My new terrain project: modular DUNGEON

[D. Brownie]

Thank you sir

Oops I forgot the fundamental cutter ....

1. You have to draw the shape of your room on the 3cm XPS. Now another Andrew idea, relatively simple: L corridor. I realized that my dungeon isn't truly modular...
The measures are totally random.... I think would be Better to create every single piece on multiples of a base module (4' for 15mm or 5' for 28mm would be fine).
Anyway Always Remember the thickness of your walls.
To cut as straight as possible I use the Electric foam cutter and the wooden Stick as guide.

[D. Brownie]

Here the base of the room...
2. Now draw the floor grid. I chose 1,5 x 1,5 cm squares, except for the chess room (2,5 cm)  since my bases are so large.

[D. Brownie]

If you want an old built dungeon you can add some breaks in the floor tiles...

[D. Brownie]

3. Take the cutter and the precious wooden Stick as guide to cut the Lines you have Just drawn... Don't go very deep

Don't know if you can see It, but it's done

[D. Brownie]

4. take your pen and enlarge all your cuts.

[D. Brownie]

5. Roll the ball of food wrapping foil over the floor to make It a bit rough.
Now the floor tile Is completed ... You can now add walls but I saw many dungeons only made by floor tiles. Such dungeons give the great advantage that aren't conditioned by Door openings when you have to strange your dungeon to play.
On the other hand from an aesthetic point of view walls are far Better...

[D. Brownie]

6. Now cut the walls of EPS. Use Always the same height: I chose 2cm sine I play with 15mm minis.
Use the Electric foam cutter and the wooden Stick. Try do do the angles as near to 90° as possible...

[D. Brownie]

Cut the walls of the appropriate lenght and Remember the openings for the Doors. These should be more or less Always the same size

[D. Brownie]

7. Make the Stones of the walls in every visibile part... First draw them, then cut with cutter, and in the end enlarge with the tip of the pen....

[D. Brownie]

8. Build the walls with glue and toothpics. I cut them half and put in where Will be the Wall with tip facing up. Then a good amount of glue and position the wall

[D. Brownie]

Remove exceding glue and Remember to put glue in every point where walls touch themselves.
Put horizontal toothpics where walls touch.
The room Is ready.... Now wait until the glue dries....

[CookAndrewB]

That is perfect. Thank you for undertaking this tutorial project.

[D. Brownie]

 ;)Black,
Grey inside,
Black wash,
Grey again,
Glue.... Here the First room in the third level of my box

[CookAndrewB]

Does the foam hold its shape with the glue drying? No warping ever?

[D. Brownie]

Hi Andrew!
At the moment I'm on holiday, so no more rooms for a while....
Yes, no warping. Only with pressures of a certain intensity.
Try with vinylic glue and a small piece of polystyrene (EPS), that's softer than XPS. You'll see