buying terrain, the one thing holdin me back was how situational everything felt. this idea feels so much more modular.
I was skeptical at first, but after witnessing the sparse set up I was convinced. Outside of Theater of the Mind this has to be the most streamlined version of a tabletop which still allows deep grid based play. Very clever, hope this catches on.
Theatre of the tabletop.
This is the first terrain video that actually feels doable to me! Thank you so much for explaining your process!
Hey Professor dungeon master I decided to make my own set up. And tonight I used it for the first time. And I love it. I was worried the room set ups would take to long but it’s really quick.
One of the things I love about this is that I prefer to run my dungeon crawls at Theatre of the mind or by mini-map until battles where I like to have terrain and minis, and this system is the perfect thing. I’ve crafter some walls and corners and I also made some cavern style walls that are more organic shapes.
I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate it.
Cool! You're very welcome. Check out this vid if you haven't already, and please share! ua-cam.com/video/XbRVcHGTbrM/v-deo.html
Dungeon Craft,
Seen this video and built one for my D&D group. My DM loves the idea and the final product. I am also doing a couple of projects I seen in DM's Craft videos.
Between your two videos, I have started to craft dungeon terrain for my D&D group. It is turning out pretty good and my DM is ecstatic about using this in the next game.
Thank you to both DM's Craft and Dungeon Craft for some awesome ideas.
Look for UDT 2.0 in episode 100!
Been DMing for over 40 years (with a few hours sleep in between) and this single video has changed my gaming life. Its utterly inspired me in a new (epiphany) direction. Its rare at this stage to be so motivated by something, but this sure hit the spot. I`m slowly working my way through saving all your D&D videos to my external hard drive to watch on the big screen TV. They`re simply too useful to watch only once. So a massive thank you for all your hard graft, and for the inspired content of all your work.
That really made my day. Those cut scenes (with the models) take SO long to film. I'm glad someone appreciates the hard work of our dedicated staff!
Oh your hard work is massively appreciated. My wife and I marvel at the graft you must put into making these videos so entertaining. My wife is going to attempt to make me two dungeon roundels.. from the detailed information in your video. Now I`ve seen yours I can`t possibly live and do game sessions without this addition to our hobby, its a real hobby changer. Thank you so much for this.
@@stephengilbert8166 Your wife is making terrain for YOU?!?! She's a keeper. Get her an insulation cutting saw. It makes it way easier!
I` m a lucky chap alright, that's for sure :-) Ooh I`ll check into that insulation cutter too, cheers or that.
I did it - I made this entire thing from beginning to end and it only took two days including drying time. The steps were all laid out so following them was easy. My friends and I are starting the Pathfinder Beginner Box in a week’s time and I’m happy that the map wont be simply sprawled out and spoiled for them.
This was a FANTASTIC idea. I’m probably going to make a few more in grass green for Forests and a Tan Sandstone for a market place/town square.
Thanks for the compliment. I have a grass one as well!
Center of a circle (triangulation):
Draw any three lines through the circle
Find the center of these three lines
Mark a perpendicular line for each from these
The intersection of these three perpendicular lines is an exact center
Precisely. Much easier using this geometry method.
I did this based on your video and It works amazing! I had originally planed to make a bunch of dungeon tiles, but your video made it so my easier and more efficient! Thank you So much!
You are very welcome. That's the mission of this channel: to make DM's lives easier.
Just wanted to jump into the comments to thank you for this video - such a simple idea but honestly might be my favourite terrain idea I’ve seen. The possibilities of just having a carved stone one, a cavern stone one, a grass one and a water one to provide the basis for everything a campaign might need. Bleeding genius!
Everything you bring up in this video is completely spot on. This is probably the most practical video I've ever watched on DnD miniature content.
These videos are why YOU are the BEST! So much more than an opinion channel!
Thanks, Shawn. Be sure to checkout UDT 2.0 and 3.0. I've made improvements.
I was a bit skeptical at first but now I actually really like this idea. The whole not needing walls idea just makes so much sense
in very early dnd thats how its been done. its relatively a recent development of the overstuffing of minis, not that either is a bad choice its just one is easier than others
"Yvonne Craig in that Batgirl suit" Ha! When I was in grammar school, I ran home every day as fast as I could to catch Batman in hopes that it would be an episode with Batgirl and/or Julie Newmar's Catwoman.
