My Own Wyloch Tiles

[dante3rd]

Hi everyone. This is my first time posting, or crafting anything for role-playing games. Started playing D&D 5e for the first time early last year, and had a lot of fun.

Started to watch video’s on how to play, and came across DM Scotty’s videos, and thought that was a great idea to craft the environment. I watched my DM for fifteen minutes drawing a cave map, and figured there had to be a better way. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to craft at this point.

Then Wyloch created his channel. The 1.25 inch system is a great idea, and his modular tile system makes creating set pieces and environments so much easier. If Wyloch hadn’t created his video tutorials I don’t think I would have started crafting. Big thank you to Wyloch for all the hard work he’s put into creating his own tile system.

Visit Wyloch’s Armory Here!

It took a few weeks, but I was able to finish a couple hundred tiles in Wyloch’s classic dungeon style shown in his first four videos.



Tried to create a layout using all of the tiles I made to show off the size. This was just randomly laid out.










I tried a different style to make this part of the dungeon look more worn and dirty by rounding the tiles more and only using dark gray and black.



Examples of each type of tile created for the dungeon layout.



I had a little trouble finding chip board. Reading older posts on Wyloch’s channel thread I see others have had the same problem. I did find some black chipboard which I used for the walls, but I had to sign up for Amazon Prim to get it. It was a big package, but I was hesitant to us it for the 900 sqaures I needed to cut. I looked for an easy to find alternative and found craft foam. The small square tile were created using craft foam sheets, and then painted them black.

The craft foam was easier to cut with scissors, and was very flexible even with a thick coat of paint on them. They don't crack or warp from gentle pressure, and I found it easier to wedge the squares into the odd shaped tiles like the corners or curves. You can find the foam in different sizes and thicknesses.



For Wyloch’s tavern tiles I tried something a little different. I used a wood burning tool to score lines into the craft sticks, and etched in knots to give them scale. I did the same for the tavern tile walls. I then darkened the edges by burning the surface of the craft sticks to make them look aged and worn. I applied light brown acrylic paint onto the craft stick and then immediately wide the paint off to give it a wood stain look. The brown was the same color for the dungeon brick walls.



I feel really inspired to keep making more tiles, and plan to finish the cavern and sewage tiles soon.

[Meph]

Really nice job. Your tiles look fantastic. I really like your wood tiles.

[kgstanley81]

Wow, those look awesome, 1st time? Doesn't look like it, wyloch was there with you, wasn't he

[curufin]

Welcome aboard! I see you have your boarding ticket...and then some! Awesome work on your tile set. It's great see such a fantastic layout. And a brilliant idea to use craft foam to boot! I think you just gave Wyloch a huge 'thank you'.

[SpielMeisterKev!]

Howdy,

Jan 4, 2016 23:48:03 GMT dante3rd said:

I was able to finish a couple hundred tiles

EXALT BUTTON!!!'d,
Kev!

[dante3rd]

Thank you all for the encouragement, and a big thank you for the very generous compliments.

[bananapanda]

Great work! Loving the tiles, excellent tavern tiles!

[stroezie]

Those wood tiles look awesome!!!
Welcome to the rabbit hole....

[Wyloch]

Outstanding work and thanks for the tip on those thin foam sheets instead of chipboard. Cutting out the squares and rounding their corners is by far the most arduous task in the whole process.

[sgtslag]

Fantastic work. Really love the burned, etched wood, prior to the 'staining' process. I would suggest that the un-stained wood is far more likely historically, for medieval times. I would forego the staining step, and just apply a clear sealant, like matte Mod Podge, but that is just me. Welcome to the addiction,
"Hi. My name is Sgt. Slag, and I am an addicted crafter."
"HI, SGT. SLAG!..."

[voodoo]

Dang nice work there! especially love the wood tiles! keep it up and post more picks! exalt for you.

[adamsouza]

The whole things looks great. The wood tiles in particular really reflect the amount of work you put into them.

[dante3rd]

Jan 5, 2016 13:00:20 GMT Wyloch said:

Outstanding work and thanks for the tip on those thin foam sheets instead of chipboard.

I'm glad it helped. I think craft foam might prove to be an interesting material for your tiles. Nice thing about them is you can spray paint it, and it won't melt like the foam boards.

This link shows an example:
www.inspire-create.com/blog/paint-craft-foam/

I'll have to do some tests to see if I can make the whole tile with just double corrugated cardboard, chipboard walls, and craft foam.

Jan 5, 2016 13:00:20 GMT Wyloch said:

Cutting out the squares and rounding their corners is by far the most arduous task in the whole process.

I would agree.
It was actually the little squares the took a couple of weeks to complete, and not the other steps. I remember looking at this 7 inch high and 10 inch deep pile of squares I had finished rounding, and thinking, "wow! That's impressive." Then I remembered I had to glue and hand paint 800 tiles. At that moment my pile of squares looked less a mini monument to my glory and more like a little Mt. Everest

[skunkape]

Amazing looking tiles and so many of them completed!

[DMScotty]

Nice clean work.

[jennifer]

Great work! Those wooden tiles in particular look pretty darn nice I just picked up a bunch of craft popsicle sticks (two different sizes) at dollar tree.