Dungeon Stair Tiles For D&D Tutorial (Black Magic Craft Episode 070)

[@TheDMGinfo]

I made each stair a little darker as they go down to further accentuate the sense of going down

[@callindrill]

TheDMGinfo I loved that video. Great work to both of you. :)

[@Corvus-fw2hr]

I can only assume time works differently in ZA, since you posted three days before the video was posted. Now who is really using Black Magic?

[@CrapE_DM]

TheDMGinfo that's what I was gonna say :)

[@TheDMGinfo]

Corvus5200 I am a patron and we get the video early.

[@TheDMGinfo]

Corvus5200 also I am AU now not ZA :)

[@groovizombi]

You have become my favorite tabletop prop creator! Keep up the awesome work!

[@PrettyDecentCrafts]

Quick idea: Don't Glue the stairs to the frame. That way you have piece, the frame that can double as an archway, or a door, and another piece, the stairs, that you can place on top of your tiles, to act as, well, stairs. And since you use the full tile thickness, it is going to match the height of the tiles, in case you want to make a risen level. Of course, you just have to assemble them again if you want to use them as stairs going down. Love you, bye. I mean... I love your videos, bye.

[@IamsooRobot]

Pretty Decent Crafts Great idea! You could also have trap inserts or make stairs that went up too.

[@JamesBrown-vl8od]

just wanted to throw a quick thank you for introducing me to the proxxon hotwire cutter. I got mine yesterday finally and I have been going crazy with it and have started my own dungeon tiles. Thanks again!!!!

[@joeofdoom]

I think I'll make some of these with some minor modifications, I'm just going to make the stairs descend steeper and fade into black with a printed cardstock bottom that hopefully gives the appearence of extra depth.

[@DarrenAJordan]

yeah watching this I thought the stairs should be steeper

[@julieaubutgaudet4403]

I am really loving all your videos! I am an extreme beginner and have been slowly buying the basic supplies in the last weeks. I just have to get mod podge and I am ready to start!! Really excited! Thank you for your tutorials they make it seem very doable yet look amazing.

[@KodeeDentares]

Only a minute in, and I'm already thinking of a modification -- create a "hollow" tile, about the same thickness around the edge as you have, but where the stairs are have it empty. Inset popsicle sticks to support modular stairs/well/whatever tiles set into that empty middle! Thinking a bit further, I don't see how it would be actually *useful*, unless you also made some pit-trap tiles you could drop into there, but eh. Keep 'em coming! Because of you I'm just starting to get everything together to start crafting!

[@DavidBluelineGaming]

I have been BINGING your videos... they are so timely with my 3D Hero Quest build! Thank you.

[@jamesnahill7124]

Fairly eloquent !!! Way better than elegant!!! Love this channel!

[@titus9861]

I was thinking about how to do this earlier today, this is perfect! And it's gotten me thinking about other ways to make stairs!

[@danzarembski551]

A very cool XPS foam take on the DMG info cardboard stairs. They look really good!

[@ravencraft3074]

Got my proxon and cutting pad last night and this will be on my list of tiles to be crafted. Time to hit the big box store for a full sheet of pink foam.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

It's a good starter project, but make a batch of plain tiles first to get the hang of it.

[@ravencraft3074]

I cut a bunch of 3x3 tiles today and made "lumber" with the scraps that are just a bit to small to be a full tile. So tonight after dinner Ill be making basic tiles while watching Ancient Aliens.

[@scottcloster5965]

This is great. I love the simple to make crafts that are so practical to have on any gaming table. Thanks!

[@RollforDamageRFD]

Cool! Love the steps. I’ll have to do this in my materials. Thanks for the tutorial man!

[@MastertheGamerpg]

I love these stairs.

[@nigromarte7017]

Thank you Jeremy, you just gave me a brilliant idea for my own dungeon tiles that i'll be posting on my channel 😀👍🔥

[@Grimlore82]

Awesome Runehammer shirt!

[@quassisbelltower9408]

Love the video and i will be using my fine point sharpie more often now! Thank you

[@sebastiendesautels8567]

Simple yet really well explained! Thanks :)

[@SeanBastien]

Been following your channel for a while and I really liked this build. Very cool idea!

[@amdnable]

the sharpie carving technique also looks better on camera for us ;)

[@JupiKitten]

amdnable I was thinking that too

[@VikingFyre]

This is really a step down isn’t it? ... I’ll see myself out.

