Rivers Don't Go On Top - Modular Lakes, Rivers, and Coastlines!

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Water tiles and terrain are one of the most highly used types because water appears in almost any environment, whether its as rivers, lakes, ponds or coasts!

My problem is, the versions that already exist, that you can buy or make, don’t really give the kind of modular flexibility or realistic look I want from my tiles 😕

So, I designed my own! These tiles not only place under the terrain, rather than defying physics on top as most river terrain seems to…

They also can be used as any kind of water, at any width. You can have a narrow or wide river, that can also be your coastline or lakes, saving you making more terrain to show those locations 😁

Not only that, I wanted the tiles to blend seamlessly with tiles from any environment, so unlike a lot of existing water terrain, these can be used seamlessly in grassland, cities, mountains, caves, forests, villages or even volcanic regions!

This kind of thing is all but impossible to do with depth and detail by buying something - hence why I put together this guide on how to MAKE it - with variants for any budget.

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Luke's cheap water effects video (clearfix):    • How To Make Your Own Cheap Water Effects B...  

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BUILDS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO:
Getting started:    • Get Started with Modular D&D Terrain - 5 T...  

BUILDINGS
Magnetic building system:    • DIY MAGNETIC Buildings: Modular Dungeon Wa...  
Cottage (half-timber/Tudor) tiles:    • Fixing two BIG Problems with Modular Tiles...  
Modular rooftops:    • Modular D&D Foam Roof - Make Once, Use For...  
Smaller rooftops:    • Making More From Less - Why a Small D&D Ho...  

Temple blocks:    • Easy Modular Temple Terrain for D&D - Craf...  
Temple block castle wall addons:    • In-Depth Modular Walls for D&D - with Murd...  

LANDSCAPE
Grassland tiles:    • I Hate Flat Grasslands. So I Fixed Them W/...  
Realistic dirt roads:    • Flat 'Hovering' Roads Suck - Paving The Wa...  
Trees:    • I Don't Like Blob Trees… Can We Make Them ...  
Mountainblocks:    • MountainBlocks - DIY connecting Mountain a...  
Lava terrain:    • Make Realistic Volcanic Lava Terrain For D...  
City tiles:    • City Tiles Are Better Than Battlemats  - A...  

SCATTER AND ACCESSORIES
Stairblocks:    • The only dungeon stairs you ever need to c...  
Modular scaffolds:    • The Only Scaffolds You Need || Scatter Ter...  
Wall of fire:    • Set Things on FIRE! || Fire Markers, Wall ...  
Functional crane:    • Crafting a Working Crane for D&D, 40k, AOS...  
Weapon racks:    • Crafting a War Camp - Scatter Terrain for ...  

OTHER USEFUL STUFF:
Older painting Stone tutorial:    • How to Paint Stone - Terrain and Buildings...  
Basing video:    • Why I Changed My Basing Techniques - And W...  
Homemade tile storage:    • I Craft EASY Protective Storage for Modula...  

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:42 how it works
01:39 Tile crafting
04:57 Textures
06:03 Details
10:08 Accessories
11:51 Finishing Textures
14:00 More Details
14:29 Quick gallery of tile inspiration
14:38 Islands
15:32 Corners and Tile Edge details
16:01 Cheap Resin Guide
17:19 Damming Techniques
20:12 Resin Pouring Techiniques
23:57 Tidying Up and Ripples

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