Tomb of the Frozen King - Boss Battle Build for D&D 

Hi Dominik from Germany here. I can empathize with everyone about the Styrodur. Normally it’s me watching and worrying how to work around specific materials not being available here. So it’s amusing to me to see the tables turned for once 😉

Every episode you make reminds me of why I love this hobby so much. The first half of this episode made me want to play, while the second half made me want to craft.

היי חבר אתה אלוף. בכל פעם שאני צופה בסרטונים שלך אני מתפעל מחדש. איזו עוצמה.יצרתיות. ויופי. נותן השראה להכין. כל הכבוד . 🏆⚘⚘⚘ ישראל. ירושלים. 🌍🥰

I trust a fellow Canadian to educate the masses on what realistic snow should look like xD

My son is so happy watching this video and is now embarking on building something similar as he has the sarcophagus in the setting! He's 6 and we really enjoy your videos as they give him heaps of ideas, thanks Black Magic Craft

Solid video- same old high quality editing/voiceover work but with new technique applications every week. I'm loving seeing the growth and broadening of your crafting skill set. Keep it up man!!

I like the details work here. The runes in the wall, the walls, the floor and especially the snow. I never did snow on terrain but I'm planning it, having the GSW snow. Your explanation and reasons for consistency are very good advice and very helpful. Thank you.

you mention: unusual 3 arches situation. There are many real world examples of this, it is called a Palladian Window! a very famous architectural detail. Love the videos, thanks!

I also love how you always go through the pros and cons of the tools & products you use. Although, I think you missed an opportunity to use some blue for a harsh cold affect.

UH OH! Someone found the smoke effects!

Beautiful build as always. I loved the resin icicle portion of the build. I have to admit looking into styrodur after that video but cost to benefit ratio made me say "nah, don't need it." Production quality on the vid was aces as always.

I like watching your individual brick method more, too.

I finally played my first game of D&D, the DM decided to try us with Out of the Abyss and we played for a solid 7 hours. It was one of the best nights ever and I can't wait to play again! I'm hoping to DM eventually and make props like you.

A tip for you: I use my air cleaner to dry anything. It sucks air from the 4 sides on the bottom and blows a powerful stream out on top. So placing anything from minis, terrain, foraged mushrooms, a wet cap on top of the air cleaner; it dries it out in no time. Ofc, it also cleans the air in your room 100% in 1 hour. If needed, you can use a charcoal filter to remove any odors in said room. The brand I use is called "blue".

I love some good winter terrain, this is exactly how I do my snow as well. Such a simple but effective method. Great build 👍🏻

Let’s goooo!! When I saw that thumbnail and title I lost it haha. I’ve been sitting on a couple amazing cold adventures, with TOTFK being the one I’m most excited for! Thanks for the awesome build-spiration - it looks incredible 👌🏻

really cool build and also love the fact that you show us how to make the snow, gg.

wow, amazing work... i have never played D&D, but it does look like it could be super fun... love your diorama builds

- Oh, what a wonderful magic liquid do we have here? - Perrier? - Hell no, that's a Mod Podge =) Still want this stuff in my hands, but it's still only a dream

looks good, I think painting those runes and stuff in the arches with Glow Effect would be cool, maybe even make the center one look like a Planer Portal.

As always another great build! Definitely enjoy watching your builds videos.

Great vid. Cheap materials, couple cool techniques, and a great piece in the end!

I made a round pillar with a toilet paper roll and foam. I used your color scheme and used some black wash. I loved how it came out. Gave it so much more character

dude, i love your channel. I dm a game every other Saturday. I used to play AD&D 2e way back in the day and i had just about every source book tsr made. fast forward 25 years and i find myself getting back into D&D with 5e, which i live, i feel like it most retains the flavor and complexity of AD&D while still being modern. WoTC did a good job of combining everything TSR did right with their modern approach to TTRPGs. I promise all that is relevant to this comment. So since i had long gotten rid of all my old source books, save for the encyclopedia magica, i found myself starting from scratch. Well, why not go digital. So, i bought the sourcebook bundle, a few modules and we were off the th races. After playing with some 3d printing and looking at the expense of dwarven forge and minis, i decided to go pure digital and use roll20 and a tv in house. I am very creative, very handy, have a lot of tools and as it happens, have a bunch of resin and silicone molding / casting material. After watching your channel i am once again inspired to go to terrain and minis. It will be fun to creat these things from foam. Thank you for your awesome inspiration and tutorials.

You make it look so easy! I love your work Jeremy.

Another One. BRO, You have seriously brought your A game on this one. THANKS for being so Awesome!!!

