How to Craft a Modular Aztec Temple for dungeons and Dragons

Welcome to Franky D crafter, a channel dedicated on crafting biomes for your table top needs. Today I’m starting a jungle biome for dungeons and dragons and the table top miniature roleplaying games. What better way to start it than with a modular temple.
Sense I joined this hobby I’ve been hoarding packaging foam from family members. And I feel like I hit the jack pot this month with this foam. The texture seems perfect for a goblin temple idea I had bouncing back and forth in my noggin. The idea is to craft an Aztec like temple for them.
I want to make it very clear, these are not ruins. The culture around these temples are still active and a life. Picture Aztec culture before they were conquered. Let’s get to the crafting.
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[@allenflud]

I subscribed based on this temple alone keep it up

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Allen Flud I got more stuff coming up for it. Thank you so much!!!!!

[@allenflud]

I became a patreon, because you are not create grey dungeon tiles and "realistic " terrain (which does not look that realistic anyways.) I would be interested in nearly anything you did now, but check out acrylic pour painting it could be great for lava fields, river/stream currents, or mineral springs and Geysers. Good luck keep up the epic color palette I think it and your explorative interpretation of traditional terrain is your big strength lean on it and I don't believe you will go wrong.

[@joewalter3963]

I dont mean to be off topic but does someone know a method to get back into an instagram account..? I somehow forgot my account password. I love any help you can offer me

[@jadielmarvin6725]

@Joe Walter instablaster :)

[@joewalter3963]

@Jadiel Marvin i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and I'm trying it out now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.

[@BardsCraft]

For those who don't have a proxxon cutter, use a kitchen knife ;)

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Bard's Craft some of us aren’t ninjas Lucas.

[@Karlmakesstuff]

@@FrankyDCrafter It's not that difficult with practice and patience, though Lucas is on his own level :) That said, cutting the EPS with a knife in the quantity you did here *would* take more patience than I have XD

[@shawnmulberry774]

or a sword...

[@xavierdoesntmatter]

You know about the Necrons from Warhammer 40k? Right at 8:12 I instantly was imagining the decorations with the swirls being painted a glowing green and leaving all the rest a metalic grey color and using it for Necrons.

[@TheGameSmithsTable]

Dude! This project is outstanding. Not only does it look great, but the modular design very ingenious. i really like the colour palate on the top of your pieces, too.

[@thebibletrain8297]

The paint left behind on the pallet when dry brushing is not wasted but is a necessary part of the process that must be done to get the desired affect. Great work man 👍

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Gnomestead Railways it’s took me some time to get that through my head.

[@thebibletrain8297]

Franky D. Crafter I’m with you brother, I still struggle with leaving small blobs of any paint on a pallet once I’m done for the day. Nice work man👍

[@emilylindstrom724]

This is freekin' amazing, and a beautiful nod to your heritage.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Emily Lindstrom thank you lol. We tend to be very colorful.

[@robertspears8301]

Wow! You nailed it on this temple. Colors, texture of the styrofoam, angles, modularity. Genius!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Robert Spears Thank you. it was all for the fun of the hobby!

[@riotangel914]

Gorgeous stuff. I think this is my favorite of your crafts. I'm looking forward to your next build.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Michael Miller I can’t wait ether lol

[@jacobhope6164]

Wow! That temple is on point! Lookin' good Frankie! Don't worry about less videos my friend. Quality over quantity, and you sure know how to deliver it. Thanks for the video. ✌

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Jacob Hope that means a lot to me to hear. Thank you so much.

[@ArtJeremiah]

There’s the king slime! Right on man!

[@GreekGeek73]

It’s great to see non-white European terrain. Love your style :)

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Dimitri Kremmydas hopefully I’ll get more build soon.

[@add2ndedition663]

Wow Franky that looks amazing. That brush technique on the red made it work out great. Makes me want to get a proxxon.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

AD&D 2nd Edition thank you so much. This was a crazy time consuming project. The proxxon was really put to work here.

[@modelsfromscratch]

Loving this temple build big time, Franky D! Maybe it’ll inspire me to build a new one to go with my jungle trees. Don’t run yourself into the ground, bro, just work at the pace that’s sustainable 👍👍👍

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Alan Lauder i was planning on taking a break from my job and I ended up getting promoted lol

[@modelsfromscratch]

Franky D. Crafter victim of your own success my friend! Still nice to be ‘loved’!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Alan Lauder Im just hoping to get some ideas out on the crafting table.

[@ericlamoureux6588]

Best build ever! And thanks again for the shout-out! Now we need goblins with Day of the Dead face painting and pinata-mentals.

[@joekulesza7670]

Frankie, I love this idea. So many big crafters avoid that styrofoam but you went all in and this temple Looks amazing. Keep up the good work.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Joe Kulesza this foam was a bit different. It was actually really tough.

