Modular MAGE TOWER | Cheap and easy to build with no special tools!
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In this video I create a great bit of easy to make, modular, terrain for Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop RPG's. This modular, stackable, mage tower is going to be great for your game!
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Where's the link for that sweet shirt?
You could also make a circular floor tile the same size of the tower with both sides having a different finish. So you just lay down a tile with a custom finish *pentagram - circle of protection ect* if you made 4 of those you could add an additiona 8 floors styles
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@@vladislawr1594 The wooden support would be obvious when you turn the piece upside down. But I'm sure something could be worked out. Edit: Oh, you mean just a circle with two sides to go on top of these towers for more floor styles, I get it now.
I really like your "old style" video, with just some craft paints, a brush, and a knife to do some tiles!
I like these they are awesome!
You could also do the bottom side of each party’s a swappable top with different pattern. You could use some small wood or popsicle sticks to push inside the bottom and top stairs to keep them strong when flipping over. May as well use every surface to your advantage.
Just finished. Instructions worked to perfection. Thanks Jeremy! Great video, this will get a lot of table time.
I’ve never crafted anything before but I had to try after watching this video. It came out awesome. I can’t stop looking at how great it came out. Thanks for the inspiration
This is really great!!!! Can't wait to implament them into my games!!!
That would be perfect for Rangers of Shadow Deep!
Thank you for sharing.
Loving the vid. Your channel has such a great mix of content. Have been with you since the started and loved watching how things have developed and how the skills are transferred between different gaming styles/hobbies.
wow! that looks so nice!
Oh man, u are the best. Thanks from Russia
One easy enough alteration I'd make would be to make each layer hollow cut out a section at the bottom for a door to be set in. So I can increase that illusion of a multi story tower, however painting that interior is giving me serious anxiety the more I think about it.
Maybe its not easy or an alteration I'd make. XD
I noticed in a lot of your videos you use mdf as bases for your terrain and this has the risk of warping and whatnot. I read an article and the builder used vinyl tiles for bases. Specifically ones with adhesive backs for sticking pieces down. Have you heard of this/do you think its a good alternative to mdf?
That would be more prone to warping than mdf. Warping is caused by material shrinking and pulling the non shrinking material. Vinyl tiles are not as rigid so they would bend and warp more easily.
Could you make them reversible if you don't use the dowels and texture both sides?
Man I really need help! I'm looking to build a spiral staircase that collapses in on itself. Like 8 slices of a pizza that rise up after the "pizza puzzle" is complete... But stone. Any ideas would be useful!
I can get 10 out of a readi beard!
that chair definitively has seen some butt. :P
I’m just gonna come right out and say this...
I’m so happy with how much your channel has grown, keep crushing it!
started from the bottom...
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Scary-fast climber, though.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial Layer by Layer ... like a TOWER !!
Very smart making a template for this one. I can remotely coerce friends to build a bunch and play a tower climb one-shot in the Y dimension only.
What a great idea, I can get my whole gaming group to make one or two levels each. That'll save a bunch of work. Thanks for the idea
Cheap and easy build just like the description says, and a great addition to your modular tiles.
Your painting skills on miniatures has significantly improved since the zombie diorama. That wizard is probably worth a video all on his lonesome. One of the nice things about having a RUclips channel is that you can see your progress over time.
This is what I love so much about Jeremy. Rewind back to the beginning and watch him sell us on how terrible he is at painting and that we should consider making paper minis. Then fast forward to the Ship Golem video, he's grown so much and it's fantastic to watch!
Jeremy you're getting really good at painting miniatures. Cheers!
Funnily enough I got Loot because of your zombie video. And now I’m seeing the mad mage stuff. It’s nice to see they support you again!
I’ve been watching your channel since before I even started tabletop gaming. Your channel is by far my favorite on RUclips, and your video quality is amazing, and the projects keep getting better. Your tutorials are so easy to follow, and you tell us every single step and material. You have given me something to look forward to every week during quarantine. Your game group is very lucky, with all your amazing terrain, not to mention, your just a really kind person. Keep up the amazing work
Super dope
Love the lighting in your videos
Dope how you make the frame pop! Cheers!