There are so many cool ways to create D&D terrain, towns, caves, etc.
Back in the '70s I didn't have continuous access to prefab sheets of materials so I used packing foam, balsa wood scraps, paper mache, hot paper clips, Q tips dipped in gasoline, magnifying glasses with sunlight... pretty much anything I could get my hands on. I was really thankful when Gordon's Hobby Lobby started carrying tons more terrain materials in the early '80s!
I switched from primarily 1/35 military models and dioramas to more D&D oriented terrains in 1980. Never thought of scavenging a lazy Susan for a base though. That's pretty damned clever!
Kyrdorshmak: The Slayer of Men
Str: 18 Dex: 13 Con: 18 Wis: 9 Int: 8 Cha: 16
Kyrdorshmak was brought to a cloister of Gruumsh at young age and was bathed in blood by a clan shaman to become the slayer of men, and was throughout his upbringing tortured and tormented by his superiors and peers, leaving him to bear ugly scars across him, he eventually snapped and broke their leader's skull with his bare hands only to take power and bring the tribe to prosperity with ruthless tactics and insane aggressiveness. Now his clan reigns across the Borderlands, seeking to earn Gruumsh's blessing by building a totem of skulls of Kyrdorshmak's victims in his name.
I don’t know too much about the module you’re playing, but damn this is a cool build. Thanks for sharing! Good luck everyone
As both an RPG DM, and a miniatures gamer, I agree with much of what you said, and demonstrated, in this video. Love the 1960's Batman references. I find my RPG games to be a sliding scale between full 3D terrain, a Chessex Battlemat, and complete Theater of the Mind (zero terrain); I have even gone to what I call 2.75D terrain (3mm-thick cardboard wall sections, with printed paper textures overlaying them, stuck vertically in a cross-sectioned rubber mat, to form thin walls -- not full 3D, not simple 2D). Your work here, puts another tick mark on the terrain scale, between the 2D Battlemat, and Dwarven Forge full-on 3D terrain. More options are always appreciated. Cheers!
Walmart sells the turn tables in housewarws for like $5 so just buy those to skip a step and build your dungeon terrain on it :)
Valas Darkholme And if they dont they make great bases for a custom size
I just dropped 28 bucks for a 21.75 inch Lazy Susan. Expensive but, whatever, its a good size.
Second note. In this use, I would hang lengths of grey yarn outdoors and dip or spray coat them several times with a shellac or varnish, cut them into different lengths, store them in an egg carton, box or cup, and lay them down to define walls.
Not a bad idea.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Thanks!
You're welcome, and thanks for watching!
I know this was years ago, but still credit must be given where it’s due- this is the most ingenious way to incorporate miniature play.
Thank you. That's kind of you to say and I appreciate your viewership.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 love the channel. Reminds me of the good ole days, back in the 80’s.
This is a great fix for the issues ive been having trying to get maps drawn before every session.
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
6:40 I like how she says, "be sure that your circles are all intersected by the lines you created."
Then he *immediately proceeds* to drill the holes in a location *other* than where she showed him too.
Then when he rotates it to test it, it is definitely off center. :-)
I already have 2 large turntables I bought because I'm a solo board gamer and it makes it easy to rotate some games.
But I'm a total noob when it comes to the 'hobby' side of tabletop gaming-This is fantastic!!
Thank you. I hope you enjoy the 60+ other videos on this channel!
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 I think I will. Subscribed after watching a couple more and will try to get through all of them!
as a 3d printing enthusiast. my wallet thanks you immensely
this is a fantastic idea! minimal props, more theatre of the mind, and one awesome lazy susan center piece! this is great!
My friend copied your UDT for use in his campaign. He puts it to fantastic use, and I'm planning to create some to use when I DM for my kids.
Not only does the UDT look great, like really super great... It has streamlined combat. I was skeptical at first, but now I'm addicted to playing DnD (or more likely Deathbringer) with UDT style movement rather than the "fun" of counting squares.
