Building new terrain for my Wargaming Board - Rivers Terrain

Since I want to start gaming at home as well as my local hobby shops, I have decided to build my own gaming table from scratch.  This also will give me some projects to do, because I don't have that much terrain at home, so I will be making a lot of terrain of the next couple of weeks,

Medium Density Fiber Board (MDF)

I have to wait till next week to purchase the materials to make the table, so this weekend I decided to start on some of my terrain pieces.  I have always liked having some type of water features on my tables, so I decide my first terrain feature for the table would be a river that could run the width of the board.


Off I went down to my local Home Depot, and I picked up a 1/4 in. x 2 ft. x 2 ft. Medium Density Fiber Board (MDF).  I really like working with this stuff as its easy to cut and shape, and sands very well.  Basing the MDF is easy, and really stands up for using it as terrain.  Its also heavy enough that it will not easily move if the table is bumped.



So I started of today drawing out my shapes of each section.  I decided that I would have 4 straight section, each being 1 ft. in length, and two corner sections.  This will give a lot of variety of choices when placing the river sections down on the table.  Once I got the layout drawn out, I realized I had enough material left over to also cut out 3 round bases that I will use for other projects.  Maybe I will use them for maybe a swamp piece, or forest pieces of terrain.  Below is the pieces after I got them all cut out.  I borrowed a jig saw from my brother, and it made short work at cutting all the pieces out.

All pieces cut out, and bonus terrain pieces from left over material.

My next steps for the pieces was to bevel all the edges for the pieces would not have the flat edge to them.  Only where the pieces butt together was left straight.  I just used a utility knife and a sanding block to make nice clean beveled edges.  This will help the pieces blend more into the table when placed on the board for play.  Below are several images of my progress on this step.

Pieces with the edges beveled and sanded

For each joint I tried to match the bevel as best I could, I'm no professional, lol.

My next steps will be to base and paint the pieces to make them look like river sections.  I will be doing a followup post when I'm done with those steps, but will take pictures as I go like I did for this post.

Until next time, keep on gaming, and may your dice always be blessed.

An Unboxing of the new MKIII Battlegroup Starter Sets

So the release date for the new MKIII (MK3) will be June 29, 2016.  So looking forward to this.  Over at the Peachstate Hobby Distribution website, they sat down with someone from Privateer Press to talk about MKIII and give an unboxing for two of the factions, Trollbloods and Cygnar, as well as a look at some of the other models.

Below is the YouTube video that they released.

Warcraft - Trailer 2 (HD)

Legion of Everblight - Painting coming along for the models of the Two-Player Battle Box

I got motivated tonight, and before I knew it, I actually had finished 5 models.  So if you recall I purchased the Two-Player Starter set for the Hordes awhile back, You can see that post here.  Well, I have been wanting to get these guys painted, and woot, got 5 done for the most part.

Got the base coat down

Now I'm not the greatest painter in the world, but I could say I'm average for the everyday war-gamer.  Here are some photos I took from my phone of the mostly completed models.

Legion of Everblight - Carnivean Heavy Warbeast

Legion of Everblight - Shredder Lessor Warbeasts

Over the next couple of days, I will be painting Lylyth, and then I will be painting the unit that came in that starter box the Blighted Ogrun Warspaers.  Those look like a fun unit to paint and play.  And I can't wait to see the whole group painted and on the table to play.

I'm still not sure what I want to do with the bases, I see some people go with winter theme and snow, and then other rocky and dry grass, etc.  But I have not made up my mind what I want to do.  If you have any thoughts leave comments below.

Big news from Privateer Press about Warmachine and Hordes

So, they announced that they are coming out with new editions for both Warmachine and Hordes.  So exited, is been over 5 years since the last edition of the rules.  So looking forward to this.

Here is the YouTube video they released about it:

This new really got me motivated, and tonight I started to paint my Legion of Everblight army.  So looking forward to the new boxed sets.  Below is the new images of the new boxed sets for the current armies that I play

I will post pictures of them in progress tomorrow and the completed ones hopefully by Sunday.

Been slacking with my Hobby

Have not done anything with my gaming hobbies in awhile except get in some game play now and then over at Odyssey Games.  The main reason for this is that we moved into a new place, and it has taken some time to get things situated where I could get back into the swing of things.

I have finally made up my little corner for my gaming and modeling, so I will be getting some more stuff done within the next few weeks.

I have a few terrain pieces I want to start making, as well as a whole list of painting projects that need to be completed.  I will also be working on a few Diorama's I want to do to display down at the Hobby Store.

Here is my current painting list.  Boy I have been a slacker when it comes to painting, but I do play with a lot of unpainted models.  I want that to change that this year, and I have created a list to get me going, lol.

·        Bolt Action

o   British Army

§  British Infantry Box

§  Cromwell Tank

§  Bren Carrier

§  3” Motar Team

§  Flamethrower & Combat Engineers Teams

§  Anti-Tank Gun

·         Warmachine

o   The Protectorate of Menoth

§  Warcasters

·         Feora

·         Kreoss 1

·         Kreoss 2

§  Warjack’s

·         Crusader Heavy Warjack

·         Revenger Light Warjack

·         Repenter Light Warjack

§  Units

·         Choir of Menoth

·         Exemplar Errant Officer & Standard

·         Exemplar Errants

§  Solo’s

·         The Covenant of Menoth

·         Vassal of Menoth

·         Hordes

o   Legion of Everblight

§  Warlocks

·         Lylyth, Herald of Everblight

§  Warbeasts

·         Carnivean Heavy Warbeast

·         Shredder Lessor Warbeast x4

§  Units

·         Blighted Ogrum Warspear Unit (5 Models)

o   Circle Orboros

§  Warlocks

·         Kaya the Wildborne

§  Warbeasts

·         Feral Warpwolf Heavy Warbeast

·         Argus Light Warbeast

·         Winter Argus Light Warbeast

§  Units

·         Warpborn Skinwalker Unit (5 Models)