N3t3cho Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Well this whole ordeal started with this... Over the last few weeks it has evolved in to this... I built the majority of it out of pink insulation foam. The hill on the top right lifts off to reveal a mine that connects to the top left. All of the buildings, bridges, and trees are not attached. This allows the table to be changed to keep things interesting some what. I still need to paint bricks and finish details on the buildings but it is almost complete. As I get all the photos situated I'm going to post a sort of step by step of what I did. Stay tuned. Critics and comments welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3t3cho Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Few more pictures to show the table up to now. This is what it looks like without the middle platform or stairs. Here is Pandora using the mine to sneak up on Lady J. Unfortunately Lady J knows whats up. All of the building roofs come off so models can go inside. The stream dividing Dreadwood from the soulstone mines. The canal running through Dreadwood (need to paint the bricks), you can see a Deamon Prince has warped to check progress.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omenbringer Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Nice looking board. Definately looking forward to the finished buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigcarn Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Can't wait to bounce my Showgirls all over that table this Thursday at The Game Shoppe while everyone is oogling your board even more with it painted this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3t3cho Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Thank you. Yeah the most time consuming part was cutting the nubs off the popsicle sticks. I'm thinking about building a gallows to go on the right hill. Now is the really fun part, adding details to the buildings. Haha I made the table to be easily transported and took it to the local shop before it was painted. Now to see if I can convert anyone over to Malifaux. I got my roomie (Tigcarn) addicted and more friends are following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osoi Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Very nice looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3t3cho Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Oh I forgot to mention.. This table is based off of Deadwood, South Dakota. Hence why its called Dreadwood. The large building on the bottom right is based off The Gem Theater that use to stand in Deadwood, one of the top brothels and overall dangerous place at the time. Its only half of the actual building but I tried to follow the floor plan and make it to scale. Anyways I need to come up with a name for it like "The Gem" that is Malifaux sounding.. any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassylady Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 The Gem sounds good and I love the board!! It's unique & you've made it very playable & interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausplosions Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Call it the 'Belle's Breach' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3t3cho Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Thank you everyone! Ausplosions you literally made me laugh out loud. Haha that is a great name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thulis Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Love the board. I've got some buildings I've built but haven't "stained" them yet. I'm still not quite sure how I want to paint them or weather them or anything... Definitely post up pics when you finish yours or at least throughout your process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 It looks wonderful, gaming on a board like this must be a great experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havre Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Great table. Reminds me of Wyrd's own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacms Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Amazing work mate. What are you using as wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micahwc Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 I was so excited when I saw the name of this thread, hoping beyond hope that perhaps someone played near Deadwood, SD. Still excited, the board is awesome. Unfortunate that you are not actually located in Deadwood. Oh well. I am training my minions to play so I can arrange a demo in Rapid sometime. Great looking board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3t3cho Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) Love the board. I've got some buildings I've built but haven't "stained" them yet. I'm still not quite sure how I want to paint them or weather them or anything... Definitely post up pics when you finish yours or at least throughout your process. Thank you, I will definately go into more detail as I do the buildings. To give mine a weathered look I gave them a light coat of Devlin Mud or watered down brown/black acrylic mix. Eventually I'm going to add fun details like wallpaper, signs, etc. ---------- Post added at 12:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:33 PM ---------- Thank you again everyone! Have only played a test game on it before it was painted to make sure nothing was going to be "unworkable" before I finalized things. The first game should be tomorrow. Thank you havre for comparing it to Wyrd's own table. That was part of the inspiration for building this. ---------- Post added at 12:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:36 PM ---------- Amazing work mate. What are you using as wood? I'm just using cheap popsicle sticks and gluing everything together with a hot glue gun. Time consuming chopping the round nubs off but I like the effect. Also if anyone needs to cut a ton of sticks, small plant pruning sheers work wonders! At first I was using regular scissors and nearly cut my knuckle off.. ---------- Post added at 12:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:39 PM ---------- I was so excited when I saw the name of this thread, hoping beyond hope that perhaps someone played near Deadwood, SD. Still excited, the board is awesome. Unfortunate that you are not actually located in Deadwood. Oh well. I am training my minions to play so I can arrange a demo in Rapid sometime. Great looking board. I figured there would be more players up in that area. I love Deadwood and head that way every