At this point in my years in the hobby I have been taught how to drybrush hundreds of times, but I don’t mind, because if even one new person gets to enjoy that sweet feeling of watching all the details pop then its worth it
Mickey Mantle still went to batting practice and got critiqued by batting coaches every day of his career. There’s nothing wrong with working on the basics.
It takes a special kind of pedantic to say "that tin metal roof isn't historically accurate!" on a POTION seller roof. Like sure, apothecaries and strange remedies were all the rage back then, but a true magical potion? Sheeeeesh. I digress. love seeing these simple but effective constructions! Great sense of nostalgia as a longtime crafter
I recently made a few tiles very similar to this, with one major change: I used chip board as the hard medium, and put foam on both sides so they could be reversible!
I'm glad you mentioned the dish soap in the wash method, I never use it, and my stuff looks fine. Also the part about D&D not exiting in the middle ages. I have been a big fan of all your videos over the years Wyloch, you have inspired me greatly. The video you made years ago on the paper minis made using photo shop, is what got me into crafting in the first place. From you I discovered Scotty and Hankerin and Pillipow, andI always look forword to seeing what you guys have crafted next. Thank you Wyloch for all your hard work.
I love the Back to Basics. The crafting, the accessibility to supplies, approachable skill levels,the creativity levels are what got me into this to begin with. Of course 3D printed things look amazing, but that's not something I can do in my personal life. These kinds of projects are what keep me interested and engaged. Love this!
There are few TH-camrs that when they release a video I feel compelled to rewatch a bunch of their older ones just to get a chance to 'hang out' with them doing their craft some more! These terrain pieces look seriously amazing!!! =) Much love and respect, Wyloch!!! Cheers!!!
I really like this return to basics. Not just as a refresher or being good for newer crafters, but to see what changes you've made after so much experience.
Thank you for all your videos! I love watching your creative process and the variety of ways you approach projects. I have been watching for years, you were one of the first creators I found on TH-cam when I really started watching TH-cam videos for inspiration to my crafting. Watching you do builds brings happiness to my week. So thank you!
@@WylochsArmory You are an inspiration to me, you are a man who clearly loves his family...seeing your kids enjoying the Proxon and making Mario pieces brings me back to when mine were young...such a special time...take in every moment while you can because you will remember this forever.....
I know I'm a year late but this was sooo helpful! My brother and I were looking for custamizable dungeons and they were really pricey. We can probably do this for like a tenth of the price! 😀 Thank you so much for putting in your time to do things like this! This is absolutely awesome!
I did some similar tiles a couple of years ago, though I made masters from milliput and cast them in resin with magnets. But my paintscheme was similar to yours, and also in a 1 inch grid. Only difference was that I used some reddish browns as well as the tan. Yours look great! You can also make different toppers easily using foamboard - I did water tiles and the like that fit with the set.
I love these man. Gives me an idea for making roads for my gaslands builds that I'm doing right now. Got about 20 more cars to build then on to a play table for them.. I'm so glad your up and crafting again I missed your videos!!!!
It's great to see how relaxed you've become as a terrain craft youtuber. I've been a fan since your first videos and have used your modular foam core dungeon tiles designs for years now and keep making them because of the versatility. Great job and keep up the awesomeness!
I’ve been watching you from the start (well, mebee a couple months in), and I think I’ve seen every one of your videos. Over the last year (since the Return), I’ve been really enjoying these videos. You seem more relaxed, and like you are having fun. It really shows. This particular video (which is particularly good timing, since I am making some bespoke rooms for an upcoming convention) really shows your passion and skill. Thanks for making this video.
This is what I do when I make tiles-- I use the "negative space" of a black backdrop in between the tiles instead of fiddling with walls. Only time I use walls now is if they are inside the room or on a set of Ultimate Dungeon Terrain. Another great option for basing your tiles is 1x1 foot sticky floor tile. It has great weight to it and that helps keep them in place.
Those look great! And that over the shoulder tile toss was pretty bold. I would have absolutely knocked over a cup of wash or jar of beads or something.
