Craft a Realistic Ocean Terrain Board for D&D and Warhammer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- Craft a realistic ocean terrain board in this new video! I've been wanting to built some ocean terrain for my dnd games for a while now, and finally got around to making one! This is great for warhammer, dnd, or other seafaring TTRPG games.
Want to purchase one instead of crafting your own? I sell them in my Etsy shop: parttimetabletop.etsy.com/lis...
If you’re running a D&D or warhammer campaign, or really any TTRPG that has sea adventures involved, this ocean terrain board is probably the most universal piece you can have.
2’x2’ is really the perfect size in my opinion for encounters. You can fit most scatter terrain, monsters, and boats on a board of that size, and it gives room for movement.
Plus, the intention with this ocean boards design was to be detailed enough to be a cool display piece, but flat enough where the entire board is usable for your scatter terrain. That can even include islands, docs, districts, beaches, or anything that you can think of.
Thanks for watching! Hope this is helpful 😊
00:00 Introduction
01:22 Building the Base
04:48 Painting
06:57 Water Effects and Mica Powder Resin
11:41 Finished Product and Outro - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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TH-cam is awesome. When I was a kid back in the 90s I would be excited if I could get like 2 people to look at my cool art creations.
That is a beautiful terrain board! And the production and flow of this video was excellent!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it 🌊🤘
Really liked the mica powder tip for the water. Don't think I've seen that before. Looks really good 👍
Glad it was helpful! I can’t remember where I learned that technique, but it’s come in handy for these water projects.
Regarding the resin, for your 2x2 board about how much resin and hardener was applied for that first layer? It looked like about half a cup each so 1 cup total but how did you determine how much to add??@@parttimetabletopper
@@sonicexpert986 I’ve done enough pours where I just eyeball it. Lots of experience with trial and error. For the 2’x2’ board, I use those disposable cups and fill each up about halfway. I’m not sure what the exact measurements are 🤷♂️
No worries! I figured that may be the case haha. It's funny because a few crafters have agonized over struggling with resin pours not going to plan, you seemed really chill about it here!@@parttimetabletopper
@@sonicexpert986 haha that’s just from trial and error. I’ve had my share of spills in the past. That’s why I really try to hype up the resin tape, as well is having a perfectly flat side to attach it to. I’ve seen all of these homemade frames with caulk and sealant, and that’s just not necessary if you have the right products.
Great work dude
Thanks Drew!
Amazing technique and beautiful blue shades, congrats!
Thank you so much!
This looks incredible!
This is just the video I was looking for, thank you!
Glad I could help!
Very nice video! I will be trying this!
Looks incredible!!! ❤😊❤
Paint the bottoms black, too, for an extra clean look.
I just may
Cool video
Just found your channel and am really enjoying your builds! Do you ever get warping on your plywood layer? A couple of years ago, I built a bunch of 1'x1' tiles using a similar method to yours, except used 1/4" MDF as the base instead of plywood. About half the tiles started to cup a bit - probably because I didn't seal the MDF first. Just curious as to your experiences with warping, since you've definitely got the board-building expertise!
I have in the past, though I’ve found the plywood discourages warping overall. You know…I know about sealing wood and I’m shocked at myself that I’ve never done this with my terrain pieces. You just helped me add a new step to my process 👍
The board looks great, and I LOVE that little boat. Wheredja get it?
Thanks so much! I bought the boat on Etsy. Found the link to the shop/item here:
www.etsy.com/listing/1092500224/
Looks great :D Do you store your boards on their side?
Thanks so much! 😊 It depends on the board. I’d say half are on their side, and half are stacked with some kid of soft layer between them (towel, foam, etc.)
Wow! This is a beautiful board! How much material would you estimate one would need to do the same for a 6x4' table?
Thank you very much! For a 6’x4’ version, you’d basically need 6x the materials I used. I’d probably splurge and get 2 gallons of resin to be safe, 2-3 container of the Vallejo water effects, and then a few bottles of each paint.
Edit: One bag of that mica powder should probably still be enough for the whole thing
Nice video. I think those 2 x 2 project board are just perfect for terrain scenarios. Not too big and not too small. I can envision making multiple themes including ocean, grass, desert, volcanic, swamp.
Out of curiousity, are you doing the plywood on the back to give it some weight and structural security? It seems it wouldn't be unreasonable to just skip the plywood part no?
Also, what do you think about just using the Vallejo water effects on top of the paint and skipping the resin pour? I'm curious to know what downsides you see by skipping the resin pour?
Again, thanks for the great content. I've enjoyed all your posts.
Thanks for saying so! 😊
I agree, I personally like the 2’x2’. It’s convenient the foam and plywood are sold precut to that size, and it gives just the right amount of space for the table/game.
The plywood is for exactly that. The goal is to weigh it down a bit, as well as discourage warping. I’ve had projects in the past with just foam that ended up bending.
In my experience, the water effects alone have worked well for shallow water, but for deeper or tinted water, adding a resin layer has worked best. For this project, I wanted there to be an illusion of depth, and the resin layer with the mica powder helped create that.
Oh wasn’t aware you could easily get 2x2’ plywood boards. Will have keep an eye on this next time I hit up HD/Lowes.
Great video!! Really love how approachable you make this stuff. Wondering your thoughts on using clear caulk instead of water effects, like in this video th-cam.com/video/5ApwRefc6dk/w-d-xo.html ?
I think anything works as long as it makes the crafter happy! I personally wanted a bit more depth so the the resin and 3d waves, but that would definitely work too.