I Made EPIC Modular MOUNTAIN Terrain for Dungeons & Dragons!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

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[@jst1man]

Very Sweet! That's awesome

[@AzraelThanatos]

You might want to grab some of the thicker gloss polyeurethane and add some globs along the underside of overhangs and let gravity work a bit to create some ice effects for the mountains. Mix in some other techniques for icicles and similar. I've been thinking of a similar project for a while, though using the cheap foam core and many more layers per to try for a more striation filled rock...I've made a couple smaller things that way for rock work during the lockdowns, and while it takes longer to make, the end results are something that really shows in the end.

[@infinite13390]

Now to add some additional features, ladders, mining carts, ropes etc for traversing. Maybe an unfortunate victim of the cliffs...

[@slittytitty7179]

Sending this to my buddy that plays beastmen i think he would love these

[@EArkham]

So much relatable feeling in this episode! "I don't feel like buying more foam." "I don't feel like cleaning up a mess." "I don't feel like getting gunk on my hands." "I need lunch."

[@MasterBruce1984]

Sounds like me. Nearly to a "T." Just needed a moment of, "I need another beer."

[@GargoyleBard]

"I'm a big ol' unhealthy nerd, so I don't have weights...but I do have nerd books" felt that in my soul

[@ArchvillainGames]

I can't count how many times I've used nerd books to flatten things or hold them down to dry!

[@muzzynat]

How you can tell Jeremy worked in construction- he knows how to use the tip cutter on his calking gun

[@polythenepam3236]

Ngl that blew my mind never even knew that existed!

[@AVspectre]

It’s honestly a background that adds so much to what he does. I’ve found that I really value his product recommendations especially those not specifically produced for the hobby. I’ve never walked through the hardware store the same since I started watching his channel. :) My very handy wife explained this week that she needed to pick up a few items before heading to a friend’s to help repair some small holes in their wall. She seemed baffled when I was able to raid my crafting shelf and provide her with two spackle options and scrapers. :p

[@AVspectre]

Just in case Jeremy reads this as it’s a fresh video, I was wondering if you had any outdoor sealant ideas - perhaps from your building background. I’d love to make decor for our garden (fairy houses, XPS-based Halloween decorations…) but I’m not sure if there are any ‘best practices/products’ for weather-proofing. I figure a Winnipeg-based builder might have some ideas on how a fellow Canuck can bring all this creative craftiness outside. Many thanks!

[@chrispowell2947]

i literally came down to the comments to mention that i didn't know they could do this. life changing!

[@Born_Stellar]

@@AVspectre PVA glue/modpodge makes a very tough finish, covering that with a non-yellowing clear would make it pretty weatherproof. also try EPS not XPS, its less expensive and doesn't use CFC's to be manufactured. XPS is 14,000x worse for the environment than EPS.

[@MrCowboy6588]

I love the natural tones that oil washes tend to introduce into terrain - they work like a mixture of a recess wash and a glaze and a filter, changing something like xps foam painted with craft paint into something way more complex, interesting, and realistic than the sum of its parts. Well done!

[@zedgathegreat9122]

At first when he applied them, my first thought was "Oh no..." but being a fan of the channel I knew it'd work out in the end. However, I was still shocked to see how amazingly well those oil washes worked. They just ended up being so perfectly natural and fitting. I ended up just admiring the technique, that at first just looked like horrible project ruining blobs into something that completely changes all of the detail so effortlessly...

[@TheChaseLane]

This reminds me of old school Black Magic Craft! I love your new videos, but your old stuff is what got me into making terrain. You rock! I cant wait to see what's coming next week!

[@josray2557]

exactly what I thought... felt like 2018 again

[@MonkeyJedi99]

And this time, he rocks with a rock, making fake rocks!

[@moonmint8047]

You could even connect some easy bridges between the platforms and set up some easy scatter like tents and barrels for a quick marauders camp! Or even make some easy Ropes to climb up the wall ! Loved that build. I have just gone recently into Frostgrave and really got into a Winter Terrain Mood for sure. Hope you make more builds like that and expand on it!!

