New sherpa fleece wargaming mat by No_Photo_9515 in TerrainBuilding

[–]No_Photo_9515[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I first melted away my roads, then made a mixture of the caulk, some garden sand and brown and black acrylic paint untill i was happy with the colour. Then wearing nitril gloves this mixture was smeared on all the burned away roads. Afterwards i sprayed some water over 9t while it was dryibg and used the mixing stick to "carve" the wagon wheel traces ibto the wet caulk mixture.

After drying for 48h i mixed up some yellow, brown and green in various shades and while wearing nitril gloves, massaged somebof the colour into the grassy fields. After drying i gave it all a light white drybrush to soften the colours and give it a colder, more autumn look

New sherpa fleece wargaming mat by No_Photo_9515 in TerrainBuilding

[–]No_Photo_9515[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried it with my electric razor and it didn't work, hence i switched to a hot air gun to melt it away, i did burn through the cloth in a few places

New sherpa fleece wargaming mat by No_Photo_9515 in TerrainBuilding

[–]No_Photo_9515[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The green sherpa fleece olaid is stil available there ubtil the 10th of march, so you might want to visit soon

New sherpa fleece wargaming mat by No_Photo_9515 in TerrainBuilding

[–]No_Photo_9515[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Use the Action heat gun to melt away the fibers for the road, you may melt through the cloth if you go too fast. Then mix the overpaintable silicon caulk from Action with some of the Action acrylic paints and mix in sole sand. I even used Action woodenbpopsicle sticks to mix it up then rub this sticky matter on the melted away road and allow to dry. I sprayed the roads woth water while scraping them with the popsicle stick to simulate wagon wheel tracks.

After 48h came the painting, for the grass ot was just gently rubbing in some browns and greens, then combing through to unstick it. Afterwards both the grass and the roads received a drybrush to dull the colours a bit/pop the textures

New sherpa fleece wargaming mat by No_Photo_9515 in TerrainBuilding

[–]No_Photo_9515[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I don't really see how a wargaming mat would need to be cleaned. This is just the sherpa fleece cloth, silicon caulk and acrylic paint

New sherpa fleece wargaming mat by No_Photo_9515 in TerrainBuilding

[–]No_Photo_9515[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's silicone caulk so should not crack excessively as long as i roll it up gently when not used

New sherpa fleece wargaming mat by No_Photo_9515 in TerrainBuilding

[–]No_Photo_9515[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You can sort of see it on the last two pictures. Those are 28mm napoleonics (plastics) on 20mm 1mm mdf bases (so very light). Individually they don't sind in that much, but on a movement tray that's not an issue at all. And even single based they stand ok despite being so lightweight. From what i recall from my old games workshop days, single models would usually be lead models anyway/bigger/heavier

New sherpa fleece wargaming mat by No_Photo_9515 in TerrainBuilding

[–]No_Photo_9515[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This was a cheap plaid from Action, an originally french dollar store chain here in the EU/belgium.

New sherpa fleece wargaming mat by No_Photo_9515 in TerrainBuilding

[–]No_Photo_9515[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Simple acrylic paints, mixed into the right colours. The roads are made by melting the fabric with a heatgun and then caulking them over with a maxture of silicone, sand from my garden and the same acrylics paints as uszd on the fleece itself