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!
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! 😀
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 ;)
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!!
@@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.
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. 😀😀
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.
Unbelievable!!! I think most veterans of The First World War would be proud to know and see their descendants playing tabletop war games over a miniature battlefield of trenches like this, which recreates The Somme trenches so accurately! Awesome stuff ! 👍 dude !! Awesomesauce 🥫🥫🥫🥫
Aw what a nice comment. Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it, can't wait to get a game on it. Might have to play some bolt action, just for historic feels. 😁
Great stuff I made a smallish trench board when I was 10 using runny plaster of paris!! Seeing this has inspired me to have another go. 50 years later!! Subscribed by the way :}
Must say, I’m very tempted to have a go too. Have masses of polystyrene sheets squirrelled away just for such projects. It’s all those polystyrene balls that are scaring me off - last time I worked with the stuff it was like a polystyrene bomb went off in my den!
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!
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!
This is amazing! One idea could be painting the trees black like they were burnt. This board is probably my favorite I’ve seen cause it is very ww1 like.
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 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!
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.
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.
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. :)
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. 😁
Nice work man! Looks like you'll have a ton of fun playing across that board! It is wise you chose not to make it too large though.Experience has taught me the pitfalls of storing a large fully rendered terrain board. Anyways, thanks for the video!
Yeah, I can't wait to get some DKoK on there and roll some dice. As for board storage, I've got a fair few now, and despite having the studio they're filling it up nicely haha. I've got plans for a huge 40k Board, so who knows what's going to happen then. 🤣
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.💪😊
Build up the sides of the trenches with sandbags, maybe? Interior wall sandbag, exterior face is exterior dirt that looks a bit more dug up, if that makes sense. Basically, the sandbags were partially buried after emplacement.
You can do it! Honestly, it's just about getting stuck in and throwing rocks everywhere haha. Glad you're enjoying the content, I've got a faction focus tomorrow, then working on a solo play killteam game 😀
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. 😀
Job's a gud un, Nice work Oli'. Yeh i want to see you do loads more Uploads , Boards , Army reviews, Battle reports , in fact any thing(Game related ) See you on the next one, :-) .
Just an observation on the aesthetic side of things. For trenches I would have gone with barbed wire rather than tank traps, which as you see block line of sight. Pretty good build all the same.
I was actually after line of sight blocking, as the board side is a little too open. I did juggle the decision to include barbed wire, permenantly, but settled on having it as scatter terrain. 😀
i think it could be nice to make the trenches a bit deeper so that only the head pops up over the edge. then you can also have latters for when a charge is declared and maybe tanks driving on top of the trenches with men in them
Yeah, I would probably go a bit deeper, but these frames weren't built with trenches in mind as they're only 25mm deep, without groundcover and wood etc. I'm actually pretty happy with how they came out though, fun for an overrun trench peice. 😀
@@BroadswordWargaming I will gladly see your grey knights over there:) I also use them in kill team, check out my blog and my brothers of terra:) Galharen.blogspot.com
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 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! 🤣
What about some add ons for this trenches? like artillery and heavy artillery emplacements, a headquarter emplacement... bunkers, machine guns (heavy bolter) possitions... improvised walls (like sandbags)... Or what ideas you may have to use those icecream sticks, not those old fashioned which are just a large thing rounded in its start and end, but those ones that are more of an 8 shape...
Hey, yes, there is certainly a lot more stuff you could add into these boards. 😀 This one is relatively small, and I didn't want to over populate it.. but razorwire, sandbags, gun bunkers etc would all fit nicely. I will do this on a 6x4 at some point and add other things in, smashed rhinos and all sorts. This was my first attempt at anything like this, so I wanted to keep it simple and effective. I did play with lots of ideas, but honestly, if you're going to build one, just try stuff. 😀
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
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 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. 😁
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.
Do it! You can use pretty much anything you have laying around the house for groundcover, just make sure you mix it in with some grout. I used ash from the fire, soil and some concrete/cement chunks from a broken bit of floor haha. Any question, don't be afraid to ask! 😀
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.
