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... I am so filled with envy

keep those posts coming, I need to see more awesome ideas for the most important division of the house

Zwan1One wrote:
These are some incredible set ups! Totally jealous. I have some selves in parents garage stuffed behind other junk. All my white dwarfs hidden in my old bedroom. And in my flat a shelf of magazines and the rest of my miniatures jammed into draws in my desk! Haven't played a game in years.

When people buy houses is gaming space an important feature?

You hid your White Dwarfs Do they have adult companions?

 Nevelon wrote:

what are you gonna pin with that drill???

 ChocolateGork wrote:

Zwan1One wrote:
These are some incredible set ups! Totally jealous. I have some selves in parents garage stuffed behind other junk. All my white dwarfs hidden in my old bedroom. And in my flat a shelf of magazines and the rest of my miniatures jammed into draws in my desk! Haven't played a game in years.

When people buy houses is gaming space an important feature?

You hid your White Dwarfs Do they have adult companions?

left of my nerf guns

Here's mine:

 jason1977 wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:

what are you gonna pin with that drill???

I was drilling holes for magnets, not pins. I took that picture when I was assembling my storm talon and ADL/quadgun. Not the best tool for the job, but the one I have. And one perk of using a big drill is that it has a lot of mass, so likes to stay put. I can run it at low speeds, unlike my dremmel, so it's actually better for some jobs.

I should take a pic of mine. I mainly use a corner of my basement as my home office, and one of the 3 available walls is a big Ikea shelving unit with an extension to act as a hobby workbench.

 Maelstrom808 wrote:
Not my gaming space, but it's where we commonly game, and the guy who does own it doesn't post here.

Spoiler:

Pics are blocked... but I bet I know who's place THAT is. LOL
I don't have any pics of my gaming space, which is currently covered in boxes & packages for my current feeBay sales anyway, but I'll have to see if I can't get any pics of the place where I usually game.

Eric

I, unfortunately, have to 'setup and tear down' my gaming space in my house in the basement so it can also be used as an area for the wife to do laundry. Not worth posting.

But my friend's place I will take pics of and post as he is not a Dakka-poster...two rooms...with two gaming spaces of 12x6 and 10x4 tables. Just crazy...he is also getting out of 40k and owns at least 2k in 8 armies.

 Farseer Faenyin wrote:
I, unfortunately, have to 'setup and tear down' my gaming space in my house in the basement so it can also be used as an area for the wife to do laundry. Not worth posting.

But my friend's place I will take pics of and post as he is not a Dakka-poster...two rooms...with two gaming spaces of 12x6 and 10x4 tables. Just crazy...he is also getting out of 40k and owns at least 2k in 8 armies.

I have to do the same thing so I feel you brother.

I'll have to snap a few pictures of mine, although it's hardly as nice (plus all the board games and RPG books go upstairs.., only the miniatures are banished to the basement; both my wife and cats agree this is where they belong.) Tricky working with a basement with a ceiling barely over six feet, inconvenient support posts, and sub-optimal placement of partition walls.

Oh, and it floods if I lose power in a heavy rain storm, so gotta keep stuff off the floor. Other than that, it *rocks*.

 MagickalMemories wrote:

 Maelstrom808 wrote:
Not my gaming space, but it's where we commonly game, and the guy who does own it doesn't post here.

Spoiler:

Pics are blocked... but I bet I know who's place THAT is. LOL
I don't have any pics of my gaming space, which is currently covered in boxes & packages for my current feeBay sales anyway, but I'll have to see if I can't get any pics of the place where I usually game.

Eric

Heh, yar Still waiting for some pics of your guys new terrain (when it's finished)

Behold the Man Cave

This is where I do my painting - Its just a small card table..but its all I really need



TV / Table 1 / Spraypaints and bits storage / Bookshelf full of Codexes, Army books, etc



Table 2 & terrain / army shelfs



Since taking these pics I have built a 3rd table. No real place to game at in my area, so I just kinda take it upon myself to act as the local place for people to play 1 night a week.

Ya' might wanna get some carpeting on that floor. I can just hear dropped models shattering.

~Tim?