Sweet build. And those figs are AWESOME. I have not bought my printer yet but these REALLY make me ready to pull the trigger! Great job, once again.
This is the essence of the craft. Well done.
Very impressive piece quick and easy, straight to the point. I recently finished a similar tower out of xps foam took 5hrs start to finish. Would have liked to have made mine wider like yours but achieves the same feel. My D&D group enjoyed climbing the steps. Might i suggest an improvement on your design? I included a ladder inbeded in the side were the cobble stone would normaly be. Its leading up from one floor to the next starting on the lowest stair. This provided our session with unique paths to the lich that lied waiting for my eager adventures atop the tower!
May all your rolls be 20!
Sincerly,
The Whitefell DM
I love this so much! I've been building the entire tower with removable roof sections, but this is 100% better. It's more playable and easier to build. So excited to get crafting!
When I make buildings, the walls attach to the floor or roof above, so that I can pick up that floor-n-walls and have an unobstructed level below that. And if I build things in the same footprint, I can have one rather tall building instead of several shorter ones.
@@MonkeyJedi99 that's what I do too. But this way we don't have to build walls!
Love the simpler build videos. I don't get to play much between work and being a dad, but I like crafting for the games my brothers run. Will definitely be making this one!
For the ready board that is hard to peel, i use a mix of alcohol and water in a spray bottle, comes right off
ScrambledCityCustomz xVLx Vinegar works too, then again i just buy foamboard without the card attached.
@@DarkMatterWorkshop nice tip! My dollar store only carry readyboard , but ive only encounter hard to peel board maybe 3 times, they usually have the ez peel😎👍
This is a winner brother. Extremely applicable with a great eye for playability. You keep coming at us with winners!
You always make amazing stuff, but this may be the coolest thing that I have seen. I can't wait to build it and force my players into close combat.
Jeremy, toy my air, are a master of what you do. My goal is to be half as good as you 😂
You are! plus you can draw like a m'fer!
Black Magic Craft Im getting a lot of messages asking if I’ve seen this video. Seems like I wasn’t the only one that loved it.
I keep telling myself that I don't need terrain for my games, then I watch your videos >
Reminds me of Professor Dungeon Master’s UDT, I’ll definitely be making one (or more) of these!
Hey Jeremy, I was wondering if you could provide me with some help. I just finished my first tile for my Necromunda table and I did some Foam work on it. I basically built a Wall and set the tile on top of it. So here comes my question: the Foam seams to be a little bit fibrous and not so flat. I did of course a cover with mod podge but still. Is it just me messing up or is this a normal behavior (I'm using a proxxon etc. so my cuts are smooth).
The second question I have is about gab filling. I was not 100% happy with my result and I was wondering what you use to fill gabs between plasik parts and XPS? (on a big scale like 1 ft long gabs)
Thanks a lot
Dang, that design is genius! I really like it.
Man, I love these stairs, especially since they have no exterior walls that block player view! Does anyone know if a hotwire foam cutter can cut ReadiBoard foam? I'm thinking that if I line up and stack all the levels, I can cut brick lines all at once to save some time.
Yea, the foam is just XPS, once the paper is off you can cut with Hotwire, stacking a bunch and cutting in grout lines with Hotwire should work great.
I was thinking the same! Jeremy did mention that he found his bricks lining up with the offset he used, so maybe offset each layer by 1/4"/3mm when making the brick lines?
@@MyklCarlton 1/4"=6mm
@@davidlfort Handwavium dude.
I was inspired immediately upon seeing this video. As I type this, I am taking a break from drawing a floor and lamenting my lack of glue sticks. My idea is making two pieces, like you did, but one floor is large round stones on one side and wood planks on the other, and the other will probably have a broken stone floor and maybe an engraved magic circle or somesuch.
Making them able to flip means forgoing the dowel reinforcement, but I am going to use Titebond 2 instead of Mod Podge, so I might get a tougher product. Thank you for the idea!
This is awesome!! I am so glad you teamed up with Loot Studios. I signed up for them when you did the zombie scene, even before I had a printer! Bought the Elegoo Mars and have printed soooo many of the characters an still have more to go. Their pre-supported files make it so simple to get going and the characters and designs are top notch. I love the additional things you are doing and this inspires me to take mine to the next level!!