[@caridana7073]

I had a sculpture project in college where we were gluing multiple sheets of foam together to carve, we used wood glue. Doesn’t expand, doesn’t melt, holds together strongly through intense cutting/carving.

[@jam2944]

it's pretty cool to have videos thematically fitting with the minis sponsors! always liked this about BMC

[@GoblinsCorner]

Love the back-to-basics foam smithing. This is a nice simple project that really can be used for all sorts of games. Great work!

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Wow! The "Smash With Rocks!" method makes some very interesting and realist textures.

[@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688]

I love the technical jargon: the smashy-smashy route.

[@alarin612]

"Why don't you get more foam?" "I don't wanna." Most valid thing I've heard all day.

[@thomaswilliams5005]

I’m glad I’m not the only dad who sings to himself when doing things.

[@stevenwhite7763]

Of all of the foam terrain I have built, straight wood glue has never failed me. And, it can be stored longer than caulking (in my experience). Nice finishing work, I will have to loving rip that technique off.

[@Born_Stellar]

wood glue is just extra-strong PVA. both can take a while to cure between 2 sheets of foam, so I'f im doing big sheets I use low-temp hot glue for speed.

[@dkbibi]

Back to basics! Sometimes it's so relaxing to do such a forgiving build! Like the song : "Don't worry, be crafty"

[@Bluecho4]

These cliffs could definitely use some accompanying snow-covered terrain pieces. Log cabins to sit alone, or wood/stone buildings to create a mountain-top, alpine, or tundra/arctic community. Wooden bridges to span gaps. Snowed-in camps, with tents and fire pits (and maybe a random corpse being overtaken by the snow or stuck in ice). You can also build Sci Fi buildings, similarly covered in snow, for games set on arctic research stations (think John Carpenter's The Thing) or Hoth-style ice planets.

[@MrBrad9]

Yes old school BMC. This is the stuff I miss.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Boooooo

[@pigcatapult]

there is something primally satisfying about hitting things with rocks

[@grampawerewolf9832]

Yay, nerd books! Yay, lunch! Sheer magic, Jeremy!!

[@elizabethmilward8301]

I like how you can use this in multiple scenarios arranged in multiple different ways. I'm somewhat space-constrained, so modular and multipurpose is good.

[@Arachn4]

Old school BMC! loved it 😊

[@MarkSplatter]

also, playable DM screen ;)

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

True!

[@MarkSplatter]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Yes! I can imagine a few hollows in the back for staging minis or holding tokens/dice/markers, magnets for posting printouts etc.

[@EricHartis]

Adding a layer with a cave or dwarven mine entrance would be a great add on. Looks great

[@Sounds_like_Yakobi]

Awesome build. For those big tubes of adhesive put a large nail in the end. It seals the tube and then its easy to pull out and keep using instead of having to keep cutting the tube shorter and shorter.

[@jleeshinobi]

You are who got me into crafting Jeremy. Thank you bro.

[@Lamefoureyes]

6:48 "What are you up to?" Me, in BC: Enjoying the first normal weather in nearly three weeks of chaos, you?

[@Strkr3]

Nothing wrong with some good ole back to basics! Looks awesome and super versatile! Thanks Jeremy!!

[@wAwCreator]

you are smart using the stone itself to create the surface of the mountain!

[@theclutteredkraken3627]

LOVE THIS. It's also a sign I watch your videos too often when I was thinking "I'm surprised he isn't airbrushing this." just as you started talking about that.

[@alaskankare]

love the digital snow. amazing mountain terrain!

[@GarouGames]

Carol of bells intro was awesome.

[@lauredemoor]

Thank you so much for noticing what is the music, I was searching for the name !

[@josray2557]

so glad to see painting again! :D those turned out awesome. Now we just need the return of complex structures as that is what made this channel. Magic.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I paint in every video.

