3Degos Link removed due to unexpected poor service. The clip will be (hopefully) removed from the video in due time. I can only apologise, and will quite likely no longer be doing sponsors going forwards. Anyway… MASK SAFETY A few things we work with require good ventilation, a mask, or both. HOT WIRE CUTTER When using a hot wire cutter, solid ventilation can be enough. Open windows, and a desk fan next to the cutter that blows towards the window is enough in most circumstances - but if you struggle with this, or can smell it consistently - I would recommend wearing a filter mask (links in the equipment list). The white smoke given off by the cutter is primarily CO2 and water vapor, which are far less harmful than other common art products like aerosols and paint thinners (or hairspray). The toxic values are far less than wood-smoke, which contains tars, resins, creosote, and acetic acid. IF you burn the xps foam, rather than melt it, it gives off black smoke. This is toxic. Make sure you turn the cutter off if not cutting, and try to remove foam stuck to the wire with some scrap foam, rather than letting it burn up. CUTTING/SANDING FOAM When cutting or sanding foam, you want to be wearing at least a dust mask (though a filter mask will do) to avoid breathing in the dust. Always make sure to hoover up this dust once you're done. GROUT Always wear a dust mask when using grout, ventilate the area, and hoover it up once it settles. It is basically cement, you don't want to be breathing it in! On a side note, try to wash your hands in a bucket and throw the water out, rather than washing it down the sink. A small amount probably wont do anything, but in excess in theory it can cause problems (again, because it's basically cement!) GLUES AND SOLVENTS Many things we use regularly (even home use) give off nasty fumes of some description - superglue, polystyrene cement (plastic glue), liquid latex, among others. For the most part, we don't work with these things for an extended enough period for this to be a problem, though following safety labels on products is of course important :) As a general rule, I throw anything that 'smells' into this category - some are mostly harmless, but I aim for better safe than sorry! Basic ventilation (opening a window) will usually be fine if working with them for a short period, but IF you intend to spend hours using one of these materials I would recommend solid ventilation, adding a desk fan, or even using outside. RESIN Resin is a whole different beast, in that you want to be wearing a proper filter mask (not just a dust/particle mask) at all times. I used to use a half face mask, now I use a full face one because its not much more expensive and I prefer the extra level of protection. 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 steel is safe enough to use if you're reasonably careful, I used to cut most of mine from steel 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. 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) PAINTING STONE NEWER RECIPE (method shown in original painting stone video, this is just the mixes I use now) 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. 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…) DIMENSIONS: Templates available on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/early-access-can-89105205 Half width floor tiles 3" x 1.5" x 0.5" Foam blocks for empty tile curved jig pieces 1.5" cube. You can stack 1" foam with a small amount of hot glue and cut this down if you don’t have thicker foam. Fake depth brick wall 3" x 1" x 0.25" (I stamped a 1" thick piece of foam with the wall tile and trimmed it into 4 of these) Fake depth fake height wall (on the bottoms) 1.5" x 1.5" x at least 10mm, but ideally no more than 1/2". Thick enough to be sturdy, thin enough to stack well. Styrene dams 3.5" OR 6.5" x 1.5". The most important thing is the right angles in the corner, check out this timestamped point in the water tiles video for more on me making them:
Thank you for making your building adventures with us all, entertaining and awesome. But more importantly, Thank you for taking time from your life to enrich others and work hard to make the community profitable instead of thinking only of yourself. Your selflessness is appreciated, from me at least.
The Dark Lord of crafting has returned!!! the discovery of your channel and videos is what inspired me to make my own magnetic tile system, in particular the modular stables video got the creative gears in my skull turning. without you I never would have started my career as a crafter, and wargaming terrain maker. Many thanks good sir and may the crafting gods shine brightly on you!
Glad to see your return. I'm no D&D player but I love your model builds. Many channels have gone over to 3D printing which is fine if your into that, but there are those of us who still do modelling structures the old fashion way. I hope to see more in the near future. All the best to you.
Honestly Matt this is probably the best terrain system I've come across. Everything from every project is able to fit together for endless customization. I've seen the magnet system before but you take it to the next level. I don't yet have the means to craft with the scope you do but hopefully you find it very fulfilling that many like me will be using your templates as inspiration for our own terrain systems. Keep focusing on quality over quantity like you do and I have extreme confidence that your brand will eventually take off and you can make a career out of this. Excellent work my friend!