This made my day! Which is saying something--because I'm down with the COVID.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 I'm sorry to hear that. I "tried" Covid a little over a year ago, definitely not fun. Last night's episode of family DnD was way more fun, my youngest kid attacked a monster with the spicy pickles she happened to be carrying, which on a nat 20 went right into the monster's mouth and caused it to skip it's attack phase that round desperately trying to get those nasty things out of its mouth. #CinematicAdvantage
I hope you get well soon!
@@matthewmcguigan4293 Thank you!
Really great idea, we made ourselves two variants; one indoor/stone and one outdoor (looks great with trees etc). Turned out the way we wanted, no more tiles!
Nice! Check out the video I did on walls. Editing another on making stairs right now.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Will do, by the way - IKEA (yes I am from Sweden) sells rotating serving tables with a diameter of 39cm for like $5, no need for building your own if you don´t want to
I love Ikea, it's Billy bookshelf, and it's meatballs! (The bookshelf in the latest episodes is Ikea!)
This is a pretty awesome video! Our DM still uses the spread out tiles due to our table size being so large (he likes pretty grand dungeons and battlefields). What he has done was found a ton of old 12x12 lego tiles and cut them to whatever sizes he wants for rooms/corridors/etc. and then cut some into 1 inch squares and molded putty over them and painted it once hardened (he also has tons of spare modeling putty/clay/paint and so on) so they can be attached to the large tiles to create 5 ft squares. As we move through the dungeon he attaches more pieces on. Once an area of the map is unveiled it stays so, but we still need to factor for line of sight around corners. The lazy susan sounds like a fantastic idea though for smaller grassy area or arena encounters though!
I own a proxxon and a 3d printer and they have both been working overtime on scatter terrain and bits for over a month now getting ready to get back into D & D after leaving it a long time ago. This concept may enhance the play when my party is in a room where everyone will be moving a lot and reaching for their miniatures often. I do think I will make a few of these for game play and playtest it when and if I ever get the game going. Thanks for the video and idea
Definately making one of these, with a few foams, one dungeon, one painted grassy, ect.
Wow, this is fantastic, Prof!
Thanks for watching. I just wrapped my "Ultimate GM Screen" yesterday. It airs on UA-cam within tow weeks, on a Monday. Look for it. You will love it. It takes UDT to a whole new level.
I’m a new DM on a budget, so I will definitely keep an eye out!
@@DavidCartoon Do NOT buy a GM screen until you're seen this.
Also this has changee my life as a DM. Thank you. I LOVED doing this project and im SO EXCITED to start using it
I dig this more and more as I think about it. Can't wait to try it.
Check out the zoned version. I hate grids. Too sloooooow.
I like this concept, it's D&D deconstructed. Perfect mashup of theatre of the mind and mini maps. It's playing outside of the square.
I have had 3D printers for a few years now and recently got into tabletop gaming. I have been looking for good ways to incorporate printing into the game but didn't really want to print out huge caves - partially for the reason of players being able to see where they are going and because I don't have that much table space to play on. In the few games that I have DMed so far, I have drawn up maps on poster board and used printed figurines. This still allowed players to know how big the cave/dungeon would be based on how many sticky notes I used to cover the map. I can't wait to try and make one of these for myself.
This is a fantastic idea. I think I would still use some short walls, but otherwise totally functional.
I’m on the final steps tomorrow. Thank you so much for inspiration prof. Dm! I had to rewatch this video so many times to make sure.
@3:11 I always want to use light sources as an important part of play, but keeping tracking of them / having them affect the fog of war properly is straight up impossible with either theatre of the mind or normal dungeon tiles (I'll fight anyone who disagrees). This is the first method I've ever seen that solves the problem. Well done.
Charles Dexter Ward
I don’t want to fight you, but it is the simplest thing in the world to have light sources affect the fog of war in theater of the mind.
Example:
“You step into a large room. Your torches illuminate the slimy walls next to the doors and the arched ceiling climbing away into the darkness. You hear the sounds of gently flowing water from deeper in the room, but can’t make out the source beyond the light of your torch.”
... if it’s not in the light, don’t describe it. Done. Fog of war.
That said, this video is the cleverest implementation of terrain I have ever seen. Almost certainly going to try this in my own games.
