Making the ULTIMATE 40k Battle Mat (Rolls up for storage)

[@KnarbMakes]

If you enjoyed this video and want to support me in making more like it! Please consider signing up for one of the Tiers on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/knarbmakes. Hope to have you as a part of my community! Cheers and stay tuned for more awesome terrain crafting videos.

[@KnarbMakes]

@@FelixSteffensen Thanks for dropping by, and great suggestion! I have some scatter terrain plans in mind for the future, I'll see if I can showcase some of it.

[@RPRsChannel]

This was really clever. We're gunna see a LOT of people in the game terrain hobby copy this.

[@aerodave1]

@@FelixSteffensen had

[@theezekarion164]

Nice When U Salimg Me One?

[@dominiclee696]

Not sure if you will see this but could you give an update on how well the EVA has stayed on the matt? and whether you have a preference for long term survivability?

[@SquidmarMiniatures]

Cool build

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Emil!

[@devileanblack]

I've been searching for DIY battle mats for over a year and this is by far the best DIY battle mat craft ever.

[@Terrainosaur]

Oh look at Mr. Pro Video Producer here! With his great thumbnail, ULTIMATE caps in title, flashy intro, bright lighting, speed changes, jumpcuts, talking to cam, transparent PNG graphics, personal asides, story telling, nice. The patreon spin was HOT. The heat gun shocked me. And the idea is BRILLIANT. Possibly my favourite terrain video EVAR.

[@KnarbMakes]

A bit too clickbait maybe? I feel like it delivers pretty well. 😜

[@Terrainosaur]

@@KnarbMakes No. It's perfectly normal for KZbin. Since I've never seen this before, you have a right to punch up the title.

[@killerpinkart6173]

For real. This video is superb quality. No BS man. Great production value, great presentation. I aspire to be this good one day.

[@blairbird8022]

That bit with the heat gun was my favourite part of this video.

[@KnarbMakes]

Mine too!

[@LouieLovesMinis]

Latex paint is smart. Good way to secure everything down

[@TryChillBalloo]

Please make more battlmats in the future. would be intrested in flocking and cobblestone tutorials for mats cheers

[@KnarbMakes]

I plan on making a fantasy/medieval mat in the future. Stay tuned!

[@TryChillBalloo]

@@KnarbMakes Thats awesome, Thank you! Your channel is pure gold, i am sure it will grow quickly! would be great to see also some water effects tutorials like these ones: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f33Wfp5shZmfnJI

[@lordwolkenstein9339]

the effect with the heat gun - holy moly!

[@Berserkerworks]

Amazing! You've taken DIY battle mats, and cranked it 11.

[@KnarbMakes]

🤘

[@toddslanga]

This is probably the most original take on DIY gaming mats that I’ve seen. Outstanding job!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Todd!

[@roberthermosillo5727]

Simply incredible. You've set a new bar for hobbiests. Gonna hear the phrase "Knarb-style" terrain in every youtube video now.

[@FacilityD20]

had to watch this twice! Dude you killed this, I have never seem someone make a matt like this. My mind is now spinning about making a smaller d&d version for a city!

[@KnarbMakes]

You can absolutely do cobblestone/brickwork patterns and wood grain instead of what I carved up!

[@Jayster94]

What a fantastic idea to use the foam and the heat gun for the tiles!

[@KnarbMakes]

It's my favorite part of the build. I got a heat gun just for this.

[@DanielGurule1959]

Beautiful! Well done. Yes I am inspired.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you! 😊

[@Godonstilts]

The moment you got the heat gun out and warped the eva, my mind was blown!! Epic. Well done man

[@shikemil2201]

Never see something like this ! Congrat' !

[@jonbauml225]

Never seen a build like this! So amazing!

[@giovanni23048]

Wow this looks great af, thanks youtube for the recommend

[@robertmadejski5690]

Wow, so much effort! Great result. Thank you for making such a fantastic video.

[@goblinry]

This is stunningly beautiful.

[@andiwandfahren7876]

Just subbed. This will make a fine addition to my lockdown projects.

[@40kwarriortuber92]

I dont think I have ever seen a video as detailed as this about mats. Great job. This has inspired me to create some terrain.

[@HacksawsHobbyBunker]

This project answered some questions I have been pondering for a while, as well as illuminated some techniques that I would never have thought of (the heat gun especially). Brilliant!

[@KnarbMakes]

It's a super popular/old technique used in the prop making world. They love EVA foam for crafting all that costume stuff. Probably used in movie industry too.