Great looking tiles. Even more tempting to try and make than your other dungeon tile designs. I really like how they look with the big rock wall sitting on the neoprene mat.
really like your style, your humour(when threw the tile), you look awesome human being and this channels is about crafting. love it and commenting mostly for the algorithm
browsing the craft store, I came across a great option to keep my tiles from slipping around. They sell big packs of dime-sized Velcro dots with adhesive backs, about 12 bucks for 400 pairs. Putting one of the "hook" sided dots on the bottom of a tile gives perfect grip on poker surfaces and speed cloth
That's a good find! In the past, I've used those floor protector stickers or even cabinet liners. If you want your tiles looking fancy, you can also use felt sheets - they come with adhesive backing at the craft store. Otherwise, a good textured tablecloth works too, and you get the bonus of setting the mood. We once picked up a couple yards of starfield patterned cloth from jo-anns and hemmed it, worked great for sci fi games and kept our tiles from shifting! :D
Big thumbs up for this new style dungeon tile Bill. Already looking forward to your new big project. Incidentally still enjoying Tomb of Horrors full video, very relaxing to watch.
It's all about personal preference. it's like being an artist everybody has their own perception and look to their own creations that's why d&d and other tabletop games when making terrain help for us it's hardcore Crafters to express ourselves everybody's different brother!!! Keep up the good work
I love your attitude. This is your game, this is your channel and who have a problem, they are not forced to follow your content. Thanks for your work.
I love your videos, Wyloch. I'm taking the leap this year to start building my own terrain and I am definitely saving this video for my dungeon tiles. I would love if you made another video with various different types of terrain (volcano, grass, dirt road, marsh, water, etc.) using this technique. I know you've done similar videos in the past with your other tile design. Thanks for all your work!
Back to basic videos are always worth the watch. I feel as tho you should always be learning and trying new methods. Really looking forward to the next video(s).
Great thing about the grid on these tiles is that it's so subtle that it's available if you want to use it while simultaneously being hidden enough to ignore if you prefer freeform movement :)
ToEE would be awesome! 😁 If only my adventuring group back in the day hadn’t contained a 2e Cavalier class character who could not retreat from battle (by the rules) we might not have all died before getting to the elemental nodes. 💀Still the greatest published adventure ever though.
@@HammerheadStarcraft Well it was complicated. One other person in the party was the Cavalier’s sister who wouldn’t abandon him if he was staying. And another was in love with that sister and wouldn’t abandon her. And the fourth member of the party wasn’t leaving if the rest of them were all staying. We basically role played ourselves to death 😂
I built a ton of your original tiles and clip-ons back in the day. They are awesome! That being said I like the look of these as well and the simplicity of the layout process. Thanks Wylock!
Aaah so refreshingly simple! The muted tan works so nicely with the greys. Super easy to throw a dungeon down and store it afterwards! Great job as always Wyloch 🙂
I've done it, I'm in a Wyloch video. I can die with no regrets now. Take me Jesus, I've peaked 😎 While I was more of a fan of the individual grid-divided coloring, the final result is actually still very readable at a distance. I think the deep grooves of the grid combined with the pure black in them combined with the sporadic coloration makes for the best of both worlds. Great job man, keep being awesome 👌
For getting the paper off, one other option is to use a heat gun or hair dryer. Normally it'll just come right off on you there. Also, for the wash, I would suggest swapping the black paint for a black acryllic ink, you get a smoother mix. As another thing, having some walls can be useful for situations where rooms are directly adjacent to each other. I've found that having some paper walls with a bit of chipboard or other, thin, stiff stuff in them works great for the situations where you just need to block off a room/hall from another that's directly next to it. I'd just gone with 5"x2" pieces of a cardstock for my permanent ones that I use with tiles, I fold them where you get a 1" tall T shape that widens with a 1" base that your tiles sit ontop of with the wall rising between them, but a piece of cereal box cardboard in 1"x2" pieces fitted inside the rising wall pieces is what my first ones were...those got soaked and ruined, so I used some heavier cardstock that my printer could handle for my new ones and then added a heavy layer of spray on matt varnish over top of them. For folding, you fold it in half on the 5" length, then 1" from the fold, you fold outwards, then 1/2" from there you fold in, the lower 1" pieces overlap to form your piece. Takes no real space on the table and prevents a lot of headaches in situations where you have the walls there and things get shifted around in play or just longer encounters where people may not be thinking of where the walls were.
