Today was a hot sunny day, perfect for making a wargaming cloth mat for my tabletop, as the sponged washes I use quickly dry allowing me complete the project in a day. I have been wanting to create a sci-fi themed wargaming mat with a wasteland look to it for a while.
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| A sci-fi wasteland to game on |
The material I use for the mat is a painters drop sheet. There can be picked up cheaply at the hardware store. Once cut to size for my 6x4 foot table (including a 6” overhand on each edge) I add a series of watered down paints using a sponge to build up the colours. I have made a quick 2 minute video of the process below.
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Excellent result! Your backdrop adds so much to the overall effect.
ReplyDeleteVery effective Peter. I'm lazy and just re-use my old but still very good GW gaming mat from way back when for all my games.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I would just reuse if I had one too.
DeleteNice work there Peter on your Sci-Fi Games Cloth. Just right for 40K.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly fits with the grim dark future theme.
ReplyDeleteCame out looking great. Good look for a sci-fy game especially with terrain painted in the same colors.
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Thanks, I was aim for an overall colour to match the basing on most of my figures and terrain.
DeleteI will echo everyone else. Great work Peter!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ben.
DeleteA fine job and thanks for the tip/reminder on using a sponge to apply the paint - I remember that was "a thing" back in the nineties for a while - paint a wall white then apply a different colour with a sponge - very trendy at one stage!
ReplyDeleteThank you. My sponge comes from the nineties and was bought for a creative wall effect. It is now put to much better use!
DeleteA fine effort. People in my local group have had success starting with a sheet of background color and spraying it lightly or from some distance with contrasting colors. I shall remember to add sponging for texture.
ReplyDeleteI suspect spraying is quicker and less messy. But I enjoy the sponging process to get the depth of colours and getting messy.
DeleteHow did you make the craters or did you buy them?
ReplyDeletePete
The craters are made by Games Workshop.
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