[@DarkMatterWorkshop]

Great job! An improvement over the regular, typical DIY mat.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks, hope this gets more people making battle mats!

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

This... THIS! This is AWESOME. HOW have I never thought of this. I hope you'll be making more of vids of custom 3d battlemats.

[@KnarbMakes]

More to come!

[@em3sis]

All the pieces look perfect and natural together on the mat. 10/10

[@oktoberbabyfee]

That is totally the most awesome battlemat out there! Seriously man, it's brilliant! The terrain is awesome, too.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks. I had a lot of fun making it!

[@linadecaseleycarloss5838]

Brilliant - subscribed!

[@KnarbMakes]

Awesome, thank you!

[@toadpope2522]

The detail emerging with the heat gun is pure magic 😍

[@DirkBernauOppendorfGrindhouse]

looks great, good job

[@zombfi]

One of the best creative tutorials I have seen. Well done. 🤘

[@KnarbMakes]

Wow, thanks!

[@flumpet38]

Awesome build, it looks fantastic! Also, thank you for sharing the pitfalls you encountered. Lots of makers only show the successes, and sometimes knowing what won't work is equally important!

[@KnarbMakes]

Absolutely, hope it was useful for others to learn from my mistakes.

[@Zodd83]

Gorgeous: first 40K battlemat I've ever seen that I like and promises a good play! Bravo!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you kindly!

[@benweinberg3819]

This is one of the most ingenious builds I've seen, wholly unique! The experimentation phase was good to see what NOT to do as well. Excited to try this out

[@KnarbMakes]

I mess up so you don't have to!

[@darthcraw7192]

Great idea with the eva foam! Looking forward for the next one 😉

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Slajar196]

This EVA foam looks nice. I've never heard of it. Thanks!

[@KnarbMakes]

You can get it at any craft store. Look for "Craft Foam" in the kids crafting section.

[@jherazob]

This has to be my favorite variation on homemade battlemats to date, great result! Good idea to go with EVA, very flexible and the heat gun trick cosplayers use so much works like magic in this context, very nice!

[@KnarbMakes]

It's my favorite part of the process.

[@FinnDiesel841]

Dude this is so freaking awesome!!! Definitely subscribing for more!

[@matthiasg.3645]

That heat gun technique - absolutely amazing, very impressive!

[@rebeccafitzpatrick2233]

When you started using the heat gun my mind expanded like the cuts you made in the foam. Really creative build.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks so much!

[@ValtanoftheLight]

Amazing job, left me quite speechless

[@KnarbMakes]

Glad you enjoyed it!😀

[@Visigoth_]

*Trial-and-error!* cool build.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks for watching!

[@khimbar123]

KZbin recommended this. 20 seconds in, instant sub. Amazing!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks for watching!

[@ArtJeremiah]

I meant to watch this the other day. This is pretty freaking amazing man!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks so much Jeremiah! I'm really enjoying your dungeon builds. I'll be doing some medieval style terrain coming up inspired by some of your work.

[@ninjamel_official5730]

HOW DID I NOT FIND THIS CHANNEL UNTIL NOW?!?!?! THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY GOOD KZbin RECOMMENDATION EVER!!! SERIOUSLY THO....

[@KnarbMakes]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I ALSO CAN'T FIND A WAY TO TURN OFF CAPS LOCK!

[@FidoBlogers]

i've watched A LOT of mat tutorials, and this is BY FAR the most amazing looking DIY MAT that i've seen ever!!

[@V0LK0V]

This is legitimately amazing. Going to have to consider something like this.

[@bofdar]

EVA is a severely underused tool in terrain making. The heat gun technique is used in Cosplay all the time and seems almost magical!

[@KnarbMakes]

That's where I picked it up from! We need to use it more in terrain building.

[@BattleHardenedGames]

@@KnarbMakes do you know if EVA will take patterns from rollers pretty effectively? I mean the terrain rollers from places like greenstuffworld or etsy.

[@KnarbMakes]

@@BattleHardenedGames it can, but you need to heat the EVA first before rolling. And them take care afterwards as the pattern can be lost if you heat it again. Press really hard and maybe score some of the lines with a blade afterward to make them more pronounced.

[@AndrevwZA]

Nice trick with the heatgun. What I learned from painting banners in the the sign industry, we always rolled them up with the paint on the outside. Paint stretches easier than it compresses.

[@KnarbMakes]

Great tip!

