Making a gaming board - wargames table - build, paint, texture & flocking. Tabletop Ready Painting

[@jdschauss]

Great looking board, mate! I really enjoyed your video and am now confident that I can make a grassland board of my own. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Have fun!

[@DungeonMasterpiece]

Thanks to Mrs. Kaiser for filming!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Definitely imprved a lot since then.

[@juanantoniobtm]

Watching you from Chile, great channel!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Awesome! Thank you, and welcome aboard.

[@BootsontheTable]

You are a brave man criticising Mrs Kaiser, then dirtying the sink! Mrs Boots would be ensuring I don’t see 2021 if that had been me! Great job mate

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

She used that very photo to express her displeasure!

[@MiniatureGameMontage]

Really enjoying your channel. My hand hurts from watching you use that spray bottle. :P What a great result you've achieved.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Very kind of you sir! I am happy with it - well not the little bowing, but it is bearable

[@MillersMiniatures]

Nice one mate board looks really good and its also great that you mention mistakes and criticisms of how you've done it as it will help people to see where they can do it differently or things to avoid. Great job mate 😁👍

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

I think it is probably more important to share the mistakes. There are loads of videos out there where everything works... what did I bring to the conversation... things to avoid!

[@mattcappelli5822]

Looks nice! Definitely nicer experience than a mat. Definitely not something you can do super quickly because of the drying times. Geek gaming scenics has a lot of great videos on terrain. And luke is a stickler for speed so I feel like he has materials and methods that cuts the drying time down.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Thanks mate.

[@aurthurdent99]

That looks like that was a really fun project. Nice board! I like watching people build their terrain boards because it gives me all kinds of ideas for my own terrain projects. Thanks for sharing!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Cool, thanks! I am thinking about a desert board next.

[@AdamPriestleyWargaming]

Very useful video, thank you.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Glad it was helpful!

[@joeg875]

I made a similar board this summer. I used particle board plywood on the bottom and I adhered 1.5 inch insulation foam on top using hard as nails. No warping. Looks good Kaiser!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Yep, I imagine that does address the warping problem - lesson learned for next time. I was hoping this way would be harder wearing and the frame would prevent bowing.

[@TheGameCraftDragon]

Dapper as ever my friend! Good looking board!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Thanks Big D. Shame the blessed thing bowed a bit. Not so much as to make it unuseable, but enough to notice.

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

Very good done and well explained. Great result in the end.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Thank you. Do you make most of your own boards? They look hand-made

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

@@ModellingforAdvantage, we have some mats from Deep Cut Studio, they are great, but the same as you Hills do not match, so I took the chance on our desert mat and done them with painting fleece. So I can buildt them as big as I wish.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Desert board looks great - you did a good job.

[@familyofgamers777]

Nice job brother!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Why thank you sir!

[@usekungfu]

Very good video covering the process.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Glad it was helpful! Enjoy the holiday.

[@rich_john]

Loving the scenery building, more please. Looking forward to more of your channel in 2021👍👍

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

I don't really have space where I do my hobbying to get lights and camera so I don't often cover Hobby stuff. It is something I am hoping to be able to do more of next year.

[@rich_john]

@@ModellingforAdvantage yes I have same problem. I need to pack away each time so I know what you mean.

[@MedievalWargamer]

Brilliant Kaiser!!Great tutorial i will follow your advise this summer!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Glad it was helpful! I do wonder if people tend to glue down foam boards on top to prevent the warping - it definitely warped a bit, although battoning the underside would have possibly done the same thing.

[@BigMekDanskull]

Awesome vid, great to see the building process like that!

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Thanks mate - not sure i got the pace of the video right - it feels a bit rushed looking at it now - but then again, it is already longer than I would have wanted.

[@BigMekDanskull]

@@ModellingforAdvantage I'm terrible with pacing, but you didn't lose my attention at any point

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Thanks mate.

[@TFZ.]

Its really neat to hear that you reffered to terrain tutor for your technique. Again, it is a lovely board, and (being a new viewer) having seen your set-up for the Normandy game, its really neat to see how simple the construction was. (Relatively at least...😁)

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Glad you enjoyed it! I love Mel the Terrain Tutor, great guy with a load of tips.

[@BrushQuill]

A nice video guys on building a board. You might need to add battons across the middle underneath?

