The NEWEST Way to Make a Wargaming Board!

[@ConquestCreations]

Amazing work mate! This came together super well! I can't wait to see some of your Battle Reports on it

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

Jake! thanks so much my man! glad you liked it and hope it helped! thanks again for sending over the files! we did a stream on it and it was great fun hope to get an edited bat rep up on it next month!

[@DeadliftsForTheDarkGods]

Can't wait to get my Khazad Dum painted and play on this!

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

get em done! im ready to fall to the dwarves!😅

[@TiagoRamosVideos]

Great work 👌

[@microforgeminis]

That river looks sick mate! Really love this board build can’t wait to see it used for a bat rep

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

thanks man! yeah i was really pleased with the river it makes me wanna do more rivers... but space 😅 haha, it'll be up on a edited one hopefully next month

[@TheWizardsBrush]

Yes! Love this! Sick board 🔥

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

haha thanks guys it was a fun build!

[@WulvenKraft]

There's a really nice vibe to this video! Subbed!

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

thanks man! definitely still trying to make a style for myself

[@WulvenKraft]

@@HodgePodgeHobbiesAye, it can be a slog but you're well on the way my friend!

[@dungeonscronics3191]

Excellent work I wish I had space for something like that

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

thank you! glad you like it! haha im actually just going to live in ignorant bliss of that issue myself 😅 pretend its not there

[@Scuds]

awesome video buddy keep it up!

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

thanks man stay tuned lots more coming!

[@TheTyranno76]

The board looks great!! Rapids turned out awesome. Excited for that Battle Report!

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

my good friend you and me both! have to get you out to play on it!

[@jenaya1706]

Epic 🔥 when's the next battle report?

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

March!

[@AlexanderGiraldez]

Fantastic quality video. New to your channel and just subscribed

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

thanks man glad you liked it! the sub means alot! hopefully more boards to come!

[@SavageBruski]

Sick board. And I'm glad someone's bring back the LOTR strategy game.

[@oitoitoi1]

Nice video, but a much easier, cheaper and far more realistic looking way would be to buy a woodlands scenic rock mould(s) and some casting plaster, cast them (very easy), and stick them onto the edges of the same styrofoam sheets. Doesn't need a 3d printer, or expensive resin, is very fast to do (can demold in approx. 15 minutes), and looks better too. 3D printers are nice for details, but using them to make landscape is just incredibly inefficient in both cost and time.

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

thanks man! and all good points about a classic and proven method! one small correction is that the rocks were printed in pla instead of resin, and for 3d printing im just impressed that it looked comparable, its just another tool to add to the many options of terrain building and that's the great part!

[@jmaccsarmiesofArda]

Siiiick man absolutly nailed the look

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

jmac! only if i could only now afford you to send me some of those awesome nazgul, the set would be complete! one day!

[@jmaccsarmiesofArda]

@HodgePodgeHobbies Know the feeling mate I'm skint too haha. I've got 9 of the hooded wraiths I'd do them cheap if u want xD

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

@@jmaccsarmiesofArda let me forsure take you up on that offer after tax season is done and i have some liquid again,😅🤣 i just recently acquired more painted Mordor that you should see soon too👀so thatll slot in nicely one day

[@jmaccsarmiesofArda]

@@HodgePodgeHobbies Oooooooo lots of new toys? 😀

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

@@jmaccsarmiesofArda definitely some cheeky ones, got some knights a big bow and a big boi sadly no thee big boi yet though

[@jeronimotorres1]

Overall, I like this build a lot. The cotton ball rapids were a little too heavy in my personal opinion. They covered up a lot of the detail underneath and I think dialing it back slightly will let all the layers be visible. "The PL Premium was hard to sculpt through after it hardened." My suggestion for the future would be to do the terrain sculpting in two stages. Stage one, temporarily affix the multiple layers with something like masking tape and do the majority of the carving away of big chunks. Then you can permanently glue them with the PL Premium and any fine detail sculpting should be faster and easier sense you don't have to carve the big chunks out.

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

glad you liked it! i totally agree looking back at it I wish I had dialed it down a bit more, lost a lot of detail in the rocks, definitely gonna change it next time. and you are so right about that! that would have saved me a lot of pain! thanks!😅

[@looleeland]

Paris of plaster?

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

Woops, I suppose the brand name is actually "plaster of paris" but it's just wall compound, the stuff you use to fix paint chips on walls 👍

[@OliverWilson-gl3yk]

love the video :D new subscriber!

