"new wargame board made of cardboard and plexiglass - Norway" Topic

here is my latest wargame board made of recycled cardboard and this time with a sheet of recycled plexiglass with a blue tint to simulate the ocean surface

its of the norwegian coast, near Troms, and one inch is about two miles

this board took six months, but only cost about eight dollars to make

there are pictures from before fitting the plexiglass sheet
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here it is with the top fitted

note that this whole thing is hollow
all the cardboard sheets lap each for only one inch or so to keep weight down
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it looks like your underwater with the subs

here is a close shot of the islands around tromso, where the russians will try to nudge their way onto the beaches of norway
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youre looking through the sheet there, with no glare so it looks pretty invisible

that's just cruel

what kinds of games do you play then? tea party simulations? kiss the bunny? garden planner fantasies?

here are typhoon and akula covering the motherlands precious landing forces, including the kirov and ivan rogov, along with a trio of ropuchka landing craft and about twenty backfire bombers in back-up

norway is going to get destroyed
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thats an f16 on high alt CAP just loitering and helpless cuz its a peacetime scenario

and a really small shot of the deep end, sitting over four thousand meters or so of water, the landing forces begin the final hundred miles towards their objective

will they make it?
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this whole board cost exactly eight dollars to make, is made entirely of recycled cardboard and a sheet of plexiglass I found for four bucks. there is a thin sheet of blue cellophane wrap under the plexiglass sheet, so it casts a nice bluish light on the subs

woah, so cool!

Ingenious. I didn't expect this when I saw the title.

thank you thank you we appreciate that

Very cool!

Really neat effect to see the subs underwater and the aircraft above…

That is incredible. Nice work, and I hope to see some battle reports!

V/R,
Jack

I love it!

Excellent work!!

thank you all
did I mention this took six months to complete

I will add a battle report of the first scenario soon

very good, excellent thinking :)

Brilliant.

That's awesome on so many levels, kudos matey!

That is crazy, in the good way. Very nicely done.

well its pretty crazy in many ways actually

I was just kinda hoping someone might wonder about how it was made

did I mention it was hollow? each of the forty two layers of cardboard was cut out twice so that only an inch or so is glued to the layer below, to save on weight

the whole thing weights in at around ten pounds

I wish I had a fireplace like that :-)

oh arr oh arr it doesna work either

it was made of forty-two layers of cardboard, since you asked, and its hollow!
three kinds of glue were used on this thing, as well as brass screws for the frame of oak

How do the subs work? It looks like they are on clear acrylic blocks. You can't mark how deep they are. May I suggest using those adjustable height aircraft stands. That way you can move them around and keep them at constant depths as the bottom depth changes.

As architect, I have used this type of contour model many times. Very cool to translate that idea to the hobby.

yes, the subs are on clear acrylic tubes. their depths are measured by what contour they are on as measured from the surface. I have many of these cylinders in a wide variety of lengths, and use them for the aircrafts as well.

anyway, yeah, making these wargame boards from sheets of cardboard is the way to go. I'll never use a flat surface again.

thanks for the compliments guys
cheers

Wow this is super cool, great job buddy, never seen a submarine board before

Looks a great set-up.

I think the Naval Wargames Society did one at SALUTE some years ago based on the X-Craft submarine attack on the TIRPITZ. Surface ship hulls 'floated' above like barrage balloons; brilliant.