EDIT: DONT BREAK POLYSTYRENE IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD, I WAS REFERRING TO MY STUDIO REALLY. What did you think to the board? If you want to see me try any other types of boards, let me know in the comments below. To support the channel, check out my Patreon at www.patreon.com/broadswordwargaming. Thanks!
Just wanted to say I loved the vid, popped up in my recommended and extremely happy you did! Keep up the good work, would love to see a full board/some other tile like this you could put together, bravo good sir!
Very nice board, but in the future use 90 degree turns. This is because it will block/hinder the shockwaves from blasts.. Your trench would now direct the wave straight to two different areas.. command post and an ammo dump. :)
Yeah man, definitely.. I did order a set but didn't get them in time. Doh. Ive since got some and made it up as scatter terrain. As soon as I'm sorted in the new studio, I'll use it in a game. 😀😀
dude this looks absolutely fantastic! just saw this and the gladiator area you made, these are truly exceptional boards! Id love a video on how you made the base board!
Ah thanks so much. 😊 I'll be doing more board builds on the channel, so keep your eyes peeled. They just take ages. 🤣 I can do something about the base boards for sure!
Thanks so much! I had a great time with this one and it's not really difficult. I'd never tried anything like this before, so just get stuck in and enjoy it. If in doubt, throw more rocks on it 🤣
To complete that ww1 look, you gotta have trenches in one end of the board for Kriegs and a fortress on the other. Go Battlefield 1 and play a long series of short battles stretching from the trenches and ending in the siege of the fortress.
It looks really good, my only issue would be trenches generally have more zig-zags so you can't just get into it and fire straight down the entire trench.
Yeah, I felt that there wasn't really enough room to put too much zig zaginess onto this without overcrowding it or filling the board. It's only 30x22, so it's relatively small (kill team sized). I will come back to the trench style board, on a bigger piece. 😀
Very cool. As far as im aware, trenches in ww1 had sharper turns than the train track template. They also had tons of 90 degree turns to stop shrapnel and blast waves. Very nice board but thats just something that bothered me. Cheers!
I mean, it's being used for killteam really and those boards aren't very big. You don't have room for 90 degree turns and bunkers without over crowding the board. If you want to do that, you could, but I don't think it'd look good at this size. It is really just a nod to that style but grim darking it up
@@BroadswordWargaming i am not a expert on wargaming hobbys(al do i start to like warhammer on his lore parts) never don it, and i would not have the patince to be fair. but i can admire some ones work or tries :). en i just stumbeld on this video :) and enjoy it :)
Ah that's awesome, Its great that you enjoyed it. It can be really good fun, but can require patience, although I really enjoyed doing this one. It's messy, but it's creative right!? I will be doing more, so stick around. 😁
Hey, thanks! Yeah, thats always a solid idea. They got a good blast of nuln oil and then lots of pva. I actually sealed them with a matte varnish mix too, but forgot to mention, woops. 🤣
Yeah, I wanted to leave it fairly neutral to use for other stuff. 😀 I'll be doing more 40k specific ones though, I'm working on a city board and a massive necron board (for 9th), so keep those eyes peeled. 😁
I have based none of my models and I think this dirt works for me! Edit: I dont have a fireplace and font want to burn wood for no good reason, so what should I use
Hey, thats ok, you don't need the ash. I'd use brown told grout and soil from the garden, just make sure to siv it (to get rid of massive chunks). That always looks good and is a nice scale, unlike sand, which looks too big. Plus, this is so fast. 😀
No need to apologise. Just mix the ash with soil anyways as the ash is very fine.. it actually makes for really good pigment powder for weathering vehicles and stuff. 😁
Crumbling polystyrene by hand is a mistake you tend to make only once or twice. Those tiny balls end up getting everywhere and can take months to get out of all corners of the house. You can buy cheap thermal cutters from as little as £10, or make some yourself with a wire and some batteries.
You recommend doing the polystyrene cutting outside to reduce clean-up. I think that is a terrible idea, as this is not bio degradable, and super bad for the environment. Keep it inside and do the cleanup or find a different material that doesn’t require as much cleanup?
I think you've misunderstood the intent behind what I meant. I'm not saying throw polystyrene all over the world, I just meant not in my studio really.. and id actually do the grout etc outside, as that stuff gets everywhere.
Ive been thinking of doing this myself but scaling it up to 40k, so 6' by 4'. Do you think I should do trenches on one side and have one army assaulting and one defending or do trenches on both sides?
