PAINTING STONE RECIPE: V4.0 - darker stone as temple blocks 2.0 Black and mod podge basecoat - always. It darkens the tone of the remaining paints. 3:1 neutral grey:tan, airbrushed on in 2 solid coats, or brushed on (minimal thinning, but not totally thick), applied thinly to avoid clumping paint, in 1 coat. OR Pro acryl Warm grey basecoat, thinned 2:1 paint to thinner and airbrushed on. This is MUCH faster, and not as expensive as you might think as you waste less paint/use less layers paint about 1/2 the bricks in either 2:2:1 tan, neutral grey and white, or 1:3:3 tan:neutral grey:white Make sure this layer is strong, not translucent by too much water thinning, but also NOT pure thick. Thick leads to awful texture for drybrushing. Drybrush with 1:3:3 tan, neutral grey, white Drybrush white - make this reasonably strong or it'll fade with the wash, but try to avoid 'whitewashing' the whole thing! Build it up carefully. Black-brown wash Matt varnish (I use vallejo, through an airbrush, but water based cans will do) dust with dirt grout mix, wipe most off, spray with scenic sealant, wipe off with paper towel (see city tiles or the updated temple blocks bonus video, I do less dirt in dungeon floors than city streets, and even less in walls. Walls I actually do slightly more on the exterior wall than interior, but that's me obsessing…) DIRT GROUT MIX RECIPE: Full guide is shown in the basing minis video :) Brown and black unsanded tile grout Dirt cooked in the oven and filtered through a sieve. You want to grind this dirt up with some kind of improv mortar and pestle into smaller grains - it doesn’t need to be dust like the grout but should be otherwise pretty small. I strain it through a sieve to get rid of anything too big. The ratio you want here is going to depend on the colour of your local grout I just mixed in a bit of black at a time until the colour darkened down to match the original dirt. I ended up with about a 4:2:1 ratio of dirt:brown grout:black grout I now add 1/2 a ratio (shot glass) of natural earth yellow pigment to make the reddish tint go away, without turning it grey by adding more black grout or grout mix. I added this to 12 dirt, 8 brown, 4 black grout. So its more like adding 1/8 of a glass to the minimum ratio shown above (4:2:1 then 1/8th of pigment) WASH RECIPE: Only make as much as you need, the mixture will settle overnight. A good shake will fix it, but probably not when it gets thicker… Full bottle (200ml), 30 drops black, 10 drops brown. 60/40 water-matt medium. Then add a few drops of flow improver per bottle. For 100ml mixes (half a bottle) just halve the ink SCENIC SEALANT RECIPE: This stuff is really easy to mix, I use the following formula: 1 part mod podge 4 or more parts water - you can make this as thick or thin as you like, and just use more layers to make it harder. A drop of dish soap (fairy liquid type stuff) or flow improver - this helps it…well…flow :) The more mod podge, the darker and more 'wet' the dirt will look when dry. But you can use multiple thinner layers and build up strength that way too. MAGNET SAFETY: Don’t use around small children or animals, if ingested these can be dangerous. Never let very strong magnets slam together, especially thin ones. They can and will smash under a lot of force, and then become very sharp, highly magnetic shrapnel. Not good. Easy to avoid though, just take care. NICKLE STRIPS/STEEL CAN TIPS AND SAFETY: Nickel and Tin is safe enough to use if you're reasonably careful, I used to cut most of mine from tin can lids with scissors, though now I use nice smooth nickel strips. Made sure you're wearing thick gloves when cutting and handling, I use some woodworking gloves. If you want to make doubly sure the metal isn't sharp, use a metal nail file along the edges to round it off.

Me watching every RP Archive video knowing damn well I’m never going to craft a single piece of D&D terrain 😅

@TitanTrev

3 ай бұрын

You can do it! THough I haven't started yet, either. I've been a Patreon supporter for a long time and still need to pull the trigger on making SOMETHING.

At this point it is just D&D Lego you are making. Amazing as always

My dad has recently gotten into model railway stuff (after years of giving me crap for playing warhammer and D&D :P ) so I showed him your previous video for a bit of inspiration on what he can do with the new hot wire cutter he just bought. He's already started texturing the viaduct we built using a pen to carve the bricks into a piece of balsa wood. What I'm trying to say is: Thanks for your videos, they're really great and it's giving me something I can work on with my dad.

