Game Table: Construction Begins

So I had this dismantled tv cabinet in my garage and I figured I could make a halfway decent table with it so after some google image searches I found this picture:

I liked the idea of having shelves underneath the table to store terrain and stuff so all that wouldn't clutter up my normal shelves.

Still need to cut the shelves so I can finish the base. I'll probably screw some planks on the inside section to stop things from being pushed too far and falling off the shelves into the center. While I was at Home Depot getting the 4' squares for the top and base I found these printed foam floor tiles that looked pretty good for an alien desert planet kind of texture.

The pack was only $18 and it makes a 4' square, I wonder why any of the companies that make wargame mats don't make foam tiles like this? Way better than paying $50+ for a pvc/mousepad mat. Portable, affordable, and if you buy another pack you could make a 4'x6' or 4'x8' in seconds, just connect the tiles.

Update: Jan 27, 2017

 Almost, done this is how it looks right now. I was going to but a base on the bottom but after a couple days  of having just 1 4'x'4 section on top it began to warp at the corners so now I'm going to double it up or use the 1" strips at the bottom left of the pic to build diagonal supports underneath the corners, screwed into the legs.

Here's a bonus pic of my board game/ miniatures collection.

Giant Mushrooms

I almost have my new gaming table built, I'll be getting pics of it as I start building it and posting some pics. I got the legs cut, most of the stuff I need (felt, foam, etc.) Just have to cut the shelves and bottom base board so I can start putting it together. Hoping I get the table done by the end of the week so I can get back to gaming and making some more battle reports.

Meanwhile, as I was running around yesterday for felt I found this nice little set of mushrooms at Hobby Lobby for $9.99. They are going to make nice terrain pieces for some fantasy/skirmish games. They also have a nice castle that would probably work for the chibi miniatures.

Here's a picture of the mushrooms with some Confrontation, Ninja All-Stars and 40k Dark Eldar Wych miniatures for scale. The small mushrooms almost fill a 1" square perfectly and the large one fits a 2" square nicely. I might base these on 1" squares and add some flock around them just to add a little stability but they are alright as is.

Plast Craft Star Motel

In the next couple of weeks I plan to start building a city table to play games on so I've been looking through the internet for building ideas and came across the Plast Craft Games buildings. I like the look of the buildings but since I couldn't find any pictures online of the buildings in use with any miniatures other than Infinity models I went to my local shop and found one. Here's some pictures with some various game models so maybe it'll help someone else out there decide if they want to pick some up for their games. I'll be picking up some more buildings in the near future.

Here's some Dust, Heroclix, Warhammer 40k and some At-43 models. The Star Motel is my least favorite design of the buildings Plast Craft make and it has the largest door on it compared to the other buildings available.

 This is the back, which is probably the most important part of these buildings as they all feature platforms and ladders on each building. The Dust and At-43 models are on 30mm bases and they have plenty of room on the top platform and even the Heroclix base can be placed behind the railing on the top level.

Here is the Star Motel next to a Deadzone Battlezones terrain building. The doors are about the same size and the height of the first level match up, they are both 3" from the floor to the top of the first level.

It almost fits into a Dust Tactics square, there's just a little bit over the line but it works.

I can't wait to get some more and use them in games of One Page 40k

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