[@jesperpetersen6105]

Made me laugh. :D

[@beautysyx]

HAHAHAHA

[@mr_chicken_nugget4356]

Good joke :D

[@roamingcelt]

Beautiful work. I have an idea though if you flip the stair insert 180 degrees you can remove the top step giving you wider steps. 2.5in / 4steps vs 3in x 4 steps. As a side, your steps now become available with the lowest one on the outside.

[@chocorocky5705]

Your foam crafts are awesome

[@mics3947]

Great vid Jeremy! I'd like to make this stuff, but here in Italy we don't have pink foam. It's not so cheap and very hard to find!

[@andrewbeauman]

Love this. Definitely solves my issue. This is happening tonight.

[@knghtbrd]

Saw another channel (Battlin' Barrow Gaming) that made stairs down tile for his very thin XPS tile system… It was so thin that the effect wouldn't be very convincing at all I suppose, so he used two tones for paint: Shadowed and light. The top step was not in shadow. The next was about 1/4 shadowed. The next half. The last, three quarters. You could do this with a second coat of wash, I think. The result blew me away for how good it looked for how almost 2D it was. Video title was "Dungeon Tiles Stairs and Doors". He's got another video about what he learned from HeroQuest and other dungeon crawling board games-you can kind of see some of it in his thumbnails since. It's that game's board that actually sent me to KZbin to channels like this one to learn techniques to make dungeon tiles… The game's a lot of fun-but it's explicitly NOT an RPG, so there's not really a "story" except in the loosest way possible. Which means we're free to role play it in the way that is most fun-our elf is being haunted by a "ferocious" orc spirit trying to ineffectually stab him, in death as in life. Exorcised, returned from the dead, dispatched again, and then named. Bob. We named him Bob. I mean, I know people who screw around that in D&D, but … I want my full-fat RPGs to have a serious and epic story. A board game? It can be like Munchkin with (some) maturity.. AND, I am learning to craft for both. Sweeeeet!

[@MrRemorseless]

Such a brilliant solution!

[@lanesteele240]

I love it when a youtubers says that the hot glues cools and sets instead of dries.

[@scottbuchanan726]

Once again I am inspired. Great work Jeremy!

[@michaelpoirier6634]

Great timing on this video I was just about to try to figure out how to do this.

[@jasonlong6514]

Yet another great video. Love everything you put out man. Thanks for all the inspiration.

[@IamsooRobot]

Awesome Tile!! I’m revisiting your content, and it’s a breath of fresh air so thanks man 🙏 Random question: Would you ever consider being a material supplier? Hear me out: I can’t snag any high capacity tools yet, but want to start making a large batch of your tiles all at once. Getting my foam down to a nice clean 3x3” piece is tough with the knife, and also time consuming (but not impossible!). What if you simply cut pieces for people, and then send them away so that crafters can take the untouched squares and continue the process from there? I live two provinces over from you (I think) and I would definitely consider this so that the bulk of the cuts are already done for me, but I put in the rest of the work. Of course you would have to factor in costs for finding material, labor for cuts, and shipping + profit for it all to be worth it for you, but maybe it could be a thing? I have lots of PSFoam, but the task to cut it all down makes my heart sink a little 😂 Anyways, regardless of what comes of this - thanks for all you do man!!!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I don’t think I could do this in any profitable way. I don’t think people would be willing to pay appropriate costs for the labour involved. Also being in Canada would make shipping prohibitively expensive.

[@TheMiniaturesPaintbrush]

Awesome steps, I’m definitely going to try this, thank you!

[@roarkegriffon5657]

Learning so much. Thank you!

[@Fnordathoth]

They look great! Another awesome video! Thanks!

[@pandoratheclay]

You could reverse it by putting the top stair piece (the smallest piece) Not at the opening of the “U” shape you get but at the opposite side so you have stairs that lead upwards for in case someone goes down and you want realism to your stairs

[@Algjc11]

Strength, honor, and t-shirts!

[@AzraelThanatos]

Might be a good idea to insert some toothpicks from the side into the stairs (If you position it right for into a groove of the stonework, and clip off the end, it tends to blend in quite well, especially with the mod podge layer over it. Would add some strength to the build in places it probably lacks.

[@andrewbeauman]

AzraelThanatos yeah I was gonna use pins for mine probably

[@AzraelThanatos]

For something this thin, pins might have other issues over time since they can work their way through and leave protruding spikes that end to end up a problem. Toothpicks tend to be shaped a bit more where they hold their position due to the grip the wood tends to have compared to metal.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Honestly you really don't need it, and I actually think driving toothpicks through the material would make the thin parts weaker. As is they would be hard to rip apart, and youd likely rip the foam before ripping the glue.