That’s what I like to hear from viewers about my sponsors!
YES
This is such an elegant, simple solution to the question of how to change between scenes quickly for a tower crawl. It would also work for a winding stair in a dungeon. Love it!
Well the dollar tree a couple blocks away is about to make some more cash money
Thanks dude! Awesome build. I’ve been wanted to do a stone structure sinking in a mire for my treelord ancient model. This has given me some good ideas :)
Modular is the best way to build buildings. Nothing like mix and match different elements from a few buildings to create something that suits the scenario and table. I'm releasing my own modular building video on next weeks sunday. It's more like a showcase video of my builds than a tutorial.
could you use a weak sticky glue to attach the stack together and cut with a hot wire? Also, would making the modules reversible work? that way you could turn it over and have a different floor?
The stairs would go the other way, I think, but if they were all reversible then you could have more floor options, you'd just have to pick which half of them to use for a given tower. It would work well for an additional theme. Magic tower on one side, ice tower on the other, or something like that.
Nice job. Me and my son are just starting in building terrain. Used all your tutorials so far. Really love the channel and thanks for all the tips and knowledge.
I dig it, it was builds like this and the dollar store challenge that got me interested in the channel. :)
I'm in the process of building something very similar. It is modular tower tiles but the difference is that I'm using the circular tool on my proxxon and doing the steps and the bricks individually. Obviously that is taking me way more time but you can use the tool to make the stairs arced so they stick to the tower and the bricks is just a preference, I like the look more when they are individually glued. I debated just carving it on the xps but I figured we 're in a pandemic, you have time (it has been a tedious task I' ll admit).
Holy shit, why aren't you more famous? Also, the sponsor of this video seems dope!
I'm imagining if a d&d group ended a session coming to a tower, and the next session the dm set up this tower reaching from floor to ceiling. Then they just have a giant battle where they have to fight their way to the top. I wonder how the players would deal with it.
Very cool and easy. I like these types of builds - Something even I can do :)
Possibly my favorite project you've put out recently! Such a great idea!
Such a cool idea, thanks a lot for the inspiration 👍💪👏
Awesome tutorial Jeremy. Those pieces look really great. Love the idea of using two different types of floors.
Every time you mention LOOT STUDIOS brings me closer to breaking down and getting a 3d printer. Their figures and furniture are excellent. Thanks for sharing.
JUST DO IT! Resin printers are so affordable and cost effective now!
Another great build, and i got to say I love you channel, while our content is a little bit different, your standard is what i am trying to reach in the next year or so. Keep it up, very inspirational.
Okay, I'm gonna build sharn battlemaps with this, just need to figure out the bridges and balconies that conect the towers
Great idea!
I love the modularity of this project. Very simple, but super effective. Great video!
Fantastically accessible build. Really looks great and love the modularity of it 👍
Could these possibly have a hollow interior so you can stack them with the furniture and/or monsters underneath each layer?
When you cut the template/layers, cut a circle smaller than the “wall” width in the middle of the layer (ie cut out the “wood” section of the layer). Do this for all layers except the one you want to be the floor.
I think I would build another layer that's significantly wider to represent the top of the tower maybe even put crenelations on it.
This is Sweet! Now im wracking my brain to try and figure out how to make these with a cavity between the floors so you can do layouts on different stacking levels. This is an awesome build, such a good idea Jeremy.
Just cut out the inner floor area of all but the top few layers, so they are rings and create walls that come off with the top floor. Bit of effort would be required, but it should work fine.
im gutted i cant find this kind of foam core in the uk
Do they have them for Ender 3 3d printers
Man I was just thinking of building a stairs like this out of a large coffee creamer can and some lids, I also have been planning out a suspension bridge using a couple , some twine, and some good old mulberry branches ( I really think I can get a old rickety , shoddy , and ready to collapse look using this stuff). I thought maybe I could either make the stairs going up to the bridge on both ends or possibly make it look more like a dirt path scaling up two hills , I just need to make sure I can reassemble it while being able to break it into a couple pieces , I would really like to see your take on this idea man!