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

That's great to hear man :)

The cutting edge of tabletop modularity. Glad you're back.

Hey man, Aussie here! It might be worth mentioning for your Aussie fans that they can get your STL's printed at a local library if they don't have a printer themselves.

That is one beautiful table. The paint job on the Lizard Man temple is unbeliveable.

it’s been some time but i find myself once again watching one of these at 3am

A new RP Archive video comes out and the day is already a little bit better.

It came out awesome. Editing is on point too. I get a kick out of seeing the patron list grow every episode, I remember when your early videos had about 4 names!

The Return of the King 🫡

Dungeon legos. This series continues to be just sublime.

It’s RP Archive! Aulë be praised!

Matt, Welcome back, this guy is a hero for systemizing terrain. Glad to see you back at it man Ive missed your vids. You do all the dirty work for those of us who don't have the time to fiddle with figuring this out over time. Support RP Archive if you can, clap him on the back and give a genuine cheers to him. LEGEND!!

@RPArchiveOfficial

3 ай бұрын

Thanks man! 😁

I have no reason to build terrain, because my D&d group is online, but watching your videos makes me want to make it anyway just because.

The engineering and artistry that go into this system is just mind-boggling, really incredibly done.

Archive Matt!! You've made my favorite KZread channel. I don't play tabletop games. I've never made miniatures. Not that I don't want to - I just haven't taken the plunge. But I've watched every single video of yours because your particular brand of meticulous, genius inventions of miniature craft are so satisfying and perfect. The texturing and 3D printed pieces in this video are just next level. I am just sitting here in awe. Seriously amazing. You are a true craftsman, Matt. Everything you do is so COOL! I'm sorry I'm gushing, I just think it's so neat... Thank you for the brilliant content! I hope you are still doing well. Now, off to rewatch more of your landscaping vids. Cheers!

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much man! 😁

This is the first channel I supported on Patreon, and I'm delighted. The quality of content is consistently astounding. Thank you! :)

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

This absolutely solves the only issue I ever had with your builds and a lot of others. Well done!

at midnight? always a pleasure seeing and hearing the great work! Thank you!

@Micsma

4 ай бұрын

oh and the hair is looking swell too! loving the new look. :D

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

8am for me ;)

I friking love your videos

Because of you i started crafting Terrain. I'm about to finish my first project (it's Dungeon Tiles of course) and can't wait to start the next one, following another one of your videos!

This is all brilliant! I know you dont upload all that often, but each video is insanely useful and applicable. I appreciate all your hard work that goes into not only the video itself, but all the jigs, processes and methods that back it up in the first place.

I cannot express how useful this video is. Thank you so much Matt!!

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video! This adds a lot of customization to dungeons.

You are definitely a master builder. All of your posts are amazing and so perfectly executed. It’s like watching a world being created. Do not stop , at least till I’m dead.

You are an absolute genius at building scenery. I swear to the Gods if I win the lottery you are one of the first people I am hiring.

It's Christmas every time you put out a video. Thank you!!

I love seeing projects like this. My fiance and I enjoy making things like this and it’s so satisfying to play a game with them. You get so immersed in the world you build. 💕

I love the amount of detail and thought you put into all of these builds! Thanks for being awesome Matt!

Fantastic addition! Well done Mat!

I love how innovative you are Matt! everyvideo has neat and well executed ideas

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Amazing stuff!! I was just today thinking on you and wondered how you were. Keep on trucking dude!

The sweet voice of a crafting angel calls me to the youtube! Rejoice crafters! Happy new year, Matt! :) Hope you're doing well!

With such flexibility, it won't simply be a matter of making walls to fit the dungeon you've designed, when you can use the terrain bits to design your dungeon! =^[.]^=

Awesome. I love how modular these are. The roof tiles add a lot!

those modular tiles got me thinking of my next build already but currently doing a hobbit village great and inspiring video as always

I prefer hot gluing bricks, but your stamp method looks good. Glad I found your channel. I’m subscribing.

Really happy to see you post again and looking forward to future videos!

MATT!!! Its good to see You!!

Good to see you back!

Love the style and great to see you back

Woot new vid! I'll have to get cracking building this set. Finally got a 3d printer as well, so I'll have to snag those stl files. Great work Matt! Thanks for all you do

@rparchive you look much healthier & happier!

