Building a Prospero gaming board

[Bloody Legionnaire]

Hi all, I've been looking at the Display that FW built for their Battle of Prospero diorama and I'd like to build something like it to use as a gaming table at the house.

 

Pic for reference:

 

Does anyone know how FW built this or what materials they might have used? If I wanted to recreate something like this what modeling materials can you recommend?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Athrawes]

Here are some pictures of my table inspired by the FW terrain.

 

I had help designing it by one of the guys who makes terrain for miniwargaming.

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/D7AE7FB1-87F2-405F-B437-5D3D5B27B137.jpg

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/E1F6259F-C9E8-43C8-8D5F-15E51F58D9D5.jpg

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/D56848E3-D291-4A66-8D9C-F63C66623F7E.jpg

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/928DCBB5-8F98-43A0-A384-056158932AEA.jpg

[M@verik115]

Love it man. Good work so far. 

[Hfran Morkai]

That's beautiful...

[Bloody Legionnaire]

Here are some pictures of my table inspired by the FW terrain.

 

I had help designing it by one of the guys who makes terrain for miniwargaming.

 

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/nickfayette1/D7AE7FB1-87F2-405F-B437-5D3D5B27B137.jpg

 

 

Wow that's awesome! What did you use for it?

Edited November 26, 2017 by Major_Gilbear
No need to quote all the pictures please

[Athrawes]

Various thicknesses of Foam core, layered to create the detail on the exterior.

 

This is a photo of the inner structure of one of the arches. 

 

 

If you look at the inner layer of foam on this picture (the layer in between two other layers), that is the stone texture layer. You can actually see how each of the blocks visible on the outside of the structure is separate to give the buildings that uneven stone block texture found on the FW Prospero table. 

 

 

The sphinx are random ebay finds

 

And the mat is the Kingdom of Heaven mat from gamemat.eu.

[Tichinde]

So far for mine i have used: escenorama, Warhammer occulus and realmgates, horizon creation 3d and you should check out the playmobil pyramids (old and new versions) that, with a bit of work would be amazing. I can get some pics up tomorrow if what I have done so far but most of mine will be designed to be used for the board game :-)

[Tichinde]

found some pics (some are wip):

 

 

the guys Athrawes mentioned are likely this lot:

 

http://wargameterrainfactory.com/product/heresy-terrain-set/

 

which is amazing if you can afford it!

Edited November 26, 2017 by Tichinde

[Bloody Legionnaire]

Thanks for the reply, Tichinde. I really like those scenery pieces.

Good find on the commission.. That is ridiculously expensive! Especially for something made from foam. I know I could do it myself cheaper out of sturdier materials. Smh. 

[Athrawes]

 

 

the guys Athrawes mentioned are likely this lot:

 

http://wargameterrainfactory.com/product/heresy-terrain-set/

 

which is amazing if you can afford it!

 

 

Yep that's Dawid.

 

Looks like after the design work he went on to sell reproduction/added them to his catalog, way marked up from what I paid for his services helping to design the table and produce the larger pieces.

 

He gave me the templates for much of What I posted and build them myself so i would definitely recommend a DIY terrain job, instead of paying for a commission

[Master Commander Ajax]

You might wanna check out the Warhammer World Facebook page. If memory serves there was a bunch of behind the scenes photos showing some of the construction.

[Bloody Legionnaire]

You might wanna check out the Warhammer World Facebook page. If memory serves there was a bunch of behind the scenes photos showing some of the construction.

 

Excellent call, sir!

 

found it ;)

 

[Bloody Legionnaire]

So for all my pro DIY/Conversioners out there.. can anyone give me a rundown of the materials you think we're looking at in that picture? 

It definitely looks like some kind of fiber board frame and the the construction appears to be foam (Expanded polystyrene?). I can't tell if they are using plastic sheets for the stone tiles that make up the ground or not. 

[Subtle Discord]

For the most part, Masonite boards for the base, wood or drywall screws to assemble it, and blue insulation foam. Lots and lots and lots of blue insulation foam. Arguably the king of scenery modeling projects the world over. Note: also comes in pink; same stuff, different brand. I've made many design prototypes with both materials, and both are an absolute mess to work with if you need to cut or sand them, and the dust they produce is horrible for your health; use a mask if you don't like carcinogens. However, they also produce amazing results if done well. Especially if you treat/paint the surface the right way they can produce very authentic looking simulated surface results.

 

You'll get both at any home renovation store in all sorts of thicknesses and large to very large sheets that can be cut down to almost any size/shape you'll need. I strongly suspect that the brick texture was cut into the surface, and then a rectangle block of just the right size was used to press each 'brick' in the wall to give it the variation. Different pressure and slightly different angles are used to give it a bit of subtle variation. Other details are carefully carved into the foam with a sharp blade.

 

Likely a bit of foam core and maybe some styrene or other minor materials are being used at this point (hidden wood dowels for support, for example), but the bulk is Masonite for the base and tons of blue insulation foam almost everything else.