I made this but used a foam floor mat from harbor freight. As that's what I had lying around. Turned out great. Can't wait to use it this Saturday
Saw your video and made one of my own over the last two days. This is a brilliant idea and I cannot thank you enough for this video.
Glad to be of help, Malcolm. I played on mine tonight!
I think some black posterboard, cut into various shapes, could help with defining the room's edges.
Cool idea, nice video.
This it really a nice and easy solution for minimal terrain when you can't play at home. I like it how there is some sort of evolution of roleplaying terrain in DM Scotty's, Black Magic Craft's, Runehammer's and your channel. You guys are teaching and helping us improve our gaming constantly. Thank you sir.
I'm in the middle of painting my dungeon tiles. After learning the different ways of making them from Prof. DM, Black Magic Craft, Wyloch & DM Scotty, I ended up using techniques from each. For example I used Wyloch's 1-1/4 tiles for roomier play. Dungeon Craft was the largest contributor with his technique of using floor tiles. They are beautiful & the weight makes them feel more substantial. Just finished last night Mod Podging them in black (101 2x2's, 9 4x4's, 4 6x6's, 5 2x4's, 6 1x4's & 1 12x10). I might need a bigger table. Or make some UDT!
Thanks for commenting! Enjoy the terrain!
And for any others wanting a text breakdown of the procedure here's my understanding of the process:
A. For the Base
A.1 Affix the lazy susan hardware to the center of the wooden disk
A.2 Cut out the rubber liner
A.3 Glue liner to wood with gorilla glue
A.3.1 Spread with brush
A.3.2 Wash the brush quickly!
A.4 Press firmly and trim neatly
A.5 Use black Stain on the edge of the wood.
(My thoughts: if the wooden disk is unfinished you might want to sand it down to make sure the edge is smooth. I will also cover it with the min wax satin to seal it and attach a square of the liner to the base of the lazy susan hardware to protect table surfaces)
B. For the Terrain Topper
B.1 Draw around the edge of the wood circle
B.2 Cut out the circle at an angle
B.3 Carve out the rock face
B.3.1 Gouge out and break off pieces irregularly
B.3.2 Bevel edges on the top to make it look natural
B.4 Grid out a 1.1 inch grid
B.4.1.6mm pen tip.
B.5 Add some stone patterns 3, 4, 5 rotate them
B.6 Carve out the flagstones with a sharpie or soldering tool
B.7 Add texture with a ball of crumpled tin foil.
B.7.1 Repeat!
B.8 Paint it black - thinned, but not a wash
B.8.1 Cover all the pink
B.8.2 Let it dry overnight
B.9 Cover it with thinned tan/beige paint trying to get in all the cracks
B.9.1 Let it dry overnight
B.10 Dry brush with a lighter beige
B.10.1 Wait for an hour to let it completely dry
B.11 Give it a black wash
B.11.1 Wash ingredients
B.11.1.1 1 pt black craft paint
B.11.1.2 10 pts water
B.11.1.3 1 drop of brown
B.11.1.4 1 dark green
B.11.1.5 tiny drop of dish soap
B.11.2 Dry overnight
B.11.3 Check the color, if it’s not dark enough do it again
B.12 Dry brush with the tan/beige base coat
B.13 Coat entire surface with Elmer’s Clear Glue to seal it
B.14 (Optional) Add water effects
B.15 Cover with min-wax clear satin polyurethane to protect it
B.15.1 Let it dry for 24 hrs
C. Place your terrain on your base and you're done!
I came across your video and decided to go for it. Thank you for the great instruction.
I don't have a heat tool so i used a sharpie. It would be good to note that you should specifically use a black sharpie. I figured since i will be painting layers on top that the color of sharpie wouldn't matter. Everything was fine until the glue phase. It pulled my colored sharpie up through and my grid is now light purple. Just a tip!
Thank you @slyflourish for bringing me here! Love your videos but missed this one!
Reminds me of Runehammer's setup. He's got a nice video on positive vs negative space.... I have no idea what he's talking about, but both methods can be used to good effect. I love your turn table effect! Will be using this on my table soon. Thanks
Lol. I had to watch that Runehammer video twice myself. But Hank's a genius. Thanks for watching!
