Advanced Walls for modular dungeon tiles for DnD and Pathfinder games DMG

[@sterlingdeese6388]

Dear Mr. G, Last Friday I found your channel and since then I have been non stop making tiles. The work your doing has completely blown me away. I don't have an artistic bone in my body but for some reason I've been able to recreate the 2.5 tiles to amazing effect! I power watched all of your videos and cant wait to start making doors for my new dungeon. I even signed up for a youtube account so I could subscribe to your channel to enter your contest, but now I've got to go back and click the like button for all your vids. Much Respect, Sterling

[@TheDMGinfo]

Hi, thanks for watching. The key is the simplicity. I try very hard to show techniques almost eveyone can do. There is tonnes of stuff still to come. There will be another 3 door varieties in the next couple of weeks. Check out the facebook page to see them. Enjoy

[@StrongholdCrafterKev]

Great and simple techniques for stone walls. You stepped into the foam zone, DMG.

[@TheDMGinfo]

+Stronghold Crafter Kev the foam zone is for loading and unloading only

[@Voduchyld]

great looking advanced wall! can't wait to see how you do the flooring :)

[@TheDMGinfo]

There will be two flooring videos

[@shawnyfin]

I've been saying it for years...polystyrene is a DM's best friend. Well done, mate. Tip: water down your base paint a bit. Saves on paint AND helps get into those more secluded nooks. 😀

[@TheDMGinfo]

I did, I just forgot to mention it.

[@BagelByte_]

This technique is what I've used for making 40k terrain for years. It works extremely well, super easy, and looks brilliant on any tabletop. Thanks for sharing this for the crafters! Cat commands to hit the subscribe button... one of us, one of us, one of us.....

[@TheDMGinfo]

Meow.

[@X.davidWilliams]

Huzzah, really like the effect of that style of foam when it's painted like that. Mainly use the pink other foam and carve into it but I will have to try this out. Thank you good sir.

[@TheDMGinfo]

I have never used pink foam :)

[@alrethianscraftsbattles]

I'm starting my entire basic dungeon set with these walls :-). awsome work man, as always! love the vids

[@TheDMGinfo]

Thanks :)

[@terrainaholic]

Probably the most cost efficient true 3d dungeon style out there. I have seen many of them and every time I say to myself I need to do that in the high density extruded foam and yet I still haven't done it! Some day Buddy Some day :)!!!!! By the way LOVE IT Bro:)!!!!!

[@TheDMGinfo]

It cost me nothing, so VERY cost effective.

[@cryptek7812]

Great stuff mate ! Some very handy little tips :)

[@johnwelsh7524]

Beauty in simplicity. nuff said.

[@TheDMGinfo]

Thank you.

[@kereminde]

Bounced to this video to see what you were doing out of curiosity. Polystyrene makes good sense for the walls. Bonus: if you mess up on a wall you now have material to make rubble! :)

[@TheDMGinfo]

kereminde Exactly. I am starting to move away from polystyrene though, only because it is being outlawed in packaging in a lot of countries so it will be harder and harder to find laying around.

[@kereminde]

Hmmm. So you moving to construction sand like DMScotty uses? Personally, a little white glue and sand can be used to make bricks if you're patient for it to dry. I did it once for a science project ages ago . . . I know "quick, cheap, and easy" is kind of a thing on these videos or I'd try to dig up how to do it and make a couple test cases.

[@TheDMGinfo]

Sticking with cardboard ;)

[@kereminde]

Well, of course. After all, it's a whole lot easier to get your hands on. It's easier to work with.

[@dmblack22]

Awesome. Cheers from Brazil!

[@TheDMGinfo]

+Christian Juliano Alves Coimbra Brazil is my third largest fan base :)

[@shawnyfin]

Oh, and also...if you want to add some moldy dank vibe, you can brush on some craft glue and pepper it with pencil shavings. Once it dries give it a wet layer of your favourite watercolor green. Dollar store, bag of 20 pencils...mold/moss for days!

[@TheDMGinfo]

Actually cotton wool would work well as mossy growth... new video idea.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Excellent crafting mate, love the new intro. Ps ... I used squishedged first, your trademark application is invalid! ;o)

[@TheDMGinfo]

That's the original intro... my word is squidgeled and my trademark registration just cleared. And you owe me 10p

[@RobDigsGaming]

Really fast and easy. Well done!

[@TheDMGinfo]

Thanks.

[@GrimmJD]

Spray paint is a definite no no as you mentioned. But you dont have to stay with brush on method. An airbrush is available for use as well. It wont eat the polystyrene.

[@TheRunesmythe]

If you want to use spray paint/primer and not have it eat the foam, you can coat all the foam surfaces with some white/pva glue. Some people like to water it down, but I just use it straight from the bottle. Coat it completely and allow the glue to dry, and it will seal the foam with a protective layer which will allow you to use spray paints/primers on it.

[@TheDMGinfo]

Yes you can.

[@GrimmJD]

Always this method as well to speed up the painting process.

[@theDMsCraft]

Easy way to get the stone effect, how well do they stand up to play and storage?

[@TheDMGinfo]

It is not as good as cardboard, but the aesthetic is better.

[@theDMsCraft]

Very true, I really like the look.

[@tomsubsailor7314]

Damn. Seriously awesome!!!

[@TheDMGinfo]

Thanks.

[@Halloweenville]

Crafty as always!

