Crafting Modular Fountain for Tabletop RPG (tutorial)

Crafting tutorial : How to craft Modular Fountains for tabletop RPG/D&D.
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[@mr.e1944]

I like how you show how to make several different types of fountains. Great job!

[@photogfrank2146]

I love it! It's pretty darn cool looking and will add to my village! Two thumbs up! Would love to see more tutorials! You have talent and a gift for them!

[@salaltschul3604]

The bottom of that fountain, with the reflections, is genius.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

nah it's merely a technic. But thanks for your appreciation!

[@sebastiendesautels8567]

Great idea! Love it!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks!

[@Detson404]

Great work! Very creative.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thank you!

[@jacobhope6164]

Wow! Your work looks great, and your modularity is genius. Bravo!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks, but I really recommend using resin or other water effect instead of clear caulc for such a piece. At least I you wanna keep the nice light pattern of the bottom of the fountain.

[@TriMarkC]

You gained a new subscriber w this build! Very cool!

[@1525kat]

Looks like the new flat has great lighting for your work area . I am working on a couple demon altars and have been stumped on the base. Your fountains have given me some great ideas to adapt for my bases. As always thanks for the inspiration!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Hi Kat ! Yeah the flat is super bright, its exremely pleasant to live there, it's sometimes even too bright for recording crafting ;) ! Glad to hear the fountains inspired you!

[@1525kat]

@@LandvaettrsLair There is a fabric called 'blackout'. It is white or offwhite but has a rubber backing. It is 54" wide (think that is roughly 1 1/2 meters). You turn the top edge and can staple it if you don't sew. Hang the dowel or rod on cup hooks and it is very easy to put up and take down. Caution - make the covering a good inch bigger than the window so you don't have a tiny sliver of light peek through. In the states it is available in any fabric shop, but you can find it online and it is fairly cheap.

[@TheJanitschar14]

Wohoo another crafting video! It turned out amazing, well done.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks Thunder! :)

[@rafaelsimon2917]

Wow very nice ...I missed your tutorial videos !! Can´t wait for the next !!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

It'll come as soon as possible :)

[@gmcnaney]

I am so glad I discovered your channel. It is so amazingly helpful.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Then it's fullfilling it's purpose ;) ! Thanks!

[@demonaxe9301]

very nice craft and tutorial !

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks!

[@bodywhey8]

Really glad to see your tutorials again!!!! My favorite part of your channel. It’s your art that we can replicate for our use in game that excites the most. But I am inspired by all your work. Keep up the great job!!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks for you support! I understand and i know tutorials are obviously way more interesting than lives &such, that's why i do them when i have the time ;)

[@allenflud]

Good job. Good luck.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks

[@RealmSmith]

I miss these my friend, glad to see you back at it!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks Jason! Glad to be back! ;)

[@littlejimmy5020]

Really nice :)

[@SilasTNA]

Great to see you with new tutorials, love that fountains!Keep up the good work!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks ! I'll do my best 😉

[@chloejpb]

You have same great ideas here! Thx for sharing your knowledge with us, you're awesome 🤗

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks, doing my best to share back to the crafting community 😉

[@Kid_illithid]

These are really incredible, and you broke the steps down in a way that anyone could follow it easily. I'll be attempting my own take on something like this soon! Thanks for the inspiration! Get that stop motion up too, even the failures. I would love to see them.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks i'd be interested to see your fountain once you've done it.

[@MrMaxenen11]

You're great at building these man, well done!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks !

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Really like being able to change out the statues gives them a very different look. In wondering if you cut out the bottoms using flat plastic you could tint them blue, green even red to have a blood fountain might be fun to try. Can't wait to see your stop motion stuff. I'm very interested in that.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

I know right ! I actually wanted to be able to change the bottom as well, and i'm still pretty sure it can be done, though maybe not out of foam... Cutting out the bottom won't work because once poured the resin will adhere to the surface. Since it's made out of very thin and fragile foam it required a solid base, however if you use tougher materials you could build it without a base, then set it on a parchment baking paper and pour the resin. Should be able to detatch it afterwards and be able to change bottoms! Concerning stopmotion i need to get back at it, complète an armature and do a new one since i got better wires than last time. Hopefully you'll see that in a couple of weeks !

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

@@LandvaettrsLair Was thinking of you cut clear flat plastic to fit in the bottom of the fountain you could make ripples on the bottom side child it whatever you wanted white blue red green ect might be interesting.

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

@@LandvaettrsLair Hey Landva check out Wyloch's Armory episode 087 Planar Map Room around minute 5:30 I'd the part I mean. If you did the fountain like this you could add ripples on the top part of the clear plastic. The slide in pieces could be any color you wanted kind of a cool way for different looks eh?

[@LandvaettrsLair]

@@AlexBabcock-hw9iz Yeah that's more or less what I meant, but using resin instead of the plastic sheet, you know, for the depth of the fountain! Wyloch is such a great crafter, he's always been so creative!! I remeber the first modular system I used was his dungeon tiles and addons!

[@stefanliebhardt1804]

Nice you are back. AND make a Tutorial. Love it keep going.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thx i'll do my best 😉

[@ayemdismantld]

new to your channel. So enjoyable and fun to watch you create. You have a great imagination, very inspiring

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Welcome to the Channel! Glad you appreciate the content.

