How I Made a LIGHT UP Hexagon Board for Tabletop Games
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In this episode I build a hexagon based battleboard in the Ultimate Dungeon Terrain style, but the grid actually lights up and changes colour! Perfect for Starfinder, Cyberpunk RED, Star Wars Legion, and other sci fi tabletop games.
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I wanna make this build now!
What's the song playing during your spraypainting?
I cannot seem to find the hexagon clay cutter things at Michaels. Do you remember what they were called?
@@bertkelher4970 no, but it was in the cookie cutter section.
@@BlackMagicCraftOfficial LOL, of course it was. Now I know why I couldn't find them.
Love this. This would be so fun to play with and you know players would go absolutely wild as soon as it's suddenly lit up for a mob boss fight on the dance floor of a seedy club. Round is very fitting for the future theme.
This is the kind of build is where a scan'n'cut or a cricut would really shine and significantly reduce the amount of time required. I know not everyone has a fancy cutter but they're good for stuff like this when you have to cut a million tiny things :)
I feel a Tron RPG coming on!!!! ..... Neat job - MORE!
Fantastic! Great inventive snd creative project with so many possible applications!
Now I want to make something like this for my necromunda game have it be like an Orloc fighting pit or and under hive ruin
I wonder if you could texture the foam before you cut it out?
What was the tool you were using at 12:40? Was that a special type of router bit to make that cut?
A router. With a cutting bit. Nothing really unusual or special.
Thanks for the shout-out! It's a mind-blowing design, taking UDT to a new, awesome level. Brilliant!
Coooool!!!! This idea came together so well :-) That lightbox turned out unreasonably sweet!
This could be a really cool way of making a BattleTech board, I can imagine everything painted kind of like Tron but Mechs... It would also be something you could develop a simple style for so you wouldn't be painting each Mech as a 'real' Mech but as a hologram, maybe a black primer with neon edge highlighting or drybrushing.
There are some excellent 40K Tau armies painted in that style.
It could also represent a Mech arena. "In the red corner, massing 65 tons..."
Thank you for triggering my traumatic flashbacks to the Clan’s “advanced targeting technology” from the Nineties cartoon… They attacked MY HOME PLANET!
This would be a badass Solaris fighting arena.
No, please don’t force me to make another new table……too many great ideas. Awesome work as always!
Obviously you need to color code the enemy factions in your game, so when a fight breaks out, you can have the underlight match that faction's color.
Honestly my initial impression was it's a cool piece of eye candy with the lights but what do the lights really do for the game (any game). Then you stated about how the lights were only to be turned on for certain occasions then I thought ok this is a really cool piece and the lights are a really nice component to it
There were so many points of this video where I thought, "that moment must have felt really damn good."
No judgement on this build at all. It looks fantastic! It just inspired the idea that you could 3D print the tiles in transparent resin and use inks to filter the light allowing for an entire board to light up with furniture items printed clear with ink details also lighting up when placed. Way beyond my skill level but its fun imagining what you might do at 2am one morning on a mad creative binge with ideas like this all locked away ready to have a go at. So not only is this a great piece its really inspiring so many variations!
I think you can actually order thin, clear 1" chits of various colors and shapes in bulk for pretty cheap. They're used in schools to teach basic math. I got a bin of 500 opaque, plastic, centimeter "counting cubes", 50 each of 10 colors for about $15. I used them on graph paper in place of minis and various obstructions when I got started, since my players and I don't mind being abstract, and they stack nicely to make trees or steps or pillars, track elevation with flight, or even be used to track conditions.
Hitting those impressed hex pieces in the EVA foam with a heat gun very quickly should make those lines solidify, and you could probably pop those out instead of needing to cut them out
This was great! Now I'm eyeballing my palm router.... Quick dumb request sir!: Washes have been around forever - you made a wonderful DIY wash video for us, you made a super useful "Mod Podge + Black Paint" Video for us (that has a TON of views) - would you be willing to give us an in-depth quicky video on your oil washes since you seem to be loving them recently (Between your Nurgle buildings with the washes of orange/yellow/browns and you doing panel lining in this video) I'm beginning to start it as well (picked up a 25pack tiny tube oil pack at my Dollar Tree/White Spirits at Home Depot which FYI is a lot cheaper than an art store and in bulk!) I'd like to see some showcase projects of the pros/cons you've learned thus far and what to look for in a good consistency of the mix...I know you've probably got videos lined up for the next few months but a quicky like 7-10min video would be greatly appreciated to add to your list sir!
This looks sweet. I would not have the patience to cut 300 plus hexes to then have to glue down. Your commitment to excellence inspires me to do my own projects.
