Cutting Hexagons from XPS Foam - The Building Blocks of Custom Hex Maps

Cutting Hexes from Foam, the step by step guide to cutting out hexes out of XPS foam to be used in the creation of maps and play surfaces for games such as Battletech, Gloomhaven, OGRE, and more.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:47 Hexagon Terminology
2:33 My Method on Sizing Hexes
4:22 The Tools I Use
7:39 Making the 52mm Cuts
12:23 Making the 45mm Cuts
14:04 Making the 60 Degree Cuts
22:48 Final Thoughts

I've played games for a long time and one of my favorite games is that of Battletech. However the one thing that always frustrated me is the lack of a large number of different maps, and when maps were available the fact that everything was a flat 2D scale. So I decided to take up the challenge of building my own custom maps using hexagons that I cut from XPS foam using a hot wire cutting device, in this case a Proxxon Thermocut. The process is fairly straight forward but it took me a decent amount of iteration to get it as accurate and simple as I have today so I wanted to make this video to share my process with the community.

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