Demonn Agram Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Hi, this is my latest big project. I'm building a table for my Malifaux games. The table itself is 125 x 125 cm (4'x4') but the playing field itself is 1m x 1m which I believe is enough for a good game especially when crammed with terrain. The idea is to have a board and detachable scenery (be it the lampposts, trees or buildings and hills)... After fixing the frame with screws and PVA glue, I then drew the outline of the terrain features (swamp, cobbled stone, desert and railway lines) on the board. I made the stands for the fate cards. I used a balsa plank which is 4mm thick onto which I glued a strip of sponge 5mm thick. Over it all I placed a cloth which I fixed with staples to the balsa. I will not fix it to the board untill I am finished with the board alltogether. I then proceeded to make small details on the board, such as railway lines, and other features cast out of plaster. I drilled holes in the board in the places where I will spill the plaster to make cobbled stone and other feature (desert...) for it to adhere to the board as best as possible. The bank of the swamp as well as the islands were sculpted out of clay (DAS Clay). Once the clay was dry, I glued the small magnets in the places where I planned the trees and the street lights to be. (I also glued magnets on the bottom of those features - so they can be removed when the board is not in use). I then, placed the newspaper over the playing area and painted the rest of the board black I finished the railway lines - painted it and glued it on to the embankment The desert part as well as the part of the town with the cobbled stone is made out of plaster (Eberhard Faber) After finishing with the plaster (and allowing it to set), I then glued the texture (sand and gravel) with PVA glue. I started with engraving the cobbled roads onto the plaster and started undercoating the whole table. I used GW Roughcoat for the undercoat. Then came the painting. I painted the whole board using PEBEO Deco Acrylic paints. (black, brown, ochre, ash, white, grey.. I think that about covers it... ) And this is what the painted product looks like: Afterwards I put the static grass onto the board. i used a couple of shades going from rich green near the swamp to almost brown/greyish near the desert.. I also glued various branches, bushes and the longer 7mm static grass in clumps in between cobbled stones... Next, the resin was put in. I used three layers. The first layer was richly painted with emerald green (Pebeo Crystal colour), the next was just tinted while the last layer was just resin. I used Gedeo Crystal Resin because it comes in two parts that are mixed in 2:1 ratio which makes it easy to mix. I then proceeded to make terrain. I made a quarry (on the left), a brothel (big building in the middle of the board), a warehouse with a train depo (behind the brothel), a gothic tower (Hirst Arts), a small hut (for making moonshine), and a blacksmiths (TabletopWorld)... I still plan to make two further houses in a Victorian style. One will be a Guild HQ and another will be an orphanage... That makes: :button1Quarry and warehouse - Arcanists, :button1Hut - Outcasts, :button1Brothel (Sybelle's) - Ressers :button1HQ - Guild I still need to make a couple of bridges between the islands and the bank.. WIP of the brothel. the upstairs is removalbe. Downstairs there is a reception, a gambling hall with a bar and a staircase leading up. Upstairs there are three rooms to the front, one to the back an a bathroom in the back... Anyway, that's it for now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy-Yeti Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 This is a pretty amazing looking concept, I cannot wait to see it finished! I really like the idea of using magnets to make it all removable and changeable. It all looks really good, I'll be watching this thread very closely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sholto Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Fantastic job - love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Wall Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Very nice work. Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I only have one problem with this board: You don't live in America, so I'll never get to play on it. Other than that, it's pretty amazing. I have 2 Sewer TC sets, and some random terrain that I use for both Malifaux and WarmaHordes. My table is pretty janky compared to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted November 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I only have one problem with this board: You don't live in America, so I'll never get to play on it. I don't know if you've heard, but there is a new invention - it's called an airplane :nod:. and believe it or not we do have an airport (not a big one, but planes do land sometimes :bounce:).. so if you're ever in the area, you're more than welcome to play on it... thanks for the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Sybelle's! Genius! Looks great overall, but Sybelle´s just awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Wow! I'm so impressed. Using magnets sounds like a great idea. I've been working on a modular board on and off for the last few months and I just wish it looked half as good as your board does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterdita Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 sweetness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 I don't know if you've heard, but there is a new invention - it's called an airplane :nod:. and believe it or not we do have an airport (not a big one, but planes do land sometimes :bounce:).. so if you're ever in the area, you're more than welcome to play on it... thanks for the comments Tickets to Europe are pretty much out of my price range. I have a hard enough time buying my wife a ticket to Korea every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osoi Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 That looks great, fantastic work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabook Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 That looks great. super job. