How to Make A Realistic Stone Wall Out of XPS Foam (Ep. 186)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- If you need a dungeon wall for a haunted house or scenery for a play, this is the video for you! No expensive tools--just a utility knife, XPS insulation foam, and craft paint. Turn a wall into a Hollywood movie set in just a few hours!
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You opened that utility knife like a 50’s greaser with a switchblade. I highly approve.
“They say ‘chains?!’ We say ‘chains!’ They say ‘zip guns?’ We say ‘zip guns!’” - PDM, probably
Capiche!
When you’re a Jet, etc etc etc
That makes me wonder why we don't have '50s role playing. Not really, but...still. That.
@@anonymousdude9099 I dunno about 50s, but I knew someone who had a 20s mobster thing going on. Sure, guns were easy, and with a Tommy gun (which wasn't hard to get, maybe $40, which was a lot but … not really, think about $800 or so today), if you decided to ice someone, they were pretty much stone cold.
But … consequences. Who, when, where, and why? How do you make sure there's no evidence for the cops, or that the cops ignore any they find? What about the feds? Some of them can't be bought, and killing feds attracts attention you don't want.
The smart ones aren't afraid to kill some mook who needs killing, but … they don't just go around killing people, y'know? Murder is a good way to get yourself murdered, and brutal actions warrant brutal responses. The public doesn't care as long as the booze is flowing and the violence doesn't get out of hand, but there's people who want to take you down, and not all of 'em care how they do it, badge or not, know what I'm sayin'?
Interesting world and mechanics, I get what he's going for and it was fun to have everybody playing bad guys… But it was really a challenge because you want to be carefully REALLY bad, but otherwise mostly almost kinda good sort of. Life expectancy was low for most characters, kind of like Paranoia … sort of a how far can you get scenario. And definitely not for everyone-part of an evil player campaign, no leveling up. Just money and power. And money can't buy everything, and gaining power just makes you a bigger target. It's about playing the game … money and power are just the ways you keep score.
It does look really good.
Ty
You're welcome! New video out now! ruclips.net/video/svFt_V71qjU/видео.html
Why don't you like spray foam as an adhesive?
Pretty damn cool... but we're missing one thing... where's "Deathbringer"?
He's on strike. We've settled on a new salary, so he'll be back next week.
Promised link to pro cutting tool?
Sorry. It's in the description now.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Thanks!
I’m so irritated! I was going to make this same video, but it was going to be way worse! Now I gotta credit you when I make one of these for my channel and I’m all salty about it!🤣🤣
Just messing man, this is fantastic! I have a foam cutter I use for terrain. I’ll let yah know how it goes!
Hey Jesse. Sorry for responding so late. My video would have been a LOT better if I had better lighting. So you have my blessing. I can’t wait to see how you do it!
Honestly, this looks so much better than the mural. The stones feel more authentic, plus you get the natural dimension since it actually has dimension.
I'm not sure why but I always assumed the fake stonework covered the entire wall and it was your DM backdrop for your D&D games. The magic is gone. I will diminish and go into the west. No, seriously, amazing work!
I laughed out loud reading this.
Tune in for next week's episode when PDM builds a life-size replica of Castle Ravenloft out of cardboard and dollar store foam core.
Lol. Good one.
I actually described an area of a town as being like a German Expressionist Film from the 20s in my last D&D session. No one at my table had the foggiest idea what I meant.
Neither do German Expressionist filmmakers XD
3 years later, and this video finds me, right when i need to make a fake brick wall for a set I'm building. Thanks Professor!
Secretly he built the entire house set to make it look like an ordinary house and then showed you the "making of the wall" built by a skilled team of technicians... all to fake the fact that he owns a real dungeon somewhere...
... I'm on to you man!
At least you weren't painting on top of Mrs. PDM's countertops.
Awesome video this week, the glue advice i think is the best thing i got from your video today. I think you forgot about the link for the hot wire tool?
Now all you need is some torches or lanterns to sell that dungeon vibe! Great backdrop!
Those led candles/torches give a pretty realistic flickering light. Would make and awesome addition, one on each side.
Or maybe one of those 'torches' with a fan (see them up at Halloween) to mimic a flame.
Where is Deathbringer and his quips about "blockheads" and "Wall of Stone spell"?
Yes! So many missed opportunities for bad puns! "The real reason this nerd used styrofoam is that he doesn't have the STONES to build a real dungeon."
I'm a Halloween Haunter, and the utility of this technique for what I do is bountiful. Great Video!
--LJ
Glad you found it helpful!
Another great vid PDM. I once did a wall like this and misjudged the brick size and had way too many that were way too small. Even with a foam cutter it took forever!
I am picturing a wall of tiny bricks.
@@alteredrealitygames2936 Not quite but close. It felt like a million tiny brick when I was carving them.
I was lucky to get this right.