The recent resurgence of Hero Quest has brought me back to tabletop gaming, and thus to TH-cam for crafting dungeon tiles and terrain. This particle video of yours has been key to my tiles! Now at 52 y/o, I take shortcuts where I can, so I have been starting with precut mdf board of various sizes all ng with Dollar Tree foam board. And to get the "stonework" patterns after scoring my grid spaces, I decided to buy actual texture rollers from Etsy; in particular a castle-stonework roller and a cracked-stone-slabs roller. Gotta press pretty hard, but it is faster and easier than your soddering-iron method. The rest I follow you instructions. I just need an actual set of paint brushes before I can paint the different "stones" before dry-brushing and 'washing' after mod-podging.
This was a really great video that flowed well throughout! Back to the basics and had the feel of your older bread and butter builds but with a better polish 👍 I really enjoyed it!
I've always hated walls. Player fingers always wreck terrain when you have them. This is the first design of tile I've seen in my Wyloch-watching career that I want to make for myself (instead of my kids seeing the video and saying "dad, let's make that project and play RPG's on it!").
Yes! The truth is, this is the most versatile, affordable and easy system for any dungeon. I made my tiles by scanning a carefully crafted and painted grid texture made with egg cartons, then I printed it (one of my players has a print shop) and glued on 2mm cardboard... it seems real and it was very cheap (even if you have to pay for the print, 10 A4 sheets is more than enough). And if I will need to expand it, i'll print more.
I did a thing like this and added some sponged ochre, purple, and green to a couple of the tiles in the set just to add some variety, I also added some green spongy flock the the gaps. Only on a few tiles.
My son and I had been struggling with how to remove the paper from foam board when we came upon the solution last week when we spilled water on our foam board table cover sand the next day the paper was coming off on its own,then this morning I saw this video. Now we know we are on our way to using alot more projects with foamboard. Thanks for everything and congrats on the new home,its a great feeling !
Ah 2.0 dungeon terrain, made twice as fast, twice as durable and ten times more practical! Looking forward to seeing the scatter choices you make! Looks great Wylock. As always.
I might have to copy this basic setup. My nephew's old enough that him and his friends have gotten into D&D 5E and some dungeon tiles would make a good birthday present :D
looks fantastic. love the end result although i do believe i would prefer more square definition. maybe wider lines to define the squares? or a thin piece of copper wire that could be painted along with it? sorry love projects like this.
Great video! When I first started crafting for D&D I made very similar tiles. I discovered that if I made the hardboard base slightly smaller than the tile I could tuck "clip ons" into the gap around the edge and they would.stay in place pretty well. But it did make the edges more fragile....
As someone who voted for whole-color squares (can even see my comment when you show the poll, haha), I gotta say, you made the right call going for the mixed-color bricks. Cutting back on the colors and focusing on a mix of greys with just a _little_ bit of color really makes the tiles pop. Awesome work, as always.
Yup it is about time for us to update our tiles. This look great , we have started playing a few post apocalypse type games , Fallout etc... can you perhaps show how to make clean futuristic floors and the irradiated , nature beaten floors ? Thank you for your consideration... Respect.
Those really did turn out amazing! On the topic of the tiles moving on the table. What about using a bit of rubber cement to help them grip the table a bit more?.
Nice. I've made some similar but nothing more than cardboard and foam board. The modge podge wash works great to seal them. I don't have many but I use them for individual rooms rather than try to use 3d house models.
Housables EVA foam sheets cut to size and glued to the bottom of the tiles would be a viable permanent fix to any sliding they would do. Awesome craft!
Good to see this back to basics idea. Seems like you enjoyed this simpler build as a change from the large complex dungeon levels recently posted. Making it to the final four is a marathon of achievements but sometimes you just want to play a fun game of horse with your friends.
Always wanted to use your techniques to upscale them to use with 1/12 scale action figures. This cobblestone would look great for a ancient temple ruin in the jungle.