@@fearfulgrot No I disagree. Have trenches on one side and a no-man's-land on the other, for an attacker-defender game. You can balance the board by creating lots of undulation in terrain in the no-mans-land, so the attacker has lots of cover as they advance. Ruins. Shell craters. Water features. Depressions or rises/hills. Abandoned trenches. Wrecked tanks etc. No-Man's-land does not have to mean there is no terrain or cover for the attacker, it just means there are no fortifications.
It's not too bad, to be honest. It's very sturdy, even after 2 years it's still in good condition. If you made it smaller, you'd be sound. Doesn't weigh much, either. 😀
I like your job on this you succeed To make it look pretty realistic. Your explanations are clear enough so that we identify each steps of the process. Have you tried another diorama yet? I m currently working on a mix based on an abandent plant site lost in the jungle, i ll be very curious To see how you set it up :) Nice job though and Nice video thank u for sharing!
@@BroadswordWargaming I was watching a video about Star Wars sound effects and how they make them with slowed down sounds. I clicked this video and put the kettle on. I thought you had an injury.
Hey, yeah, I'd have liked them deeper, but actually quite like it for this as space marines are meant to be pretty big. I didn't make the base boards with trenches in mind, think I mentioned that. I would have done something different with the wooden boarder too, as that did get in the way. 😀
*heavy death korps of kreig breathing* I enjoyed watching this! and the result the spraying on the top with mostly water with hints of pva was new to me so thanks for that tip
Oh man, im in the process of painting up 20 DKoK! They belong here, with shovels and BAYONETS. 😁 And yes, the best ground cover is grout and soil. Use isopropynol to act as a flow improved, then watered down pva. Easy! 😀
@@99Plastics mhm. It got used in lots of stuff because it was light, strong, and incredibly heat resistant - basically a wonder material. People didnt figure out the whole "it also kills people slowly" part until, well, people started dying from it, and of course that was after several decades of it being used to make everything from home insulation to car brake pads.
The only thing I'd have wanted from this video is one last glamour shot showing a more zoomed out angle with the minis actually on it! Otherwise, absolutely awesome build, these are the kinds of boards I love watching being played on, and playing on myself! See too many flat tables or mats nowadays and I really miss these kind of tables they'd have at the local Games Workshop when I was a kid Great video, might steal the process and do it myself when I get some time ;)
Love love love the board! Now sure how two sides would face off on this board though. Was hoping for a dead horse Carcass, razor water, and busted carts/wagon wheels. Lol. Looks like your Armies on Parade board (if you add GW models) is ready for this October!
I think a really cool board idea would be a several stage board, sort of like a terrace farm. I can’t imagine how difficult this board would be as I’ve never made terrain, but it would prove very strategical and interesting. I don’t know, just a thought!
It looks great! really awesome work, though it is more suitable for displaying models then actual wargaming, that's about 1/6 of a gaming board. Still great job!
Hey, thanks so much, I was pretty happy with it.😀 It's actually the same size as a killteam board, 22"x30", so I'll be playing some killteam on it. This would (and I probably will) scale up to a 6x4 pretty easily though, you'll just need a pile of wood! 🤣
To make trenches more realistic you should make them zigzag to stop enemy troops from being able to shoot straight down them also you could add some bunkers similar to the ones in WWII
Yes, that would look good. This isn't a very big board (it's kill team sized(, so I didn't have the room for zig zagging trenches without clogging it up too much. I will be doing this on a larger board, so lots of zigzags and some weapons bunkers and stuff would look awesome. 😁
Straight lines are a bit of a no-no in trench design, as the blast from an explosion will travel long the trench; also any enemy getting into the system can produce devastating fire by firing down the trench. For this reason all trenches were made in a series of zig-zags.
@@janeblogs324 - Isopropyl alcohol, also known as Isopropanol. You should be able to buy it online fairly easily, or failing that in a computer hardware or service store. It’s a standard means of cleaning computer components and equipment. I bought some online myself a few months back - 1 litre cost me just €2.50 excluding postage.
Where might I be able to buy one of the boards you used in this video? I’m really interested in making this idea a reality for my Kill Team games, now that you showed the full process and gave firsthand tips on this kind of project.
Which board? The base of the board? Its 3mm plywood, cut to size, then I've glued/screwed some wooden strips around the edges and glued cheap polystyrene into the centre.
Hippy rant: Do it outside? Them little bastards won't degrade they'll just pollute the environment ya git! Get a Hoover out! Great video again homie Your studio looks the nuts! Looking forward to seeing it soon!