Hi, just found your channel. I don't know why it popped up, it's not the usual category of video I watch. It reminds me that my D&D books, figures and dice are sitting in my closet collecting dust. So today I'm going to call "the gang" and see if we can schedule a meet up for either gaming or making some dungeon pieces. Thanks for the reminder that I need to plan some relaxation time in my schedule. Your work looks great!

@RPArchiveOfficial

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

i absolutely love your work. i like making terrain myself but the level of work you put into magnetizing everything is simply astonishing... and sadly far more than im willing to do. 😋

"13ths of a 16th of an inch." The Imerial system is like having an aneurism.

@RPArchiveOfficial

3 ай бұрын

13/16ths, or 13 out of 16 :) no different to 4mm, 4 out of 10 Imperial is actually better for doing this type of project because it can be easily halved repeatedly without using awkward measures like 3.2mm that defeat the point of metric being 'easier' :)

aw yeah, cozy craftin time!

So happy to see you! This looks really great, i always struggled with diagonal alignment of tiles, but i'm sure these techniques will work beautifully =D best wishes!

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

HE'S BACK!!!!

Lots of great ideas and tips in this video. Thanks Matt

Every episode is just cooler and cooler. Great job! Really inspired me to make this myself

@RPArchiveOfficial

3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Your tiles look great!

Been waiting for a new video for so long, and it’s amazing :D

About time you got another video up!

Holy $#!+! It’s a new RP Archive video!

groovy technique and I love the stl's!

This is superior! But I have a video request for you - could you maybe do a Best-Of Video of all your terrains that you made so far? It's just sooooo nice to see all that stuff in detail and with some moving camera shots like you do it in all you videos. I would just like to see what kind of terrains you alread created by yourself! :-) And by the way - where do you normally play with all this stuff? Would like to join your D&D campaign! 😀

Not sure if my message sent, but Aussie here! Might want to let your Aussie fans know they can get your STL's printed at a local library!

Damn, that’s slick!

Fantastic looking result. Cheers!

Amazing as always!!!

another nice video, thanks, and I'm happy to see that you are back making videos

Awesome video! Thank you so much! ❤

Love the new haircut

How awesome, such talent and skill 🥰🥰

Foam safe super glue available from any shop that sells RC models, deluxe materials product. Used to use it on depron foam planes.

So many good ideas ! 😊

Ok... Now i want to build a Complete Modular Castle Ravenloft!

@The4gotNdeath

2 ай бұрын

Please god do it. And post a yt video so we can see xD

Really cool 👍

This looks so awesome. I wish i had time and money to do these things.

I oov the look of your tiles, but they don’t work with my tiles already, which need to be capable of traveling to my friendly local game store, as well as being quickly able to be assembled. While I am sure it is quite easy to travel, it would take you a while to build each scene, especially if you aren’t able to prepare everything ahead of time.

Beautiful set of tiles. But honestly everytime I watch one of your videos with this stuff I just feel overwhelmed...and a little poor. I can't afford getting a proxon, and I have no idea how I would start a set of walls and tiles like this. It just feels very overwhelming and out of my depth. But I am glad you are making beautiful stuff.

@RPArchiveOfficial

Ай бұрын

Have you seen my getting started video? You can start with a knife and small project that doesn't need a proxxon and go from there :) Proxxon is also cheaper than knife in the long run, blades cost money!

You should record your games. They would look amazing!

That lego jig is smart, were the plans shared on your Patreon too?

@RPArchiveOfficial

3 ай бұрын

I believe they were posted in the jigs section of the discord :)

Nice!

Love it

This is an excellent idea! Can’t wait to try all these when I have the time! A question though, how would you go about using the jig you made from foam? Presumably it can’t be used on the wire cutter because it would also melt?

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

The diagonal floor tile one? Put a floor tile in the middle gap flat, then line up the corner :) the foam jig doesn't touch the wire

I would be happy if you could also include metric measurements. We live in a metric world ;-) Anyway. Great stuff!!!

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Conversion chart in every description :) but honestly imperial is better for this, it repeatedly halves better

Not sure if you'd ever consider a second channel, but If you ran oneshot sessions with your friends on your terrain, I bet you'd have a lot of fun and crank out even more content with lots of views. To keep your sanity, force yourself to only create scenarios that utilize your existing terrain and minis.

