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I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate these tutorials. I am not a gamer, but a 65 year-old female miniaturist, in 1/12 scale. (Yes, dollhouses, though not the usual kind.) But the techniques are very adaptable. It was your video on tiles that inspired me to attempt cobbles for a Tudor Blacksmith's forge I'm working on. Thank you!

As a history teacher, I can say for sure, these existed, and were made by Goblins.

This project came out incredible! The so-called "discoloration" in the gold paint job, thematically, could just be a spot where the surface gold has started to cool and/or something has fallen in. From what I've experienced, molten metal has all kinds of swirls where the temperature is slightly different, from impurities falling in, etc.

I think the liquid gold turned out pretty good.

"Snakes, why did it have to be snakes..." -Indy

This is ideal for Frostrgave's sister game "Ghost Archipelago", so you might want to check that out. Basically the same rules, just in a mystical jungle/island setting.

Thanks for always including an extensive list of materials in your videos. You have no idea how many people keep key materials and techniques a secret.😁❤️

I have one simple rule for fantasy painting/terrain building: It's FANTASY, so it's allowed. A pool of spewing gold is an awesome idea, and now I have yet another inspiring idea for my growing Snake Men from Frostgrave force to have in their terrain collection :-D Thanks for such a fantastic idea and tutorial.

This would obviously look amazing on any lizardmen themed table too! Super cool project. Also, a thought. You could make the snake on it an NPC that is using an illusion to make it's tail look like a pool of gold in an attempt to lure would be looters into their doom. Obviously would need more fleshing out but just a thought. Thanks for another great video.

Nearly 200 episodes and still making amazing crafts. Thanks for keeping us inspired!

"I also realized something far more important: it doesn't freaking matter, cause it's COOL!" Words to live by

13:05 as someone with a project that's "still drying" from a year ago, yeah this gave me a heart attack.

At 11:40 you pour on watered down mod podge, if you give it a quick spray of watered down alcohol first (I have a bottle of 70% isopropanol mixed with water), the watered down mod podge/pva soaks right through instead of pooling on top. Gives a super solid result once dry and gives less of a mess while pouring. Beautiful build as always!

In the campaign world I'm working on, magic is used like technology in a ww2-type conflict. And the best fuel is a liquified version of gold, rather than oil. Gold is a physics form of magic after all, that's why you need all those gold pieces to craft magic items. A fountain or derrick with liquid gold is absolutely perfect for that, great vid!

I really love jungle terrains! Hey moss and little plants will grow specially between the tiles, stones, bricks, so you might want to add some tea leaves on the wall as well, but it's only an idea and I totally enjoyed watching this video, it looks awesome! Those colors on the snake are great.

When decorating the base...Try wetting the sand and other ground scatter with Isopropal Alcohol before the glue. It will help the glue soak in instead of beading up on top.....Love watching your builds!

I know you use to talk about frostgrave. Have you seen frostgrave ghost archipelago? This would be sweet as a set piece in that game.

During these past few weeks you and your videos have grown and improved so much. Every project you do gets better and better. Keep up the good work.

Love it! The gold is actually looking better this way rather than clean and perfectly applied. It adds some randomness.

This is excellent, and I hope we'll be seeing more jungle terrain!

You are my favorite terrain builder to watch. All your stuff has so much personality

Glad I came across this video. I’ve been intimidated by going airbrush but you make a great point. Terrain building is a great “learn to use “ for airbrushing.

In the 1975 movie 'Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze', there is a pool of gold in the South American jungle. It's a pretty cool idea. Your model is excellent. Maybe it could be used with some 'Pulp' figures.

Wow. I remember how exciting it was when the original pre-printed DM screen came out. It was pretty and printed instead of hand written and had a lovely Dragon on the front.

That tentacled tree figure reminds of a Vincent Price movie I saw back in the 1980's and I cannot remember the title, but he was raising a blood-feeding tree and sacrificing people to feed it.

Looks amazing dude. Wonderful work, so great. Bali stone masons and woodcarvers are so inspiring. Lost hours watching them work over the years.

I adore this. It’s a perfect example of gamers creativity. Find something that speaks to you and make it work.

You can find really wild cheap plastic foliage in the pets section of big box stores among the aquarium supplies. Some are already wildly colored and make for good alien plants in sci-fi settings, but you can paint them for a more "natural" look.