Couple of tips: I have two of the romech hot knives, 80 bucks each or so, they give you two blades with each knife, if you bend the shorter blade sideways so it is horizontal, you can use it to press/melt indentations in the foam (such as mortar lines), just don't bend the metal bands where they touch or sparks will fly. I might add, the romech's have a overheating automatic shut off, so don't freak out when it quits working, just let it cool down. Also, may want to get the 2" thick XPS sheets, as they don't warp over time and more dimension for your stone depth, price is around 25 compared to 10 for the half inch, but worth it imo. Lastly, cheap black spraypaint, the stuff you get for 99 cents a can, is great for texturing the XPS and as base coat when making the fake stone walls.
Bravo! I particularly admired addressing the hiccups in the process.
That's probably the biggest piece of modular tiles I've ever seen. Very funny to see you use mini terrain building techniques on a real person scale.
I’ll add my $0.02 and say for this type of project you don’t need the $150.00 foam cutter. Look at a craft store and pick up a cheap $20 handheld battery powered hotwire tool. Cheaper than the full deal and faster than the blade.
Your door to that room should be rigger with an audio device for a very creaky hinge sound and Tocatta and Fuge.
I can hear the public domain creaky door sound effect in my head.
I've been waiting for this one. Thanks!!!
Heck yeah! Extra video this week! Thanks PDM!
Professor Dungeon master
love the videos. I made the ultimate dungeon terrain. I hope you trust Jesus as your Lord and Savior
"I would build a great wall, and no one builds walls better than me, believe me, and I'll build them very inexpensively." - Professor Dungeonmaster, maybe :D
You did a great job editing it from the original nightmare experience. Glad you put it up and hope it feeds the algorithm.
I thought you lived in an actual dungeon. You've killed my immersion.
Shared in my game group AND my film & theater group.
Keep rolling 20's.
This is exactly the affordable solution I've been looking for. I was considering concrete molds lol. This is far superior and easier to replace if damaged by a wayward chair back or +2 pool cue lol
Yep!
So one of those blocks has the Pink Panther staring out from it in mute horror?
I never thought about doing something so large with the craft. Now I'm envisioning an entire modular room via velcro strips and pink foam. Youre in a forest, boom! The room for that setting is a forest like wall.
so good
Lol. This video bombed when I put it out but has steadily racked up 80k and it's always in my top 10.
PVA would eventually cure but it would take days, maybe weeks for such a large surface areas.
Maybe. that was a bonehead move on my part.
Truly something every DM needs.
German Expressionism! Are you Professor Dungeon Master or Dr. Mabuse?
Lol. Good one.
I recall that this video was a special request from me !! It goes back to last year !!
That is SO COOOOOOL !!!!
Awesome video as usual Pro. DM. I am in the middle of preparing for a garage to msn-cave conversion for gaming. I loved your idea and you made it look fairly easy. I do have one question. How do you adhere the completed foam piece to your wall? With glue? Or do you not ? Anyway I’ve been watching your show for a very long time now and it just keeps getting better and better. Thanks for giving me something fun and interesting to enjoy as well as a break away from the sad reality our country is experiencing. I appreciate it more than you will probably ever know.
stone wall out of xps foam? that's old news... *Dungeon Craft makes a definitely-not-typical-diorama sized wall* I TAKE IT ALL BACK!! I WANT THREE OF THOSE :D
Amazing! I've been looking for this wall for about 4 years and here it finally is! and WAY less than wallpaper, as well as looking so authentic! Thank you so much.
Glad I could help!
Maybe a monday morning quarterback, but might it have made sense to cut the bricks, dry fit them, bevel the edges, and then glue them down? Maybe one by one as they are placed? Not to second guess, it just looked like getting the knife in on the affixed pieces looked awkward. The final result was awesome!
You are probably right.
The old and reliable XPS Foam and utility knife.
Yep.
Man that looks sick!! I wish someone was manufacturing panels already made like this. I’d buy them in a heartbeat.
Glad you liked it!
1:1 ratio terrain
Yep.
There's one dislike from a Deathbringer fan
Maybe it was Deathbringer!
What pro cutting tool are you using - not seeing it in the links
It's there now.
Oh, don't tempt me.
I realize I am late to the game, but any reason for mounting the stones and then carving them? It seems to me they might look more natural / random if you carved them and then mounted them.
It could probably work that way too, but I would have struggled to make them fit precisely.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Thanks. I was thinking cur them out the way you did so you know what fits where, but then do all the trimming before the glue step. Probably leave the backs as is for maximum surface area.
Does the form give decent sound dampening?
I can't be sure but I imagine so. It's a small attic space that's carpeted, so it already had good sound.
Is there any way to make this but with spray paint?
No. The propellant will melt the foam.
Love the wall, but where was Deathbringer? Missed his disparaging remarks. 😀
Grrr!!! [shakes fist impotently at an uncaring universe] Over here in the UK XPS foam is really difficult to get hold of.
