City Tiles Are Better Than Battlemats - And I'll Show You Why!
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 Published On Oct 18, 2021

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City Tiles are one of those things that makes me really excited to make terrain for D&D. The realistic look you can achieve with these kinds of tiles, as opposed to flat, shiny printed battlemats is part of what really sold me on making my own terrain!

Battlemats are ok as a starter, but they never inspired me, and always felt (to me!) like it was boiling a cool D&D scene down to a very basic level 😕 They just didn't have enough texture, height and detail.

Making my own means I can control how big the tiles are, where they come apart, what accessories I can add and where as well as how easy it is to add details like dirt, puddles and so on.

This is the sort of thing where its actually harder to do it with a product you buy, because they were designed with a specific system in mind, and if you don't like that system or only want one part of it....tough. You get the same as everyone else.

Or you take back control and make your own 😁

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BUILDS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO:
Getting started:    • Get Started with Modular D&D Terrain ...  

BUILDINGS
Magnetic building system:    • DIY MAGNETIC Buildings: Modular Dunge...  
Cottage (half-timber/Tudor) tiles:    • Fixing two BIG Problems with Modular ...  
Modular rooftops:    • Modular D&D Foam Roof - Make Once, Us...  
Smaller rooftops:    • Making More From Less - Why a Small D...  

Temple blocks:    • Easy Modular Temple Terrain for D&D -...  
Temple block castle wall addons:    • In-Depth Modular Walls for D&D - with...  

LANDSCAPE
Grassland tiles:    • I Hate Flat Grasslands. So I Fixed Th...  
Realistic dirt roads:    • Flat 'Hovering' Roads Suck - Paving T...  
Trees:    • I Don't Like Blob Trees… Can We Make ...  
Mountainblocks:    • MountainBlocks - DIY connecting Mount...  
Lava terrain:    • Make Realistic Volcanic Lava Terrain ...  

SCATTER AND ACCESSORIES
Stairblocks:    • The only dungeon stairs you ever need...  
Modular scaffolds:    • The Only Scaffolds You Need || Scatte...  
Wall of fire:    • Set Things on FIRE! || Fire Markers, ...  
Functional crane:    • Crafting a Working Crane for D&D, 40k...  
Weapon racks:    • Crafting a War Camp - Scatter Terrain...  

Modular magnetic crates and barrels/company wall sign:    • Crafting a Modular Dockside Warehouse...  
Magnetic tables:    • Making D&D Furniture with MAGNETIC Ac...  
More food for tables:    • Magnetic Tavern Accessories - Tankard...  
Wizards study table accessories:    • Crafting a Wizard's Study/Necromancer...  

OTHER USEFUL STUFF:
Older painting Stone tutorial:    • How to Paint Stone - Terrain and Buil...  
Basing video:    • Why I Changed My Basing Techniques - ...  
Homemade tile storage:    • I Craft EASY Protective Storage for M...  



Timestamps:
00:00 Intro/Making the tile
04:12 Adding the top textures
11:00 More on how they work
12:46 Adding Details
15:14 Painting
16:30 Final weathering and details



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