Looks epic mate, thanks for the amazing content!
LED lights, magnets, fancy tools - that's sounds like witchcraft!
These look great!
I was wondering if we’ll ever see a simple video about how you turned a big XPS square into a “useall” generic woodland setting. I intend to build a couple similar using 1” xps thick 2x2 sheet into a double sided textured game mat that can be scattered with different terrain. What are your thoughts?
Paint foam green. Glue flocking to it. Aint worth a video :P
Almost got a since of nostalgia watching this really feels like a video from 2 years ago (in a good way). I built some UDT from Prof. Dungeon master and this would look really cool sitting in the middle.
I'd say the "project" feels like something from two years ago, I'd like to think the VIDEO is a lot better ;)
My need and want for this are at maximum levels
This is such a great idea!!! It's so simple but has such an amazing result. Will definitely be building a few new towers for my game table!
very nice, simple but very effective =)
Really nice project. You could have made other floor designs on the "underside" of the modules. That way you would have had four different designs to choose between with only two modules. The stairs still ascend clockwise with the modules flipped upside down. Of course you wouldn't be able to de the structural support for the stairs then.
Thats.....totally true!
Use something thinner like flat wooden coffee stirrers or popsicle sticks maybe. Making them not look totally out of place on the top side of the stairs would be the tricky part.
I recognize those minis....
Ah, yeah. Got them as well.
That mage tower looks sweet. Great job.
I also downloaded the The Mad Mage this month. They are absolutely the coolest figures I've downloaded in a while. I may be in love with the terrain pieces even more.
I've always looked at modular dungeon tiles and scene pieces as part of the "uber dedicated" side of D&D, where one is willing to fork out $500 or more just for one scene at the end of a campaign. This realizes the vision that one could truly make their important campaign scenes stand out on a very fair budget and learn a skill or two in crafting. If you are dedicated enough to hunt down the right minis online, buy up some cheap paint supplies, then research the correct ways to paint minis for your party to interact with, then surely you could stick a couple of foam plates together, texture them with some household items, and use similar paints in your arsenal to make a one of a kind scene piece that your other DM friends wish they had. Thank you BMC for teaching us noobs how to have more fun doing what we love.
Your channel is why I am now in the hobby. Your videos are the best and I’m really hoping to see some more post apoc/ modern builds
This is inspired, Jeremy. I love this and I think this will be the next thing I build. Thank you for all the great content. Those minis look amazing, too. Great paint jobs. I may have to invest in a 3D printer once I start working again.
The prices of resin printers are so affordable now it's a great investment. It doesn't take long to negate the cost of investment vs buying minis. It's crazy that all those loot minis were printed out of liquid in my home for only pennies worth of resin. We are finally living in a star trek type future!.....well at least with this one thing.
I sense an impending visit to the dollar store, a weekend project, and disapproval from my wife as modular game pieces begin to fill up our home...
You could even flip each of the stacks over and make another floor on the bottom, so you'd have 4 different floors instead of 2
Yeah, you'd just have to use something besides the large wooden dowels to reinforce the stairs. Maybe those flat wooden coffee stirrers and/or popsicle sticks would work.
@@Reyn_Roadstorm do really think you need those wood sticks, with overlapping layers, and a thick modge podge layer it might be strong enough?
These are really cool and I appreciate the approachability of this project!
Wow. Very dope build. I think i will have my hand at this. Thanks for the tip G. Looks fresh!.
This is an amazing project. Just flew to the top of my crafting to-do list.
Love how you try to always do multi use and talent level. You make the mistakes so we don't have to! Keep up the AMAZING work
That's freaking cool man! That fits the mad mage bundle perfectly.
Very cool idea. Seems this could be a super fast project if you have a Proxxon and circle jig. You could even burn vertical lines into the circle block, slice them horizontally, and then make a rotation offset which will stagger the stairs and the bricks just perfectly.
Absolute Cool Ideas you have OH and absolute Super Videos Bro I also Love your setup in your Workshop
Been looking up towers. Love this one.
No walls. Modular. no big blocks of XPS or wire cutter needed. (Got a bunch of left over foam underlay that needs using for a project.
