Wyloch-style dungeon tiles

Published 23 March 2022

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I made some dungeon tiles, inspired by Wyloch. I used completely different materials though, but kept the same overall idea.

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First, I'm really bad at cutting stuff in a straight line. Wyloch seems to be able to cut cardboard with very high precision and have all his tiles of the exact same dimensions. I can't do that.

I also don't own a proxxon like Black Magic Craft, so I can't cut foam either.

That's why I ordered a bunch of cheap square wooden tiles online. That way I'm sure they all have the exact same dimensions, and I don't need to bother cutting them at the right size.

I draw on the sides with a black sharpie where the walls would go.

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I then cut individual squares in a sheet of textured wallpaper. This one I found in a second hand shop, and it has a nice stone texture.

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I cut this into lots of squares.

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I then cut the corners of each square, to better visually mark them, and create a mess on my table.

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I then glue them to the base tiles. I had to cut some squares so they don't overlap with where the wall will go, but because it's wallpaper, it's pretty easy to cut.

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I also started working on the walls. As previously mentioned, I'm really bad at cutting at exact dimensions, so I'm using my foam board thickness as my wall thickness, making sure I have a consistent thickness for all my tiles.

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I then texture them to look like stone. The foam I use seem to have a different texture on its top/bottom than on its side, resulting on the final wall texture not looking uniform.

Honestly, for a bunch of dungeon tiles as I'm making, it's good enough.

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Some examples of the various tiles configurations.

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And here we go, making more and more.

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Then, covering them with black mod podge (here you can see corner pieces I made also). The wallpaper actually absorbs paint much more than I anticipated , so I had to do several layers.

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I also need to paint the floor and walls in two passes, otherwise I couldn't actually hold the pieces in my hand.

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Initial gray overbrush.

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First light grey drybrush.

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I set another even lighter grey drybrush on the square sides.

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Coloring some squares and wall bricks in red.

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And applying a black wash on all of them, to enhance the stone effect.

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And that's it; a way to generate lots of various dungeons.

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