Cheap Realistic Modular River Using NO Resin

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

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[@melodywallace4370]

I've looking for this EXACT build forever. Thank you so much!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I knew when I say the marklin video I had to do this! I think it's only second to like proper resin pours, and they can be a pain and expensive!

[@Guildhammer]

I'm a little late to the party but want to thank you for this, worked perfectly and used them for my Warhammer fantasy battle reports on my channel. Love the content!

[@apotheosis21]

I think this is the best, most usable modular river tile tutorial I’ve seen. Sturdy, cheap, and still looks good.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thanks :)

[@MrBizteck]

Bookmarks 4 me 5:30 add tissue paper 6:40 add sand paint brown. 7:00 paint water 7:30 Flock

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Hey thanks, if people want book marks I could put them in.

[@CarltonMasonNorwood]

@@TerrainMadeEasy You should, you seem nice but idk. I had to set time to 1.75x and it still needs time stamps and simpler explanation.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@CarltonMasonNorwood Honestly I am not making much terrain at the moment

[@CarltonMasonNorwood]

@@TerrainMadeEasy Kind of a misleading name then? It's a suggestion. If you're going to put yourself out there. Then be prepared for criticism. Appreciate the constructive criticism too. 🙄

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@CarltonMasonNorwood Pardon, I was politely saying that there was no point in the criticism because I wasn't planning on making more videos any time soon. The name is what the channel was called, I am not going to change it because I am not making videos currently. However, to actually answer your feedback. I quite simply disagree. I was a little confused by your first comment, if you found the video difficult why would you speed up the video? The video might need time stamps, and if you see my comment to the person previous, I actually said I could add time stamps if people wanted them. As for simpler explanations, that's a trickier subject, if you make the video too explanatory no one would watch as the video would be boring and thus I wouldn't be helping anyone. If you don't explain them enough people get confused and it doesn't help anyone. I am personally very happy with the balance I set. Happy to take on all kinds of feedback, negative, constructive or whatever, if lots of people said they found the videos hard to follow I would change the, but way more people tell me the videos are easy and useful.

[@Knurrbauch1]

I tried this with cardboard and glue only years ago, but cardboard base is not good because it will bend. Nice to see an alternative. If you wanna have a sort of 3D Effekt you can use layers of glue and paint them. It takes more time but looks even better.

[@robertthompson1993]

I think this is best budget river I've seen, nicely done.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thank you kindly :)

[@j.s.matthews2216]

Awesome job! I did a UDT board with this same technique and I have been thinking about trying it with rivers so it's good to see it works so well!

[@rimmy9054]

Looks amazing and ticks all the boxes for me! Cheap, robust, and looks good. As for the best basing material I’d say vinyl was the winner here. With so many wet materials going on I’d be concerned about MDF warping or disintegrating altogether.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

To be fair yes I was going to sap like xps foam instead of mdf. Foamex / epvc would be the winner, but it's expensive!

[@Bluecho4]

The vinyl is also thinner, so it'll stick up from the flat table much less. The banks will still protrude, of course, but the overall profile will be lower.

[@Aftonrhodes]

I have made a few things from your videos, namely because your methods are so resourceful and still look brilliant. Thank you for making these :)

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thank you, I am very happy to have helped in any way :)

[@locolarkin8529]

Great Job as always. Good technich for use in explosión craters maybe .. looks really cool.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Odd you should say that, I actually did use that exact method for a crater, eithe ron this channel or my older star wars legion one! You are right, it works well! Thanks :)

[@johnkelley9877]

I think it looks good and quite realistic. This is a nice easy way of making a water feature that yields good results. I have seen a lot of rivers and your choice for the color for it was a good idea and makes it look very good indeed. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make and share this tutorial.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thank you kindly. I think if you are doing a resin pour you just paint the river base brown and let the pour do the work, but for this I think you need the colour just to help it, it's like a real and stylised mix.

[@JoeyC777]

I am quite enjoying using vinyl tile as a basing material. It's so simple to cut.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Yeah, it's downside is really that it's floppy, not useful for like big projects that are weighty. But for some stuff, it's low to the ground and easy to cut.

[@svenfolkesson7571]

@@TerrainMadeEasy Curious about this, could you please elaborate? Floppy how, and why not good with weighty projects? Many thanks!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@svenfolkesson7571 Vinyl tile is very bendy, it's fine for small little things like base size, but you wouldn;t want to say put like a hill on it, as if you picked it up, it would flex. I'ts not fully solid like wood.

[@martinkroesen3360]

This is perfect. Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

[@johnbrown7858]

Marklin of Sweden is a genius. So are you. This method looks excellent. Everyone who uses the 2 step epoxy concedes It's a complete mess.

[@timunderbakke8756]

I think I’m going to add this to my project list of things to do

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Fantastic, good luck (not that you need it with this one!)