I've been rolling tin foil over mine since 21st of February. Because when i think i'm done i have to go over it again...
Some say he's still rolling
The Caves of Chaos we’re merely an afterthought during Gohtrine Cohrudeer’s conquest. He thought of taking the dungeon as a way to pass some time, but got himself caught in a living slime trap nearing the last few rooms. In an attempt to escape, he only became more trapped. Now only his torso and above are movable, and with adventurers audible in the distance he fashions himself a thorny whip made from vines and some components in his backpack. He was always the most crafty and cunning out of his tribe, and gained extensive knowledge of the mystical world from a mentor from another land. If there’s one thing for sure, his mind is as expansive as the dungeon itself.
Str: 17
Dex: 6
Con: 19
Int: 22
Wis: 12
Cha: 10
Very nice idea and well executed.
In my own games I've found that hallways and doorways are often the focus of fights, because my group and our foes tend to use tactics. I guess one monster vs a whole a party happens occasionally, but not often and even monsters usually try to avoid being surrounded. If I build one, it will need to be a bit bigger, or square, to accommodate hallways.
People are asking for a wall-making follow-up, so that will happen by April. Stay tuned.
Hello, everyone. Nobody asked, but I'm going to put my experiences with this on here as I go.
Was out of gaming for a little while (nearly 20 years), and recently got back in, even getting my family hooked. So I'm doing this project to surprise them for our next gaming session (this Friday...and it's Tuesday). Started this on Sunday, only I went with a 2'x2' square with rounded edges, and bought an 18" lazy susan to underneath.
I found that the proper tool helps, as trimming, beveling and then "cracking" the sides wasn't hard. But the stone layout...well, not so easy. Suffice it to say, not every one of the nearly 600 partial and complete squares are rounded off. I have a hot wire foam cutter, but my hands aren't steady enough to do each square without going numb (neuropathy). I did round off quite a few, and ran the borders, even 'cracked' and 'broke' a few for flavor. (Carved my wife's initials into it as well, but I doubt she'll notice.)
The paint, though...no real experience with painting crafts, so my first coat was about 60-40 mod & black paint, with a tiny amount of water. This did not spread as I hoped, and the coat was, shall we say, insufficient. But the beauty of paint - let's go for coat #2! Which appears to have worked like a dream. Simple black and water, 50/50 (roughly). And it looks great!
The texture comes through wonderfully, the wide channels between the tiles add a nice look, and their uneven nature (partially by design) make it seem more realistic.
Thank you, Professor, for this video, even if I am 5 years late to the party!
Will throw a reply onto this when I get done working on it tomorrow. (Unless there are a ton of replies that scream "NO!" in which case I'll let it go...)
Okay, finished the dry brushing, and the black wash. Honestly, after the first coat of paint, I would've expected the Professor to give me a C+, simply due to effort. But after a few coats of black wash, along with an admitted amount of time doing touch-up after the black wash was mostly dry, I'd say it's a solid B, maybe B+. The hardest parts of this are simply not knowing what the heck I'm doing with certain things and having to learn them as I go, such as not knowing I needed to thin out the paint so it wouldn't leave any lines. Still, the gaming session is Friday night, just about 44 hours from now, and I'm quite confident that this will be done by then. Next update tomorrow, wish me luck!
Okay, all done but the polyurethane, which I wasn't sure if I could/should use oil-based poly with waterbased acrylic paint, so I'm erring on the side of caution. Nonetheless, for a first time creation, I'm pleased with how it all turned out. The template is very good, with the only lack being what I would consider that which is for most apparently common knowledge. All in all, I'm very appreciative that the good Professor put this out here for us to consider!
Thanks for watching! Look for my new Ultimate GS Screen, coming soon!
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Looking forward to it! Just letting you know, it was very well received by the gaming group, which is a relief, really, because it includes my wife! We've had two gaming sessions using it, with great reviews. Thank you again!
So I thought I'd try my hand at making the orc chieftain as I really enjoy doing this sort of thing:
Shug-Kazul, "Bull Tamer", was part of a nomadic tribe of orcs near the Caves of Chaos that only went to war out of necessity, Shug-Kazul grew up hating the other members of his tribe, and believed they were weak.