Ticks all my boxes
I’ve watched a lot of your videos over the years, and this may be my favorite. I like it due to openness and generally playability. I don’t like pieces that are too fiddly with walls and stuff that get in the way.
Amazing, so cool. Watching your vids makes me really want to bring my dnd games into a new dimension.
Specifically the third dimension. With, like, 3D models and...oh, you got the joke already. Okay.
Hey Black Magic Craft! Just a quick message but I just wanted to thank you for making these videos. I'm someone who hasn't ever built anything tabletop related but I love and respect people who do. Perhaps one day I'll give it a go, but for now I'm happy just to watch.
All the best and keep up the great work. Love your videos, cheers!
Just wanted to say Thanks again Jeremy for the channel and all you have done for this community and crafters. I myself have been inspired by you and others to been my crafting adventures. I also started playing dnd 5e with the guys I work with (people with mental, physical, intellectual and mental health problems) about 10 months ago it's been a smashing success and something to grab ahold of and go with after these pandemic years.
So I've made some of your older dungeon tiles (with most of your ideas and tools and a couple from wylochs) ive also done a couple of my own pillars too but they are pretty far from your amazing ones, I basically just used foam core and glued four sides to a wooden block toy and then used a craft or exactly knife to cut bricks into it and then paint it etc. They came out ok alittle to bottom heavy but ok also I havent put a top on them or base cause of the block (they are fragile and I cracked or split one and then tried to glue it back together well it kinda worked ha looks like its had some wear you could say ha)
Anyway work is reimbursing my for a good portion if my supplies (craft supplies, paints glue, some foams and some tools and storage parts) which is good cause well.im broker than broke and have a family of 5 to support at times and we are a single income. Another issue is storing this stuff and having space as we live in a 2 bedroom apartment. Work will store most stuff but theres things I want to work on in the evenings and I gotta bring it home. I also am trying to learning how to paint minis and I have a couple old hero quest plastic minis and a full set if battlemasters board game.
Anyway thanks again I've learned alot from you and what I can do with simple.tools supplies, limited time and space to create some awesome stuff...
This project looks super simple, but also super useful. I made sure to stop by Dollar Tree this week to pick up 3 foam core sheets; I can't wait to get around to crafting this. It's perfect for representing a broch (historical stone structure from England), and would even be good for representing the High Tower Stair (K18) in Castle Ravenloft.
Thanks for the idea!
Oh oh REQUEST please !
Can you do some udeas on Dock yards and ports ?
In April 21 )cause you know fuck 2020) we are starting a Mordheim campain with a pirate and Cultist theme so I need ideas to build about 2 tables worth of Mord / pirates of the Caribbean theme.
Technically, you could put the stone top on one side, flip it, and put the wood side on the other side. Then have 2 additional 'top' styles on the 2nd stairs piece to make 4 options. Granted, they wouldn't have the wooden support beams under the weak stairs (visually and structurally), but I'm sure you could figure out a more hidden solution to add the support back (smaller skewers inserted into the foam instead of under it?)
Nonetheless, very cool! I just got into my first D&D campaign at the beginning of the year, I'm now in 2. Got my first miniature in from hero forge TODAY and can't wait to paint it! Your vids have been very helpful on how I'll tackle him!
Very nice! Also, really like what Loot Studios is doing but don't have a 3D printer yet. Can you recommend one that is beginner-friendly and under $300-$400?
I know what I'm doing this weekend now.
I just discovered your channel and cant stop watching. You have inspired me to pick up this hobby. I live in the middle of nowhere in Canada Arctic. Only way to get anything is Amazon. I was wondering if there was a replacement for readi board foam or the XPS insulated foam.that you use , since I cannot find such brand on Amazon. I have purchased other stuff from your affiliates but cannot find the specific foam you use. Please help. Thank you.
How well do you think it would work if you used thicker pieces of foam? I’m looking to build a bunch of larger terrain pieces for the city Sharn from the Ebberron campaign setting.
Have you heard of a “bone folder”? They’re used for smoothing paper and making creases, great for smoothing two glued surfaces for a smooth bond