Antiquitas Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) Even though I still have loads of unfinished projects I was inspired last week to start a set of boards (hopefully) to be ready for a NWG (North Wexford Gamers) Competition that Tograth is running on 31st August. The inspiration came from a Lidl's grass mat purchased off of a Skibbereen player Cian. We need another 3 or 4 boards for the competition so I thought I would try a linked series: Boglands - Riverside settlement - Druid's Island - Ten Thunders Town, with probably more added in later. So planning started Tuesday Evening (31st July) with a few sketches, some heavy duty glue and a 'suck it and see attitude'. More later... Edited August 8, 2012 by Antiquitas Attempting the removal of unwanted attachments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Hi mate, long time no see! great looking board. looking forward to seeing more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tograth Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) So, I called over to Chris this weekend just past to hang out and either do some terrain making or some gaming. I started out helping to make some hedges etc, and then I got bit by the bug: I decided to make a 10 thunders board. So, While Chris does the boglands boards, I'm working on a 10T board to join in with them. The layout of the boglands boards is such that they are interchangeable - each board section can pretty much align to either edge of one of the others. It was with this in mind that Chris and I sketched out the layout for the 10T board (i tell a lie - I spat out a few ideas and Chris massaged them into a workable board layout ). Anyway, I decided to start out with a centrepiece for the board - a Pagoda. So, I started out by layout out an octagonal design for the building. It's going to be 3 stories, with a roof on each section, as well as a balcony area on the second and third floors. Next, I cut the floors to size, and drilled holes for each set of pillars. The floors are made of 6mm ply, while the pillars are 9mm dowel rods cut to size. [picture here] Next, I drew the wall designs, Chris cut them out, and I fitted them to the structure and glued them in place. I also started the layout for the stairs, by putting in 8mm by 2 mm pillars in place to support the stair platform: a progress shot with the floors cut and some of the walls put in place: Next, I built the stairs. These were made using doctors tongue presser sticks and the material used for the pillars as a support. The steps themselves were cut to size and belt sanded to give the edges I wanted. Next, I nailed (and glued) the pillars down, as well as the stair platform and the first stair section. It was at this point that I realised that I had forgotten to put the flooring down first. Doh. So, thus began a time consuming project to put down floorboards throughout. progress shot! I finished the floorboards, put beading around the edges, and built the second staircase section. In addition to the above, I clad the stair platform, cut the hole in the second level for the stairs, and cut and glued the pillars for the second and third floors and steeple. This saturday I'm headed down again, so I'll be working towards getting a bit more done Edited August 8, 2012 by Tograth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 pure awesomness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinncent Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 wow! that's really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Holy fashizzle!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiquitas Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Hi mate Off the scene for a while with work and health so i have a lot of catching up to do.... Good to be back! Cheers ---------- Post added at 08:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:51 PM ---------- The grass mat from Lidls is very effective and looks like static grass. The only problem is that the underside has raised 'bobbles' so it is difficult to glue properly. I tried a powerful Evostick 528, which we use at work, and smothered the edges but it is still riding up in places. This doesn't matter in the board area as the 'raised' edges are being sealed with 'No More Nails' into which is pushed stones and flock. The sides of the boards will need a bit of TLC later. Footpaths were literally ground into the mat using a sanding disc on an angle grinder! The river and bogs are just going to be painted and varnished. The four main river board sections ( two 3ft x 18 inch boards per table) have been designed in a 'circular' manner so that one end can be fitted onto the far end - giving four table options. The 10T board that my 'apprentice' Mike wants done fits on the end of the river boards and is an estuary/ sea port town. The plan is to have a 10T warehouse that the boats would go inside to unload - so no-one can see the contraband cargoes - balconies inside and outside and a flat roof give plenty of gaming space. The river estuary is over shadowed by a fortified tower, and the town is protected by walls and gates. Behind the docks is the trading area - small stores, houses and sheds - giving narrow alleyways and rooftop 'hopping'. The centre piece of the board is of course Mike's three storey Pagoda that dominates the whole series of boards! Mike has taken to the terrain building like a fish to water, knows what he wants, and finds a way of doing it... Looking forward to this weekend when he is back for more... ---------- Post added at 09:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:37 PM ---------- The Wharf The village of Malice is a river trading post. The centre point is a wharf with a boat tied up and cargo unloaded