[@smallscalestuff]

Good job mate. Certainly effective even if not the best river method 👍👍

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I think if you used better materials, like a better base, and banking material, I'd say it's probably second only to a resin pour, and that's expensive and potentially messy, and there's health and saftey stuff to consider etc. So yeah I went super budget but it could be even better I think. Thanks.

[@tashanichols1249]

dude this is so sick!! thank you for sharing !

[@Lewis-TheNthLevel]

Dude these look great. And when you say around 8:40 that your attempt at rapids doesn't look good- I totally disagree. I think from the quick glance I got at 8:47 looks decent. It's a nice extra little detail. Cheers again for another wicked video. Would love to see some fantasy sort of thing in some videos soon - maybe some cottages or other fantasy buildings if you've got the time for it?

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Hey, thank you kindly on all fronts. I just didn't like the rapids in person, it just didn't feel right for whatever reason! I will be heading to more fantasy maybe towards the end of the year, just in a bit of a sci fi zone in the main at the moment :)

[@Lewis-TheNthLevel]

@@TerrainMadeEasy All good! Stuff like rivers etc. can be used for both. Thanks again for good videos, and for the deccent FB group as well!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@Lewis-TheNthLevel For sure, that's why I throw in natural stuff, as well as sci fi stuff at the moment. Thanks again :)

[@oorlogshamer688]

You say the rapids looks awful, but I think the whole project looks awesome!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thanks, I just didn't like it in person for whatever reason. But happy with the total result. Thank you :)

[@ArtJeremiah]

Great job! I saw the toilet paper method a minute ago. I've been wanting to try this out as well.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thank you, yeah I think it's pretty decent, a few better materials like for the basing and I think it would be essentially the next best thing to resin.

[@matthewlong4074]

Terrain Made Easy for the basing ask at a local sign makers for scrap eps foam- it’s free as it saves them paying to dispose of it.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@matthewlong4074 For sure, I just buy mine as I am too shy to ask! but yes.

[@darthrevan6544]

Thank you for your videos on how to do this kind of thing but someone suggested wrapping the excess underneath to prevent separation from work and primering the whole thing. Other then that I love it and will try it.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

That's probably a good idea and worth a shot.

[@darthrevan6544]

@@TerrainMadeEasy I'm glad it was helpful and keep up the good work. This video out of other similar techniques I've seen used in other videos and the most descriptive, was the best I've seen. And hope the information provided is helpful for future projects.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@darthrevan6544 Thank you very kindly :)

[@joselazo9799]

Mind sharing what gloss tub you used, brand name or even amazon link?

[@nerdfatha]

this is great! I have an all water base for a giant planned and this would be the perfect method !

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Happy to help, I'd love to see what you make if you wanted to share on discord or facebook :)

[@nerdfatha]

@@TerrainMadeEasy will do! probably once the madness of the holidays are over.

[@twoheadedboypt2]

Did you just add the rocks while the tissue was still wet? Saw this the other day and have done a few pieces but thinking how to add rocks.

[@chrisunderwater4490]

Amazing, now i'm going to do it

[@donblack1571]

Thank you it looks awesome.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Completely my pleasure. Thanks :)

[@dariostabletopminatures]

This was what I was searching for!

[@babbagebrassworks4278]

Ah, now we know what caused the toilet paper shortages.

[@EpicParsnips]

I NEEDED this, thanks!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Heh glad to hear it :)

[@fullerbd]

Do you think cardboard that is covered in a glossy sticker, like from a box would work as a base without warping?

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I think that would likely warp. Unless you are putting multiple layers of thick coregated card, card always send to warp for me.

[@RedHandedDaniel]

fantastic video. this turned out great.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thank you very kindly :)

[@roopeshkrishna34]

Great work..!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thanks a lot!

[@saintpatron8177]

Another excellent tutorial! This is awesome!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

ahh thank you very much, too kind.

[@rossburkenstock4939]

Nice build and just completed my own using your technique. For those in the U.S. I found that most Lowe's or Home Depot's if they have an open box of vinyl plank lying around there are frequently single strips here and about. I asked a sales associate and they let me take one at no charge. Not a major expense either way, but I'll take it. There are a few river crossing Bolt Action scenarios that this will be great for. Thanks again.

[@marcosgarcia4467]

Dude, this is amazing. Now you have a new suscriber.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thank you very much :)

[@GreenleafWorkshop]

Just the video I was looking for. Cheers mate. New subscriber here :)

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thank you kindly :)

[@tomprice3635]

Hi man love the video, only question tho is about the gloss, when I search on Amazon for gloss there are so many types, brilliant white for wood etc etc, what kind specifically would you reccomend

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I used a clear gloss wood varnish, it's not too expensive, but you want something that dired clear and shiny.

