Make a TEXTURED Fantasy Battle Mat (for Tabletop Wargaming)

I made a text RPG:

After making the Sci-Fi battlemat, I wanted to apply what I learned and try my hand at making a fantasy themed medieval village battle mat as well.

This type of mat fits a wide range of RPGs and Wargames that can be set in a historic or medieval setting, and the style fits different scales of gaming too, such as 28mm or more epic scale 10mm games.

Using similar techniques and lessons learned, I blended together EVA foam, Acrylic Caulking and Scenic Flocking.

The layout of the map is based on the village of Hommlet from 1st edition DnD.

I promise I won't turn you into flock, like I did to Ryan.

Notable materials and Tools

00:00 Intro
00:47 Drop Cloth Prep
02:00 EVA Squares
02:22 Acrylic Caulk Roads and other Features
03:48 Crackle Paint
03:57 River Stones
04:30 Painting Basecoat
04:57 Adding Color
06:20 Wash
06:43 Weathering Powders
07:14 Flocking
08:54 BONUS: Crafting Houses
11:25 River Pour
11:57 Blending
12:30 Rolling it up!

[Miscast]

I love the medieval house kit, very very clever. It reminds me of the old Mordheim houses. Beautiful result

[CiaranIrl]

When you said, "I don't want to bore you with me making houses", I nearly shouted out, "No, do! I mean ... Yes... As in, it wouldn't bore me. I'd love to see that!".

[kurogiza]

Came for the cool battle mat, stayed for the super freaking awesome houses!

[Shironokaminari]

The sheer ALL of it in the same vid.

So Good

So Good.

[EricsHobbyWorkshop]

This turned out really nice! While I personally prefer a river that is below grade, there are plenty of instances when silt buildup in the river bed causes the locals to build higher and higher levees to prevent the river from changing direction. This causes the river to be higher than the surrounding area, and disastrous results can occur. See “when the levee breaks” by led zeppelin for more information 😂

[BillMakingStuff]

Love the balloon technique, I was going to buy a static applicator... no more!

[petsdinner]

Your videos are always so chock full of quality tips and ideas! Keep up the good work!

[CampaignTerrain]

Amazing as ever. The whole thing looks great, and the versatility is superb. Really nice job

[toadpope]

Really awesome mixture of low tech high tech techniques. All your builds impress me but the fantasy builds you do blow me away! So dope

[AbandonedMiniatures]

Awesome! I was surprised it stayed as flexible as it did!

[TheHobbyCorner]

Amazing work. Absolutely blown away with the quality and yet it's easy to store away. Keep up the great work mate!

[ashg]

Man you've got to be one of the more underrated channels out there. I always enjoy your videos, well done man.

[GrumpyThump]

This is definitely your best work yet. I found your channel about a month ago and its quickly become one of my favorite sources for terrain ideas. Those houses look amazing!

[pauldaulby]

Great to see a modern video of this technique, finding old instructions for this required use of way back machine and a bit of googling luck.

Nice extra additions like the textured floors and use of washes

[jherazob]

"So, I'm making this incredibly high quality battlemat, but have no buildings for it, let's just build some amazing medieval style houses while the stuff dries to not get bored, no big deal"
[I flip the table ]

[southaussielad]

This is beyond incredible, great work on the mat and the buildings.

[TheImmersiveWorldCrafter]

That's a fantastic tutorial and make. Very well done buddy.

[Ericobioas]

I love your solution to the worst part of "box building". The 90¤ conectors are genius...

[FrankyDCrafter]

You really are next level here. How do you keep doing it!?!

[tonymaus]

This dudes like the Bob Ross of battlemats! Very cool stuff