@RPArchiveOfficial

3 ай бұрын

It's a huge time investment I can't then spend making terrain, plus we're shy 😄

@vell0cet517

3 ай бұрын

@@RPArchiveOfficial Fair enough. Thanks for doing all that you do!

This is amazing! I'm so inspired to make some tiles of my own 😅. What material type of foam do you recommend?

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Xps, check out the equipment list in the description, and my getting started videos :)

@penguistaken

4 ай бұрын

@@RPArchiveOfficial oh thanks alot! Your videos are so inspiring and high quality. Thanks so much for all you do!

Gosh, I love the stuff you make, but I lost track of the number of advertisements for the Patreon in the video.

hi I have a queston. I am making a windmill but i don't know how i get it round and a bit smooth do you know how to make it?

You've used the 'thin' version of the foam safe glue in the vid but there's a 'gap filling' variant which sounds like it may be even better. Anyone tried it?

Fantastic system and tutorial. Any video or directions on how to use Lea'fina's jig? Can't get my head around how you use that? Thank you. (PS if you already posted this somewhere my apologies. I looked through all of your links in the comments area and didn't see it. Thanks!

@RPArchiveOfficial

3 ай бұрын

I think it was originally posted with instructions in the jigs section of the discord (patreon access) :)

So Gandalf decides to show up after all this time. ;) Hey did you hear Professor Dungeon Master was saying when they met with the guys at WOTC they were talking about your channel? Apparently some of the designers watch your channel.

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I saw :) feels weird 😄

this was my problem as a 3d modeler but with the you typically need a pillar to not show seams

So what material should we use to print the jigs that won't melt against the hotwire? I have a SLA and PLA available to me

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Resin ideally though I believe some filament works, I can't say for sure as I don't have one myself :)

i have a questen is it nessesery to do on the left side of a wall up nordh an down south and an the other side of the wall up south and down north??

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

As a general rule, when looking at the exterior of an exterior wall, north up/right, south down/left :)

this system would be great using Hirst mold bricks

I'm just waiting for a 3D printed modular pack👀

@RPArchiveOfficial

3 ай бұрын

Several of the tiles are already in stl form on the patreon :)

Matt? Where are you? Are you feeling alright we need more videos and if I may ask. And Elven style village would be cool

@RPArchiveOfficial

Ай бұрын

I'm good, just working on catching up with Stls for patrons and a bonus video :)

Could you create some STLs for floor tiles? Same style as your wall STL stamps.

@RPArchiveOfficial

3 ай бұрын

Stl floor tiles are coming soon on patreon, floor stamps are sort of coming, testing to be done

I follow your method but it seems the end result is just fine only the walls and columns tend to stick to each other after sealing and making gaps in my builds... any tips are welcome thanks

@RPArchiveOfficial

3 ай бұрын

Matt varnish sealing is essential to reduce this, the dirt effect I show on tiles like the city tiles using grout reduce/removes this pretty much entirely :) I do the dirt much less intensely on the walls than floors too

Interesting vid. I use Theater of the Mind, not minis, anyway.

Do you typically pre-build your structures, or are you able to assemble them as you run the game?

@RPArchiveOfficial

4 ай бұрын

Depends on the scale, big stuff I'll pre build just in case but hide under a cloth or something Smaller scale I lay out as needed

@emilyr2836

4 ай бұрын

@@RPArchiveOfficial That makes sense, thanks! One of these days I'll have an in person group to build for...

I know I'm a little late to comment but I scaled the dungeon tiles to 9 cm by 9 cm and was wondering if it would still be possible to scale up the rest of your other builds.

@RPArchiveOfficial

10 күн бұрын

Theoretically yes, but Stls (jigs, accessories) are designed for the size I show so rescaling would be needed, and accessories in particular may nit work if rescaled because the weight/magnets are designed for the scale I show :) But other than that should be fine

hey could i ask you where you buy the foam and what foam you use.

@RPArchiveOfficial

Ай бұрын

Links and info in the equipment list in the description :)

NEW VIDEO :D

Do you have any blueprints in measurements for tiles and walls? Tried to find it on your Patreon.

@RPArchiveOfficial

3 ай бұрын

Blueprints no, there is a diagram for measures and magnets on walls in the archive index pinned post?

@mikearons524

3 ай бұрын

@@RPArchiveOfficial thanks for the info, I will start searching again through your archive! Love you work btw, inspires me a lot.