Aliexpress "moss mats"

[FinnN]

I'm sure there's a thread somewhere for Aliexpress finds, but I can't find it so here goes...

This arrived today and the quality's fantastic, the photo doesn't do it justice really. It's a 1mx1m coarse felt mat with a random scattering of ochre flock and 5mm static grass. It looks way more naturalistic in the flesh than in these photos. Very little shedding as well. I bought two of them and it'd be very easy to blend/stitch them together to make bigger mats. Cost? $13.68 including postage per section:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100-100cm-Artificial-Green-Plant-Wall-Moss-Turf-Simulation-Lawn-Green-Plant-Scene-Window-Display-Fake/32954174966.html?spm=a2g0s.12269583.0.0.956a3f9dmRAgbL

Says sold out but it seems to be available from other sellers at about the same price. At the same time I ordered some more funky mats with 3D features but these haven't arrived yet.

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Finn

[Belgian]

Looking very good! Any pictures/ link of the ones with 3D features?

[FinnN]

Ironically I came across them when looking for cacti models and I was a bit worried it'd either be astroturf or something that would fall apart after a sneeze. I'm waiting for a couple of these (there's about 20 different options):

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Cactus-artificial-flowers-fake-plants-spruce-moss-for-decoration-garland-grass-stone-skin-simulation-lawn-bonsai/32962071623.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.212a4c4dKNxgrl

They're twice as expensive, but still pretty cheap. I went for one with irregular bumps and one with a field-ish pattern of ridges. Fingers crossed!





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Finn

[Belgian]

Thanks, looking interesting will await your expert report on arrival 

[Nord]

These look really good! Do you have any photos with minis stood on them? That would be very helpful if it's not too much bother.

[FinnN]

Well everything I have to hand is not going to fit in too well, but this should give you an idea of scale at least. I think it'd work really well for boggy ground or anywhere with black or volcanic soil.

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Finn

[sundayhero]

Really cool ! thanks for sharing !

I think they would work very well for viking stuff, for instance. I see other models perfect for normandy too !

[number1section1]

We have some of these mats in my work, I had dismissed them as the fabric they are made from seemed to separate especially around the raised areas.

[beefcake]

Well that's now on my buying list!

Edit: And purchased

[carlos marighela]

Interesting, might try one. Best bit is the Google/ Weibo translation. Pure genius:

This product is not the quality of the product, the parents shake off the hair before installation, the installation does not affect the installation effect! )
(This is a high-simulation lawn with silky hair. The foam is originally very light. It will definitely be a little bit of hair loss. Parents should first use the planting bucket before using it. It does not affect the effect. This, it won't be lost all the time, but we haven't done any fighting in the factory, so we need the buyer friends to receive the baby and then use it again, so that it won't lose hair! Be careful!)

[beefcake]

  That's gold!
Does that explain why I lost my hair at a young age, my parents friends did not receive me hence the hair loss?

[Poiter50]

 

That's gold!
Does that explain why I lost my hair at a young age, my parents friends did not receive me hence the hair loss?

[FifteensAway]

I have some similar products that I gave a solid spray of a matte varnish to keep from shedding.  Not recall who made but I got them at a craft store going out of business sale so around 80% off.  For many of the items, I enhanced them with some overspray of floral paints (not so dense as other paints) and they looked even better from a pretty good starting point.

[Belgian]

Might have bought one! ...

[FinnN]

Yay my shares in Moss Mats PLC have doubled!

Anyways, the other mats arrived and it was sunny today so I thought I'd update with some outdoors pictures which show the colours more accurately.

I think the first ones to arrive with the "yellow" background are probably the best, but the others are interesting. The one that looks like fields in the Aliexpress listing look nothing like them (not sure if it's partly because they're squashed in the post and could be fluffed up).

Top to bottom: one of the yellow mats, the green 3D one, brown mat, brown 3D