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 CZcams 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)
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
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!
@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 )
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.
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...
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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 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.
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!!
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!
"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.
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.
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!
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 !
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Thanks so much for the video. I am just in the process of buying some 3D Dugeon terrain, but I stumbled across your video so now I think I might try this first! It's a great idea!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
New fan - love this. I've done some things similar in a couple of ways but this was refreshing and new. I like in particular how you brought in your philosophy of how games run and the issues of walls blocking player sightlines & access, the map location telegraphing the direction, the cost of resin, etc. Now I just need to decide how big will my biggest "room" be. Have you considered tall pegs & holes at the corners for showing room limits? On the issue of walls - I was thinking maybe just something straight and flat that you can lay along the edge of the room if it matters - like the bottom row of bricks. I like the column choice though. A friend mentioned that he thought gradient shading on the circle from brighter in the center to darker at the outer edge might help the theatrics of it too. Thanks!
Gradient shading is a pretty cool idea. I just posted a video on making walls. One member of the Facebook group came up with the idea of making corner pieces (I think I'm going to have an episode on that). As far as your question about the "biggest room"--you can make UDT in 12' and 18' sizes. I think 12' is sufficient but 18' is big enough for a large room.
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.
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
Well I followed you instructions with a minor adjustment. I used IArena Iraqui for my tan color and Arena Oscura for the suede color. I did not realize that after applying the Elmers clear glue the color would darken by 5 shades but it turned out great.
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!
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!
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 CZcams 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
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(camera sucks, sorry)
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!
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?
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!
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 )
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!
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...
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.
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.
Almost 10k subs!!! This video was a monster success!!!! I'm seeing these builds all over the Facebook groups and Instagram! Epic stuff!
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.
This is a fantastic idea and is EXACTLY what I was hoping for for my own D&D campaign. I'll be building this for myself immediately!
This is the first terrain video that actually feels doable to me! Thank you so much for explaining your process!
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.
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!
Duuudee... you are on to something next level here. This has got to be the most original terrain idea I've seen!
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!
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.
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!
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.
This is gorgeous! Well done man. So many steps. . . but you achieved a perfect terrain section.
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.
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!
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!
Hi professor! We are still waiting for these:
UFT : Ultimate forest terrain
UST : Ultimate sand terrain
Ultimate Wilderness is a thing. Search for it!
Excellent. Great concept, great techniques, all simply rendered. Thumbs-up for sure!
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 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.
Just finished mine! Thank you for the step by step instructions, it turned out looking great! Even the puddles!
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!
That is brilliant, and absolutely correct , everyone stays close to the action, and the mystery is maintained
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I think some black posterboard, cut into various shapes, could help with defining the room's edges.
Cool idea, nice video.
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!
"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.
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.
"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 :)
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!
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 !
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
Also this has changee my life as a DM. Thank you. I LOVED doing this project and im SO EXCITED to start using it
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!
Thank you @slyflourish for bringing me here! Love your videos but missed this one!
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! czcams.com/video/XbRVcHGTbrM/video.html
Oh my gods 😍
I have a lazy susan taking up space, and a play area problem. This is amazing!
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've just got back in to D&D (long story why I got out) and this looks like a practical replacement for my old mat...
Thanks for the idea...
There are so many cool ways to create D&D terrain, towns, caves, etc.
This is such a simple (awesome) thing that will make a great impact on my games, thanks!
Finally made this! Great idea. The gaming group will see it next week!
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
Great vid love how you integrate the Dwarven Forge in there with your pieces!!!
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!
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.
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
Thanks so much for the video. I am just in the process of buying some 3D Dugeon terrain, but I stumbled across your video so now I think I might try this first! It's a great idea!
Thank you. If you have only 2-3 players, pro terrain is terrific.
This is a fantastic idea. I think I would still use some short walls, but otherwise totally functional.
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!
Always thinkin'. Love it. Great to see the +2 beard of blab taking hold! :) Thanks again prof.
Thanks for watching!
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.
Definately making one of these, with a few foams, one dungeon, one painted grassy, ect.
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.
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
Gotta say this makes me excited again about printing some scenery detail. Subed.
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.
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!
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 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.
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.
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. :-)
This is a great idea and I'm working on building my own now. Subscribed!
I liked this video purely for the "Terrainasaurus Rex" joke.
LOL! I almost cut that out! Glad I kept it.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 I normally groan at jokes like that, but you nailed it.
There can be only one.
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.
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.
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.
Liked the content, but would love if you also published a step by step guide written guide to accompany this.
Absolutely brilliant! Love the channel and love this video. Thanks!
I like to add a bit of Elmers glue when I do washes on large surfaces like that. I find it helps it stick in the crevasses a bit better.
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.
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!
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.
Thanks again, Professor. Love the content.
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.
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
New fan - love this. I've done some things similar in a couple of ways but this was refreshing and new. I like in particular how you brought in your philosophy of how games run and the issues of walls blocking player sightlines & access, the map location telegraphing the direction, the cost of resin, etc.
Now I just need to decide how big will my biggest "room" be.
Have you considered tall pegs & holes at the corners for showing room limits? On the issue of walls - I was thinking maybe just something straight and flat that you can lay along the edge of the room if it matters - like the bottom row of bricks. I like the column choice though.
A friend mentioned that he thought gradient shading on the circle from brighter in the center to darker at the outer edge might help the theatrics of it too.
Thanks!
Gradient shading is a pretty cool idea. I just posted a video on making walls. One member of the Facebook group came up with the idea of making corner pieces (I think I'm going to have an episode on that). As far as your question about the "biggest room"--you can make UDT in 12' and 18' sizes. I think 12' is sufficient but 18' is big enough for a large room.
the wife's manicure is awesome!
Also, she taught me something . Thanks!
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!
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!)
A fascinating video to watch at any time!
Well I followed you instructions with a minor adjustment. I used IArena Iraqui for my tan color and Arena Oscura for the suede color. I did not realize that after applying the Elmers clear glue the color would darken by 5 shades but it turned out great.
I'm new to this game and I love your tutorials. 👊🏼
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!
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.
That UDT is brilliant. If I had any drive I'd make some myself.
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!
So cool! It looks like an excellent 2.5D setup. I'm sad that I missed the contest though haha
Great idea, love the lazy Susan aspect especially!
Love this idea. I'll probably make one this week.
that would be an amazing gift for my DM! Thanks for the tips!
You're welcome!