DIY LED Sewer Tiles for Dungeons & Dragons 

This is totally awesome! I've never seen such a cool-looking sewer! If Master Luke (Towan) did tabletop scatter terrain I doubt that he could do better than this! Excellent!

some advice on options when doing lighted resin pours, I do river tables and if you want to add lighting to light up more then just the immediate space around the led pour a clear resin for the first 1/4 inch. that allows the light to spread and dissipate a larger area. then do the colored resin for the top half of the pour. all in all this is an amazing build and I think i need to get some foam and make my own set.

Good job with the depth on this one! I think people shy away from deeper terrain too much, this certainly helps show the value of it :)

Good stuff sir. One thing I would experiment with, is using some tissue paper to diffuse the light more behind the clear plastic. But these look killer overall. Great job!

Reminds me of the second Gotrek and Felix novel: Skavenslayer. When they were working as sewerjacks in Nuln.

EL wire would give a more consistent glow, and could be set up to thread easily through multiple sections on a single thread.

Bravo! Thanks for the shout-out. Keep posting links on the DungeonCraft FB page. Your work is stunning.

This is awesome, really like it. I had an idea but don't know if it would work. Have one piece that's the main power supply then install magnets to connect each piece. That way you only have to switch one piece on, the rest will light up when connected up. Downside of that is you always have to have that first piece.

I created some of these about a year ago. I did not create walls and I'd say mine were deliberately designed to be wall-less. I did use the same kind of foam. Mine are around 10"11" long with a couple of intersections and some side alcoves for some gameplay options. Mine work and they work well but I REALLY like these--super job!

If you can get your hands on a large supply of it, clear acrylic panels are way better for this kind of resin work. Second, Plastazote foam is literally made to diffuse light. I think it would work well for this application.

Dude! Seriously stop raising the bar! Some of us are still getting to grips with working with square blocks of foam!! 😜 That video was worth the wait and those tiles look awesome! Thanks for sharing and looking forward to the next one in this new series!

I don't know that I have the patience to go through that much effort for sewer tiles, but holy crap those look amazing!

Wish I had found your videos a few weeks back. I literally started a sewer adventure for my party 2 days ago. These would have been perfect for that.

For the budget gang: Stacking two layers of 1" foam would be quicker. Especially if you don't need a curved bottom. Additionally, using transparency sheets or "toy plastic" can be added to raise the floor of the resin sludge helping to reduce the amount of resin needed. It might be possible to use clear caulk on a plastic sheet and place it at whatever level is desired.

With really opaque "water" like that, you wouldn't need to go full depth on the center of each tile to get the same effect. You could still use the full depth on the edges of each piece (if that's the effect you're looking for), but you would use much less resin if the depth in the center of each tile were (say) 1/4" - 3/8" (~1cm). Though this would probably affect the appearance of the lights.

Looks fab. I could totally see the batman minatures game playing really well on here.

Luv the tiles. Not a real big fan of the LEDs, like they are. Sorry. I am thinking a slotted cover piece over the LEDs would like help make the light spread and be more glowy. Also, a little crumpled foil or something might make the LED light spread out more. I think I might wash the toy plastic with different colors before the resin to get variance in the color of the LEDs. Totally cool tiles. You did a great job, and it is a great idea to have the stuff glow. Would never have thought of that on my own. I am adding this to my growing list of projects.

I am going to be making sewer tiles soon; this helps. Thanks.

One thing you might want to do is add a little bit of gloss to the ends over, at least, the resin ends. Possibly patches over the bricks as well to add a wet look, but with the ends it gives a better look for the edges. A heavier layer over the entire ends would also reinforce them a bit and protect the paint.

I’d love to watch one of your game nights with this all set up, or any of your set ups actually! they’re all fabulous.