Here in Wisconsin we are using our pumpkins and rolling them with snow so we have snow men now even though it’s Holoween

Great! Always wanted more material for OTFK

This will be perfect for my Skyrim homebrew with all those ancient, frozen crypts with long dead kings full of Drauger minions or as dragon walls themselves! Thanks!

This is such a genuinely pretty, if stark, piece. Lovely.

Awesome build! Thanks for the tips on snow flocking paste. I think I've been mixing mine a bit thick.

Neat video, thanks for that! Regarding making bricks with pencil - try to use some very thin and not really hot soldering iron - it will melt out the foam around itself - should be much quicker, and the final touch will be more natural.

This is a great piece for an epic boss battle. The icicles are a very nice touch

Great video. I usually prefer to use a ballpoint pen instead of a pencil to draw lines and textures on foam (but I agree with you that laying bricks is less tedious). The ink acts as a lubricant that lets the pen slide over the foam. It might not be superior, but it's definitely satisfying.

Would love to see you pant that ice king mini. This was awesome, and helped alot. Can't wait to try this one

It’s cool that you’re using more edits and special effects in your videos. I know that takes a lot of time but I appreciate it

Thats so cool! Youll definately get more use out of that!

Seeing this makes me itch to do the Skyrim walls where you learn words for your dragonborn shouts!

Another helpful tip is to keep some paper towels nearby also. For rather than having to do another dry brushing after you do your black wash, is to simply just buff off any excess wash off while its still wet with the towels. Ive been doing that also for yrs and it seems to work as well it not better. Also while making icicles with a hot glue gun just use a toothpick or paper clip as you make each one to get the long thin lines and help reduce the big glob ball of glue at the beginning. Also before they made snow flock if you dont have any another good substitute that many modelers have been using since the 80s and 90s as myself was to just use Baking Soda which also looks like snow. And if Im not mistaken that is what they use to sell as snow flock.

that is fantastic..like one of the coolest pieces I've seen.

I enjoy your channel so much that I make sure to watch everything once a week

I admire your crafting skills! I can't wait to do it someday.

This was a fun simple build. I dig it,

This one is a real work of art, very moody and evocative.

Black Magic Craft should become the premier importer of primo German foam in the NA region. Just sayin :) I'd buy a BMC branded hobby line, probably more than I need lol. Good luck players - if I have learned anything from watching Jeremy for 2 years, it's that when he says it's going to be difficult - EXPECT NEXT LEVEL EPIC!!!!! Rock on, BMC, much love.

I think it is good for you to showcase different one-shot set pieces from time to time because all of those ideas can be incorporated into other builds and it lets you explore themes/structures that you wouldn't otherwise do for reusable terrain. It can be the best of both worlds if done correctly.

Another cool build. Nice job, bud!

I used some of your BMC style black mod podge (was $18 AUD! Damn!) on a building I was making from foamboard with one side stripped off to help protect the foam (carved in a brick effect). Worked out really well. Also made up some of your BMC black wash (this cost....more...), and I'm pleased with the results. Better than diluting paint with straight water. Mind you, that did help me win £50 in a terrain comp over in the UK. So that is still a decent low cost option. Still have yet to find a decent brown for a brown wash. Then I'll make up a batch of green wash. So many thanks my Canadian friend. 😉👍 (Edit: not complaining about the cost, it might be a bit of an investment up front, but will last for a long time. For those not aware, the cost of practically everything in Australia is higher than a lot of other places. Everything has to be flown or shipped in. That costs money, and of course, those costs are usually passed on to the consumer. It's just how it goes here in Oz. My mentioning the costs are just flavour text. lol)

I don't play the game, but I love the miniatures and the builds. I watch a lot of your stuff, because you are good at what you do, and entertaining while doing it. But I must say, this build is extremely cool! Keep up the good work..

That came out super cool!

So much knowledge dropped. I appreciate it.

I really like this build! Thanks for sharing.

I bought oath after watching your video and it was well worth getting!

I enjoy watching you do these amazing scenes.

as always looks great love the snow effect

Beautiful snow effect!

You could easily use this as an amphitheatre or other public meeting space for Frostgrave, especially if you had some steps or benches to place in front of it.

Perfect....adding the Undead King was like Diablo 1 and 3 with King Leoric...excellent

This was really cool. Love your channel!

This is pretty awesome! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Yeah, I was GOING to go to sleep... But that is a great build and good techniques you are showing us, The finished build just plain LOOKS cold. Brrr!

Another great project!!! Awesome!

You can paint the middle arc with e bright sky blue with some white swirling in it to visualize a portal.

Add a drop of blue to your grey for a cool color, yellow or red for warm greys. Tiny amount, but big effect.