[@andrearovati]

Super cool! It catches perfectly the colorful atmosphere of a jungle Golden empire. I'm waiting for yuan-ti dressed in gems to come out of this magnificent temple

[@FrankyDCrafter]

I still need to add more pieces. I'm very glad people liked it. wasn't sure how people would react to the colors.

[@WylochsArmory]

Rockin

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Wyloch's Armory thank you. Hope you enjoyed the rest of the channel.

[@MarsKng]

Fantastic build as usual, this new terrain set will be one to keep an eye on for sure.

[@3vil3lvis]

Such a great color scheme and those internal bevel cuts really set these terain pieces apart. Well done.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

3vil3lvis thanks a lot bro.

[@demetrinight5924]

I love the colors choices. The temples and castles from other creators are generally so dull and monochromatic.

[@keithshuler654]

Awesome, utterly awesome. You're a real talent Franky.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Thank you so much, working on another piece to go along with this one.

[@drorbital3034]

By seeing your vid on your work automatic subscribed "Mas por favor!"

[@MrRemorseless]

Beautiful ancient Mexican terrain Franky !

[@FrankyDCrafter]

MrRemorseless thank you!!

[@paulgee1952]

Loved it at the cream and grey. The colour change up made me smile. Which is what gives your uploads that style. Great content,thanks for upload.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Paul Gee I’m glad people are loving the color scheme. I was a bit unsure at how people would respond to the somewhat bright colors.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Amazing color scheme and nice modular temple mate!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Landvaettr's Lair thank you so much, one of my favorite builds.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

@@FrankyDCrafter you're right to be proud of it the result is dashing!👍

[@TheDungeonMattster]

Eat the temple! 😂😂 Great build Franky! ❤

[@FrankyDCrafter]

TheDungeonMattster thank you so much bro.

[@jackerickson50]

I just discovered your channel (saw your posts on Reddit) and I know what I’m binge watching today!! Great stuff dude!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Jack Erickson let me know what you think lol

[@DeadgrinCustoms]

Man this looks incredible! Great job. Beautiful color choices. Would be awesome to see ruin versions of these. You got yourself a subscriber!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Deadgrin Customs that’s awesome to hear!

[@shawnmulberry774]

9:40 You might have been able to make a mask out of thin cardstock that exposed sections of the tan stone. Then you could dry-brush the stones and leave the grey perimeter untouched when you remove the mask. Many of those sections were the same size so you could reuse the mask. Just musing about a faster way.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Shawn Mulberry yea, I had issues with that actually.

[@theantichrist6524]

It looked really good I do appreciate your video uploads

[@subascosauce8288]

Well that was an absolute Masterclass my friend.

[@DarkMatterWorkshop]

You have a very colorfull style that i really like !

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Dark Matter Workshop it’s that Mexican culture lol I have that Aztec blood in me.

[@spiderdog74]

Superb as always!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Spider Dog Crafting thanks bro. This has to be one of my favorite builds.

[@jacobhope6164]

I just had to watch this one again! Noice!

[@jaimyyelvingtonmusic]

Wow, this looks absolutely amazing. I can't wait to build it! Thanks for the video.

[@merlinsmonkey2001]

I really like how you bring your heritage and stories in to your crafting. I really enjoy your channel and the many different types of setting. Keep up the brilliant work!

[@shawnmulberry774]

Thumbs up! Love this motif.

[@joehayward4545]

Congratulation s on the new job.

[@omegaiteration]

Wasting paint? *laughs in Acrylic Pour Painting* Love the content and inspiration!!!

[@Karlmakesstuff]

Great work :) Nice to see expanded polystyrene getting some love too :)

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Karl makes stuff I had to. It was free.

[@Karlmakesstuff]

@@FrankyDCrafter I know :D I'm surprised it's not used more often. As it happens, I'm working on a tutorial video for making basic wargaming hills out of it. With knives :D

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Karl makes stuff for to step up my foam/knife game I guess lol

[@brabopainter8282]

Thats some wunderful work. Awesome!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Brabo Painter thank you!

[@BrushQuill]

Awesome. Just subbed from Bards Craft. Love that each piece can be stand alone or part of a set.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Brush &Quill it comes in hand when I make dungeons

[@doshutokeshi3877]

Good looking out! Great video

[@garoyse]

Un poco de Español y a Spongebob reference. What more can you ask for?

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Guy Royse quisiera a ser un episodio en español. And I unintentionally reference spongebob all the time lol

[@MeGaShaHeS]

Killing it man.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

5header trying! I’m having a lot of fun too.

[@jtjphotography]

spectacular and impressive job....