[@ddesouz6]

Love it! Must have for my table

[@kurtkyre]

Finally getting around to making some of these...

[@perrygrosshans8537]

Another great tutorial! Thanks! Been quite enjoying these videos over the last few months, thanks to a friend's recommend. Now I just need to start making some terrain again, lol. Got the Minwax and everything else ready to go. Also planning on doing some tentacle bases (based on your one tutorial), although I have to admit it was darn hard to find any of those tentacle pens at the Dollar Stores in Winnipeg!!! ;) Keep up the good work!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Did you know I’m from Winnipeg and bought mine in Winnipeg?

[@perrygrosshans8537]

Black Magic Craft I Did! I figured you bought them all up, Lol!!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

It’s been a few years since that vid, possibly they don’t carry them anymore

[@perrygrosshans8537]

Oh yeah, for sure. Dollar Tree stuff flies in and out on a monthly basis. I'm lucky I found four of them. Picked up another two at Toad Hall Toys (although they were a bit more expensive). Using your technique I'm going to make an upgraded version of a critter for the Shadows of Brimstone board game: the Ancient Horrors - which is a stand of three tentacles.

[@DrumDudeMatt]

I really love the way that looks. It would solve the confusion my players have in my dungeons. I just can't lug around all these tiles since I play in bar, maps and minis are a chore itself. Love the video though

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

You play in a bar?

[@DrumDudeMatt]

Yes. Local game store was bought and changed hands, the new owner decided to renovate so my group asked the owner of a nearby bar if we could play in the party room upstairs whilst the renovations took place. That was over a year and a half ago and the renovations are still not done, but I don't know if I'd want to go back even if they were, the owner is a bit of a dick. The bar owner has never charged us for the room (usually $75 to rent), we can buy food, can buy beer on tap, and very rarely do people bother us upstairs. It's pretty great!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

That’s amazing actually

[@StevesSmallWorld]

Great looking steps. So need to get a high fence made for the proxxon , to the drawing board :p

[@amethystcraft8792]

Always with so nice ideas!

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

In awe. Again.

[@awaytoanywhere699]

I made two staircases in Lego. 12x12 studs wide, 2 bricks high. using 4 pcs 2x4 bricks and 4 pcs 2x6 bricks each layer. (2 layers). plates in middle hole to do the 4 steps. 1 plate height difference per step. finally 2x2 grey tiles on top. (36 tiles total). awesome result. though the squares are a bit small. (6 sq per 4 inches/10cm)

[@awaytoanywhere699]

so many thanks for the inspiration!!!

[@jeffrichards5106]

Great idea, nice work. Thanks for sharing.

[@jeffhreid]

What a clever idea

[@GeneCavalcante]

LOL (the aluminium foil thing)! Great ideas for the stairs. =)

[@chachi111769]

Awesome I was looking for a way to do these....

[@terryshaffer896]

Seen this build over on the Starships and Steel channel with a slightly different approach.

[@amdnable]

Hell yeah, that's great! sick shirt too.

[@Brickerbrack]

You're sounding like Wyloch with all those _American_ measurements... 😉

[@WylochsArmory]

MURICA!!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

As a Canadian that has been a carpenter/renovator working in the canadian building industry for over a decade I can tell you that feet and inches are very much Canadian measurements in the real world. We DON'T build in metric here on that scale. So these are the measurements I think and visualize in as a someone building stuff professionally my entire adult life.....but this is why I will switch to metric for stuff that makes sense (temperature, volume, long distances, micro measurements) as those are the things actually used in metric here. How much do I weigh in metric? No damn idea.

[@Brickerbrack]

Black Magic Craft For the most part, I actually agree; I switch between Imperial and metric as convenient. But I draw the line at 16ths and 32ths of inches. When it gets that fiddly, I'm metric all the way. 😋

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I don’t use imperial below 16ths of an inch or above a few hundred feet. It’s pretty weird actually, but that’s how the industry works here.

[@aleistergein114]

Black Magic Craft Outside of machined hardware; screws, nuts, bolts, and whatnot; are there any tasks in carpentry that require tolerances that fine?

[@kostas5180]

Great work!

[@norcalonline1]

Very! Clever! Idea!

[@joehayward4545]

Very impressed. How would you do this if the steps are done in an outside pathway?

