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https://pokeminiatures.blogspot.com/2019/04/army-displays-armies-on-parade.html

(blogpost is about army displays at adepticon and why warmachine players don't really do them)

I've been in this hobby for years, but I've never had the hankering or need to
make an army display. Do you have any starter places that has helpful advice for
someone who isn't exactly a handyman? I appreciate this in advance.

I dont have any links but i can perhaps give you a few pointers.

An army display is basicly a model diorama showcasing the army with a little picture frame around it, nothing else. Or to put it in another way, a very, very big miniature base that needs to be decorated.
Unit displays usualy showcase either a "story" or a spesific battleground/part of the lore in addition.
Before you begin planning there is a few things you need to find out. Is the display just for your own enjoyment, or is it for a competition?
If for a competition there are usualy some rules and in that regards you have to find out what thouse rules are and build according to that, if it is just for yourself then the sky is the limit.

The actual display board dont need to be super elaborate, but one thing that is kinda important is to fully match the base of your miniatures with the look of the display board.
aka, if you say have a cobblestone road going in the middle of the board and you want some minis on it, then they would allso need to have cobblestone base that matches completely with the cobblestone road.
For doing the actual board then that is not any different from making a model diorama. Just search for; how to make model diorama, and you will get hundreds of hits and tube vids.
Model rail road tables are allso a vast arena of "how to" and toturials for making scenery.

In terms of board materials, you can more or less use any type of wood to make the board but the preference is MDF.
To get the "slot holes" on the board for the miniatures base that is quite easy. You take a woodplate that matches the hight of the miniature base, and uses something called a hole saw. It is basicly a circular saw attatched to your basic drill used to make medium sized holes.
Place out your minis, draw the outline of their bases onto the board matching how you envision the model layout, find a matching hole saw(around 1-3mm bigger then the circle you drew) and just drill out the holes. then you simply glue that board ontop of another board using woodglue and create trims around the two boards to cover up the joints and the ugly wood edges.

If you have never done something like this before i would suggest starting small. Make a display for a unit.

Thanks. This is a useful start.

Ah, the only time I ever go to home improvement stores. For the hobby!