I wasn't referring to just the polystyrene to be fair, it's more the grout and the general mess caused. I did say something about scooping it up, either that or I imagined I did. Ha. Yeah, it was a good board and I was happy with how it turned out! The studio is all smoke and mirrors man, not as impressive in real life 🤣
I couldn't hear that correctly but did he use 3mm plywood with 2.5mm polystyrene in the middle? That and he used actual dirt (?), glued said dirt, sprayed isopropyl alcohol (?), and then watered down glue? Sorry, English isn't my strong suit.
Hey, so, the base board is 3mm play (you can probably go to 6mm if you want it a little stronger), edged with 25mm this wood, and filled with 25mm foam. The ground cover is brown tile grout, soil (from the garden) and ash, although you don't really need the ash. I spray it all with isopropynol first, and then spray with watered down PVA. Really drown it in PVA, and do it several times through the week. 😀
Ah, thanks so much! 😀 I've done a few since (colluseum, city ruin and Ork board), but I'll definitely keep plugging. I've got a bit tree house style board on the go, and a small winter graveyard one too. 😀 Thanks so much for spreading the word.
@@BroadswordWargaming I will definitely go check those out. I made a post on the warhammer 40k fans fb page and I got like 300 likes when I mentioned I wanted to make halo's "blood gulch" as a gaming table, then I linked this video. Maybe you can find some cool success in doing iconic maps like that. I think people would flip to see their favorite video game maps turned into 40k maps. Has to be the right sizes and stuff, but def content there lol
@@deagin3830 I saw that post! It actually get me thinking about that 😀 You might have inspired me to give it a go. 🤔 A 2k board, with rock faces all round, and 2 bunkers. Yes! 😊
@@BroadswordWargaming I would personally love that lol, I really do wanna make that game board, but I have never made a board like you have, I'm like gearing up for it with your videos 😆 a how to on how to approach that would be awesome!!
Great project and video! Tip: For more realistic timber texture on the coffee stirrers, I find using a sharp (not used much) hacksaw/metal-saw blade is best as you get really fine grooves on the wood and they come up really well during washing and dry brushing. Any sharp saw blade will do as you pass over the wood multiple times but the hacksaw blade is the most readily available and finest.
I used brown tile grout, made by mapei (sold at b and q), but you could use any tile grout brand really. 😀 Just buy the colour for the one you want. I did a sand board and used ivory, and when I do a city I'll be using grey. 😀
Get it done and give it a go. I Think this cost me less than £50 tbh, and I honestly had no idea what I was doing really. 🤣 follow the steps and you can go wrong. Always here if you have any questions.
Oh hey! I made the board using 5mm ply and some 25mm wooden battons. Then filled it with cheap 25mm polystyrene. I'll be doing a bigger board build and show that process next time 😁
I think I got them from B&M in the UK. The trains and bits are probably a tiny bit small for 40k, but they suit Bolt Action. I'm working on a new 40k board build now, using the tracks, so keep your eyes peeled 😀
Duuuude your video pumped me up to do 1 board like this. But kill team size. As I live in a flat storage space is key so I will improvise on the build. Great work mate!
Awesome! Do it! This board is actually killteam sized 😀 it's 22x30, as i love some killteam. 😀 My advice, just get stuck in and make sure you have lots of grouts, soils and small rocks to throw around. If something looks bad, just throw more stuff on it. 🤣
I appreciate the advice! I think I will do a video to share it with you and everyone else. I did start a youtube channel a few months ago but got lazy doing videos hehehe😅. But I definitely want to start again because sharing art and ideas makes this hobby grow and brings joy to all of us.💪😊
@@BroadswordWargaming OHHH haha... I am getting back into 40k, last time I played was 6th and someone told me the boards got smaller so I looked it up and I was like "Holy heck he wasn't fkn kidding!" Looks good btw! I did something similar for a project in highshcool but, obviously not as skilled.
I use the ISO to allow the PVA to run better and deeper, into the piles of soil etc, almost like a flow aid. This will set the ground cover and react with the grout, making the base rock hard. 😀
EDIT: DONT BREAK POLYSTYRENE IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD, I WAS REFERRING TO MY STUDIO REALLY.
What did you think to the board? If you want to see me try any other types of boards, let me know in the comments below. To support the channel, check out my Patreon at www.patreon.com/broadswordwargaming. Thanks!
Just wanted to say I loved the vid, popped up in my recommended and extremely happy you did! Keep up the good work, would love to see a full board/some other tile like this you could put together, bravo good sir!
