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Im curently getting ready to make a gaming board that can be used for both 40k and fantasy. i know its going to be grassland. was wondering if any one has tried to make a river out of Cabot semi-gloss apr varnish and if so how did it turn out?

While I don't know how to make a river. I would suggest that you do not make fixed terrain. I would use several movable pieces that include: rivers, forests, buildings, barricades, swamps etc.

That way the board is always usable and constantly different making for more interesting games.

i usually do, i was mixing it up with a fixed board, just cause my cityfigt and winter board are completly modular.

I prefer the sculpted/fixed boards myself. If you make it at least semi-module you can mix the board up quite a bit and then use individual terrain to make each battle unique.

I've had the best luck with Testors Gloss for water effects. Just pour the stuff straight from the bottle and use a brust to spread it out. It goes reasonably far (it's cheaper than buying the wax water effect stuff) and I'd guess you could probably do that whole river with a single bottle of it if you stretched it, or a bottle and a half if you were a bit generous on your layers. My buddy used a spray effect gloss that kind of worked, but really didn't turn out quite as nicely.

Kind of hard to really do the water parts justice with my photography skills, but this will give you an idea how it turned out.

yeah that looks extremly well done. i dont think i could match that level of work but i'll give it a shot. thanks for the advices btw