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Yep, in future, lesson learned

[@6Stevo]

You don't need to talk to me about hobby related injurys kaiser! Sliced my finger open building terrain and did serious nerve damage to my little finger. Good advice on the apron. I may get myself a trendy fashion item myself! Lol

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

I think I remember you talking about that injury on stream - get in on the Apron gig, its gonna be HUGE 2021 - FACT.

[@6Stevo]

@@ModellingforAdvantage 🤣

[@JamsMiniMods]

Turned out real nice.. I've want to build a board for years but never had the space unfortunately.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

I don;t exactly have the space, it is in the same 'spare room' that all the other gaming and recording gear is in... a room formerly for visitors...

[@JamsMiniMods]

@@ModellingforAdvantage Well you can't have visitors now.. so nothing to lose! haha

[@michaelgrant9293]

Great looking gaming table, thanks for sharing the construction process and your thoughts on the build 👍. Now you just beed to drive some tanks over it...

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

we managed to get a bit of gaming in before we hit Christmas, but we are being super careful about meeting in person at the moment - essentially not doing it - because in UK currently we are in a serious spike of the virus.

[@michaelgrant9293]

@@ModellingforAdvantage The important thing is to stay safe in these troubled times. There will be many opportunities in the (not so distant) future to fight some memorable battles on the impressive table that you built. Best wishes 👍

[@PlasticraicGaming]

Nice. If I had the space for a table there would probably be one half finished in the corner.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Half finished projects are the way to go in this hobby! getting paint on my first mech!

[@NSYresearch]

Bird sand .... cheap (cheep) as chips and brilliant textureing

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

I missed that... how did I miss that? Thanks buddy

[@rickybell2190]

Geek gaming is to me a far superior channel in cutting time down in making a board.

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Yep, he definitely does a better job than I do, not sure why you wanted to tell me that though.

[@rickybell2190]

@@ModellingforAdvantage I never mentioned he does a better job than you. I was just saying to watch him as he's superior in ways to cut down your drying times for future builds .....

[@hamsteronthepaintingtable6465]

Nice tutorial Kaiser. I’ve battened underneath so it doesn’t bend, mind you i got my father to build it he was a joiner 😉

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

That's what I am thinking for next time. Shame I don't have a carpenter handy.

[@hamsteronthepaintingtable6465]

@@ModellingforAdvantage mind you, your basing is superb. I just put roll mat on mine which is now covered with TSS tiles. Your one is much better looking 👍🏻😁

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

@@hamsteronthepaintingtable6465 looks good when it is propped at one end so it doesn't rock! You gonna get some texture on yours? Or you just needed a flat space for your TSS gear?

[@hamsteronthepaintingtable6465]

@@ModellingforAdvantage to be honest at the moment its a flat surface for the Tss tiles. I would like to eventually change the 6*4 to 8*4 and make it a textured board. But as usual anytime is used painting minis 😄

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

@@hamsteronthepaintingtable6465 there is the time sink right there - thats why I went for this when I had some time off work.

[@Kevin.Mitchell]

Nice work, good to see the different steps explained - will you be making the hills or just covering existing ones with the same flock mix?

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

That's the plan! Not everything immediately. I think I will be starting with any scenery with bespoke scenery requirements, like in TANKS you have hills and forests of specific sizes, same for Song of Ice and Fire.

[@maxllp8235]

Looks really nice which flock do you have used for it?

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Javis scenics fine turf, JFT1,2 and 3. You can, of course, get them form us here: www.modellingforadvantage.co.uk/category/scenery

[@TeamClueless40K]

Good looking board, I really like the breakdown and videos of each step :-) One question I have (speaking as someone who has been in your spare boudoir), where the hell are you going to store that thing??

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Slotted beside the spare bed

[@sainbrian2]

Funny. Don't know why but thats what Mel says. Lol

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

He knows a lot about scenery! He did explain it, but I forgot why. Seemed like such a low effort step I would do it ignorant of the reasons and still be happy!

[@sainbrian2]

Yeah I have followed Mel for years. I love to make my own boards, terrain, and stuff. I was giving you a hard time. 😆

[@thegreycount]

Missed it in the video perhaps, but what is the size of this table? Excellent video by the way :)

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

4x4 mate, it is not too big.

[@vickyking3408]

why not use textured paint instead

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

I wanted bigger lumps.

[@Colin-sm2iq]

Blame lays with the tool

[@ModellingforAdvantage]

Of course!

[@chacemichael7259]

Good. I wait for love from you 💝💖