Dunkelstadt (Darkcity) Workshop - How to build a secret passage?



  • It doesn´t always have to be treasures or traps. You also can build secret stairs and passages.

    Most suitable to build a secret passage is Module 8 due to its thickness of 4 cm.



  • Step 1


    Use a cutter-knife to cut vertical into the gaps between the floortiles and release a block of three tiles.


  • Step 2


    Mark the cutting lines and release those two tiles which will cover the stair later.


    The covering tiles should be as thick as the stairsteps. I choose 0.5 cm. Now release a block with the remaining, third floortile. But don´t cut off the floor of our hidden passage.

  • Step 3


    Now you can remove slice by slice so that the stairsteps evolve from the the remaining block.


  • Use a ballpen to press the gaps of the floortiles and stairsteps into the material.



  • Step 4


    Mark an archway onto the released block with the third floortile and break it rough out of the material by useing the cutterknife (Don´t throw the removed pieces away).


  • Now glue the archway back into its former position into the module.



  • Step 5


    Cut two small angles out of the removed pieces of the archway and glue them in front of the stony arch. Those angles serve for holders for the covering tiles.


  • With the covering tiles in their position it looks like that from the bottomside:



  • Step 6


    Now paint the stairs and the archway. You can also paint the floor and the walls of the secret passage.


    It´s done very quickly by drybrushing the parts.


    You can glue the staircase back into its former position into the module afterwards.

  • Step 7


    At least you can drybrush the rest of the module and the secret passage will be hidden.


  • We wish you a lot of fun with constructing and painting.


    Your team

    Thomarillion