I haven’t used that map, but I’d recommend scaling your pieces up by about 10-20% to keep things proportional. Test fit as you go to make sure it works.
Global Gaming Table Threads and Pictures
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Hey Resident! This an amazing table - I don’t usually frequent the threads on gaming tables, as I’m more of a painter. I had to stop and comment though - love what you’ve done here. The rolling tray and fooseball style hit marker beads are a great touch. Looks like it would make for a very integrated game. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks a lot. I’m really happy with it. Not 100% satified with the beads. I’m going to look around for a nice set of bronze beads that will match the corner guards I’ll be putting on. I think it’ll tie it together nicely.
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@Young:
Speaking of electronics, my next add on is going to be a motion sensor in the rolling area hooked up to an MP3 player that plays fighter and machine gun sounds every time it gets tripped so that dice rolls will have sound effects.
WWHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTT!!!
It’s a few steps off. Will post video when it happens.
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That is one awesome table. We are still trying to determine the best way to print the map. So not much progress for us yet.
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That is one awesome table. We are still trying to determine the best way to print the map. So not much progress for us yet.
Kinkos was perfect for me. It wasn’t cheap, but something like this will never be cheap. I paid around $160 or so for mine. It took 3 days. Came out very crisp and sharp. No complaints at all.
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What kind of material did you use for the map? Also is it a solid board or can it be rolled or folded?
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What kind of material did you use for the map? Also is it a solid board or can it be rolled or folded?
Foamcore, so no rolling. It’s mounted to the plywood with trim molding around it. I could take it out in theory, but it’s designed to be permanent.
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Lots of great ideas here, I plan to start mine this week. Thanks everyone for sharing your hard work and ideas.
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I just wrapped up mounting my map, I really like it. (4x8 1936 HBG). I’m less of a specialized wargamer, and more of an all around game guy, so I needed my game table to be cleared when I wasn’t playing Global. So I build a frame, similar to a canvas stretcher and then topped it with rigid cardboard and then mounted the map on top of that, rolled the trim edges around to give it that “pop off the wall” art look. Now I have a nice map for my A&A sessions and when we are done, it returns to being board game room decor.
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What the !!! Is that Stalins grandson playing war games at The General’s Fortress Saturday night ?
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I built this for my Navy buds retirement gift. Works pretty sweet!
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Nice !
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I built this for my Navy buds retirement gift. Works pretty sweet!
@SS:
What the !!! Is that Stalins grandson playing war games at The General’s Fortress Saturday night ?
CUSTOM MAPS AND TABLES!!! MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE!!!
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Here is my storage spot for the new map I picked up at the Young Grasshopper G40 Invitational.
Now that I have this awesome map, I might have to fall down the rabbit hole of getting a table…
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Here is a video on the tabletop I made recently. Please check it out:
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Here are a couple of pics of the table my son (16) and I built last spring. For years we have had a table top on an air hockey table, however I had a custom map printed which is larger than that table. So after looking at some tables we came up with this one and built it a little larger to accommodate the Global War map from HBG. Table is 4’ X 10’ overall.
We wanted the shelves under the table top for storage (unit trays and such) to free up table space and space around the table. Dice trays on each end and some extra space for all the “extras” you need to play Global 40, 41 & 42!
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Very impressive! And the posters on the wall are a nice touch too. Thanks for sharing these pictures.
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Thanks, Just starting on the walls!
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Appreciate all the insight into building a custom game table.
Kudos to YG and all the videos re: this.
I’m in the process of building a table. I’ll submit some pictures when I get the requisite 10 posts.My question is on height of the table. I have an 8’x4’ plywood with border. Standard map size.
My son is 12, I’m 6’2… Was just trying to see what the consensus was for height of the legs and the overall table. Unsure if we’d use barstools (likely) but do most people stand for this, sit for this?Thanks so much!
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My question is on height of the table. I have an 8’x4’ plywood with border. Standard map size.
My son is 12, I’m 6’2… Was just trying to see what the consensus was for height of the legs and the overall table. Unsure if we’d use barstools (likely) but do most people stand for this, sit for this?Looking forward to seeing the forthcoming pictures. About the height question you have, my suggestion would be for you and your son to do some “reachability” tests by putting the Global 1940 map on your sheet of plywood, putting the plywood on a low table, then raising the map to various heights by putting books (or whatever) between the plywood and the table. Start low, and check to see if your son’s arms can reach comfortably all the way to the middle of the board from all four sides of the map. If so, raise it some more and repeat the test. Once the middle of the board is out of his comfortable reach, you’ll know you will have gone over the maximum allowable height, and you should therefore aim for something a little lower – but not too much lower, because a table that’s too low won’t be comfortable for you, nor for your son as he grows taller in the future.
This is based on the assumption that your table setup allows players to walk round the board on all four sides. If your table is going to be up against a wall – which isn’t recommended, because the table will only be approachable from three sides – then the table will have to be lower because players will have to be able to reach all the way across the map from top to bottom rather than just to the middle.
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