One really good tip: use 3D miss-prints, broken bits or old tiny toys as the board deco. Bury them into the small hols of the foam or just poking out of the ground, will add some detail and it does not needed to be painted in a complex way
my favorite builds, cheap and fast. Thank you for leaving in the mistake, it makes it all much more approachable and shows that you can fix anything (happy accidents) To many YT's use tons of 3d printed stuff and all this expensive equipment that most people don't have access too.
Never would have done yellow but it really works looks great! Wyloch a while ago did those stone pillars, but he painted the foam with acetone to get some interesting texture.
I really appreaciate seeing things like this, making things more inclusive. Theres nothing wrong with channels showing off their fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime builds considering costs and everything, but its also nice to not have to look up so high and find high quality work of things you could try yourself!
For cutting it in half, if you clamp something big and straight across you can use it to guide the jigsaw (I only did this after having many, many similiar results to yours!)
@@StarshipsSteel Definitely, but telling people to use tools they probably don't have kinda felt a bit presumptuous that they can afford/want a host of specialised tools (especially given this video was specifically a "cheap" option). A jigsaw is a great jack of all trades.
This is the kind of content I love you guys for! Huge colabs from the whole team and just getting down dirty and messy to make a terrific product at the end! Thank you for being awesome, please keep up the amazing work!
I love this board. It just goes to show that with a trip to the hardware store and some creativity, anyone can have an amazing looking gaming table. Thanks for sharing!!
Wait, some people didn't make potions as a kid? 😮 Awesome build, love the accessibility - most channels just seem to assume that everyone has a 3D printer.
I like the big crazy projects, but it is very nice to see more realistic everyday projects we can do on our days off. I enjoy seeing you guys trying to work in budget and would love to see more. Also, who else loved making potions when we were kids? What wonderful memories ❤😂
Made potions as a kid. We had a big stone birdbath out in the yard where we did this. I can relate to the jigsaw issues. There are times at my job where I have to try to cut straight lines without being able to rest the jigsaw flat on the board. It definitely makes thing interesting. Liked the build, and it was interesting seeing the differences in each section of the board. Also it is always nice when you can repurpose pieces to build something else.
This is easily the best video for me to end such a long day with ❤ I love creative projects to relax with and yes even making potions like when you were a kid. Idk if anyone else had this experience, but I was lucky enough to have a friends mom who would let us use old baby food jars to house our potions in, man those were the days
Its a good idea. But my main issue is that, by proscribing the platform areas for buildings etc you massively reduce the randomisation ability of using different terrain kits. My suggestion would be to keep the craters, crystals etc but dont glue them to the board, simply add some basic texture to the top of the board. Its why I prefer the neoprene mats from urbanmats etc. over making bespoke gaming boards.
@@TabletopTime Thats fair, each to their own, I just know from running a games club that storage can be an issue, so if I did follow your approach Id keep the craters and hills/rock formations detachable.
For the algorithm, and the good ideas to work with. I try to do in the full modular pretty often... And never in so big base, but more for what you put in. So yeah, thank for the idea again ❤
no joke the materials are getting more expensive, the last time i went to bunnings for some XPS foam i wanted to cry, also the chisel meta is super underrated.
Was on a MASSIVE Harry Potter stage in elementary school... yeah, my brother and I made a potion out of the leftover ingredients we had in the kitchen. One of which was leftover bakers chocolate... the result quickly solidified to a brown sludge that we stuffed into an old teriyaki sauce bottle.
One additional way of adding realistic textures and bits is to use a rock to smash the foam, or to put several rocks and the leftover bits in a box and to shake it
For coloring the crystals, you can use a contrast or speed paint as they're translucent, but I actually prefer using alcohol inks. You can probably even do the same process where you mix up a bunch in a bowl like forbidden cereal
Thank you for the nice video. I wanted to make a spearhead board, but I had no good idea. This looks so good and easy, that I have some motivation now. :) Also the kickstarter looks very promising. Love the theme!
