@hopper1999 I’ve access to both resin and PLA printers, and while resin has a couple of extra steps compared to PLA, I wouldn’t consider it painful. I’ve come to appreciate resin’s ability to show detail even in very small scale. For me its worth the extra steps to clean and cure, for those results. What’s great is there are so many free units available, with some simple editing/converting you can quickly build cool armies.
As for casting, while I haven’t casted any A&A parts yet (still building my unit library), I have casted a lot of 3.75 action figure parts. I’ve gotten best results using a syringe and pressure pot. (I converted a old paint pressure tank). You inject your mold, and then put it under pressure, I’d do around 30psi, to help the resin into the thinner parts of the mold and prevent bubbles. It also helps, when making your mold to put it under pressure as well. I’ve found it helps prevents bubbles in the silicone and between the silicone and the part being cast.
I plan on using casting to duplicate units I already have, that I can’t find stl files for.
Global Gaming Table
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WOW! Thats a really nice table dude, cant wait to see the completed product!
thanks, not a whole lot of work done in the last couple weeks
Break time is over. Get back to work.
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No start over and burn it :evil:
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Where are you supposed to put your beer? I think cup holders are in order.
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And a built in Pizza oven and soda dispenser. :mrgreen:
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I think cup holders are in order
i got drink holders on my poker table. WORST idea ever. Unless you want you board submerged in beverage, i dont recommend it
built in Pizza oven
tables not finished yet, but right now we’re looking at attaching it to the bottom, out of sight
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Yeah I don’t let anything near my pieces and board, we usually use a TV tray to hold the drinks and snacks so no accidents (and subsequent simpson-esque strangling) occur.
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I think that there should always be a Tsunami risk. It’s makes the game more exciting.
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@Brain:
I think that there should always be a Tsunami risk. It’s makes the game more exciting.
Alternate Global Warming scenario? I guess that would mean the Perry Channel would be open again. :-P
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@Brain:
I think that there should always be a Tsunami risk. It’s makes the game more exciting.
Well then I would need to waterproof my board, lol.
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** Removed to stop highjacking the thread (and since I have my own). :) **
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Looks good Rorschach. Finish the darn thing.
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i have no updates. been really busy and since Europe doesnt come out till August, i’m in no hurry. i’ve been trying out different stains to see what looks good
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Rorschach,
it looks like you have 3D terrain (uneven surface), so are you planning a plexi overlay to play on. Will the tt boarders/names & sz be on the map, or on the overlay? -
@WILD:
Rorschach,
it looks like you have 3D terrain (uneven surface), so are you planning a plexi overlay to play on. Will the tt boarders/names & sz be on the map, or on the overlay?I do have a 3D terrain on there! I am planning a glass overlay (I was going to do plexi, but I found a full sheet of glass for free that can be cut to size instead!).
I was originally thinking of putting the borders on the glass/plexi, but I have flip-flopped several times on that issue. The maps highest points will be touching the glass itself, so it won’t be a great distance (the entire thickness from low-point to high-point on the map is only 1/4 inch). And if I put the borders on the glass, that removes the possibility of using it as an all-purpose game table without having a separate piece of glass/plexi as well.
So, I havn’t fully decided yet. I’m going to finish painting the map first. ;)
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Thanks that’s what I thought about the terrain. Nice job so far. Maybe you could put the boarders, and such on the underside of the glass, so they won’t wear off. I would consider a second sheet to go over the whole thing for multi use. Maybe a felt covered sheet of wood, to 2nd as a Texas Hold-em table. That way you could also leave the AA game set-up under it.
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It looks like one big desert. Are you going to paint in the different terrain types?
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@Brain:
It looks like one big desert. Are you going to paint in the different terrain types?
Yessir. One colour at a time … I’m still getting used to the airbrush (it’s been 20 years since I used one).
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what you need is some way to change what maps you are playing, quickly and easily, without any chance of damaging the maps, etc.
the only option i can think of is to put a big lcd under the table, hooked up to a little laptop with pictures of the maps, etc.
i guess you could also have laminated maps that slide in and out of glass sheets…
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what you need is some way to change what maps you are playing, quickly and easily, without any chance of damaging the maps, etc.
the only option i can think of is to put a big lcd under the table, hooked up to a little laptop with pictures of the maps, etc.
Yea I can see it now, honey I have to mount the 73 inch plasma tv from the living room under this table I spent 2 years building so I can play that game you like so much. :-D
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i love your table but try not to steel the tread! :oops: :-D
jonny have you bien working on the table resenntly?Yeah, like I said, I don’t want to take away from the thread … just figured i’d throw something in there since it’s been a while since the origonal poster updated.
I’m not making any more updates on mine here … I’ll post more when I’m done, in my own thread, in the appropriate sub-board.
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