"It's been awhile since Matt posted something.", I thought. "That means it's going to be epic...". I saw the thumbnail, and started laughing. "Oh, Hell yeah.". I don't know how you do it, but it's delightful that you do... :)
AAHHH!! That's me! What an incredible honour to be mentioned within such an elaborate, helpful, well-thought-out, fine-tuned, and mind-bogglingly-excellent video. Your work is bar-none the best modular system and excuse me while I go happy dance now.
It's the least you deserve for having good RUclipsr etiquette and mentioning/linking to my videos clearly each time :) The water tile method you used is pretty close to exactly what I considered for my own at the time too, so it's nice to see it done for people who don't want to use resin!
Every time I watch one of your vids I get a burst of energy to dive back into creating things and it never fails to show me how much I enjoy it, thanks man your effort is inspiring !
Wow, which video to choose. You've honestly helped our group step up the terrain game by epic amounts. But I get the most use out of the D&D Minecraft video. We set up our tables (mostly) on the fly, keeping a Tupperware drawer organizer handy next to the table, while I explain what the characters see, I build the map with the minecraft tiles. Thank you so much for everything you've given to us and the community! ❤
ppl spending happily 30$ for each DND book, spending a fortune for plastic models getting crazy when someone wants to be creative and create something with their hands. love that good to see you beeing back
Every time you paused, then said something uncomfortable "organic material we are trying to replicate" - made me chuckle every time. Your voice is very soothing, and as an American, I love that British accent. I leave your videos running when I'm building, even if it isn't the same video to what I'm making.
In-CREDIBLY inspirational and gut-wrenchingly overwhelming as a new crafter, I just want to say that your works are truly wonderful. I've been doing terrain on and off for a few years, but I've always felt intimidated by the process. For whatever reason, watching you (and a few others) have helped me to push through! Thank you!
Its incredible how much you try to give back to your community. I never see anything like that in other channels. This build looks equally incredible and I feel the mindset of not wanting to show anything until you're done shows to how special these projects are to you as well. Fantastic work again. I've been loving all the videos I've seen. I especially love the modular blocks videos for various building configurations and mountains.
I must say, as someone who as only dabbled in both DnD and table top miniatures, you are a saint. I feel compelled to create by your outstanding production quality, skill of craft, and engaging demeanor. Well done.
Wow! Your modular sewer system is amazing! This video was well worth the wait. You were definitely right. The grand reveal of the entire project was awesome!
*Scrolling casually past Matt's gorgeous modular tiles I've watched dozens of times alrea--* "WAIT I haven't watched THESE gorgeous modular tiles dozens of times already!" Welcome back, sir 😉
I'm so sorry to hear about your health issues and I'm glad that you are both recovering and feeling well enough to complete such an epic build. It's beautiful and well done to the point that I *almost* find myself wishing to live in that mini world. If you ever do a Fey Wilds series it will likely do me in. I wouldn't throw out the "failed" resin tiles though -- to me, it gave the effect of something large about to surface.
THE KING IS BACK LONG LIVE THE KING (unnecessary tangent but I'm lowkey working two jobs helping my school out by filling some vacancies and I more or less work 16 hour days, and I try to unwind by watching chill interesting videos about the hobby, since I don't have much energy to hobby nowadays. Yours have been a favorite reliable source of the happy brain chemicals and I'm so glad to see a new vide from you!)
SO happy to see you back! I discovered your channel recently & have been binge-watching your videos over and over. I always see something I missed before. Welcome back. This video is awesome!
Welcome back! This is a great example of using modular pieces building a completely different, exciting terrain using base pieces and some excellent new additions. My favorite video is still Getting Started for someone who had never made any terrain before. Thank you for all your efforts!
I may or may not have woken my cats with how loudly I shouted "He's back!" on seeing this video. This looks incredible, 100% worth the wait. I hope you're doing better!