When it comes to washes and adding flow improver/dish soap/whatever, for the majority of terrain projects, you don't really need them. However, when painting miniatures, thinning down with too much water can cause some problems. Paint is made of two main components: pigment and binder. As binder dries, it causes the pigment to fuse together (especially with acrylic paint, which uses microscopic plastic beads for pigment). If you water your paint down too much, you can cause there to not be enough binder. I had this problem for the longest time where my models would have paint flick off and leave little white dots where primer was exposed, and I couldn't figure out why until I took an art class that explained this. Flow improver and gel medium are used to thin the paint, but since they're mostly binder, you don't have paint flaking. For homemade terrain, we're often using paper and cardboard to make things, which soaks up the pigment and prevents flaking. If you're painting on canvas or styrene, using too much water can lead to some issues, so be careful when using the same techniques on miniatures. If this keeps you up at night, use Indian or Sumi ink for your wash. They're pine ash pigment mixed with water and gum Arabic. They're meant to be thinned down using water and you can paint over it with acrylic paint or whatever later.
Oh heck yeah, for miniature painting it's a WHOLE different ballgame. This was strictly intended for terrain newbies. And also to demonstrate for large-scale, large-area applications, you can be frugal and get a lot of help from the product.
Looks really good. Btw, Mel the Terrain atutor discovered awhile back that a quick blast with a heat gun will also allow you to remove the paper from the more expensive foam board.
Great video. I came to the same conclusion as you last year in one of my videos : wallless tiles and a upside down game mat to hold it all in place. I have never looked back since.
I did something similar with the hard board that you can get at said home stores. I'll see if I can find the post on Facebook and maybe post some pictures.
See, it's the simplicity of it all that makes these so brilliant. Yeah, something like the "Decadent Autumn Feasthall of the Unseelie Court" might be fantastic fun to design and build, and would probably look spectacular; but just how often would you return to that particular set-piece? Most of encounters occur in the same types of spaces and rooms, and generic, modular terrain like this is perfect for those weekly, meat-and-potatoes gaming sessions.
Great video! That last shot with the over the shoulder throw--perfect. Love how you left your mistakes in too. A+
At this point in my years in the hobby I have been taught how to drybrush hundreds of times, but I don’t mind, because if even one new person gets to enjoy that sweet feeling of watching all the details pop then its worth it
Mickey Mantle still went to batting practice and got critiqued by batting coaches every day of his career.
There’s nothing wrong with working on the basics.
Man, I still remember the first time I drubrushed an Orc's chainmail. Pure magic!
@@ianshaliczer someone once said that winning in American Football comes down to the basics, blocking and tackling.
It takes a special kind of pedantic to say "that tin metal roof isn't historically accurate!" on a POTION seller roof. Like sure, apothecaries and strange remedies were all the rage back then, but a true magical potion? Sheeeeesh.
I digress. love seeing these simple but effective constructions! Great sense of nostalgia as a longtime crafter
I recently made a few tiles very similar to this, with one major change: I used chip board as the hard medium, and put foam on both sides so they could be reversible!
I'm glad you mentioned the dish soap in the wash method, I never use it, and my stuff looks fine. Also the part about D&D not exiting in the middle ages. I have been a big fan of all your videos over the years Wyloch, you have inspired me greatly. The video you made years ago on the paper minis made using photo shop, is what got me into crafting in the first place. From you I discovered Scotty and Hankerin and Pillipow, andI always look forword to seeing what you guys have crafted next. Thank you Wyloch for all your hard work.
I love the Back to Basics. The crafting, the accessibility to supplies, approachable skill levels,the creativity levels are what got me into this to begin with. Of course 3D printed things look amazing, but that's not something I can do in my personal life. These kinds of projects are what keep me interested and engaged. Love this!
Loved how you just threw the tile behind yourself to prove your point!
There are few TH-camrs that when they release a video I feel compelled to rewatch a bunch of their older ones just to get a chance to 'hang out' with them doing their craft some more! These terrain pieces look seriously amazing!!! =) Much love and respect, Wyloch!!! Cheers!!!
I really like this return to basics. Not just as a refresher or being good for newer crafters, but to see what changes you've made after so much experience.