Good work, looks fantastic. I really like more DIY focused videos, and it gave me some ideas to finish a diorama I've been procrastinating on finishing
While the crevass is interesting, that kind of locks in that tile for placements. I've been working on a more modular thing for about the same price range but more storable and generic. In the US, it heavily uses Dollar Tree stuff, but Amazon tends to have the same things for around the same price. Start with 1'x1' wood canvas pieces for the structure and build off of that. The things are easy to get and consistent between brands, so you can expand as much as you want along the way, but starting with a smaller and moving up as you build works great as long as you write down your steps for the ground. $48 (US) for 16 of the canvas boards ($3 each in dollar tree plus section), a couple bottles of wood glue, a few things of super glue, some aquarium gravel sized rocks (grabbed from dollar tree as well), playground sand, some cereal box and soft drink case cardstock, and some craft sticks along with some of the premixed patching plaster material a lot of places have. Super glue some of the rocks and sticks down, I also made some tiles out of the cardstock (1"x.5") and glued those shiny side up in some areas along with the sticks to represent things that might be there...the tiles work great for representing stone paving for cities or villages while the wood pieces work great to represent some sturdier footings for dirt paths or lining them to prevent erosion issues. Then add in the sand for it to texture with the glue. Add a mid brown spray to prime, paint the details such as the tiles and wood along with the stones (I use the cheap apple barrel white...because the next step makes them great), then add a black ink wash over it and some touches of a darker brown wash in places (this really makes the rocks look real, the cheap white starts chalky when painted on, but you almost leopard spot it with the ink wash to get something that is a more interesting grey), and follow that up with a warm off white drybrush. I then add some other detail work such as some of the tiles if you want more specific work, or if you want foliage, patches of some cheaper flock works great, and you can get some other interesting foliage options rather cheaply. As long as you keep them relatively flat, you can just stack them up easily for storage...and if you want to add deeper built in features, you can flip the wood canvas over and add foam into the frame before making the features you want there. And with the price, you can make some rather simple hill and other structures for cheap as well with foam core if you want more layered stuff. Hell, if you want to make things more marshy, grab some of the high gloss polyeurethane that you can get in the crafting sections of stores (not the hardware type...it's thicker and tends to do some odd things while also curing far slower), and you can fill divots and similar in the build to get a pretty indestructible water look
I like it. Seeing the crystals makes me think of starcraft, "construct more pylons" I've always wanted to make a cool board but with my shakey hands I don't trust myself with a saw to cut a board.
This is amazing. Im starting legion and converting a book shelf into a diorama to store my modles in between uses. Got a lot of great ideas. Thank you so much! Im subscribing. (I also want some of the forbiden soup, aka potion 😂)
Looks very good, the only thing I don't get, if you talk about things being 'better to store' is why you put the rock and hill formations already on the board. It makes it so much more impractical to store and also prone to damage (breaking of those rocks or crystals).
It's a balance of what you need for your own set up and looks, some incorporated terrain will always, full stop, look better than terrain plonked on top. You're 100% correct though, we have to do some things for RUclips thumbnails, and our storage shelves allow for this, no issue, it's the dimensions of the tiles that can be tricky. If you need to be space efficient, leave it off. If you don't want any of it, crystals, rocks, craters - don't make a board, buy a neoprene mat and game to game
A cool idea would be to do a line of affordable videos that can be modular. Or maybe terrian type things. The economy is bad for everyone but still enjoy your content
I like this. you have built some amazing things but the cost of some of your projects are unrealistic. so seeing a back-to-basic is refreshing
One really good tip: use 3D miss-prints, broken bits or old tiny toys as the board deco.
Bury them into the small hols of the foam or just poking out of the ground, will add some detail and it does not needed to be painted in a complex way
my favorite builds, cheap and fast. Thank you for leaving in the mistake, it makes it all much more approachable and shows that you can fix anything (happy accidents) To many YT's use tons of 3d printed stuff and all this expensive equipment that most people don't have access too.
Awesome that you included the mistakes... makes it feel even more attainable
See barren moonscape cratered and scattered with crystals, me: YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS.
Never would have done yellow but it really works looks great! Wyloch a while ago did those stone pillars, but he painted the foam with acetone to get some interesting texture.
"Need more vespine Gas"
My life for...Ner'zhul?
@@russrandall4834 The yellow seems to fit because I think it's a sulfurous yellow.