and timber stacks and smoked fish ready to go. The jetties are made from coffee stirrer sticks, textured by firmly running them across the teeth of a craft saw, and PVA'd onto 4mm ply. The whole thing was then coloured using Teak wood stain. Mooring rings were added to the pillars and coils of rope laid about. There is a dam to hold back the water and stop the town from flooding. The boat is a Revell 1:50 Viking Ship, which cost me £13.99 a few years ago. ---------- Post added at 09:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:02 PM ---------- The Smokehouse One of the village's produce is smoked fish. The fish are hung on racks in the shed and a fire is lit in the tunnel. Leather curtains are drawn across the front to seal it up. The chimney is half way down the side of the hut so that the upper area is always smokey. I still have to finish the base and hang some nets over the drying pole. ---------- Post added at 09:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:11 PM ---------- The 'Dropbridge' I wanted a way to put a bridge across the river without it stopping the boats from reaching Malice. The solution was a bridge that could be raised or lowered but it had to be low-tech and 'made' on site. This was the idea sketch I finally came up with: I used teak strips, coffee stirrers, candy-floss sticks, placemat sticks, cocktail sticks and a bit of a twig... The whole thing was coloured with (as usual) Teak woodstain. I still need to finish the base and put on the pull-ropes. ---------- Post added at 10:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 PM ---------- The Saw Mill Other than mercenary work, digging for soulstones and waylaying unwary travellers, the main source of income for the village of Malice is cutting and preparing timber. As Malice is on the river it made sense to power the sawmill by water... The mill was made from 4mm ply and coffee stirrers. The 'stone wall' was done with an angle grinder into the ply. The watermill was made from ply, tongue depressor sticks, candyfloss sticks and a few washers. A mill race and sluice gate was made to support the wheel. The building comes apart to play on different levels. I still have to make the flywheel, pulleys and saw bench but this is it so far: Of course there has to be some felled trees as well! ---------- Post added at 10:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:24 PM ---------- The Smithy The Smith is an important man in any village. This one is not adverse to helping a passing Arcanist cobble up a few helpers, or doing an upgrade on a Lazurus...if they can pay. The ridge timber will have a pulley block and rope to lift those heavy items and there is a coke bunker on one side for fuelling the forge. I have to make the forge, anvil and tool racks and when I buy a Lazurus I can pile up some spares in the corner! The base and roof need doing as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grifonetto Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 What fabulous work! I spot some nice wagons in some of the pics, are they home-made? If so, any chance of some close-up shots and/or tips on how to make them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiquitas Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Druid's Island Mysterious things have happened in these parts in the distant past - mysterious things are still happening today... I wanted to put in a Henge of stones as I have fond memories of clambering around Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in my youth. The stones are made from high density expanded polystyrene, painted with black masonry paint and coloured in blues and greys. The bases will be flocked and have a few bushes and trees added. Well that's all for now... Next update will be after the weekend when Mike will be adding details and a floor or two to his Pagoda! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 A-Mazin'! I feel inspired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiquitas Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 I spot some nice wagons in some of the pics, are they home-made? If so, any chance of some close-up shots and/or tips on how to make them? Thanks Grifonetto, The Guild's 'Paddy wagon' was made last year from a 'Days Gone' horse drawn bus. With a bit of major hacking! The Neverborn 'Collection Wagon' was made the night before a competition in Skiberrean at the end of last month. It was a bit rushed as it was 3 am when I started it! It needs a bit of redecorating sometime. The idea came from the Terry Pratchet movie Hogfather: I used a Days Gone wagon again but I wanted it more Neverborn so I made a Pegasus, using a Mature Nephilim's wings and an old metal horse, to pull it through the air. I have plans to make up a set of one for each Faction, but that is another project in progress. I hope this helps, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 All of this is very nice and I am looking forward to seeing it all completed. Absolutely love the Neverborn Tooth Fairy wagon (great execution). