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What I want to know is how you came to my house and stole my eldar?

Oh, fast car, makes sense...



Seriously, those are exactly my Eldar! Lol!

I have to say, I love this table. This is seriously the coolest piece of furniture I've seen in ages, and certainly the best game table I've ever seen. I can't wait to see it stained and finished.

Table is epic! Definitely would love to have that in my house.

Just remember the deal, you get all of the credit on here, and then you deliver it to my house so I can have it forever...

This thing is amazing.

Nice work!

 Desubot wrote:
It might be cool to put admec circles on the holders.

it would fit the servo skull theme.

I’m actually not sure what admec circles are? I tried googling it and couldn’t come up with anything…

 Littletower wrote:
That's not a table, it's a gamer's dream came true! Great job!

As for the drink holders, have you tried looking for sliding/pull out cup/drink holders?

Got some results with that, mixed in among car cup holders (Don't think you can use one in your car though!)

Try out also poker tables/gamers suppliers, drinks and tables seem a very popular combo there too...

Thanks! I’ll take a look at poker table cup holders and see what I can come up with.

 Iechine wrote:
That looks awesome man, how far outside of Baltimore are you? Dunno if I can make the 11th but it looks like it will be a blast.

I live in Downtown Frederick, so not to far from Baltimore. You are certainly welcome to come out if you can make it!

xraytango wrote:
What I want to know is how you came to my house and stole my eldar?

Oh, fast car, makes sense...



Seriously, those are exactly my Eldar! Lol!

What craftworld are they? Mine are Mymeara. This isn't the whole army, but it's what I have managed to get painted so far...


My main army is actually CSM though.

 tekno000 wrote:
I have to say, I love this table. This is seriously the coolest piece of furniture I've seen in ages, and certainly the best game table I've ever seen. I can't wait to see it stained and finished.

Thanks man! I’m hoping to get the column tops finished up and move on to staining really soon.

 Robisagg wrote:
Table is epic! Definitely would love to have that in my house.

Thanks man! You could always build your own, it’s probably not as hard as it seems. It was a little overwhelming at first, but once you get started it isn’t that bad. This is my first go at making anything out of wood and I have to say I really have enjoyed the whole process.

footballdude2k3 wrote:
Just remember the deal, you get all of the credit on here, and then you deliver it to my house so I can have it forever...

This thing is amazing.

Thanks man! I’ll let you know if I decide to go in the table making business lol.

SBG wrote:
Nice work!

Thanks!

bladeiai wrote:

 Desubot wrote:
It might be cool to put admec circles on the holders.

it would fit the servo skull theme.

I’m actually not sure what admec circles are? I tried googling it and couldn’t come up with anything…

These things.

bladeiai wrote:
I knew I wanted a larger table as my local group tends to play larger games with super heavies regularly.

This is a bit of an understatement. "So game today?" ... "Sure, we have a couple hours, so something small, like 3k per person?" ... "2v2"?.....

But wow, congrats on all the progress. I had no idea you were this far along on the table. It looks amazing with the LED lighting and the red would work perfectly with lava terrain.

 Desubot wrote:



These things.

Ohhhh! Those things. I would actually like to incorporate some of those somewhere.

Raptor007 wrote:

bladeiai wrote:
I knew I wanted a larger table as my local group tends to play larger games with super heavies regularly.

This is a bit of an understatement. "So game today?" ... "Sure, we have a couple hours, so something small, like 3k per person?" ... "2v2"?.....

But wow, congrats on all the progress. I had no idea you were this far along on the table. It looks amazing with the LED lighting and the red would work perfectly with lava terrain.

Thanks man! Who is this BTW? Ian? The red works well for lava and I really like the green, it gives a nice toxic feeling.

bladeiai wrote:

 Desubot wrote:



These things.

Ohhhh! Those things. I would actually like to incorporate some of those somewhere.

Coughcoughcupholderschough.

Merry Christmas!

A little more progress on the dice tray:


Both of the light systems in and the columns starting to get capped:


Hopefully I will have more time to get this finished up once the holidays have passed...

Stay tuned!

Do you think you could incorporate some pre-measured system for marking the diagonal deployment zones? Like pegs that you attach string to to make the zones? Just something I thought I would like on my own table. Save a lot of annoying time during setups over the years.

 Coyote81 wrote:
Do you think you could incorporate some pre-measured system for marking the diagonal deployment zones? Like pegs that you attach string to to make the zones? Just something I thought I would like on my own table. Save a lot of annoying time during setups over the years.

