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Early Access: Go from Beginner to Modular Terrain PRO (Patreon)

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Hi guys!

WELL! After crashing premiere pro while rendering in the heat, accidentally rendering with a stray audio file lying around (And so re-rendering) and spending half a day trying to get that thumbnail right (damn you YouTube...) it's ready!

This video contains a solid stack of techniques I've built up over the past few years that just haven't found their way into videos. Usually because I couldn't find a way to fit them in without dragging the videos on for 40 odd minutes 😶

I think these terrain tips will be useful to most of you, and either offer something new, remind you of things you forgot…or at the very least serve as a relaxing background while you craft 😂

I highly recommend everyone check out each section, I've covered SO MANY things that get asked CONSTANTLY, as well as some others that don't get asked, but I see the mistakes being made and I know exactly how to help you avoid them! So please watch it all 😂

This video isn't one I wanted to make for my own builds, it was honestly quite hard to get excited about because it's all very mundane to me! There was no need for experiments, no new builds or shinies to be excited to see finished - what got me through it was you guys!

It might be quite mundane to me, but judging by what I see and hear from people, this video should be HUGE in helping people up their game and be happier with what they create - so that was what was driving me this whole project 😁

Please take a second to check out Fabio's patreon or MMF if you get a chance, the links are in the pinned comment and description - he did a wonderful job on our STLs and I really want to see him get some attention from this video. He's a lovely person :)

And with that, I'm off to sort out the teaser for social media, and the next project! This video will launch on Monday publicly, and I should have some previews of the next STL batch ready for you soon!

It's a bunch of accessories I like to use ALL the time, and will add a lot of flavour to your builds with very little effort...

Let me know what you think of the video, I'd love to hear if you found it helpful, or even if you just enjoyed watching :)

Matt

PS: I also removed banner and card ads that sometimes cover the screen - let me know if its a nice change or if you wouldn't notice! I'm playing with what ads I let run on the videos, as they only give me a very small portion of the channel income!

Not sure if anyone noticed but from the city tiles onwards, no video has had mid roll ads either - feedback on that would be welcome, did you notice? Is it a nicer experience? Would you be put off rewatching by mid roll ads?

It does reduce the amount of income per view, but I suspect it also increases views, so as I don't really rely on ads, I feel like it might be a minimal difference either way and worth dropping them on all videos....

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Go from Beginner to Modular Terrain PRO

MAKING TLON PATREON: https://bit.ly/makingtlonpatreon MAKING TLON MYMINIFACTORY: https://bit.ly/makingtlonMMF Fabio says hi and thank you :) check out his stuff, it's perfect for what we do! RP ARCHIVE STLS: https://bit.ly/RPArchiveSTLs MAGNETIC INTERIOR WALL BONUS VIDEO: https://bit.ly/MagneticInteriorWalls Fun stuff to make crafting easier, my way of reinvesting my own money in saying thank you for supporting the channel. More to come! ANYCUBIC M3: https://bit.ly/3Q64m6I Nice little printer. I like how the 'basic' printers are now much bigger buildplates, a lot of QOL improvements honestly :) Anyway… I get asked quite a lot of questions about how I achieve the results I do, and almost as often I see people making mistakes crafting terrain that are easily fixed! So instead of continuing to answer the same questions over and over, I decided to condense the knowledge I take for granted (and use in almost every video), into a detailed, coherent guide full of tips and tricks to up your terrain game 😁 Now some of you will know some of this stuff, but I think there's something in there for almost everyone. I've been doing this full time now for about a year, and full time with a part time day job for quite a while before that! I by no means know everything there is to know, but I do have a solid stack of techniques I've built up that just haven't found their way into videos. Usually because I couldn't find a way to fit them in without dragging the videos on for 40 odd minutes 😶 Hopefully these terrain tips are useful to you, and either offer something new, remind you of things you forgot…or at the very least serve as a relaxing background while you craft 😂 ⚔️ SUPPORT BY JOINING THE ARCHIVE ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/RPArchive 🛠️ SUPPORT BY BUYING EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS: http://bit.ly/RPEquipment Everything I use should be linked on the equipment list above, so it's also a library of where to find stuff. It also includes a 5% discount code and links for magnets in the UK, US and Italy (at time of publication -that list may grow…) Other publicly free stuff on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RPArchive?filters[is_public]=true&filters[tag]=Downloads 🔔 Subscribe and click the bell for more D&D terrain! 👍 If you found this helpful, help me out and like the video up there! LINKS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO: Lego Proxxon guide example video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZDuRrEZhKI Wyloch foam guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq502z27GyY Proxxon guide STL: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3876062 Black Magic Craft Foam Store: https://bmc.xps.supply/ BUILDS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO: Getting started: https://youtu.be/iwT5fy3nBPQ BUILDINGS Magnetic building system: https://youtu.be/mB08dC5aAo8 Upgraded walls with magnetic accessories: https://bit.ly/UpgradedWalls Upgraded floor tiles/magnetic interior walls: https://bit.ly/MagneticFloors LANDSCAPE Grassland tiles: https://youtu.be/DzvJIozUXWY Realistic dirt roads: https://youtu.be/kBrB2ntkYWA Trees: https://youtu.be/R8PZtePZEps New Mountainblocks: https://bit.ly/NewMountainblocks Volcanic terrain: https://youtu.be/peGWgkSIEek City tiles: https://youtu.be/K_vR2wQlzFo SCATTER AND ACCESSORIES Stairblocks: https://youtu.be/kQGrkW_LEAo Functional crane: https://youtu.be/Qhlynl31rhk Weapon racks: https://youtu.be/e1AXh-j8NRE OTHER USEFUL STUFF: Older painting Stone tutorial*: https://youtu.be/MFwY2RWnlKU Basing video: https://youtu.be/BBhDfTGTmms Homemade tile storage: https://youtu.be/r4m67Cd5g4U *the paint scheme is updated in the patreon description of the Upgraded walls video: https://bit.ly/UpgradedWalls Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:32 Get started without a hot wire 02:05 Make the proxxon cut accurately 04:47 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 06:29 Cut perfect 90 degree tiles and cubes (and cut down larger bits) 08:59 'Getting started' lists and adding more countries to the equipment list! 10:04 Do I need a proxxon to get started? 10:45 Can I just buy a cheap one? 11:12 Do I need a new guide for the proxxon? 11:36 what magnets/glue gun should I buy? 12:16 can I use weaker magnets if they're bigger? 12:30 Free Magnet Discounts for all! 12:41 Rapid-fire, complete guide to glue. 15:52 Getting a better stone texture on foam 17:30 Getting better foam 19:23 Getting a better paintjob result - Priming and painting 21:02 Getting better drybrushing results 23:00 Getting better results from washes 24:13 Why painting for modularity is important 25:19 Best ways to attach magnets 27:39 Special secrets only time will tell... Check out my full modular terrain systems: http://bit.ly/RPArchiveChannel Follow the channel to make sure you catch new videos as they're released: Facebook: http://bit.ly/RPArchiveFB Instagram: http://bit.ly/RPArchiveINSTA For any metric users who aren't comfortable with using the inches side of the ruler, I've linked a conversion calculator here: https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/length/inch-to-mm.html #Rparchive #Archivemodularterrain