Wargaming table supports
Everyone has their take on the wargaming table and so here’s mine. A long time ago it was firmly established in my head by WFB3 that the standard table was 4’x8′, so I couldn’t really consider anything less. It needed to store in a small space and be easy to put together, and not too expensive.
I already had two book cases that are about 3′ wide and 3′ high (that’s a few inches higher than ideal, but that’s what they are). On top of those I put two timber beams. These are the sides from an old door which had gone mouldy in storage and wasn’t fit for re-use. They are about 7′ (210cm) long. I used a power sander to clean them up and remove the rough bits where they had been sawn off the rest of the door. These just sit on top of the two book cases as on the left.
Half built table
The table surface itself is made from 4 pieces of 4’x2′ 18mm thick MDF, just laid on top. I bought a sheet from B&Q (just under £20) and they offer a free service to slice it up for you before you take it home. Recently I painted the top with a variety of emulsion tester pots to create a grimy futuristic surface. If I’m using it for WFB or similar I have a green cloth which goes over it. You can see the cloth in this in this post of an Epic battle.
To help stop the pieces moving about and flipping up if someone leans on the edge, I have drilled two holes into each edge and glued in some dowel to help keep them together. This didn’t work as well as I had hoped because the dowels are quite short and the mdf sockets they fit into easily loosen as the MDF can be rubbed away, however it certainly helps.
Dowels in edges of table top
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