Was not ready for a Sbassbear/GameGrumps reference, but I'm absolutely here for it xD
Absolutely was not on my bingo card for the year 😆
It's my job and also my passion.
the chisel effect looks way better than anything i've done with a hot wire cutter. thanks for the tip.
It felt 'right' to use as well, recommend!
Fits any game system... *scratches head in historicals*
I jest. Fully understand what you mean.
Board looks awesome.
Touche 😂
WW1 no man's land...
I really appreaciate seeing things like this, making things more inclusive. Theres nothing wrong with channels showing off their fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime builds considering costs and everything, but its also nice to not have to look up so high and find high quality work of things you could try yourself!
I love a back to basics build. With so many new users, videos like these are a great way to welcome them to the game,
Glue stick gemstones are brilliant! And, the magical thing about them is that they glow under backlight so give off an awesome vibe.
For cutting it in half, if you clamp something big and straight across you can use it to guide the jigsaw (I only did this after having many, many similiar results to yours!)
My issue was the guard followed the line of the MDF I'd glued onto the board and ran it off course! Good tip!
Even so, jigsaws do not excel at cutting straight lines.
@@StarshipsSteel Definitely, but telling people to use tools they probably don't have kinda felt a bit presumptuous that they can afford/want a host of specialised tools (especially given this video was specifically a "cheap" option). A jigsaw is a great jack of all trades.
Such a perfect morning: eating breakfast and all of the sudden a new tabletop time video emerges. Love it ❤
Now that turned out really cool. The crystals with glowing colors worked great. Keep on keeping on.
This is the kind of content I love you guys for! Huge colabs from the whole team and just getting down dirty and messy to make a terrific product at the end! Thank you for being awesome, please keep up the amazing work!
I love this board. It just goes to show that with a trip to the hardware store and some creativity, anyone can have an amazing looking gaming table. Thanks for sharing!!
I don't and won't do any of those things. I watch you so i can live vicariously through you and I thank you for it! I absolutely love these projects!
wow that glueing technique for the crystals was absolutely spot on
That bakingsoda hack worked really well for the crystals! Love the board!
Wait, some people didn't make potions as a kid? 😮
Awesome build, love the accessibility - most channels just seem to assume that everyone has a 3D printer.
Nice to find this video when I'm just back from the hardware store with foam sheets!
These are the type videos we like ❤
Good looking board, love the color the crystals made and how you made it look like they glow with adding the same color to the side of the ravines.
Murray's cans looked amazing in this video
I'm a simple man. I see a Tabletop Time video, and I: like, comment, and subscribe.
I love seeing all three of you guys in one project, I love you all individually but together... that's table top time 😁
That glue technique for the crystals looks epic! Such a cool build 🎉
good to see you go over the basic stuff.
I like the big crazy projects, but it is very nice to see more realistic everyday projects we can do on our days off. I enjoy seeing you guys trying to work in budget and would love to see more. Also, who else loved making potions when we were kids? What wonderful memories ❤😂
1:26 god I miss my dad
This is what we like! Some other videos are so expensive that this one I can actually do
Made potions as a kid. We had a big stone birdbath out in the yard where we did this.
I can relate to the jigsaw issues. There are times at my job where I have to try to cut straight lines without being able to rest the jigsaw flat on the board. It definitely makes thing interesting.
Liked the build, and it was interesting seeing the differences in each section of the board. Also it is always nice when you can repurpose pieces to build something else.
This is easily the best video for me to end such a long day with ❤ I love creative projects to relax with and yes even making potions like when you were a kid. Idk if anyone else had this experience, but I was lucky enough to have a friends mom who would let us use old baby food jars to house our potions in, man those were the days
Its a good idea. But my main issue is that, by proscribing the platform areas for buildings etc you massively reduce the randomisation ability of using different terrain kits. My suggestion would be to keep the craters, crystals etc but dont glue them to the board, simply add some basic texture to the top of the board.
Its why I prefer the neoprene mats from urbanmats etc. over making bespoke gaming boards.
We prefer a middle ground - lots of open space to put terrain but some flavour on the board too
@@TabletopTime Thats fair, each to their own, I just know from running a games club that storage can be an issue, so if I did follow your approach Id keep the craters and hills/rock formations detachable.