I'd like to see you tackle a shanty town board if that's something you'd be up for doing?
Great work. Make a ruined city!
@@jimpyre5038 Its Always boring ruins, what we need is more and intckt city!
Awesome trench board, I would love see Blade Runner style board!! Like gritty futuristic
"I'm no magic board builder" - builds a fantastic board.
Beautifully done! Looking forward to a snow and ice diorama in the future!!!!
Thanks so much! 😀 I've got a couple on the go, so stay tuned.
@@BroadswordWargamingMy Fenrisian brothers and I are waiting patiently! Keep up the great work.
Cracking table mate! Makes me wanna dig out my great war trench raiding teams.
Cyberpunk board would be cool. Thank you for making this video.
Very nice board, but in the future use 90 degree turns. This is because it will block/hinder the shockwaves from blasts.. Your trench would now direct the wave straight to two different areas.. command post and an ammo dump. :)
Thanks for the info! I can’t wait to start rolling! Great terrain man!
No problem buddy! Give it a go and get stuck In, it was a really fun project. Looking forward to lockdown ending and getting some games on it!! 😁
Broadsword Wargaming I’ll be waiting for the upload! Keep up the great content! Grey Knights! 💪
Barbed wire from those railroad dudes would really add to this great board
Yeah man, definitely.. I did order a set but didn't get them in time. Doh. Ive since got some and made it up as scatter terrain. As soon as I'm sorted in the new studio, I'll use it in a game. 😀😀
Just what I needed. Thanks for a great tutorial
awesome vid!
dude this looks absolutely fantastic! just saw this and the gladiator area you made, these are truly exceptional boards! Id love a video on how you made the base board!
Ah thanks so much. 😊 I'll be doing more board builds on the channel, so keep your eyes peeled. They just take ages. 🤣 I can do something about the base boards for sure!
Great build!
Glad you think so! I had a lot of fun with this build, and learned a lot too! Stay tuned for the next one :)
Wow, that was great to watch and i can't wait to apply these techniques to my own work💜
Thanks so much! I had a great time with this one and it's not really difficult. I'd never tried anything like this before, so just get stuck in and enjoy it. If in doubt, throw more rocks on it 🤣
Love the board looks like it could fit both 40k and flames of war (ww2) minature game
I'm planning some killteam stuff and I might do a small bolt action skirmish on it, could be fun!
Holy crap dude, thats fantastic!
Thank you! 😀
Nice board
Thanks so much! It was good fun too, really enjoyed the project. Stay tuned for another one soon! 😀
this board looks great!
Looks amazing
Thank you 😀
Pretty amazing!
Thank you! 😊
Great work mate!
This looks amazing and has me wanting to build a series of interchangeable tiles n this style. Thank you for the inspiration :)
Thanks for the kind words. I hope you get stuck in! 😀
To complete that ww1 look, you gotta have trenches in one end of the board for Kriegs and a fortress on the other. Go Battlefield 1 and play a long series of short battles stretching from the trenches and ending in the siege of the fortress.
It looks really good, my only issue would be trenches generally have more zig-zags so you can't just get into it and fire straight down the entire trench.
Yeah, I felt that there wasn't really enough room to put too much zig zaginess onto this without overcrowding it or filling the board. It's only 30x22, so it's relatively small (kill team sized).
I will come back to the trench style board, on a bigger piece. 😀
@@BroadswordWargaming Yeah that's fair, it would have been a lot more work as well.
Lovely build man! Watched thr whole video.
Ah awesome, glad you like it! 😀
Great video once again. Might actually try make a trench myself after using these methods
Ah thanks so much. Do it! Just get stuck in and give it a go. 😀
Use XPS insulation foam board. Its better for carving terrain and no messy little balls everywhere
Yeah, it is a great material 😀 Although, a fair bit more expensive than this foam.
stuff like this reminds me why patreon exists... then i go on twitter and realise why it shouldn't
Haha, ill take that as a compliment 😅
Broadsword Wargaming yee haha, good content btw!
Looks great!
40 dislikes? Hmmm sounds like a few lads had an oopsie or two along the way
Haha, yeah, people love the dislikes 👎 Sorry about my free content. 🤣
@@BroadswordWargaming You make amazing content sir I really appreciate your dedication to the art.
Thank you so much 😀! Hopefully so I start to gain more support, I can do more too.😁
Very cool. As far as im aware, trenches in ww1 had sharper turns than the train track template. They also had tons of 90 degree turns to stop shrapnel and blast waves. Very nice board but thats just something that bothered me. Cheers!
