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Author Topic: Two Gaming Mats for the Price of One  (Read 1146 times)

Offline Sunjester

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Two Gaming Mats for the Price of One
« on: May 09, 2018, 06:52:33 AM »
I've got some nice 3x3 and 4x3 gaming mats for skirmish gaming and a 6x4 Cigar Box mat for 10mm, so I felt it was high time to dump the old dark green felt for 6x4 games with the larger scales.

I was quite pleased with the effect I got with white fleece for snow, so I thought I'd look at that material for grass. Looking around Evilbay I found someone selling a sort of sage green for the princely sum of £5.85 per metre. It was 60 inches wide so I ordered 2 metres for the total of £15 including postage. Of course, fleece is double sided, see what I did with some spray paint on the blog http://grahamsgaming.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/two-gaming-mats-for-price-of-one.html




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Re: Two Gaming Mats for the Price of One
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2018, 08:27:14 AM »
Nice work! 8)

I did something very similar not too long ago; my project.

let's see what you're going to do with the other side...
Miniatures you say? Well I too, like to live dangerously...
Find a Way, or make one!

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Re: Two Gaming Mats for the Price of One
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2018, 08:47:55 AM »
I have a green felt mat and I,m tempted to do something similar, although I,m scared of ruining it . I had thought of using artists  acrylics with a water sprayer to diffuse the paint . Burnt Umber and Raw Sienna we’re the shades I had in mind .

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Re: Two Gaming Mats for the Price of One
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2018, 08:58:29 AM »
Best to start with colours close to the base colour and then slowly move away in the colourspectrum.

Starting with a contrasting colour rarely ends up well without a lot of corrections and blending in.

If you do want to start with Burnt Umber, make sure you dilute it heavily. Better to apply 4 thin layers, than one too thick one that might ruin the effect. Also, with many thin layers, blending will be that much easier.

So in your case, I'd start with maybe a medium/dark olive colour (between brown and green) and move down (up?) to dark brown...

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Re: Two Gaming Mats for the Price of One
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2018, 11:07:55 PM »
Yes , very good advice.  I take your point about starting with colours closer to the base colour and Olive makes sense before introducing the other shades . Thanks for the reply I appreciate it .

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Re: Two Gaming Mats for the Price of One
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2018, 10:37:22 AM »
Interesting, might have to pursue that idea.  :)