So how would you guys use the colour changing ability in your games? would you use an LED for this even if you usually wouldn't use them? As always I'll be trying to answer questions as soon as I can, so feel free to ask :) SCENIC SEALANT You can make this a few ways, I show some more in the modular overgrown accessories video involving pva glue and varnish or matte medium, but these days I use: 1 part Mod podge 5 parts water I'm constantly playing with this and learning more, I'm probably going to do a full video on sealing terrain at some point :) CHARCOAL TEXTURE Even once sealed, some of these might be a little loose - I found it was a good idea to give each piece a handling and let the loose bits fall off, then cover up any gaps if needed with some more of the fine filtered charcoal dust before the final sealant layer. I also gave the white ash another layer after sealing because the sealing darkens it down a bit - but ash is quite good at staying attached even without spray, so an extra layer over the top isn't a problem. It also gives the piece more variety of contrast! BURNING BUILDING CARD DIMENSIONS 3/4" tall 5/8" wide
@babadibabadiboo3 жыл бұрын
No questions but wanted to say you have inspired me to start crafting keeps and castles (which I learned I made too big and I of course made all my measurements as I went - lesson learned). So thank you, you have a new Patreon too ;)
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a ton man! The support is massively appreciated, and it's awesome to hear about inspiring people to make stuff :)
@thomasmanley91183 жыл бұрын
I've never wanted my party to take fire spells more! These look super incredible dude!
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir! 😁
@HallofCraftVids3 жыл бұрын
I love your second method for the compact battery + hotglue I might be liberating that for some of my own builds... Thanks for the video, great stuff as always.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man, definitely the version I'll be using in future :)
@RagynBlackwolf3 жыл бұрын
These will give the firebug in my group a great amount of fun. Usually a Fireball spell makes damage and thats it. With the fire markers i can have those spells have a real Impact! Literally. Since the Wall pieces are modular as well, i will Just pull out a Wall piece and place a burning rubble Marker there!
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! 😁
@sicciful3 жыл бұрын
We all want to play with fire, that's a fantastic bild. And certainly with the different colors just continue matt
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Will do luc :)
@morgan31473 жыл бұрын
I like this idea for fire markers for my dnd games. I'm still working on the table ideas but I'm going to work on this one at a later time.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Awesome :) let me know how it goes!
@Fhardervig3 жыл бұрын
4:24 Lol, great job on the video as always ^^ You got some fantastic results :)
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Haha, thanks Frederik! :)
@maximusdarja3 жыл бұрын
LED Throwies!! :D
@MarushiaDark3162 жыл бұрын
Since you don't have an ice and snow set yet, the wall of fire pieces could serve as ice pillars if you paint them blue instead of black and don't put LEDs inside. Might also be a decent way to do icicles too. :)
@luluography3 жыл бұрын
Simple yet impactful, Cheers mate for the tips! I still can't help but be impressed when you show off your skills. I'll definitely be using this for my table.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Hope your players enjoy 😅
@Raycheetah3 жыл бұрын
Okay, Matt. Now build us a Prismatic Wall effect using multicolored LEDs and fiber optic filaments. =^[.]^=
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Yknow, I was thinking about it 😅
@Raycheetah3 жыл бұрын
@@RPArchiveOfficial *DO IT!* =^[.]^=
@Atmoseeker3 жыл бұрын
Some great options there. Love me some dynamic feature lighting 👍
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sebastian :) I've got a lot planned around dynamic lighting actually, right up your street 😅
@Atmoseeker3 жыл бұрын
@@RPArchiveOfficial love it! 👌
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Your feature on midwinter minis was cool :) I've been meaning to add some better lighting to my setup for a while - even quality white lights that let you see minis and terrain in their true untinted colours would be better than the yellow dining room light that gets used at my games right now 😅
@kreezerast3 жыл бұрын
Awesome, and timely! Great work, Matt. I have been pondering how to turn a multi-pack of LEDs and a handful of batteries into something fun and useful. This is great inspiration for me.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks man :)
@isaacderr27992 жыл бұрын
A true magician
@jonathancoupe94283 жыл бұрын
Love your work man!
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jonathan! Jon? I never know with longer names 😅
@richardokeeffe83753 жыл бұрын
Awesome work!