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tograth Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Pagoda Updates: So, I headed back out to Chris yesterday and got a bit more done on the pagoda. The ground floor interior is now complete, with the exception of windows sills and framing, and painting the tops of the walls. The roof of the third floor is also complete. This was the hardest of the three roof sections, as it comprised of two separate slopes, and has the steepest angles of any of the roof sections. on the ground floor, the outer walls were clad using coffee stirrer sticks that were dyed blue with watered down cote d'arms blue ink, as were the internal pillars. The inner walls were then wallpapered using a light orange / peach paper. These were cut to size and woodglued on. The images are taken from artwork from the game Bushido (www.bushido-thegame.com) and were taken either form the wallpapers available, or from the deviantart profile of the original artist (dinmonkey). I took the pictures, trimmed them oval and feathered the edges to give the effect seen. one thing that isnt shown is the washers. To base the inner pillars (and to hide the edges of the floorboards where they abut the pillars), I used 1 mm thick washers, with a 9mm inner diameter. These were sprayed using the halfords Red Oxide primer, and then simply wood glued and slipped down the pillars. The final thing that was done was preparing the second and third floors: the hole for the ladder up to the third floor was cut, and the exterior pillars for the second floor were laid out and glued. To keep the height correct in the holes for the pillars, the top of the ground floor internal pillars was coated in petroleum jelly to prevent the PVA sticking. This was required as the inner pillars match up to the same holes in order to align the second floor correctly. Still to do: - make a ladder, or convert an existing ladder by adding a ladder pedestal. - floorboard the second and third floors - add roof sections to second and third floors - add balconies to second and third floors - wall second floor, and wallpaper interior (and clad exterior) - put in steps on second and third floors up to the balconies - build bell /gong section for third floor - cobblestone the exterior of the ground floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rameses Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 well done! I am jealous naturally as all I'd ever be able to do is maybe cut off a finger in the first 2 to 3 minutes of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Insane. Mad props on the use of the Bushido images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durek Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Wow, amazing job, cant wait to see in progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 NOw that pagoda is awesome, the Ten Thunders will be pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 I agree with dgraz. Awesome job on the Bushido pics. As I plan to get the TT faction, I believe I'll shamelessly steal the idea for my display base great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiquitas Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 10 T Warehouse Dock Working on the 10T's warehouse this weekend. The idea was the 10T's wouldn't want prying eyes seeing 'contraband' cargoes so the boats are brought inside the warehouse to be unloaded, and bamboo hanging door can be closed once it is in. There are stone sea walls around the base, and the warehouse and docks are built off them. An office in the corner has views seawards and into the warehouse and is only accessible to 30mm bases. A small door leads to a jetty at the front and stairs up to a balcony and an access to the first floor area. The main entrance to the warehouse is at ground level protected from the water by stone walls and has a big timber frame round it. The walls were lightly sprayed (inside) and the timber stained. The inside and outside balconies and the first floor walls are all one a removable floor section. The flat roof will also be removable and will have a small gambling room in the corner, but that's another days work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tograth Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Yeah, so Chris is actually a wizard. It's the only explanation for how he managed to build a door opening mechanism into the warehouse without using any motors or anything. Basically, if you press down repeatedly on the floor to the left of the door, the door closes itself slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiquitas Posted August 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Just a quick update on tonight's progress on the warehouse... Made the first floor section with it's balconies and laid down the floor boards. Unfortunately, half way through my box of 1000 coffee stirrers came to an end and the new box I ordered is a completely different size (2/3rds the width!), so I had to hunt round for any odds and end of the old style and mix and match them in. Luckily there were enough scraps that Mike and I had fired around the room (unintentionally - sometimes - while trimming them to size) to make it worthwhile. I will have to try and order a box of the original size tomorrow. I have cut out some doors and windows and edged them and made sign for the front. Finally for tonight I did a bit of detailing and staining. Tomorrow night, hopefully, I will get the railings done and start on the roof section and the gambling den... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 Come on!! Seriously? Too awesome!! Truly I can't wait to see this table completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiquitas Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 10T Warehouse - nearly ready for business! Ten Thunders are opening the doors to their warehouse - even if it still hasn't got a roof yet. Von Schill etc are checking it out as my 10T's only received their orders today. Who's been eating my noodles? That's it for tonight as I want to start cutting out the roof sections. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonn Agram Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durek Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 OMG! Still mostly speachless. You sir are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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