[@amdnable]

sympa le nouvel appart'! Cool de revoir un tuto, je trouve ça dur de trouver un moment pour regarder les directs

[@LandvaettrsLair]

C'est normal les lives c'est super long, c'est sympa par contre quand on crafte chacun de son côté là c'est cool le live. J'aimerais organiser des Hangouts, ça se serait cool.

[@IBeScrappyDoo2]

For the fountain water effects coming out of the drain tubes, you could use Fishing Line FYI.

[@TheZapan99]

6:04 I recently had to make a couple of wooden balconies and you can gain a lot of time by sculpting the railing as a long bar with a wavy profile and then just cut it like a sausage to end up with identical elements that will repeat along a wall. This is faster than assembling bricks and then filing them down to shape. You can also use these bars as ledges or cornices.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Probably, though i'd have less dexterity with these sort of files on a long & flat surface. I'm sure it's super faster with wood to do it beforehand but with foam & such a small piece the filing part at the end was actually pretty fast !

[@TheZapan99]

The trick is to use a rolled up sheet of sanding paper instead of files to sculpt the profile of the bar. For really fine details, you can even sculpt plastic guides that can be glued to each end and will prevent you from sanding too far into the foam.

[@MaxDMCrafting]

This is gorgeously awsome! 😍

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks max, also not too difficult to do.

[@MaxDMCrafting]

And this aspect does nothing but increase its value! Bravo!

[@platantree]

@@MaxDMCrafting tiny-furniture.com/products/gargoyles4

[@dougsundseth6904]

Some really interesting ideas here. I particularly like the idea of painting the light patterns on the bottom of the water. As a suggestion, I think that you could sell the idea of sunlit water a bit better if you were to have a higher contrast between the highlights and the base color of the "water" and keep the highlights quite narrow. Now I'm going to have to try that for myself. 8-)

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks. Yeah i also think the end result turned a bit opaque and lighter than expected because of the mix of caulc and resin, it dimmed the contrasts. In any case this was my first attempt at reflextions, i'm sure we can improve the result☺️ if you ever post the result on tabletop crafters guild please tag me i'd like to sée the result!! Cheers!

[@cadu1990]

Cool stuff

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks !

[@captcorajus]

I like using a 2 part epoxy resin for the basic water. It dries nearly perfectly clear. Then, you use a clear quick drying epoxy for the wave effects. Finally, for the water out of the fountain i use clear fishing line, glued into place. Take the two part quick dying epoxy and lightly coat the fishingline. The effect is stunningly realistic. I've had people touch it to see if it was real water.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Fishing line and clear epoxy is defenetly a good option, might try this on a forseable project. Thanks for the feedback and advices! Cheers!

[@tomyoung9834]

Very nice!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thank you!

[@jacobhope6164]

Nice

[@epicdungeontiles]

Very cool, I love using magnets! :D

[@maki1575]

thanks for the great vid!

[@999rubicon]

Can’t seem to locate the river tutorial. This was great

[@LandvaettrsLair]

There you go, a tutorial by the Red Beard Baron: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3qqZp-Drtmmra8

[@artemanual1358]

I loved your work, I think it's wonderful. I would like you to tell me what game are the miniatures you use, since I see that there are children, women and clerics and I like them a lot. A warm greeting from Spain.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks ArteManual! Miniatures of kids& women are sculpts by Bobby Jackson, you can buy them on the reapermini website either in plastic (bones)>>www.reapermini.com/search/townfolk/latest/77087 or in metal (DarkHeaven Legends)>> www.reapermini.com/search/townfolk/latest/02825 >>> www.reapermini.com/search/townfolk/latest/03233 , the cleric with the crosier is from there as well. The other simple monk is from V&V miniatures. >>vminiatures.com/28-mm/anglosaksons/saxons_2

[@Elderos5]

Nicely done. Where in the states did you visit? I am looking forward to seeing your stop motion endeavors. That is a project I have been seeking to do myself, but I am not ready for it, yet. Hopefully within a year though.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Seattle and surroundings. Mt Reinier & st helens mainly. Yeah i've already made some simple stopmotion but this time i want to create a good puppet. Hope my vid will come on handy!

[@richardsmith6738]

Really great tutorial,where did you get the gargoyles from ???

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks. They Come from a russian group called tiny furnitures tiny-furniture.com/ they also have an Etsy. I did an unboxing a while back you can find it in the playlist if you want.

[@josiasarcadia]

I really love your town setups. The walls that you use, are they just brick patterned foam bricks?

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Hi and thanks. No the inside is made out of several layers of corrugated cardboard, only the exterior is made of 5mm thickness foam that I engraved manually with an X-acto knife and textured with a ball of aluminium foil. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3mvaKGZodSFms0

[@nagranoth_]

it looks great, but calling the possibility to switch out one thing 'modular' is a big stretch.

[@nowthisnamestaken]

7:23 Hilarious!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Yeah that happens smtimes...👌

[@analeigholdeworlde4178]

Did you make a tutorial on the water Matt's you show shortly in this? It is exactly what I need to do. Please refer me to the tutorial, I can't seem to find it.... Or please make one ?

[@LandvaettrsLair]

River Tutorial (by Red Beard Baron): www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIG5l...