Build a storable, portable, folding gaming table.

[Mason]

That certainly works a treat, mate.
 

Ooh, that looks good. I've been a little worried about dry brushing my big piece as it might look too bland. Clearly I need to do some ink washes first, not afterwards!

Do both.
It helps give definition if done before and can be used to break up blocks of 'blandness' when used in slightly differing shades after.
 

[OSHIROmodels]

Nice effect on that 

Ooh, that looks good. I've been a little worried about dry brushing my big piece as it might look too bland. Clearly I need to do some ink washes first, not afterwards!

Do both, I do quite often and it works a treat (different shades of course).

cheers

James

[Hummster]

Very inspiring, got me looking to head down to they DIY store to get a table. Though I have thought about covering the external surface with a grass mat instead so I have a two sided gaming board to play with.

[marcusluis]

Very nice, i might do the outside with blue foam for naval games!

[marcusluis]

Cant find that basketball fabric anywhere, where did you get it from..?

[Dewbakuk]

ebay

Hmm, can't seem to find any currently, sorry.

[Andrew May]

Progress at last!
Hit the link or sig for more teasers.
http://steamandaether.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/building-world.html

[Captain Blood]

Wow. That looks excellent Andrew. Incredibly realistic broken up street surface 

[Mason]

Gotta agree with Riccardo, it is really starting to come together now, mate.
Very realistic.
 

[Andrew May]

Cheers guys! Been away from the forum for a while as I relocated. Sorry I missed you at Salute, Paul!

[Andrew May]

Right fellows, final steps now I have a minute to collate and post.





The finishing stages were fairly straight forward. The rest of the tabletop was finished in the same manner as the earlier stages with the exception that I found sculpting curbs monumentally tedious and I ended up using lengths of styrene and card to edge whole sections of paving. It's not turned out to be to bad of a compromise, once plenty of cut card flagstones were scattered around it all blended together nicely. 




Next up I covered the board with an outrageous amount of grey spray primer and panted the frame in black acrylic. This was followed by the same wash and drybrush technique as on the test baffles. The finished effect has proved devilishly hard to capture using my feeble photography skills! Hopefully the close up images posted previously will display the effect better than the shots of the whole board.

Next I finished the rest of the baffles, moving these around the tabletop when I set up the board should provide some nice variation to gameplay.

And here's a shot of the board with all of the baffles in place.

As I continue building terrain I'll show off the board on the VSF forum.

[OSHIROmodels]

Great stuff mate 

cheers

James

[AKULA]

Beautiful

 

[Mason]

That looks brilliant, mate.
 

You must have some serious patience, with all those 'loose' bits of rubble, bricks, kerbing etc.
It is certainly worth it looking at the end result, though.
 

[anevilgiraffe]

cracking work