Still got loads of tiles to do (I’ve done 9 so far, just another 40odd to go then..) before I can do the inside, but at least I now have my basic space scene good to go. And it’s a handy game table for all the other board games I play. Nifty!

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And I’ve got my paint ready, B&Q’s own Funky chalkboard paint! Should be fun.

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But I’ve always had an eye on the X-Wing Miniatures Game since it came out. And since yesterday was my birthday what better time than to start a new hobby. I’m still waiting on Amazon to deliver, getting the core set and a couple of expansions to start with.

And then to tie into that I’ve been watching threads on various forums where people are turning pasting tables into small, portable games tables. It’s like it was fate huh?

So I bought a pasting table and have cut it down some (erm, a little too much, measure once, cut once, swear lots, right?), but it’s now reassembled and sanded. Ordered a carry handle and some toggle latches from ebay, they’re on route. I’ve got some blackboard paint downstairs that I’m going to use to give it a ‘space’ kinda look.

And then, because it’s me, I thought I’d go a bit more over the top and do something fun on the inside. So the outside of the case will be for star battles, the inside will be for space station style battles. I’ve braced the hardboard with the legs of the paste board, then filled the gaps with styrofoam I’ve been keeping for the past couple of years, and look at that it’s a perfect depth for the braces. Again, fate I’m tellin ya!

You know since it was a documentary I saw as a kid about the guys who built the Death Star that pretty much got me into this whole hobbying lark I suspect it was inevitable one day I’d be doing something similar. Only, you know on a smaller scale and not as good ;). But I’m hoping the overall affect will be awesome. I’ve done two of the tiles so far. Just another 62 to go then.

I’ve gone back and forth on the idea of casting them, but I think all materials will be too heavy. I contempated casting them in rubber too, but that would get bloody expensive. So I’m going to try and production line em. I’m going to do four identical ones later. These are all made with offcuts from my plasticard scrap box, so there’s very little effort. All the time it spent deciding what goes where, so doing multiples at once should speed things up. Wish me luck!

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