That's a good idea, I will have to try to come up with some way of marking it off, though in truth whenever we get vanguard strike we just re-roll until we get dawn or hammer/anvil lol.

The columns are capped and ready to have the holes drilled to mount the serve skulls!

On the string-and-peg deployment zone marking: How far apart are those screws set into the tops of the long side rails? They look like they might be 3 or 4 inches, either of which divides nicely into the usual increments for measuring zones. If continued along the short edges (even if not structurally necessary), you'd have a regular, measured set of sockets already installed. Since they're hexalobular socket drive, they'll actually hold a bit in place, unlike Phillips or slot/flat-head. Would just take a pair of cheap Torx bits or wrenches (Allen key/wrench style) plugged into the right holes and a bit of string stretched between them to mark any zones, straight or diagonal, long edge or short. The system lags behind the rest of the table, in terms of elegance, but it works with what you've already got.

 oadie wrote:
On the string-and-peg deployment zone marking: How far apart are those screws set into the tops of the long side rails? They look like they might be 3 or 4 inches, either of which divides nicely into the usual increments for measuring zones. If continued along the short edges (even if not structurally necessary), you'd have a regular, measured set of sockets already installed. Since they're hexalobular socket drive, they'll actually hold a bit in place, unlike Phillips or slot/flat-head. Would just take a pair of cheap Torx bits or wrenches (Allen key/wrench style) plugged into the right holes and a bit of string stretched between them to mark any zones, straight or diagonal, long edge or short. The system lags behind the rest of the table, in terms of elegance, but it works with what you've already got.

The screws are set 3" apart so from the table edge to the 4th is a foot and any 5 screws is a foot. I did them more for looks than anything but they do function well enough for at least for roughly gauging distance/range. I also like the contrast of the short sides being just plain to the screw sides. As I said before I'm not really worried about it as we play mostly hammer and anvil and Dawn of war, and also we play a lot of apoc games which we almost always just do hammer and anvil. I actually did think about getting some anodized bits to go in the screws just for various things, but they don't actually seem to stand up particularly well.
And just to give you an idea of how much apoc we play, I'm planning on putting metal plates on each of the short sides, under the railing to hold void shields with a flip down sign to remind people they are there.

is that your wife or girlfriend helping you out ?
i need to get me one of those hahaha, anyway nic job with the table, be sue to post pics of your games!
FMJ

Nice work, I think you're just being humble about wood working... Keep us posted! Subscribed!

The woodwork is really quite beautiful. I'm almost afraid to ask since I have some general knowledge of lumber prices, but how much have materials cost you so far? That furniture grade stuff is pricey The only criticism I would have would be the corner posts and the depth that terrain is recessed into the table. Although it looks nicer the way you've designed it, it does make it a bit more impractical for game mechanics like determining line of sight.

Still, beautiful work and I think you might have discovered a hidden talent for building custom furniture!

Fantastic work, well done to you.

 fullmetaljacket wrote:
is that your wife or girlfriend helping you out ?
i need to get me one of those hahaha, anyway nic job with the table, be sue to post pics of your games!
FMJ

That is my beautiful and wonderful girlfriend, who is very understanding and supportive of all my various crazy shenanigans...

 the_Armyman wrote:
The woodwork is really quite beautiful. I'm almost afraid to ask since I have some general knowledge of lumber prices, but how much have materials cost you so far? That furniture grade stuff is pricey The only criticism I would have would be the corner posts and the depth that terrain is recessed into the table. Although it looks nicer the way you've designed it, it does make it a bit more impractical for game mechanics like determining line of sight.

Still, beautiful work and I think you might have discovered a hidden talent for building custom furniture!

As far as price goes, I'm not going to give an exact number (mostly because I have no idea at this point) but I will say it is not cheap and probably the reason you don't see more tables like mine. Most people would rather buy a whole army instead of a table lol.
I can see your point about the height of the walls and posts, but in my opinion it's actually one of the easiest tables to establish line of sight by eye because of it's height. But normally we use laser pointers anyways (and there will be one in each of the skulls).

Franko wrote:
Fantastic work, well done to you.

Thank you very kindly sir!

I spent some time yesterday working on the "feet" of the table but didn't take any pictures as it was mostly structural. I also did a test stain with the color I picked out and it ended up being darker than I had imagined. I picked up some other stain colors and some wood conditioner to check out some different options. I will post those on here for some opinions once I get them done. I also spent the evening building lots of terrain in an effort to try and get ready for my upcoming megagame lol.

More to come soon!

