Making a Realistic Trench Warfare Table for Warhammer and Historical Games | Pt 3

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I saw the mini table saw and immediately wanted to mention that in the future you should use a push stick to protect your fingers!

It came! It finally came!!

Loved the mention of the Māori using trenches.

during the Gallipoli campaign of WW1 Australian and Turkish trenches were so close together that they would often throw "gifts" back and forth including cigarettes and "Bully Beef", which the Turks would quickly throw back with a small bite taken out of it.

ITS HERE, really really great Eric

Looks amazing. Interesting historical fact: In WW1 the Allies/Brit trenches were those ramshackle and went from horrible to meh level. Axis trenches were neatly designed, had plumbing and crew quarters dug in deep, even had electricity. As the allies believed that the Axis' trenches were like theirs just charged after bombardments. Huge bombardments and shelling that would have killed them many times over in their trenches did nothing to the Axis forces. Their dugouts and all of that were bomb shelters and so once the shelling stopped they just came out without casualties.

I agree on the levels of construction. If you look at different armies, especially in World War One, their trenches were not made equal. Lots of allied trenches never evolved beyond wood, sheet metal, and sandbags. While some German trenches were metal and concrete. I think the table is a good contrast for two different armies: one focused on attacking and barely being in the trench, and the other dug in for the long haul defending their lines. Excellent video!

Diorama's at the museum are what got me into miniatures. Specifically one of the Alamo, and one with Omaha beach. Both were huge, on tables bigger than my bedroom, but you could see individual famous people, and around the table it had little plaques to read explaining that section. I got into painting minis, and it was almost a decade later I learned people actually war gamed with them. I thought people only displayed them. I think those are a really good way to get kids interested in history

Very cool end result, sure the Trench Crusade folks are going to love this as a terrain reference as well!

To add some historical novelty to this video -- extensive use of trenches was a "signature" of Cossack warfare in mid-17-th century! Paul of Aleppo writes in his "The Travels of Macarius, Patriarch of Antioch": "Every one of them has a protection -- a hole in a ground. They stand up and shoot, and when their enemy shoots back -- they hide in a pit, so not a single bullet will hit them". There are a ton of shovels in findings of Cossack equipment of this period. Great video still, thank you for your content!

the 3rd edition 40k rulebook had a big trenchwork table shown in the middle showcase section and I've always wanted to build this kind of table. I LOVE this Eric!

Mate, I've been watching your channel for years. As an Oldhanmer Rogue Trader original, I can honestly say that yours and Arbitor Ian are probably my two go-to Hobby channels. Keep up the great work.

Yes! Me and my wife have been waiting for the end of this one. We love your videos and think you're voice is very soothing, we even started saying 'hell yeah' in our personal lives haha!

Eric, it’s one thing that I regularly steal your techniques. It’s another thing when you publish this video after I’ve spent the past month rewatching parts 1 and 2 of this series. Beautiful work, as always.

Brilliant work! That method of connecting the two layers of terrain with pegs is especially genius.

I'm so glad i supported you on patreon. I absolutely love this

I really wanna make a board like this for my Quar. Excited to see how you finish this!

For some reason, your work really calls to me. I don't play tabletop games much anymore, but would love a chance to play on that table. Awesome work, Erik.

Been waiting all year for this last instalment, glad to see the last section was as thoughtfully planned and executed as the first two. Top job!