[@FrankyDCrafter]

jtjphotography thank you so much. I still regret not adding moss to it though lol

[@DungeonMasterpiece]

Why the hell does this episode only have 5k views.

[@robins5314]

Great job amigo!

[@andrewtate4897]

brilliant mate like that paint job.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Andrew Tate thank you. In really proud of this project.

[@andrewtate4897]

@@FrankyDCrafter so you should wonderful colours I very much like the exaggerated colours and the way you do things in a real fantasy vein I like the realistic stuff people do it really stuns me but I think sometimes they forget it's Fantasy and fun that's what I like about your stuff you keep it firmly in that vein I learned an incredible amount from this video it has inspired me for future projects

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Andrew Tate it truly means the world to me to hear that. Thank you so much. And you nailed it right on the head. I always think about fun and fantasy before anything.

[@bjulianlm]

Nice job sir! This could be fun if you made it more modular. As I learn more and immerse myself into D&D more, I have come to wonder why there isnt more adventures and modules that aren't placed in meso-America, the Mayan, Aztec, Inca, empires... Or at least inspired more on the very rich mythology of these cultures... 😥 estubiera muy chingon la idea. A lo mejor me coso una aventura casera con este liniaje. Cheers cowboy!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

bjulianlm mis goblins son puro cultures azteca, inca y Maya. No se si viste la montaña con la serpiente. Mis goblins son chingones.

[@bjulianlm]

@@FrankyDCrafter claro. Claro. I saw it. Props to ya! El pedo que en Este mundo del D&D no hay mucho de nuestra cultura. One has to home brew that shit

[@sondkyou]

how do you protect the paintjob when you are done

[@FrankyDCrafter]

sondkyou i spray it very carefully with a clear coat that doesn’t melt the foam. I haven’t done it yet. Glad you reminded me. If you want me to update you on what specifically I use when I add the spray? I think I’ll add it this Monday.

[@joehayward4545]

You keep this up and someday you will be a guild master. Still wondering if you will do something like the thundercats lair?

[@FrankyDCrafter]

joe hayward I don’t know if I have what it takes. Lol

[@joehayward4545]

@@FrankyDCrafter I believe you do. I was thinking of starting on a chess set. I need to design a board tournament size with a terrain feature that incorporates the pieces into the terrain. What do you think?

[@FrankyDCrafter]

joe hayward that incorporates this piece?

[@joehayward4545]

@@FrankyDCrafter What do you mean? That piece for the board or the lair?

[@FrankyDCrafter]

joe hayward want to message me on messenger?

[@emptymountain]

who makes that hot wire knife thing?

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Darrell Rubio I don’t know but black magic craft might have more information than me on that.

[@Anaris10]

Are you Aztec?. I like the color scheme very much. As a Native American, I have an abiding interest in our various cultures so I don't find the color scheme "Cartoonish" or inappropriate. Have you ever looked at Native Sand Painter designs?.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Anaris10 Im not Aztec, although that would be cool. I’ve seen the art, lots of earthy reds blues and yellows. It’s really amazing. I’m actually Mexican. But I try to incorporate different cultures in my games because it makes the world a lot more interesting. My players love the goblins in my game. I based their entire culture on the cultures of all the natives of south and north America. I also didn’t want to make it like a ruin because most natives aside from being incredible mathematicians were also very artistic.

[@Anaris10]

@@FrankyDCrafter Mexican likely means Aztec or some Native people, Bro. Dark eyes and Hair/Skin is not European predominantly. Sorry for taking this long to reply but I got hit with different health issues back in August and am really just now getting back.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

@@Anaris10 hope you get/feel better and make a good recovery.

[@harlandmountain7998]

That was made from expanded polystyrene and not XPS? Wow I'm impressed! I'm currently working on some Frostgrave Terrain using some EPS that I cut the centers out with my Proxon and left the outer walls intact. I'm still trying to figure out how to make them look like actual brickwork rather than being obviously EPS (as well as how to go about cutting out windows). Aside from doors and windows, I want the walls to remain mostly intact so the less cutting into the pieces the better. Any advice?

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Do you have Instagram?

[@harlandmountain7998]

@@FrankyDCrafter No, the only social media I do is this, Imgur, and Reddit

[@FrankyDCrafter]

@@harlandmountain7998 maybe look for me on Reddit, it would be easier to talk there

[@harlandmountain7998]

@@FrankyDCrafter Right on. I'll hit you up in the morning

[@harlandmountain7998]

@@FrankyDCrafter message sent. No rush though because I probably won't be able to do any crafting til tomorrow night

[@tomyoung9834]

The colors on this are so great! Boring gray stone is just so.....boring!

[@FrankyDCrafter]

Tom Young Lmao so true

[@samwessels8216]

the Aztecs didm't expect the Spanish inquisition no one expects the Spanish inquisition!