Hello all!
This is so exciting, its been 3 years since I left the Games Workshop hobby ring and I have to say withdrawal after 30 years of hobby was complicated, but this new project has got my blood up yet again and it feels soo good ;-)
So, a new gaming "table". The first thing I need to decide is where I am going to play, on the kitchen table (not very practical for weekend campaign gaming), the floor (horrible on the back at my age).... or on a dedicated table, in a dedicated "gaming room".... "OMG" I hear you shout, "how did you get that and still stay married for 20 years?"... well there are a number of ways you can negotiate this with your partner: child care, house work and few blood sacrifices works wonders ;-)...
So the "dedicated gaming table" I have is round, 120cm diameter.
I want to make the gaming table 3d and moduable. The base will be made out of extruded poly, as it is light and easy to sculpt.
Here I have two choises:
1: create a single block (like a mat). The main advantage would be tidying, with a hook it could be hung up on the wall. However if i want to add water features it makes the gaming table static and I have found that to be problematic in terms of strategy (some of my more competitive gaming friends have admitted to writing their army lists to best take advantage of my G-tables...sneeky gits;-) ). Also I really do not like "flat" water features, I just find they look off...
2: Create the table from smaller modula blocks, squares or hexagons that fix together with magnets. the advantage is the flexibility. I can have a set of blocks with water features carved into the poly, others with hills etc. The down side is stocking the individual blocks, I will need a dedicated storage area, because the number of blocks WILL increase over time....
...time to do a bit of house work and sacrifice my body for the good cause...
"in the next issue, will Yann be able to negotiate what he wants or will his wife and two daughters burst his bubble... only time will tell..."
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