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
@christophermurray97773 жыл бұрын
Well done. These look cool as hell.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris!
@andygb43 жыл бұрын
Another great video. Well done Matt!
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Andrew!
@Nate-dj9nt3 жыл бұрын
Recently started watching your videos, great content man ;)
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nathan :)
@patrickmasse71593 жыл бұрын
Very good tutorial to bring lights to the tabletop layout
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks as always Patrick :)
@luckyte39052 жыл бұрын
Absolutely epic
@Reboot1532 жыл бұрын
@3:52 An alternate option would be to use heat shrink tubing. I dont know what the cost/speed/ease of use aspects would be vs using hot glue to get the same result. I just know that I typically burn myself with a hot glue gun and being able to use normal electrical heat shrink tubing would work just as well.
@RPArchiveOfficial2 жыл бұрын
I found the heat shrink wouldn't shrink thin enough, I did try :)
@idiotluggage3 жыл бұрын
Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching :)
@BJKasowski Жыл бұрын
I keep watching your videos and it's more and more amazing!
@brittanyparks8242 Жыл бұрын
That's cool 😎 love it.
@leobezemer37133 жыл бұрын
Hey Matt, for the rooftop fires I think Magnets would be a fine solution. Either glued underneath your rooftiles or just use two stronger magnets, place one under the rooftile and one at the bottom of the fire and just let magnetism do it's job. But this depends slightly on how thick your roofiltes are. I think this last option would work on the tile you've shown in the video here.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Pretty close to the plan! basically I would make a roof tile with hollow space inside the fire to place the LEDS, then the roof tile connects to the roof itself like all the others :)
@michaelshort14113 жыл бұрын
You can also use cotton balls to make your smoke. I've pulled the cotton ball into the shape I needed, then sprayed it with some diluted pva glue to give the cotton a sturdy medium to work with, then painted them with either airbrush or dry brush with red closer to the light then painted shades of gray to black towards the upper portion of the cotton. Then using hot glue or super glue to the base around the led lights or model train grain of wheat lights.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Oh I know, it was definitely an alternative option 😅
@michaelshort14113 жыл бұрын
@@RPArchiveOfficial We would always use the big cotton stuffing you get in pill bottles to make our campfires, bonfires or torch smoke, etc.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
I think it works best as a billowing fireball look (like Erics hobby workshop did a while back), it has that rounded texture :)
@michaelshort14113 жыл бұрын
@@RPArchiveOfficial regardless I like the look and the affect it has
@Jay-bf6tp3 жыл бұрын
Just found this dude. Thoroughly impressed - he is on another level. Subbed, liked and bought batteries/LED through the affiliate links. Thanks matey!
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jay! 😁
@JohnMiller-zr8pl2 жыл бұрын
Amazing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@MiniatureHobbyist3 жыл бұрын
Great tips and tricks, thank you =)
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching :)
@stuartfarrell67293 жыл бұрын
smoken !!!
@SecularMentat3 жыл бұрын
The 'fire wall' ones look like they'd be GREAT for SLA 3d printers.
@sonicexpert9863 жыл бұрын
And to think I paid for 3d printed resin fire walls that I painted... these look so cool! It's got me thinking, I could hollow out the wall since it's 1inch thick and add an LED just for the hell of it...
