Diesel DM

After being introduced to Thunderdome at CaptainCon 2015, I knew we needed a board for our local store.  I set upon it immediately to get it done before our Reckoning event.

Woodworking Complete

The boards we had seen were 36″ diameter circles and designed for up to 8 players.  In order to provide a nice wood border around the outside I decided to go with an octagon.  The octagon I built has a maximum diameter of 36″ which means the flat edges are 33″ apart.  Each interior edge is 13 3/4″, with 22.5-degree angles cut on each end to form a regular octagon.  The bottom is made of hardboard and the edges are strips of a 2×4 I ripped down to 3/8″.  This keeps the board lightweight but sturdy.  I routed grooves into each edge piece that housed the hardboard.  Wood glue in the grooves and the angled edges holds the board together.  For some additional strength I also put two nails in each corner.

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2′ x 2′ Warmachine Demo Board

I’ve been thinking about making another board for a while now, and after seeing a friend’s demo board I realized it would be best to try out the techniques I might use on a small 2′ x 2′ demo board.  And of course I had to build a snazzy wooden frame for it.

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Scratch built terrain fascinates me.  You start with raw materials that could be anything; Combine them, shape them, paint them and you are left with something so realistic that you cannot determine what the component pieces originally were.  This fascination kept me at arms distance from building terrain, as if some kind of magic would be required.  I changed my mind after finding a Privateer Press Hobby Article about the Khadoran Inn.  Looking at the completed piece it seems like an impossible task, but looking at each step it seemed manageable.  Here are some pictures and thoughts of my completed Inn.

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