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwug Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Let's go back to the begining of the project. When starting such a build, it's always good to know where you're going and where you want to be when finished. I made this plans / sketches (I hope they'll be usefull) (I changed the writing from Croatian so you can understand more easily). This was the outline for the board itself and as you can see it is almost as such now that the board is finished. Some more photos of the current state of the board: In the same time I was building the board, I was doing the buildings as well. Here are the sketches: The only finished piece of terrain so far (with some of my models): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted December 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 I've been thinking what to do next on the board and stumbled upon something soooo steampunkish that I will definetely incorporate it in the warehouse. it's an Airfix model of a Beam Engine: When finished it will look like this: It is a kit 185mm w x 150mm h... I think it's just the size for my board... and upon finding this, I stumbled on the next Airfix model - Steam Loco It looks to me like something Ramos might be driving in his spare time... when finished it is 210mm w x 75mm h and looks like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenzie Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Very cool table, i like the buildings very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 THAT'S IT!!! I'm friggin' moving to Croatia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted December 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) you'll be welcome here! in fact, we had a member in our club from Minnesota (US Army guy) about a year ago. He was in rotation in Croatia because our army and your units cooperate in Afghanistan.. a year ago he went back to the States... If you decide to come, beside my boards , in Croatia there are other nice stuff around. To name but a few: National Park Plitvice: National Park Krka Waterfalls National Park Brijuni: National Park Kornati: Dubrovnik: But there is also quite good ice hockey (for you guys who like winter sports...) KHL Medvescak who plays in EBEL league. Lot's of your AHL players (and some older NHL players) play here. These are the photos from last season when they played in Zagreb's Arena.. I know it's no biggie compared to the NHL or Russian KHL but for a country with 4,5mil people and only 85 registered icehockey players, to fill the 16000 spectator stadium in 4 games is no small feat. This year they play 7 games in the Arena, other matches (30+ per year) they play in their regular stadium that holds 6000 spectators and is always full... (and no, I do not work for Croatian tourist board ) Edited December 2, 2011 by Demonn Agram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmiles Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 (and no, I do not work for Croatian tourist board )You should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike3838 Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 I can vouch for a Croatian holiday. We had a great week in Porec, Rijeka, Split and Dubrovnik. We'll definitely be going back to Split - the girlfriend loved it. Didn't make it to Zagreb, but maybe next time I'll take my Malifaux Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted December 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Didn't make it to Zagreb, but maybe next time I'll take my Malifaux Mike You do that, Mike! There is a small but evergrowing Malifaux community... 8 players with crews so far.. (but we have WHFB, 40k and LOTR SBG players as well...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 This is going to look AMAZING!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Ruckuss Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Am loving the work Agram-I have made a fair big of modular terrain but currently have no actual board to mount it on. There have been some amazing boards posted up on the forum, but yours has been great to see from a practical viewpoint as well as the aesthetic. Will be borrowing some ideas-I particularly like the cloth/sponge mounting for the cards! A fair few of my friends have said how awesome croatia is to visit- I have always wanted to visit bt think I may have to try and get out there in the next few years- it looks stunning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted December 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 when you get there (actually a little before) let me know and we can get a few Malifaux battles in.. Actually I'm thinking of organizing a tournament in July (thinking of making it a yearly event...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Based on the pics you provided I am officially adding Croatia to the list of cool places I want to travel to someday. Also, cool board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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