once and awhile. Kind of a drive though from Omaha haha. If I'm around that area this summer maybe we can get in a game. I love camping in the Palisades on the other side of SD but its quite a drive across nothing to get to the Rapids area Haha. Edited April 3, 2013 by N3t3cho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keltheos Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Great table. Reminds me of Wyrd's own Love that table so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3t3cho Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 I love that table too. If anyone has ever been to Adventure Land in Kansas City... It reminds me of the roller coaster called The Timberwolf. Don't know if its still there but it was a regular vacation spot for us when I was a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Donkey Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 I love what you've done with the board. If my FLGS was keen on having semi-permanent set ups I would make something like this in a heartbeat. If you want an easier time than hot glueing your buildings together look at getting some Titebond wood glue. I prefer the Titebond II bottle because it becomes tacky almost immediately and dries within minutes, but your mileage may vary. Something else you may want to consider for painting your wood is Age-It Easy from Micro-Mark. That stuff is literally magic in a bottle for painting old wood. Just slap it on like any other wash and you'll be good to go. If I can remember to, I'll take a couple of pictures of the wall I made for my FLGS next time I'm there and show you how it looks on a finished piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3t3cho Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Thank you Space Donkey! This whole thing started as an experiment to see if I could build a nice table in short amount of time, be able to transport it regularly, and cost as little as possible. I'm going to explain more and make a little write up with pictures going through my process so others can get ideas. I built the whole table up to this point in 2 weeks and spent less than $80. I will have to check out that Titebond glue. The plan is to make lots more buildings and more table halves to add even more variety to this table. Thanks sir. I have seen that Age-It Easy in the past. I make some rather crazy scratch built ork and nurgle stuff for 40k and looked into getting some of that stuff when I bought a ton of weathering powders. I would love to see some of your pieces you used it on. Makes me wonder if my local train hobby center has some... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Wall Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Looks great. I look forward to seeing the finished product. I've always wanted to build a Deadwood themed table for Malifaux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3t3cho Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Ok well I have some free time in my busy schedule so I figured I better make a short write up of how I built this table to this point. I have had a deep love for all things Victorian and Steampunk for the last 15 years. I fell in love with Wyrd minis back in 2008 and bought The Judge. Then they came out with Malifaux and I sat at the game shop waiting for them to open to get the rule manual and my first 2 crews (Lady J and Pandora). Since that time I had trouble getting friends to play anything other than 40k and put my crews aside. Then the words came.. "we are getting tired of playing 40k all the time" and I sprang with Malifaux. Everyone is becoming as hooked as I was back in 2009. I decided I needed to do what I do and create terrain. That's when the Outhouse was made. Next came the shack. I used popsicle sticks and hot glue to build them. For these I cut the sticks with regular scissors and an exacto knife. After cutting my knuckles and fingers a few times I needed a new tool. A quick trip to the garage I found some pruning sheers! I needed to go big and make a table. I decided, being single and having some free time, I would make something. The plan started to come together. I have many fond memories of playing Necromunda back in the day so decided I wanted to make multiple levels and make the terrain dense but playable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3t3cho Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 I wanted to build a table that could be transported regularly and be changed to keep game play interesting. I decided to make it in two 3 foot by 1 1/2 foot pieces. This allows for me to build more sections to change things up. Future plans are to build another town section, swamp, mountain, etc. I started scouring the interwebs for ideas. I love Deadwood so I started building The Gem Theater. Then I went and bought a piece of 1inch pink insulation foam and two 4 foot by 2 foot hard boards. After cutting the hardboard to the correct size I drew the plan out. Next I started cutting the insulation foam. I cut levels out and test fit everything. After things looked good I used wood glue to secure everything, stacking books and other things on the table for 24 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3t3cho Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 The next step was to pull out the knives and razors. I grew up in the mountains around Boulder and I'm use to old mines so started carving rock walls. When you look at walls they go at an angle usually and that's the effect I went for. Looking at things now I realize I didn't take any pictures during the process, go figure right.. Then I used foam board to create brick walls. I pealed the paper off one side and drew a brick pattern. Then using a razor I traced the lines. To get the spaces and brick effect I went widened the cuts with a pencil. Then came even more mess. I dug out my huge bag of play sand. Not wanting the sand to come off to easily I used strait PVA glue to coat the areas I wanted to look like "dirt". Then I let everything dry for a night. The next day I started creating the stairs and center platform. At this point Pandora and Colette had a test game to make sure things would work. I wanted to make sure the table was playable before I painted. Fortunately we flipped corner deployments and it worked perfectly despite the mountain. Colette started in and on the mine and Pandora started in the town. After the game we both agreed the levels and density of terrain made the game that much more dynamic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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