[@JupiKitten]

Looks good!

[@TheXTruthAbout]

Very nice. I think it could be a bit better with a depth fade into black though.

[@maxheadroom1239]

I think a banister around it would be cool looking and make it not look like someone could just fall down the staircase.

[@LenPopp]

Most of the dungeons I've encountered in D&D have very few safety features. :)

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Better make sure those dungeons follow local building codes. Should probably put in a wheelchair ramp and family washroom while I'm at it :P

[@robotic2000k]

Aluminium for Brits and the rest of the world, thank you (Greece here)

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

the rest of the world doesn't all speak english

[@robotic2000k]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial surely they don't but in all languages it translates to aluminium 😁. Aluminum is a non-word.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

You're actually wrong about this. Aluminium is a British spelling/pronunciation. Aluminum as a spelling and pronunciation is correct in a lot of the english speaking world like USA and Canada where I am. writingexplained.org/aluminum-vs-aluminium-difference

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

So for at least 400 million people, it's ALUMINUM!

[@robotic2000k]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I give up

[@anthonyhargis6855]

Most excellent!

[@martinthewarrior5016]

4:33 thankyou for pronouncing it right for once! jk lol, cool vid!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Nah, the way you guys say it sounds ridiculous :P

[@martinthewarrior5016]

hahaha

[@sub0sandwich32]

Thats objective, different spellings. Over there its aluminium. Over here its Aluminum

[@krenecito]

Hi guys. Can anyone tell me what type of foam you use in this video? What brand is that pink foam?. Thanks!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

You should watch my basics videos ;) All explained.

[@krenecito]

Black Magic Craft thks bro!

[@nathanielsizemore3946]

How would you put a secret trap door over the stairs without raising the level of the tile height?

[@dustinkirby7101]

It might seem like common sense or easy to figure out but I would like to see a tutorial on how you measured and made the brick arch doors that I always see on your shelf lol I have been expiriementing and keep coming up short.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I've been wanting to do a video on that for months, but I want to create and include a download for a template so I havn't had a chance to do it yet.

[@dustinkirby7101]

Black Magic Craft looking forward to it when it comes around!

[@MobleyMovie]

Awesome!!!

[@beautysyx]

very cool!

[@Andy203504]

If i could click the like button more than once I would just because you still call it 'TIN FOIL'... 😉😉🇬🇧

[@ryancarter6876]

How can you get slices like that with a exacto knife?

[@PsiQss]

0:49 "... or can you?" ;)

[@twinmaster069]

I have been looking around for how to build good dungeon doors... Either stone Arch or wooden door style if you have a video already made plz direct me to it

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I havn't made a video on those doors yet for some reason

[@rosslambert9071]

How do you get those thin cuts with a knife and not a Hotwire?

[@pascalebenoit-lapointe5196]

@Black Magic Craft , I have the same question...

[@miguelangelpicazo7130]

Could you explain to me in a video how you made the tool to help in the cut?

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Check my video library. You keep asking for things I’ve already shown :) Take some time looking through the old videos.

[@Mordredt]

Does anyone know how to obtain XPS foam in the UK?

[@xXTheBl4ckC4tXx]

You should have made the stars shorter and left a black space at he end, to show that it goes further down

[@erho2967]

Cool!

[@jasonryder183]

nice!

[@blogobre]

How does moss live underground [flocking] HAHAHA

[@leiflohne3096]

"I sound like Wylock" 😂🤣

[@dkbibi]

Nice shirt 😝

[@st4lsell123]

Very nice build, but am i the only guy who thinks that these wouldvr been more modular if you glued the stairs facing the other way?

[@stevehoyle2802]

we just call it alfoil here in oz

[@lucaslazaro3819]

eu nao entendo nada doq vc fala. mas, seus videos sao excelentes

[@seangere9698]

Don't forget Alufolie (pounced Al-U fully) for Germans.

[@pontifexcrocdylus2716]

Tin foil was never made of tin. It's dar too brittle. "Tin" was a vernacular for any thin sheet of metal. Tintype, tin can, tin of cookies, tin roof, etc..

[@tomdoyle6030]

I'm a "brit" it's still tin foil don't worry about it fella lol

[@TheRadezBrothers]

:)

[@lorenaalves2222]

[@Discipol]

A little disappointed to see the finished product before the tutorial :< you spoiled the surprise!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Uh, I often do that....and the finished product is always in the thumbnail. First time on the channel? It's never a surprise.

[@gasmaskfelix9888]

Great work!