Good to see you back, my friend. Was hoping to see something cool, and what we got was GLORIOUSLY EPIC!! Well done, buddy. And look forward to the next one! For my favorite RP Archive video, put me down as loving the street one. That and the lava fields, but the village and city street is more useful to a crafting DM overall.
Every new video is such an inspiration. Even though I've actually already made my own sewers, there were lots of great tips here to get my from the 80% happy I am with them to the full 100%.
You are truly wonderful. Your dedication to this system and consideration for varying the system to each person's needs is truly astonishing. Kudos my good fellow!
Thank you so much! I have been trying to set up a sewers campaign for sooooooooo long now and this has been a life saver. Love your channel ❤️. Hope you get better.
Glad you're back big guy! Hope things are starting to improve for you! Killer video and amazing terrain! I'm going to start working on some of it this weekend, so glad that it will fit with the other scenery that I've made following your guides! This is by far my most favourite video you've done!
Man, I straight up love watching your videos, there's always so many cool ideas. One of these days I'll actually get some tools together and build something that you've done. Glad you're feeling better!
My favorite video is how to make your own magnetic tiles, I literally made my own set and I use it on every session I play as a DM. Thanks for bringing us these awesome videos
Oh my god! You have made my day, month, and year! Glad to see you are doing better! Absolutely love this build. So many more things to add to my ever growing list! Thank you so much Matt for all your inspiration. The wait has been worth it! ❤
Hey, Great to see a new video. For a really sad resin disaster video, I'd recommend watching Tabletop Time's "When Resin Goes Wrong" video. A masterclass in how badly it can go wrong.
Those stls are amazing!!! Just what I needed to level up my terrain making game and finally craft me some walls!! So grateful for your videos and that you're finally back at it!
YEEES! This was Awesome! What you do is Awesome! This channel is friggin Awesome! And PLEASE continue to Stay Awesome!!! As Modest Mouse would say "We will all float on!" Pun intended.
another excellent video, and really nice to see you in the feed again. there are lots of terrain crafters that i love to put on in the background while im doing my own creating, but your relaxing music, meticulous editing, and soothing tone make your vids a special treat - sit down, feet up, a beverage of some kind, and just watch like programmed television. excellent stuff.
Making more for less, and hills are not small lumps have easily been the most helpful videos for me. I've been making terrain since back when the best terrain tutorials was Mike over at teranscapes (gone but not forgotten. He's not dead, he just doesn't do RUclips anymore.) So I've seen the rise of bmc, wyloch, ttwc, devs and dice, and if course- you. I watch you all for different reasons, but those two videos actually fixed so many of my issues that it's safe to say that without them, i would be a much weaker crafter.
Glad to see you back. Always a pleasure to see the amazing creations you have created. These also make a great transition to the mountain tile and blocks. They are my favorite so far.
You won the Sewer STL competition! Congrats :) I need your email to add to MyMiniFactory to give you access, but obviously I don’t want to encourage you to post it publicly. If you have a facebook or instagram account I could direct message to ask you for it privately, could you share a link to that here? Or feel free to drop a temporary/unimportant email address here for me to contact (using Enquiries@rparchive.com, the same email you can see in my channel about section) and ask for the real one :)
Man, Im from Italy, and i really enjoy your content. Thanks to you my Lord of the Rings games have improved. Thata also thanks to your video about roofs, wich are perfect for a Rohan house. Maybe i Will not win the give away, but i Hope this commenti could be ready by you as a big thank you for your work and your time helping others in this great hobby
Matt! You're BACK! Missed you man, so glad to see more content coming from you, hopefully this means you are doing better. Please let us know if we can do anything to help you. I may be half a world away, but your videos have helped me become a better DM over the past few years, so if we can ever return the favor to you, you only need to ask! Keep up the amazing work, friend!
Welcome back! Your videos are great and the modular design you produce is unparalleld first class - the best. PLEASE get your glasses fitted properly. Unless the focal point is (very unlikely) somehow optimised on the vertical plane for the glasses to rest so low on your cheeks that you actually see out of them correctly, then your are doing serious long-term damage to your eyes. This is from one bespectacled 4 eyes to another - please get an appointment with your optomertrist to get your glasses fitted properly.
