Folding Terrain board Pt 2

Lots of work done on the boards today.  Still more gloss coat to do on the rails to get them real nice and shiny.  But, I couldn't resist putting the hinges on one and slipping my Zuzzy mat on it to see how it looks.

Folding Terrain board Pt 1

Here's the latest project I've been working on all week.  Folding travel terrain boards.  I decided to make one for my nephew and brother so they would have a set at their house.  I kept telling them I was working on a secret project and my brother guessed what I was doing.  I was going to wait till after xmas to post them up, but since he guessed I will go ahead and put them up.



Starting with a thin sheet of plywood cut into two  2x4'  sections, and several 1x2's and 1x3's.  I build a framework for the under side of the board.

I decided to build 2 tables at once.  A prototype to work out all the bugs on and the #1 model for my brother and nephew.

With the frame done I put the sides on and slid the two sections together to see how they match up.

 A top side view and a bottom view.

Dry fitting in 2 sections of foam board to check the edges.. smooth fit!

Like a glove

Here is the folded over thickness.  The boards are very light.

Hinges needed a bit more space so I put some edge blocks on.

 Time to start the finish work.  Using a red mahogany stain.

More to come in part 2!

Brother Joe's Menoth

Here is a quick pic of my brother Joe's menoth.  it's a work in progress.  He has spent a lot of time doing free hand stained glass panels on every flat space available.  Beautiful work.

Borka!

Borka is all done!  I was really pleased how the leather came out.  I still have his plaid to do, but he's ready for the board!

Troll bloods

New army i've been working on.. Trollbloods!

Thanksgiving weekend work progress.

I had 4 days off so I got a lot done on the board.  I finished the wood work, added sand texture between the stones.   I also did the rough painting, and brought it into the house where I will do the detail painting.

Epic Terrain Board update

Finished working the casting all around the interior walls of the board and the drain ends.

Now just need to finish the wood work and a few more detail pieces then I'm ready to start painting!