I mean, it's being used for killteam really and those boards aren't very big. You don't have room for 90 degree turns and bunkers without over crowding the board. If you want to do that, you could, but I don't think it'd look good at this size. It is really just a nod to that style but grim darking it up
Ooh build a giant fortress
I love it, very good video!
I heard somewhere that you can use a blowtorch to hollow out polystyrene
You can! It makes the foam really solid. Definitely something to do if you want nice, subtle undulations. 😀
I need to make this...
Thanks! Give it a go buddy 😀 just follow the steps, have a practice.. done.
satisfing to watch.
That's a satisfying response, glad you enjoyed it. 😁 I was pretty happy with how it came out to be fair.
@@BroadswordWargaming i am not a expert on wargaming hobbys(al do i start to like warhammer on his lore parts) never don it, and i would not have the patince to be fair. but i can admire some ones work or tries :). en i just stumbeld on this video :) and enjoy it :)
Ah that's awesome, Its great that you enjoyed it. It can be really good fun, but can require patience, although I really enjoyed doing this one. It's messy, but it's creative right!? I will be doing more, so stick around. 😁
@@BroadswordWargaming i will, well i am creative with food i am a cook ^^.
Bravo!
Nice build, I'd hit the trees with a black or dark brown wash and then seal them in diluted PVA.
Hey, thanks! Yeah, thats always a solid idea. They got a good blast of nuln oil and then lots of pva. I actually sealed them with a matte varnish mix too, but forgot to mention, woops. 🤣
Do a city one!!!!
Yes! I think that's next on the list 😀 I need a city killteam board.. might make two and match them up so I could do a 4 player game. 😁
Great ! a bit too WW1... All the wooden boards etc. I'd have added more futuristic structures and details typically for WH40K. Next one ? :-)
Yeah, I wanted to leave it fairly neutral to use for other stuff. 😀 I'll be doing more 40k specific ones though, I'm working on a city board and a massive necron board (for 9th), so keep those eyes peeled. 😁
I have based none of my models and I think this dirt works for me!
Edit: I dont have a fireplace and font want to burn wood for no good reason, so what should I use
Hey, thats ok, you don't need the ash. I'd use brown told grout and soil from the garden, just make sure to siv it (to get rid of massive chunks). That always looks good and is a nice scale, unlike sand, which looks too big.
Plus, this is so fast. 😀
@@BroadswordWargaming hey its fine, I've just been told that I can burn stuff to make ash
sorry about that
No need to apologise. Just mix the ash with soil anyways as the ash is very fine.. it actually makes for really good pigment powder for weathering vehicles and stuff. 😁
Crumbling polystyrene by hand is a mistake you tend to make only once or twice. Those tiny balls end up getting everywhere and can take months to get out of all corners of the house.
You can buy cheap thermal cutters from as little as £10, or make some yourself with a wire and some batteries.
You recommend doing the polystyrene cutting outside to reduce clean-up. I think that is a terrible idea, as this is not bio degradable, and super bad for the environment. Keep it inside and do the cleanup or find a different material that doesn’t require as much cleanup?
I think you've misunderstood the intent behind what I meant. I'm not saying throw polystyrene all over the world, I just meant not in my studio really.. and id actually do the grout etc outside, as that stuff gets everywhere.
Like 5 words dude
Ive been thinking of doing this myself but scaling it up to 40k, so 6' by 4'. Do you think I should do trenches on one side and have one army assaulting and one defending or do trenches on both sides?
both, but try to have an "attacker" so there is no stalemate
@@fearfulgrot
No I disagree.
Have trenches on one side and a no-man's-land on the other, for an attacker-defender game.
You can balance the board by creating lots of undulation in terrain in the no-mans-land, so the attacker has lots of cover as they advance.
Ruins. Shell craters. Water features. Depressions or rises/hills. Abandoned trenches. Wrecked tanks etc.
No-Man's-land does not have to mean there is no terrain or cover for the attacker, it just means there are no fortifications.
Browd sowed... ;)
How well would a board like this travel? Looking for ideas for my next 40k display board. Want to take it to different GTs and Majors around the US
It's not too bad, to be honest. It's very sturdy, even after 2 years it's still in good condition.