They fall down my nose quite easily, especially when doing these clips, usually I'm looking through the middle of them? Not sure what you mean otherwise I'm new to glasses (and they aren't very powerful 😄)
@@RPArchiveOfficial It's a combination of how the frames hug your head past your temples and over your ears, and also where they rest on the bridge of your nose. The nose pads on yours are adjustable, so you still have plenty of room to wiggle. Just get an appointment where you got them and ask to for help fitting them. Should only take 10 minutes. A low number prescription will only go higher FASTER if you aren't careful enough (although your eyes will always get weaker). It was the same way for me when I got my first pair at 25 years old. Now I do garden work with a sweat and not worry about them slipping off. And I don't have adjustable nose pads on my frames!
How do you only have 83k subscribers?! You, as far as I can tell, have the best detailed and in-depth terrain builds on RUclips. You and Jeremy from Black Magic Craft ought to do a collab.
Great to see you back on the RUclipss. Always a fan of your work. I think my favorite has to be the early Dungeon Stackers video. I use those things all the time!
imma watch when its not midnight here lol, but i'm very glad to see you come back, tiles aren't really my deal, i don't play often enough to need modular stuf, i'lljust make a diorama/mini board, but i still learn a lot from your videos. keep up the good work
so far even though I'm new here, favorite video would be the 5 things to build first and then this sewer video, I have only seen about 10 videos so far, will have to search for the video with gates because they were so cool upside down with spikes, plus i loved the round half tile sewer that was awesome. I am looking forward to building with you.
Your back!!!!! I’d have to say the grassland hill tile video is my favorite I think of it at random The options and modifications that I’m planning Thank you for being awesome too
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Anyway…
MASK SAFETY
A few things we work with require good ventilation, a mask, or both.
HOT WIRE CUTTER
When using a hot wire cutter, solid ventilation can be enough. Open windows, and a desk fan next to the cutter that blows towards the window is enough in most circumstances - but if you struggle with this, or can smell it consistently - I would recommend wearing a filter mask (links in the equipment list).
The white smoke given off by the cutter is primarily CO2 and water vapor, which are far less harmful than other common art products like aerosols and paint thinners (or hairspray). The toxic values are far less than wood-smoke, which contains tars, resins, creosote, and acetic acid.
IF you burn the xps foam, rather than melt it, it gives off black smoke. This is toxic. Make sure you turn the cutter off if not cutting, and try to remove foam stuck to the wire with some scrap foam, rather than letting it burn up.
CUTTING/SANDING FOAM
When cutting or sanding foam, you want to be wearing at least a dust mask (though a filter mask will do) to avoid breathing in the dust. Always make sure to hoover up this dust once you're done.
GROUT
Always wear a dust mask when using grout, ventilate the area, and hoover it up once it settles. It is basically cement, you don't want to be breathing it in!
On a side note, try to wash your hands in a bucket and throw the water out, rather than washing it down the sink. A small amount probably wont do anything, but in excess in theory it can cause problems (again, because it's basically cement!)
GLUES AND SOLVENTS
Many things we use regularly (even home use) give off nasty fumes of some description - superglue, polystyrene cement (plastic glue), liquid latex, among others. For the most part, we don't work with these things for an extended enough period for this to be a problem, though following safety labels on products is of course important :)
As a general rule, I throw anything that 'smells' into this category - some are mostly harmless, but I aim for better safe than sorry!
Basic ventilation (opening a window) will usually be fine if working with them for a short period, but IF you intend to spend hours using one of these materials I would recommend solid ventilation, adding a desk fan, or even using outside.
RESIN
Resin is a whole different beast, in that you want to be wearing a proper filter mask (not just a dust/particle mask) at all times. I used to use a half face mask, now I use a full face one because its not much more expensive and I prefer the extra level of protection.
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 steel is safe enough to use if you're reasonably careful, I used to cut most of mine from steel 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.
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)
PAINTING STONE NEWER RECIPE (method shown in original painting stone video, this is just the mixes I use now)
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.
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…)
DIMENSIONS:
Templates available on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/early-access-can-89105205
Half width floor tiles
3" x 1.5" x 0.5"
Foam blocks for empty tile curved jig pieces
1.5" cube. You can stack 1" foam with a small amount of hot glue and cut this down if you don’t have thicker foam.