Thank you for all your videos! I love watching your creative process and the variety of ways you approach projects. I have been watching for years, you were one of the first creators I found on TH-cam when I really started watching TH-cam videos for inspiration to my crafting. Watching you do builds brings happiness to my week. So thank you!
Thank you very much
Sabrina, completely agree, Bill is the best by far, I love his projects and creativity!
@@rob052771 aw shucks
@@WylochsArmory You are an inspiration to me, you are a man who clearly loves his family...seeing your kids enjoying the Proxon and making Mario pieces brings me back to when mine were young...such a special time...take in every moment while you can because you will remember this forever.....
I know I'm a year late but this was sooo helpful! My brother and I were looking for custamizable dungeons and they were really pricey. We can probably do this for like a tenth of the price! 😀 Thank you so much for putting in your time to do things like this! This is absolutely awesome!
I did some similar tiles a couple of years ago, though I made masters from milliput and cast them in resin with magnets. But my paintscheme was similar to yours, and also in a 1 inch grid. Only difference was that I used some reddish browns as well as the tan. Yours look great! You can also make different toppers easily using foamboard - I did water tiles and the like that fit with the set.
I love these man. Gives me an idea for making roads for my gaslands builds that I'm doing right now. Got about 20 more cars to build then on to a play table for them.. I'm so glad your up and crafting again I missed your videos!!!!
It's great to see how relaxed you've become as a terrain craft youtuber. I've been a fan since your first videos and have used your modular foam core dungeon tiles designs for years now and keep making them because of the versatility. Great job and keep up the awesomeness!
Your durability demonstration (casual toss over the shoulder) made me laugh out loud. Great project!
I’ve been watching you from the start (well, mebee a couple months in), and I think I’ve seen every one of your videos. Over the last year (since the Return), I’ve been really enjoying these videos. You seem more relaxed, and like you are having fun. It really shows. This particular video (which is particularly good timing, since I am making some bespoke rooms for an upcoming convention) really shows your passion and skill. Thanks for making this video.
yeayyy back to basics ! love this tile set ! makes me want to make a basic set all over again 🙂
This is what I do when I make tiles-- I use the "negative space" of a black backdrop in between the tiles instead of fiddling with walls. Only time I use walls now is if they are inside the room or on a set of Ultimate Dungeon Terrain.
Another great option for basing your tiles is 1x1 foot sticky floor tile. It has great weight to it and that helps keep them in place.
Those look great! And that over the shoulder tile toss was pretty bold. I would have absolutely knocked over a cup of wash or jar of beads or something.
Basic techniques never go out of style. Awesome. Cheers!
Great looking tiles. Even more tempting to try and make than your other dungeon tile designs. I really like how they look with the big rock wall sitting on the neoprene mat.
Love the tiles! Can't wait for the "massive project," the Tomb of Horrors and White Plume Mountain are already amazing!
Indeed, if "Tomb of Horrors" wasn't a massive project, whatever can Wyloch be working on? Castle Greyhawk? Night Below?
I love this! I was just about to do something like this 😞. Back to the crafting board
really like your style, your humour(when threw the tile), you look awesome human being and this channels is about crafting. love it and commenting mostly for the algorithm
browsing the craft store, I came across a great option to keep my tiles from slipping around. They sell big packs of dime-sized Velcro dots with adhesive backs, about 12 bucks for 400 pairs.
Putting one of the "hook" sided dots on the bottom of a tile gives perfect grip on poker surfaces and speed cloth
That's a good find! In the past, I've used those floor protector stickers or even cabinet liners. If you want your tiles looking fancy, you can also use felt sheets - they come with adhesive backing at the craft store. Otherwise, a good textured tablecloth works too, and you get the bonus of setting the mood. We once picked up a couple yards of starfield patterned cloth from jo-anns and hemmed it, worked great for sci fi games and kept our tiles from shifting! :D
I never realized how well the grided squares hide the actual lines from other times, awesome look!
Big thumbs up for this new style dungeon tile Bill. Already looking forward to your new big project. Incidentally still enjoying Tomb of Horrors full video, very relaxing to watch.