If you made it smaller, you'd be sound. Doesn't weigh much, either. 😀
Thanks for the quick reply. The dirt stays put pretty well? Thats mostly the concern I have about using actual dirt and rocks.@@BroadswordWargaming
I like your job on this you succeed To make it look pretty realistic. Your explanations are clear enough so that we identify each steps of the process. Have you tried another diorama yet? I m currently working on a mix based on an abandent plant site lost in the jungle, i ll be very curious To see how you set it up :) Nice job though and Nice video thank u for sharing!
Where is that battle report you promised???
Actually played a game on it, but went in to lockdown here in Ireland. Haven't had a game in nearly 15 months! Soon though. Hopefully.
Don't play this at 0.5 speed...
I bet I looked awful too! 🤣 you monster.
@@BroadswordWargaming I was watching a video about Star Wars sound effects and how they make them with slowed down sounds.
I clicked this video and put the kettle on.
I thought you had an injury.
@@VoxFelis haha. I just did the same.. its not flattering.
Broadsword: These coffee stirrers that I found.
Every coffee shop within ten miles: Who stole the goddamn stirrers!?
Haha. "Found". It was a matter of little and often.. I did buy a coffee everytime though. 🤣
My wife hates going to coffee shops with me for that exact reason lol
Looks great!
I feel that the trenches should be a lot taller, but yeah, this looks great. Nice work.
Hey, yeah, I'd have liked them deeper, but actually quite like it for this as space marines are meant to be pretty big.
I didn't make the base boards with trenches in mind, think I mentioned that. I would have done something different with the wooden boarder too, as that did get in the way. 😀
If we talk about tranches .. every country made trenches differently
@@BroadswordWargaming - Non sequitur. If Space Marines are big, surely they would still have to build trenches deep enough to cover them?
It is for gaming…
Just pretend they are very old and are filling up with mud so they’re shallower. Even then they still look great!
*heavy death korps of kreig breathing* I enjoyed watching this! and the result
the spraying on the top with mostly water with hints of pva was new to me so thanks for that tip
Oh man, im in the process of painting up 20 DKoK! They belong here, with shovels and BAYONETS. 😁
And yes, the best ground cover is grout and soil. Use isopropynol to act as a flow improved, then watered down pva. Easy! 😀
"mixed with some kind of fibrous insulation" .... asbestos, you mean asbestos...
At least it can't catch on fire
And will resist the flamer templates!!
Isn't that the very toxic stuff that causes cancer ? O.o
@@99Plastics yeah it does but it's not "you touch it you get turbo anemia", it's a gradual process of breathing in fumes and particles.
@@99Plastics mhm. It got used in lots of stuff because it was light, strong, and incredibly heat resistant - basically a wonder material. People didnt figure out the whole "it also kills people slowly" part until, well, people started dying from it, and of course that was after several decades of it being used to make everything from home insulation to car brake pads.
I remember when I started the hobby gw had a table like this loved it .brought back a few memories great video keep smashing it
Ah nice, I loved the old school
Games Workshop tables. 😀 Glad you liked it, im pretty happy with this one, especially for a first go at it. 😀
The only thing I'd have wanted from this video is one last glamour shot showing a more zoomed out angle with the minis actually on it!
Otherwise, absolutely awesome build, these are the kinds of boards I love watching being played on, and playing on myself! See too many flat tables or mats nowadays and I really miss these kind of tables they'd have at the local Games Workshop when I was a kid
Great video, might steal the process and do it myself when I get some time ;)
can you go over how to build a modular board, urban/trench
Get your shovels men if krieg. There is heavy losses to be accrued on this table.
Haha. FIX BAYONETS. Man, I've got 20 DKOK on the painting table ready for a battle report.. it's going to be glorious.
Those water effects made a big impact for such a seemingly small amount.
An easier method for coloring wood is to use a marker. Use a light gray or brown marker and it will look like wood set out in the weather.
That's a great idea! Ill give it a go. As it turned out, the soil and grout got soaked up by the wood, so it was mostly a waste of time haha
Love love love the board! Now sure how two sides would face off on this board though. Was hoping for a dead horse Carcass, razor water, and busted carts/wagon wheels. Lol. Looks like your Armies on Parade board (if you add GW models) is ready for this October!
This looks kick ass.
I think a really cool board idea would be a several stage board, sort of like a terrace farm. I can’t imagine how difficult this board would be as I’ve never made terrain, but it would prove very strategical and interesting. I don’t know, just a thought!
