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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: DD-Chris on October 28, 2011, 02:48:12 PM

Title: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: DD-Chris on October 28, 2011, 02:48:12 PM: anyone know where i can get a fabric or rubberized city street playmat for my zombie games?
i have seen a bunch of 'how to' videos on making my own, and would much rather buy one ready to game on, so i can continue with painting up the figures i have.
any sugestions would be awesome !
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: Trooper on October 28, 2011, 03:05:05 PM: Well it might sound a bit off the wall, but have you looked in kids toyshops, places like The Early Learning Centre, I have seen them in there. You can get a street layout, you will just need 3D buildings to cover the rest of it, as they often have flat buildings printed on them. Just a thought. Or there is the road strip that GW do, it's not brilliant but will do the job if you fix it to something firm.
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: Big Sexy on October 28, 2011, 03:21:53 PM: Don't know if this is what your looking for but it's a broken asphalt style surface that you can place buildings on.
http://www.zuzzy.com/wc-bb-001-terra-flex-gaming-mat.html (http://www.zuzzy.com/wc-bb-001-terra-flex-gaming-mat.html)
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: midismirnoff on October 28, 2011, 03:40:03 PM: Hi, I really love the way those Zuzzys look. Do you know if there's a European Retailer? I think it would cost a fortune to have it shipped from the US...
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: DD-Chris on October 28, 2011, 03:43:45 PM: Zuzzy mats are nice, but that is not what i am looking for.
and i have looked at the learning center play mats, they are SO CLOSE to what i want, but not even close to the proper 28mm scale. roads are either 9 inches wide, or 3 inches wide, and many times the street layout is windy and silly, perfect for a kid zooming his hotwheels around on, but not so good for an actual urban or even suburban layout.
http://www.ecmdstore.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?product=19747&es=122930000ESC&utm_source=CSE&utm_medium=weblink&utm_campaign=nextag
is SO CLOSE to what i want. but i feel at $52 i can get EXACTLY what i want for that price. i dont mind spending the money. but spending the money, only to have to do more work on it anyway, i may as well build it from scratch for half the price.
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: Commander Vyper on October 28, 2011, 04:17:55 PM: Stop being a slacker and make one the hard way like I did! ;)
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: DD-Chris on October 28, 2011, 04:32:42 PM: stop being a jerk and show me how u did it !
;D
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: joroas on October 28, 2011, 05:10:42 PM: Games workshop did one a few years ago. I will post a picture later.
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: Trooper on October 28, 2011, 05:36:55 PM: There might be another way, you will have to do a bit of work, and that would be to use roofing felt, or whatever they call it in the States. Its a nice black grey, with a rough surface and cuts pretty well, and looks very effective.
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: Brummie Thug on October 28, 2011, 06:45:38 PM: Quote from: Trooper on October 28, 2011, 05:36:55 PM
There might be another way, you will have to do a bit of work, and that would be to use roofing felt, or whatever they call it in the States. Its a nice black grey, with a rough surface and cuts pretty well, and looks very effective.

That is a dam fine idea!
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: Commander Vyper on October 28, 2011, 07:12:09 PM: Quote from: DD-Chris on October 28, 2011, 04:32:42 PM
stop being a jerk and show me how u did it !
;D

I refer the right honourable gentleman to my urban zombie thread.... you'll find it in future wars. ;)
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: joroas on October 28, 2011, 07:23:15 PM: Here is the Games Workshop one:

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/war/P1000252.jpg)
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: Commander Vyper on October 28, 2011, 07:46:39 PM: Quote from: Brummie Thug on October 28, 2011, 06:45:38 PM
That is a dam fine idea!

Yeah great if you want to be covered in tar and bitumen, roofing felt is a no no.
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: n815e on October 28, 2011, 09:59:58 PM: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1095503
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: joroas on October 28, 2011, 10:53:00 PM: I have some of that sturdy vinyl road. It is a straight length, but it is easily cut at an angle to form corners and crossroads. I didn't think that it was still available. Good find. Handy, too, if you just want a modern/scifi straight road for a game. Luckily GW forgot to put any skulls on it.............. :D

There is also a shed load of downloadable roads and pavements on a few card model sites. 8)
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: Trooper on October 28, 2011, 11:08:30 PM: Quote from: Commander Vyper on October 28, 2011, 07:46:39 PM
Yeah great if you want to be covered in tar and bitumen, roofing felt is a no no.

The stuff I use has no tar on it and is easy to use. Some of the grain stuff comes off but its not messy I assure you.
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: jeffteaches on October 29, 2011, 01:41:29 AM: I bought a black sheet and bleached it down to a dirty gray.

I'm printing world works roads on regular paper and gluing it to craft felt with rubber cement. Except for the amount of ink it uses from my printer, I am well pleased...

Someday, when I'm not commuting every weekend to see my better half, I will post pictures.
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: mattblackgod on October 29, 2011, 05:59:05 PM: Mine is a grey sheet with the roads painted on it in a grid system.
Title: Re: City Street Playmat ?
Post by: joroas on October 29, 2011, 06:41:29 PM: Dave Bickley has a sheet of MDF painted dark grey and using Ainsty kerbs and footpaths to allow his painted buildings to slot into place. This does mean that it is pretty static and buildings cannot easily relocate.
You could, instead, base your buildings with footpaths, kerbs and alleys to create different blocks on a prepainted board.