Painting Castle Tiles: Terracotta & White with Citadel Colors

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Last year, I started printing my dungeon again at 80 % scale, and I quickly realized: 40 kg of PLA doesn’t paint itself 😅. I took this new project as an opportunity to try out a completely new, rather dark color scheme – this time with a focus on reproducibility, since I’ve received many requests from the […]

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Painting Fire Like a Pyromancer: A Mini-Tutorial for Flames & Light Effects

Painted torches of my Great Hall Wall Scenery pieces

You don’t need Golden Demon painting skills to bring your dungeon terrain to life – just some paint, the right method, and your dungeon will literally glow. I’m not a pro painter either, but even with basic tools and a bit of experimentation, you can achieve impressive fire and lighting effects that elevate your scenery. […]

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Dungeon Stonework – Mixing Greys on a Budget

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The Painting Process in 4 Steps When painting dungeon terrain in larger batches, one question quickly comes up:How do I get a convincing stone grey – without burning through my entire hobby budget?This post isn’t a step-by-step tutorial, but rather a quick documentation of how I painted the walls, stairs and door frames of my […]

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My first Dungeon Diorama Board setups

Teaser setup of the "Curse of the Citadel" Dungeon Diorama Board on black background

Looking Back: First Setups from the “Curse of the Citadel” Campaign In this post, I’m looking back at the first of currently three campaigns I launched on MyMiniFactory – “Curse of the Citadel”. The diorama set introduced during this initial campaign has continued to evolve ever since. The setups I showcased back then weren’t just […]

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My Temple Diorama Built with 3D-Printed Dungeon Tiles

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From Test Build to Full Layout – My Modular Temple Board Journey This project began as a simple experiment: placing two freestanding temple structures made from my modular “Curse of the Citadel” 3D-printable dungeon tile set on a classic grass-matted gaming board measuring 210 x 140 cm. I wanted to see how well these tiles […]

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Painting Basic Tiles: Grey + Terracotta

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Color-Theme Version 1:Basic Tiles two tone scheme After some consideration, I decided to paint my first Dungeon Tiles (Basic Tiles) using a two-tone scheme:The large stone tiles are done in a cool, bluish grey, while the smaller in-between tiles get a warm terracotta red-brown.This helps highlight the distinct structure of this floor set, which features […]

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Storage – the foundation for setup creations!

Storeage table overview

Keeping all the parts of the set well sorted means that you can quickly find the parts you need. This not only allows for a quick build-up, but also a lot of fun when creating a new layout!I always try to sort the parts back when disassembling a setup and have now developed a fixed […]

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Great Hall Dungeon Setup Guide

GH-Dungeon-A Setup Guide "Board Sections"

Welcome to the first setup guide for a “Cursed Citadel” Dungeon Map. The modular dungeon board consists of 7 areas (A-G). As these are only connected by doors and stairs, the individual areas can be easily pulled apart and moved separately. Below you will find a small assembly documentation for each area, so that you […]

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Painting Classic Dungeon Tiles

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1. Priming Black and painting the sand After priming, I painted the gaps with Desert Yellow. The light sand should provide a great contrast to the dark tiles. 2. Painting “Black” To paint the dark tiles, I mixed a lot of black with a little white. To give the dark gray more depth, I added […]

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Painting Castle Tiles

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1. Priming Black + first brown layer After applying a black primer, I applied a first coat of brown paint. 2. Some more brown spots! I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the result: So I added some more brown spots with Army Painters Oak Brown and concentrated on the areas where you can see a lot […]

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