The modeling area of my garage:



The gaming table in modeling mode:



And in gaming mode:

I don't really have dedicated space, I have a little corner of my dad's workshop that's my painting and modeling table, but no real game space. I have plenty of nerdy posters and a small library of about 170 novels/other books + not counting a couple a couple Dark Heresy books and my Chaosioum general RPG book. I really want to add the new Shadowrun and Cyberpunk 2020 reprint to that collection.

I probably won't have a truly dedicated space/man cave for awhile, since I'm going to be in a tiny studio apartment for at least a year starting this fall, and who knows where following that. I do intend to get a display case when I move into my apartment.

Wow, these are amazing. I will try to snap a few shots of the tiny space i have and the table where i paint.

 Jburch wrote:
Behold the Man Cave
TV / Table 1 / Spraypaints and bits storage / Bookshelf full of Codexes, Army books, etc

Under the TV. middle shelf. 2 tone grey box. SEXY!!!!!!

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:
Ya' might wanna get some carpeting on that floor. I can just hear dropped models shattering.
~Tim?

If the basement gets wet I would not advise carpet.

Wow, some very nice setups here.

I don't have a proper place to game as all my gaming stuff lives on the second floor of an enclosed porch and I have a 7x4 that I put over the dining room table to game on.

However, I do have a LEGO space that takes up half of the bedroom the wife and I have turned into the crafting space.

Side wall


Rear wall workspace. It's not this clean now and there is a second layer of drawer units.


Floor Level Bulk Storage

Ermahgerd, that's a great Lego collection! Color me jealous!

~Tim?

 jason1977 wrote:

Under the TV. middle shelf. 2 tone grey box. SEXY!!!!!!

That reminds me, I need to hook my Atari 2600 up to the flat screen. Just need to string 2-5 adapters together so the ancient tech can talk to the new.

If the basement gets wet I would not advise carpet.

As someone who's basement has flooded more times then I care to think about, this is sound advice. When we moved into out house it had wall-to-wall carper in part of the basement. After the second flood that all got ripped out. Right now we have an area rug, which if it gets damp I can lug out to spend some time in the sun to dry. They do make rubber mats to make standing around easier or for kids play areas, those might work if you have water problems. If not for the dropped minis, for your knees.

As an aging gamer, I don't just look for nice tables and cool terrain, but a place to sit from time to time in a gaming space.

 Maelstrom808 wrote:

Heh, yar Still waiting for some pics of your guys new terrain (when it's finished)

Well, I'm going to see about getting some pics this Saturday and, as the terrain is still a work in process, the terrain, paints, etc. are covering both tables. So... you'll see some of it, at least. LOL

Eric

 Nevelon wrote:

 jason1977 wrote:

If the basement gets wet I would not advise carpet.

As someone who's basement has flooded more times then I care to think about, this is sound advice. When we moved into out house it had wall-to-wall carper in part of the basement. After the second flood that all got ripped out. Right now we have an area rug, which if it gets damp I can lug out to spend some time in the sun to dry. They do make rubber mats to make standing around easier or for kids play areas, those might work if you have water problems. If not for the dropped minis, for your knees.

It is more of a political issue than anything else in my house. Right now, as it stands, the basement is unfinished, and is my man cave. When I want to work on my things, and get some games in, I have a space to retreat to, and do whatever I want with. The moment I begin to "finish" the basement, is the moment the family decides that they want to use this nice new space for their own purposes. It is self preservation really...no one cares what is going on in the basement, because no one has a use for the basement.

 Jburch wrote:
It is more of a political issue than anything else in my house. Right now, as it stands, the basement is unfinished, and is my man cave. When I want to work on my things, and get some games in, I have a space to retreat to, and do whatever I want with. The moment I begin to "finish" the basement, is the moment the family decides that they want to use this nice new space for their own purposes. It is self preservation really...no one cares what is going on in the basement, because no one has a use for the basement.

So I guess the next question is "What can you do to improve the space for you, but not for the rest of the family?" When I was growing up my dad had a pin-up calendar in his woodshop. No so much so he could ogle pictures of half naked chicks when he was down there, but to declare "This is MAN space" Horribly sexist and insensitive by modern standards, but it was his way of claiming that corner of the basement. Whenever my mom went down there, she gave him a "Tsk, Tsk", said what she needed to say, and left.

 Kyrolon wrote:
Here's a nice picture of half of my gaming area. I've never taken pictures of the other end (a sitting area with couch and TV) or the storage area (a seperate room lined with shelves).