For the intersection ones. If you have two or any even number you can temporarily join them with two pieces of ridged plastic or wood on either side and use rubber bands, string, twine, or what have you to hold them together. Then get a pipe, metal or plastic it doesn't really make much of a difference, but PVC/ABS is cheaper and easier to work with, a screw on end cap, also make sure one end of the pipe is threaded. You will want to sharpen the end that isn't threaded. Drill a hole in the center of the end cap. Get a bolt that fits into the hole you drilled. Slide the bolt through slide a lock washer then get a nylon thread lock nut. Make sure the bolt goes from the inside to the outside, the "tail" of the bolt should be sticking out of the end cap while the head should be on the inside of the cap. Now that you have this part done place the "tail" of the bolt into a drill. Place some sandpaper on a flat solid surface like a stone countertop or similar. Use double sided tape to keep it from moving around. Now turn on the drill and lightly touch the pipe to it at a rather steep angle to create a beveled edge. This will help cut through the foam. Now put the drill into reverse and slowly drill through the center of the two pieces till you're about half way through them. Turn over the foam and repeat on the opposite side till both cuts connect. Then just pull the rubber bands off, or what you chose to keep them together, and you now have two foam pieces with a channel cut through them. Making some wood templates with the right sized hole in it for the tube will help by keeping the tube going straight and also for keeping the two ends lined up. You can do this for any interesting ones as well. You just have to move the templates to the next side and it will give you a + intersection. For angled intersections it becomes a little more difficult. A totally different jig/template will be needed for that. Hope this helps for those of you who don't have any hot wire tools.

Amazing work sir! In our gaming group we mostly use dry erase battle mats and some printed maps glued on foam board. This would definitely enhance the gaming experience if I had the time to dedicate to creating these.

This was an interesting watch. I would not have suspected putting lights in the modular pieces. I thought there was going to be a green baseboard that lit up and tile paths above that. Another nicely made construction.

Shout out to whatever cleric provided _continual flame_ spells for all that sewer lighting. "You want what for where?"

Best sewer tiles build I've seen so many possibilities. Adventures with wererats loved the led lights. Excellent job!

I was a bit confused by your term 'sewer'. Sometimes you say 'canal'. If it is underground with no sunlight, nothing green will grow. Chlorophyll is there for photosynthesis. What is your explanation for the pretty lights? A fantasy world with underground glowing fungus? Perhaps the lights support the green life, in which case the green would all cluster around the lights.

How about a transition from a cave/passage hewn directly from the ground to a man-made structure with flagstones. Like a secret tunnel into a castle, etc.

I love your work, congrats! I just printed my first dungeon book nook, i love it but this is just a million times better. I never played dnd but i really wish i had mates to play it with, it's so immersive! I'm gonna go binge watch all your videos, brb

For a next serie could we have your version of lava ?

Not bad at all but if you use a little bit of sandpaper on the sheet that you super glue down before pouring the resinit'll diffuse the LED a little bit more and then if you add a resistor to the led the LED will decrease and brightness also making the batteries last longer

Excellent! Btw, thanks for making these 8.5 X 11 printouts!

Would look cool with UV leds and something in the resin to make it glow

OMG, Awesome job! You have a new subscriber today. I love your work and think you are amazingly talented. I never worked with foam before but your video has me wanting to make this for my boyfriend. I cannot wait to see your upcoming projects. I am excited to say the least. Until then I am going to be watching your previous videos. ❤❤❤

The result is fantastic and very mysterious

This is beyond epic, the layout, the paint job, the flocking, excellent!!! The only thing that bothers me is the lighting. It looks to "organized" like it's man made? Maybe if it had more or less lighting it would look a lot better. This is hands down one of the craft projects I have seen though.

Dude. So cool. I wish I had the time to try more of your builds.

Really good build! Would this all still work at half the depth (with your templates) and still have enough room to do the LEDs, resin pore etc.

The sewer tiles really look awesome, I wish I had the talent (and the workshop) to do such projects. But this is one of the few occasions where I find the usage of LEDs detrimental to the overall look; there's absolutely no reason why there should be lights in the sewage, especially if it's just a point of light. If the light would diffuse more evenly maybe one could at least imagine some strange goo running down the sewer (à la "Ghostbusters 2"). Also I wouldn't try to remove the bubbles created while filling in the resin. On the contrary: It's a sewer - I'm pretty sure that there are things in the water that may cause some bubbles...

I never worked with resin, but i will soon. My question is: Why put the mixed resin in a new container and stir it once again? Why not just stir it just in the first container?

Very good sir, how about a whirlpool of DOOM!

Very nice, I take it you can do similar builds for Tunnels, Caverns and general Dungeoeering by using that Foam +1

Loving these vids. You motivated me to take up this hobby, so thanks :). Just got the plans for these tiles and excited to start building. I'm just a bit puzzled on the amount of resin you're using. You mention to measure by eye, but I don't know what that means. Would you be able to explain a bit more?

Drinking game: Take a drink every time you "go ahead and..." I'm dead now.

Would love to see a grated pipe drawing into the sewer. A sewerage waterfall

Saw this posted in Gilmore's and wow I'm so glad! What a cool channel! This is exactly the kind of crafty content I need to get me thru weeks indoors lol. Thanks for sharing all this cool info! Subscribed!