[@maxmad4960]

One of the best vids I've seen.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks so much!

[@castingscenics2143]

Awesome! Yarn can work well for wires or pipes too! This is a terrific looking mat!

[@KnarbMakes]

Someone else suggested shoe strings in a comment thread! Really good ideas coming out this comment section. Thanks for watching!

[@JustMe-gz4pu]

Watching the heat gun do it’s job was like magic.

[@RLBndR]

Definitely one of the most unique builds I've ever seen on youtube. I hope this video goes viral. Absolutely original content. And congratulations on the patron!!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks for the continued support Ryan. This is one of my favorite builds so far.

[@FrankyDCrafter]

@@KnarbMakes this completely blew me away! The possibilities are endless!!!!!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Franky! You can totally adapt this to any kind of texture you can think of.

[@RLBndR]

@@KnarbMakes you should try to colab with Franky d crafter 🤣

[@KnarbMakes]

@@FrankyDCrafter Interest in doing a build with me? I have some ideas floating around I think you would like. Shoot me an email or Instagram DM, not quite sure how to reach you.

[@charleyedwards2121]

that whole table is just amazing man every part of it

[@idiotluggage]

I've been meaning to try making a battle mat. I hadn't thought of doing it like this. Thanks for sharing.

[@jacobhope6164]

Wow! What an amazing looking mat! I admire your willingness to take risks and experiment.

[@MMadjansen]

Woah, this is awesome! Awesome tutorial and fantastic results. Thanks for sharing and for explaining your process with all the tools and materials in such detail - super educational.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks for tuning in! Hope to see other people give this a try.

[@rottenkittystudios4127]

Gotta search for my eyes on the floor. Dang, dem silly things popped out of my skull staring at this stroke of genius. 👀💀

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@shaneflickinger]

Great idea. Looks awesome too! Subbed.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks for the sub!

[@whydoineedahandlewtf]

Wow this is amazing!

[@adamp3229]

One of the best battle mats I've ever seen

[@StrangeAether]

Oh my God, a new rising star of tabletop terrain!

[@CampaignTerrain]

Super nice! Now... I just need to figure out how to "medievalize" some town roads, or similar. If I ever take up the grim future side of our hobby, I'm coming over to your house to play XD

[@KnarbMakes]

Id love to see your take on this for a fantasy setting.

[@woshstudios]

Omg that heat gun foam trick is incredible!

[@KnarbMakes]

It's my favorite part!

[@traitorlegion9555]

Yeah, really cool! Neat job 👏👏👏

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@marcwittkowski5146]

Holy crap, this is beautiful! I love it!

[@bengamingames5002]

The heat gun trick blew me away! Can't wait to try it!

[@Stefan-yz5lr]

Awesome, I'd say this is the best diy battlemat I've come across.

[@OverboardDM]

Love the mat.

[@jack0lantern03]

Seems like a lot of people liked the rainbow, lol. And thank you Knarb, for making me discover yet another aspect of tabletop crafting, and also for making me discover your channel.

[@KnarbMakes]

Happy to see it! Thanks for watching.

[@michaelkopstein2779]

One of the most important videos on KZbin

[@domshen]

This is awesome! I really liked that you showed your test process and showed what didn't work as well as what did end up working. It will really help people possibly avoid some of those pit falls. I have been super torn on if I want to use necromunda tiles or a battle mat. I think I may make a battle mat that looks like the purchased tiles!!

[@KnarbMakes]

Yeah, going from an initial idea to a final product has some ups and downs, and experimenting with different materials, glues and ways to combine them is always going into uncharted territories.

[@jurgenweingand9190]

Wow, this is amazing, I will build a Terrain for Infinity and your technic is perfekt.

[@KnarbMakes]

Go for it!

[@johannisson77]

So good, great video, great project and beutiful mat. The heat gun trick just made me drop my jaw in awe. You sir have my subscription!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks, Glad you found it enjoyable! More awesome builds coming up!

[@Promethevs_xviii]

Stunning build! I need to do one like the other one you have, that sort of scorched brown earth, I just don't know where to start really. They look amazing!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks! Lots of other videos cover how to do a natural looking one. This is one of my favorites from Eric's Hobby Workshop: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIubaICFfN6Aj5I Check out the full video too, it's worth a watch.

[@tk-eva72minis]

A new twist to the DIY battle mats. I love the raised texture on the surface, which is great for WH40K. I've used EVA before in cosplays, so I'm definitely going to have a crack at this. A great informative video. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@KnarbMakes]

EVA is starting to be one of my new favorite materials.

