How to make a Lava Themed Gaming Table
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Views: 9176 | By: Menelker  |
| Category: General Subcategory: Misc | Date: 2009-06-12 12:25:19 |
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Step 2:
Lay out your boards edge to edge and draw the pattern you will want for the lava channels and any other features you will want to cut into the foam board. Keep in mind that you might want to "standardize" where the boards come together. So that way you can play with the boards in any combination, instead of having to always have the same layout. It is worth taking the extra time to do this. Take a good look at it once you have drawn out what you want. Keep in mind that you are doing to want to be able to play on this board. So make sure you do not make it to busy.
Grab your hot foam cutter(s) and start working on cutting out the pattern you have made. If you do not have a straight hot knife you will need to use the utility knife to get to the sections you can not get with the hot wire easily.
As I was cutting stuff out I numbered the “little islands” so I would know where they go after.
Once everything is cut out you are left with smooth edges, which you don’t want. Take the hot knife (or the wire cutter) and score the edges to make it look more like a broken lava field.
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Pablo Scenery
10 July 09 |  |
Rating: 8
Very good tutorial. A simple but very efective board, and very playable. Score: tutorial 10 + board 6
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Menelker
10 July 09 | |
I did make templates for some burnt out trees, I just have not gotten around to making them yet. Once I do I plan on adding them to the article.
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kris6666
09 July 09 |  |
Rating: 10
Would looks very cool if it is fielded with well painted modells, like salamanders, khorne daemons, an so on...
It is a very nice article, have good feeling of the board but it is a littlebit emty, need some details, looks bit boaring without these.
I would take here some partitially burned branches to make some new surface, some altars from styrofoam with marks of the gods.
Thanks for sharing, sorry for me,too long comment.
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Lemmingspawn
22 June 09 |  |
Rating: 8
Some nice techniques in there - and relatively quick. Could have done a couple more things to make the overall effect a bit more effective. Otherwise - this would be a nice board to play on. 
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majestic0110
18 June 09 |  |
Rating: 10
Great article and fantastic result !
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AlexG
18 June 09 |  |
Rating: 10
That is an excellent article. I very much enjoyed reading it and seeing what materials you used. 10/10
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Menelker
16 June 09 | |
You are correct. I will add that into the text though. Thanks!
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No Such Agency
15 June 09 |  |
Rating: 8
If one was extra clever, one would make the boards "line up" in multiple ways to further increase the number of configurations (8 layouts from 3 boards, I believe). It looks like you've done this but I'm not positive.
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Menelker
14 June 09 | |
Thanks for reminding me. I added the estimated prices in.
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freakinacage
14 June 09 |  |
Rating: 10
looks good. love the osl, brings it to life
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Dragonsreach
14 June 09 |  |
Rating: 5
One thing, for which you have not made any detail, is the cost of materials.
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