I had to pinch myself when I saw the title of this video.. Epic Jungle Scatter Terrain - I have spent much of my 2 months in Lock-Down building Jungle terrain pieces for my Games Club. 100 palm trees and unnumbered amounts of plastic "Fish Tank" flora later I am nearly done, but I need to pass them on now to the Airbrush Guru at our club for that final step to unify them all and tone down the plastic green of the plants. Your piece looks fantastic I hope mine will look as good in the cold light of non-covid day - whenever that maybe :D

Bali to any foreigner except Australians, is this tropical paradise. To us Aussies, its a cheap holiday and a piss up. Inspired by Bali, my inspiration is Bintang radler lemon and happy pizza

I'm happy to see I'm not the only one with really messy space when working on something.

Lucky adventurers! Thats a solid retirement plan right there! Just gotta get a couple of barrels and swing by this place on the way back!

Very cool. I completely agree on the fake plant things and that tip made them look great on camera so maybe worth a second look. Thank you!

That snake is awesome, don't know about that hand/ arm though. Really cool build!

Oh this is sooo good...the liquid gold looks great, I think the “dirty water”could add to game play

The snake model was okay but you Jeremy, you elevated it to a whole new level of cool.

I can see Indiana Jones doing something there! I guess an open jungle area would be expected to experience regular downpours, so the water fx adds some verisimilitude. Love the colour palette, fits nicely with a jungle theme and contrasts nicely with the gold. Well done Sir!

I think it looks great. What I enjoy most about the builds is how many different options and techniques used as well as the mistakes. I always get nervous when making my sets that I'll mess something up that is 'good' (for me) by trying to make it better.

Hey Jeremy, I've been watching your videos for about a year but haven't really commented. I want to thank you for making great videos, but also for much more than that. I'm a complete amateur to crafting. I have no background in art or design. Your videos have helped me to become much more confident in my abilities. While you have given my tons of awesome ideas, the biggest takeaway I've had is that it's alright to mess up. Surfing through Reddit and other places people can be extremely negative or quick to jump to reasons why a paint job or craft is subpar. I'm pretty sensitive to that kind of criticism, especially since I already know my art is pretty beginner-level. Seeing you mess up has been SO helpful to me. I know it sounds weird, but your willingness to admit a mistake without getting down on yourself or hiding it really encourages me to work through my mistakes rather than scrapping them immediately. Beyond that, your "good enough" attitude to crafting has really helped me to calm down and be more accepting. My painting or creating doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be good enough. The best creators are not always the best teachers, but you manage to be an amazing creator and a great teacher. Your humility and sense of fun is what inspired me to start crafting more than any video of an impressive painting ever could. I know it's random to bring up in this video, but I wanted to say it and your statement about painting to impress the average person brought up some of these thoughts and I figured that if I mentioned it on a more recent video it would be less random. Long story short: thank you.

If you still aren't happy with the gold, you might want to consider trying Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint 1 Quinacridone Nickel AZO Gold. I don't know if it can be thinned enough for air brushing, but I've used it for art projects and applied it with a brush. It dries very even without brush strokes. I really liked this project. Quite imaginative!

A misterious expedition to the heart of the jungle to find gold you say?! Awesome idea! for some more inspiration for back stories you could look up the stories about Eldorado, men going into the Amazone jungle in search of gold really happened a lot during the 15th till 19th century.

This came out looking epic! I love how the gold came out. It looks so real.

I'm doing an "armored fighter vs dragon" diorama that will be contained within a fake, 9 1/8" × 13 1/2" "hollowed out spell-book" once it's all done. I know I'm not re-inventing the wheel, but it's been a few years since I've taken on this size of a project-- so, I'm a bit "shaky" on getting started again. Been watching a good portion of your videos since I discovered them, and it's helped a LOT... I love your "down and dirty" style that never the less nets incredible results... I had a best friend in high school (sadly passed on now) who use to work like that, and I managed to learn a lot from him-- and build my own style off of that... With him no longer around, I've been looking all over for a concept I can adapt/use as a template for my own ideas, and to "get my feet wet" again... And I think your badass "Snake Temple" is perfect... Thanks for sharing your art with us. You're helping people in more ways than you know...

I immediately thought that you could have two of these fountains, but have one be just water...it could be used in more applications, or just as background....but the liquid gold one could be brought out by using a ritual when the players might need it....? This came out so cool!