It's all about personal preference. it's like being an artist everybody has their own perception and look to their own creations that's why d&d and other tabletop games when making terrain help for us it's hardcore Crafters to express ourselves everybody's different brother!!! Keep up the good work
I love your attitude. This is your game, this is your channel and who have a problem, they are not forced to follow your content. Thanks for your work.
Great to have you back, Wyloch, glad the move seems to have gone well. Amazing pieces as always and now I'm looking at building my own!
I love your videos, Wyloch. I'm taking the leap this year to start building my own terrain and I am definitely saving this video for my dungeon tiles. I would love if you made another video with various different types of terrain (volcano, grass, dirt road, marsh, water, etc.) using this technique. I know you've done similar videos in the past with your other tile design. Thanks for all your work!
Super nice looking tiles. Fantastic job Bill! 🔥🔥🔥
Great job, as always. Your Tomb of Horrors and White Plume Mtn projects are ambitious but very impressive.
Back to basic videos are always worth the watch. I feel as tho you should always be learning and trying new methods. Really looking forward to the next video(s).
Great thing about the grid on these tiles is that it's so subtle that it's available if you want to use it while simultaneously being hidden enough to ignore if you prefer freeform movement :)
Simple, but effective designs. Dare I hope your massive upcoming project is The Temple of Elemental Evil ;)
ToEE would be awesome! 😁 If only my adventuring group back in the day hadn’t contained a 2e Cavalier class character who could not retreat from battle (by the rules) we might not have all died before getting to the elemental nodes. 💀Still the greatest published adventure ever though.
@@MisterTroglodyte I also hope for ToEE…maybe Wyloch has the Goodman version?
Your party needed to let that guy die, btw.
@@HammerheadStarcraft Well it was complicated. One other person in the party was the Cavalier’s sister who wouldn’t abandon him if he was staying. And another was in love with that sister and wouldn’t abandon her. And the fourth member of the party wasn’t leaving if the rest of them were all staying. We basically role played ourselves to death 😂
I built a ton of your original tiles and clip-ons back in the day. They are awesome! That being said I like the look of these as well and the simplicity of the layout process. Thanks Wylock!
Aaah so refreshingly simple! The muted tan works so nicely with the greys. Super easy to throw a dungeon down and store it afterwards! Great job as always Wyloch 🙂
You're an inspiration to us all. I've always enjoyed the content and style you provide. These tiles are great!
Even if you don't have a hot wire cutter, you can use the hard edge of the base board as a guide to cut the foam.
Wyloch, I love your tiles. Your method is easy to follow, and your paint scheme is a great juxtaposition between reality and fantasy.
This video and the one where you made stuff from cardboard and jenga pieces made me start crafting. I already made my first one and im so proud
I've done it, I'm in a Wyloch video. I can die with no regrets now. Take me Jesus, I've peaked 😎
While I was more of a fan of the individual grid-divided coloring, the final result is actually still very readable at a distance. I think the deep grooves of the grid combined with the pure black in them combined with the sporadic coloration makes for the best of both worlds. Great job man, keep being awesome 👌
There have been many tiles and many makers, but you are right, these a just perfect, Bill you've cracked it!
Man, don’t you ever get tired of having amazing ideas? 😝
Good to see you are still around. Thanks for all the content.
For getting the paper off, one other option is to use a heat gun or hair dryer. Normally it'll just come right off on you there.
Also, for the wash, I would suggest swapping the black paint for a black acryllic ink, you get a smoother mix.
As another thing, having some walls can be useful for situations where rooms are directly adjacent to each other. I've found that having some paper walls with a bit of chipboard or other, thin, stiff stuff in them works great for the situations where you just need to block off a room/hall from another that's directly next to it. I'd just gone with 5"x2" pieces of a cardstock for my permanent ones that I use with tiles, I fold them where you get a 1" tall T shape that widens with a 1" base that your tiles sit ontop of with the wall rising between them, but a piece of cereal box cardboard in 1"x2" pieces fitted inside the rising wall pieces is what my first ones were...those got soaked and ruined, so I used some heavier cardstock that my printer could handle for my new ones and then added a heavy layer of spray on matt varnish over top of them.