One day he left and went out into the wilds and lived alone as a warrior who rode a great bull. Soon other orcs from his old tribe rallied to him, they embraced their savagery and began worshiping Baphomet (a Demon Lord): who gifted Shug-Kazul with a great scimitar and Warlock powers.
Now the Shug-Kregi Tribe, "Bull Riders", terrorizes and wages war in and around the Caves of Chaos, with Shug-Kazul at its head ruling as a savage and brutal king who wants to see nothing but the world burn.
S: 16
D: 17
C: 15
I: 11
W: 18 (proficiency in Animal Handling)
C: 13
As far as the warlock aspect Shug-Kazul would be a Hexblade, and his signature spells would be Shatter and Misty Step.
Liked the content, but would love if you also published a step by step guide written guide to accompany this.
Finally made this! Great idea. The gaming group will see it next week!
"Eight and thirteen sixteenths..." Man, I love the metric system. Though, in truth, my measuring system goes, 1 - 10mm, Half and Inch, An Inch, A Foot, A Metre, A Mile.
That Ultimate Terrain idea is really cool.
Oh my gods 😍
I have a lazy susan taking up space, and a play area problem. This is amazing!
"Hey a flat mat! That looks great! I love fl-"
*throws mat away*
"I feel personally attacked..."
no flat earthers here
Rogar Ravenhair 3D earthers tm
Also really love flat mats, oldschool vibes! Greetz from Germany :)
The Star Trek episode where they fight at the OK Corral "Spectre of the Gun", had those weird implied walls and buildings. Also due to cheaper budgets for the show.
Duuudee... you are on to something next level here. This has got to be the most original terrain idea I've seen!
I saw your video randomly one night, and just got up went to homedepot, and created this master piece.
Cool. To see how to use it more efficiently, check out me next two videos. One airs tomorrow at 6pm.
Hey, I almost finished mine !
I made it a bit smaller, closer to your prototype, but it already looks pretty good
I am a complete beginner in "making things" but also in the world of tabletop rpg, but i really enjoyed making this (with cheaper material, and also with what I managed to find. I had a lot of troubles searching the things you talk about, first translating them to french, than doing the shopping and finding less than half of what I wanted). I didn't use the same colors, I skipped some steps, and I didn't have all the stuff, but in the end it still pleases me to see I managed to recreate your stuff
Thanks a lot !
It blew my mind how clever and easy it is to make, and how the quality is better than anything that you'd be able to buy.
Almost 10k subs!!! This video was a monster success!!!! I'm seeing these builds all over the Facebook groups and Instagram! Epic stuff!
Professor, if you put these on Etsy people would buy them -- myself included.
I doubt the professor needs the money but since he shows us all how to do it any of us could try putting them on Etsy!
Weird. I had dungeon stuff on Etsy identical to this for years and noone bought it. Wasn't even worth keeping the store up.
@@SomeJustice19k Probably had to do with lack of exposure (people not knowing it was there).
So anyone making this. ? Let me know and ill buy it for 30$
Looks like this guy makes something similar without the turntable...
etsy.me/2rsTSEQ
OMG that Batman observation is next level stuff. Good point.
Be like the Rolling Stones and paint it black! I like just listening to your channel, then the second time around, I watch! My normal party is three characters or less, so this idea is perfect for my games. This project looks easy enough for me to muck up. I will try to make one! Thanks for the educational tutorial. I would enter your contest, but, as a writer I can do no NPC justice with just 100 words or less. Thanks for having a contest though.
I played tabletop RPGs a long time ago and back then we made all those crazy models out of cardboard, styrofoam or whichever material we were albe to use. We even made terrain out of paper mache and everything. And that was fun, but at some we almost felt pressured to do more of that as last session we had that awesom paper mache forrest and that great styrofoam tavern and then using less than that felt like astep down. I guess that was one of the reasons for us disbanding at that time (along with growing up going our own ways and some of us moving) After I restarted I refused to do the terrain thing again. I told my players that I will use basic battlemaps and they can't expect me and I don't expcet them to do anything beyond the basics. And I have to say that works well. What I do is I do a cardboardmapout of each room and put that on the table whenever they enter the room or look into it. That also allows me to layout dungeons room after room as they are exploring it without having to prbuild the entire dungeon and covering it up. I just need to have the dungeonmap marked with numbers and I mark the rooms with numbers and when they enter a room I put it on the table.