Measure 300+ hexes -> cut -> detail -> glue -> prime -> paint -> more paint -> (dry brush?) -> wash -> cut again/strip -> glue perfectly aligned -> contemplate your masterwork
Yeah, he definitely needs a laser cutter for these large repetitive projects with flat objects
That looks so cool. Kudos to you for not going insane cutting out all those hexes.
It was quite the undertaking!
Yes, I was NOT going to get Loot's Sci-fi line but then it came out and I couldn't help myself. Damn them!!! Their stuff is just too damn good.
I got them too, as a longtime Starfinder player it has been hard to find good sci-fi minis. Loots stuff looks right at home in a Starfinder game
- First I looked at the awesome project and was inspired to make my own.
- Then I looked at the time lapse of you cutting the hexes and felt nauseous.
- Then I looked at my Cricut Maker, able to cut the same foam, *and* score it *and* make a jig for spacing the hexes perfectly.
- Oh yeah, this is happening.
Exactly what i thought too! "This with one of those cutter thingies or a laser cutter would take significantly less time" :D
Wow this looks cool. This reminds me to TRON and watching this made my brain playing the TRON intro music play
This turned out seriously amazing. One of my favorite BMC builds in a long time.
Gives me an Awesome Idea for a Warhammer Underworlds Board.🤩
Very cool. Love the LED effects.
Dude thank you. I needed a way to make hexes en masse for a game board and never considered cutters
It's funny but I love the aesthetic of cyber punk but don't play infinity or 2020
And here's me thinking RGB was confined to PC gaming....
When you started cutting the plexiglass with the router in real time and no music, I really thought something bad was about to happen haha
Hexagons are TEH FUTUR!!!1 :D
Looks outright awesome! :D
I love the music in this video, I came for the build, but watched it a few more times for the tunes, where did you get the music?!? 8)
and because it is mechanically held down you could make a number of different tops and swap them out for different things
Could we get links to the music you use in your videos, some of the songs you've featured are real bangers!
Yay for UDT! I'm a big fan of both your channels. First "collaboration?"
A few days ago I had a dream, you where uploading a video telling us you wouldn't do terrain and minies anymore. 😱 Seeing you being hype for a project made me smile.
Such excellent work! At first glance you would have thought this was laser cut or CNC’d. such a great process!
Great more things to use my Crucut Maker for. Never really occurred to me use it to cut out hexes (or squares) out of EVA before now.
What type of flush trim bit did you use for the plexi glass?
Love it! LED lights just make everything so much cooler!
It looks so good! This will go great with your shipping containers and garbage cans! When we are done with this campaign we are going to a starfinder online one and I can't wait!
Love the piece, love Loot studios! It would be great to know which Sci-fi setting you prefer and how they compare :)
Nicely done! I have seen grass tile hexes work for fantasy within Heroscape, though that game combined elements of sci-fi and fantasy together
I'm digging the Tron-esque synthwave piece of music you've got going on at the 13 minute mark. If you have a google play or Spotify station I would like to add that because I use music like this for my 5E SciFi game.
lovely cat :) When You start cutting my first two ideas were: couple of tiles made from colored or transaparent plexi - to make light going thru... and few as kind of sewer hatch with empty grid on it :) but it was just an idea. Your's looks perfect!
13:40 this is the coolest shot BMC has ever done
Going for those Kubrick vibes.
I think it’s funny that you were at a hobby shop and went to an entirely separate store to get cookie cutters. Like, the food deco section at my hobby lobby is half the damn store :’)
Super sweet! 😎 spinnerama strobbin hex circle? Omg, wanna superglue my cell phone to my forhead like a diy cyborg & run aboout hollerin: Black! Magic!! Craft!!!
OK - This made the list of one of the SEVEN WONDERS of the World. Everything about the table, your video and the sun glasses are perfect.
The other side could be the UDT_Ultimate Dungeon Terrain develop by prof. Dungeon Master... both spin on a lazy suzan and focus on the action instead of the all gimmick... Awesome video BTW !
Nice! Great link to the LED's - I did some DIY and got some of those $5 dollar LEDs to work together to illuminate my display case but it's just OK and the strip is heavy and the adhesive never holds, etc. So, I ordered 32 ft' of these through your link for my display case. Thanks for doing the leg work! Cool build. Might have to make one and break out my Star Frontiers RPG
Your musical choice is REALLY making me think of 1970s John Carpenter. I guess this board would work great for an Escape From New York adventure.
You could have just 3d printed the tiles and while that happens, work with the base lights, IMO
Anyway, great and fantastic job
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Always happy to see you making stuff that makes you happy. Your joy in this craft brings me joy and helps inspire me to create! Thank you for your time
Ah! You have a "helper" like mine - look at all the assistance! {grin} Cats do get everywhere, more than dogs, but; we all get to (kinda) choose our familiar(s) so no complaining! Oh! Great project, too!
