We all go a little mad sometimes...

This is more than a little mad, I am not so much teetering on the brink, but racing on the down slope towards insanity. I have started to build a 4 panel arctic mountain game table, four 2' x 2' boards. Two will have a large hill/mountain on them, one will be a shoreline and the last one will be rough ground with a bit of a rise on two edges. They will be interchangeable to some extent, not 100% but enough to offer some variety. The elevated area will be 18" long leaving a scant 6" edge, or a 12" valley if the orientation of the boards is altered.

My typical spreading out of all items of potential use, and a bit of a mock up, sketch out of plans. The four L shaped bits are from a previously abandoned project, they are more or less straight edges and the original plan was to use them to facilitate the lining up of the corners. Plans changed.

I now have decided that the boards do not to be fully interchangeable, so I do not have to match up all four boards. The two mountain squares will still be able to match up with each other just not with any other boards that I might make. The other two boards will be able to switch places and that will give me enough variety.

However as I started working on the big boards a bad idea entered my head. I have now decided to make the mountains hollow to allow for some set up inside.

So the WIP shows my very rough assembly. I had drawn up a basic plan, but with the decision to make the mountain hollow out went those plane to be replaced with nothing but hit and miss almost random placing of items. Oh I have laid out some items that might fit inside and I am trying to leave my options open for what could go in, but I am flying by the seat of my pants for this.

The madness part of all this is not the building of it but the fact that I want to get this built and painted this week in time for Tuesdays posting. Not only that but I am at the same time working on a butte for Mars, a Planet of the Apes board [2' x 2'] and 50 figures for PoTA, 50+ arctic figures and another 50 figures for Mars. Not all can be done this week. At very least Mars will have to wait. I should be painting my arctic figures but instead I have almost finished off 28 apes.

Final pic for today. You can see that I have also cut out panels so that one can reach inside without removing the top and one can also have something extend under both mountain areas.