That's my baby. Four 4'x6' tables that make a 6'x16' table or a 4'x24' table as needed. Built with my own two hands (I am SO NOT a carpenter) it is the best gaming project I've done for myself.

That is an awesomely gigantic gaming table.

Cool Waterhouse print too.

Moved into our house 6 weeks ago and now have a man room big enough for a 6x4 table! Just need to make one that will fold away (thinking x2 decorators tables)

Here it is at the mo looking a bit empty will be getting another display cabinet for the other corner as well as a bookself

 Nevelon wrote:

 Jburch wrote:
It is more of a political issue than anything else in my house. Right now, as it stands, the basement is unfinished, and is my man cave. When I want to work on my things, and get some games in, I have a space to retreat to, and do whatever I want with. The moment I begin to "finish" the basement, is the moment the family decides that they want to use this nice new space for their own purposes. It is self preservation really...no one cares what is going on in the basement, because no one has a use for the basement.

So I guess the next question is "What can you do to improve the space for you, but not for the rest of the family?" When I was growing up my dad had a pin-up calendar in his woodshop. No so much so he could ogle pictures of half naked chicks when he was down there, but to declare "This is MAN space" Horribly sexist and insensitive by modern standards, but it was his way of claiming that corner of the basement. Whenever my mom went down there, she gave him a "Tsk, Tsk", said what she needed to say, and left.

I have a similar situation with my den/office/man room. At first I had strict rules "no women or children allowed. no exceptions." This was obviously a point of friction between the missus and myself so I had to find a new tactic to keep this as my own space. I had to get all psychological about it, to make the rest of the family uncomfortable coming into the room.
First was to make it feel drastically different from the rest of the house. Different smell, different lighting, different flooring, lots of bizzare art, lots of fragile stuff, etc. Next was to 'act' different while im in the room. As soon as a kid wanders in, the reply is a semi-alarmed "whats wrong?" "oh nothing." "i see....."

When someone is determined to stick around in there I be sure to punctuate their every move with a "careful your about 2 feet away from a priceless bone carved plate." "watch the finish on that table, it scratches easy" "careful that plant will cause a rash if you get too close. its poisonous." "watch out for the light, its fragile" "woah now, your getting pretty close to the miniatures, just ease back. perfect."

Sounds harsh but it has worked. The girl is pretty much just afraid to go in the room now, and the boy never bothers me when i'm in there, only peaking through the door to tell me something. Though recently I have discovered he sneaks in and sits in my chair sometimes while i'm at work. If i ever find something broken ill have to up my game, but for now i am satisfied.

I no longer have a dedicated room for my stuff has I did but even then I did not mind sharing everything with my son, he likes to watch me sculpting and sometimes he copies me with his plasticine etc... I mean this hobby for me is a good alibi to goof around with my kid.

 notprop wrote:
Man I hate these threads!

They always make me feel so jealous of the pre set up tables and gaming stuff not placed 5 foot+ in the air to keep it away from little tiny sticky fingers and mouths that take over my house as soon as I leave for work.

I am resolved to building a 10' x 10' dad shed in the garden now - DAMN THE COST!

Yeah.

I hardly live in a mansion, but my house is big enough that you'd *think* I'd have some space to call my own. Instead, most of my gaming stuff is tucked away in unfinished basement space. The finished basement area where I envisioned my sports/entertainment/gaming den is overrun with toys, and I don't foresee any dramatic positive change happening there for the next decade and a half.

I had such plans.

i actually perfer the un-finished basment I have. Sure the carpet is nice at my folks house but if I drop a paint pot or my cup full of paint-water i really dont care about the crappy floor tile. try saying that over a plush carpet covered in BA red

 jason1977 wrote:
i actually perfer the un-finished basment I have. Sure the carpet is nice at my folks house but if I drop a paint pot or my cup full of paint-water i really dont care about the crappy floor tile. try saying that over a plush carpet covered in BA red

That's one of the reasons when I refinish my space in the basement I'm getting rid of the cheap indoor/outdoor carpet and replacing it with tile, vinyl, or just painting the dang floor with cement paint and clear coat. After doing some paint stripping I have a lovely black stain on the area rug I bought for the space. Screw putting anything nice where it'll get covered in paint, resin, rubber, glue, and potentially soaked if a storm decides to look at me the wrong way.