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
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! 😀
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 ;)
Cracking table mate! Makes me wanna dig out my great war trench raiding teams.
Those water effects made a big impact for such a seemingly small amount.
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.
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!!
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
Awesome terrain!😍
Thanks man! I'm looking forward to getting some games on it. 😁
Looks great!
Awesome breakdown of how you did it!
Ah glad you liked it and hope it helps! Give it a go. 😁
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! 💪
That looks awesome.you made it look 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.
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!
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.
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. 😀😀
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.
Just what I needed. Thanks for a great tutorial
great looking board, I specially appreciated the things you would do differently section!
Unbelievable!!! I think most veterans of The First World War would be proud to know and see their descendants playing tabletop war games over a miniature battlefield of trenches like this, which recreates The Somme trenches so accurately! Awesome stuff ! 👍 dude !! Awesomesauce 🥫🥫🥫🥫
Aw what a nice comment. Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it, can't wait to get a game on it. Might have to play some bolt action, just for historic feels. 😁
Great stuff
I made a smallish trench board when I was 10 using runny plaster of paris!! Seeing this has inspired me to have another go.
50 years later!! Subscribed by the way :}
Ah thats amazing! 😀 Give it a go if you can, its good fun.. im sure the 10 year old you would love it! Thanks for the support. 🙃
Must say, I’m very tempted to have a go too. Have masses of polystyrene sheets squirrelled away just for such projects. It’s all those polystyrene balls that are scaring me off - last time I worked with the stuff it was like a polystyrene bomb went off in my den!
can you go over how to build a modular board, urban/trench
Love the kill team board
Thanks so much! I had good fun making this one too 😀
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! 😁
this board looks great!
Looks great would love to see some more kill team boards
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
Cyberpunk board would be cool. Thank you for making this video.
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!
This is amazing! One idea could be painting the trees black like they were burnt. This board is probably my favorite I’ve seen cause it is very ww1 like.
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 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!
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.
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.
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!
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. :)
Board looks awesome! I loved this video.
Thanks buddy 😀 I'll be doing more so keep your eyes peeled.
Great work mate!
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. 😁
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 :)
This looks kick ass.
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! 😀
Nice work man! Looks like you'll have a ton of fun playing across that board! It is wise you chose not to make it too large though.Experience has taught me the pitfalls of storing a large fully rendered terrain board.
Anyways, thanks for the video!
Yeah, I can't wait to get some DKoK on there and roll some dice. As for board storage, I've got a fair few now, and despite having the studio they're filling it up nicely haha. I've got plans for a huge 40k Board, so who knows what's going to happen then. 🤣
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.💪😊
awesome vid!
Pretty amazing!
Thank you! 😊
Wonderful and realistic work on the trenches, congrats!👍👍
Thanks so much. I had a lot of fun with this one too, which was good for my hobby mojo. 😀
Build up the sides of the trenches with sandbags, maybe? Interior wall sandbag, exterior face is exterior dirt that looks a bit more dug up, if that makes sense. Basically, the sandbags were partially buried after emplacement.
I’m fairly new to killteam and I’ve been really enjoying your channel! Would love to something like this one day, the board look super!
You can do it! Honestly, it's just about getting stuck in and throwing rocks everywhere haha. Glad you're enjoying the content, I've got a faction focus tomorrow, then working on a solo play killteam game 😀
Broadsword Wargaming Excellent stuff! Always enjoy your videos and have suggested it to others 😁
Quality video mate, would definitely watch more of this type, subbed.
Awesome! Any preference on a board type next? I'm thinking city type at the moment.
@@BroadswordWargaming yeah a city type board would be ace to see mate.
Holy crap dude, thats fantastic!
Thank you! 😀
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! 😀
Great video as usual :D
This is amazing!
Thanks, I was really happy with how it turned out and can't wait to try something else 😁
Looks great!