[@esmith8887]

You could hide a treasure or secret tomb with loot.. Maybe a cave with a stone firepit where they can short rest? Tons of cool options too! Great video brother!

[@geoffmanson9749]

Love this (as always!!)!! if you will indulge me: I created a set of modular mountains too. Imagine a circlular mountain (with steppes etc..) then cut into quarters. The quarters can be set into a circular mountain, 1/2 a side of one mountain, two 1/2 sides of a mountain (creating a valley) or each of the quarters placed on the corner of the table creating a bowl, crater or caldera

[@russ5838]

Looks A1 m8ty, the oil wash pulled it all together giving a very realistic finish.

[@lawrencedavis7741]

Would luv to see your take on the classic crystal terrain. Blue crystals would fit in so well with all your frozen terrain

[@Switchblade39]

I have always loved using rocks for the texture

[@zolundlee]

I just love how much fun you're having building it

[@halanhart]

As soon as you said you didn't have wieghts my first thought was books, what a true nerd uses to weigh things down. Glad you didn't disappoint!

[@trikepilot101]

The first time I saw that mix of caulking, pva, sand, etc. was on an old youtube channel called "The Kamloopian." He called it "Kamloopian Goop" and it is as good a name as any. Maybe better than most.

[@Born_Stellar]

i wonder if that guy was from Kamloops? 🤣🤣🤣

[@sebastiannicolaikaupe5175]

You know, I really expected that red oil wash to turn out too strong. Turns out, I was wrong and it adds this really nice and subtle bit of color to the piece. I really need to do more with oils, they are awesome. Also, I think this is a project that really should go into my "Do Something Like This" folder.

[@Berserkerworks]

All those sweet minis just given'er up that mountain side!

[@credoimperialis]

this really move the building juices man!!!!!! happy holidays to all !

[@jhanlon303]

looks brilliant for old school methods.

[@sunsandersii]

100% going to make a set of these. Thank you!

[@timago4443]

Simple but very effective. Love it Jeremy!

[@chrisboger2750]

Great display board idea for my WIP Space Wolves army

[@AVspectre]

Oh! Cool idea!

[@drgrantboardman2224]

Nice toboggan. Fantastic mountain scenery, always impressed!

[@jackjames2872]

This looks awesome you should try build some frozen looking habitats etc to go with it

[@onecraftygypsy8816]

I can totally imagine a frozen waterfall done in that style!

[@sadville13]

10:05 When you make the hard coat you have to make the squishy noise otherwise it doesn't stick properly.

[@secondeditionwargaming]

Simple but effective, the best type of build!

[@justthatrebel1135]

Oh snap! The timing is just perfect for my upcoming Rime of the Frostmaiden campaign ☃️🎄

[@fenrirwalker7083]

I wasn't sure about the snow, but it looks really great!

[@fancifuldevices]

“It will look perfectly fine in a game. No one’s gonna complain.” I just have this image of a friend coming over, seeing all the work and skill you put in, and going, “I hate to complain but...” Idk that cracked me up.

[@MRaadesign]

Another good build vid. I do like at the end you showed the layouts. That is very cool! I was thinking you could add fire/lava effects instead of ice/snow. Here is a quick tip for glue: use 3M spray adhesive. It's rubber cement in a can. Just spray both pieces of foam and stick together. The bond is instant. Just mask off with tape the parts you don't want any spray to get on. Try with with some small parts as a test. I have used it for over 2 decades.

[@Born_Stellar]

I was considering this, but as spray paint propellant melts foam, does the spray glue as well? I know you can shoot paint from far enough away to avoid that, just wondering about the glue. I think I have a can of super 77 somewhere.

[@MRaadesign]

@@Born_Stellar Yeah just don't soak it and spray from a distance. I always hit both sides with a couple light coats and then press together. Bond is instant too.

[@hmgirlpopuri5819]

That came out really good! You could even do a sort of 'evolving battlefield' concept with that. Where you take out the bottom piece and put it on top as the players ascend (or vice versa when descending) to simulate traveling further vertically.