Fake depth brick wall
3" x 1" x 0.25" (I stamped a 1" thick piece of foam with the wall tile and trimmed it into 4 of these)
Fake depth fake height wall (on the bottoms)
1.5" x 1.5" x at least 10mm, but ideally no more than 1/2". Thick enough to be sturdy, thin enough to stack well.
Styrene dams
3.5" OR 6.5" x 1.5". The most important thing is the right angles in the corner, check out this timestamped point in the water tiles video for more on me making them:
*_Great to hear you are doing better._*
*_This video and build was fantastic, thank you so much!_*
Thank you for making your building adventures with us all, entertaining and awesome.
But more importantly, Thank you for taking time from your life to enrich others and work hard to make the community profitable instead of thinking only of yourself. Your selflessness is appreciated, from me at least.
@RPArchiveOfficial - Holy sh!t, Matt. This work is phenomenal.
So glad to see you back. Always looking forward to more from you.
Maybe I am just blind but I can’t find the link to the grout pigment color. If you could point me in the right direction. Thank you
my bad, its usually in the pinned comment, updated it here!@@SilverwolfNight
It's kind of funny that fantasy sewers seem more elaborate than many real castles.
Very true... But probably only AS complex as fantasy castles 😄
I think you could probably make that argument in real life. Functional infrastructure is complicated!
Hahaha that’s true!
Inside is usually more complex than the outside
What good a castle if you cant live in it. Got to have pooper and water
*I can definitely see someone replacing the sewage with BLOOD for a "Vampire's Lair" build.*
Ooooohhh, ya flippin genius you!
Ohhhhhh! Now we talking!
that would be a loooot of blood ngl, make it a vampire lord or vampire mini society
Legitimately made my day seeing you back. The terrain looks incredible, and that tool is so well thought out! Huzzah all around.
Thanks man! 😁
I don't know if I'm more scared by the effort you've put in to the things made in this video, or by how badly I want to follow suit.
My favorite video on your channel is probably the Getting Started - 5 Things To Build First video.
It tempts me sorely.
The king has returned!
Long live the king
It's insane how much work you put into these videos and your patreon
So much. So very very much 😄
Return of the King.
Finally, we're eating good.
The Dark Lord of crafting has returned!!! the discovery of your channel and videos is what inspired me to make my own magnetic tile system, in particular the modular stables video got the creative gears in my skull turning. without you I never would have started my career as a crafter, and wargaming terrain maker.
Many thanks good sir and may the crafting gods shine brightly on you!
Glad to see your return. I'm no D&D player but I love your model builds. Many channels have gone over to 3D printing which is fine if your into that, but there are those of us who still do modelling structures the old fashion way. I hope to see more in the near future. All the best to you.
Thank you man :)
SEWER dragon? I'm here for it
Honestly Matt this is probably the best terrain system I've come across. Everything from every project is able to fit together for endless customization. I've seen the magnet system before but you take it to the next level. I don't yet have the means to craft with the scope you do but hopefully you find it very fulfilling that many like me will be using your templates as inspiration for our own terrain systems. Keep focusing on quality over quantity like you do and I have extreme confidence that your brand will eventually take off and you can make a career out of this. Excellent work my friend!
Will do man :)
"It's been awhile since Matt posted something.", I thought. "That means it's going to be epic...".
I saw the thumbnail, and started laughing. "Oh, Hell yeah.". I don't know how you do it, but it's delightful that you do... :)
AAHHH!! That's me! What an incredible honour to be mentioned within such an elaborate, helpful, well-thought-out, fine-tuned, and mind-bogglingly-excellent video. Your work is bar-none the best modular system and excuse me while I go happy dance now.
It's the least you deserve for having good RUclipsr etiquette and mentioning/linking to my videos clearly each time :)
The water tile method you used is pretty close to exactly what I considered for my own at the time too, so it's nice to see it done for people who don't want to use resin!
Every time I watch one of your vids I get a burst of energy to dive back into creating things and it never fails to show me how much I enjoy it, thanks man your effort is inspiring !