[@virnovigoratus7080]

These look very nice! How does the vinyl tile handle on the table top? Does it have a tendency to slide? Also, if you did make the embankments straight, you could paint them up to look like concrete, or add metal grated walkways along the sides. Paint up the water to look murky and polluted and then you would have an industrial canal for 40k!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I don't find them any more slidey than say epvc / foamex. And yeah that's a nice thought on canals or sewers. I might redo it at some point with slighty better materials :)

[@thecraftingbrothers9448]

Very nice, and easy!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Yeah, I would personally have upped my quality in terms of materials but I like to show even cheap things can look good! Thanks.

[@jyoungtechguy8625]

So, the corrugated card board for the banks, that's just a cost reduction thing right? I feel like foam core could get subbed in there. How do you feel this could translate to a basing technique? I'm building a beach board for my 40k and I am thinking some of the jet bikes and flying tanks may get water bases, but I want to really amp up the wake you see on them.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

100% Foam Board would be better for that, or xps! For basing like on a mini base? I just don't think you'd need to bother, I think just stippling mod podge or something similar a few times might work? I'm not certain though.

[@jyoungtechguy8625]

@@TerrainMadeEasy Yeah for a mini base. well, that sounds like a job for my3d printer, and a bucket of mod podge. may as well try the toilet paper method just to see how they stack up

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@jyoungtechguy8625 Would be interested in the results :)

[@zelmacreado3937]

What is the sheets you used as the base called

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I was using vinyl tile, basically cheap floor tiles that flop

[@T1p2]

For the toilet paper, does the ply count matter? Is there an advantage or disadvantage to using single over double or even triple?

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I don't think so honestly, most of it is going to be covered up. Ideally don't use one with an obvious pattern but I don't think it is much to worry about.

[@T1p2]

@@TerrainMadeEasy Good to know! thanks ^^

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@T1p2 Let ,e know if you have any issues though :)

[@HpArtcraft]

Great video! Question - What paint did you use for the water?

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

So for the ground I just use house paint blue and brown! For the gloss it's some tinned gloss

[@thetowndrunk988]

Awesome video. Can someone tell me what the gloss material is? Is it polyurethane? Thanks

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Hmm my tub doesn't say, it's just gloss varnish for wood. I used Rustin's Quick Dry Varnish Clear Gloss. Sorry I can't be more helpful

[@thetowndrunk988]

@@TerrainMadeEasy that was very helpful, actually. I wasn’t aware it was varnish. Thanks for the quick reply. Loving the channel

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@thetowndrunk988 Ahh good, happy to help :)

[@sw33n3yto00]

Very cool!!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thank you very much :)

[@xCriticalStrikex]

I've been basing using corrugated cardboard and it warps and goes awful. What is this vinyl tile stuff? I need to try that instead! (I'm in the UK so you can pretty much say where you got it and I'll understand :P )

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Pretty sure Poundland does them! Any pound shop might have them! If you are in the uk I would maybe look at epvc, you can get wuite a few sheets for like £7 I think, and it is simply the best material!

[@xCriticalStrikex]

@@TerrainMadeEasy epvc a specialist b&q thing or? I'm really not very good at this stuff haha 😅

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@xCriticalStrikex Ebay, Can you get in the facebook group? I can post a link there. Just @ me (Jason Cunliffe)

[@xCriticalStrikex]

@@TerrainMadeEasy I sent you a pm. Been a member for ages :)

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@xCriticalStrikex I have replied :)

[@johnnycooper7019]

Dear Jay, Amazing tutorial, and what a fantastic result! Hope Katie & the little one are keeping well? Kind Regards Johnny

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thanks Johnny! Yeah super simple idea and pretty damn cheap, can't really argue with it. The three of us are well :)

[@jacobhope6164]

Nice!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Thank you very much :)

[@whyisthereaholeinmybutt4274]

Imaging coming out with this video when the toilet paper pandemic was happening in the states, we would loose our minds 🤣 Great video btw!

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Heh I deliberately waited!

[@whyisthereaholeinmybutt4274]

Terrain Made Easy I love it 😂🙌🏻

[@irishCanadianGuy68]

so you mention the gloss you use to give the river it's look. but you don't actually SAY the product. lol. is it the mod pog? or something else?

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

Some cheap wood gloss I got online. Nothing special :)

[@RockmeHellsing]

oh my god i used this teqnique 14 years ago beaace i have no easy acces to Resin

[@davinci3259]

6 inches is mainly what your working with, and no joke's really.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

What do you think I used to measure it!

[@davinci3259]

@@TerrainMadeEasy There we go.

[@ashraven4990]

Does anyone know why he hasn't posted any new videos lately?

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

I was on a bit of a break, I think I might come back and be super casual :)

[@ashraven4990]

@@TerrainMadeEasy Glad to hear that love your tutorials, best of luck with any new videos.

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

@@ashraven4990 Thanks

[@turtlecheese8]

I don't think a toilet paper river would be cheap in 2020 ;)

[@prnzali2010]

😂😂😅😢

[@TerrainMadeEasy]

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