[@thomaskaracwilson]

This video is on another level, literally.

[@colinmackeruo6812]

every video just blows me away more and more

[@JustinSmith1287]

This video was so amazing. I feel like the energy was really there and the music and the terrain.. ugh, so good. I need 500000 more of these videos STAT!

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Well I’ve got at least 250 of them 😀

[@JustinSmith1287]

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial I feel compelled to yell you I built your fountain as a first time foam build, and I have a bunch of hot wire cutters and a table and a whole pile of foam coming in the mail soon. I have a foam "stone" block and cereal box shingle roof house I made that's primed and ready to paint. I never thought I'd get into terrain building but I've been watching your videos like crack and now I'm making my own! Thank you!! Now I have to balance building what seems fun, and building for what's actually needed in the next adventure lol!

[@Nachbo1234]

The smashy smashy technique works well on the flat surface of the SPF. I have to remember that.

[@nordicson2835]

Thanks this looks like a great one to do with the kids , light browns and sand will be perfect for Tatooine and dessert planets.

[@griffin292]

Great to see your take on the Cliffside Climb. I didn't think about beating the tar out of mine to actually crack the foam, but I did cover mine in snow flocking that would have covered up the detail.

[@sw33n3yto00]

These look amazing.

[@jennylawson1980]

Can we say incredible and interesting idea. Love the idea very much.

[@fullerbd]

Exactly they type of project I have been looking for.

[@bearpawdgamr2785]

looking at them all lined up edge to edge, i'm seeing a custom DM screen in the future! carve holes into the backside and store dice or stat cards in the flat back part.

[@thomasmiller4378]

I love watching the whole process. It reveals a lot more of the mini tid bits of information and experimentation that tutorials gloss over! I love it. Keep going at it! It looks fantastic

[@lancenydeen8620]

I love the color scheme! Keep up the creativity and sharing. You continually challenge us to up our game too! As always, stay safe and healthy!

[@paigeherrmann6332]

The vibes of this video are so good. It’s awesome seeing you being laid back as you explain your process

[@psyjax2]

So... basically a realistic representation of Canada. A nice change of pace for the channel!

[@maceycoder5378]

This I believe is one of my FAVORITE pieces of terrain you've made to date!!!! All your work is great but idk the blue on this made the snow flocking and the article features on the INCREDIBLY bad ass miniatures... Just ABSOLUTELY pop. And AS always, you made the terrain modular which is fantastic

[@jeffhildenbrand9796]

That was sweet dude. The best thing was how you really seemed to enjoy it. Been watching since the very first vids. Keep it up dude

[@adamp3229]

The blue tones look great. Have you ever used sand-less tile grout for added strength and texturing?

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Yup, in many videos 😀

[@fraso7331]

A great video! By the way: There are old stories, that Alexander the great found a blue mountain in Afghanistan, consisting of Lapis lazuli. It vanished fast, some say. Some doubt, that it existed ... Well, at least this mountain is an excuse for blue mountains on a table and you don't need to stick to brown and grey ones.

[@deanjohnson7809]

Yes, a return to roots!

[@DOCWHOK9]

Nice work! I'd love to see a Volcanic area that could add to this. Bubbling Lava, Splashes, and Stepping Stones, Lava Mephits, sunken statues perhaps.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

If you want to see something, you simply need to build it 🙂

[@rayrous8229]

I'm starting my campaign in the Carpathian mountains. This will help a lot.

[@jugglervr]

Beautiful in its simplicity; I would consider making them ~9" in length to match the scale of my dungeon tiles and allow smaller mountains, maybe a couple 45-deg corners. It seems to me that if you start with some 9x9 and stagger your cuts by 1/2", they can be assembled in stacks of 3 of similar depths and result in 4 different depth steps: The cuts I'm thinking on 6 different 9x9" are: [1, 1.5, 2], [3, 3.5, 4] (which results in complementary cuts of [8, 7.5, 7], [6, 5.5, 5]) Basically mountain-sized dungeon stackers. Now to figure out how to make some leeetle ladders. ;D

[@pgames2303]

Im actually making a giant diorama/wargaming board with modular cliffs. Not exactly the same thing, but damn it I wish I saw this before I started. I wouldnt use the exact method, but a mix of both would’ve helped a lot.