Wow, which video to choose. You've honestly helped our group step up the terrain game by epic amounts. But I get the most use out of the D&D Minecraft video. We set up our tables (mostly) on the fly, keeping a Tupperware drawer organizer handy next to the table, while I explain what the characters see, I build the map with the minecraft tiles. Thank you so much for everything you've given to us and the community! ❤
Glad to have helped! 😁
Crafting a Working Crane for D&D, 40k, AOS or Necromunda is my personal favorite video of yours.
Just seeing your name on my frontpage immediately made me happy. Can't watch it now but boy am I hyped for later!
MY MAN DESIGN A TOOL TO INSTANT MODEL THE FOAM?!?!?!?!?!!!!! Man constantly breaking down barriers every video and im here for it
Heh, that looks a beer to me. An adventure in some cyclopean dwarven brewery sounds like fun.
ppl spending happily 30$ for each DND book, spending a fortune for plastic models getting crazy when someone wants to be creative and create something with their hands. love that
good to see you beeing back
Absolutely love the fact they snap together and the thought process of allowing players to interact with it.
Idk why i thought i could eat while watching this lol. Great to see you back
Takes real skill to wow me with fecal matter on terrain 😂 great to have you back!
THE BEAST HIMSELF RETURNS!!!
New Archive video? Never clicked on a video so fast :D Good to have you back, you were (as you can see below) greatly missed!
Every time you paused, then said something uncomfortable "organic material we are trying to replicate" - made me chuckle every time. Your voice is very soothing, and as an American, I love that British accent. I leave your videos running when I'm building, even if it isn't the same video to what I'm making.
In-CREDIBLY inspirational and gut-wrenchingly overwhelming as a new crafter, I just want to say that your works are truly wonderful. I've been doing terrain on and off for a few years, but I've always felt intimidated by the process. For whatever reason, watching you (and a few others) have helped me to push through!
Thank you!
That's great to hear man! 😁
I was just thinking about that you still hadn't been back . Was about to make sure you were OK. Glad to see you again!
Its incredible how much you try to give back to your community. I never see anything like that in other channels. This build looks equally incredible and I feel the mindset of not wanting to show anything until you're done shows to how special these projects are to you as well. Fantastic work again. I've been loving all the videos I've seen. I especially love the modular blocks videos for various building configurations and mountains.
Thank you man, it's really nice when people recognise it :)
Was wondering literally last night how you were getting on, glad you are back
THE MASTER IS BACK BABY!
THE MASTER HAS RETURNED
I must say, as someone who as only dabbled in both DnD and table top miniatures, you are a saint. I feel compelled to create by your outstanding production quality, skill of craft, and engaging demeanor. Well done.
Thank you so much man :)
the wait has been totally worthy
Wow!
Your modular sewer system is amazing!
This video was well worth the wait.
You were definitely right. The grand reveal of the entire project was awesome!
*Scrolling casually past Matt's gorgeous modular tiles I've watched dozens of times alrea--* "WAIT I haven't watched THESE gorgeous modular tiles dozens of times already!"
Welcome back, sir 😉
I'm so sorry to hear about your health issues and I'm glad that you are both recovering and feeling well enough to complete such an epic build. It's beautiful and well done to the point that I *almost* find myself wishing to live in that mini world. If you ever do a Fey Wilds series it will likely do me in. I wouldn't throw out the "failed" resin tiles though -- to me, it gave the effect of something large about to surface.
The Return of the King
I love these sewers, the added verticality really makes it feel epic
i dont even play d&d and i just cant stop watching your videos!
Simply WOW!!!! It's a pleasure to any RPG player's eyes!!!!!
THE KING IS BACK LONG LIVE THE KING
(unnecessary tangent but I'm lowkey working two jobs helping my school out by filling some vacancies and I more or less work 16 hour days, and I try to unwind by watching chill interesting videos about the hobby, since I don't have much energy to hobby nowadays. Yours have been a favorite reliable source of the happy brain chemicals and I'm so glad to see a new vide from you!)
Glad to be able to help man :)
This will make Monday better.
I love this community so much. So many other hobbies gatekeep knowledge at every step. I'm blown away by how much knowledge you guys give away
100% WORTH THE 1 YEAR WAIT LETS GOOO
The video i keep returning to is the modular water video, but a close second is modular lava. I mean it's all great, there's a reason i joined!