During times of the world being on lockdown videos like this really help I've been able to make so many fun things over the last few days!
Mirrorverse Professor Dungeon Master has trades places with the original!
Took me a few seconds to get it. Live long and prosper!
Bought my wood rounds and a two lazy susans. I got a 23.25 inches and the 17.75 inches . I'm super excited about this and think it's a brilliant idea. The 23.25 might ba a bit big but I figured it would work for an encampment or perhaps town with some removable roads.
the wife's manicure is awesome!
Also, she taught me something . Thanks!
This reminds me of how the Maps in Final Fantasy Tactics work. And I think that's the best way to go about it.
We have a spinning pizza plate thats hardly used. I'm halfway there already !
I'd almost make 2 tops as a lot of my encounters take place in the countryside. A flocked green top.
8:00. Pink foam top.
9:10 mark out the coblestones.
Actually I own a 3d printer ....I'm thinking I'll 3d print the top.
Thanks for the epic idea!
Nice!
I'm almost done! I'm on my "satin" coat next...I fudged the "tan" and went with Yellow Ochre, but it was mustardy so I mixed brown and white and redid...yours looks more matte than mine..hoping it comes out ok!
Looking forward to seeing it on the Facebook group!
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 wash was awesome! was wondering what the dish soap was for, totally get it now! Bit scared ATM, I just put on the elmers clear glue and it got hazy creamy colored. praying it dries clear!
Never have I waited for a youtube vid with as much anticipation as this. I love it! Great Idea. Congrats on your subscribers.
Thanks. I struggled to finish it and get it uploaded today.
I know right.. I was eagerly awaiting all week.
Made my UDT. Not sure if I can attach a photo. Happy to send you one!
Cool! Check out our next two videos. I'll show you some tricks on using it more efficiently.
One think to help locate the center is that you can go and make 2 right triangle ( be sure the the 90 degrees corner is at the cyrcle) you will see that in the cross section is the middle of the cyrcle
You can also use cake display turntables, you can get these for about £6 off ebay and they are 28cm in diameter and come in white plastic.
Cool!
Thank you so much just started playing d&d n made my first udt I can't thank you enough im still learning but I appreciate all ur info so much
10:58 Aaaay love that reference.
This is pretty slick, I'm learning/reading/slowly working my towards being a DM, I want to some basic terrain when I start so it's easier for me to visualize stuff while multi tasking, and to help immersion of players. This is SUPER slick. Found this video via Black Magic Craft, I think I'll do double sided so I can minimize the number of disks I need. Really like this concept, thanks.
So I made one of these. I omitted the lazy susan, and made it square. I was skeptical about using the browns for the paint but I tried it anyway and it came out pretty good. Everyone tells me it looks like stone. My group likes the pictures I send and want to try it at our next game. I like the concept and plan on using some Dungeon Sticks with it (from thingverse) This was a fun and cheap project. Thanks for the video.
Love how you recreated that Batman set
I have watched this video backwards and forwards a dozen times while working on making my own, and never noticed that transition until I read this comment lol
Congratulations on 7,000!
I’m all caught up... I need more videos!!
I’ve learned so much watching all your videos. Having not played since the beginning of AD&D (2.0), I find it interesting how powerful PCs have become and how common bonuses have become. We used to roll for every spell in the old days. And I don’t know how many times I died due to poison because I was rushing. A couple of your ideas we used way back then, and the rest are simply brilliant. Your miniature/model videos are particularly excellent as they work for the actual game, not just as display items. Anyway, just wanted to say I appreciate all the work that you put into your videos.
Here’s to the next 7,000 subscribers and 67 videos!
For the clear glue: you can get a gallon of clear PVA for around $20 on amazon. Clear PVA seems to be marketed for making "slime," so there must be some common school project that involves that.
You can also use EVA Foam (as show in Roll for Damage's videos), the kind they use in gym mats, so it's stronger than styrofoam but still lightweight.