Game Boards

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has anyone here made there own gameboard?. If so how did they go about it, a large flat base with small pieces of "loose" scenery, or a solid landscape (hills and things moddeled onto the board)
thanks for any info

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Modular terrain works well ( I.E. divide terraformed foam sections into equal squares that can be arranged in a variety of ways). I like to use a preset backround, made from insulation foam, such as grassland, ash waste, volcano, etc. for my basic plains,hills, and rock faces.
Then I make seperate loose objects like debris piles, fences, tanktraps, w/e you wanna do. Just match the basing on the loose objects to your overall table scheme.

This way you can get th best of both worlds.

Hopefully the admins. will get a terrain section going soon that would b awesome

P.S. (I hope this helps more than it confuses)

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1. Take a "Monday Night Game Board"
www.thewarstore.net/mondayknightgamemats.html
2. buy a 6X4 board of "Dow Blue Board".
3. Cut the dow blue board into 4 sections.
4. Your goal is to make it look like this:
www.war-zone.com/shop/warboard/GTS1450.gif
5. Cut the monday night game board into the proper sections for your dow blue board. The two outer pieces of your board will be connected on the top by the single sheet of the monday night game board, which will stretch across the two outer boards. The two inner boards will have something connecting them in the back, maybe some leathery material, or strong game board tape. Again look at the graphic for directions on how to get it to look.

I tried using boards. With boards you can do either of the following:
1. Buy Texture paint and paint the board.
2. Mix PVA glue with water and paint the board. Then apply sand across the board. Let this dry 48 hours. Mix PVA glue with your paint color (typical house paint, dont get a bright finish or anything). Paint over the tried sand. Let it dry properly. I used 6 2x2 boards. Make sure the boards are thick enough not to warp.

You can also buy expensive materials, such as silflor (http://www.sceneryexpress.com/products.asp?dept=1042)
.Silflor is very realistic looking grass for model railroads.

One of the best purchases I made, was a book called:
"Woodland Scenics Scenery Manual".
www.woodlandscenics.com/index.htm

Model Railroaders have been doing this stuff for years, and they have developed a fine art. Don't fall for the expensive 40 dollar trees that look like cartoons from Games Workshop.

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well i have made a game board, and it is fairly simple to make. i purchased an 8x4 one inch thick foam board, and i cut it to the desired size (my gamesworkshop store uses 4x6). after your piece is cut, apply glue in sections (carpenter glue) and apply the sand after the glue is applied (i used play sand which i purchased from a lumber shop). when the whole board is fully sanded and dried, buy a quarter pint of paint (whichever color u want it to be- make sure its a dark paint) and roll on the paint with a paint roller. once the basecoat is down, use an extremely large paint brush from home depot or any home improvement store and drybrush lighter shades until you get a desired look. as far as the terrain, just make it seperate so you can have a variety of different scenarios.

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me ive made several and i mean several most had to be destroyed because of space issues now wot i find best is hardboard (usually found in the back of wardrobes or dressers this is thin and easy to put away and can have a small amount sculpted if desired, another favourite of mine is the wallpaper table can be folded in half, this i found is best, my wallpaper tabble LS has rocks moulded onto it and has alot of movable terrain all based to jus merge with it if people feel its too long and narrow, BUY TWO!!! and put em side by side.

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i bought a large ratangular bit of woood and based it and put the ity of deaths buildings on it

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what I use for a game table is a 4x8 wooden board that I bought from home depot. I use the very heavy kind because it doesn't warp and I never need to transport it. I just lay it on a long card table and there ya have it! Since I mostly play Cityfight, I painted the whole thing a dark grey. My city structures like buildings and rubble are all drybrushed with similar greys.

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By the way, I have ALOT of space to use upstairs, but if space is an issue and you need to "store" your gameboard after each use, then try this:
Use one of those 4x8 pink styrofoam sheets used for insulation. Completely cut off 2 feet on one of the short ends making the board 4x6.
Now, make two more cuts all the way through leaving you with 3 sections that measure 2x4 each.
place all three sections side by side so they all line up evenly and roll a line of duct tape along one of the cuts. Then, flip the game board over and roll a line of duct tape on the other side. This way, your game board will fold up against itself giving you a storage area of 2x4 feet and 3 inches thick. Fits behind a door perfectly. Now all you have to do is decorate your table by adding sand, flock, whatever. Don't add anything like hills because the board will not be able to fold up on itself. Hope this helps!