[@eEdselEdsel]

Just seeing the picture for the video was enough to get me to subscribe.

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

appreciate the kind words! And the sub!

[@theargeiphontes9465]

Board looks great, where did you source the bark from? Ive had a hard time finding it

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

thanks, i went to a local landscape supply store a they sold to me a very small amount

[@piotrpalacz4811]

Great work, I absolutely loved the mood and pace of the video. Calm and relaxing, thanks! BTW what camera do you use to shoot the videos?

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

wow thanks man! that means alot! i was actually going back and forth with the pacing so glad you liked it! all of this was shot with a Sony A74 in slog3 with a zoom Tamron lens usualy around f 5, hope that helps!

[@piotrpalacz4811]

@@HodgePodgeHobbies ye, I enjoyed it a lot ;) bell clicked right away! ;) LOTR is the game I grew up with, and with every LOTR terrain video I am thinking about playing it again haha I still have some dół Amroth models stashed on my attic ;) thanks for the response regarding your equipment. I was thinking about elevating the quality of my gaming streams (I stream Warmachine and Shatterpoint) and the next step now would be improving the quality of the image. I was curious what was the price range and now I know that in order to achieve that I need to save $$$ for a while hahaha thanks agian!

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

@@piotrpalacz4811 do it man! mesbg is a great system and still keeps the charm of somewhat it used to be its a fantastic set and Dol amroth is a great army! thats awesome man! streaming is a cool and challenging adventure!... so we have streamed mesbg before and are getting into battle reports we actually use alot of sony a6400s or 6000 series sony cameras for it! they work great and give you just as good as an image at a much better price point

[@stianthijsen4784]

Terrible build!

[@takethetacov2]

Very well produced video! Super enjoyable to watch, keep up the great work.

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

thanks man! that means alot, hoping to get more out soon!

[@NowForWrathGaming]

This is so good! Love your channel and videos.

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

lads thank you very much! just found your content too, keep up what you guys are doing loved the reports so far!

[@NowForWrathGaming]

@@HodgePodgeHobbiesThank you! Maybe one day we can do a game on one of your beautiful tables!! I wish I had space to do something like this.

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

@@NowForWrathGaming man that be epic if you guys ever come up to canada, alberta area let me know! haha im just pretending the lack of space i have for it isn't an issue ill maybe get it figured out one day haha

[@NowForWrathGaming]

@@HodgePodgeHobbies We'll have to plan a big road trip one day!! Definitely a hike haha

[@BrilliantBenGaming]

Incredible work, new sub. Are you interested in any Age of Sigmar?

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

Thanks! The serephon always intrigued me 👀 but I've never thought about actually getting into age of sigmar

[@shellingford9941]

nice work, it's really inspiring ^^

[@KevinoftheCosmos]

I love your channel and I just found it. Having this as reference allows me to feel encouraged to start my board. Sick work.

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

Thanks hearing that goes a long way. Best of luck on your board, they're definitely fun. Hope it turns out epic!

[@gardensbytheminute2668]

This is great man. I’m currently working on a trench board and I found this video very useful.

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

Good I'm glad it helped! Trench boards are awesome, doing this makes me want to do kind of a cave board

[@intothewestpodcast]

This is incredible! I've had my share of bad experiences with liquid resin but it looks so good haha Great job!

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

it can be the most fickle thing hey? and thanks guys that means alot! hoping to take a legit crack and the youtube thing this year! also might take a crack a clash too here!

[@intothewestpodcast]

@@HodgePodgeHobbies best of luck, excited to see what you got planned! Definitely let us know if you end up coming over!

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

@@intothewestpodcast thanks guys if yall come out east anytime we will need to get a game in! will do! its looking likely so should be a great time!

[@kennygpokerstrategy4917]

Love seeing LOTR SBG content!!!

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

thanks man your in the right place we have a battle report up next!

[@TM-cc3qd]

Great work on this!!

[@oktoberbabyfee]

Good stuff!

[@groooobytooby1306]

Brilliant work my man

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

thank you for the kind words!

[@mackyd955]

you want alcohol based pigment. Adding acrylic pigment is like adding water to resin (a no no)

[@IngoGarza]

Dude your nose needs a clearing. It sounds SOOOO stuffed. Unless it's because you have a cold, you can go to the hospital for that. Do you breath a lot through your mouth?

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

Yeah I'm a pretty heavy mouth breather, I'm definitely not sick haha