this is our 3d printer we use it to
perform magical summoning rituals that
summon 3d objects out of thin air
actually J it's kind of more like
alchemy checkout you take this and you
turn it into into this this is a dungeon
tile and we use them sometimes to create
three-dimensional maps when we play like
tabletop games like Dungeons and Dragons
yeah we love them they're crazy easy to
make even if you know next to nothing
about 3d printing or painting now there
are a lot of great videos out there that
teach you all the immense detail about
3d printing and there's even some
YouTube channels that are dedicated to
3d print and gaming train like this
we are not 3d printing experts we barely
know how this thing works or definitely
not you know miniature painting experts
either but we do want to demystify this
process for you and show you just how
easy it is to make something like this
you can make this yes you our first stop
is a website called Thingiverse the site
has thousands of free 3d models
contributed by some amazingly talented
3d artists everything on this website is
free and can be 3d printed and you can
leave the Creator a tip if you're able
in today's video we're looking for the
open forge 2.0 sets specifically the cut
stone series by Devon Jones once we find
the one we like we just download the
files once you download it your 3d model
the next step is getting it ready for
printing we do this in an app called a
slicer and the one we're using is called
Keira this is also totally free this is
where we're going to load in our 3d
model from Thingiverse and then there's
tons of settings we can look at how big
it is the level of detail things like
that
and that's going to create a set of
instructions for the 3d printer next we
let the magic happen
clearly this is magic and it's
completely amazing possibly also a
time-lapse but let's just go with magic
as you can see this particular tile has
three parts the base the floor and the
wall these come in separate pieces to
give you more flexibility for mixing and
matching different parts all we have to
do is use some super glue and glue
together
once the glue is dry next up is a coat
of primer we're just going to use a dark
gray spray-paint for this and the dark
color helps fill in the cracks and add
some detail to the bricks we're gonna
use three colors for painting these a
gray a white and a brown we're
specifically not mixing any colors
because we want this to be easily
repeatable later on first we're gonna
use a small detail brush and we're
picking a few bricks on each tile and
painting them a light brown color we
want to pick randomly so that each tile
is different but we make sure to get at
least one brick on the top in each side
and we usually give it two coats here we
don't know what order these tiles will
be used in later when we play with them
so having a brick painted on each edge
gives us plenty of flexibility once
that's dry we're gonna use a bigger
brush and with a really light dab with a
gray paint we're gonna sort of randomly
blotch it a little at a time all over
the entire piece the trick to this part
is not thinking about it too hard we're
going for rough random and fast that way
each tile you paint will look different
and when you put them all together it's
gonna have a great natural randomness to
the look of a stone the last step is dry
brushing and for this we're gonna use a
medium sized brush with straighter stiff
bristles the key to dry brushing is to
take a tiny tiny amount of paint and
then wipe off almost all of it and then
very lightly drag the brush across the
edges and the highlights if you're
interested more about these painting
techniques a quick search on YouTube for
miniature painting is going to show you
so many amazing videos we highly
recommend you go check those out
that being said none of these techniques
are difficult in every single one you
could try this at home easily and create
some awesome results looking at the
three stages of the painting you can see
how each simple layer adds a lot of
awesome detail all in a single one of
these takes less than five minutes to
paint and only costs about twenty cents
in material
in this video we simply covered the cut
stone walls but there's literally
thousands of other things you can 3d
print and paint also if you're not into
doing that you can actually buy these
online completely made for you and paint
it in high detail once you've printed a
whole bunch of different stuff you can
imagine how fun it is to just hang out
and build Maps another thing that's fun
to print and paint are these small
detailed set pieces like tables chairs
barrels etc if you'd like to see some
videos on how we create and paint these
let us know in the comments
this is valera the greatest paladin that
has ever lived
when we play these games we use
hand-drawn maps a lot a lot of times we
don't use any maps at all and the games
are just as fun either way though it's
always an epic adventure