That does sound interesting, definitely something I'd love to give a go! 😁
You did a awesome job my friend. Luke would be proud. I would love to see more boards from you
Thanks so much! I'll be doing some more for sure, I really enjoyed this project and can't wait to try more things out. :)
@@BroadswordWargaming I can't wait to see them. I really enjoyed how simple it was to build it
The immortal God-Emperor of humanity
*visible happiness*
🤣🤣 I'm glad I can please the golden one.
*HAPPY GAS MASK NOISES*
sees shovel mounted flashlight
*EVEN HAPPPIER GAS MASK NOISES*
It looks great! really awesome work, though it is more suitable for displaying models then actual wargaming, that's about 1/6 of a gaming board. Still great job!
Hey, thanks so much, I was pretty happy with it.😀 It's actually the same size as a killteam board, 22"x30", so I'll be playing some killteam on it. This would (and I probably will) scale up to a 6x4 pretty easily though, you'll just need a pile of wood! 🤣
@@BroadswordWargaming If you could make it modular that would be totally epic!
I have plans for a mega board using 2x4 sections. 😀
To make trenches more realistic you should make them zigzag to stop enemy troops from being able to shoot straight down them also you could add some bunkers similar to the ones in WWII
Yes, that would look good. This isn't a very big board (it's kill team sized(, so I didn't have the room for zig zagging trenches without clogging it up too much. I will be doing this on a larger board, so lots of zigzags and some weapons bunkers and stuff would look awesome. 😁
Straight lines are a bit of a no-no in trench design, as the blast from an explosion will travel long the trench; also any enemy getting into the system can produce devastating fire by firing down the trench. For this reason all trenches were made in a series of zig-zags.
That looks awesome.you made it look easy.
looks great man, where are you getting the Isopropyl im having issues finding it for sale in ireland
I actually brought it over when I moved, I haven't looked here to be fair. I do order a lot to my dpd address and ship from the UK too though. 😀
IsopropANyl?
@@janeblogs324 - Isopropyl alcohol, also known as Isopropanol. You should be able to buy it online fairly easily, or failing that in a computer hardware or service store. It’s a standard means of cleaning computer components and equipment. I bought some online myself a few months back - 1 litre cost me just €2.50 excluding postage.
I just concern that would that amount dirt and debris would affect the stability of minature on the board?
Nah, the board is relatively flat. I did make sure the models could stand everywhere, just to be sure. 😀
Looks great!
Awesome breakdown of how you did it!
Ah glad you liked it and hope it helps! Give it a go. 😁
Where might I be able to buy one of the boards you used in this video? I’m really interested in making this idea a reality for my Kill Team games, now that you showed the full process and gave firsthand tips on this kind of project.
Which board? The base of the board?
Its 3mm plywood, cut to size, then I've glued/screwed some wooden strips around the edges and glued cheap polystyrene into the centre.
Death corps approved
KRIGE KRIGE KRIEG KRIGE KRIEG
Hippy rant: Do it outside? Them little bastards won't degrade they'll just pollute the environment ya git! Get a Hoover out!
Great video again homie
Your studio looks the nuts! Looking forward to seeing it soon!
I wasn't referring to just the polystyrene to be fair, it's more the grout and the general mess caused. I did say something about scooping it up, either that or I imagined I did. Ha.
Yeah, it was a good board and I was happy with how it turned out! The studio is all smoke and mirrors man, not as impressive in real life 🤣
@@BroadswordWargaming dont backtrack now ya gas guzzling enviro-killa lol
I couldn't hear that correctly but did he use 3mm plywood with 2.5mm polystyrene in the middle? That and he used actual dirt (?), glued said dirt, sprayed isopropyl alcohol (?), and then watered down glue?
Sorry, English isn't my strong suit.
Hey, so, the base board is 3mm play (you can probably go to 6mm if you want it a little stronger), edged with 25mm this wood, and filled with 25mm foam.
The ground cover is brown tile grout, soil (from the garden) and ash, although you don't really need the ash.
I spray it all with isopropynol first, and then spray with watered down PVA. Really drown it in PVA, and do it several times through the week. 😀
I have shared this video everywhere, legit like 30 times lol please make more tables
Ah, thanks so much! 😀 I've done a few since (colluseum, city ruin and Ork board), but I'll definitely keep plugging.
I've got a bit tree house style board on the go, and a small winter graveyard one too. 😀
Thanks so much for spreading the word.
@@BroadswordWargaming I will definitely go check those out. I made a post on the warhammer 40k fans fb page and I got like 300 likes when I mentioned I wanted to make halo's "blood gulch" as a gaming table, then I linked this video. Maybe you can find some cool success in doing iconic maps like that.