For folding, you fold it in half on the 5" length, then 1" from the fold, you fold outwards, then 1/2" from there you fold in, the lower 1" pieces overlap to form your piece. Takes no real space on the table and prevents a lot of headaches in situations where you have the walls there and things get shifted around in play or just longer encounters where people may not be thinking of where the walls were.
The recent resurgence of Hero Quest has brought me back to tabletop gaming, and thus to TH-cam for crafting dungeon tiles and terrain. This particle video of yours has been key to my tiles!
Now at 52 y/o, I take shortcuts where I can, so I have been starting with precut mdf board of various sizes all ng with Dollar Tree foam board. And to get the "stonework" patterns after scoring my grid spaces, I decided to buy actual texture rollers from Etsy; in particular a castle-stonework roller and a cracked-stone-slabs roller. Gotta press pretty hard, but it is faster and easier than your soddering-iron method.
The rest I follow you instructions. I just need an actual set of paint brushes before I can paint the different "stones" before dry-brushing and 'washing' after mod-podging.
This was a really great video that flowed well throughout! Back to the basics and had the feel of your older bread and butter builds but with a better polish 👍 I really enjoyed it!
i love your style. Straight forward and no BS without extra unnecessary steps.
Great video. I was inspired! I went out today and bought a box of peel and stick vinyl tile to base the tiles. Thank You!
I've always hated walls. Player fingers always wreck terrain when you have them. This is the first design of tile I've seen in my Wyloch-watching career that I want to make for myself (instead of my kids seeing the video and saying "dad, let's make that project and play RPG's on it!").
Homemade wash, made my day! Second video of yours I have watched and you Sir have a new follower. Thank you for what you do, see you in the next one
Love seeing your work--it always inspires me to do something more with my hobby pursuits
Yes!
The truth is, this is the most versatile, affordable and easy system for any dungeon.
I made my tiles by scanning a carefully crafted and painted grid texture made with egg cartons, then I printed it (one of my players has a print shop) and glued on 2mm cardboard...
it seems real and it was very cheap (even if you have to pay for the print, 10 A4 sheets is more than enough).
And if I will need to expand it, i'll print more.
I did a thing like this and added some sponged ochre, purple, and green to a couple of the tiles in the set just to add some variety, I also added some green spongy flock the the gaps. Only on a few tiles.
My son and I had been struggling with how to remove the paper from foam board when we came upon the solution last week when we spilled water on our foam board table cover sand the next day the paper was coming off on its own,then this morning I saw this video.
Now we know we are on our way to using alot more projects with foamboard.
Thanks for everything and congrats on the new home,its a great feeling !
I make dungeons in this way: foamboard glued over plasticard, then do the texture with rolls from various brands and then I paint them.
Your voice is very comforting. 👌
Hits the sweet spot for me -- looks beautiful and the subtle grid pattern is great for playability.
Simplistic but elegant. Great idea about flipping a battlemat too.
Thank you for how accessible your videos are - you explain each step the how, and the misc ratios etc
I love these tiles. By far the best I have seen for durability and aesthetics.
Ah 2.0 dungeon terrain, made twice as fast, twice as durable and ten times more practical! Looking forward to seeing the scatter choices you make! Looks great Wylock. As always.
And now we are waiting the magnetic tiles. Good job Wyloch!
Always listen to Mrs. Wyloch!
I might have to copy this basic setup. My nephew's old enough that him and his friends have gotten into D&D 5E and some dungeon tiles would make a good birthday present :D
Wow! I didn't know that foam board trick, that'll definitely save some time
looks fantastic. love the end result although i do believe i would prefer more square definition. maybe wider lines to define the squares? or a thin piece of copper wire that could be painted along with it? sorry love projects like this.
Love it! Nice having you back, and that tile flip at the end was a great durability test, you crafty rapscallion! :-)
Hey, glad to see you finally joining the tilescape gang.
That is a handsome looking set of tiles.
Great video! When I first started crafting for D&D I made very similar tiles. I discovered that if I made the hardboard base slightly smaller than the tile I could tuck "clip ons" into the gap around the edge and they would.stay in place pretty well. But it did make the edges more fragile....
Love to see you bring back the basics but with your spin. Those tiles look great!
