So, I have a slightly mottled (plain) green, felt fabric gaming mat, and mainly use it for aerial gaming, though of course it does come in handy for ground gaming as well.
Thinking about painting on some roads, fields, and other details, to make it look a bit better (can't afford one of those nice, photo-realistic, printed mats currently.
In reading about options, looks like perhaps it would be best to use fabric paints for the details, since presumably they'll:
1. be best suited to the base material in use;
2. be less prone to cracking, and hopefully remain flexible, since I want to roll up the mat when storing it; and
3. may not bleed through, like dyes most likely would, if I were to use those.
So, has anyone done this with success, and does the fabric paint remain on one side, or will it bleed through also?
I'd prefer to have a plain mat for the other side, if at all possible, in order to make the most of the gaming mat.
Any options for spraying colors over large areas, or some sections of it, to represent crop fields, wide rivers, etc., etc.?
Not sure how that would work with fabric paints - don't have an air brush currently, and don't know if fabric paints can be sprayed through them.
A cheap, $1.00, spray-bottle, perhaps, for a rough application - perhaps using cardboard, or other templates to keep the spray paint where it is desired?
Can you apply fabric dyes to only one side of the material (it is a bit thick)?
Unlikely, I suspect, but might as well ask.
Anyone done this sort of thing successfully, in the past, and if so, which methods did you use?