I'd be excited too if i found a monster spewing macaroni cheese sauce. That stuff is delicious!

Thank you so much! All of your videos have inspired me to add to our game..between your page and Bards Craft I've fallen into the dark hole...wish I could add pictures really would like your opinion on some larger scale scene based dioramas I built Anyways thank you, as I'm sure you know life is hard and when my father passed away 2 years ago, I turned to D&D and crafting. Your channel is everything

Looks absolutely rad! It's always nice when you show us the "mistakes". It truly helps to understand that you do not need to get everything absolutely perfect. Thank you Jeremy and keep up the good work! Love frome Finland

The liquid gold looks amazing, as does the snake skin texture. The green bricks definitely looks cool in a jungle/swamp setting - reminds me of the levels in Quake where you have the zombies in the water - very cool!

This is such a great build. I can just see it in a crumbling temple complex in the midst of a jungle. That green paint job is spot on, you can almost smell the slimy moss.

Love this! It looks like it is metallic gold flowing into a forest pool. The ‘dirty water’ look gives it a nice pop like the gold is sinking in the pool. I know it wasnt the look you were going for but I think it looks amazing.

I actually like that a whole bunch and I think building with foam bricks is likely what got us here to begin with.

I’ve watched all your videos but I just got back into crafting and thought, hmm maybe I’ll get an airbrush...and then this video pops up and you sold me on airbrushing. Thanks for great content.

This is great. I am getting ready to write a portion of a home brew that is going to be taking place in a jungle area, and this has given me some ideas on how the entrance of the dungeon is to look like. I think I will make it that of a large snake head where they have to go through the mouth.... think Skeletor's Snake Mountain.

This looks so sick. I do agree that this, while cool, is one of those "I may use this once and then never again" pieces. To combat this, you could probably sacrifice a tiny amount of "looks" for increased playability by not attaching the mini to the pool and instead just leave that as an interchangeable option. Need a overgrown jungle snake god worshippers fountain? Big snake statue mini. Fountain of youth? Maybe some kind of angelic statue mini. Just a random pool of water in a dungeon? No mini I guess? The options would then become limitless. Not that this project needs any improvement, Its already super sick as is. Thanks for the amazing content!

Wow. As always a great job. I've been thinking of a kind of spider dungeon all the time for a few episodes. Perhaps an old burial chamber in which large spiders creatures have now nested. I would love to see how you would build such a crypt with open tombs covered with cobwebs and eggs. Or maybe something with indirect lighting. It's pretty cool too. But the spiders brother ... that would be it. Keep it up. Greetings from Germany

I love this build, it looks fantastic. it is a great combination of d&d and old jungle movies. Thank you.

The liquid gold effect might work well for a foundry. Maybe stick some cranes suspending great iron pots, or spouts in the walls leaking the molten gold into a vat. Doubles as an environmental hazard. Add some object source lighting, since molten metal is going to glow, probably. I could see something like that in a dwarven fortress or forgeworld location in Warhammer 40K.

Great build. Definitely looks like bubbles coming to the surface. Except my ? Is about Gerard Boom. I missed his kick starter and really want the book. You really got me back into terrain building. I've always used cardboard and styrene. But you really got me loving foam. So much more I could never do with another material.

I loved the vibrant green plants. Wish to see more soon

Bert from dark matter workshop sometimes paints on the resin and the effect is awesome without making the resin to thick. Great build

Very cool, I'm usually not crazy about jungle terrain ( or their environments) in D&D this does look extremely awesome!

its good, it really like the final result and how it turned out. BTW nice tip on airbrushing the plastic plants, I was having some issue being able to use them without a whole lot of effort needed to carefully clean and repaint them

seal chipboard before working, make or buy gesso for it or glue and coat it both sides. Great work.

The half gems as bubbles is a brilliant idea!

Nice video! I like the fact you built around a piece for no other reason than you liked it. Great work, I've recently refurbished my air compressor to use the old airbrush for some scenery.

Unlikely to see much tabletop use? How about running "The Quest For Liquid Gold" in which the PCs are searching for a dozen long-lost wells of magical spell components? Each adventure could focus on finding a new well, and could end with an encounter centred around that terrain piece. Each could be set in a different location, with the "jungle" being unnatural growth caused by the magical energy of the gold. That's a great looking terrain piece and deserves some exposure on the tabletop.

