Photos of Terrain Maker Board Project - Using Magnets

[intobattle]

Busyguy,

Great to hear, I hope it turns out good! You should post some pictures when you're done

Also, good to hear that the paint option worked good.

Take care and keep in touch,
Tanner

[busyguy]

Ok, such as they are.
The 8"x12" sheet of galvanized steel was purchased at Home Depot for less than a $1. All other materials were available in my workshop. This shot shows the board, and the underside of a terrain hex with two strips of magnetic tape hotglued to the bottom,


It has some of my ships and some KV-1's on the board.

This next shot has the board propped up and you can see that everything is held firmly.


Sorry about the quality of the photos, I am not a photographer, and they were shot with my camera phone.

[intobattle]

Busyguy,

I think those look great! Using the actual metal as the gaming surface is a great idea... Not only can you use the magnets to keep your place (if you need to slide the game board away for storage) but you can also use those small 8x12's for a great display case/board (like a mini water diorama).

Very nice job!
Tanner

[busyguy]

Oddly enough, I do have the board currently set up in my office at work with a small diorama. Before that, at a game Friday night, I'd used it to sort out the various forces and carry them down to the game area.

Pat

[HKurban]

Just started up a similar project. I'll be sure to detail how it goes.

[intobattle]

Excellent!

I look forward to hearing about it Are you planning to use it for micronauts or Terrain Maker? Or both?

Tanner

[HKurban]

I'm using it for terrain maker. I can only afford so many hobbies on a cherry E3 salary

[Sven]

Sven,

Thanks again, very helpful. One more question though I use Vallejo gel for basing as well but I've never seated the miniatures when the gel/paste is still wet. Does that serve as the adhesive alone or do you also use a drop of CA glue, etc.? And if you just use the Vallejo gel, have you ever had a problem with miniatures breaking loose?

Thanks!
Tanner

Sorry to take so long in getting back to you, but I had to travel down to L.A. to officiate (be the priest) a wedding for some friends - So there I was standing in front of folks rattling away in Lithuania & English since they had wanted something very traditional for their ceremony. I took some time to visit friends & gaming stores.

Usually the Vallejo Sandy paste holds the model just fine - but occasionally I need to add a drop of glue. It also depends on the effect I want - lighter vehicles such as jeeps would ride the surface rather than dig into the soil like a tank would. Thus Jeeps, etc, I glue to the top of the paste. I've even done some vehicles that are partially airborne & they look like they're running at high speeds.

Skal,
Sven

[anbar]

i'm using a similar technique - metal sheet on the table top, followed by home-cut tiles with 4 squares of magnetic tape glued to their underside, just enough to stop them from moving around.

will spray the metal all-black and then varnish it so that it can be used for sci-fi space battle gaming.

[intobattle]

Anbar,

Sounds great, I hope it all works out well (using black to double for space use is a great idea).

We'd love to see pictures when you're done

Tanner

[busyguy]

Just a question to the original post. Where did you find the 2'x4' sheet metal, and how much did it cost? While I had no trouble picking up a piece for the little demo/display piece I did, the larger sheets have not been so easy to find. OSH wanted on the order of $40 for one!

Pat Stapleton

[intobattle]

Hi Pat,

I got the 2x4 sheets at Home Depot (are you in the US?). They are back in the very corner near the rain gutters. I don't remember the exact price per sheet but it was around $15.

If I recall, I think I saw them at ACE Hardware and Lowe's too... although I don't remember the prices there.

Hope that helps,
Tanner