Hey blade! I really love your table so far, keep up the great work, Can't wait for more progress!

 wolfmerc wrote:
Hey blade! I really love your table so far, keep up the great work, Can't wait for more progress!

Thanks!

Another brief update, though not so table related... I guess it kind of is. I had to take a break from the actual building to make some terrain for the upcoming game. SOOO this is what I have been building:
(Please excuse the mess...)


The family posing by the table:


And finally some of the new terrain on the table:


I still have a bunch more terrain to build and I need to craft a massive city defense wall out of plasticard... then all I have to do is finish the table, stain and seal the table, paint a secret weapon tablescapes board, some of my army & paint all the terrain... before the 11th... no problem.

Just a thought but MDF would probably be a better and cheaper option for the main structure of a massive defence wall?
I think it was Readbeard who did a really nice one?
Found it... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/556090.page
It'll give you a good excuse to break out the tools again and get better at using sheet material.
Most Hardware stores (in the UK at least) will rip sheets down to the desired height/s.

Table looks great btw I'm inspired to finish off the actual building work in my hobby space and get a good table made up.

I believe the expression I'm looking for is 'Hot diggety damn'

OP: Your wife is fantastic for letting the hobby space get all over the main floor like that.

Mine would not be smiling quite as nice as her, and she would have said "That table better be able to convert to a dining room table if needed!". Screw the skulls down quick!

Your efforts are top notch so even the gaming uninitiated can appreciate the quality of the work.

 Alex Kolodotschko wrote:
Just a thought but MDF would probably be a better and cheaper option for the main structure of a massive defence wall?
I think it was Readbeard who did a really nice one?
Found it... http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/556090.page
It'll give you a good excuse to break out the tools again and get better at using sheet material.
Most Hardware stores (in the UK at least) will rip sheets down to the desired height/s.

Table looks great btw I'm inspired to finish off the actual building work in my hobby space and get a good table made up.

After seeing that post I retract my previous statement... I am building a moderately large defensive wall lol. I already ordered the stuff I need for it in plasticard so I will probably stick with that for now, but I appreciate the suggestion. I may try to build some of it out of wood or mdf though and see how it goes. Thank you very much for the fine compliment and I would be very happy to inspire even one person to undertake the mission of making a table for gaming. I can say that it has been very rewarding so far and I feel it will be even more so once it is finished.

 ProfessionalAmateur wrote:
I believe the expression I'm looking for is 'Hot diggety damn'

Thank you very kindly good sir!

 Talizvar wrote:
OP: Your wife is fantastic for letting the hobby space get all over the main floor like that.

Mine would not be smiling quite as nice as her, and she would have said "That table better be able to convert to a dining room table if needed!". Screw the skulls down quick!

Your efforts are top notch so even the gaming uninitiated can appreciate the quality of the work.

She is very much amazing and even more so understanding (she also has been known to play a game or two as the great Craft World of Mymeara). And I can assure you it will not be converting into any kind of dinning room table in the near future lol. In all seriousness I really lucked out that the love of my life is also the most understanding/Warhammer friendly person I have ever met!

This looks absolutely awesome!!

Subbed a bit ago, still watching this amazing project unfold.

Just wow.

Looks like the original photos have been removed, any chance they could be re-uploaded?

As for fog, you might have more look with dry ice rather than oil-based fog machines. Dry ice is just CO₂ so should be fairly harmless as it will disperse completely without leaving any residue.

 ChazSexington wrote:
This looks absolutely awesome!!

 Stormwall wrote:
Subbed a bit ago, still watching this amazing project unfold.

Just wow.

Thank you both and I hope the end result doesn't disappoint.

Jodrell wrote:
Looks like the original photos have been removed, any chance they could be re-uploaded?

As for fog, you might have more look with dry ice rather than oil-based fog machines. Dry ice is just CO₂ so should be fairly harmless as it will disperse completely without leaving any residue.

The photos are all showing up for me? Is anyone else having issues seeing them?
I had actually thought about the dry ice idea and decided I may just make some terrain that is able to hold dry ice and disperse it around the battle field, Should make a nice smoke/fog effect. I'm just not sure where one goes to get dry ice from... does anyone know how you go about getting it in the USA?

And now finally... some wood stain tests!
Red Oak with Wood conditioner


Red Mahogany without Wood conditioner


Red Mahogany with Wood conditioner


All the stains together


So after much consideration.... I have decided to go with Red Mahogany with the Wood Conditioner I hope to start staining in the near future.

More to come soon!