SO happy to see you back! I discovered your channel recently & have been binge-watching your videos over and over. I always see something I missed before. Welcome back. This video is awesome!
3:27 That cathedral in the middle of the lava field is amazing. Whoever made that well done!
Woo hoo! Welcome back! These look so good (which is not something I thought I'd say about sewers, ahaha)
Glad you're back, mate.
Welcome back! This is a great example of using modular pieces building a completely different, exciting terrain using base pieces and some excellent new additions. My favorite video is still Getting Started for someone who had never made any terrain before. Thank you for all your efforts!
I may or may not have woken my cats with how loudly I shouted "He's back!" on seeing this video.
This looks incredible, 100% worth the wait. I hope you're doing better!
Good to see you back, my friend. Was hoping to see something cool, and what we got was GLORIOUSLY EPIC!! Well done, buddy. And look forward to the next one!
For my favorite RP Archive video, put me down as loving the street one. That and the lava fields, but the village and city street is more useful to a crafting DM overall.
Just saw you turn up on my feed. What a great start to the week. Hope you had a good break! Cant wait to build it
Every new video is such an inspiration. Even though I've actually already made my own sewers, there were lots of great tips here to get my from the 80% happy I am with them to the full 100%.
My favorite video is probably the town video. I found some of that info to be the most useful when making my own terrain.
You are truly wonderful. Your dedication to this system and consideration for varying the system to each person's needs is truly astonishing. Kudos my good fellow!
for me my fave has to be the lava videos! I've never seen mini lava that looks so hot and cinematic🤯🤩
Thank you so much! I have been trying to set up a sewers campaign for sooooooooo long now and this has been a life saver. Love your channel ❤️. Hope you get better.
Glad you're back big guy! Hope things are starting to improve for you! Killer video and amazing terrain! I'm going to start working on some of it this weekend, so glad that it will fit with the other scenery that I've made following your guides! This is by far my most favourite video you've done!
Commenting before watching. GREAT to see you back. Hope you're doing well x
Man, I straight up love watching your videos, there's always so many cool ideas. One of these days I'll actually get some tools together and build something that you've done. Glad you're feeling better!
My favorite video is how to make your own magnetic tiles, I literally made my own set and I use it on every session I play as a DM. Thanks for bringing us these awesome videos
Oh my god! You have made my day, month, and year! Glad to see you are doing better!
Absolutely love this build. So many more things to add to my ever growing list!
Thank you so much Matt for all your inspiration. The wait has been worth it! ❤
Hey, Great to see a new video.
For a really sad resin disaster video, I'd recommend watching Tabletop Time's "When Resin Goes Wrong" video. A masterclass in how badly it can go wrong.
Those stls are amazing!!! Just what I needed to level up my terrain making game and finally craft me some walls!! So grateful for your videos and that you're finally back at it!
A 28 minute video? You spoil us!
YEEES! This was Awesome! What you do is Awesome! This channel is friggin Awesome! And PLEASE continue to Stay Awesome!!! As Modest Mouse would say "We will all float on!" Pun intended.
Hey! Well done for finishing this video two month before the announced due date :D
This stone brick technic is revolutionary for sure. Great work!
The sight of such an elaborate sewer system sets my imagination on fire. Way cool!
another excellent video, and really nice to see you in the feed again. there are lots of terrain crafters that i love to put on in the background while im doing my own creating, but your relaxing music, meticulous editing, and soothing tone make your vids a special treat - sit down, feet up, a beverage of some kind, and just watch like programmed television. excellent stuff.
It is here, and it is glorious.
Making more for less, and hills are not small lumps have easily been the most helpful videos for me. I've been making terrain since back when the best terrain tutorials was Mike over at teranscapes (gone but not forgotten. He's not dead, he just doesn't do RUclips anymore.) So I've seen the rise of bmc, wyloch, ttwc, devs and dice, and if course- you. I watch you all for different reasons, but those two videos actually fixed so many of my issues that it's safe to say that without them, i would be a much weaker crafter.
To be honest... this is my favorite video.... I love your skills!
Also... the D&D game I ran last week WAS in a sewer.
