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I've agreed to build my brother a gaming table. It'll be 8' x 4' with a lip running around the edge. This will allow tiles to be slotted in and held securely in place.

The table will eventually have several gaming surfaces but the initial will be a in industrial/Admec facility which with the addition of walls will convert into a spaceship/station zone mortalis board. Storage of additional tiles will be on runners under the table.

I've tested out a few ideas like recessed pipe sections on other projects:


And trials of walls for a my own table (currently on hold while I get this table done):



I've started off with 600mm x 600mm squares in 12mm mdf. Insulation foam will then add a bit of depth to delve into with recessed details and it'll be topped off with some interesting industrial surfaces.


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Here's the original planned layout for the first board tile:



It's morphed into a slightly different layout:




As of last night it was at this point (the small squares are not stuck on yet):



Once my phones charged I'll be able to take a photo showing all the recessed areas edged with cardboard, the gaps filled in with insulation and the edges capped with signage board.




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Interesting start Like the look of the recessed pipes and those walls.

Are each of the little tiles going to be modular, or are will they be in 2x2 squares? Or even some other format entirely?

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Thanks for the info. Won't normally be doing multiple posts in a day, just setting out the initial info and then doing an update with today's work.

The 2' x 2' tiles will be where the modular part of the ground level stops. There will be removable hatches/tiles over the small recessed sections (the 4 rows of 4 small squares) which when the board is being played on as a flat surface will be in place hiding them. When there is a need for some walls the hatches will be pulled up and replaced with pillars which have grooves in them. Between the pillars, wall sections will be able to be slotted into the grooves of 2 of the pillars.

The phones charged so here's how it looks now:


With some tiles and the grating on (not decided on what's covering the hatches so tried smaller sections of grating on a few):


Now working on the recessed sections. They'll all need blacking out before I stick stuff in as it gets hard to stick a brush in every nook and cranny.

Here's the first recessed section currently squeezing in a few extra pipes (not sure how well it shows with it mainly being black on black):


Will also be doing something slightly different with the longer recessed bits. They will have BIG pipes and I'm not sure exactly how detailed they'll end up looking. Currently looking like this but will definitely need some rivets!!!:

Rivets are a must

All the pipework is looking interesting so far.

Cheers monkeytroll. Still a lot of work to go but it's finally taking shape.

I've been meaning to do a board for a long time so actually getting to work on one finally has helped up my hobby mojo which had been waining of late.

Got work this evening and then a few days off so hopefully I'll be able to show another jump forward in the next couple of days.

I'm trying to work out the best way to paint the table up and think a project of this size can only really be handled with an airbrush.

Not looking to break the bank so may just get something very basic like this:

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/380296526063?nav=SEARCH

Not sure if it's fully up to what I need it need to do more research first.

Well it seems like one of the guys from the b&c boards who I have been following with his airbrush exploits is using the compressor I was looking at getting. The airbrushes seem to be ok but will probably be upgraded when I move from board painting to model painting.

Work on the piping on the first board should be completed on Friday. Then it's planning time for the next board.

I'm currently working on further 50mm tiles which once prepped will be cast up to make the surface of the board. I'm also working on some consoles to add detail to the board as well.