[@GerialdsForge]

I still remember how in one of your earlier videos you've been talking about not needing to craft *everything* you wish to reflect on the gaming table; that a combination of theater of the mind & few pieces of terrain work the best. These mountain pieces are a perfect example of that philosophy - you don't have to craft a whole 🏔 mountain range to create a great scene (many scenes!) Love how it all builds especially into a narrow valley at the end of the video, just so atmospheric and ready to tell a story. And you look so happy there - thank you for another truly inspirational episode 🖖

[@blackbarnz]

I cant help but notice we tend to do similiar projects at the same time. Currently Im sculpting a mountain out of an old foam sail boat. The foam is similar to styrofoam but more dense. The boat was broken & abandoned, & I figured it make a great mountain. I foresee storage problems in my future... the shipping foam from the inside of lamp shades is absolutely perfect for sculpting hills. Its styrofoam but I find if you add filler medium (like gesso) you can make styro foam or even floral foam fairly solid. Ive had some pieces for years & they've held up well through years of play. I've made a few from Styrofoam picnic coolers/ ice boxes but they just dont look right. Thought of stacking cedar bark chips buI never attempted it. Never tried using stacked insulation foam before, I do like the stepped incline, it's perfect for gaming. The look reminds me of layers seen in the sedimentary rock of fold mountains, Kudos!

[@psychedelikchameleon]

Loved this. Thanks for uploading 😀

[@makeshiftminis9090]

The piece looks great! I love the Stony colors and textures, I just wish I had the room to build and store something like this.

[@denisj.3208]

made a canyon like that recently, can repaint it like this if i need a moutain/cliff

[@markchristy9704]

I love how excited you were to show of all the different ways to use the finished product. Well done!

[@ElNick09]

I love these fun, basic builds that have that same sort of versatility as your dungeon stackers!

[@slyer0]

for some reason I wanna make some space wolfs now. looking real good. I wanna try making this now.

[@HouseDM]

Jeremy, you seem SO happy in this video! Glad to see you're doing well and having fun with it! Super inspired to fix up my mountain terrain now. Cheers mate!

[@brettabraham]

I love how this felt very back to basics but still new and interesting.

[@PilgrimofMatter]

In Canada, you can just open your window for an authentic and cheap snow effect. Awesome!

[@lilcwa]

This was awesome! And yet you made it easy enough for anyone to try. Well done.

[@julieaubutgaudet4403]

Very cool! I have been wanting to make a set like this for awhile . I am waiting to use the foam cut offs from a galleon project I want to do first! Though I did use just my cave tiles stacked the other day to make a cliff face back ground to my icy setting. I just added hot glue icicles to give them a more wintery feel plus bonus the icicles come iff easily and I can reuse them on other terrain!

[@xJadeWolfxx]

I've been really enjoying all the cyber punk content but this was such a useful and relatable video. I swear "I don't feel like getting gunk on my hands" is one of my main Achille's crafting heels.

[@chadbodine336]

Ya I love your builds like this old school DIY!

[@Charoy612]

I've been using this stuff to make replica battleboards of maps from Tactics Ogre, glad to see someone who knows what they're doing better than I do to learn some tips

[@Charoy612]

Screws! I was suffering with skewers!

[@lucasupright]

That color scheme came out so nice.

[@leewat3742]

Great looking stuff Jeremy, perhaps you could add a modular frozen waterfall to it. Just a thought :)

[@spoonz202]

i opened a bunch of tabs, watched a video, then moved over to what i thought was a cooking show i also watch, the intro to this plays and i 'm like man this is the weirdest intro ever for a lobster dish...