Welcome back!
glad to see you are back, and wow, what a video to come back! those sewer systems look spectacular
Amazing work, my gast is well and truly flabbered. Glad to see you're feeling better.
Glad to see you back. Always a pleasure to see the amazing creations you have created. These also make a great transition to the mountain tile and blocks. They are my favorite so far.
My favourite video by far is the 1-inch magnetic building cubes!!! Such a versatile form of terrain
Amazing video and work Matt. Well worth the wait. You have really inspired me.
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Mind blown, always such high quality work from you!
This was a brilliant video. My favourite video of yours is the one where you made the transport/storage box with shelving inside it.
You won the Sewer STL competition! Congrats :)
I need your email to add to MyMiniFactory to give you access, but obviously I don’t want to encourage you to post it publicly. If you have a facebook or instagram account I could direct message to ask you for it privately, could you share a link to that here?
Or feel free to drop a temporary/unimportant email address here for me to contact (using Enquiries@rparchive.com, the same email you can see in my channel about section) and ask for the real one :)
That was my favourite video, too.
So glad to have you back and an amazing creation!
Good to have you back!
Man, Im from Italy, and i really enjoy your content. Thanks to you my Lord of the Rings games have improved. Thata also thanks to your video about roofs, wich are perfect for a Rohan house. Maybe i Will not win the give away, but i Hope this commenti could be ready by you as a big thank you for your work and your time helping others in this great hobby
These look completely and utterly disgusting.
Amazing result.
Matt! You're BACK! Missed you man, so glad to see more content coming from you, hopefully this means you are doing better. Please let us know if we can do anything to help you. I may be half a world away, but your videos have helped me become a better DM over the past few years, so if we can ever return the favor to you, you only need to ask! Keep up the amazing work, friend!
I love the cheeky use of a sequitor as the statue at 1:06. The shape of those hammers still gives me chills~
Welcome back!
Your videos are great and the modular design you produce is unparalleld first class - the best.
PLEASE get your glasses fitted properly.
Unless the focal point is (very unlikely) somehow optimised on the vertical plane for the glasses to rest so low on your cheeks that you actually see out of them correctly, then your are doing serious long-term damage to your eyes.
This is from one bespectacled 4 eyes to another - please get an appointment with your optomertrist to get your glasses fitted properly.
They fall down my nose quite easily, especially when doing these clips, usually I'm looking through the middle of them? Not sure what you mean otherwise I'm new to glasses (and they aren't very powerful 😄)
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It's a combination of how the frames hug your head past your temples and over your ears, and also where they rest on the bridge of your nose.
The nose pads on yours are adjustable, so you still have plenty of room to wiggle.
Just get an appointment where you got them and ask to for help fitting them. Should only take 10 minutes.
A low number prescription will only go higher FASTER if you aren't careful enough (although your eyes will always get weaker).
It was the same way for me when I got my first pair at 25 years old.
Now I do garden work with a sweat and not worry about them slipping off. And I don't have adjustable nose pads on my frames!
That's good to know, I'll mention it to my optometrist!
How do you only have 83k subscribers?! You, as far as I can tell, have the best detailed and in-depth terrain builds on RUclips. You and Jeremy from Black Magic Craft ought to do a collab.
Glad to see you back !
Welcome back Matt! Can’t wait to make this build next.
Great to see you back on the RUclipss. Always a fan of your work. I think my favorite has to be the early Dungeon Stackers video. I use those things all the time!
It's awesome! I make sewer channels out of the halves of the Pringles chip cases.
imma watch when its not midnight here lol, but i'm very glad to see you come back, tiles aren't really my deal, i don't play often enough to need modular stuf, i'lljust make a diorama/mini board, but i still learn a lot from your videos. keep up the good work
Fair enough! Have a good sleep 😄
so far even though I'm new here, favorite video would be the 5 things to build first and then this sewer video, I have only seen about 10 videos so far, will have to search for the video with gates because they were so cool upside down with spikes, plus i loved the round half tile sewer that was awesome. I am looking forward to building with you.
Your back!!!!!
I’d have to say the grassland hill tile video is my favorite
I think of it at random
The options and modifications that I’m planning
Thank you for being awesome too
THE KING IS BACK