Great job! I think about an Aristeia!-Field. For Blood-Bowl too, with Lava-Light-Effects.
Dope Wyloch shoutout at 5:40. I heard Kevin MacLeod's "Lord of the Land" and had to confirm I was still watching the right crafting video. LOL.
THIS IS BAD ASS! More stuff like this ! very original and takes so many dnd crafting elements together! and you throw your spin on it! thats a signature BMC type of video!
This is a lot of the same justification as Dungeon Craft Ultimate Dungeon Terrain (UDT). Definitely worth a look for a mixed square grid fantasy circular play space.
"Ok....the LEDs are taped in, but how he gonna get them to show through the wood?" 🤔🤔
*puts plexiglass over the side that's wide open*
This is why I don't teach others how to make terrain and leave this sort of thing to the professionals 😆
On a serious note, that entire setup has such a nice shape you could easily build an outer shell to make a light-up disco club for regular tabletop wargames that don't need a grid. Slap that bad boy down in the middle of your Nurgle city ruins and you have yourself some Plague Marines thinking about switching their loyalties to Slaanesh.
Not all fantasy rpgs use a square grid. The Fantasy Trip, from Steve Jackson Games is based around a hexagonal grid, as it is based on two mini wargames, Melee and Wizard. Something like this would work great with any of those games.
I absolutely dig how awesome this turned out. SO GOOD. Also - I'd have never considered a router for cutting the plexi and you may have saved me a ton of frustration for a future project.
#1. You look like a Bond Villain even though we met and you are anything but mean in real life!!!
#2. Another great video !!!
#3. If you need help with future projects where you might need an extra set of hands for repetitive small tasks hit us up…we are semi-local and I work in Winnipeg now.
#4. The music fit the video so well
#5. I SMASHED the like button and didn’t just click
Wow! i don't know if i'm ready to diversify into scifi but this is really inspiring me to use LEDs for some fantasy builds.
i'm playing cyberpunk red for the first time 2 weeks from now. good job, choom. respect from montreal
This is exactly what I was trying to accomplish with a Dreadball arena. But couldnt figure out the logistics. This solves all of my problems. I just need one in rectangular.
Flippin' awesome idea and outcome, Jeremy. I've already designed in my head how I will do it differently when I make mine: Lasers! I will laser cut three 1/16" acrylic sheets: one with hexes cut out, one a plain circle, one with squares cut out. Glue those into a sandwich. Laser cut a fourth piece of frosted acrylic sheet to be the diffuser. Now I have a hex grid on one side and a square grid on the other and I can arrange the tiles, reusing the cutouts, any way I want. It's nice having a friend with a large laser cutter.
A cool variation could be having the tiles lit up and the borders dark. So many possibilities with this overall design. Such a cool and completely different unique project. Well done.
My mind is thinking how you could have saved some time cutting the grid if you gone with a vinyl sticker. Vinyl stickers are something I've looked into for building a home arcade cabinet. One reason I invested in a vinyl cutter/printer is my GF likes it for the custom (insert event/holiday) cards.
This is a super cool table, I wish I had a use for it lol, I basically only play high fantasy so as you mentioned, it works a lot better for sci-fi
Diagonals are worse on hex grids (tiles are diagonal to each other if the line between their center points goes through a corner point), on hex grids diagonals aren't contiguous with the tile youre standing on, so no one ever uses them for anything lol. So much so that we dont even talk about hex diagonals, we just assume square-like diagonals imposed on a hex grid. However hex grids have 50% more orthogonals though, and since orthogonal movement makes more sense than diagonal movement intuitively, this can be advantageous. However, If you include square diagonal movement but exclude hex diagonal movement, there are more possible moves on a square grid than a hex grid, but then you need rules for counting diagonal movement. In hex grids a diagonal is invariably just made with two orthogonals, because hex diagonals are visually disconnected and so awkward because of it
Looks good, chummer! I am sure that Johnny Silverhand or Hatchetman would approve!
Awesome idea and looks really cool. Have to ask what is the song playing during the airbrushing around 11minutes?
This is so cool! On my laptop screen, the hexes did look a little bit like they're supposed to be wood, though, instead of rusted metal. Was that just me? Probably just me. I'll see myself out...
