Desert terrain table

[Menolith]

So i have a project im working up to and im in need of some help what im trying to do is make a 5X5 table that can take 4X4 inserts with different terrain now u see im a menoth player so i really wanna make a desert map and im not to sure what the best way to do that is

it hast to be heavy duty and im not to worried about portability the table isan't goin anywhere and neither are the inserts so let me hear some ideas for mats and design

[AvatarOfMenoth]

Cover the table with basing grit and paint it desert looking. Add like a stone pathway and buildings that look kinda middle eastern. Maybe some stained glass on the buildings

[OTee]

One of the finest Desert Tables I've seen :
http://www.ironhands.com/table.htm

I'm currently working on a 'ashes desert ' more grayish, with rock Features to be placed. Later I'll addieren some guarded outpost with smaler fotifications like digouts, short trenches, barricades ...

Far, far in the future there will be a full fledeged outpost Andreas Depot with railway Tracks and refueling Form trains and jacks.

[Omenbringer]

That table is nice and very easy to replicate.

Over on the Brush thralls site here you can see a few desert tables that were made (the one at the bottom by me).

Materials are very easy:

• 1 sheet of High Density foam (pink or blue, though regular old bubble foam can work if you are in a foam dry state like California)
• 50 lbs bag of Playground Sand
• 1 Gallon of PVA Dry Wall Paint (Oil Based)
• 1 Gallon of Elmers Wood Glue
• 1 Pint of Minwax Polyshade (I like the American Chestnut or Pecan colors)
• 1 pint of heavy duty spackle or filler material
• I bag of the Bark Mulch

The Bark forms your cliffs (you can also do this with the spackle and some crushed tin foil). The spackle eases the transitions of the bark to foam and introduces suitable wind swept effects (use a broom to swirl the pattern). The foam of course creates the elevations.

The other materials are for the texturing.

The mix I use is 1 part play ground sand to 1 part wood glue to 2 parts PVA Drywall Paint. Mix and play with the ammounts until it looks like thick Cream of Wheat. Paint it with a heavy duty (and oil paint safe brush). Once this has dried to quick coats of the Minwax polyshade and you are pretty much done. It seals, shades and protects all in one (well two actually) step.

It is pretty bomb proof when done and looks really good (the best parts are that the materials will allow for several tables and it is very fast).

Hope that helps.