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Ultimate Dungeon Terrain

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I meant hexaGONs not hexaGRAMS!

Today I visit where it all started, with "Ultimate Dungeon Terrain" as pioneered by Professor Dungeon-Master on his channel Zoned Dungeon Terrain for D&D & Pathfinder...

This is my take on the idea.

Materials:

18" Birch Plywood circle (precut)

A Sharpie
A pencil
A ruler at least 18" long
A square and protractor set (cheap plastic is fine)

Inexpensive synthetic brushes (Taklon)

Craftsmart colors: Brown, Golden Brown, Mocha, Deep Grey, Dark, Grey, Grey, Navy, Olive Green, Spanish Olive, Lime Green

Matte and Gloss Mod Podge

20 Comments

@DUNGEONCRAFT1 4 years ago Pinned

Love it! I have some flat UDT coming to my YouTube channel in a couple weeks, but I like your painting more than mine. May all yours be 20s!

@JerryTurner 3 years ago

Did you ever post a follow up on this? I would love to hear about how you use the zones. I have seen how Prof DM uses it, but with the additional zones it seems like it may change it a bit.

@MrCrystalwarrior1 4 years ago

I use large, round and square cake boards similar to this for the same purposes. I can get them from my local discount shops for just €2 each for an 18 inch board, and they're sturdy enough to work with, one side coated in tin foil, so just flip them over and work away. Most of the ones I've done have been snapped up by gamers from all around where I live, after I've added resin pieces from Scotia Grendel Products and other game terrain suppliers. It's fun, cheap, and I'm always coming up with new ideas for how to make terrain pieces with them. The square ones fit together nicely alongside each other, so I make entire 4x4/6x4 ft table covering pieces for larger games, too. It's all fun, easy to store, and keeps my game buddies happy :-)

@willmendoza8498 2 years ago

That's one slick looking UDT

@mtmroc 2 years ago

This is perfect. Exactly what I was looking for to build zone terrain. I’m considering using sheets of eva foam for individual bricks.

@bossbullyboy195 1 month ago

I like the hex because it allows ranges to move in more directions as well as from center

@drewbakka5265 3 years ago

I really wish I found this before I move. My dnd group uses UDT and I made them a set but that paint style is amazing and I wish I could make this for them. Now I'm just online.
Might use that painting style for a diarama base though

@nicksteffen738 4 years ago

For anyone who wants to do this without a protractor, you can make a triangle template to get a 60 degree angle. Measure a 2 inch line on a piece of paper. Make a long line at a right angle from the 2 inch line. Then, place the 0 inch mark at the top of the 2 inch line, find where the 4 inch mark meets your long line and draw that line to complete the triangle. The angle between the 2 inch line and 4 inch line (hypotenuse) is a 60 degree angle.

Also in case anyone else cares. To adapt this to a 12 in circle, you'd have a 1 inch putter circle and the 3.75 inch measurement becomes 2.5 inches

@Great_Gold_Wyrm 3 years ago

You should sell these. I would buy a whole set of you.

@ArtJeremiah 3 years ago

I love this take on UDT. Fantastic job.

@GreenBlueWalkthrough 3 years ago

Just last night I wondered if I could make 2 small round boards with concentric rings for my universal Wargame/RPG and use it as a way to augment theater of the mind/for the wargame by using it like a radar scope just to track distance and loose positionng. So I'm happy to know it is a thing for DND and now I know how to make one thanks! Oh and looks great by the way!