[@TheDMGinfo]

Ubercrafty

[@scottb520]

This is a great idea! I am going to stick with the original plan however as I'm too rough with my stuff and the cardboard walls are easier to make (and I've already made them). This is still brilliant though!

[@TheDMGinfo]

You could use it for showcase areas. Also you could glue strips of card stock ontop of the walls to secure it further.

[@Heroes_of_Qalanor_RPG]

I enjoyed the advanced technique of 'squidgeling' (liked)

[@TheDMGinfo]

You forgot the TM.

[@DontSayHastur]

Think it would look nice if you went over the top of the wall with pure black afterwards, giving it that sort of clean, abstract cut-through look.

[@TheDMGinfo]

I considered it, but when two walls meet it looks a bit off.

[@johnbroughton348]

I hear & obey cat overlord!!!!! lol Great video as always, cant wait till the next one is out!!!!! :)

[@TheDMGinfo]

Should be next couple of days

[@ndsigns74]

So I am going this route with my set. Do you have any advice for making traps or additional wall sections to be able to sit on top like you do with the smaller walls?

[@TheDMGinfo]

ndsigns74 Put some cardstock down the back of the wall (make it out of polystyrene). You could also put some pins into it to hold it in place.

[@henrysmovieclub]

This is seriously turning into my new favourite channel on You Tube... after all the ones with college girls kissing of course!

[@TheDMGinfo]

I considered including softcore porn, but cats have better traction...

[@henrysmovieclub]

Pussy is pussy my man... Jus' saying!

[@GOTHARELLAS_LIFE]

TheDMGinfo ok, got another annoying noob question.. In this video you use 1cm thick walls as opposed to the carboard walls which you make only 7mm thick. if you use thick walls, should you then make your basic squares larger instead of the standard 6.5cm squares you use on the basic tiles? i hope im making sense? lol

[@TheDMGinfo]

They are thicker only because cutting the stuff any thinnerwould make it unstable and prone to breaking

[@thomaswainscott4686]

I have subscribed. I don't know how i feel about this method, do they hold up well or break easier? As always very nice looking and thank you for these videos :D

[@TheDMGinfo]

Thomas Wainscott They hold up pretty well. I don't use this method for my own set though. I just use the standard method. People were asking me about alternatives so I made this video.

[@thomaswainscott4686]

Well thank you very much. Cardboard is much easier to obtain so i will probably stick with it. :D

[@liwiathan]

I like your shirt!

[@TheDMGinfo]

Thank you. Found it randomly in an auction lot :)

[@alzathoth]

I wonder if it would be faster to paint the foam before you glue it down to the base? maybe paint the entire foam board on both sides before you cut it to length? :/

[@TheDMGinfo]

+alzathoth no, because when you pick stuff out of the wall you have to paint it again. There are no real rules though. I just try to do it the quickest way.

[@ChronoBaw]

Kind of a silly question: should people start straight with this technique or make a few dozens of the full cardboard ones and then move on?

[@TheDMGinfo]

ChronoBaw it is just an alternative. I personally only use the cardboard ones.

[@ChronoBaw]

I really liked the finished product of floor+walls. I'm still coming around to start doing tiles (money is tight at the moment, even to buy a hot glue gun and paint) And stil deciding what kind of tiles i'll make. So far your method seems more like something i will be able to start with, specially the modular and reusable parts!

[@TheDMGinfo]

Start cutting the cardboard

[@ChronoBaw]

Already measured and marked at least 4-5 tiles in the cardboard i had lying around!

[@anthonyhargis6855]

So hot glue damages the polystyrene? Oops! Just saw the other comments. I'm thinking that you could tape off the portion of the base that you will glue the wall to and spray paint the rest, in order to speed this up. The "more advanced" makes things even better.

[@TheDMGinfo]

Advanced = Time + Effort + Care Simple = Advanced - minus time - effort

[@anthonyhargis6855]

Touche'

[@elfino77]

really nice techniques,but why dont u add the wall size extra to the 3 tile field?! its 1 cm each side...the way you doing it u loose 2cm each direction which is nearly 1 inch, smallering the actual field down to 8×8...

[@MrWilde70]

Why white glue and not hot glue? I'm just wondering if you tried hot glue and found a problem with it. This looks great, and the next time I find a piece of polywhatcha I'm going to give it a try.

[@henrysmovieclub]

Hot glue would melt the expanded plastic foamy stuff...

[@TheDMGinfo]

Hotglue does melt it as it reacts to most heat poorly. You can't use any aerosols with it either as the chemicals eat through it. However this does create great damage effects.

[@TheDMGinfo]

My glue gun has only one setting.

[@henrysmovieclub]

Scorchio!

[@Jellycakelap]

Where can you get the polystyrene?

[@TheDMGinfo]

Almost every dollar store and craft store should sell sheets. I got mine out of replacement LCD screen boxes (I own a computer repair business)

[@toddwardle4395]

Wrong material, that's EPS (Expanded) not XPS (eXtruded) polystyrene... More fragile, to the point it falls apart unless you use mod-podge or PVA to coat it.

[@TheDMGinfo]

That's exactly what I said and what I used :)

[@ParkerFilmStudios]

@ 4:15 this is wear a air brush would come in handy

[@GrimmJD]

What i get for commenting before reading all the comments first. :-)

[@sumthingangels]

be careful some glues can melt it.

[@TheDMGinfo]

PVA wont

[@sumthingangels]

I will have to get some then.

[@andronos37gaming73]

Whooo hooo im the 300th like!

[@TheDMGinfo]

Andronos37 Gaming Thanks!