This is a nice 1:1 scale terrain project :) I guess it might be easier to cut and sand the edges before glueing them down. Also rolling the surface of the cobbles with a ball of silver paper could add some nice micro-texture. All in all, the finished piece is a very effect backdrop to the Professorial Throne of Pontification.
Could I use this same sort of technique around a circular wishing well set piece for a show? What do you recommend when using this foam to cover a circular round surface
Sure. Just glue the poly directly to the surface with Gorilla glue & prime it. Lay the stones one at a time so you can contour them with curve.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 thank you!!!!
I need it! Not sure what for, but I do! xD
Lol. Definitely.
How well will this hold up to the elements?
Not well. Acrylic paint water based. Outside I'd use latex.
Great tutorial!!! Love this!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Next Stop: Life-Sized UDT for LARPing.
No Deathbringer but i still gave it a like
Thanks!
Thank you I found this very thought-provoking. I want to do this in my game room for my walls. Do you have any thoughts on wall sconces?
I just assumed you lived in a dungeon,
Lol. It's actually an attic.
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big chance they don't like latinamericans in home depot...
great work!
TITANIUM WHITE- should have been a comedy writer.
Love the Bob Ross refrence...
Thanks for watching! Love Bob!
Sadly no such thing as 1/2" foamular XPS in Oregon/Washington, even though the stuff is MADE in Gresham Oregon.
cool
I can't wait to do a whole room of my house like that
Is there an alternative foam/material you could recommend that would do the same? The wall looks amazing!! 🙏
Hi, try burning the edges next time with a torch, its much less work and looks natural.
I saw another channel so something like this. I won’t have space in my next house for a dedicated d&d space. I’m thinking about making several of these panels and some faux wood panels that I can set up like a backdrop for monthly sessions.
The wall looks awesome, where is the link to the carving tool? :)
It's up now. Sorry about that.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1, thank you! :)
ty Kindly, I am redoing my den into my husbands D&D Den and I was looking for something like this. but I am thinking I can do this with sponges and paint. I don't know yet ..lol
If you ever do a project similar to this again, I would suggest beveling the edges or your stones before they are glued to the bottom board. It would make it a bit less tedious, plus they are all individual pieces anyway.
I agree. The challenge for me was/is I could not envision the entire project as separate blocks. I had to lay out the whole thing to "see" the end product. Which is not the best way to work, but my skills are mid.
Amazing thanks for the idea!! I want to do my whole game room like this!!
De you really think someone watching your channel does not know what German Expressionism is? By the way, my family name is Blaue and I am fairly decent at horse riding. What does that make me? 3 XP to the first one that guesses correctly.
Love this!
Love you loving this!
Totally stealing this idea if/when I need a background for more online gaming.
Could you please write down the paints you used or the brands? Sadly I couldn‘t understand all of them and i need to translate them anyways to find some alternatives here in germany 🙈
Could you please write down the paints you used or the brands? Sadly I couldn‘t understand all of them and i need to translate them anyways to find some alternatives here in germany 🙈
Great video!! Which gorilla glue did you use? Thanks in advance.
looks amazing .... totally doing this for my gaming room.
Added the hot knife to the description. You need one for a whole room.
Titanium white, where's your fro PDM?
Are you going to start dressing up like Dr. Caligari now?
Cool Wall. I want my game room covered like that! Do you do contract work? LOL
excellent job
Thank you!
This looks great sir. Thank you for sharing the how to do and the how NOT to do.
No link to expensive tool : (
Love your crafts though : )
Ooh, wash in a spray bottle! I'm gunna have to try that for the several-hundred piece set of cave tiles I just primed.
Try a finer spray bottle--but yes, it should work.
Charlie Chaplin once said, "If people know how it's done, all the magic goes." That just happened to me when I saw where you make your videos. I prefered when I was fooled thinking that you filmed inside a great dungeon or even a majestic castle. LOL
The space is actually terrifyingly small!
Walmart has a cheap cutting tool for foam now. I have seen it several times and is a short wire about four to six inches in length in a handle the size of a soldering iron handle.
The Dungeon Wall of Dr. Caligari!
I assumed it was a green screen with miniature wall being the background
Algorithm comment cuz RUclips suxxx
Wall is cool but that chair is great! :]
To avoid unwanted streaking with the spray, start from the bottom and work up. I personally used this technique while washing tombstones in cemeteries. Dirty water running down dry stone can leave streaks that are very hard to remove. I'm guessing a similar effect happens with the wash spray, although a few of the streaks look like natural weathering, which is lifelike.
Hey there. So when you talk about priming with mod podge and black acrylic paint are you talking about mixing the two together then painting the foam with that?
Would have been goof if he actually showed what exactly
Can a project like this be done by papier maché?
Should have used a wire brush to rough the faces
Now you need a lifelike monster roaming about.