D6G Ep 209: The Man Behind the F.A.T. Mats & Weta Workshop on GKR visuals

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🗓️ 18 March 2017

⏱️ 169 minutes

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Doug Johnson, the man behind Tablewar's F.A.T. mats, joins us in the third chair! Doug shares his story of how he went from gamer to every miniature gamer's favorite "Mat Man" as we learn how Tablewar went from idea to reality. Later Craig and Russ our rejoined by some more amazing folks from Weta Workshop as they discuss what it was like to bring the visual design concepts behind Giant Killer Robots to life. All that plus: - Total Fan Girl - Do You Ever Notice - App of the Ep (Game Master 5) - & More If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: . The following fine organizations help make this show possible: ==Quick Reference== App of the Ep: 1 hr 1 min - Game Master 5 Tablewar Story: 1 hr 8 min Total Fan Girl: 1 hr 52 min WETA Workshop on GKR Sculpting: 1 hr 58 min Links Discussed in the show: Giant Killer Robots Kickstarter: Craig's Blog: Russ's Blog: Total Fan Girl Blog: Dice Tower Network:

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0:00.0	This is the D6 generation with your hosts Craig DLant.
0:16.1	No, no, no, cut that, keep that.
0:17.6	Some day it's going to be worth something.
0:19.2	Russ Wakeland.
0:20.7	You put me in an ATST with frickin' wookies attacking me and whatnot?
0:24.4	Now you're talking.
0:27.0	And Doug Johnson in the third chair.
0:33.0	Table War!
0:35.1	With contributions from Total Fan Girl, vampires do not sparkle.
0:40.4	And are loyal listeners.
0:42.3	Crazy?
0:43.2	That's like 400 hours of gamer nonsense.
0:45.8	Welcome to another edition of Rapid Fire, the roundtable discussion of all things gaming.
0:49.8	Camera at the speed of something very fast rushing over beautifully rendered neoprene terrain.
0:54.0	Today's edition is brought you by all of our friends over at Patreon, the people, the boys,
0:58.7	the girls, the men, the women, the children, everybody who helps us keep the lights on.
1:03.1	I'm Gigley McNairigan, your host, today our panelists are Russ, raging River Wakeland,
1:06.9	and president of table war and lord and master the fat mat dog dry desert Johnson let's begin
1:12.6	issue number one one thing is certain no matter what time period technological level or system you are using war game models need something to stand on whether it's sand and paint felt static grass or neoprene that battle has to take place somewhere and those models will need something to stand on as they fight through the twisted scenarios of your imagination.
1:30.4	Question.
1:31.3	Back in the good old days, how many different deluxe table surfaces did DakaDaka
1:35.8	sport on its superior array of gaming tables making everyday games day?
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