I love the look of pretty battlefields and well crafted scenery but never been inspired to make some myself. Scenery has never really been of much interest to me. I picked up enough stuff to make a 2×2 skirmish board and also got some extra plates to play around with. I spent my hobby time last night glueing the magnets in place on 16 of the tiles. You can pick up additional plates so you can switch your scenery around with ease. They come with pre cut plates that pop in and out allowing for easy storage. The other pretty cool thing is the scenery tiles. He’s developed a clever little gadget called the MagTool that ensures you stick the magnets in the right way and they sit flush with the edge of the boards. He is the proud creator of a modular gaming board called Mag Bellum.īasically it’s a board built up from lots of mini tiles that magnetise together.
I was introduced to Mark who runs the blog, Heresy of Us. Posted by Jedicorn Posted in Gaming Stuff, WIP Stuff Tags: Boards, Gaming Board, Mag Bellum, Magnets, Scenery 2 Comments on Mag Bellum Part Deux Mag Bellum I’ll mix a dark grey/brown paint as I want to keep it dark and grim. I’ll get some better pictures in due course. They were taken at 11.30pm last night in my garden. I got a production line going so there was lots going on at the same time but I managed to grab a few pictures of each stage. Its not gloss but catches the light enough to look like moisture on the surface. The lacquer gives an appearance of wet ground due to the shine on it. Finally a heathy coat of my favourite Halfords lacquer all over to seal it properly. I left it for a bit but before the paint fully dried I sprayed brown and dark green from a distance to add some colour contrast. Then armed with a can of cheap black primer I gave all the boards a base coat. I left it all to dry and then touched up some bits I missed either with more sand or filler. Once I’d done that I put PVA glue on areas and covered with sand. I tried to avoid brush strokes or lines while trying to stop large peaks of filler appearing. I smeared filler on bits of the board and then used on old brush and stippled over the blobs to spread them out a bit. Don’t get me wrong, I love my hobby but messing around with a pot of filler and a tub of sand creating texture and depth to these tiles was fantastic! I must say, this is the most hobby fun I’ve had in ages.
I stayed up way passed my bedtime last night working on my board. Well, so far so good!! My adventures with Mag Bellum have advanced rather swiftly. Posted by Jedicorn DecemPosted in Gaming Stuff, WIP Stuff Tags: 3d Print, Boards, Gaming Board, Inq28, Mag Bellum, Scenery, TheDaemonInk 8 Comments on Couple of bits! Mag Bellum III Not the same as throwing dice in person but a jolly good way to get your wargame fix in these socially distant times we find ourselves in.Īnyway, I depart with gloomy picture of the ancient relic that seems to be at the heart (quite literally in some cases) of the plot.Ĭheers. I’d certainly recommend online wargaming. The online game is proving to be a real hit and each week brings new twists and turns. I love little projects like this and it’s further enriched the game and story we are telling. Heres some work in progress shots and the finished article. Alex over at is running a roleplay/wargame over Zoom and this is a recurring symbol we keep seeing…. Next up is a key! A 3d printed key given to me by the ever talented Mark. It’s based on a Mag Bellum circle base so I can use it on my board as well. I’ll throw some paint at it and post an update. I’ve given it a black spray with an overspray of incubi darkness. I added some icons and added some spindly arms to the base. I’ve had a resin fountain in my bitz box for years and after reading the post I knew exactly what I wanted to do… The first challenge Mark has set is to think about what Daemon inkwells might look like. I need to start building really, otherwise I’ll end up changing my mind countless times and then theres the danger of not finishing anything! I’ve been making copious notes in my notepad.
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His initial posts about the campaign have been incredibly inspiring and I have a head full of ideas about my warband.
I’ve made this for The Daemon Ink Inq28 campaign being written and run by Mark over at. But I’m excited about them so wanted to share…įirst up we have a Daemon Ink Fountain. Thought I’d post a couple of bits that I’ve been working on.