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
That would be my plan - a lot easier with the smaller grippy led I showed too, less to hollow out 😅
@MarkLewis...3 жыл бұрын
Craft the lights or... just purchase cheap lights that have a multi-color feature and remote. Sometimes it's easier versus cheaper, but when easier is still pretty inexpensive... I chose easier for more crafting time... ... but to each their own.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
That's also an option, but they're often larger - hence why I did this :)
@Seoz3 жыл бұрын
I tought LED needs at least a little resistor even with such small battery :o
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Basically from what I understand these little batteries and LEDS have just enough resistance built in to allow you to use them straight together :) Disclaimer: I am not an electrical expert, just a hobbyist trying things out and researching as best I can 😅
@mattiasfagersjo34073 жыл бұрын
Love your work! Every video makes me smile and inspired! :)
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Matthias! It's still incredible hearing that :)
@elcid2003 жыл бұрын
The rocks parts looks like a oreo cookie (6:11)
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Haha, yeah a bit 😅
@Drake_42 жыл бұрын
Drinking game: Everytime Matt says Hot Glue take a shot
@Tinmann_772 жыл бұрын
Wow, amazing video. This gives me some ideas (that I can't play around with yet 😪)
@michaelshort14113 жыл бұрын
I use the used medicine cups that come with certain medicine bottles like from Nyquil, Robitussin or Immodium to make my markers. But it's gotten harder to find multi color LEDs now that Radio Shack went out of business. And most dollar stores only carry the white LEDs tea lights. So I may have to go back using a trick I learned 25 yrs ago when I did model train villages before they had multicolored lights. You thin out some enamel paint with a lil bit of paint thinner and lightly brush on a coat or two over the light bulb until you get the desired look you want for LEDs dont give off that much heat do you wont have to worry about it burning the paint on the light to get the color effect you want. What I did for my black burned ground rather than using real charcoal I use black sand that you can pick up at a dollar store in the floral sections for home decor they use it to pour in the bottom of a vase. I even found some red sand and gravel that I added to my bases to give the look of hot burning embers scattered around in few places so they aren't in just one spot. But before adding the red sand if I want to tone down the bright shiney black sand I either cover it with matte mod podge or spray on a matte finish then glue on some of my red sand and gravel for those are shiney to give them the bright hot look of the embers
@DrizztFan233 жыл бұрын
There is no war in Ba Sing Se.
@sw33n3yto003 жыл бұрын
You definitely have the flame appearance down.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Gouging out the deep bits really helped.
@soledude6 ай бұрын
👌👌👌
@yuvrajahluwalia11323 жыл бұрын
The infamous eyebrows strike again
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
🤔🤨😏😔😌😄😆
@animeguysrhot50x3 жыл бұрын
@@RPArchiveOfficial True 😂
@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft52043 жыл бұрын
good vid keep up the good vids you do
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man :)
@a_rabidnun98173 жыл бұрын
I am going to be that guy because I must have missed it in the video, but where do you typically buy the LED's from? Especially the ones that flicker. I know that in the states they are easy to find the candles in dollar stores, but in France they are not so easy or cheap. Thanks and BTW this video is great. Especially how to create the simple replaceable LED "throwers". Awesome idea.
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
There's a full list with links in the equipment list in the description :)
@TheMNWolfАй бұрын
*ahem* ... GREEN FLAME!
@newtpondskipper11 ай бұрын
Balefire!
@powersave23 жыл бұрын
+1 to engagment metrics
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man :)
@maxbrouwer953 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking about making standing candles using leds. Maybe you could show us how...??? :D :D :D
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Like, for a mini table? My first thought would be use a 1225 battery as the candle holder and work a 1mm led wire around it somehow... But the holder would be comically oversized 😂 If you really wanted to, your best bet is 1mm LEDS with the magnet under the table, and have them sealed in place. Not my style, but it should work :)
@maxbrouwer953 жыл бұрын
@@RPArchiveOfficial Thanks for the response and advice! Love your videos (made some tables and magnetic books of my own), did not expect a response :D I was thinking more of a floor standing candle holder (don't know the proper name). It might be possible to create a base from the battery and use the 'wires' of the LEDs to give it a wrought iron look
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Ah! Actually that would be much easier, though it depends how many candles you want as each would need it's own 1mm led :) You could use hollow styrene tube for the main pole though, and run the wires through it to a battery at the base...
@LAJay9010 ай бұрын
Quick question about the surebonder are you having to use an inverter for it? I believe they only come with a us plug?!? Great work BTW and great to have back 👍🎉
@RPArchiveOfficial10 ай бұрын
Preface this with I'm not an electrician, so this is not advice - but I've used mine with a us plug travel adapter for years :)
@TommyWashow3 жыл бұрын
I wish i was british just so i could get away with your awesome slang. naff is a great word
@RPArchiveOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Poxy is another good one 😅
@samda47392 жыл бұрын
Easier way to do fire effects: use real fire/j For real tho amazing video and I’m planning on making a few.
@RPArchiveOfficial2 жыл бұрын
Nice! One of my less popular videos so its nice to hear someone's getting use from it 😂
@potatoturtles4life2 жыл бұрын
want ash? just use ash. so obvious, but I certainly didn't think of it.