I'll definitely try this thing out, Great Craft! Will you do a video where you wire the LED's?

Astonishing! Great video! Killer results, very inspiring project. Keep up the great work!

it may be a weird thing but resin always makes me think of paperweights hahha

if you dont want the Diode i assume would 1 inch work?? Also is there a specific reason you decided not to do the Clay on this build?

Looks super cool!

Awsome job! I might use this idea for Necromunda.

Great video....what’d the background music.....reminds me of resident evil outbreak.

Is it just me or doesn't this guy sound like Dave Franco, James Franco's brother? :) Nice video bro.

another amazing video. so cool - love the light effects. How about a portcullis/grate/gate entrance?

would it be possible to add a "dead body floating downstream" into the resin pour in the last two raises? specifically design a spare figure like a noble or town guard maybe from one of the warhammer types or reaper models facedown in the water, arms splayed with a trail or blood or a knife sticking out of its back??

Awesome work

Great stuff! Do you have vid/tutorial on painting castle walls/turrets?? Looking for paint schemes

outstanding craftmanship, how long was the entire build? that much......…..wow!

Very nice man. I've recently turned on to your channel, great stuff! A big old rasp file will do wonders eating up that foam if you don't have a proxxon... be savage.

Hey Thanks for the Tutorial. What music is it in the background?

Love your videos dude, your attention to detail is great. Keep up with the great content! 👍

What powerful dark forces have you brought to bear?

Wouldn't it be easier to cut the light spot out after the resin has set?

Do you remove the vapor barrier before cutting the xps foam?

Very cool. You have major skills. I am curious how would you do the Thunder cats lair?

Its easier if you glue on some sandpaper on PVC pipe and sand the canal out.

You are my favorite crafter!!

Nice video, just subscribed.

Hm I never saw a good sewer tiles until now. Good job

This is a great build.

Why not brown water?

Another great idea beautifully executed. Your channel should do really well :)

where do you get your different foam from?

excellent

10,000 strong real soon!

Awesomeness. Subscribed and shared.

Incredible. 🙌🏼

Looks great 👍

This is amazing!

Great video!

I get the same feeling as I got when exploring the sewers of neverwinter

OK... elwirecraft.co.uk/product/2-3mm-el-wire-2-50-per-metre-2/ If you can wire up LEDs you can wire up EL. If you cannot puit miniature into the sewers, then you do not need them to be that deep, it'll use up a lot more resin, much more expense, heavier, bulkier. if you mix up resin with some glitter, just a bit, that glitter will act as a diffuser but also generate speckles of light at random. Put a layer of diffusion over that before topping up with the textured resin. Sewer water is never, ever, green. I mean, very nice and all that, but I'd consider that to be a prototype stage.

If the first layer of epoxy would have been clear it would have spread the light more perhaps..

I am a beginner in this hobby. Du you have any advice?

This is my new drinking game video, “go ahead” 🍺

What program do you use for the printouts?

what is the pink material you use to do the structure?? thx !

Wow!

The "splotching" is called stippling I think

Came from Dungeon Craft at his suggestion

It seems like you are straddling two incompatible design parameters and that is adversely affecting your results. Specifically, making the sewer water glow vs. having it look mucky without lighting. Solutions could include the use of more lighting with either strings of leds or led panels (like dwarven forges hellscape) and/or swapping the celery craft paint in your pour with glow in the dark paint. The other minor critique is that you are doing a very deep pour in two stages. This defeats the advantage of having it deep which is that each successive layer can be poured with less pigment, adding translucency to your sewer water. Things I like about your build were the modular design of the finished pieces, the depth of the sewer, attention to detail of your masonry, and the excellent paint job. Idea for future build: a glowing counter wave ...to build tension... in the distance the players see a glowing wave moving against the flow of sewer water toward them... do they run? No they are murder hobos and brace for the impending encounter with whatever lurks below the ominous wave.

the chemical reaction of the resins reach 240 degrees.

neato

Ok whaouw

In your title you said LED light... there was none?

why not make the channel much more shallow, you would use less resin. I can see that might be a problem if your using led's but i dont plan on that

You can go ahead and take a drink every time he says "you can go ahead and _____" and you'll be waisted at the end of this video.

too much pigment in that resin would of looked better with more transparency

Looks like you stole this directly from Chrono Trigger or Terranigma or some other JRPG SNES Sprite file

I'm new here, I am not sure but let me ask... this is a parody channel, right? Anyway, subscribed.