The Game Grumps reference got me good 😂 forklift simulator is such a banger
Nice work guys, i love modular boards. Loved the crystals too
Love seeing easy to make boards, if I had some storage space out of reach of my animals I’d love to make one someday
I liked this video alot... was nice showing how we can all make a really good board at an affordable price.
For the algorithm, and the good ideas to work with. I try to do in the full modular pretty often...
And never in so big base, but more for what you put in. So yeah, thank for the idea again ❤
no joke the materials are getting more expensive, the last time i went to bunnings for some XPS foam i wanted to cry, also the chisel meta is super underrated.
That looks awesome and by doing it the way you have certainly makes it more accessible for those of us not on a studio budget 😅
The trick to a straight jigsaw cut is a long straight-edge, such as a metal yardstick, long level, or a well-cut plank.
18:47 I was thinking that the board reminded me of Jenn's turnip guys, glad to see them showing up again!
I remember when we first played Warhammer and didn't have any decent structures. So my friend just made some basic ones out of Lego 😂
awesome work .. super cheap and outstanding playability
"oh no, we went over budget by 56 dollars". "That's ok, we will say US dollars and no one will notice" :P
5% of our audience uses dollerydoos nobody cares.
We budgeted 100 US dollars
@@TabletopTime Try spending a few 'dollerydoos' on shampoo.
Absolutely great video as always in awe of the talent you guys and girls have!!
Was on a MASSIVE Harry Potter stage in elementary school... yeah, my brother and I made a potion out of the leftover ingredients we had in the kitchen. One of which was leftover bakers chocolate... the result quickly solidified to a brown sludge that we stuffed into an old teriyaki sauce bottle.
Love the new board! Can’t wait to see another battle report on this one!
I want to know the story of Murray cutting a table in half...
One additional way of adding realistic textures and bits is to use a rock to smash the foam, or to put several rocks and the leftover bits in a box and to shake it
what a beautiful and well timed cover, it was truly Tabletop Grumps Time
Guys that's awesome and a great challenge - saving this one for future reference
For coloring the crystals, you can use a contrast or speed paint as they're translucent, but I actually prefer using alcohol inks. You can probably even do the same process where you mix up a bunch in a bowl like forbidden cereal
Thank you for the nice video. I wanted to make a spearhead board, but I had no good idea. This looks so good and easy, that I have some motivation now. :) Also the kickstarter looks very promising. Love the theme!
really loved this one guys, easy to follow and cant wait to try it myself.
Also 15:22 had peak mic stand, i give it a thumbs up haha
Love the video especially the idea of keeping it cheap. When there wasn't a video and two Jazza videos got a little worried but glad to see this 😊
An awesome project, guys. Thanks for the tips.
I saw that kill team box in the background… future project?!🤔
great works guys! Love the crystals!
Yes! Less high-end 3d printing and more basic supplies!
Great video!! Was thinking I hadn't seen a video in a bit, board looks amazing!
Good work, looks fantastic. I really like more DIY focused videos, and it gave me some ideas to finish a diorama I've been procrastinating on finishing
While the crevass is interesting, that kind of locks in that tile for placements.
I've been working on a more modular thing for about the same price range but more storable and generic.
In the US, it heavily uses Dollar Tree stuff, but Amazon tends to have the same things for around the same price. Start with 1'x1' wood canvas pieces for the structure and build off of that. The things are easy to get and consistent between brands, so you can expand as much as you want along the way, but starting with a smaller and moving up as you build works great as long as you write down your steps for the ground. $48 (US) for 16 of the canvas boards ($3 each in dollar tree plus section), a couple bottles of wood glue, a few things of super glue, some aquarium gravel sized rocks (grabbed from dollar tree as well), playground sand, some cereal box and soft drink case cardstock, and some craft sticks along with some of the premixed patching plaster material a lot of places have. Super glue some of the rocks and sticks down, I also made some tiles out of the cardstock (1"x.5") and glued those shiny side up in some areas along with the sticks to represent things that might be there...the tiles work great for representing stone paving for cities or villages while the wood pieces work great to represent some sturdier footings for dirt paths or lining them to prevent erosion issues. Then add in the sand for it to texture with the glue. Add a mid brown spray to prime, paint the details such as the tiles and wood along with the stones (I use the cheap apple barrel white...because the next step makes them great), then add a black ink wash over it and some touches of a darker brown wash in places (this really makes the rocks look real, the cheap white starts chalky when painted on, but you almost leopard spot it with the ink wash to get something that is a more interesting grey), and follow that up with a warm off white drybrush. I then add some other detail work such as some of the tiles if you want more specific work, or if you want foliage, patches of some cheaper flock works great, and you can get some other interesting foliage options rather cheaply.