Thanks! I am a recent discoverer of you work and am just embarking on an islands & jungle part of a campaign. Useful inspiration here!

Watching your vids while deployed. Enjoy the ideas and am super excited to jump back in soon as I’m home!

I did have you saying 'A fountain in the jungle spewing liquid gold!' like the lyric from Welcome to the Jungle and don't regret it at all!

As always.. totally impressive build. I like your style and creativeness.

excellent center piece to go with your jungle tiles and ruins for a really cool adventure.

Super awesome video, Jeremy! Tons of good material to use in other projects as well.

Huge thanks to you, Jeremy! Another amazing project that shows how this hobby can be surprisingly funny and new every day! Love your bubbles in the pool... Great job, mate!

It's certainly a set-piece that would be used once as the centre of an adventure, but it'd still be a cool one in that role.

I'm definitely a fan of the green bricks. It immediately says jungle to me and would also to a pc that was teleported to the area.

That was amazing, dude! Mind blowing how good it came out! Vallejo water texture is a tricky beast to work with so it came out well!

I love the detail you put in all your projects.

Now take those random sized/shaped foam stones, make them real stones, enlarge them till they weigh between 20 and 100 lbs (depending on project expectations) add 80-95*F and very signifacant humidity and stacking those are part of my day job. Granted to alot of folks thats not ridiculously hot, but man o man does it get humid. And the stones are REALATIVELY small. 1 day of doin it and gives u a WHOLE new appreciation for the S.American temples, the pyramids, and the great wall. That said i must say you created a very nice wall that is very fitting in a jungle setting. Ive seen worse for dang sure hahaha. I also actually quite liked how the water effexts gave the gold a dingy feel. Good job.

I’m getting flashbacks from the nightmare that was tiling my bathrooms! Great piece overall. Love the liquid gold🍯

Thanks for this video! Jungles and swamps are my favs! Good job!

Looks awesome. Been thinking about the airbrush especially for terrain.

Could maybe use the fountain for scatter in Frostgrave ghost archipelago, is jungle setting and one of the added warbands are Snake people

This is possibly, my favorite piece you've ever done.....complexity wise no....But there is just something about this that speaks to me. Great job my Dude

How that "Liquid Gold" comes perpetually out of the mouth of a statue raises some interesting questions but all in all I like it!

I love it and I'll build something inspired from this as soon as my pizza is finished.

I love the idea of giving it a "Magic Property" but, If make it to where they were skeptical about going near it... That way they would throw something into the bubbling pool and after a few minutes have it float to the top or rise out of the pool straight up.

Sure turned out. Could be used for some kind yuan-ti shrine in a campaign where the party has too go to get the source of there poisons or something.

I love this channel i bought some things to start me of on this hobby and cant wait to make things like this.

It's not a snake....I think it's a salamander, hence the arms and the frill at the back of the head. Great build as usual, I love seeing what you come up with each time. Keep up the good work and Happy Crafting.

You could always use it for Ghost Archipelago if you make the jump to that from Frostgrave.

Great piece! The build looks so much fun to make and paint! Love your videos man!

This is a nice change of pace I have to say - let's be honest here, not a lot in either the RPG or the tabletop gaming (or video gaming industry if we're going to take it that far) takes place in jungles... That said, how about something even more novel, like sea terrain? Thalasso Hobbyer here on youtube makes some awesome water dioramas that I think can be used as both inspiration and to learn from.

I love it!!! I’ve also been eyeballing an airbrush for about two years now. I’m getting close to pulling the trigger. Truth is, I love building way more than painting. Although, after the project is painted and completed....it’s pretty f’ing rewarding.

Love it! More jungle please! Perhaps a cool jungle outpost? 🤞🏼

Excellent looking piece, great job

Fountain of Youth meets El Dorado, sounds like a perfect quest for adventures in Chult lol

I've been on the fence about picking up an airbrush. A good paint job under 30 minutes is enough to make me reconsider.

Awesome, I definitely like it. It looks like something from Thulsa Doom's garage sale so that's a bonus.

I'm a lazy painter too. But as you say we aim to impress other players and outsiders, not pros. When my friend saw the, in my opinion, amateurishly painted minis I had and was genuinely impressed. I knew I did it right.