Terrainfest 2025 - Crusading in the Trenches
Building the base boards.
So I knew straight away that I wanted this to be a 6x4ft board. I’m lucky enough to have a basement in my house that i can use for wargaming in, and in theory…i should be able to store it…but I’ll deal with that when i get to it……
I watched a bunch of videos by other creators on youtube, and one creator stood out to me above all others. Eric’s Hobby Workshop. He has a 3 part video series where he makes a large trench wargaming table, so I decided i would follow his video and base my table on his work.
First thing i needed to do was to build the base boards. I decided that three 2ft x 4ft boards would be best for me so I ordered the materials I needed from Wickes.
I made a frame from 9mm ply, and 38x63mm battens, cutting the battens down to size, then drawing a grid on the 9mm ply so i knew where to drill my fixing holes. Then clamping the external battens to the ply, i drilled my pilot holes so that i could screw them together
Once the two long edges had been fixed on each board, I then attached the short edges and the cross beams. until all 3 boards had been assembled. They were then given a quick sanding to remove any rough edges and splinters.
I now have my completed base boards for my 6ft x 4ft table. Next step is to cut the polystyrene sheets down to size




































