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Good post, Bottle! Sad we need trigger warnings on posts now though...

Yeah lol, well no worries, let's see if we can get some good discussion going.



A fight in the slums of Ayzrheim perhaps? Or the ruins of the Lantic Empire? THIS would be an epic table to play on with almost any game system - and that would make it awesome for AoS too

Big fan of electrickery in stuff. I also like the way the table looks excavated rather than built up.

Man, those tables are just inspiring.

 Bottle wrote:

When searching for inspiration I often browse Warmachine tables - as they are a great wealth of hobbling inspiration perfect for Age of Sigmar (sorry Sqorgar, if you just spat out your drink!)

Ha! The joke's on you. I'm not drinking anything!

I don't have the time at the moment to link the pictures, but Warhammer World has some awesome AoS tables, and if you do a Google search for Hirst Arts, you'll find some amazing tablescapes. There's another one out there like Hirst Arts that I can't remember the name of right now that has similarly impressive tables built from it (found it! Dwarven Forge). We're talking multiple levels, labyrinths, and castles in a single table. Also, World Works Games does some amazing stuff with papercraft that is truly amazing. Let's see if I can remember some others. Dystopian Wars (though not to scale) had some jaw dropping tables built for it.

RoperPG wrote:
Big fan of electrickery in stuff. I also like the way the table looks excavated rather than built up.

That would be absolutely fantastic for AOS! With the 360 degree line of sight this sort of a table would be a real game changer. Too bad I don't have the space, time or skill to make anything close to all these!

Gotta agree with TheCustomLime on his comment. Inspiring.

I always tell myself, one day I'll build myself a great table. But then the big pile of plastic models beckons and I paint a few more of those instead.

I'm not an AoS player (ex WHFB & 40K now: KOW / Deadzone / Bolt Action / M.Edge) but I can see the advantage AoS has in being able to play on tables like this.

I guess I'll have to build myself one for Frostgrave one day.

@Gim
I have a realm of battle board and one of the GW painting kits for it. I plan on buying a couple of these and making a ruined town board.

But as you mentioned there are always more projects getting in the way. Curse my plastic addictions.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
@Gim
I have a realm of battle board and one of the GW painting kits for it. I plan on buying a couple of these and making a ruined town board.

But as you mentioned there are always more projects getting in the way. Curse my plastic addictions.

Funny you mention those ruins.
Think the top 4 or 5 pics on this blog page had the set I did;

http://gimgamgoo.com/bolt-action-terrain/

I thought it was a pain to put together but it came out pretty nice in the end. I cut up a resin floor I got from somewhere for the inside bases as well.

I keep thinking of getting GWs Goblin Town scenery for a board but I don't fancy £35 for what looks like 2 sprues. Can anyone recommend it?
There's been loads of nice wizard towers and things I'd like from GW but they discontinue them before I save enough (and convince the wife). :-(

Sorry gone a bit OT...

Just wanted to post these amazing multi-level boards from the Dwarven Forge page:

What the heck, here's some Warhammer World tables too:

And googling Hirst Arts:

This is truely a great example of what can make AoS awesome. Terrains like this really drive you to come up with efficient formations. I'm currently building a desert table to go with my friend's and my Seraphons and Tomb King armies and we're experimenting with features that would deny access to large base models such as rock forests and tight trenches. It can efficiently represent areas inaccessible to monsters and allow small units to find natural cover in it.

Also check out this incredible table I've came by in a French battle report: https://youtu.be/Jrhjvj7xATU?t=67

 Sqorgar wrote:

What the heck, here's some Warhammer World tables too:

I would love to play some AoS at Warhammer World :-) hopefully some day! The table with the ruined bell towers is my favourite.

From a game of Frostgrave:

Bottle wrote:

Spoiler:

Sqorgar wrote:

Spoiler:

Oh damn it, all the posted tables are great, but these 3 are my favourites. I don't know how much longer I can hold off buying Hirst Arts forms, when something like these are posted.

This really shows AoS in it's best light! Could be really fun to play on those sorts of dense, three dimensional battlefields with armies from the Old World!

That's probably the first thing that's made me think "Hmmm. Maybe it would be worth trying out with my old models some day."

Nice work!

Renedra is making some plastic castle stuff these days that might help your dream become a reality, Bottle.

https://www.facebook.com/renedralimited/photos_stream

 Da Boss wrote:
That's probably the first thing that's made me think "Hmmm. Maybe it would be worth trying out with my old models some day."

The same minis and terrain could do double duty for Mordheim or Frostgrave/similar.

ShaneTB wrote:From a game of Frostgrave:

Spoiler:

Actually that Frostgrave table doesn't do it for me - the dead zone scenery just looks odd...

...but Frostgrave is also one of my favourite sources of scenery inspiration.

THIS is a Frostgrave table!!

Da Boss wrote:This really shows AoS in it's best light! Could be really fun to play on those sorts of dense, three dimensional battlefields with armies from the Old World!

That's probably the first thing that's made me think "Hmmm. Maybe it would be worth trying out with my old models some day."

Nice work!

Yes! It's a shame we don't have lots of great AoS specific tables just yet, this thread is really more a celebration of its closest games (Warmachine, Frostgrave etc) but it certainly gets the mind thinking off cool modelling projects. When the Skaven themed tables start cropping up things will really start heating up!

Manchu wrote:Renedra is making some plastic castle stuff these days that might help your dream become a reality, Bottle.

https://www.facebook.com/renedralimited/photos_stream

 Da Boss wrote:
That's probably the first thing that's made me think "Hmmm. Maybe it would be worth trying out with my old models some day."

The same minis and terrain could do double duty for Mordheim or Frostgrave/similar.

Great link, Manchu! And yes, you could get Mordheim and Frostgrave too and have 3 games to play with. Throw in D&D and things like Warhammer Quest too and you're made for life

I got a bunch of Mantic's 20th Century Brick modular terrain as part of Miniature Market's RIP sale. I like the modularity of it all, but the cube-ness of the whole thing works better for scifi. Contemporary brick structures are basically just rectangles. Still, I would welcome a fantasy-style stonework set - but Mantic doesn't have a skirmish fantasy game, so...

I believe Frostgrave is releasing some plastic stonework ruins soon. They look pretty good!

Anyone ever seen an underground theme board? That would make a sweet Skaven vs Dwarfs match!

What size are the boards in AoS usually? You can play Saga on a pretty small gaming area, is the same true for AoS? Then I could potentially use my D'n'D battlemats and tiles for a dungeo n game. Not as cool as having a proper 3D dungeon of course, but still pretty fun.

I think fighting in a ruined city a la Mordheim would be the most atmospheric and fun though. Or a battle with street levels and sewer levels, perhaps linked by big craters and holes and so on.

 Da Boss wrote:
What size are the boards in AoS usually?

6' x 4' -- which of course makes it tough to really cover it with terrain. My friend Hubcommish just nabbed some cool volcano terrain that covers a lot of surface area. They need a bit of work out of the box but are great for the Fire Realm. I will ask him for details and report back. And of course GW has done great with releasing terrain for AoS.

EDIT: they were made by Monday Knight Productions