Crafting LED Torches for Tabletop RPG (tutorial)

[@madnessbydesignVria]

Ideally, there should be a small resistor between the battery and LED. This keeps the LED from drawing too much power and burning out prematurely (and it lengthens the life of your battery). Your finished torch looks good! :)

[@LandvaettrsLair]

You're right, I actually got a bunch of small resistance coming with the LEDs, couldn't bother to add them to the craft back then since these torches are only used every so often. You are totaly right though and the next pieces I'll built I'll be sure to add the resistance. Thanks for your feedback and advice!

[@madnessbydesignVria]

@@LandvaettrsLair I figured you probably knew about the resistors, but thought I'd mention it for anyone not familiar with LEDs. I've also made things without the resistors, so I'm not judging. I like your builds, and I look forward to seeing more vids from you! :)

[@IBeScrappyDoo2]

That was the easiest and the best-led torch tutorial yet !!! Keep them coming.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Good to hear! I will do my best. Cheers !

[@Dave-cd3kp]

Ooooooo

[@Dave-cd3kp]

@@LandvaettrsLair oooooo

[@Dave-cd3kp]

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[@Dave-cd3kp]

@@LandvaettrsLair ooooooooooooooooo

[@TheDungeonMattster]

Sir, I have already selected my LEDs and components and will be making these ASAP! I am inspired by you friend, great stuff!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Cool! Thanks, glad my content comes useful to your craft.

[@SecularMentat]

Here I was about to look up coin battery holders with switches but this is just far simpler. I'm a little concerned how well the contacts hold up. but this is just simple and amazing. Good stuff.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

If you want to avoid wire breakage or bad contact on long term you can leave the battery on and just jam a tiny piece of paper between the wire and the battery to avoid unwanted contact and just remove the paper when you want to light up the torch. That's what i ended up doing on the advice of a subscriber.

[@OkieRCguy]

Great job. A super way to make torches without having to buy LED tealights!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Yeah, however you need a small southering station to get reliable results. 😉

[@rafaelsimon2917]

Loved the tutorial and the background sound... keep doing this videos please !!!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks, I'll do my best 😉!

[@PaladinMthe13th]

Very nice

[@MrMaxenen11]

Looks great, well done.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks !

[@stephenrenwick8781]

Looking great 👏👏👏

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks !

[@smoessmee]

Looks great :) Only thing I might try is putting a bit of black near the top of the flame to try and make it look smoky.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Sure, I chose to leave it untouched to preserve light intensity but you do you.

[@christophermurray9777]

Great video. Those skeletons at the end are amazing also.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks!

[@christophermurray9777]

I know I asked this before but I cannot find where you answered. Where do you get your peasant miniatures? And those skeletons too? :)

[@LandvaettrsLair]

@@christophermurray9777 skeletons are metallic Reaper miniatures. For the peasants they are from Fenryll miniatures, very finely casted and lifelike but the casting material is super hard and brittle on the thinner parts of the sculpts (handles & such). Great purchase nonetheless as far as i'm concerned.

[@christophermurray9777]

@@LandvaettrsLair Thanks. Once again great video. I love all of your projects.

[@Helryne]

Beautiful; I'm, definitely, going to give these a try!

[@florianw.9545]

There are flickering LEDs with a microchip inside. Same size and requirements like the stable ones but with the flickering. Very cheap from China though. Buy them at Aliexpress for example. Very great stuff. I use them with a constant current source for lighten my buildings.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Interesting. I'm gonna check this out.

[@anneangersbach]

It finally happened, I burned myself with the hot glue gun... BUT I have nice torch flames ^^ took me a couple of tries but I am quite happy with them now. Thank you, Sir :)

[@blues4mme]

So dam cool 😎 cheers 🍻 I’m gonna stay tuned to your channel

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Hi man! Thanks and welcome to the channel!

[@jacobhope6164]

Nice work! Thanks for the tutorial.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Glad you liked, thanks for your feedback!

[@tomyoung9834]

Great ideas! Keep up the awesome work!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks ! Will do.