Looks amazing
Thank you 😀
Great job, I'd love to see more similar content
Thanks, I'll definitely be doing more as I really enjoyed this one! 😀
@@BroadswordWargaming Great, I think it would be really cool to do different themed boards like this, you could do some crazy stuff!
A+ man, looks awesome
Thanks man, I appreciate it. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. 😀
That looks so good
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.
Looks fab as always mate!
Thanks buddy, I appreciate it. 😀
Thank you ,Broadsword .
Thank you sir!
Job's a gud un, Nice work Oli'.
Yeh i want to see you do loads more Uploads , Boards , Army reviews, Battle reports , in fact any thing(Game related )
See you on the next one, :-) .
@@BroadswordWargaming My pleasure , Keep up the good work .
Lovely build man! Watched thr whole video.
Ah awesome, glad you like it! 😀
Just an observation on the aesthetic side of things. For trenches I would have gone with barbed wire rather than tank traps, which as you see block line of sight. Pretty good build all the same.
I was actually after line of sight blocking, as the board side is a little too open. I did juggle the decision to include barbed wire, permenantly, but settled on having it as scatter terrain. 😀
i think it could be nice to make the trenches a bit deeper so that only the head pops up over the edge. then you can also have latters for when a charge is declared and maybe tanks driving on top of the trenches with men in them
Yeah, I would probably go a bit deeper, but these frames weren't built with trenches in mind as they're only 25mm deep, without groundcover and wood etc. I'm actually pretty happy with how they came out though, fun for an overrun trench peice. 😀
looks amazing!
Thanks so much! I really enjoyed working on this one. 😁
@@BroadswordWargaming I will gladly see your grey knights over there:) I also use them in kill team, check out my blog and my brothers of terra:)
Galharen.blogspot.com
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. 😀
I love it, very good video!
Great job ! Long live moddeling compound 👌
The modelling compound is dead, long live the modelling compound.
Nice board
Thanks so much! It was good fun too, really enjoyed the project. Stay tuned for another one soon! 😀
The immortal God-Emperor of humanity
*visible happiness*
🤣🤣 I'm glad I can please the golden one.
*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*
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.
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.
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. 😀
Dam that was cool
Great video!
Thanks man! I'll be using some of these techniques in a bloodbowl board soon enough. :)
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.
I love it its soo cool
Thanks so much! 😁 it was really fun to do too, glad you liked it.
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. 😀
Great stuff
What about some add ons for this trenches? like artillery and heavy artillery emplacements, a headquarter emplacement... bunkers, machine guns (heavy bolter) possitions... improvised walls (like sandbags)...
Or what ideas you may have to use those icecream sticks, not those old fashioned which are just a large thing rounded in its start and end, but those ones that are more of an 8 shape...
Hey, yes, there is certainly a lot more stuff you could add into these boards. 😀 This one is relatively small, and I didn't want to over populate it.. but razorwire, sandbags, gun bunkers etc would all fit nicely. I will do this on a 6x4 at some point and add other things in, smashed rhinos and all sorts.
This was my first attempt at anything like this, so I wanted to keep it simple and effective.
I did play with lots of ideas, but honestly, if you're going to build one, just try stuff. 😀
@@BroadswordWargaming You may do attachments to your current trench
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
Great vid informative!!
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
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!
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 ^^.
I need to make this...
Thanks! Give it a go buddy 😀 just follow the steps, have a practice.. done.
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.
Lol thanks imma try it today
Do it! You can use pretty much anything you have laying around the house for groundcover, just make sure you mix it in with some grout. I used ash from the fire, soil and some concrete/cement chunks from a broken bit of floor haha. Any question, don't be afraid to ask! 😀
Ooh build a giant fortress
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!
Those are barricads not tank traps just so you know. Tank trips are basically giant jacks, like from the game from ages ago. Still looks great though!
So part of why trees like that often look so unnatural to your eye is that twigs lack taper, being uniformly thick from bottom to top.
Bravo!
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. 😁