I think the only thing I would have done differently would be to place maybe 5 supports inside it to support the plexi glass, I just envision someone leaning over to move a character and putting too much weight on it. 1 in the center and maybe 4 spaced around evenly. But it's an epic build
I wonder how well it would work and if it would be even more cost effective to use 2-3 embroidery hoops of the same size with a mesh of 1/2-3/4" poultry netting in 1-2 of them (or maybe just use a tennis racket?) to glue the LEDs against. Sand the facings of the inner and outer parts of the hoop that touch, put a bead of wood glue around the sanded face of the inner part of the hoop, center the mesh on top, then press the mesh down over the wood glue with the outer part of the hoop and tighten to bind it all together. Once it sets you can cut away the excess mesh, remove the hoop fasteners, and drill your holes for power connection and sensors. You could either alternate which side the LEDs are facing by spiral threading them through a single mesh, or use three hoops with two meshes and sets of LEDs to sandwich the electronics between while having the lights face outward so you don't get any dark spots. Space the LEDs in a spiral pattern through the mesh for even lighting of both sides and the ability to create a color gradient from the center outward, then screw and/or glue the hoops together before screwing that same kind of plexiglass to the non-mesh, outer sides. Perhaps cut the plexiglass a little wider in diameter than the hoops if you have a way to do so evenly, and then cover all the seams with a flexible foam outer layer with cutouts for the sensor and power connector, which you could detail prior for further customization.
Have you considered evr getting a Cricut? It would make stuff like cutting those hexagons out a breeze.
This has inspired me to make my own, but I think I’m going to break out my Cricut to cut the hexes and draw the designs. Have you considered using such a product in your builds?
I can't wait to make this! I am a new subscriber so I'm running through a ton of your older videos. Thank you for being so awesome!
Hex reminds me of honeycomb, so I don't get the sci-fi feeling from it. But I can see it still. I hate square grids. So I use hex grids when I can.
I think this idea could work as a D&D boss lair too. And the lighting effects could indicate lair actions or different stages of the boss battle or something. With these tiles maybe the boss could be a steampunk artificer or construct or something…anyway really cool build!
This looks so great and has so many potential uses! It's like a spotlight shining down and it's as if it's surrounded by total darkness. As you said, looks like it continues in every direction vs square area that looks defined or finite. Keep up the awesome builds! Super inspiring
Me getting distracted by the Tales From The Loop and Things From The Flood RPG books 👀
This board is such an original and awesome setup, and I want to shamelessly steal it (someday). Amazing job! 🍻
This is sick! One question though, how do you manage the power cable with the lazy Susan spinning?
A little late but this is so damn cool. This is almost exactly what I want to do for the Devil May Cry board game by Steamforged Games.
I'd recommend to anyone attempting to take the cutters you used to make impressions in the foam and reuse them for aligning the tiles on the board. It'll be perfectly spaced and give just enough room in between for light.
and when you're not using it, hang it on the wall as an awesome lighting piece!
i may just have to make something like this myself; i'm a big sucker for those led strips :-)
you should get yourself a silhouette cameo, if you're planning on making more stuff like this. It cuts way more than vinyl, and would have taken care of all the hexes you cut.
You could have boughten a Hexagon puncher off amazon. I wonder it that would have worked?
Hex grid has always been the norm for Aftermath! by FGU used it from 1982
As a cheap alternative to rolling through a pasta machine, do what pastry chefs do. Use a rolling pin with two flat sticks of the same size on the outside of your “dough”
really nice vid! and i frikkin looove the song at 10:00 !!! the rodstewartripoffbass is sooo nice! (please say im not the only one who hears that!?!)
You blow my mind!! So much patience and dedication. Keep up the good work bro, totally worth it!
Would love a list of the songs used in the video, especially the one that plays during the painting of the tiles. Super cool project btw!
I think things like chalk lines or stone tiles could help hexagons be more fantasy. This light up board could make really cool magical scenes!
This is just awesome - thanks for sharing Jeremy! Now I have a new project...!
I honestly use the hexagon pattern for my D&D tables it dose work well for a group that keeps in a circular pattern for fighting I’m proud of my group for doing this but they keep getting beat by a wedge shape in our battles I was going to introduce a Syfi city to the group in this campaign later I will totally use this style when they come to the ship
Really cool build. But to me the best part of this video was your selection of music! It was fitting and I just dug it!
Have you ever spent a whole afternoon painstakingly cutting tiny pieces of the same shape one by one... only to find out soon afterwards there's a simple machine or method that does exactly that?
It is very clear that this was a work close to your heart, what with how giddy and excited you were in the intro. Like you couldn't wait to show it off! Nice work I love it! Care to try building a decent medieval dnd equivalent? ;)
i love the concept of the round board and the hexes are perfect. I wonder what the largest size would be function and maybe on a lazy susan. it would be a lot of fun for a skirmish game
I thought this was a Jazza project at first, because Tabletop Time has had a lot of really creative and interesting gaming board videos. You really made a really interesting board, and it's given me an idea for a creative use for a hexagon board!
Looks awesome Jeremy! Hex tiles always takes me back to Battletech. Haven’t played that in ages. The LED lights look great.