[@amdnable]

It looks great! I think it's worth it to revisit stuff other channels did because you usually yeld better results. Aussi pour éteindre la torche sans enlever la batterie tu pourrais glisser une feuille de papier entre la pile et la patte.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks ! Putain t'as raison c'est une excellente idée jvais utiliser le coup du papier ça évitera des faux contacts dus à l'usure!

[@MurderHoboRPG]

Amazing video

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks!

[@doggolovescheese1310]

Thank you for doing this for us!!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

You are welcome. Thank you for your feedback!

[@darryldamour278]

Excellent tutorial man! Was going to make some almost identical and do a tutorial, but you've beaten me to it 😁 they look great and I'll definitely be doing these now!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Hehehe glad you liked them! If you ever want to work on a specific type of tutorial on short delays do not hesitate to tell me so I don't make the same type. But one day we should also make a craftoff video on a common theme , these vids are often pretty fun to do and to watch!

[@darryldamour278]

@@LandvaettrsLair I wouldn't dream of stopping your production, I'm not that arrogant. You have a bigger subscriber base for a reason, man! But I'm definitely up for a craft off, or even some other type of creative collaboration 😁

[@LandvaettrsLair]

@@darryldamour278Obviously it won't stop my production! I just don't necessarly want to undermine the pedagogics of another crafter😉. Small subs base or Big one doesn't matter I know doing a tutorial is some work, and most of the time done free of charge. Any case i'm just a guy doing tutorials on KZbin i'm not the Queen of England mate...it'll be cool to do somthin one Time i'll think about something.

[@xornxenophon3652]

Very nice; you also could have used flickering LEDs (yes, those do exist) to increase the effect!

[@edstar83]

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[@chloejpb]

Amazing tutorial! I'm new here, and i'm very happy i found your channel! 🤗

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Welcome aboard ! Happy to have you here !😉

[@epicdungeontiles]

That's really interesting with the lithium battery! I have always used resistors and the 12v batteries but this looks way more efficient :) - Also I'm fairly certain I bought that some big tub of LEDs haha, they are such good value. Awesome video!!

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks, I'm not good at electronics by any means but glad the tutorial came in handy!

[@epicdungeontiles]

@@LandvaettrsLair Yea really good! :)

[@martinhall2163]

Great video ! BTW where did they get the minions from ?

[@mr.e1944]

Really cool!

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Pretty slick Landva great thinking using the hot glue to make the battery compartment/mound. I wonder if they have led lights that alternate between half power and full brightness that would make a nice flickering effect.

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Thanks Chris. Well yeah but you need a small electronic circuit to have the flickering!

[@LordTears]

Just use a led from a electronic tealight

[@hartstouner6779]

Привет!И да я русский, и мне очень нравятся твои видео

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Спасибо, рад слышать, что вы цените мои видео!

[@pmgmsd]

Recommendations for making this style work in a dungeon setting? How would you adapt the base to work in that scenario? I'm really happy with the results

[@LandvaettrsLair]

Make a cobblestone base and maybe incase the LED in some bead or scavenged cap to imitate a brazier of sorts. Honestly its easier if you can hide the wire inside a piece.

[@HOGANHAGGAR]

thanks man

[@rickardo5529]

I do them the same way aha but I still buy the tea light to get the bulb it flickers

[@coxcopi]

First of all, the tutorial is amazing! Your explaining so well! BUT WHAT THE HECK HAPPEND TO YOUR HOT GLUE GUN????!!!! xDD

[@LandvaettrsLair]

XD it has defenetly lived through crafting hell, it left some marks!

[@coxcopi]

@@LandvaettrsLair xD

[@DireSwift]

Love it, I have some other styles but definitely going to add some of these to the collection. That hot glue gun has seen better days :P

[@LandvaettrsLair]

It's a piece of crap yeah it doesn't even push the gluesticks properly...the only avantage it has and the reason i bought it in the first place is because of it's thin nozzle to sculpt.

[@Dave-cd3kp]

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