I think people would flip to see their favorite video game maps turned into 40k maps. Has to be the right sizes and stuff, but def content there lol
@@deagin3830 I saw that post! It actually get me thinking about that 😀 You might have inspired me to give it a go. 🤔 A 2k board, with rock faces all round, and 2 bunkers. Yes! 😊
@@BroadswordWargaming I would personally love that lol, I really do wanna make that game board, but I have never made a board like you have, I'm like gearing up for it with your videos 😆 a how to on how to approach that would be awesome!!
Great project and video!
Tip: For more realistic timber texture on the coffee stirrers, I find using a sharp (not used much) hacksaw/metal-saw blade is best as you get really fine grooves on the wood and they come up really well during washing and dry brushing. Any sharp saw blade will do as you pass over the wood multiple times but the hacksaw blade is the most readily available and finest.
15:29 could have mad the part where the trench gose into the mountan look like a collapsed tunnel through the mountain
That'd have been cool!
What brand/colour of tile grout are you using?
I used brown tile grout, made by mapei (sold at b and q), but you could use any tile grout brand really. 😀
Just buy the colour for the one you want. I did a sand board and used ivory, and when I do a city I'll be using grey. 😀
Awesome terrain!😍
Thanks man! I'm looking forward to getting some games on it. 😁
I make for stop motion
Awesome! Sounds like a fun project. 😀
@@BroadswordWargaming yay thanks
Great video as usual :D
I’ve been looking for something like this for years, thank you so much!
Get it done and give it a go. I Think this cost me less than £50 tbh, and I honestly had no idea what I was doing really. 🤣 follow the steps and you can go wrong. Always here if you have any questions.
Maybe I'm missing something but where did you get the board?
Oh hey! I made the board using 5mm ply and some 25mm wooden battons. Then filled it with cheap 25mm polystyrene. I'll be doing a bigger board build and show that process next time 😁
This has given me the idea of a gaming table with a canal in it
Brilliant. Give it a go.its messy, but it's fun. Just don't be disheartened when it goes through the "it's ruined and looks awful" stage.
Where did you get the material for wood base?
The main wooden board? I got it from the builders merchant. Its 5mm plywood with 25mm deep wooden batons. 😀
Where did you get the train tracks from?
I think I got them from B&M in the UK. The trains and bits are probably a tiny bit small for 40k, but they suit Bolt Action. I'm working on a new 40k board build now, using the tracks, so keep your eyes peeled 😀
Duuuude your video pumped me up to do 1 board like this. But kill team size. As I live in a flat storage space is key so I will improvise on the build. Great work mate!
Awesome! Do it! This board is actually killteam sized 😀 it's 22x30, as i love some killteam. 😀
My advice, just get stuck in and make sure you have lots of grouts, soils and small rocks to throw around. If something looks bad, just throw more stuff on it. 🤣
I appreciate the advice! I think I will do a video to share it with you and everyone else. I did start a youtube channel a few months ago but got lazy doing videos hehehe😅. But I definitely want to start again because sharing art and ideas makes this hobby grow and brings joy to all of us.💪😊
Love the board to bad its hard for me to make a board
Looks great would love to see some more kill team boards
hey this is truly amazing great job man and thanks for the teaching and the content keep it up!
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
Amazing board! I cannot wait to see one of your Kill Team battle reports in these trenches!
That will definitely be happening.. I think I have 20 DKoK to paint too. FIX BAYONETS!
Holy shit is this how small boards are now!? How do Tau even play?
This particular board is for Killteam (the skirmish version of 40k). A full 2000 point 40k board would be 4 of these. 😀
@@BroadswordWargaming OHHH haha... I am getting back into 40k, last time I played was 6th and someone told me the boards got smaller so I looked it up and I was like "Holy heck he wasn't fkn kidding!"
Looks good btw! I did something similar for a project in highshcool but, obviously not as skilled.
What does the isopropyl do?
I use the ISO to allow the PVA to run better and deeper, into the piles of soil etc, almost like a flow aid. This will set the ground cover and react with the grout, making the base rock hard. 😀
Love the kill team board
Thanks so much! I had good fun making this one too 😀
*notices the trenchs* yeah you made the death korps of kreig happy
I decided it's time to paint my DKoK for the next game. 😀 it's needed.
*happy gas mask noises*
A+ man, looks awesome
Thanks man, I appreciate it. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. 😀
its hard to get iso now tho
Yeah, this was collected pre covid. 😅 Its just a flow aid really, so water will help, its just not as good.