As long as you keep them relatively flat, you can just stack them up easily for storage...and if you want to add deeper built in features, you can flip the wood canvas over and add foam into the frame before making the features you want there.
And with the price, you can make some rather simple hill and other structures for cheap as well with foam core if you want more layered stuff.
Hell, if you want to make things more marshy, grab some of the high gloss polyeurethane that you can get in the crafting sections of stores (not the hardware type...it's thicker and tends to do some odd things while also curing far slower), and you can fill divots and similar in the build to get a pretty indestructible water look
Love the build and yes I did make potions as a kid.
This is the kinda content I enjoy
What an awesome looking board!
This is so cool ! Definitely inspired to make my own since its so simply broken down
Star Wars Legion mentioned first, let's go!
Honestly, it would be really cool to see some Star Wars legion content from you guys!
I did NOT expect a Game Grumps / Tabletop Time crossover, but here we are.
I loved this way more loose presentation, feels more like reporting from a workshop, than the profesionalistic presentation in the other videos
More like this please this is rad, reminds me of art attack
THE BOARD LOOKS GREAT hopefully i oneday get to play on it maybe bringing my sisters of battle to purge dave's heretical guard army
I like it. Seeing the crystals makes me think of starcraft, "construct more pylons"
I've always wanted to make a cool board but with my shakey hands I don't trust myself with a saw to cut a board.
This is amazing. Im starting legion and converting a book shelf into a diorama to store my modles in between uses. Got a lot of great ideas. Thank you so much! Im subscribing. (I also want some of the forbiden soup, aka potion 😂)
Love your videos guys!!! Keep it up fellow Ozzies!!
My mom still brings up my potion making days when I make it out to family gatherings, so I can only assume I was incredibly good at it.
It could be somewhere in the Realm of Shadow, Ulgu needs much more exploration and the board fits the mysterious vibe and nature.
I love your board builds
back to it! yay ^^ bon appétit everyone !
This is the content the people want
Idea: add food coloring to the hot water you soak the crystals in. Not sure it would work, but might be worth a test.
Looks very good, the only thing I don't get, if you talk about things being 'better to store' is why you put the rock and hill formations already on the board. It makes it so much more impractical to store and also prone to damage (breaking of those rocks or crystals).
It's a balance of what you need for your own set up and looks, some incorporated terrain will always, full stop, look better than terrain plonked on top. You're 100% correct though, we have to do some things for RUclips thumbnails, and our storage shelves allow for this, no issue, it's the dimensions of the tiles that can be tricky. If you need to be space efficient, leave it off. If you don't want any of it, crystals, rocks, craters - don't make a board, buy a neoprene mat and game to game
i did not expect a Game Grumps reference, 11/10
Did you budget the Bunnings sausage sizzle into the $100 budget?
Tragically no snags to be found
Jenn hinting at new merch 15:59
100% want a hoodie with f*k around and find out on it 🤣
New haircut looks good 👍👍
Very cool! Great job.
Saturday tabletop time yayyyy! 🎉
Love the new haircut Dave
best of luck for you lads and laddiemen!
Huge fan of the GG reference at 1:28! 😂 Subscribing!
Yay more table tops!!!!
I made potions as a kid, I'm with Dave on that one
Great video! Would you consider making a tutorial about the Trench Crusade board in the future? I would love to learn how to make some trenches. :)
Very cool, guys 👍🏻
9:19 definitly going to do this trick for some Wyrdstone!
A cool idea would be to do a line of affordable videos that can be modular. Or maybe terrian type things. The economy is bad for everyone but still enjoy your content
Seems like a very hot studio there.. Love the vids but keep cool :D
It's going to be. Summer has just arrived in Aus. :(
More of this, please!