my teddy fur gaming mat

[General Lee]

hi chaps,

finished my gaming mat today.didn't turn out the way I expected but actually I love the overall look (I wanted it to be somewhat greener) this quite a natural look. you could use it for almost any season except I guess for spring

[Vermis]

That's a bit of alright. Looks very natural!

How much did that piece set you back, and what did you do with it?

[axabrax]

Presumably spray-painted or drybrushed? Where did you get such a mongo piece of fur? It. Looks great! Would be prefect for games on the steppes.

[General Lee]

thanks guys. it cost me about 30 euro's for 2meters by 1.55 so that is quite a large piece. the color is advertised as Caramel. in hindsights, I should have taken the light brown one because this was actually a bit too light for my taste.

I sprayed it a couple of times with a simple garden spray. just mix some acryl green paint with loeads of water and give the whole thing a couple of sprays (not to thick) I then shaved of some more of the hairs which opened up some lighters spots again and lastly gave it a good spray of thinned brown paint.

Got the fur from: http://www.stoffen-online.nl/Stoffen_00288/Stoffen_00289/Pluche-Teddykort-langhaar_P01162.aspx

It's a Dutch online store so I'm not sure if they're willing to send to other countries

[Elbows]

I think it came out great.  Shame this stuff isn't too friendly to single-based models. 

[snitcythedog]

Real nice game mat!  I have been thinking about trying this on a smaller scale.  How do you think it would behave if added in strips or small irregular shapes on a forest template? 
I was thinking about using these tutorials. 
http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/brush/
http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/fur_grass/
Since you have worked with it, your two cents would be valuable. 
Snitchy sends.

[Sterling Moose]

Nice work, I've been trying, unsuccessfully so far, to get some teddy bear fur but no-one around here seems to stock it.

[snitcythedog]

BUMP!
Waiting with baited breath!
Snitchy sends.