[@davethepak]

Absolutely amazing. One side note - acrylic caulk with latex also provides a very flexible adhesive and texturing. thanks for sharing - love your design and execution - and very good production quality (clear shots, good lighting, etc.). thanks again for the video.

[@kylewilliam487]

This is amazing. Cant wait to try this. I loved when you hit the eva with the heat gun and all the detail came out. Great work!

[@zeldakitsch]

Great video, really enjoyed it and not something I had seen before. I loved that you included the pitfalls/mistakes, and the fact you are using construction materials and not necessarily traditional crafting materials, excellent job

[@frankling.robertsiii6811]

This was an awesome tutorial! I can see making quite a few of these for convention games… I’ll be making one for my future games of Stargrave myself.

[@BonsaiBear27]

My son and I have only just started on our Warhammer journey but seeing your creative genius has encouraged us even more! Great video 👍.

[@KnarbMakes]

That's great to hear! Have a good time, it's loads of fun.

[@m3verse]

Great looking mat! I'm certainly going to be using some of these tricks. Thanks for sharing

[@KnarbMakes]

You bet!

[@HesteBremse]

Looks really great, and the map being so flexible is simply awesome 👍👍👍

[@hammerofgodminiatures]

Awesome job and that's a sick table 👍👍👍👍

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks 👍

[@billdefranza4927]

This is really impressive! The technique with the heat gun on the foam is very cool.

[@OriginPainting]

That's awesome, the addition of depth and texture is a great touch.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you very much!

[@natezodiak]

I just got into minis and fell in love with the idea of terrain. Subscribing because this guy crazy handsome and has a really nice voice. I can't wait to watch his other stuff. This came out amazing!

[@rubiolouis]

Man, I loved it!! The colors, the details

[@ryanyuhr2087]

Great build, loved the trouble shooting.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks, I hope it helps others make stuff armed with knowledge 😀

[@alexanderz8052]

Id love to see you tackle building a city fight board the traditional way: with modular tiles with sculpted on detail and maybe modular elevation Id also like to see your take on a zone mortalis board with walls and floor tiles (without the laser cutter)

[@idontwanttopickone]

Looks cool, but I would avoid mixing different paint types together (latex and acrylic) as you risk getting cracks or splitting later on. I have made my own textured/flocked mat and used only acrylics with no issues.

[@KnarbMakes]

Seems to be holding up alright so far. Latex and Acrylic work well if given proper time to dry and cure.

[@idontwanttopickone]

@@KnarbMakes good to hear. I've seen other people foolishly mixing acrylic caulking with non-acrylic paint and it's cracked. The Terrain Tutor had that issue.

[@alrethianscraftsbattles]

Fantastic video again man! The heat gun to bring out the EVA foam is a great trick i didn't know about yet, thank you for that :). Binging and building alot of your video's as i just got into Kill Team. I play alot of Warcry & Age of Sigmar and wanted to switch things up. Always looking forward to your contents. Keep them coming and keep up the amazing work ;)

[@KnarbMakes]

I used to play a lot more fantasy setting stuff, it's fun to tackle on crisp lines and futuristic materials.

[@richardthomas8415]

Outstanding creativity man...Bravo!!👏👏👏

[@KnarbMakes]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MeGaShaHeS]

Class man,I've never seen anything like this.The heat gun on the eva form is satisfying af.

[@riotangel914]

So many great ideas. Wonderful job.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@kallisto9166]

That's a great idea! Really original, solidly made and nicely shot. Well done! Frankly, you should consider building a Kickstarter around that concept. I would love to see how much more you can do with it, especially with natural terrain surfaces.

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks for the suggestion. Ill try and see what I can come up with and if this is feasible to mass produce.

[@AddamsFactory69]

Why has the algorithm kept you away from me for so long! Brilliant job, well done 😀 (liked, subbed etc, good luck with your channel!)

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks for the sub!

[@simeonbrown3712]

WOW. seen a few mat builds done and done a few myself and nothing I've seen tops this one. love the hot air gun on the foam to make the scoring pop. looks like i have another project on the list. time to order some supplies.

[@KnarbMakes]

For sure! Try a smaller one first, It's still useful as small sections too.

[@tomroberts6934]

Love it, best battle mat I’ve seen!

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Tom!

[@SteveFamine]

This is a flex. Looks great

[@KnarbMakes]

Thanks Steve!