Once again Wyloch, you make things that inspire me! Keep KILLING IT! Love you dude!
really dig how these came out! might have to go....borrow.........my spouse's soldering iron and see what i can come up with
As someone who voted for whole-color squares (can even see my comment when you show the poll, haha), I gotta say, you made the right call going for the mixed-color bricks. Cutting back on the colors and focusing on a mix of greys with just a _little_ bit of color really makes the tiles pop. Awesome work, as always.
Yup it is about time for us to update our tiles. This look great , we have started playing a few post apocalypse type games , Fallout etc... can you perhaps show how to make clean futuristic floors and the irradiated , nature beaten floors ? Thank you for your consideration... Respect.
Those really did turn out amazing!
On the topic of the tiles moving on the table. What about using a bit of rubber cement to help them grip the table a bit more?.
Looks great! A quick way to construct dungeons for convention gaming!
These look great, the colours mesh really well together
Nice. I've made some similar but nothing more than cardboard and foam board. The modge podge wash works great to seal them. I don't have many but I use them for individual rooms rather than try to use 3d house models.
sunday present! thanks Wyloch! never thought of soldering iron before. this simple video was mentally refreshing!
Housables EVA foam sheets cut to size and glued to the bottom of the tiles would be a viable permanent fix to any sliding they would do. Awesome craft!
Good to see this back to basics idea. Seems like you enjoyed this simpler build as a change from the large complex dungeon levels recently posted. Making it to the final four is a marathon of achievements but sometimes you just want to play a fun game of horse with your friends.
Always wanted to use your techniques to upscale them to use with 1/12 scale action figures. This cobblestone would look great for a ancient temple ruin in the jungle.
When it comes to washes and adding flow improver/dish soap/whatever, for the majority of terrain projects, you don't really need them. However, when painting miniatures, thinning down with too much water can cause some problems.
Paint is made of two main components: pigment and binder. As binder dries, it causes the pigment to fuse together (especially with acrylic paint, which uses microscopic plastic beads for pigment). If you water your paint down too much, you can cause there to not be enough binder. I had this problem for the longest time where my models would have paint flick off and leave little white dots where primer was exposed, and I couldn't figure out why until I took an art class that explained this.
Flow improver and gel medium are used to thin the paint, but since they're mostly binder, you don't have paint flaking. For homemade terrain, we're often using paper and cardboard to make things, which soaks up the pigment and prevents flaking. If you're painting on canvas or styrene, using too much water can lead to some issues, so be careful when using the same techniques on miniatures. If this keeps you up at night, use Indian or Sumi ink for your wash. They're pine ash pigment mixed with water and gum Arabic. They're meant to be thinned down using water and you can paint over it with acrylic paint or whatever later.
Oh heck yeah, for miniature painting it's a WHOLE different ballgame. This was strictly intended for terrain newbies. And also to demonstrate for large-scale, large-area applications, you can be frugal and get a lot of help from the product.
Brilliant! Love the work and lots of great ideas. Thanks for the video.
Past-Wyloch coming in setting up for the W doing all that ripping on the hardboard.
Looks really good. Btw, Mel the Terrain atutor discovered awhile back that a quick blast with a heat gun will also allow you to remove the paper from the more expensive foam board.
I've made similar stuff on coasters. Awesome project, great job!
Well done! good tip with the Proxon.
I might use some of these for Battletech terrain and maps, too. It's just a matter of scaling them.
Another great video. Sometimes simplicity is truly better
Great video. I came to the same conclusion as you last year in one of my videos : wallless tiles and a upside down game mat to hold it all in place. I have never looked back since.
Always helpful. Thanks!
These look great. Thanks for sharing your take on the tiles. Definitely going to try your method of washes.
I did something similar with the hard board that you can get at said home stores. I'll see if I can find the post on Facebook and maybe post some pictures.
Lovely tiles, very practical too
See, it's the simplicity of it all that makes these so brilliant. Yeah, something like the "Decadent Autumn Feasthall of the Unseelie Court" might be fantastic fun to design and build, and would probably look spectacular; but just how often would you return to that particular set-piece? Most of encounters occur in the same types of spaces and rooms, and generic, modular terrain like this is perfect for those weekly, meat-and-potatoes gaming sessions.