Lovely piece ! That uv resin is awesome stuff !

I like your demo shot of running the foam through the wire cutter! Look it doesnt fit!!! very late-night infomercial of you! Made me laugh. Cool build as usual!

Another great video - thanks, man!

This weeks build sponsored by Perrier Peach!!! Which actually sounds delicious.

Thanks to you, the upper floor of my house is covered in foam and plastic dudes. Thank you so much for making such great and informative videos!

the snow looks real good 🤘🏻

Very cool build.

Amazing build!

I live in France and sheets of hard xps foam are pretty easy to find and quite cheap. Strangely I've only found smooth sheets, never with the beehive texture.

Looks great man!

Really nice build ! It will be fun to play on, and will make a nice display after that. Maybe it's just me, but to me it looks like the Ice King is vacuuming the place :D Maybe he's preparing for the boss battle too... :)

You make it look so easy.....know if I hadda go end up looking like a blind 3yr old made it. Nicely done guy.

reminds me of bloodbornes Cainhurst Castle

Welcome to my world Jeremy! Sadly most of what you have said is true, that foam has a lot issues to deal with. That being said, I used that surface pattern for some interesting floor patterns! Definitely I prefer the yellow one, that is what I use most for the stucco effects. BTW: AWSOME EPISODE!

Hmmm a modge podge gloss over it all would add a killer icey surface effect too!

Beautiful piece!

Ive come back to this video because im preparing to get into this part of the hobby slowly with the idea that after we finally get out of this public health nightmare. Specifically for my own world. So all unnoted, all pieces i will design myself for any set pieces. And first will be dungeon tiles and acquiring a basic battlemat for the setting (arctic region of my world so snow/ice and maybe if i can find one that is two sided and is water on the back thatd be great.) Make some tiles and then begin story crafting and likely figure out my first piece beyond tiles. My goal for years end is to have my first 'chapter' of my campaign idea roughly outlined, and be inspired by flushing out the details of the small region of play intended to make some neat builds of terrain. Limited numbers since ive limited funds and limited spare time this year (fiscal recovery) but im super stoked to start. This is gonna be fun.

One of your cooler builds and videos!

Great 'toot as usual. 2 ideas: 1) modify a ball inflating needle for your glue gun as a micro tip 2) EVA foam for brick work or pavers. Back it with chip board, cut your lines, hit it with a heat gun, paint and seal. Check out Odin Makes or Punished Props for examples. Keep up the great work.

After looking at the spec sheet for Styrodur and at the one for Foamular, I think that if you can track down one of the higher density foamulars (250 or 400) it'll be much closer and Foamular 150 which is the normal stuff you find at big box stores. (the higher density ones are for things like under slab instead of in walls)

Great work as always!

Another great video. I Really like the wooden stencil for the windows. Have you been inspired by any Halloween decorations for crafting ideas? I was the gears were turning! Hope to see a video like that.

I keep watching these "snow" terrain videos and just am not interested... until now. Now you make me want to try it out!

To get rid of the waffle pattern you can also try sandpapering it, but always wear a breathing mask

"Some go with with the grapefruit Perrier but I find the peach just makes the crafting go by much smoother." I gotta disagree with this point he made. Topo Chico is the carbonated drink of choice when crafting for D&D builds.

You have a gift sir!

As a Norwegian, I like your snow effects really well - they look a lot more realistic than, err..... some of the examples Texan RU-vidrs make ;-D

Joining the Fellowship has been a great investment, another awesome build! Thank you!

The snow trick is awesome, almost make me want to build snow tiles just to have a reason to use it. Though the UV resin trick makes some mighty fine icicles, have to say I prefer the look of the hot glue ones, since they're not fully transparent, they have that cloudiness that icicles (in Ontario at least :P) tend to have

Another tip for those looking to reduce how much a dark wash darkens their miniatures/terrain; before applying the wash, seal the piece with gloss varnish, the glossier the better. This creates a very smooth, slick surface so that when the wash is applied it will be difficult for it to adhere to large, flat areas and will actually help to encourage it to settle in recessed areas. It also makes it easier to remove wash from unwanted areas; give it about an hour or so to dry, then use something like airbrush thinner or isopropyl alcohol to remove unwanted wash. Once you're done, you can then hit the piece with a couple of coats of matte varnish to knock the glossiness back down.

Thanks BMC.

Yay for fellow Canadian!! Calgary AB here

you are amazing creator, love your channel

this is also reusable as a transitioner from your dungeon tiles to your snow tiles for any future encounters of that nature

That is so cool.

Excellent work! Beautiful piece! I watched WASD20 do a play through of this module and it sure looked like something to get.